Ironman 20 meter draft zone rule change, TT bike position changes, and more!

That Triathlon Life Podcast

That Triathlon Life

Triathlon, Sports, Ironman, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Q&a, Endurance Sports, Running, Swimming, Bicycle, Cycling

4.9 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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This week we kick things off with a discussion about IRONMAN’s new 20-meter draft zone rule change and how it could impact racing. From there, we jump into a listener-submitted Shred or Bed before getting to your questions. This week we discussed: How fast can the average Joe really get?Are higher hands worth it on a TT bike?How we think we’d do on a game showJust how laid back is XTERRA?How important body weight is to fitness and performanceTubeless tire air loss and the risk of unseating a ...

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. Welcome to that triathlon life podcast. I'm Eric Loggerstrom. I'm Paula Finley.
0:06.0	I'm Nick Goldston. And we are psyched to be back. It's been a little bit since we recorded a podcast, actually.
0:13.6	Paula and I are back home in Bend just for a few days here before we head to down south for a little bit of a training camp.
0:23.7	If you're new here, Paul and I are both professional athletes.
0:26.5	Nick is an amateur athlete.
0:28.5	We all love triathlon, love multi-sport, and that's what we talk about here on this podcast.
0:33.8	So welcome.
0:35.2	Okay, so the big news that just came out today as of the recording of this podcast, which is Monday, is that Ironman says that they did their own testing and on their own accord have changed the pro draft zone from 12 meters to 20 meters.
0:54.5	This is what the T100 PTO has been doing since its inception.
0:58.5	I think there was a poll that went around, and it seems like the majority, if not almost all,
1:04.9	of pro athletes are on board with this change.
1:08.1	But wow, it's like it's a whole can of worms.
1:10.2	It really changes everything massively.
1:12.5	Does it mean anything to either of you when people bring up the point of, oh, well,
1:18.7	there's perfectly allowed to draft in the swim. You get right on someone's feet. There's a big
1:22.9	advantage there. Or what about running behind someone the entire race in a 70.3 and then coming around
1:29.3	them at the end. How is it any different than on the bike? This is the way the sport was designed.
1:34.8	I totally agree. There's to a certain extent, like, this is the way the sport was designed. Yes,
1:39.7	drafting on the bike legally is like a part of the way it's been does the 20 meter thing yeah that
1:46.6	changes it and if i guess if we're all in favor of changing it's just i mean man things are
1:52.1	going to be different like records might not fall in kona you know this like there's a lot of implications
1:56.8	and how does this many people you know we have like 80 person start lists sometimes at races.
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