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		<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Videos & Podcasts - Tri247</title><link>http://www.tri247.com/index.html</link><description>Latest videos & podcasts articles from Tri247</description><item><title><![CDATA[Interview: Fraser Cartmell]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_3572.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This week&#039;s interview is a little bit different. Tri247&#039;s regular interviewer, Simon Ward and the Tri247 filming crew were able to catch up with the winner of this year&#039;s Ironman 70.3 UK straight after the race. Fraser Cartmell is gradually moving up the ranks and proving to be one of the world&#039;s leading 70.3 athletes. He talked to Simon about retaining his Ironman UK 70.3 title, training and his move from standard distance racing to the longer distance.

Online Videos by Veoh.com]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[WWW: Wednesday's website of the week]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_3505.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This week&#039;s offering is a piece of video, rather than a website as such. It features Ironman World Champion Chris McCormack, and his recent win at the prestigious Wildflower Triathlon.

If you ever thought that elite level endurance racing was free of tactics, then listen in while Chris talks us through his thoughts over the last mile of the race while he was battling stride-for-stride with Spaniard Eneko Llanos. It&#039;s a fascinating insight into the mind games involved and the amount of thought and planning going through his mind, which secured another win on the CV of one of the sport&#039;s greatest athletes. Oh, and check out just how fast that last downhill mile is!


]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[WWW: Wednesday's Website of the Week]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_3269.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[For this week&#039;s offering, it&#039;s time to crank up your speakers or MP3 player for an excellent weekly podcast. We would like to strongly recommend to you, The Competitors Radio Show (www.competitorradio.com)

&#039;The Competitors&#039; is hosted by Bob Babbitt and Paul Huddle (aka Mr Paula Newby-Fraser), and Bob began The Competitors Radio Show way back in 1990. As well as weekly interviews with the great and the good of endurance sport, with triathlon being a strong (but not exclusive) component, there is an amazing back catalogue available. Allen, Scott, Molina, Tinley, Macca, Norman, Wellington, Larsen, Al-Sultan, Lieto, Sindballe, Michellie Jones ... the list goes on. All of these and hundreds more are there, with some in-depth and hugely informative discussions.

Check out two cracking interviews with Sunday Times journalist David Walsh on the state of drugs in cycling...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ishigaki video highlights]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_3201.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those of you who receive our weekly newsletter may have noticed that our Ishigaki report on &#039;Awesome Avil!&#039;, following the World Cup debut of World Junior Champion, Hollie Avil, in Japan, was our most read feature of last week. If, unlike us, you weren&#039;t able (or willing!) to watch the live online feed at 5am on Sunday, there is another chance to see the race highlights.

Within our Videos and Podcasts section, as for all World Cup events, we have the latest highlights video from the 2008 BG Series. Tune in here to catch the action from the season so far.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Black Line drill]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_3148.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the start of the open water swimming season just days away, and triathletes reluctant to leave the warmth of the pool until they have to, here&#039;s a drill session from Dan Bullock to help set you up properly for the wide open spaces. Remember, there are no black lines in the open water!

The ability to swim in a straight line is essential in open water. Without the straight lines on the pool floor, the lane ropes or poolside to help guide you, or at least subconsciously keep you straight, you could be adding significant additional distance to the actual race.

I am often asked how to swim faster in the open water. The first response is always to just swim the necessary distance. Adding distance to the course is obviously going to hinder you and is generally brought about through:


poor navigating,
relying on drafting someone else who has poor navigating skills, or
swimming with an off-balance stroke that keeps you from swimming in a straight line.


Over a standard-distance &lsquo;triangle&rsquo; course with three 500m straights between buoys, I can see how someone might easily add 150m to the race distance - given the results of some our pool tests.  A 10m drift within 100m is not much (I have seen more!) but for a strong swimmer, going at a good pace, you can see how you might add 2:30 to 3:00 over 1,500m. With shorter distances between buoys or multi-loop courses you might fare better since the distance from buoy to buoy would be less, but you are still throwing away free time.

