Bev chats to Bec Burns, Partnership Manager with FulGaz, and Professional Triathlete Nikki Bartlett, FulGaz Ambassador. We find out more about Nikki’s race plans for this year plus we chat about FulGaz Femmes - a vibrant community created by women, for women. Led by a former IRONMAN World Champion turned coach, Michellie Jones, this community offers invaluable guidance and unwavering support for all women preparing for an IRONMAN event. From exclusive content tailored to improve race readiness, to immersive FulGaz group rides, weekly workouts, enriching webinars and lively Facebook chats. FulGaz Femmes provides the platform for you to thrive, before, during and after race day. Nikki will be running intimate group rides for up to 6 riders at a time so you can ask her your most burning questions.

Tim chats to Dr Kate Baldwin of Valere Endurance about the psychological and physical processes of healing from an injury. We explore the complexities of injury recovery emphasizing the difficulty in managing expectations during the healing process. We discuss the misconception that pain and function improve simultaneously and linearly, and how this can lead to disappointment when progress doesn't match expectations. We highlight that while initial recovery may bring rapid improvement, progress often slows down, and setbacks can occur, which is a normal part of the healing journey.

We stress the importance of a multidisciplinary approach when dealing with fractures and other common injuries in endurance athletes, involving sports doctors, physiotherapists, coaches and nutritionists. Additionally, we consider the potential pitfalls of rushing back into activity and the consequences of reintroducing running too soon.

We review the racing from the WTCS race at Cagliari and discuss how that now affects the lineup for Paris 2024.

(0:00:00) – Bev's off to Korea with Jack Moody for the Challenge Korea full distance.

(0:02:48) – WTCS Cagliari

(0:06:07) – Injuries and how to know when they’re healing.

(0:10:05) – Marc Wrobel and Ultra Trail Australia

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(0:22:22) – Kate Baldwin of Valere Endurance

(0:37:06) – Nikki Bartlett and Bec Burns of FulGaz

(1:00:48) – WTCS Cagliari Race Review

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Infinit Nutrition 10% discount using the code FITTER10 at https://www.infinitnutrition.com.au/ Note: For the code to work you need to have created an account and be logged in.

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Ultra-Trail Australia at https://uta.utmb.world/

Dr Kate Baldwin at https://valereendurance.com/

FulGaz at https://fulgaz.com/

FulGaz Femmes at https://fulgaz.com/fulgaz-femmes/

Follow Nikki Bartlett at https://www.instagram.com/nikkibartlett1/

WTCS Cagliari at https://cagliari.triathlon.org/

We review the racing from the weekend and catch up on Olympic qualification stakes from around the world.

Simon Cochrane, Ultraman World Champion, can now add another incredible result to his resume. Simon ran just under 237km in 24 hours on the 400m track at AUT Millennium, breaking the Athletics New Zealand 24-hour track record. We catch up with Simon to find out how it all went.

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(0:04:42) – Ultraman Noosa

(0:05:30) – Simon Cochrane and the Athletics New Zealand 24-Hour Track Challenge

(0:08:55) – Simon Cochrane

(0:32:18) – Race news and reviews from the weekend

(0:47:04) – Olympics update

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Infinit Nutrition 10% discount using the code FITTER10 at https://www.infinitnutrition.com.au/ Note: For the code to work you need to have created an account and be logged in.

ULTRO Earbuds 15% discount using the code ULTRO15 at https://www.ultroaudio.com/

The Sri Chinmoy 6-12-24 hour races event at https://nz.srichinmoyraces.org/races/auck/24hr

More about Simon Cochrane at https://linktr.ee/cochranesimon

Seth Williams won the free race entry to IRONMAN Australia, Port Macquarie. We find out how his day went.

Bev chats to Bec Burns, Partnership Manager with FulGaz, about their new IRONMAN Pro Series Virtual Edition where you can conquer the same bike courses featured in the IRONMAN Pro Series from the comfort of home.

We review the racing from the WTCS in Yokohama and IRONMAN 70.3 Mallorca at the weekend.

Heart health and endurance athletes – we share excerpts from the Triathlon Therapy podcast about heart risk and atrial fibrillation. We also hear from Cam Brown about his journey with heart health and what it means for his future in the sport.