Ryan Hall has had an amazing 12 months. Last April he broke the American record in his marathon debut, in November he won the US Olympic Marathon Trials and then a few weeks ago he ran an awesome 2:06:17 in his second attempt in London.

In his career Mark Whitehead won 137 criteriums, 200 track events and made the 1984 Olympic Team. In this wide ranging discussion he fills us in on racing with the legends of cycling, Greg LeMond and Davis Phinney, being married to another cycling legend, Rebecca Twigg, and what led to his decision to blood dope for the 1984 Olympics.

Davis Phinney, one of America's cycling legends and one of our all-time favorite guests, came on with us while recuperating from brain surgery. The wide ranging conversation covered everything from his surgery, dealing with Parkinson's Disease and the excitement around his son, Taylor Phinney, making the US Olympic team at the age of 17. this podcast brought to you by: www.audiblepodcast.com/competitors.

Chris Lieto has won three Ironman titles and has worked hard to move up the ranks of the Ironman elite. Last year in Kona he finished sixth, his best attempt yet, and ran a 3:00 hour marathon. Besides giving back to the environment by becoming the Green Athlete, Lieto is a family man who balances his time racing triathlon with time spent racing his bike.

Chris Lieto has won three Ironman titles and has worked hard to move up the ranks of the Ironman elite. Last year in Kona he finished sixth, his best attempt yet, and ran a 3:00 hour marathon. Besides giving back to the environment by becoming the Green Athlete, Lieto is a family man who balances his time racing triathlon with time spent racing his bike.

Torbjorn Sindballe from Denmark is one of the most likeable guys in the sport. A great cyclist, he had been frustrated about his inability to figure out how to deal with the heat of the Big Island. He spent the year leading up to the 2007 Ford Ironman World championship studying how his body reacts to heat and put it all into action in October. His third place finish shows that he has finally figured it out.

Micha Burden (pronounced Meeka) is one of the favorites to make it to Beijing as part of America's first ever 10K open water swim team. How tough is that event? Imagine a solid two hours of swimming averaging about 12 minutes per thousand meters.

Tyler Hamilton won a Gold Medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in the time trial. He rode with Lance on three Tour de France championship teams. He won a stage of the 2002 Giro and took second overall despite a fractured shoulder and took fourth overall at the 2003 Tour de France and won stage 16 despite a broken collarbone. But in 2004, his life changed forever when he was suspended from cycling for two years after two blood tests at the Vuelta showed evidence of a homologous blood transfusion. We spent a full hour with Tyler going through his career, the accusations against him and his new opportunity with Rock Racing.

Dan Browne, a 2004 Olympian with PRs of 27:42 for 10K and 2:11:35 for the marathon, came in studio to go through his career as we head towards the Olympic trials this summer

Jim Lampley is one the true legends of broadcasting. Whether it's the Olympics or the most important prize fight on the planet, Lampley is the guy on the microphone. Did you know that he was the announcer back in 1980 when ABC Wide World of Sports covered the Ironman Triathlon for the very first time? Or that he was the guy calling Julie Moss' infamous crawl, Joan Benoit's Olympic Marathon win in 1984 or the first ever Race Across America? His stories from those events are classic!