Mark invites Elite triathlete Andrew Horsfall Turner to discuss the recent T100 race in London, and his thoughts regarding the Olympic Individual triathlon event.  The conversation includes thoughts on the open ceremony, biological males fighting female athletes, plus lot's more.  Buckle up, Mark may have the odd rant...

Mark catches up with Pro IM athlete James Teagle who recently dropped a debut ironman time of 7hour 46 minutes in Spain.  James and Mark breakdown and analyses some race data from the race, and wether Sam Laidlow DQ should have menat he missed the World Championships.  This and lots more...

Plus a race report, more prize giveaways and a warning about getting teh right insurance for triathlon training and racing. 

Link to Neil Aitkins go fund me page

https://www.gofundme.com/f/neil-who-is-critically-ill-after-a-serious-bike-accident

Link to Gravel race www.xgravel.com

Elite short course triathlte Sam Dickinson has worked hard over the years, and now he's been rewarded with a place at the Olympic Triathlon event in Paris. Mark has the pleasure of catching up with Sam to discuss his emotions regarding the selection prosess and how he will approuch this very special event. Enjoy...

Tim Hemming gives his thoughts surrounding the difficult GB selection proccess for Paris, especially after the super series race in Poland at the weekend.  Speaking of which - Sam Dickinson sends in a race report detailing his experience and thoughts on possibly being selected for Paris. 

Plus race reports and prize winners sending in their audio files.  

Marks Guest is Ben Goodfellow who recently came 4th (elite male) at IM Lanzarote last week.

If you want to send money to the Nepal fund below

https://www.gofundme.com/f/education-funding-for-two-children-and-a-school-in-nepal?attribution_id=sl:64830f96-59f3-4a52-b6d8-9d10a97e85b5

To become a patron and win shit loads of prizes. 

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Mark catches up with Pro triathlete James Teagle who recently raced the Mallorca 70.3.  James stayed with Mark for a week building up to the race (short documentry cooming soon) in Mallorca. Mark gets a great insight on how an athlete at this level prepares for such an improtant race. 

Precision Fuel and Hydration boss Andy Blow come on to quickly chat with mark about thier announcement as the European hydration provider for Ironman.  Andy also discusses in detail the furure of the company and how his focus is to try and creat a more environmentally and sustainable business for teh future. Enjoy!

A massive show today with thoughts from elite triathlete Sam Wordley regarding the T100 series race in Singapore. 

We have a race report from Harriet Henderson who particiapted in the Portocolom 111km triathlon event in Mallorca, Spain. 

Mark catches up with Tim Heming to quickly discuss the race from Sigapore and wether things are improviing? Is it really an event that is attracting a world class field? If so why are wild cards doing so well? 

The main interveiw is with Owen Vermeulen (pro gravel rider and former heroin addict).  Listen to this very candid conversation about drug addiction, and how cycling changed things for the better. 

While out in Colombia Mark and Caroline stuck around to experience the Sgrail gravel triathlon with Jan Frodeno.  Will gravel triathlon be as popular as gravel cycling?

Caroline Livesey is the co-host today with Mark. In this episode they discuss what it's like to ride the longest payed cycle road in the world. The Alto el Sifon


Alto el Sifon from Padilla. Finish Laguna Negro cafe. (finish point 4036m altitude)
93km, 4150m altitude at highest summit, 3520m gained. 


This was the previous climb:
Alto de Letras.
From Mariquita. 
80km, 3690m altitude at the summit, 3220m gained in the ride. 


Caroline and Mark then go on to discuss the T100 world series that took place in Miami.  Mark doesn't hold back, so strap in and buckle up. 

In today's episode Mark finally gets David McNamee on the podcast to chat about his inclusion to race the new T100 series. To break the ice Mark starts this inteveiw with a short Scottish quiz (play at home). After 10 years in Spain has David lost some of his Scottishness?

In addition, Mark and Caroline discuss the Transcordilleras 8 stage garvel race in Colombia which they both undertook last week. Enjoy!

A packed show today with prize announcements, race reports, a quick catch up with Tim Heming where we discuss the recent PTO T100 anouncment. Mark also catches up with Will and Dave who have created My Trii Ranking. This is a new British ranking system including elites that allows you to compare and rank your Olympic and Sprint triathlon results.