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John McAvoy is currently a professional Ironman and Nike sponsored athlete, however in his former life he was a high-profile armed robber who found redemption through the power of sport.Having broken both British and World records whilst in prison, John is now forging a new life as an endurance athlete and speaker who is committed to using his story of rehabilitation to help and inspire others to change their lives for the better. His journey from iron bars to Ironman is quite astonishing, and one that is inspiring others to do the same. In this interview, Sid and I wanted to learn more about his incredible story, the power of role models and creating a legacy.John's Website: therealmcavoy.comJohn's Book: Redemption: From Iron Bars to IronmanEpisode Sponsor:This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

Crista Cullen won Gold and Bronze medals in three Olympic appearances, with a total of 197 international caps and 3 as a World All-Star. Having grown up in rural Kenya, Crista spent her teenage years boarding at Oakham School and over the next decade she progressed through the ranks of elite hockey, which included the incredible London 2012 Olympics and scoring the crucial goal in the final of Rio 2016 to win gold. She now spends her time helping the corporate world and growing her own charity Tofauti, which helps support African wildlife and communities. In this fascinating interview, Sid and I got the opportunity to chat to Crista about the power of the team, finding a sense of belonging through sport, and creating a purpose beyond sport. Crista Cullen WebsiteTofauti WebsiteNgumu - The Women of Kilimanjara YouTube VideoCrista's Social Media:TwitterInstagramThis episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

Beth Potter is a British long-distance runner and triathlete; she competed for Great Britain in athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but sadly that didn't go according to plan. However, in 2019 she won the gold medal at the European Triathlon Championships, cementing her position as a top triathlete. In this conversation, I wanted to learn more about how she dealt with the disappointment of being ill at the Olympics, racing in the virtual world, lockdown training and the secrets to her success in transitioning from track to triathlon. Beth Potter on Social MediaTwitterInstagram FacebookThis episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

Claire Fudge works with athletes to optimise their nutrition for performance and is a competitive Ironman athlete herself; she describes nutrition as the '4th Discipline' and works with a wide range of athletes including pro's, age groupers, dancers, triathletes, ultra-runners and cyclists, as well as helping athletes with eating disorders. I wanted to chat to Claire to understand how we can use our approach to nutrition to improve our performance, how we can all improve our health through our diet as well as debunk some of the food myths that are out there.  www.4thdiscipline.com Our listeners can use code "TRIBEATHLON10" to save £10 and can be used on the 4th Discipline Nutrition Hub, Fuel Me Course, and initial consultation.4th Discipline Social Media LinksInstagramFacebookThis episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

Having achieved the goal of first Age Grouper overall in the Ironman World Championships in Kona Hawaii 2019, Ruth Astle is now starting to embark on a new journey; having juggled triathlon alongside a very intense job in the city, she is now pursuing the sport professionally while working 2 days a week. As someone who trains for Ironman whilst running my own business, I wanted to know how she managed to hold down an intense job and reach the top of the sport, why she has kept working after turning pro, as well as chat about training in the countryside vs the city and English wine.www.ruthastle.comBook Recommendation:Modern Sourdough Cookbook by Michelle Eshkeri  Podcast Recommendations:The Inside Tri Show I'm Not A Monster This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

In a world where a normal Ironman isn't tough enough, Flora Colledge excels; she regularly wins or podiums in the X-tri races, which include iconic events in spectacular parts of the world like The Norseman, The Swissman and Patagonman - but what does it take to do that?I wanted to know how the logistics of these epic point to point races work, how she deals with the cold and what it takes to win an Extreme Triathlon event. Flora on Instagram Book Recommendations:Paula: My Story So Far by Paula RadcliffeWhere There's a Will by Emily ChappellAbove the Clouds by Kilian JornetRunning with the Buffaloes by Chris LearThis episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

After earning short-course kudos as a 3x Olympian, 4x ITU World Champion and countless ITU World Cup victories, Tim Don turned his attention to the half Ironman distance where he picked up a collection of titles, as well as setting the current Ironman World Record of 7:40:23 in Brazil. Two days before the 2017 Ironman World Championships in Kona, Tim Don was hit by a car whilst riding along the Queen K Highway and suffered a hangman's fracture to his neck. He spent 3 months recovering in a Halo Brace, which was documented brilliantly in 'The Man with the Halo'. So, as one of Britain's most successful triathletes, and someone that has played a huge part of the sports rise to popularity, I wanted to learn more about his recovery from injury, his approach to goal setting and what's next for The Don! Media Links:www.timdon.comTim on FacebookTim on TwitterTim on InstagramDiscount code for Lever Running: 'LS10'This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

