News & Racing 1.65m Reasons to be a top ITU Triathlete Prize money from the seven Series events and the year-end bonus pool will total $1.65-million USD. The Grand Final in Beijing-contested on the 2008 Olympic venue-will feature a $250,000 prize purse while the prize money for every other Series event will be $150,000. Athletes will vie for an addition By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Beijing Olympian Erin Densham, and 2012 London Olympic hopeful Brenden Sexton win Gatorade St Kilda triathlon Beijing Olympian Erin Densham, and 2012 London Olympic hopeful Brenden Sexton took the line honours against the Series' strongest fields this season. Sexton managed to hold off Victorian Institute of Sport's Peter Kerr, Gatorade Portarlington winner Craig McKenzie and Jimmy Johnsen of De By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Luke McKenzie and Kate Major get Podiums at Ironman 70.3 San Juan Australian Luke McKenzie has backed up from Abu Dhabi with a 3rd place finish at the inaugural Ironman 70.3 San Juan on the scenic Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. Kate Major took second place in the womans event. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore won by ITU Triathlon Specialist Kris Gemmell Olympic distance ITU triathlete Kris Gemmell has taken out the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore ahead of South Africa's James Cunnama with Pete Jacobs third. Christian Kemp came in 7th place over all. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Olympian Erin Densham to race the St Kilda Triathlon Beijing Olympian Erin Densham is set to take part in the Gatorade Triathlon Series finale, the St Kilda Triathlon, at Catani Gardens this Sunday 20th March, 2011. Australia's own Olympic and World Class triathlete, Emma Snowsill, will also be in attendance. The mens field will be very copmpeti By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Lisa Norden and Christian Kemp win Huskisson Sprint Triathlon 2011 The Huskisson Triathlon Festival sprint triathlon race normally sees the pro tour triathletes racing for their end of season points. This year however was different with most of the top young triathletes in Wellington New Zealand racing for ITU Oceania Cup points. This did not detract from the day i By Karl Hayes • 9 min read
Interviews Chris ‘Macca’ McCormack on his ITU Comeback Chris 'Macca' McCormack is embarking on possibly one of his biggest challenges to date. Over the next year, Macca has to get his swim in line with the fastest ITU guys and then be able to get off the bike and run 10kms in under 30 minutes. One thing that someone like Macca can do [&helli By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Pete Jacobs and Michelle Wu win Australian Long Course Triathlon Championship Although the mens field was some what diminished with so many Australian long course athletes racing for the cash in Abu Dhabi, Pete Jacobs still put in a world class performance to comfortably take out the mens title in 3:38:57 at Huskisson, NSW, ahead of Sydney Olympic bronze medalist Jan Rehula, By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Huskisson Australian Long Course Race Preview The 2011 Jervis Bay Triathlon Festival is on this weekend and whilst the men’s open field is missing 2 or 3 bigger names we will still see Pete Jacobs, Ollie Whistler, Adam Holborrow and a handful of other potential podium finishers racing. Olympic and sprint distance proponent Michael Fox By Karl Hayes • 10 min read
Maximising Cycling Power Mechanics – The Three Essentials you need to do Imagine trying to hit a ball with a flexible bat, you lose energy and have to put in more effort compared to a rigid bat for the same result. If you use a rigid bat you can transfer more energy to the ball and it travels further. Your foot is a flexible system with an inbuilt arch and foot angulatio By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Triathlete Pete Jacobs Signed by Boardman Bikes High-end performance bicycle brand, Boardman Bikes is pleased to announce the sponsorship of Australian Professional Triathlete, Pete Jacobs. Boardman Bikes will support Jacobs for 2011 and 2012 with the aim of committing to a long-term relationship with the promising long course Triathlete. The Australian joins the likes of World and By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Abu Dhabi Triathlon Women’s Preview with Caroline Steffen and Christie Sym The women's field is headed by Julie Dibens, Leanda Cave and last year's fastest runner at Abu Dhabi and the runner up in the 2010 Hawaii Ironman World Championship Caroline Steffen. Australian Christie Sym will be hoping to be right up there with these women. Trizone spoke to Steffen an By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Abu Dhabi Triathlon Men’s Preview – Triathlon’s Hottest Field outside of Kona Abu Dhabi International Triathlon has the hottest field outside of the Hawaii Ironman World Championship (or maybe even equal to in the men's side). This is a who's who of the top long course athletes in the world. In its second running those who stayed away last year have obviously thou By Karl Hayes • 8 min read
