Fitter Radio Triathlon Podcast Bevan McKinnon

We review the racing from the weekend and catch up on Olympic qualification stakes from around the world.
Simon Cochrane, Ultraman World Champion, can now add another incredible result to his resume. Simon ran just under 237km in 24 hours on the 400m track at AUT Millennium, breaking the Athletics New Zealand 24-hour track record. We catch up with Simon to find out how it all went.
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(0:04:42) – Ultraman Noosa
(0:05:30) – Simon Cochrane and the Athletics New Zealand 24-Hour Track Challenge
(0:08:55) – Simon Cochrane
(0:32:18) – Race news and reviews from the weekend
(0:47:04) – Olympics update
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The Sri Chinmoy 6-12-24 hour races event at https://nz.srichinmoyraces.org/races/auck/24hr
More about Simon Cochrane at https://linktr.ee/cochranesimon

Seth Williams won the free race entry to IRONMAN Australia, Port Macquarie. We find out how his day went.
Bev chats to Bec Burns, Partnership Manager with FulGaz, about their new IRONMAN Pro Series Virtual Edition where you can conquer the same bike courses featured in the IRONMAN Pro Series from the comfort of home.
We review the racing from the WTCS in Yokohama and IRONMAN 70.3 Mallorca at the weekend. 
Heart health and endurance athletes – we share excerpts from the Triathlon Therapy podcast about heart risk and atrial fibrillation. We also hear from Cam Brown about his journey with heart health and what it means for his future in the sport.

We discuss a recent study which explores the use of AFT (Advanced Footwear Technology), or Super Shoes, during training and competition. The study describes the injuries sustained in amateur runners and we look at what that means for the integration of these shoes into training programmes.
We review the racing from IRONMAN Australia and IRONMAN 70.3 St George at the weekend.
Power posing is a concept largely popularized by Amy Cuddy, thanks to her viral TED talk and book, Presence, on the subject.  The basic gist is that if we make ourselves feel large, like we are occupying more space–think Wonder Woman pose– then we’ll feel more powerful. 
Steve Magness is a sport scientist and a track and field coach. He coaches competitors at all levels, including athletes who have competed in the World Championships and the Olympics. He is Head Cross Country coach at the University of Houston, a Lecturer of Strength and Conditioning at St. Mary’s University, UK and author of three best-selling books, including the latest: The Passion Paradox.
We share excerpts from The Sport Psych Show in which Steve Magness speaks about power posing in science and in practice; how feelings mediate an athlete’s performance; challenge vs threat states; the brain/body connection; attention; and the result of failing to develop the psychological side.
(0:08:50) – Super Shoes - are you at risk of being injured?
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(0:22:15) – IRONMAN 70.3 St George
(0:30:29) – IRONMAN Australia
(0:39:14) – Power Posing 
(0:42:48) – Excerpt 1 from The Sport Psych Show with Steve Magness
(0:53:14) – Excerpt 2 from The Sport Psych Show with Steve Magness
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Link to article on Super Shoes at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378282417_The_use_of_Advanced_Footwear_Technology_shoes_in_amateur_runners
The Power Pose blog article at https://www.scienceofrunning.com/2020/01/why-power-posing-works-exploring-social-psychology.html?v=47e5dceea252
The Sports Psych podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/84-steve-magness-how-feelings-impact-performance/id1434313037?i=1000470628185
 

