Episode 260: Lionel Sanders: Emergency Podcast- The New Draft Rule

Back from the off season hiatus for an emergency podcast. The man himself Lionel Sanders joins the show to discuss the latest IRONMAN rule change to the 20 meter draft distance on the bike. Hear the thoughts, insights and whats next for the biggest rule change of the last decade!ProTriNews' emergency podcast discusses the new triathlon draft rule with Lionel Sanders. The hosts and guest analyze the rule change's impact on training, race tactics, and the sport's future. Expect lively debate about the new 20-meter draft zone and its implications.🙌 Massive Thanks To Our Partners🎨 WYN Republic – Gear up. 15% off with link belowhttps://wynrepublic.com/pages/protrinews🩸 Rythm Health – Start tracking your biomarkers todayhttps://rythmhealth.com/⛽️ Plan your next race's nutrition and race with what's on coursehttps://www.precisionhydration.com/us/en/❤️‍🩹 Recover better, and fasterhttps://pillarperformance.us/👨🏻‍🔧 Race on the best saddle! Visit Wovehttps://wovebike.com/🏦 Open a Waterfall Bank Accounthttps://www.waterfallbank.com/Support the show

Everyone seems to be talking about the 12m vs 20m draft zone but not many are asking the athletes themselves.In this episode, Sam Long, Taylor Knibb, and Magnus Ditlev join Pro Tri News for an athlete-led conversation on draft distance, race dynamics, and how professional Ironman racing has evolved. No debate, no finger-pointing just the athletes explaining how they see it, why it matters, and what they hope the future looks like.💰 Rocket Money- see how much you can save!https://www.rocketmoney.com/Support the show

This weeks episode is for the fans! The 5th annual awards show where we talk about who won male and female triathlete of the year, favorite moment, favorite race, and everything in between! This is our last podcast for the next 6 weeks, we will back in February to get you hyped up for the season! 🙌 Massive Thanks To Our Partners🎨 WYN Republic – Gear up. 15% off with code ProTriNews15https://wynrepublic.com/pages/protrinews💰 Rocket Money- see how much you can save! https://www.rocketmoney.com/🩸 Rythm Health – Start tracking your biomarkers todayhttps://rythmhealth.com/📊 Go all in for 2026 with TrainingPeaks Premium. Use code CYBER2025 for 25%https://trainingpeaks.com/ProTriNews⚡ Fuel smarter with the Triathlon Bundle from MNSTRYhttps://mnstry.com/products/triathlon-bundle🏦 Open a Waterfall Bank Accounthttps://www.waterfallbank.com/👨🏻‍🔧 Race on the best saddle! Visit Wovehttps://wovebike.com/Support the show

This weeks episode we get into the details of the T100 and World Triathlon partnership and what it means for the future of the sport. We talk all things past, present and future for the PTO and get to some of the burning questions of what changes were made for the 2026 T100 World Tour. All those and more in this exclusive podcast. 🎨 VOTE in the 5th Annual PTN Awardshttps://forms.gle/qkEAohoWMwwMFsvW7🙌 Massive Thanks To Our Partners🎨 WYN Republic – Gear up. 15% off with code ProTriNews15https://wynrepublic.com/pages/protrinews🩸 Rythm Health – Start tracking your biomarkers todayhttps://rythmhealth.com/📊 Go all in for 2026 with TrainingPeaks Premium. Use code CYBER2025 for 25%https://trainingpeaks.com/ProTriNews⚡ Fuel smarter with the Triathlon Bundle from MNSTRYhttps://mnstry.com/products/triathlon-bundle🏦 Open a Waterfall Bank Accounthttps://www.waterfallbank.com/👨🏻‍🔧 Race on the best saddle! Visit Wovehttps://wovebike.com/Support the show

This weeks episode we go on a Deep Dive regarding the T100 Qatar race and the series as a whole. Where things stand now with the new merger/acquisition whatever you want to call it with the T100 and World Triathlon and whats to come for the future. Ending the show as always with hot takes! 🗻Weekend Update (0:20-6:00)🇶🇦T100 Qatar (6:05-1:09:00)🔥 Hot Takes (1:09:05-1:18:25)🎨 VOTE in the 5th Annual PTN Awardshttps://forms.gle/qkEAohoWMwwMFsvW7🙌 Massive Thanks To Our Partners🎨 WYN Republic – Gear up. 15% off with code ProTriNews15https://wynrepublic.com/pages/protrinews🩸 Rythm Health – Start tracking your biomarkers todayhttps://rythmhealth.com/📊 Go all in for 2026 with TrainingPeaks Premium. Use code CYBER2025 for 25%https://trainingpeaks.com/ProTriNews⚡ Fuel smarter with the Triathlon Bundle from MNSTRYhttps://mnstry.com/products/triathlon-bundle🏦 Open a Waterfall Bank Accounthttps://www.waterfallbank.com/👨🏻‍🔧 Race on the best saddle! Visit Wovehttps://wovebike.com/Support the show

