The Triathlon Hour

Dave Scott is a 6 x Ironman World Champion. He also finished runner up at the Ironman World Championships 3 times, something that often gets forgotten about because of his 6 wins. Dave might be best known for being one of the people involved in the famous “ironwar” where he and fellow legend Mark Allen ran side by side in an epic battle for most of the marathon at the end of the 1989 world championships - which, if you haven’t watched, do yourself a favour & go to YouTube right now. Dave has since gone on to become one of the great coaches with names like 3 x Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander & 4 x Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington on his resume.

Brett Sutton is arguably the greatest triathlon coach of all time. He has coached athletes such as Daniela Ryf, Nicola Spirig, Chrissie Wellington, Emma Snowsill (Frodeno), Craig Walton, Brad Kahlefeldt, Loretta Harrop and many many more. That's 2 x Olympic Gold Medalists, 2 x Olympic Silver medalists, 6 x Ironman World Champions, 5 x Ironman 70.3 World Champions, WTS/ITU World Champions, Grand Final winners, hundreds of Ironman/Ironman 70.3 wins and even more podiums. The list goes on and on. We talk about ALL things training with Brett and leave no stone unturned in what his philosophies are and how he implements them.

Brett Sutton is arguably the greatest triathlon coach of all time. He has coached athletes such as Daniela Ryf, Nicola Spirig, Chrissie Wellington, Emma Snowsill (Frodeno), Craig Walton, Brad Kahlefeldt, Loretta Harrop and many many more. That's 2 x Olympic Gold Medalists, 2 x Olympic Silver medalists, 6 x Ironman World Champions, 5 x Ironman 70.3 World Champions, WTS/ITU World Champions, Grand Final winners, hundreds of Ironman/Ironman 70.3 wins and even more podiums. The list goes on and on. We talk about ALL things training with Brett and leave no stone unturned in what his philosophies are and how he implements them.

Non Stanford is a professional triathlete who won the 2013 World Championship. She came 4th in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games (missing the podium by 3 seconds), won the WTS Grand Final, was the 2012 Under 23 World Triathlon Champion and has won multiple other WTS races. Non has spent most of her professional triathlon career living and training in Leeds in the UK alongside some of the greatest triathletes of all time and has so many training and racing stories from her time in the sport.

Jack Jenkins is an Australian professional MMA fighter. He is the Australian Champion and defended his belt for the 3rd time on the weekend. He is now undisputedly the best MMA fighter in the country. We talk about the build up into his fight, his training, his weight cut and go deep on the ups and downs of his career from crying in a bath tub to winning fights in front of packed stadiums. This is an inside look into the life of an MMA athlete that doesn't really get told anywhere and was fascinating. Jack is also my best friend, so having him on the show was special.

Pete Jacobs won the 2012 Ironman World Championships in one of the more dominant performances we've seen. We talk in detail about what got him there and the role finishing runner up the year before played in that. We go deep on the inner workings of a race like the world championships in a way you don't really hear much about. Pete was the favourite to win in 2012 so hearing about what he did and where his head was at in the weeks leading up to being favourite to win the word champs, what he did the night before, the morning of, seconds before the gun went off was fascinating. We then talk about what's happened since then and where he's at currently.

Today we are joined by American professional triathlete Ben Hoffman and co-hosted for the first time by Australian pro triathlete and guest on Ep 1 of How They Train Tim Reed. Reedy is a good mate of host Jack. The boys talk about all things racing & training. They discuss how training effects sex life, future goals, big races and how Hoff has trained to get his best results. As Jack talked about in the intro, we are selling some merch to help those effected by the floods in Australia atm. The link to buy them is below!! If you do buy one thanks so much for helping out and supporting a cause really close to our hearts that's wreaking havoc at the moment. https://howtheytrainpodcast.myshopify.com/

In this weeks episode we talk about how the pre season for the Western Bulldogs has been competitive, demanding and elite in nature this year. We discuss Josh Dunkley being the king of networking, Adam Treloars weird YouTube addiction, what the life on an AFL footballer is really like, the boys new podcast, who is better at what between the two of them, including for the first time ever Josh beating Adam in their pre season running test, how they have dealt with their respective AFL dramas, the AFL media and so much more.

This week we chat to pro triathlete Sam Appleton after his dominant victory at Ironman 70.3 Geelong on the weekend. He takes us inside the race and tells us how it played out, the dynamics and what he'd been doing in the lead up. We talk about the best race of his career, his training and the changes he's made since going back to being coached by Tim Reed. Appo tells us who he thinks is impossible to beat on their best day, who is the GOAT, what his favourite race shoes are and his plans this year to transition to racing Ironman and devote himself to the Ironman World Champs in Kona

Matthew Richardson, better known as 'Richo' is a former AFL player who played 282 games and kicked 800 goals for the Richmond Football Club. Richo is a legend of the game and has cult hero status among Richmond supporters. In todays episode he gives us an insight into the training and work ethic that lead to his amazing career, his transition into the media and even answers a few hard hitting questions about his predictions for the upcoming season.

Brendon Goddard is a number 1 draft pick that went on to play 334 games in a decorated career with St Kilda and Essendon. He has multiple All Australians, a club BnF and captained Essendon. He talks to us about the training habits that lead to him having such a consistent career, the St Kilda fat club, being at Essendon during the drug saga and he even drops an exclusive.

