Interviews Macca Unfiltered: Raw, Real, and Still Calling the Shots Chris McCormack talks Kona, rivalries, and his place in triathlon history—bold, opinionated, and always ready for a fight. By Karl Hayes • 23 min read
News & Racing Sam Douglas and Gillian Backhouse win Nowra Olympic Distance Triathlon It was a tough day at the office for many reasons today in Nowra. The times were all a bit slower than normal. The run in particular. It was a solid 10kms and not over.The swim was a non-wetsuit, fresh water river swim. It was warm so we would By Karl Hayes • 8 min read
News & Racing Jamie Whyte and Belinda Granger win Challenge Wanaka Triathlon Rising New Zealand professional triathlete Jamie Whyte fought off gusting winds and a tough challenge on the run from veteran Aussie Courtney Ogden and Kiwi Bevan McKinnon to claim the biggest victory of his career with a wire-to- wire win in 9hrs 3min at the fifth Challenge Wanaka long-course triat By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Laurent Vidal steals the Tony Dodds Show and his Money at the Contact Triathlon Series Wanaka turned on a stunning day as thousands lined the lakefront and the bars and restaurants to watch world class triathlon in the latest round of the Contact Tri Series but to their dismay it was a Frenchman who stole the day and took the money from local hope Tony By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Nowra Round of Elite Energy’s triseries on this Sunday Round four of the triseries is on this weekend in Nowra. Round four sees the Olympic distance event return. Winner of the Olympic distance race in round two at Huskisson, Michael Fox is back to defend his title. Michael raced last weekend in Melbourne after a break during the Xmas season. On the mic By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Kiwi Triathlete Tony Dodds Offers to Double the Prize Money if he is Beaten So far those to take up Dood's challenge include Ryan Sissons, James Elvery, Laurent Vidal, Kris Gemmell, Martin Van Barneveld, Dylan McNeice and youngsters William Prior and Cameron Goldsmid with others rumoured to be joining them in the race for the cash. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Interviews Professional Triathlete Josh Rix on the Comeback Trail Josh Rix had his best year ever of racing in 2010. He had a second at the Steelhead 70.3 in Michigan and a very close second at the Shepparton half ironman. He also placed in the top ten in four other major 70.3 races in the USA against some very strong competition. With Challenge Wanaka coming up t By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Triathlon New South Wales Annual Combined Squads Camp At the beginning of each year TNSW holds an annual camp. The camp comprises members of the various representative squads (EDS, ITU Junior/Under 23/EAS) gathering at a nominated venue for 4 days of training, technical analysis, and workshops. This year the camp was at The State Sports Centre – Runa By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Kristian McCartney and Madeline Oldfield win Race 3 of the Gatorade Triathlon Series in Victoria Three time Gatorade Triathlon Series Winner Kristian McCartney clocked up an impressive time of 1hr, 55mins to take out the Victorian Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships 2011. Doubling as the Victorian Championships, Race 3 of the Gatorade Triathlon Series was held at Sandringham on Sunday 9th By Karl Hayes • 9 min read
News & Racing Belinda Granger and Courtney Ogden Head up Australian Challenge at Wanaka This year's Challenge Wanaka to be held on 15 January features multiple iron distance champion Belinda Granger and two times ironman champion Courtney Odgen as well as current world age group champion Belinda Harper (NZL) and Challenge Barcelona winner Jimmy Johnsen (DEN). The field includes a By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Training The Next Revolution in Swim Training For many years the analysis of performance in swimming has been tedious and manual. Cycling training has been transformed by power meters and power training, Running has been greatly impacted by GPS to provide pacing information. Accelerometers popular in consumer devices such as iPhone and Wii games are now being By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Graham O’Grady and Joanna Lawn win Port of Tauranga Half Ironman 2011 – Full Podium Results Graham O'Grady and Joanna Lawn have won the 2011 Port Of Tauranga Half Ironman. Graham O'Grady lead from start to finish just managing to hold off a fast finishing Callum Millward who ran the half marathon just over four and a half minutes quicker than O'Grady. Jo Lawn had to fight By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Your Chance to