Fitter Radio: Triathlon, Endurance, Nutrition

ONE STEP AHEAD: Protecting your immune system going into the winter months. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: How to recover from an Ironman - the taper out and when to start getting back into it again. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - PAUL AMBROSE: Australian born Ambrose has been in the sport 16 years and trained with the best. Previous 2 times winner of Ironman Australia Port Macquarie his sights are now set on another win at Port Mac, Kona and the Ironman 70.3 World Champs/ITU long Course World Champs. Paul talks to us about his time in the sport, the Bahrain team and triathlon as a sport in Australia. 5 MINUTE FOCUS: BikeAid - an app to help you find the closest bike store to you right now, or search other suburbs, cities and the rest of the world. Also find over 1,100 public bike tool locations to make basic repairs yourself 24/7. GEEK OUT: This week our geeky contributors 'The Plews and Prof' discuss the impact of scientific knowledge on coaching. Is sports science of any use to coaching at the coal face. CONTACT US: Go t

THE IMNZ EPISODE: Bevan reviews his IMNZ race. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Walking the aid stations. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEWS - NATHAN SHEARER & INDIA KRAAL: This week we interview the two overall age group winners from IMNZ 2016. Nathan Shearer from Australia not only took out the overall age group race but also smashed the course record in Taupo for the fastest ever age grouper in a time of 8:47:18. India Kraal from New Zealand raced her first ever Ironman and won the overall female age group race in a time of 9:54:25. GEEK OUT: This week our geeky contributors 'The Plews and Prof' look at Bevan's data from his recent Ironman New Zealand race. CONTACT US: Go to http://www.fitter.co.nz for show notes and links. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/fitter.co.nz for the latest news and information. Mikki Williden can be found at https://www.facebook.com/mikkiwillidennutrition

ONE STEP AHEAD: Energy deficits induced by exercise or diet. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Feeling inspired after watching an Ironman? Bevan gives us some basic tips to consider if you're thinking of signing up. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - AARON ROYLE: Aaron Royle is an Australian ITU athlete who has been training with Jamie Turners' Wollongong Wizards since he moved to Wollongong at the age of 18. A former U-23 World Triathlon champion Royle first represented his country in 2009 when he competed in the youth Olympics and then raced for Australia again at the Junior World Championships in the same year. In 2014 Aaron competed in the Men's Triathlon at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and was a member of the Bronze medal-winning Mixed Relay team. With five top-10 finishes in his last five ITU World Triathlon races, including a podium finish in Stockholm and achieving early automatic qualification to represent Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, the 25 year old has now earned his place in the upper echelon of the s

ONE STEP AHEAD: Does the paleo diet make you diabetic and fat? WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Reviewing your race. Running injuries and cadence. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - ELINA USSHER: Elina Ussher, ex cross country skier and track runner, was born in Finland and moved to New Zealand in 2005. Now the wife of race director and five-time men's longest day winner, Richard Ussher, she refers to herself as a '40 year old housewife'. However this month she came from behind to win her third women's Coast to Coast longest day multisport race. Since 2006, Elina hasn't missed a race and has been on the podium nine times, including three victories. She talks us through her career as an adventure racer, her recent Coast to Coast win and her plans for the future. GEEK OUT: This week our geeky contributors 'The Plews and Prof' look at The Plews' data after he went through a 'FatMax' test with Andrius Ramonas. 5 MIN FOCUS: Bevan talks to Shannon Rea from Garmin about their new Garmin Forerunner 630 GPS Smartwatch with Advanced Runnin

ONE STEP AHEAD: Cutting the bad carbs. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Building speed and endurance when fatigued. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - SAM CLARK: Sam Clark is the recent winner of New Zealand’s Men’s Elite 1 day Coast to Coast race and, despite his young age, has a wealth of experience from competing in a wide range of endurance sports. A mechanical engineer by trade, Sam uses his technical eye and attention to detail to maximise his training and preparation for each event and to seek out the right advice. His career highlights include wins at the Motu Challenge; podium finishes at the Wulong Mountain Quest, Lake to Lighthouse Challenge, national long distance Tri titles, two world championship adventure races, racing Tour of Southland and winning Monty’s Revenge for the first time. His next race… Ironman New Zealand.      GEEK OUT: This week our geeky contributors ‘The Plews and Prof’ talk about sodium and in particular a recent research article by Dr Martin Hoffman et al entitled “Sodium Intake During an Ultramar