This weeks episode we provide an in depth weekend of racing update before getting to the last race preview of the season, the T100 Grand Final in Qatar. We breakdown the race dynamics, standings, scenarios to see who has to do what to become the T100 World Champion. After that we get on our soap box and comb through some of the hot takes that listeners have submitted, and ones we have been debating in our group chat this week. Update: IRONMAN has reached out to the professional athletes that's bikes were damaged by the golf cart and will take care of monetary damaged caused on the course at 70.3 La Quinta this weekend. 🗻Weekend Update (2:10-33:30)🇶🇦T100 Qatar (33:31-1:13:20)🔥 Hot Takes (1:13:20-1:24:00)🙌 Massive Thanks To Our Partners🎨 WYN Republic – Gear up. 15% off with code ProTriNews15https://wynrepublic.com/pages/protrinews🩸 Rythm Health – Start tracking your biomarkers todayhttps://rythmhealth.com/📊 Go all in for 2026 with TrainingPeaks Premium. Use code CYBER2025 for 25%https://trainingpeaks.com/ProTriNews⚡ Fuel smarter with the Triathlon Bundle from MNSTRYhttps://mnstry.com/products/triathlon-bundle🏦 Open a Waterfall Bank Accounthttps://www.waterfallbank.com/👨🏻‍🔧 Race on the best saddle! Visit Wovehttps://wovebike.com/Support the show

This episode we take you through the ENTIRE 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series from start to finish. The winners, suprises, and final standings. What improvements or changes can be made for the future and as always ending with some listener submitted hot takes! ☕️ IRONMAN PRO SERIES (1:30-1:02:20)🔥 Hot Takes (1:02:21-1:16:45)🙌 Massive Thanks To Our Partners🎨 WYN Republic – Gear up. 15% off with code ProTriNews15https://wynrepublic.com/pages/protrinews📊 Go all in for 2026 with TrainingPeaks Premium. Use code CYBER2025 for 25%https://trainingpeaks.com/ProTriNews⚡ Fuel smarter with the Triathlon Bundle from MNSTRYhttps://mnstry.com/products/triathlon-bundle🏦 Open a Waterfall Bank Accounthttps://www.waterfallbank.com/👨🏻‍🔧 Race on the best saddle! Visit Wovehttps://wovebike.com/Support the show

What happened this weekend at IRONMAN Arizona, our thoughts on what happened at the Dubai T100 triathlon and some hot takes for the ages. 🏜️Ironman Arizona (2:10-13:10)☕️ T100 Dubai (13:15-55:00)🔥 Hot Takes (55:05-1:24:00)🙌 Massive Thanks To Our Partners🎨 WYN Republic – Gear up. 15% off with code ProTriNews15https://wynrepublic.com/pages/protrinews📊 Go all in for 2026 with TrainingPeaks Premium. Use code CYBER2025 for 25%https://trainingpeaks.com/ProTriNews⚡ Fuel smarter with the Triathlon Bundle from MNSTRYhttps://mnstry.com/products/triathlon-bundle🏦 Open a Waterfall Bank Accounthttps://www.waterfallbank.com/👨🏻‍🔧 Race on the best saddle! Visit Wovehttps://wovebike.com/Support the show

We take you through the IRONMAN 70.3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! Huge weekend of racing from the Men and Women. We break down all of it this week! 👩 Womens Race Recap (2:50-21:40)🧔‍♂️ Mens Race Recap (21:45-40:15)📖 Race Grade (40:20-55:50)🔥 Hot Takes (55:55-1:19:45)🌎 Races coming up this weekend (1:19:50- 1:25:15)🙌 Massive Thanks To Our Partners🎨 WYN Republic – Gear up. 15% off with code ProTriNews15https://wynrepublic.com📊 Special Offer from Training Peakshttps://trainingpeaks.com/ProTriNews⚡ Fuel smarter with the Triathlon Bundle from MNSTRYhttps://mnstry.com/products/triathlon-bundle🏦 Open a Waterfall Bank Accounthttps://www.waterfallbank.com/👨🏻‍🔧 Race on the best saddle! Visit Wovehttps://wovebike.com/Support the show

One of the last big races of the year is finally here! The IRONMAN 70.3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, we take you through it all, the favorites, the darkhorses, the underdogs, race dynamics and more! Join us as we get ready for raceday in Marbella and the epic racing set to unfold! You'll even hear from one of the favorites as he joins us for a quick chat. 📖 Weekend Recap (0:10-7:20)🌎 70.3 World Championship History and Course Preview (7:25- 23:00)👑 Returning 70.3 World Champions (23:05-35:55)👩 Womens Race Preview (36:00-1:01:20)🧔‍♂️ Mens Race Preview (1:01:20-1:30:50🔥 Hot Takes (1:30:55-1:36:30)🙌 Massive Thanks To Our Partners🎨 WYN Republic – Gear up. 15% off with code ProTriNews15https://wynrepublic.com📊 Special Offer from Training Peakshttps://trainingpeaks.com/ProTriNews⚡ Fuel smarter with the Triathlon Bundle from MNSTRYhttps://mnstry.com/products/triathlon-bundle🏦 Open a Waterfall Bank Accounthttps://www.waterfallbank.com/👨🏻‍🔧 Race on the best saddle! Visit Wovehttps://wovebike.com/Support the show