It was a classic. The three-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander dueling it out with 10-time Ironman New Zealand Champion Cam Brown at the first ever Ironman Melbourne. Crowie came on to chat about the race, how he has changed his game through the years, and the challenges he faces balancing his racing, training, traveling and promotional opportunities with spending quality time with his wife, Neri, and their two young children. Craig also talks about the possibility of Lance, Lieto, Macca, himself, the Raelert brothers, and so many others going head-to-head in Kona in October.

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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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When it comes to the most important moment in Ironman history, there is little debate. It occurred on February 6, 1982 when Kathleen McCartney and Julie Moss became linked forever. Kathleen and Julie came in studio with Huddle and me for one of those very special conversations.

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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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Dirk Bockel has raced in Kona three times and has finished 7th, 8th and, in October of 2011, 4th. For this former Olympic triathlete from Luxembourg, each season is built around winning the most important event in the sport, the Ironman World Championship.

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