All in Triathlon with Jelle Geens and Aaron Royle

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Jimmy Whelan — the man who’s been a pro cyclist, triathlete and now a professional runner — joins the podcast for an honest and powerful conversation.
Jimmy’s sporting journey is anything but conventional. As a kid, his dream was simple: become a professional runner. That dream evolved into a highly successful six-year career in professional cycling, racing at the very top of the sport and lining up at the Giro d’Italia among many of the world’s biggest races.
In this episode, Jimmy opens up about the realities of life in the pro peloton — the pressure, the politics, the physical and mental toll — and the struggles that often go unseen from the outside.
Beneath it all, the desire to return to running never disappeared. That long-burning ambition has now come full circle, with Jimmy signing his first professional running contract with Salomon this year.
It’s a raw and inspiring chat about identity, resilience, reinvention and backing yourself to chase what you truly want — even if the path isn’t straight. Check out this conversation with Jimmy.

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Jelle is officially to blame for missing last week’s episode—and he owes you all a very big apology. Meanwhile, Aaron is directing his frustration at the listeners for leaking his secret Wednesday World crit race-off with Brando… some things are meant to stay off the record.
Back after the unexpected week off, we’re already questioning whether the New Year’s resolutions lasted longer than January. Between coaching courses, getting sick, and a full house of parents and in-laws in town, it’s been a hectic stretch—so we’re catching up on everything we missed.
We break down the latest crit update, including the showdown with Kane Richards a couple of weeks ago and what’s on the line racing tonight. There’s also plenty happening in the triathlon world, from rising World Triathlon costs to the big question: if we can’t call January a championship month, when is it okay to be a champ?

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On this episode, Jelle finally drops his race calendar — and spoiler alert: he’s going long. The first half of the season is all about qualifying for Kona, before turning his full focus to the Ironman World Championship later in the year. All roads lead to the Big Island… and it’s starting to look like AIT might need to book a trip to Hawaii 🌺🔥
We also unpack the moment Jelle nearly bonked on a long ride, before Aaron came to the rescue with 60g of PF&H chews, just enough to get him safely to the petrol station and save the session.
To wrap things up, we answer a couple of listener questions to finish off the pod.
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This week on All In Triathlon, we dive into the big news of Ironman extending the draft zone to 20 metres — and what Jelle really thinks it means for him.
Aaron shares how he spent his 36th birthday racing the Burleigh Swimrun… and the brutal realisation that he is freaking unfit.
We also unpack Joel Filliol’s take on “January champions” — and the common misconception that not trying to peak in January somehow means you aren’t training hard.
We wrap things up with a very questionable Strava winner of the week and answer your voice note questions.

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This week on All In Triathlon, we sit down with one of the toughest and most honest voices in the sport — Non Stanford.
Non shares her journey to the very top of triathlon, going from a part-time athlete to U23 World Champion in 2012, before becoming Senior World Champion just 12 months later in 2013. She remains the first and only female athlete to make that jump from U23 world champion to senior world champion within a single year.
But with rapid success came a heavy cost.
We talk through the years of injuries, missed races and lost seasons, and how it all built toward the emotional low point of finishing 4th at the Rio Olympic Games — a result that left Non in a very dark place mentally.
In this episode, Non opens up about how deep those struggles went, the pressure of elite sport, and how she slowly fought her way back — rebuilding herself both as an athlete and as a person — to once again compete among the best in the world.
A powerful and honest conversation about the real cost of elite sport, the ultimate highs, and the deepest of lows.