Bevan and Tim review the racing from the weekend at Challenge Taiwan and IRONMAN Texas. We also look at the start list for Cagliari – a who’s who of the contenders for Paris!
David Tilbury-Davis is the coach of an impressive roster of pro triathletes, including the likes of Ashleigh Gentle, Skye Moench, Amelia Watkinson (all three women ranked in the top-20 in the PTO rankings), Josh Amberger and others. We share excerpts from the Scientific Triathlon podcast in which he discusses how he likes to set up his base training season for age groupers.
Hexis is a personalised nutrition app tailored to your workouts, lifestyle and goals. We talk about its importance for fuelling and training.
Sports dietitians Steph Gaskell & Alan McCubbin answer the most common nutrition questions that runners, cyclists & triathletes ask in their podcast Fuelling Endurance. We chat about a recent episode in which they discuss “What nutrition advice for the general population doesn’t apply to athletes?” Where the message comes from, why it might not be the best advice and what to do instead.
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(0:04:32) – IRONMAN Australia this weekend
(0:04:46) – Challenge Taiwan race recap
(0:08:56) – The Cagliari start list 
(0:12:08) – Lionel Sanders stress fracture
(0:15:03) – IRONMAN Texas race recap
(0:28:52) - David Tilbury-Davis – excerpts from the Scientific Triathlon podcast
(0:47:07) – HEXIS: A competition for our Coffee Club members and how to use it in training
(0:48:46) – Sports dietitians Steph Gaskell & Alan McCubbin - excerpts from the Fueling Endurance podcast
(1:04:27) – Using the HEXIS app in training 
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Infinit Nutrition 10% discount using the code FITTER10 at  https://www.infinitnutrition.com.au/ Note: For the code to work you need to have created an account and be logged in.
Scientific Triathlon David-Tilbury Davis at https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts416/
More about Hexis at https://www.hexis.live/
Fueling Endurance podcast at https://thelongmunch.podbean.com/e/ep64a/
IRONMAN Texas at https://www.ironman.com/im-texas
Challenge Taiwan at https://www.challenge-taiwan.com/
WTCS Cagliari at https://cagliari.triathlon.org/

Bevan and Tim review the racing from the weekend.
Dan Lorang is the Head of Performance / Head Coach at World Tour cycling team Bora-Hansgrohe, and he is the coach of a small roster of world-class triathletes, including Lucy Charles-Barclay, Anne Haug, Frederic Funk and until his recent retirement, Jan Frodeno. We share excerpts from the Scientific Triathlon podcast interview with Dan Lorang in which he talks about his work with Lucy to prepare for the heat in Kona.
David Tilbury-Davis is the coach of an impressive roster of pro triathletes, including the likes of Ashleigh Gentle, Skye Moench, Amelia Watkinson (all three women ranked in the top-20 in the PTO rankings), Josh Amberger and others. We share excerpts from the Scientific Triathlon podcast in which he discusses performance benchmarks in female professional racing.
We revisit our interview with Sam Tebeck, Researcher and Triathlete, in which we discuss his PHD work in ‘Heat stress to enhance elite athlete training adaptations’.
(0:02:14) - We review the racing from the weekend.
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(0:22:59) - David Tilbury-Davis – excerpts from the Scientific Triathlon podcast
(0:37:36) - Dan Lorang – excerpts from the Scientific Triathlon podcast
(0:56:31) - Dr Sam Tebeck – Fitter Radio Episode #284
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Infinit Nutrition 10% discount using the code FITTER10 at  https://www.infinitnutrition.com.au/ Note: For the code to work you need to have created an account and be logged in.
Scientific Triathlon David-Tilbury Davis at https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts416/
Scientific Triathlon Dan Lorang at https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts417/
Fitter Radio Sam Tebeck interview at https://www.fitter.co.nz/fitter-radio/2019/10/7/episode-284-andy-potts

Bevan and Tim review the racing from the Oceania Tri Champs in Taupo at the weekend.
Victory in the Miyazaki World Cup saw Great Britain’s Hugo Milner move up 51 places in the World Triathlon Olympic Rankings. It has been a whirlwind two years for the 25-year-old, who only took up the sport in 2021 after COVID had cut short his time at Harvard University. We share excerpts from the World Triathlon podcast with Hugo.
We chat about the strengths and successes of Lionel Sanders’ and Sam Longs’ bike/run performances. 
Lionel Sanders reviews his race at Oceanside plus he talks about his plans for racing in 2024. We share excerpts from Lionel’s YouTube channel.
(0:02:56) – Oceania Triathlon Champs in Taupo. Olympics update and Supertri.
(0:15:23) – Hugo Milner – excerpts from the World Triathlon Podcast
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(0:31:52) – Competition for a pair of ULTRO Earbuds 
(0:33:00) – The bike/run combo of Sam Long and Lionel Sanders
(0:36:00) – Lionel Sanders Oceanside review – excerpts from his YouTube post
(0:50:20) – How Lionel Sanders is approaching 2024 – excerpts from his YouTube channel
(1:04:00) – T100 Race Review