Crowie winning Ironman Melbourne 2012 Australian Pros at Kona – Last minute recap and a quick look at some of our top age groupers Everything has been said so it is hard to add anymore. This race is like the Melbourne Cup. Any number of pros can win this weekend. They are all playing their cards close to their chest and aren't giving away anything. So it is all left up to analysis and guess work. So for the […] By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
Craig Alexander, Pete Jacobs, Andreas Raelert, Jordan Rapp, Sebastian Kienle News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Sydney based age grouper Angus is ripped and ready to go this weekend. News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Some of the breakfast crew News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Felix and Macca at the announcement News & Racing Chris (Macca) McCormack signs a ten year deal with Challenge Family Challenge Family announced today at a media conference on the shores of Kona that they have signed a 10 year agreement with Chris McCormack. This is a partnership that will benefit both parties extensively. For Macca this sets him up for the next ten years in the sport (and beyond) By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Clayton Fettell taking a very satisfying win after a mechanical put him out of the 70.3 World Champs in Las Vegas recently. News & Racing Clayton Fettell wins Ultimate Triathlon Forster with a dominating performance Australian long course triathlon racing was back in Forster this weekend and there was a solid field of pro males racing. Headlining the race was Clayton Fettell, Tim Berkel along with a a host of guys wanting to perform well against these two proven big names. As expected Fettell got the jump on th By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Interviews Kona Reflections with Bruce Thomas Four-time Australian Ultra Distance Triathlon Champion Bruce Thomas shares his Kona journey and insights on the sport's evolution. By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Mark Fiore and Stephen Bingham News & Racing Kona – Pre Race Tuesday Afternoon The afternoon at Kona saw some cloud cover come over and the temp dropped slightly. We caught up with age grouper and cool surf board shaper dude Eden Saul. Eden is looking and sounding very relaxed. We had a coffee at Lava Java and chatted about everything. The guys at BSc sound like they have [&he By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Check out the helmet! News & Racing Kona – Pre Race Tuesday Morning This is our first time in Kona and it is starting to heat up both figuratively and literally. The town is buzzing with all the product companies setting up their exhibitions ready to go Wednesday morning. The coffee at Lava Java is good. Everyone kept telling us to go there. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Eden running at Ironman Cairns © Adam Weathered 2012 www.adamweathered.com Interviews Kona Bound Age Grouper and Surfboard Shaper Eden Saul talks with Trizone Surfboard shaper Eden Saul qualifies for the 2012 IRONMAN World Championship after his first Ironman in June, showcasing his determination and athletic prowess. By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
Early days for Melissa Hauschildt News & Racing Nepean Triathlon winners back to claim more titles 2011 Nepean winner Tim Reed has entered to defend his title and following his victory in the Yeppoon 70.3 is on form to post back to back victories. 2010 Nepean winner Michelle Wu and Yeppoon 70.3 ladies champion Lisa Marangon will be pushing the pace for the ladies in an attempt to claim the handic By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Clayton Fettell and Tim Berkel to headline the Forster Ultimate Triathlon this weekend The Australian long course triathlon season kicks off this weekend at the traditional home of triathlon, Forster. Whilst Yeppoon was held in August and there was the Tri-Port Half Iron Distance Triathlon in September for most the season proper starts in October after a winter off to repair and build By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Leon Griffin shown here at Ironman Australia 2012 News & Racing Lance Armstrong edges out Australia’s Leon Griffin to win the Superfrog Triathlon Lance Armstrong made a long awaited return to triathlon this weekend past with a win in the 34th Superfrog Half Iron Distance triathlon. Exiting the water behind Australia's Leon Griffin, Armstrong set about catching Griffin on the bike but could not / did not shake him on this occassion. The By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Melissa breaking the winners tape yet again – Photo Credit: Clyde Max Watts News & Racing Melissa Hauschildt wins ESI Ironman 70.3 Augusta Triathlon Melissa Hauschildt is back to her winning ways in the only way she knows how. After giving second placed Emma Kate Lidbury almost two minutes head start in the swim Melissa then set about neutralising that deficit on the bike before she ran away from the field to take the win in a new course [&helli By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
