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Enjoy this interview from our Breakfast with Bob 2025 Nice World Championship Edition, recorded a few days before Kristian finished 3rd in Nice.

Let’s look at Kristian Blummenfelt’s season so far. At Oceanside 70.3, a flat tire found him in 34th place leaving T2, but his 1: 07: 19 run brought him up to 15th place and gave us a preview of what was to come. Kristian followed that up with a win at Ironman Texas, with another fastest of the day run (2: 34: 03), then another 1: 07 run at 70.3 Pays d’Aix got him the win. Next was the Ironman Frankfurt win, where he ran 2: 30: 59 and went 7: 25: 57. A pretty epic performance, but, as Kristian said in our chat, Frankfurt was great, but: “All anyone remembers about last year is that Patrick won the World Championship.” With the big race of the year still to come, what will everyone remember about Kristian’s year?

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Enjoy this interview from our Breakfast with Bob 2025 Nice World Championship Edition, recorded a few days before Gustav finished 2nd in Nice.

Gustav Iden started his season with a 3rd place finish at Oceanside 70.3, and had a great day at Ironman Frankfurt, where he finished 4th after running 2: 38: 54. As soon as he crossed the line and congratulated Kristian Blummenfelt on his win and 2: 30: 59 run, Gustav’s first thought was: How can I make up 8 minutes before Nice? And that has been the mission of the 2022 Ironman World Champion as he heads into the September 14th race.

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Enjoy this interview from our Breakfast with Bob 2025 Nice World Championship Edition, recorded a few days before Casper won in Nice.

Casper Stornes, along with Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden, started his season at Oceanside 70.3, but struggled on the day and finished 24th. After that, he settled into form and since then finished 5th at Ironman Texas, 2nd right behind Kristian at 70.3 Pays d’Aix, and 3rd at Ironman Frankfurt, with a 2: 35: 02 run – second fastest of the day behind Kristian. Casper would love to be a part of another Norwegian Podium, in Nice at the World Championship.

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How special is this young man? Alex Yee ran 2:11:08 in his first-ever marathon in London, the fastest marathon ever for a pro triathlete, and he has two Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver and one Olympic bronze. Add in two Commonwealth gold medals, a classic good old fashioned rivalry with 2024 Olympic silver medalist Hayden Wilde, and his comeback from a brutal 2017 bike crash in Cagliari, an event that he has now won three times. This was just a wonderful conversation with an amazing athlete and person who understands and embraces his role as a leader in our sport. Maybe in 2029 or so we’ll get to see Alex and Hayden go head-to -head on the Kona Coast of Hawaii!!

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John Howard is one of the greatest endurance athletes of all time. He went to three Olympic Games as a cyclist, won the 1981 Ironman World Championship, went over 152 miles per hour on his bike to set a land speed record, and his most recent book: ‘The Black Cyclone: A Hero the World Forgot’ on the great cyclist Major Taylor, is now available on Amazon.com.

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Enjoy this interview with Kat Matthews from our Breakfast with Bob: 2023 Edition. Recorded August 29th

Kat Matthews was training in Texas for her Kona debut after the PTO US Open last Fall when she was hit by a car and had life-threatening injuries including a fractured skull and multiple fractured vertebrae. Less than a year later, Kat just took 2nd place in Finland at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship. Her first race back after the crash was a 3rd place finish at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside and she followed that up with a win at Ironman Texas. We spent some time chatting about the learnings that have come her way over the past year, and on living your life with gratitude.

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Enjoy this interview with Jan Frodeno from our Breakfast with Bob from Nice at the Ironman World Championship. Recorded a few days before Jan’s last race.

Jan Frodeno joined us from his training base in Andorra before heading into town for the world championship in Nice. As Jan heads into his last world championship as a pro, he reflected on his career, the importance of family, and how he’s feeling coming into his last race.

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Enjoy this interview with Sam from our Breakfast with Bob: 2023 Edition. Recorded July 24th.

Sam Long is always one of our favorite people to chat with. Right now, Mr. Yo Yo Yo is about to become a dad, is coaching himself, and has won three 70.3s in a row – including his first-ever win at St. George. Plus, Sam is producing his own YouTube content, is training with the legendary Lionel Sanders, and he is absolutely living and loving life to the fullest. It was the absolute perfect time to chat with Sam about the upcoming PTO US Open in Milwaukee, and to go back through his journey from living downstairs in his parent’s basement to becoming one of the very best triathletes in the world!

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Enjoy this interview with Jason from our Breakfast with Bob: 2023 Edition. Recorded August 1st.

As we head into the PTO US Open in Milwaukee, Jason West from the U.S. has taken his running to a whole new level and has been out-splitting some of the very best runners on the triathlon circuit. With the U.S. Open, the Asian Open, and Ironman 70.3 Worlds all happening in August, this could be a huge month for Mr. West!

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Congratulations to the 2023 IRONMAN Lake Placid champion: Joe Skipper!

Enjoy this interview with Joe from our Breakfast with Bob: Challenge Roth 2023 Edition.

Joe Skipper ran 2:37 at Ironman Wales and went 6 hours and 47 minutes at the Sub-7 Challenge. He has two 2nds and a 4th place finish at Challenge Roth. Can Joe throw down some of that speed this year in Roth?

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