Penny Slater shares her journey from off-road racing to becoming a top-tier long-distance triathlete. She shares how she navigates the challenges of injury, the importance of nutrition and the mental resilience required to excel at the highest levels.

Penny shares with us her work around Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) and hormone health and the role of education in athlete health and performance

We also chat about the changing dynamics of pro and age group racing, race course design and the crucial role coaches play in athlete health.

Shay McLeod won the free race entry to IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong. We find out how his race went.

This weekend… IRONMAN Texas and IRONMAN South Africa. We give our thoughts.

0:00.00 – Xterra Rotorua

0:04.16 – Tim's off to Cartel Coaching

0:10:47 – Shay McLeod

0:19:46 – This weekend IRONMAN South Africa and IRONMAN Texas

0:29:47 – Penny Slater

LINKS:

Follow Penny on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pen_slater

Penny's research paper on RED's 'An Exploratory Survey of Education Needs and Preferences Regarding Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport for Female Triathletes and Their Coaches' at https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/wspaj/34/1/article-wspaj.2025-0029.xml

Xterra Rotorua at https://www.xterraplanet.com/event/xterra-rotorua-festival

IRONMAN Texas at https://www.ironman.com/races/im-texas

IRONMAN South Africa at https://www.ironman.com/races/im-south-africa

IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-geelong

Cartel Coaching at https://cartelcoaching.com/

Shay McLeod at https://symmetry.physio/staff/hoppers-crossing/