Scott DeRue

And I could just chill and relax.

And Scott DeRue walked in and we had a conversation with him.

He came up to us and then...

there were other athletes in there and got to like, and they were all guys in my age group.

UTMB happened, and there were some records and some triple crowns and all kinds of stuff going on.

I don't know all the details, but it looked like a pretty good headline for the ultra community, and Scott DeRue was there because Ironman owns UTMB now because they will own everything soon enough.

well and scott's roots roots in running that's where he started was like running so we can't get him let him get too crazy though we gotta you know keep keep him well he doesn't who knows i mean he won't

respond to any of my emails i don't know what he's doing

Yeah, come on.

Let's go on the pod here, Mr. Scott DeRue.

You can talk to some real pro triathletes who race in races and have real insight about what happens in a race.

First-hand experience.

I think they should have the men's Saturday and the women's Sunday and then flip it because genuinely I think the women get the rough end of the stick in relation to – uh not as many not as much support on the saturday because if you're a bloke racing you're not standing out in the sun for five hours right whereas on the sunday all the girls come out and they're in the bars having a drink and hanging out with their mates or whatever they're doing but they're not worried about the race anymore and it's just a different feel i think on the sunday so there you go iron man there's a there's a bit of feedback for you and i'm going to give them another bit of feedback here right here on the car sports podcast Well, Ironman announced – see, I would do this this week with Tim, but we're not doing a pod together this week, right, because of a whole range of reasons.

But last year, Scott DeRue in 2025 announced the new system – it was in about July – the new system for the Ironman World Championships to be held in Kona and the 70.3 Worlds, wherever they may be held.

to do the normalised timing, which I think was a great idea.

Fantastic initiative done by Ironman.

It's just we can all do good together.

Here's what I'll say to this, Greg Scott DeRue has come in after the Andrew M- Messick era, which is the longest era of any CEO.

So I- Andrew Messick was obviously the CEO from 2011 to 2023.

He had a very long run, and he did some good things.

Like, he really commercialized the sport of Ironman in a way I don't think anyone else has gotten close to.

Now, the Pro Series you mentioned, that's not Scott DeRue.

Andrew Messick and his team came up with the Pro Series, so just don't give Scott DeRue credit for that.

That was one of the best thing Andrew Messick did as a CEO.