We wrap up the IRONMAN World Championships for 2024, big moves on the bike, and Patrick Lange takes the title for the 3rd time!

Koa Sports athletes put it all on the line for an incredible day and earn some beer showers as they enter the finishers shoot.

CF takes a few bags of HOKA merch, Greg 'shares' nachos and Tim pushes all his Kona feelings down for 2026.

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It’s the day before the biggest race of the year for male AG and Professional IRONMAN athletes. We speak to the legendary Craig Alexander (3 x KONA CHAMP) and Gustav Iden (2022 KONA CHAMP) shares a few tips for first timers looking to conquer the big island. Our very own Koa Sports Kings speak with coaches CF, Greg and Tim as they rack their bikes and check in their bags full of nerves and excitement. Good luck to all athletes racing tomorrow! Join the Tribe. www.koasports.com.au

We are on feet on the ground in Kona Hawaii for the 2024 Vinfast IRONMAN Mens World Championships! Imagine that, a triathlon podcast actually here… on the island!

The trip over is never without a dull moment, the Star Casino sting, a run in with ‘the lizard’ and the feds, lost bags and a double booked AirBNB. The team of 35 Koa Sports are ready to launch for Saturday but it’s time to preview the great race and go deep on the mens pro field. Stats, form, and nutrition strategies.

The Tiki Bar is OPEN.

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Before the Koa Sports Podcast leans fully into the IRONMAN World Championships in Kona, we chat to two Koa Sports athletes (Patrick Roberts and Tristan Wright) who ran the Melbourne Marathon in under 3 hours, both for the first time. A significant time barrier for any endurance runner, just how did they do it?

Has IRONMAN officially approved the KSP for Media access in Kona? Did we land on the Moon? Tim is viscously trolled, broken pelvis and all! Hurtful!

The last podcast before we take this show on the road to the ONE AND ONLY World Championships, Kona.

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It’s time to lift the lid on the zimmer frame. Tim shares his brave story of courage and inspiration, perhaps a pain tolerance unlike any other. For The 2024 70.3 World Championships in Taupo it feels a little like Lucy Charles withdrawing from Nice, it simply takes the edge off the great race, but that’s life and it’s up to other now to triumph on the big stage.

We catch up with 3 Koa Sports athletes, Ben Walker the winner of the naming of the Official Koa Sports Beer Mile Lager, ‘Knows Beers’. Leith Austin new to the athlete roster attended the Cairns Beer Mile as a spectator, but upon watching Greg and Tim narrowly avoid arrest decided this was his tribe, welcome home Leith.

The Founder of ‘west is best’ Gloria Nock chats about the group that continues to grow and her pathway to Taupo in just a few months’ time.

Did we mention Greg is taking his deep seeded internal pain out on pugs?

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Tim Ballintine (AUS) and Rob Dallimore (NZ) co-hosted IRONMAN Kona qualifiers for IRONMAN Oceania on October 2nd for the athlete webinar on behalf on IRONMAN. Coach Tim a 3 x Hawaiian IRONMAN (14,17,22) according to IRONMAN “his expertise and experience are unmatched”, what a boon. Koa Sports will have 35 starters in 2024, the largest coached athlete team in the world.

The coaches take you through the experience of the island, getting around, how to handle race week, a full course preview and plenty of stories with plenty of mayo. If you’re racing Kona in 2024 or dreaming or starting on the big island, this episode is for you.

The Men’s IRONMAN World Championships is set to take place on October 26th in Kona, Hawaii, the home of the biggest day in IRONMAN racing.

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The tribe has spoken and suggestions are in the box, it’s time to decide what the Premium Lager will be called! Some great suggestions, and without leading the witness…. we do have our preferred option. Tim shares his survival story and what it’s like to live with a mango attached to a hip all week, can he make it to Taupo??

IRONMAN Busselton is sold out, or is it? Entry hack coming in HOT! We review the World Championships in Nice France and cast our minds forward to the big island of Hawaii.

Koa Sports (pending correct weight) are the Western Sydney 70.3 TriClub Champions, however we are relying on Greg’s ability to add numbers together… standby!

It’s full steam ahead for the rest of season 2024, allllll aboard the K TRAIN!

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Jason Avery joins us on the Koa Sports Podcast during a Sunshine Coast training camp on his way to Kona in a little over a months’ time. Having qualified the hard way at IRONMAN Langkawi (Ep89) this is a great 1-1 chat about all things IRONMAN for an AG athlete living the dream on the road to Kona.

Funny insights about previous race experiences and that race in Sri Lanka where Tim broke the tape, a look into the current training block and what’s ahead for Jason on the big island of Hawaii. We settle the answer to the question, just who started “west is best”?

Everyone in Kona has a story to tell, and this is one of them.

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