December 16, 2024 • 18 mins
On Sports Fix with Jason Pine for 16 December 2024, triathlete Hayden Wilde joins to reflect on a huge 2024 following his 2nd place at Ironman 70.3 in Taupo over the weekend. He also looks ahead to 2025 and his preparations for the next Olympic Games, LA 2028.
Piney talks about the impact of Kane Williamson and his century on Day 3 against England at Seddon Park in Hamilton.
Plus, Newstalk ZB sport journalist, Elijah Fa'afiu joins to discuss how we are watching the last red ball international of the summer in December, and the World Darts Champs!
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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This is Sportsfix Howard by.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
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Speaker 3 (00:20):
Hi there and welcome into a new week and a
new episode of the Sports Fixed podcast from Monday, December sixteenth.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
I'm Jason Pine. Thanks for our downloading and listening in.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Hayden Wild is with us today off the back of
his performance at the Ironman seventy point three events in
Topoor yesterday, much longer than the usual Olympic distance events
that Hayden Wild is known for. Buddies still came home
in second place. Remarkable stuff. Haiden Wilganu are unpacked that
for us. Elijah a few pops into the chamber for
(00:52):
a chat about the lack of Test cricket after this
current Test and whether or not the darts at Ali
Pally is capturing his attention. We'll look at the big
sports stories floating around today as well, so let's get into.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
It in other news.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
And as always we do begin with the big sports
stories leading your news today. White Ferns coach Ben Sawyer
wants his side to carry their T twenty Cricket World
Cup momentum into their first home ODI series of the
summer against Australia Stardom on Thursday at the Base of
the Reserve.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
We spoke about that all along the times there when
things weren't exactly going our way. It's hard to believe
that you are making progress and obviously when you start
winning games, you need that and then you believe it.
And now the girls know that you can compete with
the world's best and be the world's best.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Meantime, across the Tasman, a spicy start between Kiwi's Finn
Allen and Adam Milne to open the Big Bash.
Speaker 6 (01:48):
She's so it's kind of the same, la, Welcome to
the Big first fin.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Ellen for six says have some of that you hear me?
Speaker 6 (01:59):
Sticks with your.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Palms, yeah, sticking out from Finn Allen at the hands
of Adam Milne. And Manchester United have scored twice in
the last five minutes done Crosstown rivals Manchester City two
one in the Premier League.
Speaker 6 (02:12):
It did mean get even better for Manchester United. I'm
from one little jin the an chestinan liften of churn
and around use Candabinion.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
It's Sportsfix with Jason Lyne.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Here's a list of cricket scores for you. Fifty one
not seventy seven, fifty eight, fifty six, one, one hundred
and eight not out, thirteen, forty two, one hundred and
seventy six, forty three, fifty four, two hundred not out, four,
one hundred and four not out, two hundred and fifty one,
forty three, one hundred and thirty three not out, forty
(02:54):
four and currently one hundred and eight not out. Those
are Cain Williamson's Test innings at seven Park, twenty one
innings across twelve Test matches, an incredible fifteen hundred and
sixty six runes at the even more extraordinary average of
ninety seven point eighty seven as we speak, seven hundreds,
(03:16):
including a couple of double centuries, our best ever Test
score of two fifty one against the West Indies there
four years ago, a further five fifties and just four
times dismissed in single figures. Oddly enough, two of those
were in his first three Knox one and nought. But
after that it has been buckets and buckets of runs
in Hamilton for a bloke who trades in that currency
(03:38):
for a living. Speaking of which as we speak, Kin
Williamson now has approaching nine two hundred and fifty Test runs.
That's over fifteen hundred more than our next best Ross Taylor.
So you have to think the ten thousand run milestone,
which has been achieved by just fourteen men in the
entire history of Test cricket, is well and truly within
(04:01):
Cain Williamson's reach. The only thing really that will stop
him getting there is playing enough Test matches. But the
way he's going, it'll only take him another ten or
maybe a dozen Test matches to bring up ten thousand runs.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Here's an idea. If New Zealand.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Cricket wants to speed that process up, they should display
every single Test match at home at Seddon Park.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Leading a vex.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
We've got just the ticket.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
It's Sportsvex powered by News Talks Evy.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
On the Sports Fix podcast. A podium finish for Kiwi
triathlete Hayden Wilde in his first iron Man World Championship
event in Topoor yesterday. The Olympic Selve medalists play second
behind Belgian Yellaheens whild coming home in three hours, thirty
three minutes and twenty two seconds. Hayden wild is with
us on Sports Fix. Congrats on a terrific performance yesterday, Hayden.
