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Hey everyone Glen was wondering if you found $500 down the back of the couch what triathlon gear would buy to get the most speed for your buck? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone David Barrett send through an email saying that he didn't think superstars are that important to our sport. We were wondering if you think he is right or wrong? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone WTC have introduced Ironman XC, have a look at this link: http://ironman.com/mediacenter/pressreleases/world-triathlon-corporation-announces-new-ironman-executive-challenge-which-will-include-six-events What do you think about this, is it good or bad for our sport? Also if you could afford this would you choose this option? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone Macca mentioned family camps during our interview. Do the family athletes out there want this or do you go on camps for a break from the family? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone John wants to know your fav swim workout. Go on put up your numbers! Kia Kaha Bevan

Hey Everybody What do you think is more prestigious, a medal at the Olympics or a win Kona? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone Michael Erickson sent through this weeks discussion, here's his question: The reason I am writing is you have mentioned that read a ton and I am looking for a recommendation for book dealing with the mental aspects of Ironman racing. Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone It's getting towards the end of the year so it's time that we start thinking about the highlights of the year. So what are the triathlon highlights of 2008? Kia Kaha Bevan

Hey everyone From James Bowtell. For those that raise money while training or racing; the listeners best tips for fundraising? Kia Kaha Bevan

If you had the chance to be a 2nd tier pro athlete what would you do to ensure you made a proper living (financially)?

Do we get too pampered at Iron distance races with all the support at aid stations. Should we have to be more self sufficient.

Do you think the Olympics should include an iron distance race and if so what impact would it have on the sport.

Hey everyone Bevan was talking to someone the other day and realised he was being an Ironman dork. What are some times that you have been an IM dork? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone This week – does money make the difference for countries to succeed at the Olympics? If not what causes high performance programmes to succeed? Kia Kaha Bevan

Hey everyone Nick Thomas sent through this question, here's what he wrote: What about a discussion on the products or skin/hair care regimes that people have found useful, as the English winter and swimming in chlorine 3 times a week is killing my skin. Kia Kaha Bevan

Hey Everyone Rich Coleman sent through this weeks discussion: Should the swim cut off time be brought down to two hours? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone This is going to be interesting. Do you think its right that WTC made us change our name? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone Steven 'Madman' Lord sent through this weeks discussion. Here's his email: This caused some heated discussion one evening on Epic Should an "Elite Age Group" category be introduced with slots for Elite Age Groupers and "Normal Age Groupers". This was raised because it was felt that normal full time working Ironmen have no chance competing against "Full Time Age Groupers" (like myself). Think the idea was that you would chose to either race as an Elite Age Grouper or normal one ... there would need to be incentives to race as Elite Age Grouper - perhaps only age group prices / podiums for Elites. This wasn't discussed on Epic but having thought about it more and chatted with Jo we thought perhaps then you could have the following at Kona: Kona is raced over two days. Day 1 - all Elite Age groupers - go off in waves by Age group thus allowing for a PROPER race for the age groupers. Day 2 - pros off first, then non Elite Age Groupe

Hey Everyone Steven 'Madman' Lord sent through this weeks discussion. Here's his email: This caused some heated discussion one evening on Epic Should an "Elite Age Group" category be introduced with slots for Elite Age Groupers and "Normal Age Groupers". This was raised because it was felt that normal full time working Ironmen have no chance competing against "Full Time Age Groupers" (like myself). Think the idea was that you would chose to either race as an Elite Age Grouper or normal one ... there would need to be incentives to race as Elite Age Grouper - perhaps only age group prices / podiums for Elites. This wasn't discussed on Epic but having thought about it more and chatted with Jo we thought perhaps then you could have the following at Kona: Kona is raced over two days. Day 1 - all Elite Age groupers - go off in waves by Age group thus allowing for a PROPER race for the age groupers. Day 2 - pros off first, then non Elite Age Groupe

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Mulley has not posted this weeks topic yet so I better pick up the slack. Let us know your most effective cross training activities that have helped your long course racing Cheers John

Hey Everyone This week – To Tattoo or not? Give us your thoughts on this, good or bad? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone Full Force Fegan sent through this weeks question: Should people be able to take a slot in a lower age category when their time is higher than someone who fails to get a slot in an age category above? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone We are living in a increasingly PC world. What is the most annoying PC thing that has happened to you at a triathlon? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone Here's the question Richard Kingsford sent through: Best exercise holiday locations in the world and why? Kia Kaha Bevan & John

Hey everyone She Who Prefers Not to Be Named sent through this weeks question: Should Aquabike hold the same place at races? Kia Kaha Bevan

Question for the week of Oct 26.

