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Kate Bevilaqua has nearly 20 years of professional triathlon experience.  She is the winner of three Ironman races, the women's champion of Ultraman World Championships, and the first woman to win an ultra triathlon outright at Ultra 520K Canada in 2016.

Kate continues to race the pro circuit along with her husband, Guy Crawford.  Together they run GK Endurance, their one-on-one coaching business.  In this episode we discuss her 515 career, her coaching philosophy and her opinions on pro triathlon – present and future.  She also shares some of her pro tips, favourite races and most importantly, some of her mistakes.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ultra TriFest Canada
• Ultra 515 World Wide Championships
• Ultra 520 K Canada
• Ultraman World Championships
• Christ Church Grammar School
• Ironman World Championships 
• IM Coeur d’alene 
• IM New Zealand
• IM Western Australia
• Kate’s finish at IM WA.
• Tri Travel  
• Busselton 70.3 
• IM Korea 
• IM Louisville
• IM Lanzorte
• Busso 100
• Karri Valley
• Phuket Triathlon
• Ultraman Australia
• Tarawera Ultra-Trail
• GK Endurance
• Taiwan 70.3
• Challenge Wanaka
• Challenge Korea
• Challenge Taiwan 

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Lucy Ryan (S2E5)
• John Shields
• Jeff Shields 
• Joanna Lawn
• Rebecca Keat
• Shane Smith
• Guy Crawford
• Ross Welton (S5E7)
• Ruth Chang
• Dustin Gilbert
• Hiliary Biscay
• Steve King (S1E1) (S1E2) (S1E3)
• Juan Arroyo
• Simon Cochrane (S4E8)
• Steve Brown (S2E13)
• Dede Greisbauer (S3E13) 

Show Contributors:
Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music  :  Run by 331

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For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcast
Insta : 515theultrapodcast
Email : 515Ultraman@gmail.com

Over 150 years of experience are on the podcast today.  A big list of big names in the Ultraman/515 world join me for a round table discussion.   All of my guests bring unique experiences and backgrounds as we establish some history of the sport before discussing its current state and where we see it moving in the future.  

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ultra TriFest Canada
• Ultra 515 World Wide Championships
• Ultraman Hawaii
• Ultraman World Championships
• UM Arizona 
• UM Florida 
• Ultraman Wales (UMUK)
• Ultra MX 515
• UM Canada 
• Ironman Canada 
• UltraCzech 515 
• Ultraman Israel 
• Sahara Triathlon
• Ultra 355 
• Siberman 
• Ultraman India
• Ultra Tri 515  RD (Dominican)
• Ultra 520 K Canada
• Ironman World Championships 
• Ultraman Australia

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Kurt Madden (S5E3)
• Nick Mallett ​​ (S2E12)
• Petr Vabrousek (S2E2)    
• Ben Peresson (S5E1)
• Alex Luna (S4E6)
• Jeff Morris (S4E8)
• Steve King (S1E1) (S1E2) (S1E3)
• Jen McVeay (S2E8)
• Jim Collins
• Curtis Tyler
• Jane Bockus (S1E4)
• Steve Brown (S2E13)
• Jean King 
• Maria Brown
• Simon Smith
• Tony Horton
• Lucy Ryan (S2E5)
• Consuela Lively
• Darren Welsh
• Claire Peresson
• Cory Foulk
• Alexandre Ribeiro   
• Sergio Cordeiro
• Paulo Calil 
• Hayden Lyons
• Van Sanchez (S1E6) (S2E13) (S3E9)
• Rick Kent (S3E8)
• Don Isbell
• Virgina Isbell
• Rudy von Berg 
• Carlos Dolabella  
• Ivan Albino 
• Simon Cochrane (S4E8)
• Lionel Sanders
• Sheryl Cobb (S2E6)  (S3E11)
• Dave Cobb  (S2E6)   
• Kate Bevilaqua (S5E10)
• Amy Van Tassel
• Antonina Reznikov
• Dede Greisbauer (S3E13) 
• Richard Thompson
• Maxim Knyezev  (S1E4)  
• Vanuza Marciel 
• Brad Sawa
• Scott Molina 
• Scott Tinley 
• Dave Scott
• Mark Allen
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Amy Robataille (S3E5)
• A.A. Girard 
• Leanda Cave (S1E8)
• Carl Read 
• Chris McDonald 

Show Contributors:

Host : Larry Ryan 
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music  :  Run by 331

For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcast
Insta : 515theultrapodcast
Email : 515Ultraman@gmail.com

Ross Welton raced the Ultra 520K Canada two times as an athlete – one with greater success than the other.  Ross shares how he, and his wife Katie, were both able to stand on top the podium at that race.  