Will Clarke is one of Britain's most successful triathletes as World U23 Champion, with 3 Sub 8hr Ironman Performances, the Beijing Olympics and World Series Podiums; he has now turned his hand to coaching top triathletes including Ironman age group World Champion Ruth Astle. In this interview I got the opportunity to chat to him about his wins, his disappointments, balancing competing with a family life, Ironman Hawaii and what he believes creates to success in others. will-clarke.comWill Clarke on FacebookWill Clarke on TwitterBook Recommendations:The Chimp Paradox by Prof. Steve Peters Bounce by Matthew Syed   This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

In addition to being 'The Sleep Science Coach' and  working at Geneva University Hospital studying the impact of altitude on sleep and the effect it has on cognition and performance, Dr. Charlotte Edelsten is also a keen ultrarunner living in Chamonix Mont-Blanc;  with this wealth of experience, she is an amazing person to try to help us understand how we can improve our sleep and how we can use sleep to improve our performance. www.the-sleep-science-coach.comBook RecommendationWhy We Sleep by Matt Walker  This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

In the first episode of the podcast with my new co-host, pro Ironman athlete, Laura Siddall, we speak to Dr Emma Ross, Head of Physiology at the English Institute of Sport, helping Team GB finish second in the medal table at the Rio Olympics.Dr Emma Ross led a ground-breaking campaign to improve support of female athletes within the high performance system. Through the SmartHER programme she worked to empower coaches, athletes and sports practitioners to better understand the exercising female, and how to capitalise and cope with her physiology and psychology in the context of sport.  She is on a mission to tackle the taboos that exist within sport and within wider society when it comes to women’s health; topics such as periods and the menstrual cycle, breast health, pelvic floor health and mental health. Thankfully, I had previous guest of the podcast and performance coach, Laura Penhaul, on hand to make sure I was asking the right questions in a subject that was definitely out of my comfort zone. www.thriverevolution.co.ukEmma on Twitter Emma on Instagram Emma's Courses:BitesizeAthletePractitionerDiscount Code: TRIBEATHLON10 Laura Penhaul Website Laura Penhaul on Instagram Laura Penhaul on Twitter Book recommendations:Train Like a Woman by Dr Emma Ross, Baz Moffat and Dr Bella Smith Living with a Seal by Jesse Itzler  Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

Helen Davis is an accomplished swimmer and sports psychologist and is renowned for working with some accomplished athletes - particularly,  former Ironman pro, Lucy Gossage. Based on the success Helen's approach brought to Lucy, together they created IRON-MIND, and online learning platform for helping you get the best out of your training and your races by having the right mindset. Having been through the IRON-MIND myself, it gives you a brilliant guide on how to address those limiting and irrational beliefs and helps you to focus on what will bring you the greatest success, whether that is to compete or complete. I  wanted to explore these ideas more with Helen, as well as talk to her about her complete career change in her 40s; retraining and switching from teaching to sport psychology.  www.thinkbelieveperform.co.ukThink Believe Perform on TwitterThink Believe Perform on FacebookThink Believe Perform on InstagramBook Recommendations:Tipping the Balance by Dr Martin Turner and Dr Jamie Barker  Performing Under Pressure by Josephine Perry This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

I recently read 'The lost art of Running' by Shane Benzie and it is one of the best running books I've ever read. Not surprising really, as this it's written by the running coach of Damian Hall and Nicky Spinks, to name a couple. The combination of technique and stories from runners around the world makes for compelling and productive reading. So I wanted to get Shane onto the TRIBEathlon podcast to learn more about how we can all improve our running technique and performance, and start to run more like the Kenyans!  www.runningreborn.co.ukRunningReborn on Facebookrunningreborn on TwitterRecommended BooksBorn to Run by Christopher McDougall The Lost Art of Running Audiobook by Shane Benzie Recommended AuthorDaniel Lieberman This episode was sponsored by Innov-8 and TRIBEathlon

Fi Carter is a mum, a passionate sportswoman and is an age group duathlete, winning a bronze medal in both the European and World Duathlon Championships. When she isn't training, she coaches and supports teenagers through the charity CASS & Friends to help them make the most of their potential. We all know coaching teenagers brings a whole new set of challenges, and being the dad of a teenager and a wannabe teenager, I really wanted to explore how she coaches young athletes in a range of sports, and what strategies we can use to help them achieve the greatest success. www.cassandfriends.orgCASS & Friends Social Media:InstagramFacebookTwitterYouTubeThe non-perfect Dad  (website) Book Recommendations:The Chimp Paradox Dr Steve Peters Mindset by Dr Carol Dweck Performing Under Pressure by Josephine Perry   Atomic Habits by James Clear This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

