# Episode 272: Are Triathlon Records Real? An episode of [Professional Triathlon News](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1559781865), 11 May 2026, 1 h 16 min. Audio: https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/936a3a86633ea5751155ab9a2b7cb30b19158cf890c3f6c56c053f84887c2853/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJkYWYzNmQwZS1lZGNlLTRjOTAtYmM0OC03NzcyNTJlZGM0ZjYiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJjZTBjYjg3YS0zNjhhLTQyNzQtYTNjMi1mODMzNTE1OTIxODIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2MjdhZTIxMjJiNGY1ZDAwMGNhYjQ4M2IiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmEwMjZhYmUwNWIxYzNiNTJlZmZlODIxL3B0bi13ZWVrbHktcG9kLWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtNS0xMl9fMS00OC0xNC5tcDMifQ==.mp3 The crew recaps a loaded weekend β€” Sam Long drops a jaw-dropping 1:49:32 bike split at Gulf Coast, but with the swim cut to 600 meters, does it even count? That debate spirals into the week's big topic: are triathlon records a real metric, and should the sport's organizations formalize a validated system with real incentives? Plus a preview for Yokohama and Aix-en-Provence and a full round of hot takes. πŸŽ™οΈ Intro (0:00–7:30) πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Western Sydney Recap (7:34–9:00) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Gulf Coast Recap + Sam Long's Historic Ride (9:00–20:00) πŸ“‹ Topic of the Week: Are Triathlon Records Legitimate? (20:00–32:00) πŸ”­ Race Previews: WTCS Yokohama + 70.3 Aix-en-Provence (32:00–55:00) πŸ”₯ Hot Takes (55:00–1:08:35) New Website: https://protrinews.com/ πŸ™Œ Massive Thanks To Our Partners 🎨 WYN Republic – Gear up. 15% off with link below https://wynrepublic.com/pages/protrinews πŸ₯© Good Ranchers- American Meat Delivered. Use code IRON for a special discount. https://www.goodranchers.com/ 🩸 Rythm Health – Start tracking your biomarkers today https://rythmhealth.com/ ⛽️ Plan your next race's nutrition and race with what's on course- Code PTN15 https://visit.pfandh.com/protrinews ❀️🩹 Recover better, and faster https://pillarperformance.us/ πŸ‘¨πŸ»πŸ”§ Race on the best saddle! Visit Wove https://wovebike.com/ 🏦 Open a Waterfall Bank Account https://www.waterfallbank.com/ ## Transcript Kyle Glass: Warning! ProTri News is a podcast with different opinions, knowledge, and possibly fake news about triathlon racing. This podcast is for entertainment purposes only and some stories may be dramatized for comedic effect. Enjoy! Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of ProTri News. I'm your host Kyle Glass joined by the usual suspects of Patrick Lemieux, Talbot Cox, and Mark Matthews. We're here to take you through the racing and... some hot takes that were submitted and talk about what is going on in the triathlon world this week, guys. mean, how are we feeling? 100 sub 150 bike split by Sam Long at Gulf Coast this weekend. I I looked on some Strava and stuff. It's a pretty legit distance. I just think it's a great ride by Sam. He's one of the best 70.3 riders in the world. No one can really debate that. And just a hella fast course. Like that is crazy speed when you think about it. Like the way the sport has moved on the last five years, sub 150. You two hour bike splits were being fastest bike splits in men's races on fast courses four years ago. Mad. Yeah. Yeah. Anyone think that there's an asterisk next to that? Because they shortened the swim. They said it was thousand meter swim, I think looking at the times, it's probably pretty evident that it's probably more of a 600 to 700 meter swim. Nah, I don't think that makes Not for me. No. You've got in, you've got wet, you've jacked your heart rate up. It's because it's when there's no swim, they should be canceled. Because you can be all tricks cleaved up. You can spend time prepping all your stuff. That's that's a legit record for me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We'll jump we'll jump into that and kind of our and our records discussion in the middle of the show as well. But going to be a massive show. going to talk about Ironman 70.3, Gulf Coast, touch on Western Sydney as well. And then a kind of topic of the week that we would love to chat on is Ironman records and are they really relevant? Or I guess Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.