{"id":2182,"date":"2016-05-01T17:33:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T07:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/?p=2182"},"modified":"2016-05-01T17:35:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T07:35:38","slug":"fitter-radio-absolutely-nail-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/fitter-radio-absolutely-nail-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitter Radio absolutely nail it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the back of my second place at the <a href=\"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/ironman-africa-championships-and-im-back\/\">IM Africa Championships<\/a>, I had the privilege of being interviewed by Bevan McKinnon from Fitter Radio, based out of New Zealand. As an elite level triathlete and coach, Bevan definitely knows his stuff and he asked some in-depth and probing questions. I\u2019ve done a lot of interviews in my time &#8211; live interviews, radio interviews and even some for television, but I\u2019ve got to say, I think this interview ranks right up there as one of the best I\u2019ve ever done.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst the topics we covered were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Old-school training methodology vs New-school and how I\u2019ve made the transition from one to the other over the last year or so.<\/li>\n<li>The value of data to create more efficient and effective training programs and give you a more objective idea of your fitness going into a race.<\/li>\n<li>The growing focus on maximising fat oxidation to create some big gains in performance.<\/li>\n<li>How the IM Africa Championship race unfolded.<\/li>\n<li>Why actually wearing your heart rate monitor during a crucial race will keep your data-fixated coach happy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Go deep then Geek Out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s plenty of great stuff in my conversation with Bevan. And if that\u2019s not enough, then check out the Geek Out segment towards the end of the podcast, where two wise heads (and self-confessed mega-geeks) of the sport &#8211; The Plews and The Prof &#8211; analyse my data from the race. They really get down to the nitty gritty and contribute their own insights and wisdom as well. Not to mention The Plews giving me a hard time about not wearing my HR monitor. If you\u2019re into the data and the details, this segment is a \u2018must hear\u2019\u2026 and not just because it\u2019s all about me!<\/p>\n<p>This is a great quality podcast &#8211; keep up the good work guys &#8211; you\u2019re creating a lot of value for pros and age-groupers alike with what you\u2019re producing. I\u2019d seriously recommend that you listen to the whole show, there\u2019s lots of good stuff in it. It\u2019s Episode 108 and you can find it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitter.co.nz\/fitter-radio-episodes.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re really pushed for time, you can find my two segments at:<br \/>\n22:16 &#8211; 50:14 Interview with Bevan<br \/>\n1:19:20 &#8211; 1:38:00 Geek Out with The Plews and The Prof<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s coming up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m back into the solid training now and I\u2019ve got IM Cairns focused in my sights. But before Cairns I have Ironman 70.3 Vietnam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2183,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182\/revisions\/2183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timberkel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}