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GB Agegroup Triathlete Nick Dunn Episode 134

·1 hr 14 min·4 clips

Nick won in 2009 in Australia after leaving all his drinks in the freezer and racing without water.

1. Agegroup Multisport Podcast episode 134 follows GB agegroup triathlete Nick Dunn across swimming, racing, and coaching. 2. Nick Dunn speaks as the guest, and the host frames him as a Nottingham-based coach who spends half his time in Mallorca running Challenge Tri Camp. 3. The episode asks how a swimmer who stopped at 14 became a double world champion, then built a coaching business. 4. Nick says he was good at tennis, basketball, running, and swimming, but never fully mastered any one sport. 5. He describes county-level swimming, a friend who went on to the Olympics, and a five-year gap after stopping at 14. 6. At university, he studied sports science and business management, then met triathlon through a gym placement. 7. Nick tells the story of returning to the pool after four or five years and struggling through only three lengths on one-quarter breaststroke. 8. His first novice triathlon involved borrowed kit, a crop top, swimming trunks, and falling on the dismount line. 9. A bike crash in 2001 broke the run of racing and left him in a corset with crushed vertebrae. 10. He says he did not race properly again until 2005, then built to five, ten, or even fifteen races a year. 11. Nick explains that age-group racing gave him a family celebration after qualifying for Canada in 2008. 12. He remembers checking Google Earth, race elevation, and venue details before traveling to Vancouver. 13. His Canadian debut became a duathlon after the swim was canceled and the race organization changed the format. 14. He admits to wearing woolly socks for the run and then struggling with the bike shoes in transition. 15. In 2009, he qualified second at Beaver Castle and used that result as a target for the world championship. 16. He won in Australia after leaving his drinks in the freezer and starting the race without proper fluids. 17. He says he borrowed an empty bottle, lost the lid, and relied on shade and showers to cope with the heat. 18. In 2010 and 2011, he learned race tactics in Budapest and Ponte Vedra, including how to descend and how to position himself. 19. The interview feels practical and reflective, with detailed race stories, coaching lessons, and repeated references to preparation. 20. Listeners who like age-group triathlon, race tactics, and coaching detail will get the most from it; casual sports listeners may skip the technical sections.

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A swimmer-to-world-champion triathlon story with strong race-day detail and useful coaching context.

Nick Dunn's arc has a clear spine here: swimmer turned triathlete, moving from complete novice to double world champion and into the elite field. The coaching side also comes through cleanly, especially the business he started in 2011 and the camps he later grew.

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Why you'd press play

You get the swimmer-to-double-world-champion arc, the race-day scramble, and the coaching life after racing, without the polish.

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