Kona Review with Lauren Vallee

Last week's IRONMAN World Championship was historic on many levels. We saw the IMWC raced on the big island after a two year pandemic induced hiatus. We saw the first two-day format with the women's race Thursday and the men's Saturday. We saw records blown away including all of the top 10 pro men finishing sub 8.and an American professional champion after a 20 year stretch.   This week we have coach and age group Kona competitor Lauren Vallee joining us to review last week's historic Ironman World Championship.   Show Sponsor: UCAN Generation UCAN has a full line of nutrition products to fuel your sport. UCAN uses SuperStarch instead of simple sugars and stimulants to fuel athletes.  UCAN keeps blood sugar steady compared to the energy spikes and crashes of sugar-based products. UCAN also has hydration products focused on giving you the sodium you need when hydrating, including several clean and light flavors. Steady energy equals sustained performance and a faster finish line!   Use UCAN in your training and racing to fuel the healthy way, finish stronger and recover more quickly!  Use the code 303UCAN for 20% off at ucan.co/discount/303UCAN/ or ucan.co   In Today's Show Feature Interview with Lauren Vallee With>Against (valiantendurance.com) Endurance News Kona IMWC Men's Recap What's new in the 303 Asking For a Friend, Is Anything Possible to Change the IRONMAN World Championships? TriDot Mark Allen Edition Video of the Week: Lauren Vallee Upcoming Guest: Laura Killingbeck   News Sponsor Buddy Insurance: Buddy Insurance gives you peace of mind to enjoy your training and racing to the fullest. Buddy’s mission is simple, to help people fearlessly enjoy an active and outdoor lifestyle.    Get on-demand accident insurance just in case the unexpected happens. Buddy ensures you have cash for bills fast.  This is accident insurance not health and life insurance.  Go to buddyinsurance.com and create an account.  There's no commitment or charge to create one.  Once you have an account created, it's a snap to open your phone and in a couple clicks have coverage for the day.  Check it out!   Endurance News: IRONMAN World Championship   Men's Predictions: Tri-Rating Thorsten Radde Kristian Blummenfelt 30% (Podium 50%) Gustav Iden 15% (Podium 20%) Magnus Ditlev 15% (Podium 30%)   Bill's Picks: Kristian Blummenfelt Gustave Iden Collin Chartier   Rich's Picks: Kristian Blummenfelt Lionel Sanders Collin Chartier or Chris Leiferman   Pro Men's Results Gustave Iden 7:40:24 Sam Laidlow 7:42:24 Kristian Blummenfelt 7:43:23   Hawaii Ironman World Championships 2022 Results: Gustav Iden Victorious With A New Course Record Straight from the start cannon, a large pack formed, led by Sam Laidlow and Florian Angert. Despite attempts to pull away in the first half of the swim, neither were successful in building a definitive lead.   Instead, a staggering 19 pros exited the water within 15 seconds of each other, led by Angert in 48:15 an