The Triathlon Hour

We are 3 weeks out from race day. Ari is doing a tune up race at Dallas 70.3 while Jackson & Justin are at home grinding away in training. After talking about their bike & run sessions + something they’re all working on in their swimming the boys then go through the key things they can do from here to make sure they race well at Oceanside and the things they need to avoid to not ruin their race.

Today’s podcast lifts the lid on a protocol the Norwegian triathletes, runners, cyclists & cross country skiers have been using over the past 10 years that the rest of the world hasn’t caught up with yet. If you take your training seriously and want an easy way to increase your VO2 max - this is the pod for you. Secret Link - https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1113/JP289874 Nord VPN:Take advantage of a great deal with Nord VPN use the code triathlonhour or visit nordvpn.com/triathlonhour to get a huge discount in the 2 year plans PLUS 4 extra months! It is risk free with Nord's 30 days money back guarantee! Precision: Use the code TTH26 to get 15% off your first order with Precision at Precision Fuel & Hydration or subscribe to the Patreon and access the link that will save you 20% on every order, not just your first Patreon Pillar: Use the code TTH15 to get 15% off your first order with Pillar Performance at Pillar Performance or use The Feed for North American customers Lever: Use the code TTH for 20% off your Lever system Lever

Shock news rocks the crew in the intro to start off this weeks episode of Road To Oceanside. After that the boys get stuck into their training weeks as always and then finish the show off by discussing the Norwegians and going deeper into the big announcement that was made to start the show.

Fred gives us the secrets you need in training to ride well over Ironman 70.3 and Ironman distance as well as giving the specifics of how you should be doing your ride intervals to maximise them. He tells us the #1 mistake he thinks everyone makes in their training and we discuss volume vs intensity. We then get educated on how to train for running as a triathlete with run session specifics, the marathon vs half marathon training differences, brick sessions and treadmill training vs outdoor training. Then we discuss his favourite athlete, who the 20m draft rule will help and hurt, who is the athlete to watch in 2026 and lots of other general triathlon chat! Nord VPN:Take advantage of a great deal with Nord VPN use the code triathlonhour or visit nordvpn.com/triathlonhour to get a huge discount in the 2 year plans PLUS 4 extra months! It is risk free with Nord's 30 days money back guarantee! Precision: Use the code TTH26 to get 15% off your first order with Precision at Precision Fuel & Hydration or subscribe to the Patreon and access the link that will save you 20% on every order, not just your first Patreon Pillar: Use the code TTH15 to get 15% off your first order with Pillar Performance at Pillar Performance or use The Feed for North American customers Lever: Use the code TTH for 20% off your Lever system Lever

We are getting towards the pointy end of the journey to Oceanside 70.3 and this week Justin delivers some crazy power on the bike and big swim sessions, Jackson is doing bigger volume and more impressive training and Ari hits 30 hours for the second time this season and executes a near perfect week. The boys also go over the scheduling of their weeks and try to give each other advice on how they could improve it.

After winning his second Ironman 70.3 World Championship Jelle Geens joins the podcast to give all the details about his training in the lead up to the race. After listening to this you can copy 99% of what he did in your own training or just get an appreciation for what he did. Jack also talks to Jelle about the rest of his 2025 season and plans for 2026. Nord VPN:Take advantage of a great deal with Nord VPN use the code triathlonhour or visit nordvpn.com/triathlonhour to get a huge discount in the 2 year plans PLUS 4 extra months! It is risk free with Nord's 30 days money back guarantee! Precision: Use the code TTH26 to get 15% off your first order with Precision at Precision Fuel & Hydration or subscribe to the Patreon and access the link that will save you 20% on every order, not just your first Patreon Pillar: Use the code TTH to get 15% off your first order with Pillar Performance at Pillar Performance or use The Feed for North American customers Lever: Use the code TTH for 20% off your Lever system Lever

Justin starts the show by talking about how disappointed he is in a certain group of people before the boys go on to talk about their best bike & run sessions from last week. There’s also some big news about Jackson firing one of his coaches this week. And then the episode finishes with Ari’s coach joining the boys to be put under The Coaches Hotseat, a place where tough questions are asked and honest answers are expected.

