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Kristian Blummenfelt talks through his performance at Ironman 70.3 Bahrain where he broke his own World Record, to take the win for the third consecutive year. You'll get the low down on:

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This week 's guest is Germany’s Laura Philipp who finished 4th at the Ironman World Championships in Kona this year and has shot up the ranks since doing her first triathlon just a few years ago. I really loved interviewing Laura, she is very funny indeed, has a great sense of humour and get this, she EATS CAKE EVERY DAY!

You'll hear briefly from Kristian Blummenfelt too who has a message for young Harry Smallbone, the winner of his signed Super League Triathlon trophy, which helped to raise nearly £850 for MOVE Charity. 

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This week is a real cracker, something completely different that you won't hear elsewhere as I take you behind the scenes with the British Paratriathlon team at Loughborough, to find out what it really takes to be at the elite level of the sport.

You'll meet Paralympic medal hopefuls George Peasgood and Claire Cashmore along with Guide Nikki Bartlett as well as members of the coaching and support team around them.

I also reveal the winners of the Kristian Blummenfelt signed Super League Triathlon Malta trophy, in support of MOVE Charity.

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INTERVIEW TIME LINE*

*Interview times, not the whole episode

0:00:40 – meet George Peasgood introduction to his swim set, a typical Thursday, a typical week.

0:02.15 – George says he never has a day off as that is what works for him. 18-high 20hrs a week.  But there is really no such thing as a typical week.

0:03:00 – George explains how he has developed a love for cycling and that he continues to work on his run

0:04:20 – Lead coach Adam Elliot – most of them will swim 5 times a week – around 25km/week, some add a 6th session in. If they are injured they might add a 7th or 8th swim in or put a couple of double swims in. There is a session in each week which ticks one of the mental, physiological or mechanical demands of race day of what they have to deliver on race day. We would either split lanes on ability or necessity of what someone is working on, so we might have more of a speed or strength orientated set.

0:06:45 explains what a typical day looks like for him as a coach

0:07:55 Adam explains the nature of the swim squad at Loughborough.

0:08:30 talks through the land based conditioning room, that athletes often go into 15 minutes before their swim session.

0:09:20 George reflects on his swim session and explains what he eats before and after swimming

0:10:45 Interview with Jonathan Riall – Head Coach of the British Paratriathlon programme. Explains the idea behind Thursday Breakfast club, which they have held every Thursday since 2014- it’s an opportunity for everyone to get together, integrate some of the younger athletes and builds good relationships.

0:31:30 – Breakfast chat with George Peasgood at the Elite Athlete Hotel in Loughborough. George explains how he got into triathlon, following his family into it. 

"I came to a talent ID day in 2011 and found out I was classifiable and after A Levels, Loughborough seemed the obvious choice. For as long as I am a Paralympic triathlete, I will be here." 

0:49:15 – At the gym with Para Tri guide Nikki Bartlett. And how even she can feel intimidated when she is just getting back into the early season s+c sessions. The programme is heavy weight lifting, few reps. She has an S+C session which is completely individualised to each athlete. "I need more upper body to lower and I respond better to heavy weights."

0:59:30 Lunch and interview with 4x Paralympian Claire Cashmore who started swimming when she was 12 years old and went to her first Paralympics at the age of 16, but switched to Para Triathlon after the Rio Olympics. Admits that ‘swimming is quite boring’ but she loves the variety of triathlon and the fact you can see a lot of the countries you go to and you can actually talk!

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So often when you think everything is going well in life, something comes up that puts a spanner in the works.  Perhaps you get injured training for a big race, something happens to a close friend, or work suddenly becomes mega stressful. But do you adjust your goals as a consequence? 

This week we hear from someone who has become an expert at setting and adjusting goals and managing expectations. 

Over the last few years, Ruth Astle has juggled a really busy job in the City alongside training to be one of the best Age Group triathletes in the world. This year, she set herself a goal of becoming overall Age Group World Champion at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. 

But earlier in the summer, Ruth had a bike crash and had to re-adjust her target. But she actually went on to achieve her original aim.

In this episode, I travel to London to get Ruth’s perspective on

She also reveals her guilty pleasure on the turbo!  

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After years of working in the corporate world, Australian triathlete Sarah Crowley has really had to learn the art of relaxation and letting things go, in order to excel as a professional triathlete. It has paid off.  

She finished 3rd at the Ironman 2019 World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, for the second time in recent years. 

In this interview, Sarah talks in detail about her race in Kona his year, including the fascinating battle she had with Great Britain’s Lucy Charles-Barclay in the closing stages. 

You’ll hear some useful thoughts about how and when to make the pass during a race and how she paid the price for pushing too hard when she initially went past Lucy.  

She also talks about the communication that goes on between the athletes during the race, how she will be spending the off season and why she'll be heading back to school. 

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INTERVIEW TIME LINE*

*interview times, not the whole episode

00.00  On ‘horse days’ aka boxing yourself up like a race horse and having a proper rest day (getting up at 2pm!)

02.00 Learning to relax, not care so much and letting things go after going from full-time work to full-time triathlete over the last few years

04.30 Landing in Kona for the 2019 World Championships feeling relaxed, in brilliant shape and knowing she had a job to do.

6.00 Lining up next to Alistair Brownlee ahead of the Ho'ala Ironman Training Swim and surprising herself winning the women's event

08.30 on finally having confidence in her swim, after years of people telling her she couldn’t swim

10.45 Why she wishes she had lined up next to Lucy Charles Barclay at the start of the swim.

12.00 Communicating on the bike and trying to drop Anne Haug with Jocelyn McCauley and how everyone was waiting for Daniela Ryf to come through

18.00 Why she let Anne Haug go past her on the run and why she tried to hold back at the start and stick to her own pace

21.00 Losing her vision on the run at 25km

23.00 The motivating words she got from Anne Haug saying she too could pass Lucy Charles Barclay

24.00 Why she attempted to make the pass on Lucy too soon rushed through an Aid Station and paid the price when the Brit came back past her to take second place.

26.00 Fascinating insight into how to pass and how the ‘surge’ just didn’t happen when she went to overtake Lucy to go into second place

27.00 the one kilometre that she had a bad patch under pressure from Lucy Charles-Barclay.

30.30 Disappointed and frustrated to finish in third place, but excited to know that she is in touching distance of winning Kona.

33.00 why she did Noosa triathlon and how she got into shape for it so soon after Kona and why she is heading to Arizona to validate her Kona slot for 2020.

35.00 her plans for the off-season

37:00 on learning German, why she parked it and why she wants to get back on it and race in Germany again next summer

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