For those really struggling, one of the drills we practice throughout the year is as follows.
If you can get a lane to yourself, practice swimming in the middle of the lane keeping the black line you often find on the bottom of the pool directly beneath you.

Set your spine on top of the line, elbows wide of the body but keep the hands on top of the black line. A good catch, fingertips down and send the water backwards so you react and go forwards. A very slight sweep through the stroke will keep you moving forwards with little lateral pressure on the body forcing snaking. A sweep that is too wide or too far across the body will encourage snaking.

Try a few of these strokes with your eyes closed. If you continually drift you should get your stroke checked out by a coach, as something will be off balance.

 



Dan Bullock runs Swim for Tri and is a highly regarded coach, winning awards as London Region Coach of the Year in 2005/6 and 220 Coach of the Year in 2005. Contact him on 0870 850 3376 or by email info@swimfortri.com or through their website: www.swimfortri.com
]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ironman from the inside]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_3129.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ironman Triathlon from the Inside is a short video produced by Triathlete magazine on the Hawaii Ironman featuring what&#039;s going on in and around the event rather than being focussed on the athletes. It&#039;s sourced via Veoh, another good resource for triathlon videos.

Online Videos by Veoh.com]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ironman Hawaii 2007 trailer]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_3128.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[WTC have a serious collection of videos on You Tube (www.youtube.com/IronmanTriathlon) but this one is the promo trailer for their 2007 Hawaii Ironman show on NBC.

]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[VO2 You Tube channel]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_3116.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[VO2 Maximum Triathlon Coaching have put together a selection of videos of commonly used swimming drills used by triathletes and uploaded them to their new YouTube channel. The videos are there to refer to when you need to learn a new drill or remind yourself of how to perform the drills. They will be updating the channel with more videos including bike skills, running drills and transition skills. To be informed of updates to the channel,  join their mailing list at www.vo2maximum.com



]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[ITU announces new broadcasters for 2008]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_3082.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today announced several new broadcasters of its world cup events in 2008.  New broadcast deals for the transmission of BG Triathlon World Cups have been announced in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Middle East, Asia, Philippines, Africa and South Korea. The new announcements build on the success of 2007, where ITU saw the widest ever distribution of its events.

Terrestrial broadcaster Seven and TVNZ will broadcast their nation&#039;s world cup events in Australia and New Zealand respectively. The entire BG Triathlon World Cup series will also be aired on Fox Sports in Australia and Sky Sports in New Zealand. 
&quot;Having large terrestrial broadcasters involved in our events is important to ensure the sport is brought to the widest possible audience,&quot; stated Brian Mahony, ITU Director of Media and Television.

Several new deals have also been agreed in Asia and the Middle East with Ten Sport and Zee Sports committing to air the world cup series in 2008, expanding the coverage of the sport into a region where triathlon is fast gaining popularity. ITU, though its international distribution partner BBC Worldwide, also secured a deal in the Philippines with broadcaster ABC-CBN.  South Korean national broadcaster MBC will air the Tongyeong BG Triathlon Word Cup live. 

In Africa a new deal has been agreed through BBC Worldwide with GTV for broadcast rights in sub-Saharan Africa. Meanwhile SABC will broadcast the Richards Bay BG Triathlon World Cup in South Africa. Setanta Sports have signed a deal to secure the broadcast rights for the world cup series in Ireland. 

&quot;We are delighted to build on last year&#039;s success with these new deals,&quot; said Mahony. &quot;The sport continues to grow at a rapid pace and with the Olympics this year, we are seeing more and more interest in our content. We are still in negotiations with several broadcasters and expect to announce a few more major deals in the coming weeks&quot;. More details on the 2008 ITU television series can be found on www.triathlon.org]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breaksweat TV]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.tri247.com/article_3042.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breaksweat TV is a new channel devoted to endurance events. They were over in the UK for the TCR Show back in February sourcing content from a variety of race organisers.

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