The Triathlon Hour

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. 

Luke McKenzie is an Australian professional triathlete. In this episode we talk about Luke's 2nd place finish at the Ironman World Champs, his best and worst races and the training leading into them. Luke was one of my favourite athletes growing up and so on a personal note this chat meant a lot to me. Also it was a nice follow up to expand on some stories we heard in last weeks episode with his wife Beth McKenzie that add another layer to their story.

Beth gave us so much insight into her training leading into her multiple Ironman wins as well as the origins and evolution of her businesses Wyn Republic & Marlo Republic. We then go deep on the tough times of testing positive for a performance enhancing drug knowing it was something Beth didn't purposely take and the impact of that on her career. It was a chat that had me walking away thinking "wow Beth has been through a lot..good and bad!!!"

Hannah Wells is a New Zealand professional triathlete who has won Ironman New Zealand as well as multiple Ironman 70.3 & middle distance races.

Steve McKenna is an Australian professional triathlete. He is an multiple Ironman 70.3/Middle distance Champion. Steve takes us day by day through the block leading into his best ever race performance as well as some honest & deep insight behind the scenes of triathlon life.  

Natalie Van Coevorden is an Australian professional triathlete. Natalie gives us an honest & open insight into her recent Olympic drama as well as a deep dive on her training

Craig Alexander is a 3 x Ironman World Champion and 2 x Ironman 70.3 World Champion. He is considered by many as the greatest long course triathlete of all time. 

Chris McCormack is a 2 x Ironman World Champion. He was one of the most dominant triathlete's in the world amassing 20 career Ironman victories. Macca was the face of triathlon with a personality larger than life. He takes us deep inside his victories in the Ironman World Championships including his preparation to win them and the battles with his rivals out on course.

Aaron Royle is a 2 x Olympic triathlete, Commonwealth Games medalist and Ironman 70.3 champion. Aaron discusses his own training, the training of some of his competitors such as Alistair & Jonny Brownlee and Vincent Luis. He also takes us on an in depth look at his Olympic Games build and race including the hardest training session he's ever done.