After winning Ironman Cairns Matthew Marquardt joins us to talk about the race, his season, his training (in LOTS of detail), the cramping issue that has been plaguing his season, the importance of sleep for performance and lots more! Nord VPN: Take advantage of a great deal with Nord VPN use the code triathlonhour or visit nordvpn.com/triathlonhour to get a huge discount in the 2 year plans PLUS 4 extra months! It is risk free with Nord's 30 days money back guarantee! Pillar: Use the code TTH t...
Jul 07, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 266
We start with the Ironman Frankfurt penalty drama from Kristian's perspective, his power numbers from the race to get a 9 minute lead off the bike and his intentional weight loss for the race. Then we go into ALL of his 2025 bike training Monday to Friday including session details + power numbers. ERG mode vs no ERG mode on the trainer, indoor training vs outdoor training, his Kona power numbers last year and some other race power numbers, his running training including all of his session/volume...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 264
Ironman Frankfurt happened over the weekend and it was full of chaos, drama and world class performances. There were disqualifications given, then taken back. Penalties galore. Arguments between athletes/athlete teams and referees on the course. Race changing mechanicals. Cramping/shoe issues. The Norwegian hype train was back in full force and dominating on the world stage, insane bike performances and so much more. This is one of the most action packed podcast of the year so far. We put a lot ...
Jun 30, 2025•57 min•Ep. 262
Last week Sam Long undertook an intensive 5 day swim training camp ran by the best swimmer in triathlon Greg Harper. On today’s podcast both Sam & Greg join us to tell us every single detail of what happened on that camp. All I asked of them before we did the podcast was “can you try and make all of us listening feel like we were there at the camp?” and I think that’s exactly what Sam & Greg achieved in this podcast. This is the kind of podcast we’ve never really had a lot of in triathlo...
Jun 26, 2025•54 min•Ep. 261
We start the show like always with our triathlon news headlines of the week. Then we dive into Lionel Sanders and the massive conversation he opened up last week. We share some embarrassing (but completely relatable) stories of our own. Then it’s time to close the show with the first ever funeral hosted live on a triathlon podcast. History is made on today’s episode. 00:00 - Triathlon News Headlines. 26:03 - Lionel Sanders, opening up & embarrassing/vulnerable stories. 1:05:20 - We host a fu...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 260
Fresh off winning Ironman Cairns Jackie Hering joins us to talk all about the race, her year so far, her training, her tough decision to change coaches, how her training used to look vs how it has been this year and lots more. Sign up to Patreon Here - Patreon link Pillar Performance - Pillar Performance Link + TTH15 - 15% off site-wide for first time users Precision Fuel & Hydration - Precision Link use TTH25 for 15% off your first order (or find the code for 20% off all orders on Patreon)...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 259
Vancouver T100 and Ironman Cairns are on the agenda today so tune in for everything you need to know about those races over the weekend. We then give our opinions on who the male & female mid year triathlete of the year are and what has been the performance of the year so far. Then it’s time for Triathlon Mythbusters (a place where we debunk myths). Sign up to Patreon Here - Patreon link
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 258
Jack, Justin & Ari are back to bring you your weekly source of triathlon entertainment. The racing & drama from Ironman 70.3 Eagleman is on the agenda including the controversy surrounding the pro men interfering with the pro women’s race and Sam Long v Trevor Foley. Sam Appleton joins us on the pod filling in for Greg and he questions whether the T100 has lived up to expectations or not. He also brings his “10 Commandments of Triathlon” based on his two decades in triathlon and the grou...
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 257
T100 San Francisco, the battle between Kat & Laura at Ironman Hamburg and Ironman marathon records are on the agenda for news headlines. Enemy of The Show returns and we take aim at Sam Long, Bob Babitt, Morgan Pearson, Cam Wurf among others. We do some training chat around things that always work vs things that can be hit or miss and then one of the boys goes through a much needed intervention. Sign up to Patreon Here - Patreon link...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 256
We are joined by one of the greatest long distance triathletes of all time in today’s interview podcast. Mark tells us all the secrets of his training that led to him winning his 6 Ironman World Championships like his long runs, massive Saturday brick sessions and training camps. Sign up to Patreon Here - Patreon link Pillar Performance - Pillar Performance Link + TTH15 - 15% off site-wide for first time users Precision Fuel & Hydration - Precision Link use TTH25 for 15% off your first order...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 255
The enemy of The Triathlon Hour needs to be named and today may just be the day + triathlon news headlines, Ironman, T100 & Challenge get given grades for 2025 so far, a triathlon version of buy, hold or sell, the boys question weird training habits, Ari Is Angry + some silly bets to finish the pod. Buckle up!
