The Streak Triathlon Podcast

I’ve never been into sunglasses. But I need to get some before my eyes get even worse. Actually I had an eye test in April. My eyes are fine. But I now need reading glasses in the evening or in low light.

But. In TSP13 I mentioned that athlete 703 on one of the postcards was maybe wearing Oakley Factory Pilot sunglasses.

A keen listener, Doug, picked me up on my use of the word sunglasses. He was right. Oakley stated in their magazin...

France Diaries 2. Near-daily short podcasts from my holiday. I’m still at La Plage du Gurp. On the Atlantic coast. About an hour north of Bordeaux. Today we are looking at a kit flat-lay from 1988. 

Triathlete Magazine used to do a lot of these. Mainly around Christmas time. With a variety of products and brands. But this one seems to be driven by the magazine’s own stuff, their spin-off Winning Club merch or their main advertisers ...

I’m on holiday in France. So I’m going to record as many very short podcast episodes as I can. As I've been inspired recently by listening to the Cycling Podcast and Escape Collective Tour de France dispatches.

I’m going to record everything on my evening walks in nature. I don't want to be that guy sitting around the accommodation trying to shush people because I’m recording my very important podcast.

Today I’m at La Plage...

Today we are watching and commenting on the 1990 Nice Triathlon video that’s on YouTube. It was probably the first Nice race that Luke and I saw on VHS. IMO. It’s the best English-language triathlon video on YouTube. Fullstop.

The scripted commentary by Sarah Springman and Ian Sweet is ace. And some big athletes were coming off successful 1989 seasons. Ready to go again. Of course. There’s the usual tangents into iconic equipment an...

In 1971, Chris Brasher, Olympic Gold medallist, 4 minute mile pacer and future co-founder of the London Marathon, was heavily involved in the developing sport of orienteering. Realising that British orienteers were finding it hard to get hold of the specialist equipment. Like off-road running shoes and compasses. Chris started sourcing, importing and selling the stuff out of his car boot at events. This is the birth of The Sweat Sh...

This episode is Part 1 of a two-parter about Season Openers. The traditional races in the late-1980s that let us know that the tri-season had started. Both domestically and internationally.  

The idea came from recently leafing through two triathlon magazines that had significance to my life. That brought back waves of nostalgia from the time when I first got interested in triathlon.

These season opener races were important for the a...

In 1988 Valerie Silk and her Ironman company added two more franchise races to their roster. Ironman Europe in Roth. And Ironman Australia in Forster-Tuncurry. That brought the total number to six. With Hawaii, Canada, Japan and New Zealand.

However, the first Silk-sanctioned race outside of Hawaii had already come and gone. It was the Ricoh Los Angeles Ironman. In 1983. In this episode we’ll dive into that race. And go over some vi...

This is the first in a series of episodes called The Slough Demos. Mainly about what it was like growing up in Slough in the 1980s as a teenage triathlon nerd. TSP2: The Speed And The Sweat was about the first triathlon I ever did. In May 1989 in Wokingham. And these episodes will kind of follow on from that. With some prequel stuff too.

Part 1 is a running tour of Slough that you can do to get an overview of the triathlon...

In this episode Luke and I do another 1990s race watch-along. This is our 3rd one. Check out TSP14: The 1992 Nice Triathlon and TSP20: The 1991 St. Croix Triathlon. To listen to what we said about those two races.

Today we are looking at the 1993 Bordeaux Indoor Triathlon. An event that TED magazine called. A turning point for the sport. A day as historical as the first Hawaii Ironman or first Nice triathlon. Knowing what ...

I’m back on the mic for TSP21. It’s all about wetsuits. I tell you about my first triathlon wetsuit. That I bought from total Fitness in Swindon at the end of 1989. And go over my favourite wetsuit ever.

There’s also plenty of triathlon history. Including a 1986 international wetsuit kerfuffle story. Based in Milton Keynes. And you'll find out which 1980's wetsuit I like to find on eBay one day.

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We’re back with Season 2. I’m hoping to do more and better in 2024. Maybe aiming for one episode every fortnight. 

I’m also reunited with my most popular guest slash co-host. According to the Buzzsprout statistics at least. My brother Luke. 

The event we are focusing on today is the 1991 St Croix Triathlon. 

Starting in 1988 St. Croix was one of a few early season races where a lot of the best athletes showed up. And in 1991 the event...

I think all modern triathletes should be reading about our sport’s past.  Especially the 80s stuff. To understand the history of the game. And decide where we should take it. So today I’m talking about 12 triathlon books to get you started on your triathlon history journey.

Some of the books are modern look-backs. And some are books from the early days of the sport.  That will give you a cool feel for the era. Decide what ...

In TSP16 I did a bit of triathlon history from near where I grew up in the UK. And today’s podcast is about some triathlon history from my current hometown. Munich in Germany.

Our story is based at the Regattastrecke in Oberschleißheim. The facility was built for the rowing and flat water canoeing events at the 1972 Olympic Games. And it’s still in use for those sports today.

It’s a super place to visit for some...

In 1991 the team at 220 launched a 5 race triathlon series. It would last 5 years. Add a new narrative to the British triathlon season. And provide plenty of content to fill the pages of the magazine.

One of the races on the docket was Windsor. As teenage tri-nerds, the Windsor Triathlon was a big deal for me and my brother. Because it brought a big race and top athletes to within 5km of our house.

In this episod...

I'm writing a podcast about the first year of the 220 Triathlon Series. It took place in the UK in 1991. I'll put the full episode out next Friday.

But here’s some raw audio I recorded with Luke when we recreated the 1991 Windsor Triathlon. That was the 2nd race in the 220 Series. After Swindon.

The Windsor Triathlon was a big deal for us as teenage tri nerds. Because it brought a big race and top athle...

A couple of weeks ago I was pretty psyched to see what happened at the Olympic Test Event in Paris. Yet. Triathloning isn’t new to downtown Paris. The first Triathlon International de Paris took place on 13th September 1986.

And the Triathlon Hauts de Seine on the Ile de Puteaux was earlier in the 1986 season. There were also ITU World Cup races in 1991 and 1996. And a few French Grand Prix events. I’ll cover all of those...