(04:51):
How's the body and how do you reflect on yesterday?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah, body is tired, I can tell you that, free, but.
Speaker 7 (05:00):
Really happy I raced and yeah, like happy to raise
on my own terms and go out as I like
to race and make it relatively entertaining. And yeah, they're
not not bad finishing second second overall with yeah, my
kind of my Yeah, my first seventy point three this year.
Last one I raced was in Melbourne in November last year.
(05:23):
So you're pretty happy with kind of how the body
was able to hold up in that sort of distance.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
How does it compare to completing the shorter Olympic distance events.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yeah, it's pretty tough a obviously, you know. It's it's
purely on.
Speaker 7 (05:40):
Yeah, pacing, you know, it's it's really hard hard to
do and hard to kind of master that.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
You know.
Speaker 7 (05:46):
I went out on the run and it was just
like for me, you know, and then we run outs
at sub three minute kilometers and you know, to hold
back and run, you know, trying to slow down as
was extremely hard to do. Just like bi mechanically, my
body likes to run fast and to hold it back
is really hard to do, and you know with learning
(06:07):
that that will will come in time. But it's just
like more of a patience game more than a dual.
You can to get the finish line first, and you're
obviously like the intensity is still extremely high in this
sort of distance, but it's at the same time it's
all about patients in waiting. But it's just like more
of like a muscle fatigue than just like pure blowing up.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
You're just kind of grinding all out.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
You must take a huge degree of confidence, though, do
you given the fact that you don't race this distance
very often, haven't, as you've said, done it for over
a year, do you take confidence of the fact you
competed so well yesterday despite.
Speaker 7 (06:44):
That, Yeah, definitely. You know, like I was in the
unknown of what to expect, and you know I raced.
There was guys in the start line that went to
the Olympics, and you know they were, you know, a
good three four minutes behind me, so like taking them
to retrospect, you know, pretty stoked of where I finished.
And as you said, like these guys have been racing
this distance for the last few years and all like
(07:06):
the year round, and you know, they've got their body's
kind of tailored to the sort of race and the
patients and the and their own pacing, and you obviously
I've still a little bit to work on on the
pacing side. I know I'm capable of, you know, extremely
fast runs off the bike, but it's just like, you know,
tailoring your body into the race, like you can't. You
(07:27):
can't be training for a half marathon and expect to
do well on a marathon, you know. So it's just
one of those those like little things that's kind of
relatable to some people. So yeah, obviously I'm normally normally
running ten k, not twenty one k, so it's you know,
it's a different kitler fish.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
But I really enjoyed it out there. It was awesome.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
So then as you look ahead, I understand you're keen
to do more of the longer distances, but still keep
your hand in and the shorter distances. And obviously with
a look ahead to the next Olympics. So in twenty
twenty five, how will you find that balance?
Speaker 7 (08:01):
Yeah, that was the main The main goal was to
do do it, like, not be super focused on World series.
You know, I'll still do one or two to keep relevant,
then keep a small ranking, so maybe one or two races,
but like, I just want to change and have a
different kind of mindset into some racing. And the soon
you point through racing and the T one hundred series
(08:23):
are more or less around that three to three and
a half hours, and you know, it's the same kind
of intense, it's just below the intense that we're doing
for Olympic distance. It's just getting faster and faster. So yeah,
not too worried about that. I think it would just
more so make me a good base over the next
few years. And then for the supertry stuff is just
to kind of you know, keep that speed and that
aggression and that kind of you know, high octane race
(08:45):
kind of mentality as well.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
So yeah, it's going to be an.
Speaker 7 (08:48):
Interesting year next year and it's going to be going
to be fun and we will see how we go.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
So what is your next event?
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Yeah, so my.