Daniel Baekkegard has finished on the podium of the Ironman 70.3 World Championships, the podium of T100 races and won multiple Ironman's. However it has felt like over the past 2 years he has gone missing slowly, bit by bit. Both in terms of racing results but also social media, Youtube, podcasts. Well as it turns out lots has been going on in Daniel's life, both professionally and personally and finally we get to hear all about it. Nord VPN:Take advantage of a great deal with Nord VPN use the code triathlonhour or visit nordvpn.com/triathlonhour to get a huge discount in the 2 year plans PLUS 4 extra months! It is risk free with Nord's 30 days money back guarantee! Precision: Use the code TTH26 to get 15% off your first order with Precision at Precision Fuel & Hydration or subscribe to the Patreon and access the link that will save you 20% on every order, not just your first Patreon Pillar: Use the code TTH to get 15% off your first order with Pillar Performance at Pillar Performance or use The Feed for North American customers Lever: Use the code TTH for 20% off your Lever system Lever

Kristian Blummenfelt has called out the Oceanside boys for their training methods and so the show starts off with their response. Then they go through their training weeks before putting Jackson’s coach on the hot seat.

It's been way, way too long but finally Marten Van Riel is back on the podcast. Epic training conversations about his high volume approach, love for long rides with long intervals in them and so much more. Combined with raw talk about his mental health battles and personal hardship in 2025. This is the kind of podcast that we started making them for when we did back in 2021. For you to get to know exactly how a world class athlete trains while also getting to know who they really are. Nord VPN:Take advantage of a great deal with Nord VPN use the code triathlonhour or visit nordvpn.com/triathlonhour to get a huge discount in the 2 year plans PLUS 4 extra months! It is risk free with Nord's 30 days money back guarantee! Precision: Use the code TTH26 to get 15% off your first order with Precision at Precision Fuel & Hydration or subscribe to the Patreon and access the link that will save you 20% on every order, not just your first Patreon Pillar: Use the code TTH to get 15% off your first order with Pillar Performance at Pillar Performance or use The Feed for North American customers Lever: Use the code TTH for 20% off your Lever system Lever

Justin, Jackson & Ari kick things off like every week by talking about their training for the week before Justin’s coach joins the pod to be put on the coaches hotseat! Ari & Jackson finally get a chance to ask Justin’s coach about why he does everything he does. If you aren’t following the boys journey’s to Oceanside 70.3, you’re missing out because it just keeps getting better & better every week.

The things we love most about Taylor Knibb is her honesty, her detailed & analytical story telling and her contagious energy. Today’s podcast has all of that in spades. Taylor goes through her 2025 year in detail we’ve not come close to hearing anywhere else. From a tough start to the year with burn out, stress and T100 contract negotiations to the crazy events that unfolded when she collapsed with 2km to go whilst in the lead of the Ironman World Championships in Kona, we go into it all. Taylor was as honest and open as you’ll likely ever hear her and all we can do is thank her for that because it made for a podcast that’s a bit different from your standard one. We hope you enjoy it. Nord VPN:Take advantage of a great deal with Nord VPN use the code triathlonhour or visit nordvpn.com/triathlonhour to get a huge discount in the 2 year plans PLUS 4 extra months! It is risk free with Nord's 30 days money back guarantee! Precision: Use the code TTH26 to get 15% off your first order with Precision at Precision Fuel & Hydration or subscribe to the Patreon and access the link that will save you 20% on every order, not just your first Patreon Pillar: Use the code TTH to get 15% off your first order with Pillar Performance at Pillar Performance or use The Feed for North American customers Lever: Use the code TTH for 20% off your Lever system Lever

Justin, Jackson & Ari are back to bring you up to speed on the last week in their lives on the road to racing Ironman 70.3 Oceanside to open their 2026 triathlon seasons. Justin starts the show with an absolutely insane statement that could end the podcast, then they get into an hour of the best training and racing discussions so far on the series. Everything from big gear cycling to long runs to threshold farming. This season just keeps getting better and if you don’t love it after this episode, you’re a pretender.

