Endure: The Athlete's Story

In this episode I talk to Eric Degolier, Founder of Body Rocket, a new product soon to be release that will take the Triathlon and Cycling Industry by storm.   Body Rocket is a device which fits onto your bike in the form of sensors on your seat post, stem and pedals. Real-time aerodynamic drag force data is then beamed wirelessly to a Garmin cycle computer, giving you precise, in-the-moment feedback throughout the course of a training session or race, or as you experiment with different positions, movements and kit.   After each session you will have a comprehensive picture of your aerodynamic data which you can analyse to identify incremental improvements.​   Body Rocket are proud to partner with Kristian Blumenfelt and Gustav Iden.  Body Rocket will  be hosting a webinar with Kristian, Gustav, and Olav on July 12th at 13:00. Anyone who signs up for the mailing list will get a link to the webinar sign-up. Alternatively they can visit the CrowdCube page https://www.crowdcube.com/body-rocket 

Martin is a Physiotherapist with an honours degree in Physiotherapy, and Masters in Sport and Exercise Medicine. Martin is an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner in the NHS. Having previously worked with Olympic Track and Field athletes in London and Fulham FC academy and Derry GAA. Currently he splits his time between his NHS work, his private practice Peak Physiotherapy Clinic and Ulster Rugby. He has a special interest in triathlon, endurance sports and rehabilitation. To Contact Martin, visit his website below. https://www.peakphysiotherapyclinic.com

Arild Tveiten is the head coach of the Norwegian Triathlon Federation, the coach who guided three ordinary young athletes who as Arild said himself would not have made any other countries National team for triathlon, and made them the best in the world. Olympic Gold medalist and 2021 WTCS champion, Kristian Blummenfelt, x2 70.3 World Champion Gustav Iden, and 2018 Bermuda WTCS winner Casper Stornes, as well as olympian Lotte Miller and a whole host of new up and coming Norwegian athletes are under the guidance of Arild. In this episode Arild shares his own story of how he got involved in triathlon, competed in Kona, and then took up the position of head coach for a group of junior athletes which just happened through luck or coincidence or perhaps just as a result of Arilds belief and vision to produce the names mentioned above. We talk about the team spirit and confidence of the Norwegians, the meticulous scientific testing and procedures that are implemented in their daily training and the love and joy of training and racing that radiates from the team.

Jason Black is an Irish Mountaineer, Endurance Athlete and Adventure Racer. Jason has summited K2,Everest,Mont Blanc (3 sides), Imja Tse Island Peak, Ama Dablam, Denali west rib, Kilimanjaro,Aconcagua. Jason has also competed in Ultra cycling events around the world including the North Cape Ultra 4000km, Transatlantic way 2500km, winner of race across Laos 1100km, Race across Oman and has done the toughest adventure race in the world the Eco Challenge Fiji - this is just to name a few. In this episode Jason takes on a journey through his life, as a young boy he developed a love for the outdoors and training, however throughout his time at school in his teenage years Jason fell victim to the hands of a violent bully, who made his life hell for 7 years and the suffering continued after he left school with no qualifications. With no education, no job and a crushed confidence the only thing Jason had was his love of sport and adventure and a heart and mind to relentlessly pursue performance in the mountains and on the bike, which he did beyond belief. Jason now wishes to inspire others to be the best they can and pursue their dreams. Listen to this episode to feel Jasons energy and love of life and inspire yourself to achieve great things. Jason is running a number of treks and climbs this year which he will personally lead, including a trek to Everest Base camp. You can find out all about it via the link to Jasons website below. https://www.jasonblack.ie

Jason Black is an Irish Mountaineer, Endurance Athlete and Adventure Racer. Jason has summited K2,Everest,Mont Blanc (3 sides), Imja Tse Island Peak, Ama Dablam, Denali west rib, Kilimanjaro,Aconcagua. Jason has also competed in Ultra cycling events around the world including the North Cape Ultra 4000km, Transatlantic way 2500km, winner of race across Laos 1100km, Race across Oman and has done the toughest adventure race in the world the Eco Challenge Fiji - this is just to name a few. In this episode Jason takes on a journey through his life, as a young boy he developed a love for the outdoors and training, however throughout his time at school in his teenage years Jason fell victim to the hands of a violent bully, who made his life hell for 7 years and the suffering continued after he left school with no qualifications. With no education, no job and a crushed confidence the only thing Jason had was his love of sport and adventure and a heart and mind to relentlessly pursue performance in the mountains and on the bike, which he did beyond belief. Jason now wishes to inspire others to be the best they can and pursue their dreams. Listen to this episode to feel Jasons energy and love of life and inspire yourself to achieve great things. Jason is running a number of treks and climbs this year which he will personally lead, including a trek to Everest Base camp. You can find out all about it via the link to Jasons website below. https://www.jasonblack.ie

Gearoid Mcdaid is a professional surfer from Sligo on the west coast of Ireland, home to some of the best waves in the world. Gearoid grew up surfing the local beach breaks of Strandhill before progressing to world class waves such as “The Peak”, “Aileens” at the foot of the cliffs of Moher and the world renowned big wave surfing spot, “Mullaghmore”. Gearoid competes in surf contests all around the world as well as free surfing and creating video features. With Surfing now part of the Olympics, Gearoid has his sights set on representing Ireland at the 2024 games. In this episode we talk about training for the demands of surfing, physically and mentally, what surfing in Ireland is really like, and how having years of surf footage of himself taken by his Dad has played a big part throughout his development to becoming Irelands top surfer.

Darren Dunne is an Irish Elite Triathlete, in this episode Darren gives us an honest insight into the life of an aspiring professional triathlete who is just on the cusp of potentially making a living being a full time triathlete. Darren tells us how it’s now or Never to pursue his dream whole heartedly and how he has overcome numerous injuries, struggles and how at one point had lost his love for the sport of triathlon. But now, healthy and fighting fit, Darren has a new fire ignited within him to pursue his dream of making triathlon a full time job.

Evan Lynch is a Registered Dietician and specialises in Sports Nutrition, working with some of the top endurance athletes in Ireland Evan has a vast knowledge of sports nutrition and how you can practically implement it into your lifestyle, training and racing for optimal performance. Evan will also save you money by highlighting fads and nonsense in the industry and instead advises a simple, effective and proven method to sports nutrition. To learn more about what services Evan offers check out his website below. https://evanlynchfitnut.com/blog/

Part 3 of the triathlon tips series and myself and James Walton are back with 3 things you can do to run faster in a triathlon. In this episode we discuss 3 ways to run faster for triathlon. We hope you enjoyed this short educational series, and if you did enjoy please get in touch to let us know and if there are any other topics you would like us to cover. If you have any questions about this episode please don’t hesitate to get in touch with either myself or James. Contact details: Emmett Mullan EJX2 coaching [email protected] @ejx2coaching on instagram and Facebook. James Walton NewMeta Coaching https://www.newmetacoaching.com @newmetacoaching on instagram and Facebook Photo Credit on Cover Art: Talbot Cox  Thank you for listening!

Aichlinn O’ Reilly is an elite Irish Triathlete from Westport Co. Mayo who recently finished 2nd in the sprint and olympic distance national championships. Aichlinn has finished on multiple podiums across sprint, olympic and Half Ironman distance in Ireland over the past few years and now plans to race professionally next season across the 70.3 distance.