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We're Back B*tches #3: Legends and this year's favorites with Julie Moss

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Julie Moss says there was “one article” in the library and “no research” when triathlon was still being figured out.

1. Feisty Triathlon’s “We’re Back B*tches #3” centers on Julie Moss, Kona, and the 2024 all-women Ironman World Championship. 2. Sarah True hosts Julie Moss, an Ironman legend and Ironman Foundation board member, while Kelly O’Meara is absent and Chelsea Sedaro and Laura Philipp appear in featured interviews. 3. The episode asks what Kona means now: legacy, community, women’s racing, and the changing media world around triathlon. 4. Moss says she found one 1978 Sports Illustrated article in the library and used the race for a kinesiology school project. 5. She recalls that in 1982 you could send in a check and get accepted, then says she entered a marathon having never run over eight miles. 6. Moss says she wanted to run 3:30, hit mile 20, “blew up,” and finished in 3:38. 7. She says she arrived in Kona three weeks before the race because she had no one to train with at home. 8. Moss describes the nutrition scene as “the caveman era,” with defizzed Coke, oranges, apples, bananas, and caffeine by trial and error. 9. She says leading the race changed her sense of self, especially when she moved from just trying to finish to being televised and in contention. 10. Moss describes falling four times in the last quarter mile and crawling as part of that shift in “worthiness” and belonging. 11. On the current island atmosphere, Moss says the all-women field feels special and comparable to the early days of triathlon. 12. She says women here feel like they have finally found each other, the way early triathletes felt like “aliens” who landed together. 13. Moss says she is representing Ironman corporate and the Ironman Foundation, where funds support swim safety and youth running and biking programs. 14. She says the Foundation had 30 women raise funds to race, and she likes being an ambassador for a lifestyle and sport she loves. 15. Moss says she likes being in Kona more than racing in Kona because she can absorb the culture and help people she meets on the street. 16. She also says race day remains mixed, because she wants “one more chance” to put together a seamless experience of presence and energy. 17. The interview style is conversational, with Sarah True pushing for details and Moss answering in a reflective, story-driven way. 18. The tone stays collegial and analytical, mixing race-history, current pro context, and practical talk about sponsorship, media, and athlete support. 19. Fans of Kona history, women’s triathlon, and pro-race analysis. 20. Listeners wanting celebrity-style banter or a pure race recap.

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