Joe Skipper

No, that's not happening.

Aaron, my biggest story of the year was Joe Skipper's doping ban coinciding coincidentally with his switch to High Rocks, a sport full of peptide and drug use.

And how is he still racing? Mate, it's unbelievable.

Because they're unlicensed pretty much, aren't they?

Maybe Joe's about to get an email, ding ding, that says, sorry, you can't compete anymore.

I don't know.

Joe Skipper getting off so scot-free with the nice guy and forgetful guy clause that comes into anti-doping rule violations.

Hey, just be nice and pretend you're a forgetful person.

rate? I'm not going to beat around the bush here.

It's a triathlete, former triathlete, Joe Skipper.

I remember when you first sent me the bloke and I said, this guy's a dickhead and he's failed the doping test.

Yeah.

subsequently um retired from professional triathlon now high rocksers i'm not coming at all of you but have a good long look at yourself and have a think about the sport you're doing it's shit it's shit because joe skipper has has has fallen foul of anti-doping he's convicted he's been banned right and he's competing at high rocks races how can high rocksers stand there and kind of seriously call that a sport where someone who's actually being done for doping is currently serving a doping ban, is competing in your races, and you're kind of governing.

Well, I mean, it's funny now, ironically, that the governing body is World Triathlon.

See how long that lasts for.

Well, actually, to be honest, I think this applies to everyone, right? So In the first instance for long-term gains, to maximize the efficiency of her swims, it's technique.

So whether you're a pro like Sanders who needs some work on his swim, Joe Skipper, another example, then work on your technique and it's going to give you gains over both the sessions that you have.

If, in fact, it's that your technique is incredible.

Maybe you're an ex-swimmer and, you know, incredibly fast swimmer, but you've only got time for two hours of swimming.

Um, chat some more about a bit of racing coming up.

Um, but yeah, good to speak to you, Joe, and I'll be back soon, so we'll be able to do them back from Norwich again.

Yeah.

Have a good, uh, rest of your honeymoon, mate.

he can he can suffer and also like what always it impresses me but like he's obviously raced in 70.3s before he's not like he's not a very it's all in um perspective but he's not like a you know he's not like a 105 christian blumenfeld half marathon runner like he normally runs 114 115 116 in a 70.3 yeah but for some reason when he then flips it to an iron man he just has this immense strength that just He only slows down, like, 5, 10 seconds a K, and he can just, like, hold it and just fight through it, which I think was always very, like, skipper-ish.

Like, when Joe Skipper was hitting his rate, he was the same.

Like, never really had that top, top speed for a 70.3, but always could just drop these incredible marathons.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think it was

Hamworth and Joe Skipper, maybe.

We're the only people back faster than her.

And she has actually said to me, and we've got her on tomorrow, that the sport hasn't really come on for the women on the bike the same way it has the men.