News & Racing Pro Male Triathletes who may Upset the Party at this Weekend’s Gold Coast Half Ironman There are some pro triathletes who are quietly heading up to the Gold Coast with plans to upset the Tim Berkel and Clayton Fettell show. Leon Griffin is back to his good form after suffering an achilies injury during the year which sidelined him for a few weeks. Another is Peter Schokman, Peter rece By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Interviews From Age Grouper to Open Triathlete – Matilda Raynolds talks about making this decision Matilda Raynolds burst on to the pointy end of the triathlon scene at the recent first round of the new triseries in Forster. Passing Nicole Ward on the run leg to take second place in the Olympic distance race, Matilda showed that she has plenty of talent posting a very handy 38:46 run in only her By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
Gear & Tech Trek Bikes prepares assault on Australian Triathlon market Trek, the largest bike manufacturer in the world, announced its latest assault on the Australian Triathlon market in Canberra with a dealers convention held in September, in what they heralded as the largest event of its type in the Southern hemisphere. The event was launched by the President of Tre By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Tim Berkel and Clayton Fettell prepare to go head to head again at the Gold Coast Half Ironman Triathlon 2009 Gold Coast Half Ironman champion Clayton Fettell has confirmed he will start this Sunday and attempt to defend his crown, although he admits it will be tough having just recovered from a stress fracture. Determined to wrestle the title from him and claim his first win in this event after two se By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Ironman 70.3 arrives in Busselton on May 6, 2011 Triathlon Western Australia will present the first Ironman 70.3 Busselton in 2011 on Friday, May 6, 2011, in conjunction with the 2011 Busselton Festival of Triathlon. Triathlon WA has delivered the multi-sport festival since 2002, but 2011 will see the long-course triathlon rebranded and re-launche By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Gear & Tech New SKINS Triathlon Compression Suit For the ultimate in triathlon wear “try the new SKINS TRI400 compression suit. The SKINS TRI400 triathlon suit range is designed and cut for ultimate comfort while swimming, cycling and running. SKINS Dynamic Gradient Compression fabric helps accelerate your blood flow to get more oxygen to your active muscles. Increased By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Progression Run – Learn to Finish Strong As many of us approach our key race date or event, we are already doing some reasonably long and hard k's to prepare for the big day. Here is a quick introduction to a type of workout that I personally love to have in the week (either regularly, or just on occasion) that has both mental and ph By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Pete Jacobs on his win at the Forster triseries Olympic distance race in the weekend Pete Jacobs checks in after his win yesterday at Forster on the NSW north coast. After a solid hit out and a good win Pete is looking in good form for the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona. Here he talks about the weekend and how the race panned out plus his 37km 'loosen up' r By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Luke Bell wins Ironman 70.3 Cancun Triathlon in a race dominated by Australians In their final warm up race before Kona, Luke Bell and Luke McKenzie have gone 1 & 2 in Cacun in a race dominated by Australians. Matt White just missed out on a podium finish coming in fourth and Paul Ambrose was not far behind in sixth. Luke Bell's 1:22 half marathon proved to be the di By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Pete Jacobs and Lisa Marangon win triseries Olympic distance triathlon in Forster The first round of Elite Energy's triseries was completed today at Forster in perfect conditions with Pete Jacobs and Lisa Marangon taking out the Olympic distance race. Mitch Robins was 2nd and Adam Holborow was 3rd. Matilda Raynolds was 2nd in the women's race after overtaking Nicole W By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Lisa Marangon and Scott Llewellyn take out the Pro Tour race at the Triseries Forster – Sprint and Pro Series triathlon results By Karl Hayes The first day of the new 'triseries' round one in Forster was raced in good conditions. The 10ft swell predicted did not appear and the water was a warmer than expected 17.5 degrees at 5:30am. Lisa Marangon and Scott Llewellyn proved too good for the rest today. In the sprint By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Australian Age Group Olympic Distance Results – 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU Triathlon World Championship Budapest Over 2,800 age-group triathletes representing 67 nations came to beautiful Budapest to vie for the title of 2010 ITU Triathlon World Champion. After two exciting days of racing, Age Group