Triathlon Taren Podcast

This week on the podcast, it's a re-broadcast of a podcast episode with Triathlon Taren on the Run Smarter Podcast, hosted by Brodie Sharpe.  They talk about how to go from running to the three disciplines of triathlon.

Patrick Lemieux is a sports agent in triathlon, representing athletes such as Lionel Sanders, after learning the ropes with former-triathlete-turned-marathon-runner Gwen Jorgensen (who is also his wife!)  He talks about what athletes need to do to not only get sponsored, but to get an agent of their own, as well as some of the lesser-known situations faced by the pros trying to make a living in the sport (and how difficult Ironman has made things on athletes.)

Jimmy Kennedy is a PhD Candidate and a Senior Scientist at InsideTracker.  On the podcast we talk about identifying overtraining in endurance athletes, and what can be done about it. He also talks about some of the biggest things triathletes need to be aware of that are going on in their bodies.

Two-time IRONMAN World Champion and multi-time ITU champ  Chris McCormack may be retired from racing, but he's still a big player in the triathlon industry. Co-founder of Super League Triathlon, he's also the Managing Director of the Bahrain Endurance team, among many other projects he's involved in.  He believes a change needs to come to triathlon, and he's one of the people leading the charge.

It's the 200th episode of the Triathlon Taren podcast! We're celebrating the past four years of podcast episodes.  We talk about how we got started, and some of our favourite interviews and memories (including clips from our chats with Lucy Charles-Barclay, Tim Don, Patrick Lange, Gustav Eden, Ben Hoffman and more).

Mandy Marquardt is a professional Sprint track cyclist, and she lives with Type 1 Diabetes.  She competes on Team Novo Nordisk, an all-diabetic professional cycling team.  On the podcast, we talk about being diagnosed at age 16, how she's been able to compete at a high level, and what it's like to manage her food intake as a competitive professional athlete with diabetes.        

Running injuries.  There's nothing that takes the joy out of training and racing than running injuries.  On the podcast today, we talk to a run training expert, Brodie Sharp (host of the Run Smarter Podcast), and talk all about the most common causes of running injuries and how to prevent them!  

Emma Carney was one of the top female triathletes of all time, winning absolutely everything, until a cardiac arrest took her out of competition.  Retired from racing, and now a coach, she has written a book talking about her win-at-all-costs attitude, and what she teaches her athletes today.

One of the top cyclists in triathlon, Andrew "Starky" Starykowicz has spent the past year and a half fighting IRONMAN over a punishment for "doping" due to medication he was given when he was in hospital with a dangerous lung infection that was preventing him from breathing.  We talk about his battle with IRONMAN, training during the pandemic, and racing at Challenge Miami next week.

Dylan Johnson is a professional cyclist who has a popular YouTube channel where he digs into the science behind training methods, supplements, and many other popular beliefs in endurance sports.  We talk about what he's found to really work, and what's not worth the time (eg: stretching, does it work or is it a waste?)

Katrina "Kat" Matthews is a professional triathlete who has a very different approach to training than many of her fellow pros and even some amateurs. That approach most recently saw her win IM Florida and IM 70.3 Oteppa   She believes in a much lighter training load than most, and that we don't need to smash ourselves to be successful in the sport!  

Mark A. Turnipseed was an addict who was living a lie: he was married to a woman but knew deep down he was gay, using drugs and alcohol to numb the pain of not being able to be his true self. He stumbled into triathlon, and the process of training for his first IRONMAN allowed Mark to commit to getting sober once and for all, and for finally coming out as a gay man. He's now proudly living the life he knew he was born to live.

Lizi Duncombe is a relatively new pro triathlete, having joined the pro ranks very soon after she started racing.  With a handful of 2nd place finishes, and a couple of race wins (most recently 2020 IRONMAN 70.3 Oman Muscat right before the pandemic started), Lizi has a super promising future. We talk about her most embarrassing Zoom moment, her training philosophy and more.

Anne Maher is a mom of two, and qualified for the Boston Marathon at her very first marathon ever in 2012. But while she's an excellent athlete, Anne preaches balance -- while she's serious about her run and triathlon training, she also refuses to give up balance in her life. Her blog and Instagram are Margaritas and Marathons, and we talk to her today about how she manages to enjoy everything in her life and be successful.

Laura Philipp was the 4th place finisher at Kona in 2019, and the 3rd place finisher at the 2020 PTO Championship at Challenge Daytona.  Yet, her name hasn't been well known in North America -- even though she's incredibly well known in Europe!  Her husband Philipp Seipp is also her coach.  We talk to the pair about her rise in the sport, their philosophy on training, how she felt lining up against the best at Challenge Daytona and more!

James Lawrence is best known as the Iron Cowboy, after he completed 50 Ironman triathlons in 50 US States in 50 Days. Six years later, he's now stepping it up to 100 Ironmans in 100 Days, starting in a couple months. We talk to him about why he's doing it and what his mindset will be this time, after enduring one of the most difficult things he could ever have imagined doing the 50:50:50.

The CEO of the Professional Triathlete's Organisation, Sam Renouf, joined us on the podcast to recap how their plans for 2020 went (spoiler alert, they were burned to the ground by COVID) and what their plans are for 2021.

Angela Naeth is a professional triathlete who has been competing at a high level in IRONMAN races (she had an 8th place finish at Kona in 2018), all the while battling Lyme Disease.  We talk to her about how she new she had contracted the tick-borne illness, how she's managed to keep competing, and what treatment looks like these days.

Ashley Reaver is a registered dietitian, nutritionist and lecturer at the University of California, Berkley. She's also the Lead Nutrition Scientist at Inside Tracker.  We talk to her today about how triathletes can use blood testing to guide their triathlon nutrition and training, to understand what's going on under the hood, which can help improve performance.

Bill Christy is the head honcho of Challenge North America, the group behind the wildly successful Challenge Daytona (PTO Championship) race broadcast in early December.  On the podcast this week, we talk to Bill about some behind the scenes info, how they accomplished a world-class product doing things never done before in triathlon, and what's next for Challenge as they go up against IRONMAN.