Fitter Radio Triathlon Podcast · Bevan McKinnon

IRONMAN 70.3 World Champs 2025

·1 hr 27 min·5 clips

Bevan McKinnon and Tim Brazier open with a gym shout that sounds like “someone was being murdered.”

1. Fitter Radio Triathlon Podcast focuses on the 2025 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Marbella, plus Noosa Tri and the late-season triathlon calendar. 2. Coach Bevan McKinnon and Coach Tim Brazier host the show, and Joanne Murphy appears as the race announcer for the women’s post-race press conference. 3. The episode asks what Marbella revealed about women’s middle-distance racing, travel load, and end-of-season fatigue. 4. The hosts compare Nick Thompson’s and Regan Holyoake’s travel demands across the Ironman Pro Series and note the impact of flying between Australasia, Europe, and North America. 5. They point out that Nick Thompson has raced five times this year, including Cairns, North America, the Nice world championship, and a hometown Ironman WA start. 6. They discuss Sam Laidlow’s announced trip to Ironman WA and how that affects the race in Western Australia. 7. Bevan McKinnon and Tim Brazier talk about the cost of hotels, transport, flights, food, and recovery for professional triathletes. 8. They also note that late-season travel heightens the risk of injury and leaves athletes “really, really tired.” 9. The conversation shifts to Jess Fullagar after her Noosa win and a week later her World Cup appearance in Miyazaki. 10. They point out that Fullagar ran another sub-17-minute 5K while managing very little training between races. 11. Sue Phillips then joins the episode to talk about winning a Noosa Tri entry and racing with plantar fascia issues. 12. Phillips says Noosa was “the best race I’ve ever done” and praises the single-loop course, the Garmin hill, and the road surface. 13. She also describes the hot start, the humidity, and the crowd hoses that soaked competitors on the run. 14. Phillips recalls running the Sydney Marathon with her daughter and says her quad started “screaming” after about 20 kilometres. 15. The episode returns to Marbella and the women’s 70.3 World Championship, with the hosts describing the bike course as beautiful but congested at the start. 16. They note that Lucy Charles-Barclay and Taylor Nibb both recovered from Kona heat stress issues and still delivered dominant runs. 17. The press conference shows Lucy Charles-Barclay winning her second Ironman 70.3 world title after a first-out-of-the-water swim and a 1:17:14 run. 18. Georgia Taylor-Brown and Tanya Neubert describe their first attempts at the distance, with Taylor-Brown saying she was relaxed and Neubert saying she did not expect a podium. 19. Listeners who follow triathlon racing, athlete logistics, and pro-series prize money will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners who want a short, non-technical sports chat may skip the detailed race splits and podium analysis.

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A Marbella recap with race detail, athlete reaction, and a note on T100 money disparity.

Fitter Radio keeps its focus on Marbella and treats the race like something worth unpacking rather than just reliving. It moves from the pressure of the day to Georgia Taylor-Brown's fourth-place finish and Tanya Neubert's podium, with enough conversational detail to feel close…

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Marbella race-day pressure, Georgia Taylor-Brown's fourth, and Tanya Neubert on the podium.

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