News & Racing Cameron Brown Makes it Ten, Sam Warriner Wins at First Attempt at Ironman New Zealand In heavy rain Cameron Brown claimed his record-setting 10th victory at Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman New Zealand as Samantha Warriner claimed her first Ironman title beating both defending Ironman world champion Mirinda Carfrae and seven times Ironman New Zealand winner Jo Lawn. The victo By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Triathlon Training with Macca and Pete Jacobs BPM Sport recently put together a training day with Chris (Macca) McCormack and Peter Jacobs as the two guest coaches for the day. It was more than coaching as we found out with Pete and Macca talking freely about everything during the day. Read on to see what happened and why it was such an amazing By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
Interviews Sam Warriner Prepares for Battle with Jo Lawn and Mirinda Carfrae at Ironman New Zealand After a sucessful heart operation Sam Warriner is ready to take on the world at Ironman New Zealand, even when that world includes current World Champion Mirinda Carfrae and 7 times IM NZ Champion Jo Lawn. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Kenji Nener and Chloe Turner win Round 6 of Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series Western Australia's Kenji Nener and the Sunshine Coast's Chloe Turner claimed their first wins of the 2010/11 Gatorade Queensland Tri Series at Raby Bay where sweltering conditions made for a tough race over the 400m swim, 15km cycle and 4km run. It was a come from behind victory for Nen By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Lisa Norden and Ben Hammond win Trishave Sydney Sprint Series Race 4 2011 On a day that saw two ironman world champions racing at Kurnell we saw a great women's race with current world ITU No.3 Lisa Norden go head to head with Lisa Marangon. The only difference between the two lead women was half a minute in the 5km run. Ben Hammond wrapped up the series with [&hell By Karl Hayes • 8 min read
News & Racing Former Ironman World Champion Michellie Jones and ITU World Number 3 Lisa Norden to headline Sydney Sprint Series at Kurnell In what is arguably the hottest female field to be assembled at Kurnell in a long time former Ironman World Champion, Olympic silver medallist and two times ITU world champion Michellie Jones, current world ITU number 3 Lisa Norden, Lisa Marangon, Matilda Raynolds, Anel Stewart and up and coming ag By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series Round 6 – Bryce McMaster and Maddison Allen look to hang on Raby Bay is set to play host to a full house of rising young stars at Race 6 of the Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series this Sunday. This will mark the last race before the Grand Final of the series due to be held on the Gold Coast Tri – Luke Harrop Memorial on May 1, 2011. Race 6 will be held ov By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Richie Cunningham Fourth and Kate Major Second at Rev 3 Triathlon Costa Rica Australia's Richie Cunningham has this morning finished 4th at the Rev 3 Triathlon in Costa Rica. The event was won by local athlete Leonardo Chacon ahead of America's Manny Huerta and Brian Fleischmann. Kate Major was second in the womans race behind America's Kelly Williamson. An By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Olympic triathletes Emma Moffatt and Brad Kahlefeldt win Australian Sprint Triathlon Championships in Geelong Olympic triathletes Emma Moffatt and Brad Kahlefeldt have kick-started their 2011 World Championship campaigns with victories in the Australian Sprint Triathlon Championships in Geelong. Two-time and defending world champion Moffatt who showed all her class, when she ran away on the final lap of the By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Geelong Triathlon – a Who’s Who of Australia’s Short Course Triathletes Due to inclement weather the schedule for the Geelong Multisport weekend has been changed with all elite races now taking place on Sunday. The starter list is a who's who of the young guns coming through in the sport along with a few older and very experienced hands. Brad Kahlefeldt, Laurent V By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Emma Moffatt and Brad Kahlefeldt Headline Australian National Elite Sprint Championships in Geelong Beijing Olympians, reigning World Champion Emma Moffatt and 2010 bronze medallist Brad Kahlefeldt will headline this weekend's Australian National Elite Sprint Triathlon Championships in Geelong. It will be the first race in the Triathlon Australia 2011 National Triathlon Championship Series, By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
