Not just another Tuesday today! I've had the pleasure of chatting with the Race Director for Challenge Taiwan and Tri Asia, Michael Dhulst. He is also the Director of Sports for Thanyapura, a sports/education/lifestyle center in Phuket, Thailand. They have an amazing triathlon academy and world-class facilities and coaching in Thanyapura. Read on to get Michael's take on the future of triathlon in Asia, and his advice for athletes in choosing which races to do and which guides/coaches to follow, given the many options available  today.

You can't really call yourself a triathlete if you haven't heard of Australian legend, Belinda Granger. So cool to have had a few minutes today to chat about her plans for (gasp!) retirement, with last Sunday's Challenge Phuket being her last race as a full-time professional. And she also generously shares a few of her tricks to surviving and succeeding in a career that has spanned over 25 years and 50 iron distance races! 50! Fifty! F-i-f-t-y. Can't even imagine doing one yet.

I'm so excited to share the first entry in a series of posts I'm doing called Hey, Tuesday! Basically, on any given Tuesday, I'll be talking to interesting people in sport via social media. Then I'll be posting screen captures of our chats online the very same day. This means no editing and no censorship! Just serving awesome social media realness for you all! ;)

First on deck is Drew Arellano - TV show host, Ironman, entrepreneur, husband to actress/host/triathlete Iya Villania, and pretty much all-around cool guy in the local tri community.