Is Flora Duffy the greatest female triathlete of all time? She’s definitely in the discussion and she joins us tomorrow on the podcast. We talk about her Olympic gold medal, her time training for and racing 70.3’s and PTO races, how she took her run from being average at the world level to being the best in the sport, as well as hearing how her swim & bike are so good and what she did to make that happen. We talk about her coaching, who she is coached by and how they approach their training as a whole. Her future plans for Ironman and all the usual triathlon chat.

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With just over 3 weeks to go until the PTO European Open things have really ramped up! Mika is back and gives an update on his broken leg and what actually went down, Aaron Royle goes over his recent aero testing, Fred keeps putting week after week of great training together &  the boys discuss the Ibiza after party. All of that (and of course the usual training week breakdowns) in this weeks episode of Road to the PTO European Open!

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Rudy Von Berg takes us inside the training camp at Kona he did with Lionel Sanders, Collin Chartier and their coach Mikal Iden. We then talk about the training he did under former coach Luc Van Lierde (a 2 x Ironman World Champion himself) that took Rudy to a podium at the Ironman 70.3 World Champs in 2019 and how it differs from the training he and Mikal Iden have been doing in the lead up to Ironman Texas this year. Rudy then gives us a detailed breakdown of the 2023 Nice Ironman World Champs course and breaks down all his main competitors and why he thinks they can or can’t win the race.

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Well, this is officially the craziest week of Road to the PTO European Open so far. Collin is injured and it's looking unlikely he will be ready to race and Mika had a broke crash and was in hospital when the episode was being recorded. So as the last man standing Frederic Funk called in Aaron Royle & Tom Bishop to fill in. Both of these two are athletes who will be at the front of the race so it was exciting to hear more from them about how they are preparing and their thoughts on the race. 

John Rodgers is one of the most decorated and famous swim coaches the world has ever known. He is the swim coach of countless triathletes such as Jan Frodeno, Braden Currie, Josh Amberger, Brad Kahlefelt, Belinda Granger, Tim O’Donnell as well as being a long time head coach of the Australian Olympic Swim Team. JR, as he’s known, is 85 years old and has been coaching for 54 years. He is known for being a devoted, loving friend and role model to his athletes while also driving the highest of high standards and setting expectations of true high performance. 

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On this weeks episode the boys are joined by Aaron Royle who is also training for the European Open. Collin talks about his injury and having dinner with Olav Aleksander Bu - great story. Fred gets drug tested AGAIN and Mika is still finishing his German bread. LOTS of German bread. All that, lots of training talk more on this weeks episode of the Road to the PTO European Open!

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Kat Matthews came 2nd at the Ironman World Champs, broke 8 hours at the sub 8 project, was having one of the best years of anyone in triathlon and was training to win Kona. That was her goal. Then one day while out training she got hit by a car in a horrific accident. This is her story.  

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In this weeks episode the boys discuss their coaches. Who they are, what they do, etc. Fred gets drug tested. Mika swims in 23 degree Fahrenheit pools and the usual training week breakdowns! 

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Sam Long, one of the worlds best long course triathletes, joins us with his brand new coach in 2023 Dan Plews. There is something special about having both coach and athlete on an episode. It allows us to dive much deeper into both sides of the training. This is no exception. In the first podcast or bit of media Sam and Dan have done together we cover every aspect of their time working together so far.

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A full day of eating detailed by the boys including Mika eating his muesli out of a flower vase and having 9000 calories in a day. Colin's swimming turning into the Norwegians swimming, wind blowing Mika a full 180 degrees on his bike, lots of training talk and lots more on Week 4 of Road to the PTO European Open.