TriNation The TriNation Podcast Ep53 – Ryan Bolton This week on the TriNation podcast we welcomed on Ryan Bolton – 2000 Olympian turned coach and founder of Bolton Endurance Sports Training (BEST). Ryan had a prolific career as a triathlete coming 2nd in the Junior World Championships in 1993, the Kickstarter to his professional triathlon career. He eventually went on to represent the USA at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the sports first showing of the event on the Olympic stage. From here he moved to the Ironman distance most notably winning the 2002 Ironman Triathlon at Lake Placid, New York ..read more

TriNation The TriNation Podcast Ep52 – TRI-FIT | Triathlon Apparel This week Luke sat down with TRI-FIT co-owners Dan and Simon. TRI-FIT is a triathlon apparel brand and this was a chance to hear about the business side of triathlon. Both run the business from the other sides of the world with one living in Australia and the other in the UK. A key point that comes from this discussion is their dedication to the environment which is a key part in running a business in todays market. Not only do they focus on sales but they also give back by donating 1% of their sales back to the environme ..read more

TriNation The TriNation Podcast Ep51 – Into the 2022 Season The podcast returns! Luke and Andrew look towards a new year by chatting about the upcoming triathlon season. The hosts delve into what recent changes have happened in the world of triathlon, new events on the calendar including the new e-sports World Championships which has seen Super League Triathlon and World Triathlon create a partnership for this series. They also announce that going forward the podcast will continue to bring on not only professional athletes but also expand into the outer part of the triathlon world, looking to ..read more

TriNation Review of TriNations Top 2021 Podcasts to listen to right now! If further lockdown and restrictions come into play during the festive season and you find yourself running out of things to do why not give some our great 2021 TriNation podcasts a listen!  Who of us foresaw a future were, for many people, the only human interaction for entire days this year would be through visual/audio systems. The year 2021, has seen the pandemic dominate our lives since we’ve all had to adapt to a ‘new normal,’ although what that looks like is different for every p ..read more

TriNation The TriNation Podcast Ep50 – Richard Varga This week we marked the 50th episode of ‘The TriNation Podcast’. We have managed to bring on some of the biggest names in triathlon and other surrounding sports and will continue to do so! On this week’s episode we got to speak to no doubt the most dominant swimmer in triathlon, Slovakian Richard Varga. Richard holds the record for the most lead out swims in the now known World Triathlon Championship Series circuit and it was great to hear his experience on competing in two Olympic games (London 2012 and Rio 2016), his move to Leeds to trai ..read more

TriNation The TriNation Podcast Ep49 – Arild Tveiten What a week for triathlon with the Norwegian viking Kristian Blummefelt breaking the Ironman world record in style in Cozumel! In good timing we were able to speak to his coach Arild Tveiten a couple of days following the event. We went in depth to the preparations for his debut in the distance before tracking back to the start of Arild’s coaching career and taking what was once a young innocent squad of young triathletes including the likes of Blummenfelt, Gustav Iden and Lotte Miller to a now star studded Norway team dominating the triath ..read more

TriNation The TriNation Podcast Ep48 – Georgia Taylor-Brown & Jess Learmonth On this weeks podcast episode we were delighted to bring on two extremely female successful triathletes who are currently at the top of the sport – Olympic medalists Georgia Taylor-Brown and Jess Learmonth Both have had a whirlwind few months with success at the Olympics bringing home gold and silver medals for GB and then headed onto the Super League Triathlon 4 week spectacle. This chat is light hearted but gives a great insight into what goes on in the lead up to the Olympics, the day itself and the aftermath ..read more

TriNation The TriNation Podcast Ep47 – Triathlon Catch Up It has been a busy few weeks of triathlon racing with many events happening all across the world from WTCS races, Super League Triathlon events and of course the Ironman World 70.3 championships. Luke and Andrew sat down to have a catch up chat on it all, giving their full reviews on the races. We have a good few guests lined up for the next coming weeks, including athletes racing at Super League and the Ironman 70.3 World Championships so watch out for those coming out soon. Luke Howard The post The TriNation Podcast Ep47 – Triat ..read more

TriNation The TriNation Podcast Ep46 – Tommy Zaferes On this week’s episode of ‘The TriNation Podcast’ we decided to head into the world of triathlon photography. Podcast host Luke had a sit down with World Triathlon content producer and photographer Tommy Zaferes. The TriNation Podcast Ep46 – Tommy Zaferes Tommy is no stranger to racing as an athlete and in the past raced on the World Triathlon circuit (or ITU as it was previously known) to great success achieving multiple podiums. He spoke about his interesting discovery of triathlon and how it quickly took over his life. Another well ..read more

TriNation The TriNation Podcast Ep45 – Sam Laidlow This week we were joined by French Ironman athlete Sam Laidlow, winner of this years Tradeinn International Triathlon who subsequently went on to secure his Kona spot for 2021 after a second place finish at Ironman Bolton. The TriNation Podcast – Sam Laidlow In this chat with Sam he spoke about changing the perception of the sport showing that the young generation can compete at the longer distance. He also spoke of the benefits of the FGP racing in France as well as giving us a hint at an upcoming french long distance battle which is in the ..read more