These days Ross lives half the year in Mallorca and has been living “the lifestyle” of the island.  In the past few years Ross has replaced racing with travelling with friends on ultra  cycling trips around Europe with “no point to it”.  

This episode has it all for the Ultra athlete – tips and tricks for racing and stories of bucket list adventures.

Ross on Instagram : @RustyWelton

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ultra TriFest Canada
• Ultra 515 World Wide Championships
• Ultra 520 K Canada
• Ross Welton’s Youtube Channel
• Youtube – The lost Go Pro  camera lost at 3:00min
• Bradford to Barcelona 2022
• Two26 website
• Two26 photography Youtube
• Rapha Festive 500
• Tailfin
• Follia 2023 – 3500 km bike trip
• Stelvio
• Rapha Prestige Gravel Group Event
• Team Sky
• RAAM
• 70.3 Austria
• IM Texas
• IM Lanzarote

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Katie Welton
• Steve Brown (S2E13)
• Kate Bevilaqua
• Steve King (S1E1)
• Julie Di
• Lucy Ryan (S2E5)
• Suzy Serpico
• Ginny Sellers
• Jack Schofield 
• Ruth Astle
• Sam Proctor
• Paul Lund
• Claire Steels

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Show Contributors:

Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music  :  Run by 331

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For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcast

Insta : 515theultrapodcast

Email : 515Ultraman@gmail.com

Fifteen time Ultraman Hawaii athlete, Suzy Degazon, joins me to speak about her recent induction into the Ultraman World Championships Hall of Fame that occurred at this year's event.  

Suzy has a prolific ultra triathlon career of over 450 events.   Just as interesting as some of her athletic endeavors are her stories of the other parts of her life.   Suzy has managed to turn some bad situations around and live her best life as a scuba instructor which has also allowed her to travel around the world.   

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ultra TriFest Canada
• Ultra 515 World Wide Championships
• Rice and Beans restaurant
• Vineman
• Hawaiian tropic
• Trinidad Marathon
• Coastal Challenge Costa Rica
• Brooks Running
• 100 mile Amgen Tour
• SC cycle club
• IUTA
• Double Iron distance Levis Quebec Canada
• Defi de L’ Mondial de l’endurance 
• Savoy Hotel
• College of Westminster
• Hammer Nutrition
• Dave’s Bike Shop
• San Dimas Aquatics
• The Avalon Benefit 50 Mile/50K Run
• Catalina Triathlon
• Epic 5
• Epic 5 Ultra Marathon

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Bouke Bendien  
• Nancy Vallance
• Bob & Nancy Schuter
• John Foster
• Al Wiscovitch
• Marlene Wiscovitch
• Ray Mena  
• Arthur Puckrin   
• Eric Seedhouse
• Miro Kregar
• Simon Cochrane (S4E8)
• Chett Glenn
• Sheryl Cobb (S3E11)
• Dave Cobb (S2E6)
• Jane Bockus  (S1E4)
• Alexandre Ribeirio 
• Shanna Armstrong
• Amy Robataille 
• Eiko Hibino (S1E5)
• Steve King (S1E1) (S1E2) (S1E3)
• Grant Miller
• Timothy Carlson
• Paula Newby Fraser
• Natascha Badmann 
• Lono God of WInd
• Cory Foulk
• CJ Ong
• Rick Kent (S3E8)
• Janine Marie
• UM Rat Pack 
• Hammer & Polar
• Rebecca Morgan

Show Contributors:

Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music  :  Run by 331

For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcast
Insta : 515theultrapodcast
Email : 515Ultraman@gmail.com

Returning guests, Jakub and Adam Atarsia share stories of brotherly competition in sports and how triathlon is growing in Northern Africa and the Czech Republic through the Ironman brand and the races that they put on. 

