Honourable mentions, links ... 

Joanne Baxas Best and worst thing about living in Thailand

Noel Fenn Why does life get in the way?

Tim Ford Norseman... How is it looking? Competing or completing?

Mike Robinson Is the burning sensation a good or bad thing?

Noel Fenn What's your best recovery tips for a iron distance race completed by someone who is barely conditioned to sprint distance race. **Spreecast must be done before Port Mac!**

Adrian O'brien Dehydration problems. How to hydrate before race day. I suffered again at mile 16 doing a marathon yesterday. Any tips? As I've another marathon in a few days

Brett Murray Are you going to have a cracked at any more big races? Bahrain, Oman, triple crown, or have we seen the last of Macca at the elite level and now just going to dominate the same bloody age group as me!!! For the next 20 year's I'll bet.

Deirdre Robbins How much electrolytes do you take per hour and is there a way to tell how much is best for each person

Caroline Steffen How organized are ya before a big A race? ... 

Adrian O'brien Who will be your support crew at Norseman

James Bale Any specific tips for Ironman Lanzarote? I'm going long sleeve top on cycle and run.

Dai Roberts How about the fast cadence swim vs slow cadence swim stroke current topic of heated debate?

Anthony Holdsworth Bike choice for Alcatraz. Any advice for the run.

Jim Martin Dealing w/ extreme heat & humidity when racing.I recently raced and had a terrific bike leg, got off the bike and thought...I feel great, time to run! About 2/3 of the way into the first of 3 loops, I was forced to walk. You know the rest of the story...See More

Stuart Gray Should we ditch the technology now and again? I've found myself chasing numbers and not enjoying racing thus ending up in an ambulance!! If we train with power/HR would it be possible to race without the Garmins etc?

Joanne Baxas Best after party

Bryan Dever how tall are you  I'm normaly good with the inter-webs but i couldn't find it on google

Jason Ripkey What would you consider your weakest discipline? And how did you overcome it?

Tim Ford when will the Bahrain announcement happen?

Phil Jarvis Nutrition (On site) prior to a race. How do you get around getting quality nutrition in when the local food being offered isn't up to standard . Especially important if you have arrived 1/2 weeks before!

Jones Karlström El Ouard Are you going to race under the Bahrain team banner in the Norseman Chris McCormack?

Chris and Azza sit down to discuss the latest coverage from the first big races of the year ... 

Chris answers the question about What is the Bahrain Endurance 13 Team?

Special guest Nick Gates the director of the cycling academy at Thanyapura swings by to tell a funny story from the Tour de France days (he did it twice) and also gives details on 3 key bike sessions you can do if you are a time crunched age grouper and preparing for a half ironman or full. 

Podcast #25 (next) with be with x-Tour de France rider Nick Gates who now heads up the cycling team at Thanyapura. We'll get them together for some epic story telling from the cycling scene and get all the dirty details on how nuts it really was. 

Race Predictions ...

General Discussions .... 

Intro to co-host Azza

Questions for Macca ... 

Kona brief, stand outs and what shocked you the most

The mental game, who's got it, did you always have it? 

Why is race coverage so crap! 

Thailand, the good the bad and the ugly. 

Great podcast with Macca & Jurgen covering ...

Bonus Brick sessions from Macca & Jurgen at the end. 

Kienle is good but these times have been posted before years ago! 

New Co-Host Jurgen Zach shares his wisdom about todays big stars. 

Roth Contenders, Mens and Woman's breakdown

Kona Contenders 

Guest appearance from Caroline Steffen

Questions from the audience ...

Macca and MG are back in the ‘studio’ with a very special guest Formula 1 racing driver Jenson Button who happens to also be a pretty good triathlete.

Jenson talked about his journey into triathlon and his dreams for Kona and training whilst working as a F1 driver.

Macca shared the experience of being a part of the Crown Prince of Bahrain’s swim from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain – 31kms and change – a swim that proved to be a very challenging one and an honour to be a part of. 

In another Middle East trip Macca took part in the Ride for Roy to honour and fundraise in memory of the triathlete Roy Nasr killed tragically in a bike accident.

The boys reviewed the weekend’s racing action in ITU at New Plymouth where Mario Mola took the honours ahead of Gomez.

Finally a wrap up of Ironman Asia Pacific in Melbourne with Chris sharing the experience from a coach’s perspective.

Don’t forget to check out the 2014 Thanyapura Supercamp – >> www.thanyapura.com/supercamp

Macca and MG with a live studio audience present a podcast reviewing the latest racing from the Southern Hemisphere including IMNZ, Husky Long course, Challenge Philippines and Devonport Tri.

First up Ironman New Zealand taken out by Marko Albert with a cracking second place to legend Cam Brown and a solid third from MaccaX friend Terenzo Bozzone.

The guys discuss the DNF from ‘supermodel’ Bevan Docherty.  The girls’ race was won in record time by Meredith Kessler.  MG asks if this has motivated Macca….

Next up Husky Long Course in NSW, Australia taken out by a very in form Pete Jacobs.  Solid performances from other Aussies, Tim Reed and Sam Appleton with the girls’  race taken out by Liz Blatchford.

Macca told us of his Challenge Philippines experience where even getting behind a tuk tuk didn’t help.  Is this the hardest race in the Southern Hemisphere?

Macca mixed with royalty when the royal princes of Bahrain raced at the Challenge event.

Devenport used to be one of the must do races in Australia – Macca infamously got banned from this race…….back in the day!

The experts then cast their eyes over the upcoming events, notably IM Melbourne and Abu Dhabi.  Will Crowie win Melbourne, can Supermodel finish the race?  

Abu Dhabi short course will feature the Brownlee brothers.

Macca spoke about his upcoming plans – he’s off to Carnivale in Rio with Michael Phelps but before that he’ll be doing a charity ride in the UAE .

The heir to the Bahrain throne is swimming from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain – a cool 34km and Chris is joining on this crazy endeavor.

Other news:

Camps are now on the website www.maccax.com/camps

Places will fill fast….

Macca shoots a commercial for Under Armour’s launch in Australia with Rebel Sport.

The guys finish up with questions from the facebook group and Big Ring gets on the line….

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