IRONMAN Western Australia

We'll see.

I think I have a great feeling about Ironman Western Australia.

Oh, shit.

We can't talk about that on this podcast anymore.

Well, these three have now finished all three phases and they're back to tell you what's changed.

Jade is a 39-year-old mum of three from Western Australia, a health and PE teacher, and she is preparing for her second Ironman at Ironman Western Australia in Busselton in a few weeks' time.

She saved up for an entire year and had a secret bank account just to join TNA when she did.

Kurt is 54 from Laguna Vista, Texas, and he watched from the sidelines for four years while his mate Kelly, who was inside the program, just got faster.

Yeah, it doesn't make any sense, does it? Like we put so much time and effort into all of our training and spend so much money on the event to not have a nutrition plan just blows my mind, but it is still happening at every distance.

And it's crazy.

So Jade, you're heading to Ironman Western Australia again at the end of the year for the second time.

The big, hairy, audacious goal is sub 13 hours, which...

Yeah, props to Yella.

So I believe he's doing 70.3 back home in Australia, Port Macquarie, and then Ironman Western Australia to end out the year.

So it'll be fun to watch.

I'm calling two cheap wins for Yella Gaines there, personally.

Yeah.

Like when you look at that result, I mean, you obviously, you went back to, I mean, what, straight afterwards, you went to Ironman Western Australia and ended up finishing first.

Was that like, was there lessons learned from Kona in particular with regards to heat and sort of fluid management that you sort of, you took from that and sort of applied?

Yeah, I can't remember whether that was that year, but I then, yeah, did that race.