The Kona Edge - Ironman Triathlon

Turning from Rugby to Triathlon - Tim Rea's Ironman Kona Story

After a serious rugby injury put paid to a potential career in the sport, Tim Rea turned to triathlon and found his home. This is his journey to the Ironman World Championships in Kona and beyond.

12 Apr 2017 10AM 38 min

How Claire Davis built a customizable nutrition plan with Infinit Nutrition

We chat customizable Ironman nutrition today with Claire Davis. Claire has designed her own triathlon nutrition race plan using Infinit Nutrition.

11 Apr 2017 8AM 6 min

Ironman Run success is set up in the last 30km of your Ironman bike

Lars Petter Stormo reveals how the last 30km on the Ironman bike can make or break your Ironman run and some mental hacks to help you run better later on.

10 Apr 2017 8AM 7 min

Building a solid base to improve your Ironman bike race performance

You’ve heard about the importance of building a solid base when building fro your Ironman bike and on this edition of The Kona Edge, Richard Thompson shares how his base has really improved his Ironman bike performance.

7 Apr 2017 8AM 7 min

Spend more time in the water if you want to improve your Ironman Swim

If you want to improve your Ironman or half ironman swim, you need to spend time in the water. That’s according to Lisbeth Kenyon who joins us to chat about her Ironman Swim.

6 Apr 2017 8AM 6 min

Keeping triathlon in the family - Ben Rudson's Ironman Kona Story

Ben Rudson joins us today from freezing Canada and shares his Ironman journey with us. We learn about respecting Ironman and how to deal with failure. We learn about creating a library of past mistakes for us to dig into and the importance of keeping behaviour consistent.

5 Apr 2017 12PM 35 min

Best Ironman Nutrition Tips: Learn to race, not to train

Discover why Rob Cummins feels it is important to use your Ironman or half Ironman training to ensure your nutrition strategy is dialled in for race day.

4 Apr 2017 12PM 8 min

Improve your Ironman: How to run a sub 3:30 Ironman marathon

Claire Davis chats to The Kona Edge about her Ironman run training strategy. She shares how she managed to run a sub 3:30 Ironman marathon at Kona despite having overcome a few injuries.

3 Apr 2017 12PM 5 min

Ironman Bike Intensity - How to ride the bike course right

Former elite mountain biker Lars Petter Stormo shares his Ironman Bike intensity tips and tricks and how he uses power to ride it right.

31 Mar 2017 12PM 7 min

Dip under an hour: How to swim a sub 60 minute Ironman swim

We find out from Richard Thompson on this episode of The Kona Edge how to swim a sub 60 minute Ironman swim. Richard reveals his strategy on improving his Ironman swim technique and how consistency and dedication helped him dip under 1 hour for his Ironman swim.

30 Mar 2017 12PM 9 min

25 Years of Ironman Experience - Lisbeth Kenyon's Ironman Kona Story

9x Kona Qualifier, Lisbeth Kenyon joins us to share her 25 years of Ironman experience and her dream to race Ironman Kona at 70.

29 Mar 2017 12AM 27 min

Ironman Nutrition hacks - Jarrod Harvey's tips for Ironman success

On this edition of The Kona Edge we chat to Jarrod Harvey who shares some Ironman Nutrition hacks with us today. Being the 4th discipline of triathlon, he gives some valuable Ironman nutrition advice on what to do and what not to do.

28 Mar 2017 8AM 7 min

Does strength trumps speed on your Ironman run?

On this edition of The Kona Edge we catch up with Rob Cummins who shares his Ironman run strategy with us. Rob shares the secret to strengthening his Ironman run, by concentrating on hill training. He also chats about the importance of your long runs, and reveals the benefits in…

27 Mar 2017 8AM 3 min

Increased Ironman bike strength by riding more hills

We chat to Claire Davis who reveals how she improves her Ironman bike strength with more hill work as well as indoor & outdoor training sessions.

24 Mar 2017 8AM 5 min

Ironman Swim Workout - Taking your Ironman swim to the next level

Today on The Kona Edge we catch up with Lars Petter Stormo and chat about his best Ironman Swim workout. Lars reveals his Ironman swim training strategy with us how he managed to raise the bar in his swim at Ironman Kona.

23 Mar 2017 8AM 6 min

Ironman Age Group World Champion - Richard Thompson's Ironman Triathlon Story

On this edition of The Kona Edge we catch up with Ironman Age Group World Champion, Richard Thompson. Coming from no sporting background at all, Richard what it takes to become an Ironman Age Group World Champion.

22 Mar 2017 8AM 42 min

Ironman Nutrition Plan - Don't blow your Ironman chances by not planning

We chat to Hans Christian Tungesvik on this edition of The Kona Edge about his Ironman nutrition plan. Hans Christian reveals what his Ironman nutrition strategy is on this Ironman podcast.

21 Mar 2017 8AM 5 min

Ironman Run Injury - Hacks to keep you injury free

We chat to Jarrod Harvey about his Ironman run injury today on The Kona Edge. We head back to Brisbane to discover what Jarrod's favourite Ironman run workout is that helps him stay injury free.

20 Mar 2017 8AM 7 min

The one Ironman Bike workout every triathlete should do

There is one Ironman Bike workout every triathlete should do, that according to Ironman Kona qualifier Rob Cummins. Rob shares that training session on this edition of The Kona Edge.

17 Mar 2017 8AM 7 min

Ironman Swim speed and endurance - The balancing act

We are joined on The Kona Edge by Claire Davis to talk about Ironman swim speed and endurance. Claire, who comes from a competitive swimming background, feels that volume is still important t0 improve your Ironman swim speed. She reveals how to tackle solo swim sessions and confesses to continue…

16 Mar 2017 8AM 7 min