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On today's show Iott and Zucco chat about the importance of your aerobic base.  We also highlight Ironman Louisville.

At 4:30 AM : no applause, accolades, crowds, or autograph seekers. Champions are forged by monastic solitude in the temple of discipline. E. Creagan, MD Sunrise as seen from the transition area, Kailua-Kona, HI during Ironman 2017 Last month, I wrote in a blog discussing the fact that it's very OK to walk when racing the run section ...

If you want to take racing to the next level next year, you must get the off season right. That doesn’t mean you cannot, or should not take a break, but you need to use this precious time to apply some of the thoughts and adjustments you have been thinking about making to see how they affect things, with time to adjust if needed. I always...

On today's show, Jim Vance and Zucco lead the charge for the 2018 KONA show.

Think it couldn't happen to you? Think your first thought wouldn't be someone from your bike group just trying to be funny? Maybe getting back at you for a previous prank? All 2500+ Kona racers names are on this wall out side race headquarters You must have been there. Maybe just daydreaming. One day you'd flip on your...

The Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway, Hawaii Come October, in Kona, more than any other race throughout the vast Ironman collection, the emotional lives of the racers, in good seasons and most especially in bad ones, are on display. There’s Julie Moss and “the spectacle” which put Ironman on the map in 1982. How about Paula Newby Fraser, the “Queen of Kona” ...

The IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii is in ten days. But you need to know what to do ten days before any Ironman distance event, not just Kona, right? This also applies to 70.3 races, races that are important to you! Not a great bike mechanic? Me neither. Have your local guys check out your steed. What is the co...

In that I'm packing to leave for Hawaii, but I did want to get something educational in here, this is a piece I had published by Ironman 2 years ago that is as relevant today as it was then. Happy reading. 13 Things I Wish I Knew About Triathlon When I Started     ✉ 2015 Getty Images Wis...