Episode Details

We review the racing at the IRONMAN World Championship in Nice this weekend and share the audio from the post-race press conference with the top 5 athletes.

We discuss power on the bike and the importance of torque production in power output and athlete performance. We review the work done by Jeroen Swart and John Wakefield - Managing Partners at Science to Sport in this space plus we share excerpts from our full interview with Dr Peter Leo, Endurance Training Scientist with Australian Cycling, out tomorrow.

(0:00:00) – IRONMAN World Championship Nice.

(0:08.46) – We review the racing from the IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast at the weekend.

(0:09:57) – UTMB and the popularity of trail running. Plus we have a free race entry to give away to the Ultra Trail Kosciuszko in Australia.

(0:14:20) - Infinit Nutrition 10% discount using the code FITTER10

(0:14:34) – Power production on the bike.

(0:17:16) – Brad George – winner of the free race entry to IM Western Australia

(0:27:53) – Power on the bike, the brain and low cadence.

(0:30:52) – Jeroen Swart and John Wakefield - Managing Partners at Science to Sport and Lead Coaches and Performance Co-ordinators for UAE Team Emirates Road Cycling. Excerpts from our interview in Episode 417.