Speaker 7 (08:56):
First race actually will be an ABBI so it's just
like a World Series race. It's in February for me. Yeah,
I'll just be gone on that race to to show face. Essentially,
I won't be I won't be super fit, but you know,
I like turning out to race, and I was going
to be in uber w anyway for training camp, and
then you know, a few months after that will be
the first the half distance in Singapore, so yeah, now
(09:18):
looking forward to that, and then yeah, the season will
carry on until December again. So our seasons are getting
longer and longer, which is as part of the body.
But as long as you kind of maintain it and
keep you know, sensible in training and racing, you know,
you can kind of make it.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
But it's pretty it's pretty rough, all right.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
And with twenty twenty four now then in the books
remarkable year for you hate them with what you achieved
Olympics yesterday in topor you know, World Series, all of
that stuff. How do you reflect on twenty twenty four
as a whole.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Yeah, like it's been an incredible season.
Speaker 7 (09:51):
You know, my goals, my ambitions were to win obviously
the Olympics, the World Series, the Super Try and the
seventy point three and to podium and it's three and
to win one that is not is not bad at all.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
You know, I'm pretty happy with that.
Speaker 7 (10:06):
And obviously you know, the coming out at the start
of the year and having those as my goals was
going to be an extremely hard challenge. It's three different,
three different distances and three different kind of intensities, so
to kind of come away and be podium and all
those as it was as a pretty awesome as a
pretty awesome year. So real stoked of how I finished up,
(10:28):
and yeah, it's been an awesome Now I can reflect
a little bit personally and then see what we can
do for next year to try and you know, up
those results and you know gets get.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Some even even more wins over that that.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Yeah, well we look forward to seeing what plays out
in twenty twenty five. In the meantime, Hayden, congratulations on
a terrific twenty twenty four with your result in top
or yesterday, just the latest today, a long list of
excellent achievements for you. Thanks for joining us on the
sports Flex podcast. It's Hayden Wild. The Chamber is now
in session on sports Fix on the.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Sports Flex podcast. Into the People's Chamber we go.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
This is a feature of our Monday which has become
very popular. When Elijah It was not here, we get
howls of protest and a lot of complaints via mail,
email and the regular stuff.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
Good day. Have you here today though?
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Mate?
Speaker 4 (11:20):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Yeah? Not see that.
Speaker 8 (11:22):
I'd rather be in the chamber than outside right now
because it is raining. Unfortunately. I thought it was going
to be the start of summer. But a slight blip
there just for today.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
Well, you're in our Auckland studios. I'm in Wellington and
I can tell you it's the same here. But we're
sort of used to it down here.
Speaker 7 (11:37):
You know.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
You get a beautiful day in Wellington and then all
of a sudden you get reminded about where you are,
and here we are, Monday, sixteen December.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
All sorts of rain around. Anyway, we digress, we digress.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Let's talk a couple of sporting issues while the Test
is ongoing in Hamilton for today, presumably tomorrow and maybe
even Wednesday as well. That will be it, Elijah, as
far as Test cricket is concerned for the summer. So
by the eighteenth of December, our test cricket for the
summer here at home will be done, all done.
Speaker 4 (12:10):
It's early, isn't it.
Speaker 8 (12:12):
It's very early and it's probably not the Christmas present
you'd want if you're a Test cricket fan. Having a
look at next year's schedule, it looks as though we're
likely to go to face Zimbabwe and Western These on
the calendar, which is probably not the most appealing Test
schedule when you look at things. Obviously, twenty twenty six
is going to be a nice big year against Australia
(12:33):
and India and England likely, but yeah, next year, yeah,
not looking too pleasing if you're a big fan of
the format.
Speaker 3 (12:41):
I mean, I love my cricket, I absolutely love it,
and I'm a self confessed red ball cricket fan. I
could easily sit on the bank at the Basement Reserve
and watch a game of planket shield, let alone Test cricket.
It is my favorite type, but I do like all
types of cricket. So I'm trying to get enthused about
the international season ahead. But I look at it and
I see three T twenties against Sri Lanka at the
(13:04):
back end of December and into early January, then three
One Day internationals against Sri Lanka between January five and eleven,
then nothing until March when Pakistan arrived for five T
twenties and into April three one day internationals. So I
don't know, I'm just finding it hard to get into thosday.
(13:26):
It always feels as though, you know, when February March
rovels around, a team should be arriving with their whites
and they're red balls and be ready to play some
Test cricket here.
