News & Racing ITU Unveils Schedule for 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today announced the 2011 dates and cities for the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series. The world's finest triathletes will vie for the title of 2011 World Champion along with 2012 Olympic qualifying points in ITU's premier series. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Mitch Robins and Jodi Heeney win the Maitland Mid Distance Triathlon Full Results Mitch Robins edged out Tim Reed and Adrian Cominotto in what was a close race until the run. Mitch set a blistering pace to run the 12kms in under 40mins at 3:18min/km. Jodi Heeney was over 7mins ahead of her nearest rival Estelle Von Abo. Also racing amongst the men was Chris Dimitrieff who rode [& By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Full Australian Results from the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championship at Kona in Hawaii Australia has well and truly proved its dominance in the world's ultimate endurance triathlon, producing the 2010 male and female Ford Ironman World Champions. Chris McCormack and Mirinda Carfrae won the titles today in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. It was McCormack's second win and the fifth con By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Pro Womens Placings after the Bike at Ford Ironman World Championship 2010, Kona Hawaii Australia's Mirinda Carfrae is running strong and moving up the field. At six miles she is now only 8:11 behind Julie Dibbens. Mirinda was over 11mins behind Julie at the start of the run. Other Australians Belinda Granger, Kate Major, Carrie Lester, Lisa Marangon and Kate Bevilaqua are all do By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Pro Mens Placings after the Bike at Ford Ironman World Championship 2010, Kona Hawaii Chris Lieto and Maik Twelsiek started the marathon with a sizeable lead over the chase group. It only took Chris McCormack inside the first 8 miles to pass Twelsiek. McCormack and Craig Alexander are running at the same pace early on in the marathon and both are eating in to Chris Lieto's lead By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Chrissie Wellington withdraws from the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championship Chrissie Wellington has withdrawn from the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championship due to an unspecified illness. Chrissie started to feel unwell the day before the race and could not train comfortably. She waited until the last minute to rack her bike but eventually made the decision to pull out. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Mirinda Carfrae makes it a perfect Australian day winning the Kona Ford Ironman World Championship When the word went around the warm up pool that Chrissie Wellington had failed to turn up there was no doubt disappointment among the other women pro's, but maybe a touch of excitement as well as they realised that now they all really were racing for first place. Perhaps they only two women wh By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Chris McCormack wins second Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona Chris McCormack makes a final surge during the run leg then went onto wining the 2010 Ironman World Championship. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Australian Entries in 2010 Hawaiian Ford Ironman World Championship at Kona There are 155 Australians entered in to the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona. This full list includes all of the pros. Â Â RACE NO LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE CAT OCCUPATION 1 Alexander Craig 37 MPRO Miscellaneous 486 Alford Graeme 51 M50-54 Engineer 775 Allen David 45 M45-49 Business Own By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Luke McKenzie pulls out of Kona Ironman World Championships One of Australia's bright hopes for the Kona World Championship race on Saturday has withdrawn due to injury. Writing on his blog Luke today said "I have withdrawn from the Ironman World Championships here in Kona. It has been a gut wrenching decision but after a few days of deliberation By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Interviews Underdog’ Craig Alexander keeps it real as he prepares for Kona Ironman World Championship Number Three Trizone caught up with Craig Alexander as he enters his final days of preparation for Kona, aiming to take the title for the third time in as many years. While Craig is aware of the historical significance of the occasion he is not putting too much pressure on himself, preferring to cast himself in By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Ironman to ‘Step Down’ to Olympic Distance Triathlon World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), best known for its iconic Ironman races, has announced the launch of a new global event series titled 5150 (named after the 51.5k's involved in an Olympic distance race). All events within the 5150 Triathlon Series include a 1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K run. E By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Engin_Akyurt / Pixabay Nutrition Race day Nutrition Preparing for your race nutritionally doesn’t start two-to-three days out from competition. It starts in your daily, weekly and monthly training leading into the event by practising sound nutritional methods to improve your body’s ability to train, recover, fight infection, metabolise fat and spare By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
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News & Racing Chris Kemp on Winning the 2010 Gold Coast Half Ironman Trizone spoke to Chris Kemp the week before the Gold Coast half ironman and identified him as one of the guys to potentially upset the field and win. Chris is now back in Sydney after winning his first goal race of the season in fine form. The race day conditions were some of the worst the pros had By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Michelle Wu Reports in on the Toughest Triathlon of her Career at the 2010 Gold Coast Half Ironman Trizone spoke to Michelle Wu on the day after the toughest triathlon she has faced to date. The 2010 Gold Coast half ironman was raced in torrential rain and strong winds. The participants all braved conditions many will hope never to face again. When we spoke to Michelle she had been home and reste By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Gold Coast Half Ironman Age Group Podiums and Results As usual there are a few age groupers that mix it up with the elite triathletes. Today saw Daniel MacPherson in the 18-24 age category place 18th overall, 25-29 year old Josh Jones was 28th overall, Xavier Coppock 21st overall from the 30-34 age group and the top 3 from the 40-44 age group finish [& By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Gold Coast Half Ironman Triathlon won by Chris Kemp and Melissa Rollinson The 2010 Gold Coast half ironman was held in atrocious conditions but some very good times were posted regardless. Comments coming in to Trizone from some of the top finishers are that the day was horrible and 'character building' according to John Marsh who finished 17th overall. Michelle W By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Alberto Contador and The Transfusion Theory The transfusion theory, which says that Contador used clenbuterol NOT during the Tour but many weeks/months before, and then removed blood to re-infuse later, has been gaining momentum. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Contador Tests Positive for Clenbuterol – The Science of Sport By now, most of you will have heard the news that greeted us as we woke this morning, that multiple Grand Tour champion Alberto Contador has tested positive for Clenbuterol during this year's Tour de France victory. The reaction has been swift – Contador apparently heard of the result o By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Noosa Triathlon 2011 Entry Ballots to Open November 1, 2010 With the demand for entries to the Noosa triathlon far outstripping supply USM Events has decided on a new ballot system. This new system will ease the pressure on triathletes to be entering at 9am on a set day or miss out. In addition USM Events has worked with the Sunshine Coast Council and the Qu By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Entries Closing Oct 7 for the Port Macquarie SIS Half Ironman Triathlon There are under 80 individual spots left in the SiS Port Macquarie Half Ironman to be held on October 31, 2010. In addition there are less than 20 team spots available. With the rate at which Ironman and Half Iroman races are selling out you will need to be quick. This will be a record field for thi By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Ironman Triathlon signs five-year Australian broadcast deal with Network Ten and One HD World Triathlon Corporation announces a five-year broadcast rights deal with Network Ten and One HD for exclusive Australian coverage of Ironman events. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Michelle Wu looking for a win at the Gold Coast Half Ironman Michelle Wu is heading to the Gold Coast Half Ironman this weekend with a winning attitude after her recent win at the Ironman 70.3 Centrair Tokoname in Japan. Wu edged out fellow Australian Rachael Paxton by two minutes to take the race. The swim proved to be the difference. Michelle will be up aga By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
