Fitter Radio Triathlon Podcast

Jack Moody's in the hot seat and we chat about the racing in NZ in the next few months and how the triathlon landscape might look for 2026. LINKS: Jack Moody on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Mount Festival of Sport at https://mountfestival.kiwi/ T100 at https://t100triathlon.com/ IRONMAN New Zealand at https://www.ironman.com/races/im-new-zealand Procreate NZ at https://procreate.co.nz/ Race Ranger at https://www.raceranger.com/ Challenge Wanaka at https://challenge-wanaka.com/

Sam Shaw rode the 648km from Auckland to Wellington in a single day with the help of lots of bananas, gingernut biscuits, carrots and cans of Coke. He set a new record time for the solo ride, coming in at just over 17 hours - without a single stop along the way.

We catch up on the racing and tri news from the weekend. The Triathlon World Tour will launch in 2027 and combine the existing T100 Triathlon World Tour, a rebranded World Triathlon Championship Series and World Triathlon Cups. The T100 Tour will be rebranded as the T100 World Championship Series At the recent One NZ GODZONE Adventure race Team RAB made up of Sophie Hart, Chris Forne, Simone Maier and Sam Clark were welcomed by a large crowd of friends, family and supporters as they crossed the line in first place. Team Captain Chris Forne described this latest Chapter 12 of the One NZ GODZONE race as the toughest one to date. Due to the exceptionally challenging conditions, many teams were forced onto a short course or had to retire.  In this episode we chat to Team RAB's Simone Maier one of the world's leading adventure and multisport racers. Simone shares her experiences from the gruelling GODZONE Adventure Race, discussing her recovery from pneumonia and the challenges of hydration and nutrition. She reflects on the race's brutality and the importance of team support and dynamics under extreme conditions. (0:00:00) – Try Off Road Taupo  (0:03:48) – T100 Qatar race and World Tour 2026 announcement (0:26:31) – Simone Maier and One NZ GODZONE LINKS: Godzone Adventure Race at https://godzoneadventure.com/ Simone Maier at https://www.simonemaier.co.nz/ Try Off Road Taupo at https://www.tryoffroadtaupo.co.nz/ T100 at https://t100triathlon.com/

Tim's back and he fills us in on his epic adventures at Godzone. We catch up on all the racing and tri news from the weekend. Pete Pfitzinger is an American former distance runner - now exercise physiologist and author - who represented the United States in the marathon at two Olympic Games, in 1984 and 1988. He is also a highly respected coach and the co-author of the popular training book Advanced Marathoning. The latest (4th) edition of his book is now in full colour and includes the marathon training principles and training programs that thousands of marathon runners have used to set personal bests. The book is aimed at runners who want not only to run the marathon, but to achieve a good performance. Advanced Marathoning gives ambitious marathoners the information needed to train smarter, remain injury-free and cross the next finish line stronger and faster than ever. (0:00:00) – Godzone   (0:29:14) – Race reviews and tri news (0:45:03) – Alex Yee (0:50:58) – Pete Pfitzinger LINKS: Godzone Adventure Race at https://godzoneadventure.com/ Pete Pfitzinger's latest book Advanced Marathoning 4th Edition at https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Marathoning-Pete-Pfitzinger/dp/1718237472

Jack steps into the hot seat to cover for Tim whilst he battles the GODZONE course! Sue Beattie won the free race entry to the Kosciusko 50K Ultra. We find out how it all went. We chat about the metabolic cost of swimming and the dangers of poor fueling. We have a free race entry to giveaway to the Loan Market Tauranga Half Oceanside. (0:00:00) – Tim at Godzone (0:03:39) – UTMB Kosciuszko (0:06:14) – Sue Beattie (0:19:29) – IRONMAN WA this weekend (0:23:07) – Swimming stress and the metabolic cost (0:53:21) – Loan Market Tauranga Half Oceanside LINKS: Godzone Adventure Race at https://godzoneadventure.com/ Jack Moody at https://www.instagram.com/jacktmoody/ Ultra-Trail Kosciuszko https://kosciuszko.utmb.world/WA Tauranga Half at https://mountfestival.kiwi/events/tauranga-half/ Hexis at https://www.hexis.live/ IRONMAN Western Australia at https://www.ironman.com/races/im-western-australia