Welcome to Episode 449 of That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.

I'm my host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Rob Chiedam.

Rob is a South African triathlon coach based in Bath in the UK, and in today's entry,

we have a classic training talk episode with discussions around the various aspects around

training, but we also go into the specifics of Leon Chevalier's training leading into

Kona, where he finished fourth, and Leon obviously being coached by Rob.

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Now without any further ado, let's get into the interview with Rob Cheatham.

Welcome to that travel show, Rob. How are you doing?

Hey Michael. Yeah, really good, mate. Thanks for having me.

Yeah, it's really great to have you. I'm excited

for this chat. Let's start with an introduction. Can you tell us a bit more about yourself and your

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