News & Racing Australia’s Craig Alexander and Belinda Granger win Ironman 70.3 Hawaii 2013 Craig Alexander has shown that he is back in business by winning the Hawaii 70.3 by over six minutes. Crowie's bike time was dominant and set him up for the win. Another Australian Paul Matthews was second with Damon Barnett from USA 3rd. Continuing with the Australian theme recent Ironman Aus By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Mont-Tremblant, Canada to host the 2014 Ironman 70.3 World Championship IRONMAN today announced that it has chosen Mont-Tremblant, Québec, Canada to host the 2014 IRONMAN® 70.3® World Championship triathlon. The championship race will be held on September 7, 2014 and marks the first time in IRONMAN history that a single location has the privil By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Annabel’s second win from her third start in long course triathlons News & Racing Annabel Luxford and Christian Kemp take on stong fields at Rev3 Quassy 2013 Annabel Luxford and Chris Kemp will be going up against very strong professional fields this weekend at Rev3 Quassy half iron distance race in Connecticut. Racing with Kemp and Luxford are fellow Australian’s Mirinda Carfrae, Carrie Lester, Joe Gambles, Richie Cunningham, Paul Ambrose, Matthew Pellow and Sam Douglas. Wattie By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
The Xman’s 2013 Ironman Cairns Age Group Preview Victoria's Xavier Coppock once again previews the real race going at Cairns next weekend. The Iroman age group field has a battle for Kona spots in every category. There are sheep stations on the line and glory from 18-24 years olds right through to 70+. 95%+ of the race is about age groupers By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
So I have registered for my first Ironman So I have registered for my first Ironman. I have registered to do Ironman New Zealand in 2014. I am not Robinson Crusoe. There are tens of thousands who have gone before me. Yet still the dream of completing my first triathlon 'Mount Everest' is huge. Just go to the finishline of any Ir By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing A Canadian home for Ironman 70.3 World Championship? We are hearing some exciting news out of Canada. It is rumoured that there will be an announcement tomorrow (Friday local time) from Ironman CEO Andrew Messick. He is in Mont Tremblant along with Quebec Prime Minister / Premier Pauline Marois. This is the site for the North American Ironman Champion By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Oh what a feeling! News & Racing Ironman 70.3 Hawaii Race Preview – Honu Half Ironman This weekend’s ‘Honu 70.3’ as it is commonly known is set to be an epic race with the winners of the last two Hawaii Ironman World Championship titles going head to head. Pete Jacobs and Craig Alexander will be up against some very fast challengers over this distance. By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Aaron celebrates becoming the U23 World Champ “Credit: Triathlon.org | Delly Carr / ITU News & Racing Madrid ITU World Series Triathlon Australian Team Preview The Australian triathlon team shows strong potential for the Rio 2016 Olympics, with standout performances and promising young athletes making their mark this season. By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
Rachael Smith on the way to her overall victory – Photo Credit: JWorsfold / Marathon-Photos.com – Copyrighted to Marathon Photos.com News & Racing 2013 Busselton 70.3 fastest female Dr Rachael Smith talks to Trizone Anonymity is something on the national scene Dr Rachael Smith used to enjoy, however her 4:17 at the recent Busselton 70.3 certainly has got a few tongues wagging around the country, although none of the WA locals are surprised. Rachael has been a very fast girl on the swim, bike & run for the p By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
Super Sprint CEO David Hansen on the microphone at Falls Creek in 2012 News & Racing David Hansen of Super Sprint Events on all things Challenge Melbourne The man arguably responsible for launching more age group triathlon careers than anyone else and one of the longest serving race directors in Australia is David Hansen of SuperSprint Events. Based in Melbourne Hansen, along with wife Penny and a great team of dedicated and experienced people, run mo By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Testing win for Chris McCormack at inaugural Challenge Rimini A thrilling finish and testing conditions made up the inaugural Challenge Rimini at the weekend which saw Chris McCormack (AUS) and Erika Csomor (HUN) take top honours. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Pete Jacobs winning the 2012 Urban Hotel Group Ironman 70.3 Cairns News & Racing Courtney Atkinson and Brad Khalefeldt fuel Pete Jacobs need for speed IRONMAN World Champion Pete Jacobs makes his long-awaited return to racing in Australia when he defends his IRONMAN 70.3 Cairns title on Sunday 9 June. There's no chance for Jacobs to ease his way back into top competition in IRONMAN Cairns 70.3, as he takes on a white-hot field including two By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Gear & Tech Review: Suunto Ambit 2S Over the last few weeks I have been trying out the Suunto Ambit 2S. As with our other report on the Suunto Ambit 2GPS this is very much a personal review from an average user rather than an in depth technical review, which if you are interested can be found here. Given that it is […] By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Jesse Featonby in action during an earlier race News & Racing Jesse Featonby and Kirralee Seidel win 2013 Chizhou ITU Triathlon Premium Asian Cup Jesse Featonby overcame some challenging times to take out a career best result at the 2013 Chizhou ITU Triathlon Premium Asian Cup last weekend. With a great all round race Featonby found himself at the head of the race on to the run and never looked back. This is a strong result for Featonby and [ By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
Bill Chaffey is an inspiration to all Interviews Where there’s a will there’s a way – Bill Chaffey continues to inspire Bill Chaffey, a partially paralysed triathlete who has been crowned World Para Triathlon Champion three times, dreams of qualifying for the IRONMAN World Championship. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee bring Brownlee Triathlon to Yorkshire Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, London 2012 Olympic Gold and Bronze medallists, are bringing a brand new open water super-sprint triathlon to Yorkshire on Saturday 21st September 2013. They have announced that in partnership with The National Trust, the 'Brownlee Tri' will be taking place at th By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Join us for a full breakfast on Monday morning after Ironman Cairns News & Racing Toyota Australia Cairns Breakfast with the Pros 2013 – Special guests Pete Jacobs and Liz Blatchford Thanks to Toyota Australia, Trizone and Healthwise Active Travel, you have the unique opportunity to experience a 'Cairns Ironman and 70.3' post-race breakfast with the pros. Discuss the previous day's race with your fellow triathletes, as well as World Ironman Champion  By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Javier Gomez taking a great win News & Racing Golden debut for Javier Gomez Noya at Challenge Half Barcelona In his first middle distance competition, Javier Gómez Noya spectacularly won both the Half Distance Triathlon European Championship and Challenge Half Barcelona this Sunday.  Camilla Pedersen (DEN) took the women's title for the second year in a row. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Caption News & Racing Terenzo Bozzone bounces back with race record win in Ironman 70.3 Florida The 2008 IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Terenzo Bozzone has put his injury problems behind him with a comeback win in Florida today. The 28 year old won in his first race back following a freak accident four months ago. He withdrew from his home city IRONMAN Asia Pacific Championships By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
LouisBauer / Pixabay Triathlon Speed and Strength Training With your endurance banked, now is the time to be working on your strength, speed, explosiveness and getting everything in order. In my last couple of articles, I have talked about preparing for your race season, setting achievable goals for yourself and the importance of strength and endurance trai By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Ironman Cairns and 70.3 Cairns Pro Start Lists The official start lists from Ironman Cairns and Ironman 70.3 Cairns have been released.We will update this over the next few days. Some good fields on paper. Any one of four or five guys could take out the Ironman with four obvious women in the running. We will see Michelle Wu and Liz Blatchford ma By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Ride known courses Gear & Tech More Testing With The About To Be Released Wahoo Kickr Indoor Power Trainer I have been doing a few sessions over the last couple of weeks using the Wahoo Kickr and as promised I am going to give you all the scoop on why I think the Kickr is a must for every triathlete’s Christmas wish list this year. I have been By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
One of the resorts on Bintan News & Racing MetaMan iron distance triathlon lays down $40,000 for both male and female winners With Kiwi powerhouse triathletes Cameron Brown, Gina Crawford, Joanne Lawn up against Belinda Granger, Brett Carter (winner 2012) and Fredrik Croneborg (runner up 2012) amongst others the 2013 MetaMan will see significant growth over the successful launch in 2012. To compliment the full distance the By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Challenge Melbourne 2014 sells out The successful launch of Challenge Family with three events into Australia continues with Challenge Melbourne selling out today with over 1200 competitors. "I couldn't be happier with the response from athletes and industry people to the announcement of Challenge Melbourne," said D By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