World Champions have been crowned in both the Sprint-and Olympic-distance categories. The Sprint competitors wer By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Professional triathlete Tim Reed talks about how to turn pro and survive Tim Reed takes a slightly light hearted look at what it takes to become a successful professional triathlete. He ponders the pitfalls of charging headfirst in to altitude training as someone who has just started training full time. Tim tells us why cherry picking is sometimes essential, what it is l By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Craig Walton to race Noosa Triathlon one more time Four time Australian Champion Craig Walton has announced he will make a return to the sport after a three year retirement. The Tasmanian, who is regarded by many as the best non drafting triathlete to ever grace the sport, will return to racing in pursuit of a record seventh Noosa Triathlon title ne By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Mitch Robins reports on a tough day at the Port Douglas long course triathlon won by Torsten Abel and Leanda Cave Well, I have just returned from a couple days up in beautiful Port Douglas in tropical North Queensland, and the race was once again one of the most fun, most relaxed and definitely the toughest race I have ever done! This is the 2nd time I have raced the Port D long course Tri – […] By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Interviews Nicole Ward on racing as a professional triathlete and holding down a full time job Nicole Ward, a professional triathlete and corporate professional, challenges the typical pro athlete stereotype with her demanding dual life of work and sport. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Rebekah Keat and Jimmy Johnsen back to defend their Shepparton Half Ironman Titles This year will see the largest field compete in the Shepparton Half Ironman with 950 competitors entered. The organising committee has had to review and alter its infrastructure in order to accommodate for the larger field. Several big name pros are returning to compete for first place including las By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Craig Alexander and Mirinda Carfrae win Subaru Ironman 70.3 Muskoka Triathlon Crowie has continued his dominance of the Subaru Ironman 70.3 Muskoka Canada, coming off the bike 2:30 behind Paul Matthews before putting in his usual blistering run leg of 1:12:05, over what is considered a tough course to take his third successive title. Alexander has used this race as a final tu By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Joe Gambles wins Ford Ironman Wisconsin Triathlon in new course record Australian Joe Gambles has taken out the Ford Ironman Wisconsin in his first attempt at the iron distance and in the process set a new course record. The 28 year old Australian came home in 8:32:32, 11 minutes ahead of second placed Romain Guilluame of France, American Eric Bean came in third. John By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Emma Jackson wins U23 World Title at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Budapest Grand Final Emma Jackson has won the ITU U23 grand final in Budapest. Jackson charged to the front at the start of the swim, exiting the water in just under 19 minutes. Charlotte McShane was 25th in the women's race. In the men's U23 final Jamie Huggett was 4th, Drew Box 10th and Anthony McSweeney 3 By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Brad Kahlefeldt third in 2010 Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series Brad Kahlefeldt has finished third in 2010 Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series after a 5th place finish at the grand final in Budapest. Jonathan Brownlee took out the race a head of Javier Gomez who won the 2010 series after main rival Jan Frodeno finished a long way down the order in 41st p By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Gear & Tech Nike Launches new GPS Running App for the iPhone The new Nike+ GPS App allows runners to use their iPhone to visually map every run while tracking pace, distance, time and calories-burned as well as stay motivated with instant feedback during and after each run from athletes like Paula Radcliffe and Lance Armstrong, and comedian Tracy Morgan. The By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Sydney Dextro Energy Triathlon 2011 entries to open on Monday Entries to the 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon to be held in Sydney in April 2011 will go on sale on Monday September 13th… but there is a catch. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Mitch Robins to Tackle Triseries Opening Round in Forster on September 18 and 19 Along with Lisa Marangon, Mitch Robins is heading to the Triseries in Forster on September 18 and 19 to race the Shimano Pro Series and the Olympic distance race. At 22 Mitch is young to be focusing on long distance racing and with this in mind he is starting to look at ITU as a possibility. The Tri By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
