FITTER RADIO COFFEE CLUB RACE WINNER TRISTAN FRANKLIN: (00:09:11) Tristan won the free race entry to IRONMAN Australia | Port Macquarie. We talk to him about how his race went last weekend.

FITTER RADIO COFFEE CLUB RACE WINNER LEIGH DAVIDSON: (00:19:10) Leigh won the free race entry to IRONMAN Cairns. We talk to her a few weeks out from the race to find out how she’s tracking.

WORKOUT OF THE WEEK: (00:33:20) Backwards running.

FITTER COACHES RACE ROUND-UP (00:43:09) Bev and Tim catch up on the weekend’s racing plus we celebrate achieving IRONMAN University accreditation across the board!

HOT PROPERTY INTERVIEW: HELEN JENKINS (01:15:34) This week we talk to British professional triathlete and 2008 and 2011 ITU World Champion, Helen Jenkins. As a professional Helen has represented Great Britain at the Olympics and Wales in the Commonwealth Games. She chats to us about her career, her surgery and her plans for the future.

ONE STEP AHEAD: (01:51:02) Caffeine – are you overdosing?

LINKS:

Helen Jenkins at https://precision-coaching.co.uk/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/helenjenkinstri/
IRONMAN Australia at http://ap.ironman.com/triathlon/events/asiapac/ironman/australia.aspx#axzz5nBopocae
IRONMAN Cairns at http://ap.ironman.com/triathlon/events/asiapac/ironman/cairns.aspx#axzz5nBopocae
More about IRONMAN University accreditation at https://u.ironman.com/
More about Super League Triathlon at https://superleaguetriathlon.com/
IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam at http://ap.ironman.com/triathlon/events/asiapac/ironman-70.3/vietnam.aspx
ITU Triathlon at https://www.triathlon.org/
Running backwards: soft landing-hard take-off, a less efficient rebound study at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20719774
The Effects of Backwards Running Training on Forward Running Economy in Trained Males study at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26332781

Episode 263 - Helen Jenkins