Speaker 8 (13:35):
Yeah, for sure, and it's definitely going to be the
summer of T twenty crickets. We've seen over the last decade.
Also how slowly tea twenty cricket has become and it's
led to all these global franchise leagues around the world,
and obviously our international calendar here in New Zealand is
going to be full of Tea twenties, so we're going
to have to get used to some of these immediate
(13:56):
results within twenty overs rather than things dragging out over
a maximum of five days.
Speaker 4 (14:02):
But yes, it's going to be different. I'd definitely say that.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
I guess what it does do if there is a
silver lineup here is it makes a lot of players
available for their provinces at a time where again it's
the white ball stuff, it's the super smash over the
sort of Christmas New Year into the back end of January.
But I guess with the fact that there's you know,
those games against r ANKA and that's all I guess.
You know, presumably these players will make themselves available. You
(14:28):
might get to see the likes of Right and Revenge
Ra and Kane Williamson and Glenn Phillips and others actually
turn out for their provinces. I know they do it,
you know, here and there, but maybe it'll be a
bit more regular over the sort of January February period.
Having said that, though, I know a couple of them
meeting off to play some franchise cricket in South Africa,
for example, Kane Williamson and Devin Conway are doing that.
(14:50):
So it's all swings and roundabouts, isn't it.
Speaker 8 (14:52):
Yeah, I guess if you're a player like King Williamson,
you know, part of the reason you decided to sign
a casual contract was because you still love Test cricket.
But unfortunately you might if you're a player like King Williamson,
you probably feel as that you're being sold a little
bit short in terms of not having that healthy appetite
of Test cricket at home. Yes, there's an opportunity to
(15:12):
turn out for your province if you want to, but
Cain's decided that South African teed Twiny Crickets franchise cricketers
best for him over January. So yeah, I think I
don't blame a guy like Ken Williamson opting to go
that route and you know, trying to make this coming
summer as best as it could be for him.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
Yeah, well we'll make the best of it. We'll watch
these games, we'll comment on them, we'll get along to them.
But yeah, it's just a shame that the red ball
and the white clothing will be going away in about
forty eight hours, not to be seen again, as you say,
like just until the middle of next year when we
head to Zimbabwe. Another feature of this time of the
year is the World Darts Championships. This has ground and
(15:53):
popularity at Ali Pali Alexandra Palace in London. It started today.
I think this morning was the first, the first session.
It goes through past Christmas into the new Year. You're
a fan of the arrows, fan of the darts.
Speaker 8 (16:07):
I think I'm more of a fan of the actual
atmosphere at Ali Pelly. I mean, if you want to
have fun, that's probably the place you want to be.
Everyone all dressing up and the atmosphere, the noise, everyone
holding the one hundred and eighty signs. There's such a
great environment to be a part of. But I guess
the big thing around the World Dares Championship is every
year it seems to be a story of an unknown
(16:29):
who comes out of nowhere. That last time around was
Luke Littler, the sixteen year old who you know took
the world by storm. Really and hopefully we see another
person this year.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
Yeah, Luke Littler, Luke Humphries.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
They were the two finalists last year, wentn't they with
Luke Humphries winning the world title. Luke Littler, though, was
the name on everybody's lips. Yeah, who knows what names
will emerge over the next month or so.
Speaker 4 (16:53):
I see kere we.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
Ben Robb is playing his first round match tomorrow morning
at Alipelly. But it has to be a bucket list,
doesn't it? For sports Fest. They don't seem to have
any trouble selling tickets, oh for sure.
Speaker 8 (17:04):
And I imagine if Ben Robb is the story that
comes out of the torn And I don't want to
drink something because he hasn't played yet, but imagine he
doesn't make a late change for the Holbur if he
you know, it makes it all the way to the
final and he may go beats Luke hemp Freeze in
the final.
Speaker 4 (17:20):
Imagine that.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
But yeah, well, hey, a darts player as the supreme
Helberg winner.
Speaker 4 (17:26):
Whoever thought we'd see the day?
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Well look, look is nothing is off the table, as
we often say, and the People's Chamber, nothing is off
the table.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
I think though.
Speaker 3 (17:35):
That brings to an end the People's Chamber for twenty
twenty four because this is the last week of the
Sports Fix podcast before the pot itself takes a summer break.