ONE STEP AHEAD: Tips for those athletes undertaking back to back iron distance races. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: High cadence training for cycling. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - NATALIE VAN COEVORDEN: Natalie Van Coevorden, Australian triathlete, is 23 years old and has been competing on the WTS circuit since 2012. As one of Jamie Turners' "Wollongong Wizards" she's part of a unique squad that puts her in an elite environment on a day to day basis both in Australia and overseas. Natalie recently decided to give the longer distance a go and raced to a second place podium at the Challenge Melbourne Half last month. Her main goal this year - to compete for Australia at the Olympic Games. GEEK OUT: This week our geeky contributors 'The Plews and Prof' talk about "The Importance of Sleep for Athletic Performance". 5 MIN FOCUS: This week we bring back AJ Johnson, Content Editor and Power Analyst for Training Peaks, to talk about The Pacing Project - a new and innovative way for runners to look at how they're going to pace th

ONE STEP AHEAD: How to tell if you're a fat burner. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Micro burst high intensity interval training for cyclists. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - ALICIA KAYE: Alicia Kaye, Canadian triathlete, gives us a fascinating insight into her career to date. Gaining pro status in the triathlon world at only 14 years of age she talks to us about the benefits and challenges she faced and her subsequent falling away from the sport. In 2013 Alicia had a breakthrough year with her coach Joel Filliol and last year won the Boulder 70.3, Calgary 70.3 and numerous other shorter distance triathlons. This year Alicia is planning to race her first iron distance race - Ironman Texas. She credits her husband, Jarrod Shoemaker, with helping her rediscover her passion for the sport. GEEK OUT: This week our geeky contributors 'The Plews and Prof' talk about "Carbohydrate intake in the form of gel is associated with increased gastrointestinal distress but not with performance differences when compared to liquid carbohydrate

ONE STEP AHEAD: When is a calorie not a calorie. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: How the pros train. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - JARROD SHOEMAKER: Jarrod Shoemaker ITU star from Massachusetts came to triathlon from a running background and did his first triathlon in 2003. In his debut year as a professional triathlete, Shoemaker was crowned the 2004 USAT Under-23 National Champion. In the last 11 years he’s earned numerous championship titles including 2009 Duathlon World Champ, two US National Champion titles (2010, 2012), 2009 USAT Elite Athlete of the Year, 2011 USA Elite Sprint National Champion, 2012 USAT Olympic/ITU Athlete of the Year and a member of the 2008 US Olympic Team. Spots for the USA Olympic team are still up for grabs and Jarrod is working hard to ensure his qualification for Rio. GEEK OUT: This week our geeky contributors ‘The Plews and Prof’ talk to us about HRV - Heart Rate Variability. 5 MIN FOCUS: Bev tells us about OTTO - the bike tuning system. An industry first, voice-guided iPhone vision app and

ONE STEP AHEAD: Vitamin C mega dosing. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Monitoring the athlete training response. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - BARBARA RIVEROS: Bevan talks to Barbara Catalina Riveros Diaz, a Chilean professional triathlete, fresh from her win at 70.3 Pucon, Chile. A few months previously at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games Barbara polished off a phenomenal run to secure her first ever Pan Am Gold Medal. Her victory not only gave Chile a Gold in the Games medal count, but also an automatic qualifying spot for the 2016 Rio Olympics. This will be Barbara's 3rd Olympics and at 10th in the ITU Olympic Qualification List: Rio 2016 Women's Standings she's looking forward to the challenge. GEEK OUT: This week our geeky contributors 'Plews and Prof' talk to us about enhanced endurance performance by periodisation of carbohydrate intake. 5 MIN FOCUS: Bevan talks to Thomas Fowler, Marketing and Sales Manager for Recon Instruments about the Recon Jet - advanced wearable eyewear with computer for sports - and in part

ONE STEP AHEAD: Aspirin. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: High intensity running. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - JOE SKIPPER: British pro triathlete Joe Skipper will be coming to New Zealand in February to do 'The Double'. He's doing what Dylan McNeice, Carl Read and Gina Crawford did last year. He's taking on the Challenge Wanaka long distance race and following it up with Ironman New Zealand two weeks later. His plan? To win Challenge Wanaka and podium at IMNZ. At only 27 years old he already has an impressive résumé - 5 elite long distance podiums including 1st at Challenge Weymouth in 2014 and 2nd at the IM Texas North American Champs in 2015. At Texas he raced to a personal best time of 8:16 having ridden a blistering IM bike split of 4:10 - he's one to watch out for! GEEK OUT: On a low carb diet and preparing for a race? This week our Geeky contributors 'The Plews and The Prof' talk to us about LCHF strategies pre, during and post competition. CONTACT US: Go to http://www.fitter.co.nz to learn more about us. Like us on

