The Triathlon Hour

Matthew Richardson, better known as 'Richo' is a former AFL player who played 282 games and kicked 800 goals for the Richmond Football Club. Richo is a legend of the game and has cult hero status among Richmond supporters. In todays episode he gives us an insight into the training and work ethic that lead to his amazing career, his transition into the media and even answers a few hard hitting questions about his predictions for the upcoming season.

Brendon Goddard is a number 1 draft pick that went on to play 334 games in a decorated career with St Kilda and Essendon. He has multiple All Australians, a club BnF and captained Essendon. He talks to us about the training habits that lead to him having such a consistent career, the St Kilda fat club, being at Essendon during the drug saga and he even drops an exclusive. 

Jake Stringer joins us for his first ever podcast. He talks to us about the training he did that led to him making the jump to be one of the best players in the competition during the 2021 season. He also talks to us about what he is doing to make sure he takes his game to the next level again in 2022. He talks about his past training and experiences at two separate AFL clubs.

Jimmy Crute is a professional MMA fighter who fights in the UFC. In this episode he takes us deep inside what the life of a fighter is like from training, fight week, weight cutting, fight night and everything in between. Jimmy is a good mate of host Jack Kelly so this episode is two best mates chatting and feels like you are the third friend in the room!

Jess Stenson is a 2 x Olympic Marathoner, 2:25 Marathoner and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist in the Marathon. In this episode she takes us inside her journey to being one of the best marathoners Australia has ever had. In a golden age of female marathon running in Australia Jess has been one of the leaders. She has been one of the best in the best period Australia has ever had. 

Kane Cornes is a 300 game AFL Premiership star. He won 4 BnF's, was a 2 x All Australian and was known for how hard he worked. From this chat I think it's obvious Kane is so successful because of his unrelenting work ethic and expectations he puts on himself. He doesn't settle for mediocre. Post footy he's become an exceptional runner and one of the biggest names in Australian sports media as a host, analyst and agenda setter.

Luke is an Australian professional runner. He describes himself as a "1500m guy who can run a fast 800m." He's a Commonwealth Games Bronze medalist, Olympian, World Champs rep and Australian National Champion. Luke gives us an inside look into the real him and what his story has looked like so far with no holds bared. 

Jason Akermanis is a 3 x Premiership AFL player. He's a Brownlow medalist, multiple club best & fairest winner and leading goal kicker. He was obsessed with his training and preparation when he was playing and still to this day lives a lifestyle of a professional athlete. 

Mona is a legend of the running world. In his prime he was arguably the best runner in the world. In the Marathon he won Commonwealth Games Gold, was on World Champs podiums and came Top 5 at the Oymplics. His PB of 2:08:16 is still the second fastest in Australian history and at the time of setting it was the 13th fastest of all time. He won some of the worlds biggest Marathons including Tokyo & Berlin. Mona prided himself on being in races to win, not just make up the numbers. 

Julian Spence is a 2:14 marathoner who represented Australia at the World Champs in the marathon. He is host of one of the worlds biggest running podcast the Inside Running Podcast, a shoe dog who owns The Running Company Ballarat and a run coach himself. We go deep on Julian's training, his philosophies, his build into World Champs and what makes him so good at the marathon.