So thank you for all your contributions during twenty twenty four. Elijah,
I hope you have a great summer break if indeed
you are getting one, and I will invite you back
into the Chamber when twenty twenty five rolls.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
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Hi there and welcome into a new week and a
new episode of the Sports Fixed podcast from Monday, December sixteenth.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
I'm Jason Pine. Thanks for our downloading and listening in.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Hayden Wild is with us today off the back of
his performance at the Ironman seventy point three events in
Topoor yesterday, much longer than the usual Olympic distance events
that Hayden Wild is known for. Buddies still came home
in second place. Remarkable stuff. Haiden Wilganu are unpacked that
for us. Elijah a few pops into the chamber for
(00:52):
a chat about the lack of Test cricket after this
current Test and whether or not the darts at Ali
Pally is capturing his attention. We'll look at the big
sports stories floating around today as well, so let's get into.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
It in other news.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
And as always we do begin with the big sports
stories leading your news today. White Ferns coach Ben Sawyer
wants his side to carry their T twenty Cricket World
Cup momentum into their first home ODI series of the
summer against Australia Stardom on Thursday at the Base of
the Reserve.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
We spoke about that all along the times there when
things weren't exactly going our way. It's hard to believe
that you are making progress and obviously when you start
winning games, you need that and then you believe it.
And now the girls know that you can compete with
the world's best and be the world's best.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
Meantime, across the Tasman, a spicy start between Kiwi's Finn
Allen and Adam Milne to open the Big Bash.
Speaker 6 (01:48):
She's so it's kind of the same, la, Welcome to
the Big first fin.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Ellen for six says have some of that you hear me?
Speaker 6 (01:59):
Sticks with your.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Palms, yeah, sticking out from Finn Allen at the hands
of Adam Milne. And Manchester United have scored twice in
the last five minutes done Crosstown rivals Manchester City two
one in the Premier League.
Speaker 6 (02:12):
It did mean get even better for Manchester United. I'm
from one little jin the an chestinan liften of churn
and around use Candabinion.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
It's Sportsfix with Jason Lyne.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Here's a list of cricket scores for you. Fifty one
not seventy seven, fifty eight, fifty six, one, one hundred
and eight not out, thirteen, forty two, one hundred and
seventy six, forty three, fifty four, two hundred not out, four,
one hundred and four not out, two hundred and fifty one,
forty three, one hundred and thirty three not out, forty
(02:54):
four and currently one hundred and eight not out. Those
are Cain Williamson's Test innings at seven Park, twenty one
innings across twelve Test matches, an incredible fifteen hundred and
sixty six runes at the even more extraordinary average of
ninety seven point eighty seven as we speak, seven hundreds,
(03:16):
including a couple of double centuries, our best ever Test
score of two fifty one against the West Indies there
four years ago, a further five fifties and just four
times dismissed in single figures. Oddly enough, two of those
were in his first three Knox one and nought. But
after that it has been buckets and buckets of runs
in Hamilton for a bloke who trades in that currency
(03:38):
for a living. Speaking of which as we speak, Kin
Williamson now has approaching nine two hundred and fifty Test runs.
That's over fifteen hundred more than our next best Ross Taylor.
So you have to think the ten thousand run milestone,
which has been achieved by just fourteen men in the
entire history of Test cricket, is well and truly within
(04:01):
Cain Williamson's reach. The only thing really that will stop
him getting there is playing enough Test matches. But the
way he's going, it'll only take him another ten or
maybe a dozen Test matches to bring up ten thousand runs.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Here's an idea. If New Zealand.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Cricket wants to speed that process up, they should display
every single Test match at home at Seddon Park.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Leading a vex.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
We've got just the ticket.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
It's Sportsvex powered by News Talks Evy.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
On the Sports Fix podcast. A podium finish for Kiwi
triathlete Hayden Wilde in his first iron Man World Championship
event in Topoor yesterday. The Olympic Selve medalists play second
behind Belgian Yellaheens whild coming home in three hours, thirty
three minutes and twenty two seconds. Hayden wild is with
us on Sports Fix. Congrats on a terrific performance yesterday, Hayden.
(04:51):
How's the body and how do you reflect on yesterday?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah, body is tired, I can tell you that, free, but.