ONE STEP AHEAD: Cocoa - the performance enhancer. Water - is it a weight loss agent. Procrastination - the 2 minute rule. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Concurrent Training. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - MAIK TWELSIEK: In 2015 German Maik Twelsiek posted the fastest bike split ever at the GoPro Ironman World Championships in Kona - 4:25:10. He’s a beast on the bike! In the last couple of years Maik has won Ironman Wisconsin, raced to second place at Ironman Austria and Ironman Lake Tahoe and in 2014 achieved his personal best time for an Ironman completing Arizona in 8:07:59. In February this year Maik will be coming to New Zealand to compete at the Challenge Wanaka full distance race. We’re looking forward to seeing how he goes! GEEK OUT: This week our geeky contributors 'Plews and Prof' talk to us about the effects of high and low cadence interval training on time trial performance. 5 MIN FOCUS: Perform your own Bike Fit with an app. CONTACT US: Go to http://www.fitter.co.nz to learn more about us. Like us on Facebook at

ONE STEP AHEAD: Chlorine. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Becoming heat adapted with a hot bath. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - VICKY HOLLAND: Vicky Holland is a British triathlete who is part of the GB Olympic set up. At school Vicky was a nationally ranked swimmer before switching to athletics and taking up the 1500 metres. She didn’t start competing in triathlon until her second year at Loughborough University in 2005 when she was approached by British Triathlon. Vicky was selected for the London Olympics in 2012, however due to an unfortunate bike crash placed 26th, but since then she has become a figure head in the world of women’s triathlon. The 2014 Commonwealth Games were a positive turning point as she secured her first major individual medal with a Bronze and bettered that with a Gold in the Mixed Team Relay alongside the Brownlee brothers. Vicky has had a sensational 2015 season proving she is one of the world’s best. She has notched up two individual wins on the ITU circuit, one in Cape Town and one recently in Ed

ONE STEP AHEAD: Dark chocolate. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Shoulder rotation in swimming. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - GRAEME MAW: High Performance Director for Triathlon, High Performance Sport New Zealand. On the lead up to Rio 2016 we talk with Graeme about some of our selected athletes and where they're at. We also discuss 'Federation Models', the current state of play with triathlon in New Zealand and what the plans are for 2020 and the future. GEEK OUT: The Prof and the Plews are back together and this week they’re helping Bevan and Mikki out by interpreting Yann Le Meur's High Intensity Training infographic. 5 MIN FOCUS: Shannon Rae, Regional Sales Representative for Garmin Australasia talks to us about the new Forerunner 235 with Elevate™ heart rate technology which measures heart rate at the wrist 24/7, giving you the option to run without a strap. Plus, a new windows app for Garmin connect. CONTACT US: Go to http://www.fitter.co.nz to find out more about us. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/fit

ONE STEP AHEAD: The impact that some common medications can have on sleep. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Measuring fatigue and recovery using Training Peaks and Heart Rate Variability. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - SAM WARRINER: This week we welcome back Sam Warriner to talk a little about her recent retirement from the pro ranks but more about her great new initiative 'Future ChampioNZ'. The Future ChampioNZ Festival's over-riding goal is to support the Tri NZ Youth Pathway and ultimately see more Kiwi athletes succeed on the world stage whilst providing a fun and exciting race weekend for all youth athletes. GEEK OUT: The Prof (Paul Laursen) talks to us from Paris at the ITU Science and Triathlon Conference and brings us an interview with Inigo Mujika - Sports Scientist, Physiologist and Triathlon Coach - about the new evidence around strength training. Is it of any use to endurance athletes? 5 MIN FOCUS: Meet STRYD - The world’s first power meter for running! We talk to Rob and Don from www.stryd.com about their device

ONE STEP AHEAD: Thyroid issues. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Recovery. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW ONE - SARAH PIAMPIANO: This week we welcome back Sarah Piampiano after her recent win at Ironman Western Australia. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW TWO - LAURA SIDDALL: Laura Siddall is a Yorkshire girl with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and no background in triathlon. In 2010 she decided to give it a go and in her time as an age grouper won the 2013 Half Distance World Championships following that up with a win at the ITU Olympic Distance World Championships just one week later. Last year, Laura moved to San Francisco to pursue a career as a professional triathlete. She’s seen success in the pro ranks already, taking second at the full distance Challenge Wanaka race earlier this year and more recently coming 3rd at Mandurah 70.3. GEEK OUT: The Prof (Paul Laursen) talks to us in Paris from the ITU Science and Triathlon Conference and brings us an interview with world famous sports scientist Yann Le Meur. They discuss one of Ya

