#691 - IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship 2026 Nice Race Review

We review all the racing from the weekend including IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast, IRONMAN Wales, Challenge Samarkand and the IRONMAN 70.3 Championship in Nice. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 – IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast 0:05:39 – IRONMAN Wales 0:09:17 – Pro IRONMAN Series goes to Lanzarote in 2027 0:14:20 – Simon Viain the fastest bike ascent on the Col de Vence 0:15:57 – Sam Laidlow wins Challenge Samarkand 0:17.05 – IRONMAN 70.3 World Champs in Nice 0:19:00 – The women's race 0:24:56 – The men's race 0:42:30 – Top 3 females post-race press conference 0:53:35 – Top 3 males post-race press conference 1:09:00 – Julie Derron for the win in Kona LINKS: Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Kate Bevilaqua at https://www.instagram.com/katebevilaqua/ Guy Crawford at https://www.instagram.com/guyrcrawford/ IRONMAN 70.3 World Champs in Nice at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-world-championship-2026 IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-sunshine-coast IRONMAN Wales at https://www.ironman.com/races/im-wales Challenge Samarkand at https://challenge-samarkand.com/

The race within a race… Guy and Kate gear up for the IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast this weekend. We review the racing from the Supertri Pro Series Final in Jersey. British professional triathlete Joe Skipper has been handed an 18-month competition ban for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) caused by three whereabouts failures within a 12-month window. Peptides in triathlon - the line between recovery, anti-aging treatments and performance enhancement. We consider how accessible these treatments may become and whether existing testing rules can keep pace. We chat to Bruna Maia and Fabienne Maia of Augo Training. Augo is an intelligent assistant software platform designed specifically for endurance sports coaches and their athletes. It provides a central platform that streamlines communication, daily task prioritisation, performance data analysis and workout planning acting as an 'intelligence layer' for sports coaching. The platform uses artificial intelligence to remember client preferences, track past injuries and flag exactly which athletes need immediate plan adjustments. Ultimately, they handle the heavy data crunching and paperwork so that human coaches can save time and focus on building the all-important coach/athlete relationship. This weekend… IRONMAN 70.3 World Champs in Nice, we give our picks for the win. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 – Guy and Kate gearing up for IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast 0:04:40 – SuperTri Race Review 0:13:40 – Joe Skipper receives a ban 0:21:25 – Testosterone Screening in the US Military 0:25:23 – AG testing at IRONMAN 0:27.00 – Peptides 0:32:52 – Anti-ageing in sport 0:38:25 – AI and coaching 0:41:02 – Augo 1:07:18 – IM703 World Champs – picks for the win 1:17:00 – IM703 Sunshine Coast this weekend LINKS: Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Kate Bevilaqua at https://www.instagram.com/katebevilaqua/ Guy Crawford at https://www.instagram.com/guyrcrawford/ Augo Training at https://www.augotraining.com/en/ IRONMAN 70.3 World Champs in Nice at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-world-championship-2026 IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-sunshine-coast Supertri Jersey at https://supertri.com/home-supertri-pro-series-final-jersey/ Joe Skipper at https://www.instagram.com/notanotheraveragejoe/

Claire Slater won the free race entry to the Noosa Triathlon. We find out more about her. We discuss Matt Hanson's video training diaries for his swim and bike prep for Kona. Plus, what does it take to qualify for Kona? We reveal the average number of training hours you'll need to be putting in to get there. We review the racing from IM703 Zell am See and WTCS Weihai at the weekend.   TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 – Guy is racing Pro at the IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast 0:03:40 – Guy's Louisville capitulation 0:07:30 – Noosa Triathlon Race Entry 0:09:42 – Claire Slater 0:21:04 – UTMB Mont Blanc 0:23.38 – IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See 0:27:12 – WTCS Weihai 0:34:08 – Swim prep for Kona 1:01:00 – Bike prep for Kona 1:08:00 – What does it take to get to Kona LINKS: Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Kate Bevilaqua at https://www.instagram.com/katebevilaqua/ Guy Crawford at https://www.instagram.com/guyrcrawford/ IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-sunshine-coast Noosa Triathlon at https://noosatri.com.au/ IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-zell-am-see UTMB Mont Blanc at https://montblanc.utmb.world/ WTCS Weihai at https://events.triathlon.org/2026-wtcs-weihai IRONMAN World Champs Kona at https://www.ironman.com/races/im-world-championship-kona Matt Hanson's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@MattHansonTri