Jake Stringer joins us for his first ever podcast. He talks to us about the training he did that led to him making the jump to be one of the best players in the competition during the 2021 season. He also talks to us about what he is doing to make sure he takes his game to the next level again in 2022. He talks about his past training and experiences at two separate AFL clubs.

Jimmy Crute is a professional MMA fighter who fights in the UFC. In this episode he takes us deep inside what the life of a fighter is like from training, fight week, weight cutting, fight night and everything in between. Jimmy is a good mate of host Jack Kelly so this episode is two best mates chatting and feels like you are the third friend in the room!

Jess Stenson is a 2 x Olympic Marathoner, 2:25 Marathoner and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist in the Marathon. In this episode she takes us inside her journey to being one of the best marathoners Australia has ever had. In a golden age of female marathon running in Australia Jess has been one of the leaders. She has been one of the best in the best period Australia has ever had.

Kane Cornes is a 300 game AFL Premiership star. He won 4 BnF's, was a 2 x All Australian and was known for how hard he worked. From this chat I think it's obvious Kane is so successful because of his unrelenting work ethic and expectations he puts on himself. He doesn't settle for mediocre. Post footy he's become an exceptional runner and one of the biggest names in Australian sports media as a host, analyst and agenda setter.

Luke is an Australian professional runner. He describes himself as a "1500m guy who can run a fast 800m." He's a Commonwealth Games Bronze medalist, Olympian, World Champs rep and Australian National Champion. Luke gives us an inside look into the real him and what his story has looked like so far with no holds bared.

Jason Akermanis is a 3 x Premiership AFL player. He's a Brownlow medalist, multiple club best & fairest winner and leading goal kicker. He was obsessed with his training and preparation when he was playing and still to this day lives a lifestyle of a professional athlete.

Mona is a legend of the running world. In his prime he was arguably the best runner in the world. In the Marathon he won Commonwealth Games Gold, was on World Champs podiums and came Top 5 at the Oymplics. His PB of 2:08:16 is still the second fastest in Australian history and at the time of setting it was the 13th fastest of all time. He won some of the worlds biggest Marathons including Tokyo & Berlin. Mona prided himself on being in races to win, not just make up the numbers.

Julian Spence is a 2:14 marathoner who represented Australia at the World Champs in the marathon. He is host of one of the worlds biggest running podcast the Inside Running Podcast, a shoe dog who owns The Running Company Ballarat and a run coach himself. We go deep on Julian's training, his philosophies, his build into World Champs and what makes him so good at the marathon.

Luke McKenzie is an Australian professional triathlete. In this episode we talk about Luke's 2nd place finish at the Ironman World Champs, his best and worst races and the training leading into them. Luke was one of my favourite athletes growing up and so on a personal note this chat meant a lot to me. Also it was a nice follow up to expand on some stories we heard in last weeks episode with his wife Beth McKenzie that add another layer to their story.

Beth gave us so much insight into her training leading into her multiple Ironman wins as well as the origins and evolution of her businesses Wyn Republic & Marlo Republic. We then go deep on the tough times of testing positive for a performance enhancing drug knowing it was something Beth didn't purposely take and the impact of that on her career. It was a chat that had me walking away thinking "wow Beth has been through a lot..good and bad!!!"

Hannah Wells is a New Zealand professional triathlete who has won Ironman New Zealand as well as multiple Ironman 70.3 & middle distance races.

Steve McKenna is an Australian professional triathlete. He is an multiple Ironman 70.3/Middle distance Champion. Steve takes us day by day through the block leading into his best ever race performance as well as some honest & deep insight behind the scenes of triathlon life.

Natalie Van Coevorden is an Australian professional triathlete. Natalie gives us an honest & open insight into her recent Olympic drama as well as a deep dive on her training

Craig Alexander is a 3 x Ironman World Champion and 2 x Ironman 70.3 World Champion. He is considered by many as the greatest long course triathlete of all time.

Chris McCormack is a 2 x Ironman World Champion. He was one of the most dominant triathlete's in the world amassing 20 career Ironman victories. Macca was the face of triathlon with a personality larger than life. He takes us deep inside his victories in the Ironman World Championships including his preparation to win them and the battles with his rivals out on course.

Aaron Royle is a 2 x Olympic triathlete, Commonwealth Games medalist and Ironman 70.3 champion. Aaron discusses his own training, the training of some of his competitors such as Alistair & Jonny Brownlee and Vincent Luis. He also takes us on an in depth look at his Olympic Games build and race including the hardest training session he's ever done.

Amelia Watkinson is a New Zealand professional triathlete who is an Ironman champion. She has won 17 middle distance triathlons all over the world

Tim Van Berkel is an Australian professional triathlete who has won multiple Ironman and Challenge races all over the world.

Josh Amberger is an Australian professional triathlete with 11 Ironman 70.3 championships to his name and multiple podium finishes.

Ellie Pashley is an Australian professional runner who recently represented Australia in the 2020 Tokyo olympics marathon.

Tim Reed is an Ironman 70.3 World champion, Ironman Australian Champion and winner of 20 x Ironman 70.3 titles.