May 26, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 254
Dan Plews is an expert in training & nutrition with 20 years of experience in the physiology & sports science space. He was an Ironman World Championship Age Grpup athlete himself and coached Chelsea Sodaro to winning the professional Ironman World Championship. This is 90 minutes of pure training & nutrition conversation for us die hards. Sign up to Patreon Here - Patreon link Pillar Performance - Pillar Performance Link + TTH15 - 15% off site-wide for first time users Precision Fue...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 253
Jake Birtwhistle joins us to talk about his training and racing following a hot start to the year at Geelong 70.3, Oceanside 70.3 and St George 70.3. We learn all about who Jake is and what training he does! Listen to this to be “early” on the Birtwhistle Bandwagon. - Talbot Cox Sign up to Patreon Here - Patreon link Pillar Performance - Pillar Performance Link + TTH15 - 15% off site-wide for first time users Precision Fuel & Hydration - Precision Link use TTH25 for 15% off your first order ...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 252
Opinions, discussions and observations from a big weekend at Ironman 70.3 St George.
May 12, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 251
Justin Riele joins us to talk all things training, triathlon and life. How did he become such a beast on the bike while still working full time? He gives all the details on his unique and specific training methods. He talks about race visualisation, lactate and the Norwegian method, structuring training around his job and being a weekend warrior. He also gives us exact numbers on how much money he makes from triathlon with races and brand sponsorship which is very unique and honest insight. The ...
May 08, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 250
Alex Yee joins us to talk about his training & life in details you’ve never heard before. He goes through day by day what his typical training week looked like prior to running London Marathon, including key sessions and why he did things the way he did and compared that to his typical week leading into winning Olympic gold at Paris in the triathlon. We talk about his future plans for potentially trying to break the Ironman full distance world record in a sub 6:44 challenge and going to Kona...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 249
Joe Skipper joins us for the first time in almost 2 years. We catch up on what's been happening in his training, racing and life over that time. Other things on the agenda are the massive training weekend he just did, can you be Ironman World Champion if you do the T100 World Tour, lots of detailed run training chat, can Joe get back to his best, some walking down memory lane about Joe's best races and what training led to them, Triathlon Mockery, three deep questions that get Joe being serious ...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 248
Kate Waugh won Singapore T100 on the weekend by almost 7 minutes - the biggest winning margin in T100 history so far AND she did it on debut against the likes of Ash Gentle, Julie Derron and Lucy Charles-Barclay. We talk about the race, how it played out from Kate’s perspective, her move to long course, what it’s like behind the scenes at the T100 and then we do a BIG TIME deep dive into Kate’s training she did this year from her early VO2 max/polarised block into her 6 week LT2/specific block l...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 247
One of the great sports science & triathlon coaching minds is back on The Triathlon Hour. We talk about a lot of training topics including intensity control and how crucial it is to being your best, how important is volume in training and can doing less with more intensity/recovery be better for your training or are you better off to focus on trying to do more, peak human performance, what is Zone 2 training and how do the Norwegian's use it in their training and then we hit some quick fire ...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 246
In this episode we go straight into how Els trains. It's very unique. She does lots of double bike days and double/triple run days which we discuss as well as talking about her unique approach to long rides. We talk big gear riding, build rides, hill reps on the run, speed/track running, using a treadmill in your running and how Els approaches her long runs. Els gives us an entire breakdown of her weekly training structure and how she adjusts it day to day based on her coaches text messages. We ...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 245
Greg Harper is arguably the best swimmer in long course triathlon and has taken it upon himself to become swim advisor to the bad pro swimmers. He’s also on the journey himself of trying to ride & run at the level required to capitalise on his swim so that he can start winning big races. Today we talk about how he would fix Lionel Sanders & Sam Long’s swims, hear all about his own training (ride & run, mainly) and chat about our love lives. Sign up to Patreon Here - Patreon link Prec...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 244
This week the boys at Pro Tri News did a podcast where they talked about the Imogen Simmonds case. Inside that they talked about me in some pretty strong & negative ways. This is my response to them.