We have a free race entry to give away to the IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne event. We share insights into bike handling skills and descending technique ahead of the IRONMAN 70.3 World Champs in Nice. Plus, should you be riding a road bike or a time trial bike? We tell you why you should be switching OFF Erg mode on your indoor trainer. Is low cadence work and grinding gears too costly on the bike? Well, it depends… and we tell you why. Kate and Guy are racing the New York City Marathon – the race within a race! TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 – IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne free race entry competition 0:04:58 – IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See 0:07:33 – Road bike or Tri bike for Nice 0:08:38 – Noosa Triathlon 0:17:43 – Improving technique via mountain biking 0:25:50 – Mountain biking downhill World Cup 0:30:00 – Why not to ride erg mode 0:36:16 – Is low cadence work and grinding gears too costly 0:41:02 – La Vuelta 0:44:08 – The New York Marathon 0:44:33 – Guess Guy's marathon time 0:46:30 – Yomif Kejelcha - new Half Marathon World Record 0:50:45 – Phil Gore's running challenge 'Project 168' 0:53:08 - Yomif Kejelcha's running volume 0:53:33 – Phil Maffetone Training Principles 0:59:24 - Nils van der Poel 1:05:37 – Guess Guy's and Kate's marathon time LINKS: Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Kate Bevilaqua at https://www.instagram.com/katebevilaqua/ Guy Crawford at https://www.instagram.com/guyrcrawford/ IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-melbourne IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-zell-am-see IRONMAN 70.3 World Champs at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-world-championship-2026 UCI MTB World Series at https://www.ucimtbworldseries.com/results/2026/haute-savoie-2026 La Vuelta at https://www.lavuelta.es/en/ The New York City Marathon at https://www.nyrr.org/tcsnycmarathon Yomif Kejelcha at https://www.instagram.com/yomif_kejelcha/ Phil Gore's running challenge at https://www.trailrunmag.com/2026/08/24/phil-gore-project-168/ Dr Phil Maffetone at https://philmaffetone.com/ Nils van der Poel at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_van_der_Poel

We review the racing from T100 Vancouver, IRONMAN 70.3 Hradec-Kralove, IRONMAN Kalmar and IRONMAN 70.3 Northern California. We discuss how sports watches are misleading us on calorie counting. The caloric demand of endurance races – a recent article from the Tour de Femmes. We chat with sports dietician Danielle de Francesco. Dani is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian & Nutritionist with Pogo Physio. She is a former Australian swim team member from 2009 to 2013, having competed at four world championships in the 5km and 10km open water swimming events. She is also currently a professional triathlete, Super League triathlon competitor and cyclist for the Specialized Women's Racing Team. In this episode, Dani shares her journey from elite swimming and cycling to triathlon, and tells us about her personal experiences with underfuelling. She highlights the importance of nutrition for injury prevention for all endurance athletes. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 – Intro 0:04:57 – Eric Watson butterfly swimmer 0:07:32 – Intro to Dani de Francesco 0:08:38 – Noosa Triathlon 0:11:00 – T100 Vancouver 0:18: 25 – IM703 Hradec-Kralove 0:20:34 – IRONMAN Kalmar 0:28:48 – IM703 Northern California 0:33:16 – Can Lionel Sanders still be competitive 0:40:27 – Sports watches poor at calorie counting 0:43:20 – The caloric demand of ultra-endurance events 0:49:16 – Danielle de Francisco LINKS: Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Kate Bevilaqua at https://www.instagram.com/katebevilaqua/ Guy Crawford at https://www.instagram.com/guyrcrawford/ Dani de Francesco at https://www.pogophysio.com.au/team/danielle-de-francesco/ Noosa Triathlon at https://noosatri.com.au/ T100 Vancouver at https://t100triathlon.com/vancouver/ IRONMAN 70.3 Hradec-Kralove at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-hradec-kralove IRONMAN Kalmar at https://www.ironman.com/races/im-kalmar IRONMAN 70.3 Northern California at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-northern-california  

