Kate Waugh won T100 Singapore in her first ever outing at the distance just over a week ago. While the young star has made an early mark on the series, we hear in this conversation just what that win meant for her. Kate shares a sobering accoun...

Jamie Riddle was a kid from South Africa with big dreams that landed two of them in the past 8 months. He earned a spot at the Olympics in Paris, rode off the front during the bike, took a reset and pivot during the offseason and charged ahead ...

Four long years ago Eli was fighting till the final hour for a spot on the USA team for the Tokyo Olympics in triathlon. The self proclaimed cowboy has overhauled his athletic identity since then and is now one of the best 50k runners in the wo...

Final episode of Paris People and Maya Kingma joins the show! Maya shares how health in 2024 made for a less than ideal prep for the Games but how her specific race plan and a focus on tactics shaped outcome for the Dutch athlete in Paris. Maya...

The second episode of the series that dives into the experiences of Paris Olympians features Beth Potter. After entering the Olympic year as World Champion and Test Event Champion, Beth ultimately departed Paris last summer with two bronze meda...

Before she became a 2x World Champion in 2024, Taylor went to Paris (in 2 sports!). This series will feature conversations with three different athletes that competed in the Olympic Triathlon this past summer. Episode #1 might be the most candi...

The self described "professional endurance athlete" has added another layer to his identity in 2025. Eric was the runner-up at the Black Canyon 50k race a few weeks ago in just his second ever ultra running race. Appearing to have a knack for t...

Riley sits down with Chelsea in Boulder just a few days after their commanding win at the Black Canyon 100k. The rare ultra running conversation on Chasing the Burn is well worth the listen. Riley describes how fitting pieces into the wildly co...

Kristin Armstrong is a legend of women's cycling in the USA. She is undoubtedly the greatest ever in the Time Trial, having earned Olympic Gold in Beijing, London and Rio before a (final) retirement launched her coaching career. Kristin was a n...

You may know her best as the 24 year old world champion from 2013 or the sprinting Brit that narrowly missed a medal in Rio back in 2016 but Non Stanford has control of the stopwatch and now is assistant coach in command at the Leeds Triathlon ...

This coaching legend sits down in Boulder for a conversation on her racing career, retirement and transition to coaching. Julie has helped more athletes than we can name to Ironman podiums around the world. She shares some insight as a female c...

The second interview in the Coaching Series features a conversation with Nate Wilson. Nate is the performance director for the EF cycling team and has a coaching roster that includes Olympic gold medalists in triathlon and cycling. We discuss d...

Chasing the Burn is back. Season 2 kicks off with a conversation with Paulo Sousa, the first guest on a series of episodes featuring coaches in triathlon. After conquering academia several decades ago, the Portugal native turned his focus to co...

We return to a topic from an April episode on Chasing the Burn: women's triathlon in the NCAA. Arizona State University's head coach Cliff English joins the conversation to update us on the progress of the sport and some issues they are facing....

Cool human alert on this episode. Lucy is a professional ultra runner and "recreational" triathlete that just completed her second UTMB/Ironman World Champs double (just 3 weeks apart this year!). The Aussie proves to be an excellent storytelle...

The first ever Chasing the Burn-gone-rogue episode is the October podcast you didn’t know you needed. Abby Levene joins as my co-host and I allow her to take the mic, turn the tables and interview me. After the long overdue introduction we take...

After nearly two decades of World Triathlon racing, Vicky Holland will start the final race of her career at the Grand Final in Spain in two weeks. Undeniably a legend in short course who has evolved through several eras of the sport, Vicky joi...

After earning a silver medal for the relay in Paris, Taylor is trying her best to get aero quickly for Ibiza and beyond. Includes Olympic talk, long course talk, a few life lessons and very impressively, Chelsea manages to conduct a professiona...

Jackie Hering joins the chat on this episode to get me excited for Ironman season. The current leader of the Ironman Pro Series shares a short education on this series of the extremely long distanced racing and provides some insight into her li...

It takes a village to stand on the top step of a professional podium in triathlon and often times a very supportive partner. Josh and Ashleigh are a married couple both pursuing big goals in the sport as individuals but support each other in un...

The Paratriathlon races kick off in Paris in just over one week! Kendall Gretsch joins Kevin and Chelsea on the show to share a bit of her impressive story. She owns FOUR Paralympic gold medals across both the winter and summer games. Most nota...

Kevin and Chelsea traveled to the City of Love to secure the most important details for this 2024 Triathlon Olympic Games recap episode. We debrief the races and focus on a few big topics that headlined the stage of these Games.... of course th...

A once every four years podcast! All things Olympic Triathlon in Paris preview with returning co-host Kevin McDowell. Kevin brings his Olympics experience and expertise from Tokyo to help set the stage for the men’s, women’s and mixed team rela...

The first ever non-triathlon episode on Chasing the Burn features triathlete converted to ultra trail runner and gravel cyclist Heather Jackson. After running a section of Western States as a pacer for Heather a few weeks ago, Chelsea is beyond...

Sixteen years since she became Olympic Champion in Beijing, Emma remains one of triathlon's all-time greats. Listen to this conversation as we discuss her career and experience with both Olympic selection and non-selection - lessons that remain...