Welcome to Episode #334 of the 303 Endurance Podcast. You are listening to your weekly connection to coaches, experts, and pro athletes to help you reach your endurance goals. We're your hosts coach Rich Soares and 303 Chief Bill Plock. Thanks for joining us for another week of endurance interviews and discussion.

 

Today is our St George IM WC Preview Special.

 

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In Today's Show

• Endurance News
• • Ironman Texas last weekend
  • Sam Long still racing St G despite being hit by a car while training
  • IMWC St George
• What's new in the 303
• •  Primal NY Bike
  • Ride the Rockies
• Video of the Week
• • Ben Hoffman & Magnus Ditlev Sprint Finish - 2022 Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas

 

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Endurance News:

 

Ironman Texas

Results

Sam Long Still On For St G

You can’t keep a good man down.

After my 🚗 🚴 incident yesterday I am happy to report I will definitely still be at St. G in top form. It’s a reminder that there is no perfect training plan and that things happen. My team and I have modified the plan to make sure the body will be ready. One plus side is that it helps shape the mental landscape in a positive and beneficial way.

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10 days till race day. Catch up with me on @lsanderstri YouTube channel. I am fired up to race!

 

IRONMAN World Championship in St. George

Bill's readout on Mark Allen's

Mark Allen picks – Women

I think Laura Philipp is going to be the one to beat. She had an amazing 2021, she won IRONMAN Austria at 8:35, running 2:44 in the marathon. She knows how to do the distance really really well.

 

This year she crushed her opening race at IRONMAN 70.3 Dubai, winning handily. She’s on a roll and may well be the woman to beat in St George in May.

 

Laura Philipp looks perfectly placed to make a big run for victory.

Then we have Kat Matthews, who was fourth in St George at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in 2021. She has experience on that course and has shown that she knows how to race in those conditions.

 

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