We review the racing from IRONMAN 70.3 Rio de Janeiro, IRONMAN 70.3 Lapu-Lapu and the World Cup in Paraguay. Plus, we delve into the challenges of racing in hot conditions and share strategies for heat preparation and acclimatisation. We highlight the importance of understanding individual responses to heat and the need for effective monitoring during training. We discuss the complexities of heat stress and acclimation for athletes and their own personal threshold for heat tolerance. We share the science around the effectiveness of active versus passive heat stress and the importance of hydration. The conversation highlights the different needs of male and female athletes regarding heat acclimation protocols and emphasizes the necessity of managing expectations during hot races. The group shares insights on how to prepare for extreme heat conditions, the role of heart rate in performance monitoring, and the significance of listening to the body's signals during competition. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 – Intro 0:06:31 – Sammie Maxwell 0:08:07 – Racing from the weekend 0:15:03 – Preparing for hot races 0:18:21 – Being at peace with the heat 0:21:38 – Heat acclimation work for a temperate race 0:22:49 – The core body monitor 0:27:51 – The air thermometer 0:29:26 – Passive versus active heat stress 0:35:11 – Preparing Tex for Kona 0:36:06 – How much heat stress is too much 0:37:41 – Preparing females versus males for the heat 0:39:45 – Downregulating expectations in a hot race 0:51:52 – How hard should you push in the heat 0:55:14 – Sodium for heat stress reduction 0:57:47 – The racing on this weekend LINKS: Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Kate Bevilaqua at https://www.instagram.com/katebevilaqua/ Guy Crawford at https://www.instagram.com/guyrcrawford/ Sammie Maxwell at https://www.instagram.com/sammie.maxwell.mtb/ IRONMAN 70.3 Lapu-Lapu at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-cebu-philippines IRONMAN 70.3 Rio de Janeiro at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-rio-de-janeiro Triathlon World Cup race in Paraguay at https://events.triathlon.org/2026-world-triathlon-cup-asuncion

We review the racing from IM703 Krakow and the World Cup in Rio at the weekend. We explore the complexities of setting individualized training zones and the risks of inaccurate zone training. We ask our hosts, if you were given $2,000 to spend on triathlon how would you spend it? TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 – Intro 0:03:10 – Baggy singlets in running 0:03:56 – Commonwealth Games swimming successes 0:06:07 – World Cup Rio de Janeiro race review 0:13:22 – IRONMAN 70.3 Krakow race review 0:19:21 – Setting training zones 0:42:36 – How would you spend $2,000 in triathlon LINKS: Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Kate Bevilaqua at https://www.instagram.com/katebevilaqua/ Guy Crawford at https://www.instagram.com/guyrcrawford/ IRONMAN 70.3 Krakow at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-krakow World Cup Rio de Janeiro at https://events.triathlon.org/2026-world-triathlon-cup-rio-de-janeiro/ Individual variation in heart rates at LT1 and LT2 in runners, and the implications for zone training at https://runningwritings.com/2025/02/lt1-lt2-heart-rate-individual-variation.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=welcome_2 A Critical Evaluation of Current Methods for Exercise Prescription in Women and Men at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31479001/

We review the racing from IM703 Boise and WTCS London at the weekend. Individual physiological adaptations to a repeated 8-wk endurance training period exhibit limited reproducibility. We discuss a recent study which demonstrates how an individual's response to one training period does not reliably reflect their capacity to adapt to the same training stimulus in the future. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 – Intro 0:01:29 – Tour de France 0:03:12 – Morzine as a triathlon destination 0:07:00 – IRONMAN 70.3 Boise Race Review 0:23:05 – T100 big announcement…. not! 0:25:00 – Oakley Meta Glasses 0:28:27 – PTO and short course racing 0:29:33 – Supertri 0:30:14 – WTCS London 0:41:00 – Downhill running 0:43:45 – Guy Crawford Coach of the Year 0:49:05 – Coaching in the AI era 0:53:19 - Study LINKS: Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Kate Bevilaqua at https://www.instagram.com/katebevilaqua/ Guy Crawford at https://www.instagram.com/guyrcrawford/ IRONMAN 70.3 Boise at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-boise T100 London at https://t100triathlon.com/london/participate/ WTCS London at https://events.triathlon.org/2026-wtcs-london Supertri at https://supertri.com/ Oakley Meta Glasses https://www.oakley.com/en-us/l/oakley-meta Limited reproducibility of individual physiological adaptations to repeated endurance exercise training. A study at https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00154.2026?utm