Mar 05, 2025•56 min•Ep. 243
Paula Findlay joins us for the first time in over 2 years this week to talk all about her life & training. If you want to hear all about her run training, run sessions, long runs, weekly run structure, bike power, bike sessions, bike training structure and many, many more training details then THIS is the podcast for you. We also reminisce a bit on the glory days, discuss being prepared to die on the TT bike and chat about T100 and Ironman. Patreon - Patreon link Nerd Belts - TTH20 for 20% o...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 242
The King joins us for the first time in over a year and we had SO much to talk about. Some big coaching changes which Hayden talks about in detail and gives a crazy amount of info on his new training program, sessions, structure, etc. We talk Ironman 70.3 World Champs, T100, Paris Olympics silver medal. All of it. Hayden also weighs in on which side he's picking in some long course beef. When I sat down and decided what I wanted my podcasts to be like in 2025, this episode is basically EXACTLY w...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 241
Fred joins us this week to talk allllll about training. We talk about his swim training in Australia with the famous swim coach JR, how the sessions look, their structure & his favourite session he's done there so far. We then spend a lot of time talking about his bike training. VO2 max, VLaMax, Z2 training, long rides, periodisation, fuelling. All of it. And then we talk about his running, run volume, run intensity, VO2 max sessions in running and the long run. This one is for all of you tr...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 240
The King of Zone 2 (who cares) joins us for the first time ever on The Triathlon Hour! We start the episode by getting to know Morgan a little bit, how he got offered a T100 contract, who by, when it happened, what his plans for 2025 with running, short course and T100 are, his plans for Ironman and his plans for the LA Olympics. We then go into his training and talk about how he trains, his coach Ryan Bolton and what will be needed in his training to have success over middle distance. Things th...
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 239
2022 Ironman World Champion Chelsea Sodaro joins us to talk about her training with new coach, Neal Henderson, and how it has changed in 2024/the start of 2025 compared to her old coach, Dan Plews. We talk about the highs & lows of 2024, 2025 race plans, dating apps, American celebrities/ podcasts and why Chelsea REFUSES to talk about something big. Precision Fuel & Hydration - Use this link for a discount on your order Precision Nerd Belts - Use the discount code TTH20 for a massive 20%...
Jan 22, 2025•57 min•Ep. 238
Episode 2 of 2025 is here and we are joined by the middle distance GOAT and newly crowned Ironman 70.3 World Champion/T100 World Champion Taylor Knibb. We go deep on her training, particularly the new training approach she had in 2024 with coach Dan Lorang. We talk about weekly structure, bike workouts, long rides, long runs, run week structure, sessions, etc etc etc. You name it, we talked about it. We also have a bit of a laugh about the "new" Taylor Knibb who isn't afraid to speak her mind. A...
Jan 13, 2025•58 min•Ep. 237
We are joined by the newly crowned Ironman 70.3 World Champion Jelle Geens for our first podcast of 2025. We talk all about the training that led Jelle to be able to win the race, going particularly deep on the run training that took him to a 1:07 half marathon off the bike. We also get into the nitty gritty on his bike training and how he and his coach train. There is a detailed race recap from the 70.3 worlds from Jelle’s perspective and some conversation about his plans for 2025 balancing T10...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 236
Kyle Smith joins us to talk about the Ironman 70.3 World Championships that are happening this weekend. We talk about his training in the lead up including lots of specific sessions & training structures. We talk about race tactics and his race day plans. Body weight and ideal race weight are on the table. Who are the biggest threats to Kyle’s chances of winning his first 70.3 Worlds and lots, lots more! The Feed - Your one stop shop for all your triathlon needs http://www.thefeed.com/triath...
Dec 08, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 235
