Post Tagged with: "Kona"
Urban Hotel Group Ironman Melbourne 2013 Kona Qualifiers
100 people are going to be living (and reliving) the dream this October after securing one of the slots that were on offer last Sunday at the Urban Hotel Group Ironman Melbourne. Sunday was a tough day at the office and these 100 people were able to get through a challenging albeit short swim, a [...]
Pete Jacobs on 2013, Sebastian Kienle, Marathons, Alcatraz and a couple of swim secrets
With 2013 now locked in place Pete Jacobs can put the showbiz behind him and start to focus on the big prize, the Ironman World Championship in October. Who can match him at Kona this year? Sebastian Kienle is the man talked about the most. There is no doubt he can out ride pretty much [...]
Leanda Cave wins the 2012 Ironman World Championship
Leanda Cave has put in a late effort on the run to pass Caroline Steffen with around 3 miles to go and take the 2012 World Ironman Championship crown. Always threatening early on in the run was eventual third placed Australian Mirinda Carfrae. Carfrae laid it all down early on to try and take back [...]
Pete Jacobs wins the Ironman World Championship 2012
Pete Jacobs has pulled off the 6th win by an Australian male in a row. Jacobs did not waste energy trying to get a break in the swim. Instead he stayed with the main riders and made sure he was always covering the strong runners. There was a large contingent heading out of T1 behind [...]
What are the Top Pros Paying at Kona 2012 with less than 12 hours to go?
At Trizone we have been suggesting this week that David Dellow is a possible wildcard for a podium. We have just looked up the latest odds on www.sportingbet.com.au and here they are with one more sleep to go. David Dellow is equal 5th favourite with Pete Jacobs second favourite behind Craig Alexander. Chris McCormack is [...]
Kona – Pre Race Thursday
Thursday saw things start to quiet down a bit in Kona as all the athletes start to relax before the weekend. We had a catch up with the aerodynamicist behind the Cervelo P5 and will post the interview later. Another swim was done in the morning with us just out in time to see the [...]
Ironman World Championship Pre Race Media Conference 2012 – Kona
At the Ironman World Chamapionship 2012 Media Conference today were Kelly Williamson, Rachel Joyce, Leanda Cave, Caroline Steffen, Miranda Carfrae, Sebastian Kienle, Jordan Rapp, Andreas Raelert, Pete Jacobs and Craig Alexander. Greg Welch introduced them all and we had a few words from each of them before the questions flowed. Craig Alexander is preparing for [...]
Kona – Pre Race Wednesday
Wednesday started of with a swim and breakfast with Pete Jacobs courtesy of Shotz Sports Nutrition. This was a lot of fun as you would expect. We meet some more Australian age groupers (and some we already know) who will be racing Kona this weekend. Gregory Farrell was like a giddy school girl when he [...]
Shotz Sports Nutrition Kona swim and breakfast with Pete Jacobs
Shotz Sports Nutrition organised a swim and breakfast for a group of Australia triathletes this morning with Ironman World Champion title contender Pete Jacobs. As one of the top guys in the sport Jacobs is finding this week a little more hectic than previous races here. He is now one of the main guys that [...]
Kona Reflections with Bruce Thomas
In the lead up to Kona Trizone caught up with 4 times Australian Ultra Distance Triathlon Champion, Australian Ironman Hall of Fame inductee and multiple Kona finisher Bruce Thomas. Bruce first competed at Kona in 1991, having qualified at Forster. In those days athletes did not need to nominate as pro or age groupers, you [...]
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