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Podcast: Simon Ward, Be Battle Ready - The podcast for strength, resilience, and longevity
Episode: ‘Fit for Purpose’ The Grumpy Old Coaches Christmas Podcast (2025)
Description: A proper Grumpy Old Coaches Christmas Special with Simon Ward joined by Steve Lumley and Marc Laithwaite, plus Bethany Ward back in the hot seat(and, as ever, dropping a couple of absolute show-stoppers).
We kick off with the state of triathlon participation and what Marc is seeing on the ground as an organiser, including the way athletes are now leaving entries later and how that makes it harder to predict numbers. From there we zoom out and compare triathlon to what’s booming elsewhere, especially road running, open water swimming and cycling.
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