Inside Tri Show

Oncologist and 14 x Iron Distance Champion Lucy Gossage speaks to Helen fresh after finishing 3rd at the Montane Winter Spine Race on her first attempt and raising over £22,000 for MOVE Against Cancer Charity.

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Why Lucy entered the Spine race In depth about Lucy's final 24 hours, which at times felt like a living nightmare Why Lucy would have stopped herself from continuing, if she had been a race Doctor How Lucy survived getting stuck in a blizzard when the race got paused What happened when Lucy started to sleep walk and hallucinate What it means t...

Chrissie Wellington is a four time Ironman World Champion. She won all 13 of the 13 Ironman races she entered and set an incredible World Record, which stood for 12 years until it was beaten by Daniela Ryf. Since retiring, Chrissie has become a Mum and continued to inspire people around the World by dedicating herself to improve people's health and wellbeing through Parkrun.

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07:00 We talk about the pie of life, taking different paths in life, choice and compromise

10:00 Listening to your gut to explore new things

13:00 What does Chrissie mean by...

Laura Siddall has been a professional triathlete since 2013. She is a multiple Ironman Champion and although she comes from Great Britain, she lives and trains abroad and has spend time in the USA, New Zealand and Spain. At the age of 42, Laura finished twice in the top ten at the Ironman World Championships in 2022.

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05:00 Laura talks through the tough time she has had since an accident during the bike leg of Ironman Brazil 2023, which resulted in a head injury. She doesn't remember what happened, and while she didn't break any bones, a CT...

Lucy Gossage and Nikki Bartlett don’t need much of an introduction to triathlon audiences. They’ve both regularly been on the podium across Ironman and 70.3 races over the last decade, Nikki won Ironman Wales 2023, Lucy won in Wales three times. While Nikki is still competing, these days Lucy works as an Oncologist and loves doing endurance adventures in her spare time. She also dedicates lots of time to MOVE Charity, to help and inspire people to move against cancer. 

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00:00 Where the mind goes during an Ultra marathon and an Ironman triathlon.

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After 9 months of training, a group of female listeners aka 'The Dream Team' head to North Wales, to take on THE ROC triathlon to inspire other women and raise money for MOVE Charity. THE ROC Wales offers a unique race format, involving a sea swim, cycling to the bottom of the highest mountain in Wales, a run up and down Yr Wyddfa, cycling back to the start and a 1km run on the beach to finish. How did they get on? Plus host Helen has some big news to share.

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An update from Beth...

Hannah Saitch took the female win at Ironman Wales in 2022, she's notched up two top five finishes at Norseman and has qualified for Kona. She's also done some of the toughest triathlons and events in the World, from riding Wales in Day, to doing extreme triathlons. All while juggling training with her job as an anaesthetist and having adventures with her husband Matt.

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06:00 Hannah explains how she used to be a rower but struggled to mix rowing with training to be a Doctor, and dipper her toes into triathlon in 2008, borrowing her Father...

Natalie Lawrence swam competitively until she was 15, when she fell out of love with swimming, before being invited onto the development programme by British Triathlon. She competed at the World Junior Triathlon Championships and then moved to Loughborough to study and start her journey on the World Class Programme. But she soon developed an eating disorder which led her to leaving the elite set-up. But Natalie still wanted to do triathlon and got her pro license for the first time in 2011. She's since had four children, all the time staying fit between her pregnancies and competing as an age...

Ruth Astle started triathlon in 2013 when she was working in the city. Still while holding down her corporate job, she became overall age group world champion at Kona in 2019 before turning pro. She got her first pro ironman win at Mallorca on 2021, she came 5th at the ironman world championships in 2022 in St George. 2023 has been hampered by injury but Kona remains the aim. We talk about the mental ups and downs of being a pro triathlete, the need to just switch off and the support team around her …

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05:00 Start of the interview wi...

In 2019 John Haywood was diagnosed with two different types of cancer at the age of 45. The gym lover was told he may never be able to run again. So John brought a bike to build up his fitness. Three years later he cycled from Lands End to John o'Groats. The following year he completed Ironman Bolton, despite being knocked off his bike by a car during the cycle leg. John's message is simple, life is for living.

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06:00 John talks about being diagnosed with a very rare form of Sarcoma in September 2019 and then...

Lizzie Richardson is a runner from North Wales. She broke the women's record for the Paddy Buckley round in 2022, previously held by Jasmin Paris. Lizzie grew up in mid-Wales, with six sisters and had a very active childhood. At University she focussed on partying rather than running. In 2018 she supported her sister doing the Bob Graham round which planted a seed that she'd like to do a round of her own one day. This is the story of a normal woman doing amazing things. PLUS ! You'll hear Helen and Lowri Bowen talking about the practical side of taking on...