News & Racing Victoria’s Degani Kinglake Ride 2010 is on September 12 Victoria's Degani Kinglake Ride is just over a month away and if you have been inspired by the Tour de France then this is something you should do. Voice of Tour de France, Phil Liggett is the event ambassador this year. There are two climbs to challenge you during the ride and options of a 70 By Karl Hayes • 16 years ago
Training and the Immune System As endurance athletes, the majority of our focus is on training the cardiovascular system. We are always looking to the next major goal and trying to become faster and stronger. The ability to race to your potential is dependent on the quality of our training as well as our ability to recover from t
Aug 5, 2010 Victoria’s Degani Kinglake Ride 2010 is on September 12 Victoria's Degani Kinglake Ride is just over a month away and if you have been inspired by the Tour de France then this is something you should do. Voice of Tour de France, Phil Liggett is the event ambassador this year. There are two climbs to challenge you during the ride and options of a 70
Aug 4, 2010 Training and the Immune System As endurance athletes, the majority of our focus is on training the cardiovascular system. We are always looking to the next major goal and trying to become faster and stronger. The ability to race to your potential is dependent on the quality of our training as well as our ability to recover from t
Aug 4, 2010 Ollie Whistler Places 6th at Belgium Ironman 70.3 Triathlon and Talks about his Last Year and his Focus on becoming one of the Best Up and coming Australian triathlete Ollie Whistler had a great race on July 24 at the Belgium 70.3 in Antwerp placing 6th overall in a time of 3:49:10, just under 4min behind first placed Bart Aernouts. In June Ollie raced in Switzerland in the Powerbar Ironman 70.3 and placed 22nd. This time in Bel
Aug 4, 2010 Mirinda Carfrae wins Ironman Calgary 70.3 Triathlon and Paul Matthews Third The second edition of the Viterrra Ironman 70.3 Calgary saw cool and wet conditions here in the western province of Alberta. In the women's race we had Australian Mirinda Carfrae, the 2008 Foster Grant Ironman 70.3 Champion and 2009 Viterrra Ironman 70.3 Calgary champion; two-time Ironman cham
Aug 3, 2010 Australian’s Josh Rix and Matty White Podium at the Steelhead Ironman 70.3 in Michigan After a great training session in Breckenridge last week Matty White managed to convince Josh Rix to go to Michigan and race the Steelhead 70.3. As you can see from the headline it turned out to be a good idea. Aussies Jason Shortis and Adam Holborrow also raced with Jason 6th and Adam 13th. Read [&
Aug 2, 2010 Lisa Marangon and Kate Bevilaqua finish 3rd and 4th at Ironman Lake Placid Triathlon The last 4 days have been a whirl wind of adventures and I have loved it! I had the opportunity to have a look around Lake Placid. After transferring from the Comfort Inn into a house near the swim start 2 days before the race I was so lucky to be sharing with Sheri Fraser. […]
Aug 1, 2010 How are Professional Triathletes Drug Tested? The ITU will Implement a new Biological Passport Program The International Triathlon Union today announced that it will institute its own Athlete Biological Passport programme to ensure the most solid testing programme possible, promoting the right of all ITU athletes to fair and clean competitions. ITU is proud of being an international sport federation
Jul 31, 2010 World Number 3 Raf Baugh is using the Australian Duathlon Championships to Launch his Bid for the 2010 ITU Duathlon Crown Elite athlete Raf Baugh has earmarked the Australian Duathlon Championships, to be held in South Australia's beautiful Barossa Valley on August 15, as the perfect platform to launch his bid to become a world champion. Ranked number three in the world for the run-bike-run discipline of duathlon
Jul 30, 2010 Challenge Wanaka Announces Training Camp with Samantha Warriner Challenge Wanaka have announced a weekend training camp with former ITU World Champion Samantha Warriner. Sam Warriner is one of New Zealand's most successful triathletes. She was ITU World Champion in 2008 and has won numerous Olympic and half iron distance titles in her highly respected care
Jul 29, 2010 Trisuit – Liftfoil Speed Trisuit by De Soto 2011 Liftfoil Speed Trisuit – not rubberized USAT approved and WTC Legal This speedsuit has no rubberized material, no polyurethane, and no neoprene. It abides to WTC’s recent ruling on swimskins, speedskins, swim apparel…whatever WTC wants to call it. Now we offer it with our colorful one-piece float pad (same pad found in our Forza Riviera Tri Short and Forza ITU Trisuit0. Since the pad floats, you swim faster. This unique pad stretches with the short and follows your skin as it moves on th
Jul 29, 2010 Dry Land Strength Training for Swimmers by Ben Greenfield The benefits of strength training cannot be denied – reduced risk of injury, enhanced force application, higher economy and efficiency, speedier metabolism, and greater power. (Video)