Pro triathlete Liz Lyles  was this year’s top U.S. female in the Ironman World Championships going 9:18:11, in a stacked field of American ladies (13 who raced, in fact!). Liz started triathlon in 2002, but gave it up for a while to have kids. She resumed the sport and got her pro card. Since then Read More

We are back with Ask the Coaches and Lucho! On this show get Lucho’s analysis of Kona and answers to your questions on: Legs cramping and pains leading to a DNF in an ultra (Vermont 50) – figuring out what went wrong to be stronger next time, Our top hill training workouts for ultras and Read More

We’re joined by Thorsten Radde of trirating.com for a quick recap of last weekend’s Ironman racing (Aug. 23-24), which was the last weekend for points that go toward this year’s Ironman World Championships. Who made the cut, who just missed it? We also talk about some developing news regarding the female professional women who were  reportedly given Read More

Thorsten Radde, of trirating.com and author of the KPR Observer, joins the show again for the latest after the July cutoffs on the Kona Points Rankings (race reports on IM Zurich, IM Lake Placid, IM Canada). Tune in to find out who’s locked in for the Ironman World Championships, who’s on the bubble, and how Read More

As part of our ongoing Kona coverage, we are joined by pro triathlete Dr. Tamsin Lewis, who volunteered for medical at the Ironman World Championships this year. We’re going to hear from Tamsin the most common problems and issues she saw in participants, from mild to extreme, with her advice on solutions to prevent such Read More

Kona lives on at EP! On this special episode we’re joined by professional triathlete and business owner Kim Schwabenbauer to talk about her experience racing in the Ironman World Championships this year (her third time racing Hawaii, but first as a pro). Kim was one of the final women to make the cut off in the Read More

We catch up with triathlete Mark Zanker of Australia, who recently went 9:43 in the Ironman World Championships, his first time racing Kona. Mark is a vegan athlete; he trains intuitively and doesn’t use HR, power or pace; and he manages a full-time job and big family. Just this year he turned vegan, and also Read More

I sat down with elite amateur triathlete and Team Timex member Samantha Mazer before the Ironman World Championships, while we were still in Kona, to hear about her journey getting to Kona for the first time, with details on past races, how she trains, her diet and also how she manages balancing triathlon with law Read More

While we were still in Kona, Ben, Tawnee and Brock (from the BGF podcast) got together Sunday evening after the race to talk about Ben’s last Ironman in Kona. We kept it light and had some fun, while also getting some great details from Ben on his nutrition (and what went wrong and what he Read More

We are joined by Coach Jim Vance to recap the 2013 Ironman World Championship pro race, going into detail about both the men’s and women’s field. We’ll talk about the folks who made it on the podium and much more. Vance was at the race this year and did some cool data analysis that he’ll Read More