Mirinda Carfrae has won the Ironman World Championship three times and would have loved to have added number four yesterday. Despite that not being in the cards, she felt proud of her race, and went over her day, including how she handled some cramping on the bike and fought through her way to second place.

Daniela Ryf won her second Ironman World Championship title in a row on Saturday and, in her words, had a perfect day. Daniela reflected on her season during her chat with Bob Babbitt.

Sebastian Kienle won the Ironman World Championship in 2014, and had a hard-fought battle yesterday for second. Sebastian joined us for a chat about his day on Saturday, telling us that even though he didn’t win, he loved the battle and going up against Jan Frodeno.

Jan Frodeno defended his world title on Saturday. It may not have looked like it from the outside, but Jan had some rough patches and did not have the perfect day that some assumed he was having. Great insight from Jan on his race.

The "Voice of the Ironman," Mike Reilly will be calling his 28th Kona on Saturday, his 158th Ironman race. He shares some of his favorite moments and talks about how this race has defined who he is and that incredible moment of midnight at the Kona finish line.

Coach Jim Vance discusses the marathon mile pace data he collects each year at the Ironman World Championship and how overall run performance for the pros compares to their mile 1 pace, 15K pace and total time. One of the major takeaways from his analysis: trust in your plan, keep a level head and pace your run smartly.

John Maclean was the first wheelchair athlete to finish the Ironman World Championship and continued to tackle athletic goals for years after that. A few years ago John took on one of his biggest challenges: to walk again.

20 years ago Luc Van Lierde won the first of two Ironman World Championship titles. Luc now coaches and has six pros racing on Saturday, including Frederik Van Lierde and Michelle Vesterby. The key that Luc tells his athletes? The most important thing for Kona is to be fresh on race day.

Dan Ashworth from Ashworth Awards came on to chat about the Ironman World Championship medals and our very unique TGINR medals.

Matt Dixon chats with Bob Babbitt about the Purple Patch athletes racing the Ironman World Championship on Saturday. He’s got four pros and 28 age groupers, so it will be a busy day of following them all. Here's Matt’s take on Jesse Thomas, Tim Reed, Sarah Piampiano, and Kevin Collington.

Scot Hollenbeck was paralyzed when he was 14 years old, and has fought tirelessly for the rights of disabled athletes for his adult life, including going all the way to the Supreme Court. Scot’s racing the Ironman World Championship on Saturday.

Jodie Swallow has had quite a year from a bike crash and broken elbow at Ironman South Africa to a dominating wire to wire win in Cairns, and then her recent win at the ITU Long Course World Championship.