# Episode 286: A Million Hot Takes An episode of [Professional Triathlon News](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1559781865), 17 Aug 2026, 1 h 20 min. Audio: https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/933722fc499ec1571fba8d4102c7b44a0fbaec53c8e2d1de05032a38fd6402c6/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI1Y2FiNDJiNC02ZDRlLTQ4ODktYTJjMC02ZTA2NGVhNzQ1MTUiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJjZTBjYjg3YS0zNjhhLTQyNzQtYTNjMi1mODMzNTE1OTIxODIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2MjdhZTIxMjJiNGY1ZDAwMGNhYjQ4M2IiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE4MzU2NjNmZTgyNDQxYzNjY2U2MDkwL3B0bi13ZWVrbHktcG9kLWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtOC0xN19fMjAtNDMtNDcubXAzIn0=.mp3 We hit on all the action from the triathlon races this weekend from IRONMAN Kalmar in Sweden, to the T100 in Vancouver, and then the rest of the show we go through a slew the boiling hot takes! 🏁 Intro (0:00–4:00) πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ IRONMAN Kalmar Recap (4:05-25:00) πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ T100 Vancouver (25:15-37:20) πŸ”₯ Hot Takes (37:25-1:20:00) New Website: https://protrinews.com/ πŸ™Œ Massive Thanks To Our Partners 🎨 WYN Republic – Gear up. 15% off with link below. Now available in Europe! https://wynrepublic.com/pages/protrinews ⛽️ Plan your next race's nutrition and race with what's on course- Code PTN15 https://visit.pfandh.com/protrinews πŸ‘¨πŸ»πŸ”§ Race on the best saddle! Visit Wove https://wovebike.com/ 😴 Get the best form your sleep ever with Fitnexa https://www.fitnexa.com/landing/Fitnexa-SomniPods3?utm_source=google&utm_medium=g&utm_campaign=23780327683&utm_content={creativeid}&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23780327683&gbraid=0AAAAA-kZ4bkGAkqOsvKGFudbo9tLKav8-&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4orUBhCjARIsAIbF3qxODuU-R0ltn1hyNtnJL51YklPpFZr2-Qo-JJVVTgxfK1yRqx1YdjoaAkKbEALw_wcB 🏦 Open a Waterfall Bank Account https://www.waterfallbank.com/ ## Transcript Kyle Glass: Welcome to this week's episode of Pro Try News, brought to you by Precision, Fuel, and Hydration. Look, if you've been listening to the show, you've heard my personal anecdotes and how this product has helped me, and I can't stress it enough. These PF gels that I'm having have been an absolute game changer. I can chug as many of these up to four per hour while I'm racing, and I've got zero stomach issues. Yep, you heard that right. I'm taking down 120 grams of carbs. Per hour while I'm racing with zero stomach issues. Look, you've heard it from me, you've heard it from others, you know pros Yellow Geens and Solveg Lovseth are also using it. But hey, check it out for yourself. Use code PTN fifteen at checkout for a discount code. And please you'd be doing me a huge favor if in the notes you said the big guy in blue from Pro Tri News sent you. Warning. Pro Tri 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 and welcome back to another episode of Pro Tri News. The regular season is done and it didn't go away quietly. We had Iron Man Kalmar this weekend. Both course records fell. Jonas Schomberg took his first Iron Man victory in a time of seven twenty-two. Good enough for fastest, fifth fastest of all time. ⁓ sixteen minutes faster than Alistair Brownlee's record a few years back. Laura Phillip also went 813 and won by 18 minutes to take 14 off of last year's course record. At least six slots, the last six slots were punched for Kona, and we're gonna dive into that and everything else. So without further ado, I'm the host, Kyle Glass, joined by Mark Matthews, Pat Lemieux, and Talbot Cox. How are you guys doing this weekend? Dude, we got when the four of us show up. For a pod, you know we're in for a ripper. So I mean I think this weekend the the the chat was on. ⁓ i there was a lot of racing going on. I 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.