Fitter Radio Episode 546 - Race Scheduling and Controversy in 2024. Our Kiwis and the Olympics.

Bevan and Tim highlight the difficulties and controversy surrounding race scheduling for 2024. We discuss the kiwi perspective on the race for selection to the Olympics and share excerpts from interviews with Hayden Wilde, Dylan McCullough and Hayden's coach Craig Kirkwood. Alex Bees, winner of the free race entry to the Tauranga Half, tells us how it all went. (0:00:00) – Tim updates us on his training for the IM703 Taupo. (0:06:37) - Infinit Nutrition 10% discount for all listeners with the code FITTER10 (0:06:58) - ULTRO Earbuds 15% discount for all our listeners with the code ULTRO15  (0:07:05) – Calley Homes Mount Festival of Sport intro to Alex Bees (0:08:28) – Alex Bees (0:15:04) – IRONMAN Australia free race entry competition (0:17:46) – The difficulty of scheduling a race calendar in 2024 (0:20:29) – The Malibu race controversy (0:23:41) – Changes to the start list at the World Cup race in Napier  (0:25:01) – Our Kiwi perspective and the race for spots at the Olympics (0:27:31) – Dylan McCullough (0:40:52) – Hayden Wilde (0:56:59) – Craig Kirkwood LINKS: Infinit Nutrition 10% discount using the code FITTER10 at  https://www.infinitnutrition.com.au/ Note: For the code to work you need to have created an account and be logged in. ULTRO Earbuds 15% discount using the code ULTRO15 at https://www.ultroaudio.com/ Calley Homes Mount Festival of Sport at https://mountfestival.kiwi/events/tauranga-half/ IRONMAN Australia at https://www.ironman.com/im-australia Hayden Wilde Superleague Face to Face podcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTLcy7l7_Bk Dylan McCullough World Triathlon Podcast at https://www.triathlon.org/news/article/world_triathlon_podcast_87_dylan_mccullough Craig Kirkwood That Triathlon Show at https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts421/ The Gold Mine Effect: Crack the Secrets of High Performance by Rasmus Ankersen at https://www.amazon.com.au/Gold-Mine-Effect-Secrets-Performance/dp/1848313993