Train with Chris McCormack, Pete Jacobs, Mirinda Carfrae and Belinda and Justin Granger Sunday 30th of January 2011 will see 2010 Ironman World Champion, Chris “Macca” McCormack co-host the Sydney edition of the training series. He will be joined by the man that posted the fastest run split in 2010 at Kona, Pete Jacobs. BPM-Sport.com’s Nicole Gallagher said “In January 2010, By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Science in Sport (SiS) Introduces the Worlds first Award Winning Isotonic Energy Gel GO GEL uses a unique formulation that makes it possible for athletes and sportspeople to take onboard significant carbohydrate without compromising hydration. Each GO Gel sachet contains 22g of isotonic carbohydrate energy, that's enough energy for 25 to 35 minutes of exercise. Find out how to get By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing 2011 Port of Tauranga Half Ironman Womens Preview With Caroline Steffen out of the Port of Tauranga Half Ironman the women's field has opened up slightly. Anna Cleaver, Rebekah Keat, Joanna Lawn, Nicole Ward and Rachael Paxton are all hoping to put in a performance that will propel them to first across the line. By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Cameron Brown and Joanna Lawn warm up for Tauranga Half Ironman with Impressive Performances at Whangamata Olympic Distance Triathlon Cameron Brown turned back the clock twenty years after winning his first triathlon in senior company to once again claim the Whangamata round of the Contact Tri Series. Joanna Lawn put in a great performance but was just edged out for first place by 19 year old Rebecca Kingsford. The women's r By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
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News & Racing Chrissie Wellington: Moving Ironman Triathlon forward and some Interesting Male-Female Comparisons of where She Lies in History The guys at Science of Sport have put together a list of their top sports people in 2010. This covers amongst many people Chrissie Wellington's dominance in the events she raced in. They loook at female v male performances in long distance triathlon. There are some great additional comments fr By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Inaugural Budgie Smugglers Triathlon was held on Christmas Eve at Cronulla Paul Ambrose and Chris Stanton organised the inaurgal Budgie Smugglers Triathlon at Cronulla Beach on Christmas Eve. Taking part were Ambrose and Stanton, Chris McCormack, Craig Alexander, Chris Allum, Mick Maroney and a few other top athletes. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Ironman WA Half Full within Thirty Minutes of Entries Opening Organisers have confirmed that in line with recent trends for iron distance races in this part of the world, fifty percent of available places for the 2011 Sunsmart Ironman WA taking place on Sunday, December 4, were snapped up within 30 minutes of entries opening. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing New Pro Triathlete Matilda Raynolds on her First Major Podium in a Half Ironman Matilda Raynolds is in her first year as a pro and whilst she has had a few podiums at Olympic and sprint distance this is her first podium at a major long distance race. I asked her today about whether it had sunk in. The race for Matilda came off well and she was happy to be able to back herself a By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing New Zealand Triathletes offered free membership to Tri NZ In an unprecedented step Triathlon New Zealand has removed all barriers to becoming a member of the countries triathlon association. 2010/2011 membership is now free to all New Zealand triathletes. Tri NZ is an innovative sports body. They have a regular weekly TV show, a radio show, a number of lar By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Michelle Wu and Ollie Whistler win the Crowne Plaza Canberra City Half Ironman Triathlon Ollie Whistler won the Crowne Plaza Canberra City Half Ironman with a dominating bike leg and maintained his momentum throughout the half marathon. Michelle Wu went head to head with Lisa Marangon, a swim specialist, on the first 4km run and the bike and then put the accelerator down as she exited T By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Back to Back Race Wins for Madeleine Oldfield and Brendan Sexton in Gatorade Triathlon Series VIC VIS triathlete Brendan Sexton, and defending series champion Madeleine Oldfield, both finished up with back to back wins at Race 2 of the Gatorade Triathlon Series 2010/11 held at Elwood Beach today, Sunday 12 December 2010. Sexton had an impressive win following a strong run leg, steaming down the By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
