Fitter Radio Triathlon Podcast · Bevan McKinnon

Jack Moody. Tri News and Race Reviews

·1 hr 7 min·4 clips

Jack Moody says he smashed 120 grams of carbs in the first hour of the Queenstown Marathon.

1. Fitter Radio Triathlon Podcast focuses on Jack Moody’s Queenstown Marathon win and new course record. 2. Coach Bevan McKinnon and Coach Tim Brazier host the conversation, and Jack Moody joins as a professional triathlete who also works at a design engineer company, Procreate. 3. The episode asks how Moody won Queenstown Marathon “accidentally” after training for triathlon rather than a marathon. 4. Bevan opens with Wanaka’s “microclimate,” the Queenstown Marathon weather changes, and the Spring Challenge bike ride over the Crown Range. 5. Moody explains that the Spring Challenge links Wanaka, Coronet Peak, and the Remarkables, with climbs to around 1,000 to 1,200 meters. 6. The hosts note that Queenstown and the trails around Roy’s Peak and Rocky Mountain were unusually busy over the weekend. 7. Moody says Queenstown Marathon had about 4,000 marathon entries and that the broader event drew around 13,000 people. 8. He argues that off-road access and wide, well-kept trails make Queenstown one of New Zealand’s most scenic marathons. 9. Moody describes severe weather, including thunder and lightning on Friday, snow on the mountains, and sleet during a post-race interview. 10. He says the Saturday shakeout run had about 50 people instead of the expected 200 because of flooding and cold conditions. 11. Moody says he has won the Queenstown half marathon twice, maybe three times, and has treated the event as a family trip since about 2020 or 2021. 12. He says the marathon was built around a long-run mindset, with no marathon-specific training block before race day. 13. Bevan reads back the training load: 2 hours 35 minutes, 3 hours 40 minutes, 4 hours, 4 hours 40 minutes, and 4 hours 55 minutes in successive weeks. 14. Moody says he kept the race steady, nursed the hills, and only two runners remained with about 14 kilometers to go. 15. He says he then stepped it up when he heard the second-place athlete breathing hard and used crowd support to finish strongly. 16. Moody says he negative split the marathon and used aggressive fueling, including 120 grams of carbs in the first hour. 17. The interview style is relaxed and technical, with detailed pacing, fueling, and course talk between Bevan, Tim, and Moody. 18. The tone mixes humor about “group of nutters,” weather complaints, and serious race analysis without sounding rushed. 19. Listeners who follow New Zealand triathlon and marathon racing will get the most from it. 20. Listeners looking for a tightly edited story or a short general-interest chat may skip it.

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