Together the brothers offer the UltraCzech 515 and a series of races in Algeria – including SaharaMan.  Like many race directors these two are trying their best to grow the sport they love.  Both brothers have experienced a few changes in their lives since we last checked in with them so it was great to have the opportunity to catch up.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• UltraCzech 515
• Ultra TriFest Canada
• Ultra 515 World Wide Championships
• Saharaman
• IM 70.3 Tangier
• North Africa Triathlon Federation
• IM 70.3 Hradec Králové
• Challenge Prague

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Petr Vabroušek
• Victoria Atarsia

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Show Contributors:

Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music  :  Run by 331

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For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcast
Insta : 515theultrapodcast
Email : 515Ultraman@gmail.com

In this episode I do a retrospective look back at some of the most downloaded and most discussed guests that have appeared on 515 : The Ultra Podcast.  

Featured excerpts include:
Manmadh Rebba    S4E3 -- Ohana Guest / Moab 240 Finisher : 
Ferg Hawke               S3E10 -- Ultramarathon Man 
Dede Griesbauer    S3E13 (Part A) -- 2022 World Champions  
Arnaud Selukov      S2E3 - Leaving the Grind for the love of Tri
Rick Kent                   S3E8 -- Conversation with 5 time RAAM finisher 

Every episode remains available free to download in the podcast library.  

 
Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ultra TriFest Canada
• Ultra 515 World Wide Championships
• Ultraman Florida 
• Ultraman World Championships
• Moab 240
• Rose City 50
• The Eagle 100
• Western States 
• Marathon Des Sables
• 100km World Championship
• Badwater
• Bellingham Triathlon
• Chuckanut Mountain 50k  
• Knee Knacker  50k 
• CCC - UTMB 
• IM Coeur D’Alene 
• Ironman Live
• Ultraman Arizona
• UM Australia
• Challenge Roth
• Challenge Almere 
• Ironman Korea
• Ironman Austria
• Ironman Busselton
• ABC Wide World of Sports
• Race Across America
• Ironman World Championships
• Giro d’Italia Una Tappa 
• Iron Alps
• Defi Triathlon
• Paris Brest Paris
• Race across America (RAAM)
• Spenco 500  
• Furnace Creek 500 (508)

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Staci Studer
• Ardis Bow
• Caroline Bloom (S2E3) 
• Marcos Moya
• Sidharth Routray
• Sheryl Cobb (S2E8)
• Antonina Reznikov
• Randy Latza 
• Kurt Madden 
• Steve King (S1E1)
• Moe Beaulieu
• Monica Fernandez   
• Patrick Bauer
• Magnus Verbrugge
• Julie Dibbens 
• Laura Siddall
• Matt Lieto
• Mike Lovato
• Greg Welch
• Jane Bockus (S1E4)
• Gustav Iden 
• Kristian Blummenfelt
• Sam Laidlow 
• Roger Bannister
• Patrick Lange
• Juergen Zack 
• Lothar Leder
• Pete Jacob
• Craig Alexander
• Pete Short
• Cameron Brown
• Rob Gray  (S4E13)
• Dave Matheson  
• Nick Mallett  (S2E12)
• Sergio Cordeiro
• Dominic Callard 
• Erik Seedhouse
• Ann Bond
• Bob Fourney
• Cindy Steiger

Show Contributors:
Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music  :  Run by 331

For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcast
Insta : 515theultrapodcast
Email : 515Ultraman@gmail.com

Ben Peresson and Richard Groome from UMUK join me to talk about their ultra races and share their backgrounds in the sport.   

Ben is a “black shirt” Norseman Xtreme racer and Marathon Des Sables finisher.  Richard has taken on The Brutal and rode every stage of the Tour de France with a magazine map as his guide.  

Together, they, like many race directors, fell into organizing the UMUK rather than see it go away.  We discuss the direction of their events and they give an excellent description of what makes the Snowdonia region of Wales an exceptional place to host a 515 event.