Speaker 7 (05:00):
Really happy I raced and yeah, like happy to raise
on my own terms and go out as I like
to race and make it relatively entertaining. And yeah, they're
not not bad finishing second second overall with yeah, my
kind of my Yeah, my first seventy point three this year.
Last one I raced was in Melbourne in November last year.
(05:23):
So you're pretty happy with kind of how the body
was able to hold up in that sort of distance.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
How does it compare to completing the shorter Olympic distance events.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yeah, it's pretty tough a obviously, you know. It's it's
purely on.
Speaker 7 (05:40):
Yeah, pacing, you know, it's it's really hard hard to
do and hard to kind of master that.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
You know.
Speaker 7 (05:46):
I went out on the run and it was just
like for me, you know, and then we run outs
at sub three minute kilometers and you know, to hold
back and run, you know, trying to slow down as
was extremely hard to do. Just like bi mechanically, my
body likes to run fast and to hold it back
is really hard to do, and you know with learning
(06:07):
that that will will come in time. But it's just
like more of a patience game more than a dual.
You can to get the finish line first, and you're
obviously like the intensity is still extremely high in this
sort of distance, but it's at the same time it's
all about patients in waiting. But it's just like more
of like a muscle fatigue than just like pure blowing up.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
You're just kind of grinding all out.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
You must take a huge degree of confidence, though, do
you given the fact that you don't race this distance
very often, haven't, as you've said, done it for over
a year, do you take confidence of the fact you
competed so well yesterday despite.
Speaker 7 (06:44):
That, Yeah, definitely. You know, like I was in the
unknown of what to expect, and you know I raced.
There was guys in the start line that went to
the Olympics, and you know they were, you know, a
good three four minutes behind me, so like taking them
to retrospect, you know, pretty stoked of where I finished.
And as you said, like these guys have been racing
this distance for the last few years and all like
(07:06):
the year round, and you know, they've got their body's
kind of tailored to the sort of race and the
patients and the and their own pacing, and you obviously
I've still a little bit to work on on the
pacing side. I know I'm capable of, you know, extremely
fast runs off the bike, but it's just like, you know,
tailoring your body into the race, like you can't. You
(07:27):
can't be training for a half marathon and expect to
do well on a marathon, you know. So it's just
one of those those like little things that's kind of
relatable to some people. So yeah, obviously I'm normally normally
running ten k, not twenty one k, so it's you know,
it's a different kitler fish.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
But I really enjoyed it out there. It was awesome.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
So then as you look ahead, I understand you're keen
to do more of the longer distances, but still keep
your hand in and the shorter distances. And obviously with
a look ahead to the next Olympics. So in twenty
twenty five, how will you find that balance?
Speaker 7 (08:01):
Yeah, that was the main The main goal was to
do do it, like, not be super focused on World series.
You know, I'll still do one or two to keep relevant,
then keep a small ranking, so maybe one or two races,
but like, I just want to change and have a
different kind of mindset into some racing. And the soon
you point through racing and the T one hundred series
(08:23):
are more or less around that three to three and
a half hours, and you know, it's the same kind
of intense, it's just below the intense that we're doing
for Olympic distance. It's just getting faster and faster. So yeah,
not too worried about that. I think it would just
more so make me a good base over the next
few years. And then for the supertry stuff is just
to kind of you know, keep that speed and that
aggression and that kind of you know, high octane race
(08:45):
kind of mentality as well.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
So yeah, it's going to be an.
Speaker 7 (08:48):
Interesting year next year and it's going to be going
to be fun and we will see how we go.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
So what is your next event?
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Yeah, so my.
Speaker 7 (08:56):
First race actually will be an ABBI so it's just
like a World Series race. It's in February for me. Yeah,
I'll just be gone on that race to to show face. Essentially,
I won't be I won't be super fit, but you know,
I like turning out to race, and I was going
to be in uber w anyway for training camp, and
then you know, a few months after that will be
the first the half distance in Singapore, so yeah, now
(09:18):
looking forward to that, and then yeah, the season will
carry on until December again. So our seasons are getting
longer and longer, which is as part of the body.