Join Jack, Vicky, Appo & Greg as they discuss a recent article written by legendary coach Joel Filio about being too fit, too soon in the season. Then Jack ranks the best Ironman World Champions before the best part of every show - responding to your Spotify comments!

Jackson starts the show with a shocking & disturbing revelation before Ari & Justin gets involved to start talking about their training weeks. The three boys were all on different training camps this week - Justin undertook Tadej Pogacar levels of bike training, Ari continues his rise as the Zone 2 King and Jackson does even more VO2 Max. Plenty of insightful training talk and banter yet again this week.

This week we starts things off by discussing zone 2 training, how to be a good time trialist, polarised training with high volume and ERG mode on the trainer. We then talk about food & diet for a little bit before a short but interesting discussion of what is the most important run session of the week. And, as always, we finish the show off by reading and responding to your Spotify comments! Nord VPN:Take advantage of a great deal with Nord VPN use the code triathlonhour or visit nordvpn.com/triathlonhour to get a huge discount in the 2 year plans PLUS 4 extra months! It is risk free with Nord's 30 days money back guarantee! Precision: Use the code TTH25 to get 15% off your first order with Precision at Precision Fuel & Hydration or subscribe to the Patreon and access the link that will save you 20% on every order, not just your first Patreon Pillar: Use the code TTH to get 15% off your first order with Pillar Performance at Pillar Performance or use The Feed for North American customers Lever: Use the code TTH for 20% off your Lever system Lever Listen to the AFTER HOURS podcast on Patreon here - CLICK HERE

Welcome back to episode 2 of the Road to Ironman 70.3 oceanside series with Justin, Jackson and Ari. The boys give all the details from their training weeks, Jackson addresses whether he knew his coach Greg Harper had transitioned to age group racing, Ari gets destroyed by a 74 year old in the pool and a new segment “Oceanside Whispers” makes it debut!

Jack, Vicky, Appo & Greg are back together again and they’ve each brought a controversial opinion to share with you & discuss. They also do their 2026 triathlon in’s and out’s, give some training highlights from the past week, the next round of 2026 predictions and finish the episode by reading your Spotify comments. Nord VPN:Take advantage of a great deal with Nord VPN use the code triathlonhour or visit nordvpn.com/triathlonhour to get a huge discount in the 2 year plans PLUS 4 extra months! It is risk free with Nord's 30 days money back guarantee! Precision: Use the code TTH25 to get 15% off your first order with Precision at Precision Fuel & Hydration or subscribe to the Patreon and access the link that will save you 20% on every order, not just your first Patreon Pillar: Use the code TTH to get 15% off your first order with Pillar Performance at Pillar Performance or use The Feed for North American customers Lever: Use the code TTH for 20% off your Lever system Lever

Justin Riele, Jackson Landry & Ari Klau are all racing the biggest 70.3 outside of the world champs to start their seasons in 2026 - Oceanside! And they’re going to take you along for the journey. Every week they’ll get on the podcast and talk about their training for the previous week, what’s going on in their lives and give you the most comprehensive insight into the build into a pro race you’ve heard to date.

The whole gang is back together this week to talk about training for 2 hours straight! So much training chat is covered in this episode it’s almost impossible to describe it all - but we can guarantee your inner training nerd will love this one. As always there’s plenty of fun & laughs along the way too. Nord VPN:Take advantage of a great deal with Nord VPN use the code triathlonhour or visit nordvpn.com/triathlonhour to get a huge discount in the 2 year plans PLUS 4 extra months! It is risk free with Nord's 30 days money back guarantee! Precision: Use the code TTH25 to get 15% off your first order with Precision at Precision Fuel & Hydration or subscribe to the Patreon and access the link that will save you 20% on every order, not just your first Patreon Pillar: Use the code TTH to get 15% off your first order with Pillar Performance at Pillar Performance or use The Feed for North American customers Lever: Use the code TTH for 20% off your Lever system Lever