The Excellence Verse

Brock Hoel #2: One Year Podcast Celebration and Year Recap

On the one year anniversary of The Excellence Verse Podcast Brock Hoel joins the show in celebration and reflection of the past year. Brock Hoel was the the first guest on the podcast and now joins for a second time. During this episode Brock and I talk the highlights from the year of the podcast and some favourite moments. We also discuss Brock’s year and the ups and downs that an athlete has to deal with during a pandemic year with no racing. Brock talks his training practices and philosophies, and we bring back the much enjoyed rapid fire round to end the episode out. Make sure to listen to the end for some extremely exciting news about Brock’s racing plan for this season an Excellence Verse Exclusive.

Barrie Shepley - The Voice of Triathlon and Olympic Coach

On this weeks episode of The Excellence Verse Podcast I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with the voice of triathlon Barrie Shepley. Barrie is one of the most influential people in through the history of triathlon in Canada, helping to start Triathlon Canada, Triathlon Ontario, and he commentated on races for the International Triathlon Union for over a decade. Barrie started and the Kids of Steel race series in Canada which first introduced to triathlon and without it I may not be in this position today. Barrie has an incredible host of experiences, knowledge, and stories about triathlon and high-performance sport.

Greg Bennett - Olympian and Host of the Greg Bennett Show

Olympian and host of the Greg Bennett show, Greg Bennett sat down with me for this week’s episode. I’ve been listening to Greg’s podcast for over a year now and have really enjoyed every episode and Greg was actually part of my inspiration for starting this podcast. In the beginning I stole quite a few questions from Greg a copied the flow of his interview style. In addition to being a successful podcast host Greg competed in triathlon at the 2004 Athens Olympic games and finished 4th. Greg’s career spanned over 3 decades as he became an incredibly successful triathlete spending many years ranked number 1 in the world. In this episode we talked podcasting and some of the struggles that go along with producing podcasts, the importance of confidence and self belief, and some mind blowing training stories. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-greg-bennett-show/id1492933135 [https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-greg-bennett-show/id1492933135]

Joel Filliol - 6 Time World Champion Coach and head of Triathlon Australia Podium Centre

This week arguably one of the greatest triathlon coaches of all time joins The Excellence Verse Podcast, Joel Filliol. Joel started coaching in Canada and helped triathlon great Simon Whitfield win a silver medal at the Beijing Olympic games. He then moved on to become head coach of British triathlon and helped Alistair and Jonny Brownlee win gold and bronze at the 2012 Olympic games. Since then Joel has coached athletes to Over 30 World Triathlon Series wins and more than 90 wts podiums, in addition to 6 overall World Triathlon Championships Titles, and has just recently been announced as the head coach of Triathlon Australia. In this episode we talk Joel’s journey, how he has coached athletes to consecutive world championships, his views on athlete development and so much more. I have been fascinated by Joel’s coaching philosophy and success for numerous years and it was such an honour to get to spend nearly two hours with him, so a massive thank you to Joel.

Csongor Lehmann - Junior World Champion and U23 Silver Medalist

Hungarian triathlete Csonger Lehmann joins the podcast for this weeks episode. He was the 2018 junior world champion and the 2019 u23 world silver medalist. Csonger also won the 2019 Hungarian sprint national championships and has many top 10 world cup finishes.