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End of Year + T100 Impressions with Flora

·1 hr 13 min·4 clips

Kate Waugh executed T100 Qatar with a plan, then still had to fight to the line.

1. Chasing the Burn focuses on Flora’s trip to South Africa and the T100 Qatar finale. 2. Chelsea de Ferranti hosts, Flora Duffy returns as guest and co-host, and both matter because they race and analyze triathlon at the highest level. 3. The episode asks what T100 Qatar, the season-long series, and the 2026 format change actually mean for athletes and fans. 4. Flora says she is in Stellenbosch, South Africa, after three weeks away from Boulder. 5. She names Durban, Langebaan, and a family beach house as part of her recent travel. 6. Chelsea describes Boulder’s red flag warning and possible power cuts while Flora compares it with South African daylight. 7. Flora says her running is coming back slowly, with swimming and biking still at a low level. 8. Chelsea says she has watched nearly five seasons of Stranger Things for the fourth time in a month. 9. She also describes a 50K race called Black Canyon and says it is net downhill. 10. The women’s T100 Qatar race becomes the main racing topic, with Kate Waugh, Lucy Charles-Barclay, Julie Derron, Jess Learmonth, Georgia Taylor-Brown, and India Lee all named. 11. Flora says the race unfolded as expected, with the favorites at the front and a season-long battle for the series title. 12. She notes that Waugh was “just gone” in T1 and forced Lucy Charles-Barclay to burn matches. 13. Flora says Georgia Taylor-Brown and India Lee limited the time gap on the bike better than expected. 14. Flora says Julie Derron lost time on the swim and never regained enough of it before the run. 15. She says Waugh looked strong but was visibly suffering near the finish and later puked after crossing the line. 16. Flora says Georgia Taylor-Brown looked close to her best and built through the race after a year that began with uncertainty. 17. The tone stays conversational, with race analysis mixed with travel updates, side comments, and jokes about schedules and daylight. 18. Chelsea and Flora move quickly between tactical detail, athlete stories, and reactions to the broadcast and race location. 19. Listeners who follow long-course triathlon and athlete contract debates will get the most from this. 20. Listeners wanting a pure training episode without T100 politics may skip it.

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A relaxed triathlon debrief that keeps circling back to comeback seasons and T100 uncertainty.

Flora returns to Chelsea's co-host chair for a triathlon debrief that picks up from their first outing and moves through listener comments, T100 chatter, and the messier side of athlete commitments.

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You want a breezy T100 debrief with real athlete context and zero hard sell.

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