Kona 2014 Resources

Thanks to the support of VeloDynamics, I will again be able to offer my “Live Predictions” during the race at http://kona.trirating.com – combining the actual splits as the race progresses with my predictions to give you much better insight into how the race will likely turn out. All of this on one easy to use page with all the useful information. Please check it out!

Here is a list of my resources for Kona 2014:

• Kona Rating Report (90 pages with tons of information about the Pro field)
• „always up-to-date“ Kona Pro Startlist
• the statistical “Kona Odds”
• Submit your top picks on IM Predictions for bragging rights and maybe one of the nice prizes
• Episode 13 (Women Pro) and Episode 14 (Men Pro) of the IM Predictions Podcast (available on iTunes or as a direct download)
• Insider’s Guide to Kona (excerpt from Triathlete Magazine)
• Interviews with Meredith Kessler, Nils Frommhold, Julia Gajer, and Luke McKenzie (excerpts from my Kona Rating Report)
• Interviews with Paul Matthews and Filip Ospaly on their Kona 2014 goals

Here are some more articles and interviews that I found interesting:

• Interview by Tawnee Prazak on EndurancePlanet with Craig Alexander, Terenzo Bozzone and Pro race previews with Hillary Biscay and Chris McCormack
• Interview on IMTalk with Andy Starykowicz, they also have “Kona Super Specials” with loads of interviews
• John Levison on tri247.com about “Pro Men: How to win Kona” and a similar post for the women)
• The guys on firstoffthebike.com have a number of articles focused on the Kona field (e.g. The Kona Book, or the Women Contenders)
• Timothy Carlson has posted detailed looks at the Kona fields for years on slowtwitch, check out his Men’s Preview and Women’s Preview
• Bob Babbit has a lot of recent interviews with Kona contenders at Babbitville (plus he will be doing his “Breakfast with Bob” interviews in the week before Kona)
• Cupacakes with Cal is a series of interviews with the big names in Triathlon by Pro triathlete Callum Millward – a mixture of good fun and great content
• For the German language speakers: tri2b.com has a lot of interviews (e.g. Jan Frodeno, Julia Gajer) on their YouTube channel and tri-mag some more with Sebi Kienle, Andi Raelert, Caroline Steffen and other close to the race

I’ll update this list as soon as my friends and I release more information over the next days!