Chris McCormack came on after winning Lava Man to chat about his prospects for making the Aussie Olympic team. Even more exciting, Macca chats about the prospects of two Americans, Lance and Lieto, getting off the bike with the lead in Kona this October, with the two Aussies who have won the last five Ironman World Championship titles – Crowie and Macca- trying to chase them down, along with the Raelert brothers from Germany … could be amazing!

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Krige Schabort, at the age of 48, is the very best handcycle triathlete in the world. In his first two trips to Kona, he went 9:26:04 in 2010-he took over an hour off Carlos Moleda’s course record in his very first trip to The Big Island- and then went even faster- 9:24:35- in 2011.

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Pete Jacobs surprised a lot of people when he took second to Craig Alexander last October in Kona. But you can tell from this interview that Pete definitely has bigger goals in mind and feels that there is no reason he can’t move up a notch and win the 2012 Ironman World Championship.

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Six-time Ironman Champion Dave Scott walks us through the aftermath of Chrissie Wellington’s horrific bike crash leading into the 2011 Ironman World Championship. His feeling was that, without the crash, Chrissie was ready to destroy the course record in Kona. How fast could she have gone? Try between 8:26-8:31!

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Before the 2011 Ironman World Championship, the best battle of the day was expected to be between the 2010 champion-Mirinda Carfrae-and the three-time champion-Chrissie Wellington. The racing was spectacular. Mirinda Carfrae came on to discuss the day.

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It’s been twelve days since Craig Alexander won his third Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. Now back home in Australia with his family, Crowie took time out to reflect on his season and how he was able to win two world titles in a span of only four weeks.

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She has qualified for the Olympic trials in running, swimming and triathlon. During an 8 week span this summer she won three Ironman events. We spoke to Mary Beth Ellis when she was in Kona gearing up for Ironman number four.

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In my mind, you define a champion by how they handle adversity. On Saturday October 8, 2011, Chrissie Wellington overcame anything and everything that stood in her way to win her fourth-and most impressive-Ford Ironman World Championship title. A week after race day she came on to go through the bike crash, her recovery, her race day challenges and what just might be the greatest win of her amazing career.

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