Pelly's Podcast

Pelly's Podcast

Joe Collins

Oct 15, 2026 · 34 min · 11 segments

What does it take to push your body and mind to the absolute limit? In this episode of Pelly's Podcast, Michael Pell sits down with Ironman athlete Joe Collins to explore the world of endurance sport…

What does it take to push your body and mind to the absolute limit? In this episode of Pelly's Podcast, Michael Pell sits down with Ironman athlete Joe Collins to explore the world of endurance sport, mental resilience, discipline and the mindset required to keep pushing when everything tells you to stop. Joe shares his journey into Ironman racing, the physical and mental challenges that come with competing, and the sacrifices, preparation and determination required to take on one of the toughest endurance events in the world. Beyond the racing, we get to know the man behind the athlete, exploring his personal journey, the lessons he's learnt along the way and how the Ironman mindset translates into everyday life. From overcoming setbacks to finding motivation when things get tough, this is a conversation about resilience, commitment and discovering what you're truly capable of. **All for a cause bigger than sport.** Pelly's Podcast is on a Million Dollar Mission to raise $1 million for FightMND, helping fund vital research and the fight against Motor Neurone Disease. Every conversation. Every listen. Every dollar. One step closer to finding a cure. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and watch on YouTube. 💙 Support the mission: \[https://support.fightmnd.org.au/fundraisers/michaelpell/pelly--s-podcast---on-our-million-dollar-mission-to-fight-mnd-\](https://support.fightmnd.org.au/fundraisers/michaelpell/pelly--s-podcast---on-our-million-dollar-mission-to-fight-mnd-%5D%28https://support.fightmnd.org.au/fundraisers/michaelpell/pelly--s-podcast---on-our-million-dollar-mission-to-fight-mnd-%29)

What does it take to push your body and mind to the absolute limit? In this episode of Pelly's Podcast, Michael Pell sits down with Ironman athlete Joe Collins to explore the world of endurance sport…

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Chasing the Ironman Throne4:50 – 7:12

Joey CollinsGuest

4:50

Because, mate, we're stacking weeks at the moment.

Joey CollinsGuest

4:52

So to do the cooling of the gold right, you have to do 20 weeks of pretty much perfect training.

Joey CollinsGuest

4:57

When's the cooling gold? In 10 weeks.

Joey CollinsGuest

4:59

Wow.

Joey CollinsGuest

4:59

10 weeks from now or 11 weeks.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:00

Wow.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:01

But, yeah, so it's –

Michael PellHost

5:02

Is that like almost the penultimate? It's up there, isn't

Joey CollinsGuest

5:06

it? There's probably three that you'd say are the penultimate.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:08

It would be the gold, Aussies Ironman title, and the Iron Series.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:12

So those are the three.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:14

And Shore and Partners World Ocean Series now too.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:16

So there's four big competitions that any Ironman would love to win.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:19

And this is one of them.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:20

And definitely, it'd be a bucket list thing to win.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:22

And it's been dominated by Ellie Day for the past, God, 15 years.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:27

What a legend he is.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:28

And what a legend he is.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:29

And he's just retired, is that right? Learned a lot of things off him.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:31

Yeah, he's just retired.

Joey CollinsGuest

5:32

So I'm hoping... that I've had a couple I've had a third I've had two fourths in the race and I'm hoping that with Ali it changes things a little bit without Ali the new

Michael PellHost

5:42

generation though mate

Joey CollinsGuest

5:43

hopefully the sport's up in the air at the moment and like there's obviously a couple older heads CT, Bevy both in my club both being great leaders and Taught me a lot of stuff as I was growing up, and now I'm probably in that middle age where I'm not one of the new groms, I'm not one of the older guys, but I'm kind of in that forefront as well, I hope.

Joey CollinsGuest

6:01

Yeah, you're getting some experience now.

Joey CollinsGuest

6:03

Yeah, we've got a good four or five guys around my age that are all really great Ironmans and... have strengths that I don't have and I have strengths they don't have and then you've got this new generation of just younger guys younger than me that are coming through mate they are unbelievable big