The ’Professional’ Athlete Podcast

Episode 24 - Challenge Canberra podiums all around

Welcome back to another ep. of the Professional Athlete Podcast. 
This week we recap on the Challenge Canberra weekend. Silver medals for both boys, and Jarrod took the tape on Sunday morning. We had a few of the fastest splits over the weekend, touch on the Men's elite drama and then quickly talk about our upcoming races. 
Thanks for listening 

Episode 23 - Melbourne 70.3 WIN

Welcome to episode 24 of the Professional Athlete Podcast. 
 
Jarrod has won Melbourne 70.3. We recap his unexpected win, breaking down the prep, race day and initial reactions. We also discuss the upcoming Challenge Canberra weekend and what to expect for the rest of the year. 
 
Thanks for listening. 

Episode 22 - Men's World Champs Pro Athlete responses

Welcome back to Ep. 22 of the PAP. 
 
We discuss all things Kona World Champs, including another straw poll of how many of the Pro male athlete's work outside of triathlon. 
 
Thanks again. 

Episode 21- All things nutrition and crits are back

Welcome back to Ep. 21 of the Professional Athlete Podcast
It has been a big fortnight. The boys have started summer crits and more intensity is back on the training plan, this leads us to talk about all things nutrition. 
Thanks for listening!
 

Episode 20 - Staying motivated when starting a job and other listener questions

Welcome back to another week. 
The boys are pretty tired this week. Yet we bring you a shorter listener question episode this week. We discuss how to stay motivated and disciplined while starting a new career, getting a TT/Tri Bike and tri specific shoes, and a hypothetical moving to part-time work scenario. 
We'll be back next week with some more energy and enthusiasm following some much needed adaptation. 

Episode 19 - Women's Ironman World Champs

On this week's agenda we discuss Ironman World Champs in Nice, the surprise results, discuss if pro series is as big a deal as it should be?
We also DM'd some of the pro women that raced at Nice to understand if they have to work to make ends meet while racing as a Pro. Which led us to discuss is Long course a professional sport? 
Thanks for tuning in 

Episode 18 - Sunny Coast recap and Chinese disc wheels

Welcome back to ep. 18 of PAP. 
 
On the pod this week Jarrod recaps Sunny Coast 70.3, another testing week, crap influencer advice and chinese bike gear. 
Thanks for tuning in. 

Episode 17 - Sunny Coast preview & should you become a pro?

Welcome back to ep. 17 of the Professional Athlete podcast 
 
This week we do a brief preview of Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast and discuss a listener question about being a top level Age Grouper or becoming a back of the pack Pro. 
 
https://stats.protriathletes.org/race/im-703-sunshine-coast/2024/participants

Episode 16 - Tom Driscoll

Welcome back to ep. 15  16 of the Professional Athlete podcast. 
We welcome our friend, trail runner and AIS data analyst Tom Driscoll to the pod. We discuss his background in triathlon, transition to trail running and his work. 
Thanks again for listening. 

Episode 15 - We can all learn something new

Episode 15 - We sit down with a few more beers and discuss our testing weeks, TUEs, calling yourself a world champion, and Jarrod learns a thing or two about power meters. 
Thanks for listening.