In this episode are super excited to welcome our first guest onto the podcast! Non other than the winner of the 2025 Montane Spine race, the vicar at our wedding...... the incredible Lucy Gossage!

Within our catching up we speak through

• The various reasons why she decided to return to the spine
• The strategy and value of being able to build on the knowledge from the previous year
• What she ate, when she slept
• Camaraderie within the women's field
• Making friends within the race...... most notably Tim!

After finishing our chat we decided that it would be rude not to get Tim on to share his version of events. After attempting the spine twice previously and failing each time, it was a case of 3rd time lucky for Tim. We discuss with him

• Learning from previous failings
• How he prepared for this years race
• What he ate
• And most critically...... how be coped with the Duracell bunny herself, Goss!

We hope you enjoy!

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In this episode we begin by sharing some epic training tails from our time over Xmas and what will be the key to unlocking Nikki's swimming in 2025!

From there we bring you the listeners into our World 70.3 Champs debrief. Although a few weeks have past since the race, we haven't as yet managed to sit down and discuss the race so we figured the pod would be the perfect place to do it!

After chatting all things racing we go through out honeymoon activities and share what it was like to explore North Island with the worst flu ever! Sun and snot what more could you want from your honeymoon!

And to finish off we answer listener questions on coaches corner where we discuss

• How do athletes and coaches choose to work together?
• How we set training sessions and what testing we use
• Advise how to balance training load when starting a new job

Bring on 2025! Enjoy!

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In this episode we begin by sharing some epic training tails from our brilliant listeners. Trail running in the dark, bike routes that don't quite go to plan and Bex manages to hit the deck running on her first week in NZ!

From there we delve into detail around

• How to manage training around an injury.
• We specifically look at how to get the right diagnosis and the importance of this.
• How to modify your training and then critically how to introduce full training again.
• Nikki reflects on injuries shes sustained over her career and what she's learnt along the way.

And to finish we tackle the very relatable question of

• How to build confidence swimming in open water.
• Nikki then answers a question around the number of pro races and how this can impact the demands on pro athletes and race frequency.
• And then most importantly we give a 'sweet / lolly' update from Nikki's in-depth sampling!

Enjoy!

Website: https://www.bexmilnescoaching.com/

Nikki's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/nikkibartlett1/?hl=en

Bex's Insta https://www.instagram.com/bexmilnescoaching/

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