But as long as you kind of maintain it and
keep you know, sensible in training and racing, you know,
you can kind of make it.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
But it's pretty it's pretty rough, all right.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
And with twenty twenty four now then in the books
remarkable year for you hate them with what you achieved
Olympics yesterday in topor you know, World Series, all of
that stuff. How do you reflect on twenty twenty four
as a whole.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Yeah, like it's been an incredible season.
Speaker 7 (09:51):
You know, my goals, my ambitions were to win obviously
the Olympics, the World Series, the Super Try and the
seventy point three and to podium and it's three and
to win one that is not is not bad at all.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
You know, I'm pretty happy with that.
Speaker 7 (10:06):
And obviously you know, the coming out at the start
of the year and having those as my goals was
going to be an extremely hard challenge. It's three different,
three different distances and three different kind of intensities, so
to kind of come away and be podium and all
those as it was as a pretty awesome as a
pretty awesome year. So real stoked of how I finished up,
(10:28):
and yeah, it's been an awesome Now I can reflect
a little bit personally and then see what we can
do for next year to try and you know, up
those results and you know gets get.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Some even even more wins over that that.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Yeah, well we look forward to seeing what plays out
in twenty twenty five. In the meantime, Hayden, congratulations on
a terrific twenty twenty four with your result in top
or yesterday, just the latest today, a long list of
excellent achievements for you. Thanks for joining us on the
sports Flex podcast. It's Hayden Wild. The Chamber is now
in session on sports Fix on the.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
Sports Flex podcast. Into the People's Chamber we go.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
This is a feature of our Monday which has become
very popular. When Elijah It was not here, we get
howls of protest and a lot of complaints via mail,
email and the regular stuff.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
Good day. Have you here today though?
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Mate?
Speaker 4 (11:20):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Yeah? Not see that.
Speaker 8 (11:22):
I'd rather be in the chamber than outside right now
because it is raining. Unfortunately. I thought it was going
to be the start of summer. But a slight blip
there just for today.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
Well, you're in our Auckland studios. I'm in Wellington and
I can tell you it's the same here. But we're
sort of used to it down here.
Speaker 7 (11:37):
You know.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
You get a beautiful day in Wellington and then all
of a sudden you get reminded about where you are,
and here we are, Monday, sixteen December.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
All sorts of rain around. Anyway, we digress, we digress.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
Let's talk a couple of sporting issues while the Test
is ongoing in Hamilton for today, presumably tomorrow and maybe
even Wednesday as well. That will be it, Elijah, as
far as Test cricket is concerned for the summer. So
by the eighteenth of December, our test cricket for the
summer here at home will be done, all done.
Speaker 4 (12:10):
It's early, isn't it.
Speaker 8 (12:12):
It's very early and it's probably not the Christmas present
you'd want if you're a Test cricket fan. Having a
look at next year's schedule, it looks as though we're
likely to go to face Zimbabwe and Western These on
the calendar, which is probably not the most appealing Test
schedule when you look at things. Obviously, twenty twenty six
is going to be a nice big year against Australia
(12:33):
and India and England likely, but yeah, next year, yeah,
not looking too pleasing if you're a big fan of
the format.
Speaker 3 (12:41):
I mean, I love my cricket, I absolutely love it,
and I'm a self confessed red ball cricket fan. I
could easily sit on the bank at the Basement Reserve
and watch a game of planket shield, let alone Test cricket.
It is my favorite type, but I do like all
types of cricket. So I'm trying to get enthused about
the international season ahead. But I look at it and
I see three T twenties against Sri Lanka at the
(13:04):
back end of December and into early January, then three
One Day internationals against Sri Lanka between January five and eleven,
then nothing until March when Pakistan arrived for five T
twenties and into April three one day internationals. So I
don't know, I'm just finding it hard to get into thosday.
(13:26):
It always feels as though, you know, when February March
rovels around, a team should be arriving with their whites
and they're red balls and be ready to play some
Test cricket here.
Speaker 8 (13:35):
Yeah, for sure, and it's definitely going to be the
summer of T twenty crickets. We've seen over the last decade.
Also how slowly tea twenty cricket has become and it's
led to all these global franchise leagues around the world,
and obviously our international calendar here in New Zealand is
going to be full of Tea twenties, so we're going
to have to get used to some of these immediate
(13:56):
results within twenty overs rather than things dragging out over
a maximum of five days.