The three leading Australian women were pushing the pace on the run – Credit: Triathlon.org | Delly Carr / ITU News & Racing Moffatt, Densham and Gentle only seconds off the win at ITU World Triathlon Yokohama Erin Densham's lead in the ITU Triathlon World Championship is reduced to just 30 points after finishing fifth in Yokohama, with Lisa Norden winning the race. By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
Emma Jackson News & Racing Time for break says tired Emma Jackson who withdraws from ITU World Championships Triathlon's London Olympic rookie Emma Jackson has today reluctantly withdrawn from the Australian team for next month's ITU World Championship final in Auckland, stating she is “mentally and physically spent†after the biggest year of her life. Jackson produced an outstanding perfor By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Erin Densham surprised herself with a 2nd – Credit: Triathlon.org | Janos Schmidt / ITU News & Racing Quiet Achiever Erin Densham leads Australian girls into Yokohama ITU Triathlon World Series If ever there was one quiet achiever amongst Australia's Olympic medallists in London this year then triathlete Erin Densham takes the gold. Densham, the 27-year-old nomad who was born in Sydney, lives in Melbourne and spends her competitive year between Spain, France and the US and wherever t By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Triathlon running shoe Gear & Tech PEARL iZUMi Triathlon Specific Running Shoe – ISO Transition I got these new Pearl Izumi ISO Transitions a few weeks ago. I had no idea what I was getting and was pleasantly surprised when I opened the box. Like the shoe that Zoot brought us a few years ago this Pearl Izumi triathlon specific shoe does not have a tradition tongue. It has a […] By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
The Aussie guys were never far off the pace – Credit: Triathlon.org | Arnold Lim / ITU News & Racing Australian Young ITU Guns have solid showing in ITU World Cup in Tongyeong, Korea Ryan Fischer, Ryan Bailie, Drew Box and Peter Kerr all had solid races to finish in the top 11 at the ITU World Cup race in Korea over the weekend. For most of the Australian's racing at Korea over the weekend this was the end of a long European season and a final hit out […] By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Jet Cycles Specialized Concept Store in Sydney A couple of months ago Mark Newton and his team from Jet Cycles opened a Specialized concept store in Sydney. Mark Newton has been around the sport of triathlon for a very long time and with credits such as 'Coach of ITU World Champion Pete Robertson' to his plus his bike fitting experie By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Some good results for the young Aussies – Credit: Triathlon.org | Arnold Lim / ITU News & Racing Three Australian Women in Top Ten at ITU World Cup in Tongyeong, Korea New Zealand Olympian Nicky Samuels scored a dominating wire-to-wire victory today in Tongyeong, Korea for her second career ITU World Cup title. Following a successful two-woman bike breakaway with Korea's Yun-Jung Jang, Samuels held off the hard-charging Maria Czesnik (POL) and Yuka Sato (JPN By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
Some Science Behind Swim Propulsion – How much of your arm stroke effort is wasted? As you swim, have you ever wondered how much of your arm stroke effort is wasted? What percentage really goes into pushing you forwards through the water and what is lost as water movement down, to the side and into eddies? The technical term for this is 'propelling efficiency' and it makes By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Felicity grabbing the world title News & Racing Australia’s Felicity Sheedy-Ryan wins Gold at 2012 ITU Duathlon World Championships in Nancy, France The shaded run and technical bike course that wound around UNESCO heritage site Place Stanislas provided the perfect backdrop for Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (AUS) to claim gold at the 2012 ITU Duathlon World Championships in Nancy, France. Although Sheedy-Ryan has been absent from the duathlon scene since By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Gear & Tech New Pearl Izumi ‘Try Fly Octane’ Triathlon Cycling Shoe ALL NEW OCTANE 1:1 Power Plate: Octane Grade Uni-Directional Carbon for feather-light stiffness We received these new shoes from Pearl Izumi along with some awesome new runners recently. The first thing we noticed was the weight or lack of. They weigh absolutely nothing. Well technically they do wei By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