Hey Everyone Jonathan Crick sent through this weeks discussion, here it is: I was looking at some of the pro's schedules that they have been updating on their websites. Do you think it detracts from the sport that the Men's Ironman World Champion, Craig Alexander, will not race an Ironman before Hawaii? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone James McGuire sent through this weeks discussion, here's his question: Do you think athletes should have to pass a swim test before being allowed to swim in open water events? If you do what do you think the test should be? Kia Kaha Bevan

Hey everyone Should WTC be using the U.S Navy as one of the sponsors of the World Champs? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Should you be allow to wear i-pods when racing? Is it an unfair advantage? Your thoughts...

Hey everyone Ed has been told by his boss that he should pull away from triathlon! What would you do if somebody asked you to pull away from our sport? It could be your partner, boss or friends. Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone We want to hear about the craziest training day you have ever had? Go on, tell us how hard core you are ;-) Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone Rich Coleman sent through this weeks question, here's what he said: Is it now time for a three tier system to be introduced for qualification to Hawaii ? Existing IM events feeding a American championship, a European championship and a Austra-Asia championship. The top people from those going forward to Hawaii ? A lot of good athletes are missing out due to a limited number of slots being available at certain really popular events. Let us know what you think. Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone We want to know two things, the top male and female Ironmen of 08 and the top male and female performances. This way you can keep both of us happy ;-) Kia Kaha Bevan

Hey everyone What is the best non swim/bike/run thing you have done to improve your race performance? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone Nick Rose came up with this weeks topic, here’s what he wrote: Give me a fast, healthy recipe that ticks all the food groups boxes that can be made in under 20 mins. John’s very happy as he now gets his cook book ideas! Kia Kaha Bevan

Hey everyone Denis Rogers sent through this question: What crazy thing have you in either a race or training done that people won’t let you forget? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone. A few weeks ago we did the top 10 male Ironmen so this week we thought it would be the females time. So who are the best there have ever been? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone It’s that time of the year, Kona time!!! We want your picks, give us your top 3 in both the male and female race? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone Porno sent through this weeks discussion: What is the best thing an organiser has done at a race? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone Hywel sent through this weeks discussion: What would be the best tri invention that does not exist yet? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone Tom sent through this weeks question, here’s his email: How do you guys feel on pros pulling out mid-race for non medical issues. Do they owe it to the sport and the age groupers to finish if possible or is it why waste the body if you aren't going for a win (this is their job and how they pay their bills)? In recent races we have seen pros stay in despite mechanical problems and pros pull out due to mechanical problems. just curious as to how you guys felt? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone We were wondering what you think would be the best quick 'top 5 questions' we could ask pro's when we interview them? Kia Kaha Bevan

Hey everyone It's a simple one this week, name and rank the top 10 male Ironmen athletes of all time. Let your forums know about this one, it's a big one! Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone We feel we are always beating up on WTC lately. So this week we thought we would do our bit to share the love. This week we want you to tell us what WTC do that's great. Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone We want to know what your top 5 movies of all time are? Oh yeah if you know any cook books feel free to put them down too. Kia Kaha Bevan

Hey Everyone It’s time to give us the truth: Do we give WTC to much of a hard time? Plus would you cut off both your big toes to win Kona? Kia Kaha Bevan

Hey everyone Here's your chance to get John and I to do some crazy stuff in Kona. Give us 5 things that you want us to on our Kona trip! Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone We need your help! This weeks discussion is: What are some discussions we can do in the future. The best one wins a Art of Tri top! Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone Kev Brock sent through this weeks discussion: If Felix was to put up a million dollars to the winner of Barcelona, and also paid deep, would the top pros go there or Kona. Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone Morten Liebach sent through an email saying that ITU races are becoming more popular than IM. We were wondering if you had to choose between watching an hours coverage of ITU racing or an IM which one would you pick? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone We were wondering if you think that the tri mags are worth the money you spend? Give us the ones you think are best, and why? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone We were wondering, aside from the pro's who do you want us to interview in Kona? Kia Kaha Bevan and John

So who do you think will win between John and Bevan and what time will they win by? It´s as simple as that!

Hey Everyone Here is this weeks discussion: Who is going to be the breakthrough athlete of 2009 (one female and one male only – no lists) Kia Kaha John and Bevan

Hey everyone One for the girls. We didn’t have any females on Camp Kia Kaha, this is quote common for camps. What is it that stops you girls attending camps (it’s fine to create a hypothetical example). Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey everyone This week you get to vote if Bevan gets to use his Ipod in the Christchurch Marathon. It's a simple yes or no! Bevan thinks yes and John thinks no. Kia Kaha Bevan and John

Hey Everyone Would you go to Kona if it was on the same day as your 25th wedding anniversary, and your partner didn’t want to go? You can tell us your music as well ;-) Kia Kaha Bevan

Hey everyone This one comes from John, what is the sickest thing you have seen in a triathlon? This could get dangerous! Kia Kaha Bevan

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