This year's event is happening September 1 - 3, 2023.   You can follow on Instagram.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ultra TriFest Canada
• Ultra 515 World Wide Championships
• Norseman Xtreme
• Marathon Des Sables
• UMUK  
• Ironman Wales
• The Brutal 
• Parkrun
• Ironman World Championships
• Ironman Lanzarote 
• Raid Pyrenees 
• Tour de France
• Sail 4 Cancer
• OxFam
• Snowdonia Society
• UM Canada
• Ultra 520K Canada 
• Finding Ultra – book
• Ultra MX 515
• Becoming Forrest: One man's epic run across America – book
• Great DIvide Ride
• Race Across America

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Carol Peresson
• Andrea Pocher
• Claire Peresson
• Darren Welsh 
• Lance Armstrong
• Andy  Hayward
• Steve Brown ​​(S2E13)
• Rich Roll
• Charlotte Chambers
• Mark Beaumont   
• Van Sanchez (S2E13)
• Rob Pope

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Show Contributors:

Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music  :  Run by 331
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For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcast

Insta : 515theultrapodcast

Email : 515Ultraman@gmail.com

Rob Gray is a world traveller who has benefited from the transition to remote work.  He describes himself as a Boulder guy from South Africa with a British passport.  We caught up during a two week period that he was home packing to move the family to Phuket, Thailand after returning from competing at the Comrades Marathon in South Africa. 

Rob won his first Ultraman race in Florida in 2016 and went on to race in Hawaii that same year finishing second.  In fact he has stood on all three levels of the podium on the big island with a win in 2017.  He shares a number of tips about training and racing the 515 distance that he has garnered over the years. 

These days he works (remotely) full time as a coach through his website UltramanCoach.com along with his friend and 2015 Ultraman Hawaii champion, Mike Coughlin, who was on the podcast in S2E7. 

You can also reach Rob at RobGray.org

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ultra TriFest Canada
• Ultra 515 World Wide Championships
• Comrades Marathon
• UltramanCoach.com
• Ultraman World Championships
• Norseman
• 10 - 10 - 10  Challenge
• Ultraman Florida
• Diamond Bikes
• UltraHeidi.com

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Jurgen Zack
• Nick Mallett (S2E12)
• Michelle Gray
• Tyler Gray
• Giselle Gray 
• Tim Sheeper
• Ian Hersey
• Inaki De La Parra
• Arnaud Selekov (S2E3)
• Jeremy Howard (S2E8)
• Richard Thompson
• Jordan Bryden (S1E7)
• Petr Vabrousek (S2E2)
• Dede Griesbauer (S3E13) 
• Steven Keller (S2E10)
• Barry Berg
• Heidi Buttery (S4E10)
• Acyr Luz
• Shannon Callies

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Show Contributors:

Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music  :  Run by 331

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For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcast

Insta : 515theultrapodcast

Email : 515Ultraman@gmail.

We originally thought Dee Fuller overcame the usual body issues when stressing the body in an ultra event on her way to her second women’s win at UM Australia.  A few days later she went public on Facebook about struggling with an eating disorder leading up to, and while competing this year.  Something I was not aware of when we recorded this conversation.

During our conversation she was open about various eating disorders, multiple PTSD triggers and other mental health struggles brought on by a variety of traumas.  (trigger alerts)

She wants to discuss mental health issues in an open forum in hopes of helping others feel comfortable to do so and to help others recognize that they are not the only one’s suffering.

Her May 20th Facebook post in which she shares her current struggle can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/dee.fuller.125/posts/pfbid03dCrwzABMSFoK2eromiCTn75CCY13YEkUL6KeBP2PYex6rzGmkvTScGxHdsJyJjHl

This episode is the second of two that I have used to focus on Mental Health in the ultra community.  The first was Season 4, Episode 2, when I spoke with Heidi Buttery who has created a website with a multitude of resources.   

If you require help or want to help someone else that you know is suffering, check out Heidi’s website, UltraHeidi.com, or contact your local Mental Health hotline in your area.  

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Ultra TriFest Canada
• Ultra 515 World Wide Championships
• UM Australia
• 70.3 Bintan 
• 70.3 Sri Lanka 
• IM Cairns
• The Blue Hat – Used in the FB post for this episode
• Sunshine Coast marathon
• Challenge Korea
• Ultra 355 Australia

Shout outs and mentions in this episode:

• Shane Duffy (S4E5)
• Simone Cochrane (S4E8)
• Dan Fuller
• Mary Knott
• Dale Jordan 
• John Domandl

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Show Contributors:

Host : Larry Ryan
Contributing Raconteur : Steve King
Announcer : Mary Jo Dionne
Production : 5Five Enterprises
Music  :  Run by 331

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For show notes and past guests, please visit the Podcast Website: https://515theultrapodcast.buzzsprout.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/515TheUltraPodcast
Insta : 515theultrapodcast
Email : 515Ultraman@gmail.com