Interviews
Vitoria-Gasteiz local and course designer Eneko Llanos talks Challenge Vitoria
Leading triathlete, Vitoria-Gasteiz local and course designer Eneko Llanos talks Challenge Vitoria and why it’s a race worth travelling to plus gives his tips for the course. Q: What makes Challenge Vitoria so special? The courses, the nature, the city, the warmth of the public. We live in a small city that surprises the visitor, and I’m sure anybody who comes to Challenge Vitoria will be nicely surprised too. Q: What are your top training tips for the course? Swim: usually the lake is flat
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Trizone talks to Ironman 70.3 Cairns fastest female overall – Age Grouper Kym Jaenke
Brisbane native Kym Jaenke recently clocked the fastest time over the Cairns Ironman 70.3's course on a tough and windy day. Kym's 4:38:28 was almost a minute faster than Professional race-winner and multiple-Ironman Champion Samantha Warriner. Kym's performance isn't a surpr
Vitoria-Gasteiz local and course designer Eneko Llanos talks Challenge Vitoria
Leading triathlete, Vitoria-Gasteiz local and course designer Eneko Llanos talks Challenge Vitoria and why it’s a race worth travelling to plus gives his tips for the course. Q: What makes Challenge Vitoria so special? The courses, the nature, the city, the warmth of the public. We live in a small city that surprises the visitor, and I’m sure anybody who comes to Challenge Vitoria will be nicely surprised too. Q: What are your top training tips for the course? Swim: usually the lake is flat
Aaron Royle update – Will remain isolated in a Spanish hospital
Aaron Royle, cleared of tuberculosis, awaits clearance for exercise amid hospital recovery.
Choosing the Correct Triathlon Saddle
Finding a comfortable triathlon bike seat is no easy feat, but the rewards are great. The problem… What is the best tri bike seat? This is one of the most common questions I get asked in the workshop. It’s a difficult question to answer. The most important thing to know is that there is not [&
The Ultimate Triathlon Cycling Camp – Noosa 2013
Join Henk Vogels, Patrick Jonker and Ben Johnson as they ride with you through sunny Noosa and it's beautiful surrounds. The VOGELS.TS Noosa training camp for cyclists and triathletes includes organised and supervised rides captained by Henk Vogels, Patrick Jonker and Ben Johnson, resort/share
Australian ITU triathlete Aaron Royle in Spanish Hospital
Australia’s reigning under 23 ITU World Triathlon Champion Aaron Royle remains in a Spanish hospital today undergoing tests after doctors diagnosed a 12 millimetre cyst on his left lung. The 23-year-old from Wollongong was admitted to a hospital in Vitoria where his Australian team is based for the European summer after coughing up blood. A shadow showed up on lung x-rays before a respiratory physician determined that a CT scan had showed Royle in fact had a 12mm cyst. Just two weeks ago Royl
Australian James Hodge goes big in Japan at the Ironman 70.3
21 year old Tasmanian James Hodge has added another title to his newly acquired professional triathlon resume. In a big weekend of long course triathlon around the world, Hodge, in just his second year as a professional, took on Ironman 70.3 Japan in Tokoname. The 2012 race saw Chris McCormack and T
Boris Stein and Yvonne van Vlerken win Sparkasse Challenge Kraichgau 2013
Boris Stein (GER) and Yvonne van Vlerken (NED were today crowned the champions of Sparkasse Challenge Kraichgau presented by KraichgauEnergie with Stein also taking out the German National Half Distance Championship title. The day started with an hour's delay due to bad weather and wasn'Liz Blatchford wins Ironman Cairns on debut
Australian based Liz Blatchford has won Ironman Cairns on debut after one of the great women’s battles to be seen in an Ironman. Four weeks ago Blatchford had made a decision that she was not well enough to race at Cairns. “After winning Busselton 70.3 I was very sick and run down. I raced Busselton with some sort of virus. I shouldn’t have but I thought I would be okay. Once I made the decision that Cairns was not going to be possible the pressure was off and I started to improve.” The longest
Luke McKenzie wins Ironman Cairns 2013
Luke Mckenzie has won his first Ironman on home soil after he put together a race that played to his strengths. McKenzie has earned five previous Ironman wins around the globe, but his last came three years ago, and today he stamped his class on a top-notch field including two-time Ironman World Cha
Samantha Warriner wins Ironman 70.3 Cairns 2013
In the women's race it was a wire to wire win for Kiwi super mum Samantha Warriner, with a fast finishing Kiyomi Niwata from Japan in second and Australia's Ange Castle in third. This is my 5th race in five weeks and I'm glad I held in there for the win. I love racing in […]