This months Podcast is hosted by MaccaX team member and head of the MaccaNow Foundation Kurt Taylor from Miami who sits down for an interview with Justin and Belinda Granger to discuss ...

• How to handle race week if you are an age grouper.
• Reasons why the pros may be putting in to much work race week
• Rinny vs Daniela
• Expectations for Melissa Hauschildt
• What does Joyce, Caroline Steffen and Liz Blanchford not racing mean for the women's field?
• Swallow doing ITU long course worlds 2 weeks ago
• Is Frodo untouchable?
• Expectations for Jesse Thomas first Kona?
• Lionel Sanders drafting post following 70.3 worlds.
• Belinda and Justin make their podium pick for the men's and women's ... shocker!

Macca and Azza discuss, personalities in the sport, how it's changed, who looks good for the Olympics and World Champs. How Jan has pulled out of the 70.3 Worlds to focus on Kona.

Macca lists off his top 10 bucket list races for the U.S, Asia, Europe and down under.

• Olympics
• 70.3 Worlds
• Roth record
• Tripple crown $1,000,000 up for grabs again
• Which ITU guys will go long
• Jan Frodeno, Lionel Sanders, Sebastian Kienle, Andi Dreitz, Brownlee Brothers

Topics discussed are ...

• Olympics, who's looking good
• Leeds ITU Race
• Jarvier Gomez, Brownlee Brothers
• Ironman Cains review
• Who's looking good for Kona
• Roth 2016 - What you should be doing 4 weeks out
• Roth 2017 - Nominate someone, we have a free slot
• Chris changes roles at Thanyapura
• UFC sold for 4.1 Billion
• Amelia Watkinson - the next Chrissy Wellington?
• Heidi Sowerby - Welcome to Kona!

You name it we cover allot of stuff in this Podcast, great conversation with the Boss man Chris "Macca" McCormack about ...

• Cameron Brown - IMNZ #12 @ 43yrs
• Craig Alexander - On a roll
• Maria Sharapova - Positive Drug Test (Compared to Lance Armstrong etc)
• Jurgen Zack - Positive Drug Test
• Olympic Team - Who's in, Who's out and who to watch for
• Michael Raelert - Thanyapura training camp, Ironman Frankfurt
• Conor McGregor V's Nate Diaz
• High cadence V's Big Gear work - Brett Sutton V's Macca thoughts
• What makes an Elite athlete?

Macca & Azza get into the following discussions …

• How to race Roth, strategy and key points in the race to prep for
• Baby Frodo
• Jake Montgomery & Melissa Hauschildt – Geelong 70.3
• How would Macca do things differently if he was a 21 yr old top gun today
• Racing in Asia, huge progress and step forward
• Funny Ladyboy story involving Bryan Rhodes

Mentions …

• Singapore Training Camp – 26th-28th Feb
• Thanyapura – www.thanyapura.com the ultimate Triathlon training grounds
• Challenge Roth Triathlon training plan – FREE
• MaccaX Phuket training Camp 22nd Nov – 29th Nov

Major half and full distance races in Asia 2016 …

• 70.3 Subic Bay Philippines – Mar 6th
• 70.3 Taiwan – Mar 27th
• 70.3 Putrajaya (Malaysia) – April 3rd
• Challenge Taiwan – May 7th
• 70.3 Vietnam May 8th
• Challenge Nusajaya – Aug 13th
• 70.3 Bintan Aug 28th
• Challenge Vietnam – Sept 11th
• Challenge Jeju (Korean) – Sept 25th
• IRONMAN Taiwan – Oct 2nd
• Challenge Kanchanaburi – Oct 23rd
• IRONMAN Langkawi – Nov 12th
• 70.3 Phuket Nov 27th

There’s also races in Korea, China and Japan with dates still to be announced.

- See more at: http://www.maccax.com/32-racing-roth-babies-ladyboys/#sthash.U99HzZuB.dpuf

Chris opens up about some of his past business deals, appearance fees and where all the money has gone over the last 20 years.

From 200k appearance fees to Daniela Ryf making approx 2.5 million in 2015. This episode is all about the money, money, money.

Macca & Azza go over all the latest in the triathlon world and do an interview with x-pro surfer Clint Kimmins who tells his amazing story of how he went from making hundreds of thousands of dollars to travel the world and surf/party to being a top age group athalete and now coach at Thanyapura in Phuket aiming to get his pro card.

Also how to blend the right type of training sessions to build your own triathlon training plan by Chris "Macca" McCormack.

Great interview with age group triathalete Tim Ford who’s gone from 120kg (165lbs) to 71 kg (156lbs) and qualified for the 70.3 World Championships in 2016.

We also discuss ….

• Triple crown and how this now looks
• Stand out performances of 2015 (Jan Frodeno, Gwynsanity, Daniele Ryf)
• Off season training, common mistakes to avoid.

View the free training sessions here ...

http://www.maccax.com/26-from-fat-to-fit-tim-ford/

Big announcements this week with the Chinese buying the WTC and the 70.3 World Championships wrapping up.

Chris discusses how Asia is embracing and going crazy for sports while going over his Kona picks and the 70.3 Worlds results from the weekend where Jan Frodeno and Daniella Ryf were on fire.

Talks of Daniella being the fist triathalete to potentially make $2,000,000 USD in 1 year and if she can back up her dominating 10 min + victory over the weekend with a win in Kona + Bahrain.

Off season triathlon trainning plan advice avaliable on www.MaccaX.com

• European travels
• 70.3 Worlds - Men's & Woman's Favourites
• Triple Crown - $1,000,000 will go to ...
• New Triathlon Union
• Chinese to buy WTC for 850,000,000
• Tapering - Common mistakes you need to avoid.

Honourable mentions, links ...

• Exclusive: China's Dalian Wanda in talks to buy Ironman parent -source
• Thanyapura - The greatest triathlon training resort on the plant
• Search 4 Hurt
• Mark Hunt - UFC Fighter
• MaccaX - Online triathlon coaching & plans