Speaker 4 (14:02):
But yes, it's going to be different. I'd definitely say that.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
I guess what it does do if there is a
silver lineup here is it makes a lot of players
available for their provinces at a time where again it's
the white ball stuff, it's the super smash over the
sort of Christmas New Year into the back end of January.
But I guess with the fact that there's you know,
those games against r ANKA and that's all I guess.
You know, presumably these players will make themselves available. You
(14:28):
might get to see the likes of Right and Revenge
Ra and Kane Williamson and Glenn Phillips and others actually
turn out for their provinces. I know they do it,
you know, here and there, but maybe it'll be a
bit more regular over the sort of January February period.
Having said that, though, I know a couple of them
meeting off to play some franchise cricket in South Africa,
for example, Kane Williamson and Devin Conway are doing that.
(14:50):
So it's all swings and roundabouts, isn't it.
Speaker 8 (14:52):
Yeah, I guess if you're a player like King Williamson,
you know, part of the reason you decided to sign
a casual contract was because you still love Test cricket.
But unfortunately you might if you're a player like King Williamson,
you probably feel as that you're being sold a little
bit short in terms of not having that healthy appetite
of Test cricket at home. Yes, there's an opportunity to
(15:12):
turn out for your province if you want to, but
Cain's decided that South African teed Twiny Crickets franchise cricketers
best for him over January. So yeah, I think I
don't blame a guy like Ken Williamson opting to go
that route and you know, trying to make this coming
summer as best as it could be for him.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
Yeah, well we'll make the best of it. We'll watch
these games, we'll comment on them, we'll get along to them.
But yeah, it's just a shame that the red ball
and the white clothing will be going away in about
forty eight hours, not to be seen again, as you say,
like just until the middle of next year when we
head to Zimbabwe. Another feature of this time of the
year is the World Darts Championships. This has ground and
(15:53):
popularity at Ali Pali Alexandra Palace in London. It started today.
I think this morning was the first, the first session.
It goes through past Christmas into the new Year. You're
a fan of the arrows, fan of the darts.
Speaker 8 (16:07):
I think I'm more of a fan of the actual
atmosphere at Ali Pelly. I mean, if you want to
have fun, that's probably the place you want to be.
Everyone all dressing up and the atmosphere, the noise, everyone
holding the one hundred and eighty signs. There's such a
great environment to be a part of. But I guess
the big thing around the World Dares Championship is every
year it seems to be a story of an unknown
(16:29):
who comes out of nowhere. That last time around was
Luke Littler, the sixteen year old who you know took
the world by storm. Really and hopefully we see another
person this year.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
Yeah, Luke Littler, Luke Humphries.
Speaker 3 (16:42):
They were the two finalists last year, wentn't they with
Luke Humphries winning the world title. Luke Littler, though, was
the name on everybody's lips. Yeah, who knows what names
will emerge over the next month or so.
Speaker 4 (16:53):
I see kere we.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
Ben Robb is playing his first round match tomorrow morning
at Alipelly. But it has to be a bucket list,
doesn't it? For sports Fest. They don't seem to have
any trouble selling tickets, oh for sure.
Speaker 8 (17:04):
And I imagine if Ben Robb is the story that
comes out of the torn And I don't want to
drink something because he hasn't played yet, but imagine he
doesn't make a late change for the Holbur if he
you know, it makes it all the way to the
final and he may go beats Luke hemp Freeze in
the final.
Speaker 4 (17:20):
Imagine that.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
But yeah, well, hey, a darts player as the supreme
Helberg winner.
Speaker 4 (17:26):
Whoever thought we'd see the day?
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Well look, look is nothing is off the table, as
we often say, and the People's Chamber, nothing is off
the table.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
I think though.
Speaker 3 (17:35):
That brings to an end the People's Chamber for twenty
twenty four because this is the last week of the
Sports Fix podcast before the pot itself takes a summer break.
So thank you for all your contributions during twenty twenty four. Elijah,
I hope you have a great summer break if indeed
you are getting one, and I will invite you back
into the Chamber when twenty twenty five rolls.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Around the Worris dissecting the sporting agenda, it's Sports Fix
with Jason Vine and.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
That brings to an end the Sports Fix podcast for today.
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