Grace Thek joins the team to discuss her recent form and upcoming races (0.50), RPG Coach Clint Rowlings profiles the Ironman Port Macquarie race course (28.32), Reedy discusses salt loading (44.44) and athletes being caught doping (52.39) and Danny and Steve’s sister performs the best prank call on Tim Van Berkel you will ever hear (66.10), sorry Berks!

Steve is back and provides a debrief of IM 70.3 Geelong including the dynamics on the bike with race ranger in play as well as his epic run to almost chase down Mike Phillips after his colossal bike split (0.06), Reedy provides an overview on the recent Peter Bol update (18.19), the team discuss IM 70.3 Oceanside coming up this weekend (24.45), and we answer fan questions on the most effective but affordable methods to gain speed on the bike as well as discussing when to arrive at a high altitude race from sea level (32.46).

Sam Appleton joined us straight after his race in Clash Endurance Miami to discuss recent race results (3:27), Sam’s recent training block (15:00), Clash Miami race debrief (18:30) and helped answer fan questions on obtaining a pro license, how to pick a coach, improving swim speed, best sledges & Zone 1 running (29:45).

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Terenzo Bozzone joins us on the podcast to discuss his amazing career highlights and all things triathlon (0:16) including the new PTO ranking system (6:51), baby life as a pro athlete (13:41), racing for training (21:31), a quick word about the episode sponsor Sportitude (39:23) and answering some fan questions (40:58).

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Jake Birtwhistle joins us after his hugely impressive win at Ironman 70.3 Tasmania (starts at 0:17), we discuss a study on the impact of sleep resulting from late night training (starts at 17:40), we talk Lionel Sanders and his upcoming crack at the Arena Games (starts at 26:01), we chat about Specialized and Jake's recent news regarding bike sponsorship (starts at 32:52) and we end the podcast with another cheeky prank call to Steve and Danny's old man...sorry Terry ;) (starts at 42:46).

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Study source: Effects of vigorous late‐night exercise on sleep quality and cardiac autonomic activity - MYLLYMÄKI - 2011 - Journal of Sleep Research - Wiley Online Library

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Today we discuss Frodeno and the Norwegians (starts at 0:17), the ongoing issue/solutions around drafting (starts at 17:29), we review a carb loading study (starts at 25:35), we try and figure out who the most entertaining triathletes are (starts at 35:12) and a cheeky prank call...sorry Clint (43:40).

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Study source: Carbohydrate loading in human muscle: an improved 1 day protocol - PubMed (nih.gov)