ONE STEP AHEAD: Aqua Alert. A new app to help track your water intake. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Stride rate for running. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - GRANT SCHOFIELD: Professor Grant Schofield is a respected PhD public health academic of 20 years. Dubbed 'The Fat Professor' he is at the forefront of challenging the widespread fat phobia that has pushed us to eat a diet full of processed, carb-laden food. In his latest book 'What The Fat? Sports Performance: Leaner, Fitter, Faster on Low-Carb Healthy Fat' Prof Grant focuses on the science and practice of low carb eating for peak athletic performance. "Retraining your body and brain and turning on your fat burning almost seems like an unfair advantage when it’s applied to the sporting environment. For decades the brightest minds in the athletic performance nutrition field have had carbs pegged as the ultimate good guy - forget everything you were taught by your old-school sports performance nutritionist and learn how to become the ultimate fat burning athletic machine"

ONE STEP AHEAD: Quick and easy lunch and smoothie ideas. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Tapering - what it means leading into an event and why we do it. We also bring back Terenzo Bozzone and Meredith Kessler to talk about Ironman Taupo 70.3 and what they do in their taper phase leading into an event. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - MATT FITZGERALD: Matt Fitzgerald – writer/athlete/coach - is a prolific endurance author and frequent contributor to Ironman and Training Peaks. He talks to us about his most recent book 'How Bad Do You Want It - Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle'. The greatest athletic performances spring from the mind, not the body. Elite athletes have known this for decades and now science is learning why it's true. In this fascinating new book Matt examines more than a dozen pivotal races to discover the surprising ways elite athletes strengthen their mental toughness. 5 MINUTE FOCUS: This week Bevan talks to Lauren Watson of SMC Events about the Mount Festival of Multisport incorporating the 2016 P

ONE STEP AHEAD: Avoiding weight gain over the holiday season. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: We bring back Cam Brown and Dylan McNeice to talk about Ironman Taupo 70.3 and what they do in their taper phase leading into an event. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - BRADEN CURRIE: Braden Currie is one of the world's most respected multi-sport adventure racing athletes. He's the 2 x winner of New Zealand's iconic Coast to Coast race as well as numerous other multisport races both here and overseas. This month he not only raced to 2nd place in the Xterra World Champs in Maui but also made the announcement that he's giving ITU a crack with the hopes of possibly qualifying for Rio. GEEK OUT: Introducing our new contributors who join us this week for our Geek Out. 'The Prof' (Paul Laursen - who leads the Performance Physiology Team at High Performance Sport New Zealand) and 'The Plews' (Dan Plews - Physiologist for High Performance Sport New Zealand).  This week they talk to us about 'Factors affecting performance in ultra-endurance tr

ONE STEP AHEAD: Tips to help get your 'significant other' on board with your eating plan. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Mindfulness training. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - JOE GAMBLES: Competing at the highest level of triathlon since the age of 16, with 17 professional victories, a bronze at the 2013 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, and having won the first full distance Ironman he ever entered in Wisconsin, Aussie Joe Gambles is already one of triathlon's greats. One of the Bahrain Endurance 13 Team, media and fans have dubbed him, 'Smokin' Joe' as he packs some major heat, with a power-house bike-to-run combination that makes him a threat for the win every time he lines up. GEEK OUT: Introducing our new contributors who join us from next week for our Geek Out. 'The Prof' (Paul Laursen - who leads the Performance Physiology Team at High Performance Sport New Zealand) and 'The Plews' (Dan Plews - Physiologist for High Performance Sport New Zealand). 5 MINUTE FOCUS: An excerpt from Matt Fitzgerald's new Book - How Bad Do

ONE STEP AHEAD: Listener question around race nutrition plus Mikki talks to us about the top most addictive foods. WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: Self-esteem. HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW - SARAH PIAMPIANO: This year Sarah pulled out an amazing 7th place at Kona. Amazing because Sarah only got into triathlon in 2009 over a bet with a friend.  She barely knew what a triathlon entailed. Sarah was born in Maine in the US and was on skis at age 2.  She went to a ski academy in Vermont and for three years raced around the globe against the World's best skiers. She also loved cross-country running but gave it up to concentrate on her skiing. Not only did Sarah win her bet but she loved the triathlon experience so much that she walked away with a fire in her belly and thought – 'I love this. I can be GOOD….or maybe even great'. GEEK OUT: Logging your miles in nature does wonders for your mental health. 5 MINUTE FOCUS: Bike insurance. CONTACT US: Find out more about us at http://www.fitter.co.nz  Like us on Facebook at https://www.