The Triathlon Hour

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.