We review all the racing from IRONMAN Lake Placid. Charlotte McLauchlan is a Master's student in nutrition and dietetics at Auckland University. In this in-depth interview Charlotte shares insights from her recent research on energy balance and low energy availability in age-group triathletes. We discuss key findings, implications for athlete health and practical advice for optimizing performance and well-being. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 – Kate and Guy are at the Cable Beach Triathlon 0:03:10 – Josh Kerr breaks the mile world record 0:06:03 – Lake Placid race review 0:07:39 – Paula Findlay's performance 0:09:45 – Is Paula Findlay a threat in Kona 0:11:13 – Rest of the Lake Placid female pro field 0:11:43 – Chelsea Sodaro 0:15:11 – Marten Van Riel's performance 0:17:25 – Matthew Marquardt 0:18:27 – Marten van Riel… the 'twist' 0:20:19 – Rest of the Lake Placid male pro field 0:21:20 – Back-to-back IRONMAN racing 0:25:51 – Plasmaide 0:27:00 – Plasmaide Competition 0:31:28 – Fuelling for endurance sport 0:32:40 – Charlotte McLaughlan interview 1:14:46 – 41% of athletes in a significant energy deficit 1:25.00 – The tracking of calories challenge LINKS: Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Kate Bevilaqua at https://www.instagram.com/katebevilaqua/ Guy Crawford at https://www.instagram.com/guyrcrawford/ Charlotte McLauchlan can be contacted by email at [email protected] Cable Beach Triathlon at https://www.cablebeachtri.net/ IRONMAN Lake Placid at https://www.ironman.com/races/im-lake-placid

Kate and Guy are back from Roth. We hear their feedback from the event and Kate tells us how her marathon went! We review the racing from the WTCS Hamburg and Hayden Wilde's personal challenges getting over sickness plus Cassandre Beaugrand's race at the Diamond League and her record-breaking achievements. The IRONMAN 70.3 in Swansea finished early for Mika Noodt after a bike crash. We chat about safety concerns on race courses. After Danielle Lewis's announcement of her REDS diagnosis we delve into the critical role of nutrition in athletic performance. The conversation highlights the need for coaches to be vigilant about their athletes' nutritional habits and the potential consequences of underfuelling. Additionally, we explore the different types of body composition and the significance of metabolic efficiency in endurance sports. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00:00 – Kate and Guy are back from Roth 0:04:48 – Kate's marathon 0:05:53 – Cassandre Beaugrand and Alex Yee at the Diamond League 0:08:55 – WTCS Hamburg 0:11:56 – Hayden Wilde 0:20:29 – WTCS Women's Race 0:21:11 – Lisa Tertsch's racing making her unpopular? 0:31:36 – IM703 Swansea safety concerns 0:33:23 – The worst run of Jack's career 0:38:10 – Mika Noodt's bike crash 0:40:24 – This weekend IRONMAN Lake Placid 0:43:19 – Danielle Lewis announces she has REDS 0:44:27 – The hosts experiences of underfuelling in athletes 0:51:16 – Jack goes to the chiropractor 0:52:49 – Nutrition and underfuelling 0:59:37 – Metabolic efficiency and testing LINKS: Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Kate Bevilaqua at https://www.instagram.com/katebevilaqua/ Guy Crawford at https://www.instagram.com/guyrcrawford/ Challenge Roth at https://www.challenge-roth.com/en/ WTCS Hamburg - https://events.triathlon.org/2026-wtcs-hamburg IRONMAN 70.3 Swansea at https://www.ironman.com/races/im703-swansea Danielle Lewis https://www.instagram.com/danilewistri/ Mika Noodt https://www.instagram.com/mika.noodt/ Cassandre Beaugrand https://www.instagram.com/cassandrebeaugrand/