Laura Penhaul set 2 world records when she led the first all-female crew to row across the Pacific Ocean. She is a physiotherapist by trade and prior to founding Adaptive Performance she was Lead Physiotherapist to the Paralympic Programme for British Athletics, where she supported the athletes at the Rio Paralympic Games 2016. She was also the performance manager for Mark Beaumont when he cycled around the world in 78 days, so Laura knows what it takes to perform at the top level, and how you can ensure you reach your potential. adaptive-performance.comLaura's Social Media Links:InstagramFacebook TwitterLosing Sight of Shore DocumentaryBook Recommendations: Peak Performance by Brad Stulberg A Life Without Limits by Chrissie Wellington Endurance by Mark BeaumontThis episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

I first saw Dan Miller speak at my Vistage group (an executive coaching organisation), where he taught us about how to be healthy entrepreneurs. Dan is an award winning speaker and experienced martial artist with an incredible knowledge of the difference between being fit and being healthy, so I wanted to chat to him in this episode about how we can improve our performance and our health through our diet, as well as whether supplements are a waste of money or the key to our long term success. I also wanted to explore the mistakes we make with our health, and the tactics we can use to be in the best shape possible, whether that is for sport or for life. danmillerwellness.comRecommendations:Cronometer AppKannawayMen's MultivitaminsAnti-Fragile by Nassim Taleb The Whole 30 Cookbook by Dallas Hartwig The End of Alzheimer’s by Dr Dale Bredesen       This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%.  

When it comes to endurance sport, for most people an Ironman is a pretty big challenge; so imagine trying to do 20 times that distance all in one go! Known as a 'double deca', anyone that does a 48 mile swim, then a 2240 mile ride followed up with a 520 mile run, should definitely have the word brutal in their mindset; and Brutal Claire has it in her name too. Not only does Brutal Claire compete in brutal endurance events, she organises them too, so in this episode I got the opportunity to chat to Claire about how and why she does such gruelling and difficult events.  www.brutalclaire.co.ukwww.brutalevents.co.ukNo Easy Day BookRecommended Authors:Mark Beaumont Alastair Humphreys Recommended Book:Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

In 2008, Mark Beaumont broke the around the world cycling record by an incredible 82 days, covering the 18,000 miles unsupported in just 194 days. He then returned with a support crew 10 years later to achieve the same feat in an incredible 78 days, averaging an astonishing 240 miles a day. I wanted to know more about how Mark achieves such incredible endurance and where he thinks the best cycling in the world is. markbeaumontonline.comBook Recommendations:Endure by Alex Hutchinson Performing Under Pressure by Josephine Perry Endless Perfect Circles by Ian Walker Guide to Truly Effective Cycling by Pav Bryan  This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

Dean Jackson founded Huub in 2011, a sporting brand which delivers performance enhancing products. Starting out with wetsuits which are sported by some of the world’s top triathletes, including the Brownlee brothers, they then brought this incredible success into the world of track cycling, with the Independent British UCI track team Huub Wattbike. I wanted to pick Deano's brains on how they've used research and technology to improve our swimming and cycling; but I didn't expect to laugh as much as I did.  huubdesign.comHuub Social Media Links:TwitterInstagramDean on LinkedInBook Recommendations:Shoe Dog by Phil Knight Who Moved My Cheese by Dr Spencer Johnson This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

Occasionally you meet someone that changes your perspective forever. Sam Perkins was as passionate about triathlon as he is about Nottingham Forest, then he received the earth-shattering diagnosis that he had Motor Neurone Disease (MND), an incurable and terminal disease.  I got the opportunity to chat Sam, who is nothing short of inspiring, about how his love of triathlon is helping him cope, and how the sport is allowing him to raise money to raise awareness and help fund research to fight this awful disease. standagainstMND@gmail.comStand Against MND Facebook Stand Against MND Twitter Stand Against MND Instagram Stand Against MND LinkedInStand Against MND Virgin Money Giving Page #standagainstmndBook Recommendation:Going Long by Joe Friel Film Reccomendation:Touching the Void This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link, or the referral code ‘tribeathlon’ and you will now get 10% off plus free shipping and a free bag of juices worth £15 with every order, forever! You can also benefit from the 110% 30-day money back guarantee - that means that if you don’t feel better after 30 days, she’ll give you your money back plus an additional 10%. 

Winner of Iron Man UK, Iron Man Florida and Iron Man NZ, as well as the British record holder for most miles cycled in 12 hours (a whopping 325 miles), Joe Skipper knows his stuff. Joe is Self-coached and I wanted to explore how he has been improving his swimming during lockdown, what a typical training week looks like and whether competing in Helvelyn Triathlon has sparked an interest in doing more of the adventure style races.joeskipper.co.uk Joe on Facebook Joe on Twitter Podcast RecommendationsIron Man Talk Fitter Radio This episode was sponsored by TRIBEathlon and Britts Superfoods. Use this link to benefit from 2 weeks extra free superfood juice with their first order (worth £30)