News & Racing Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival Entries Delayed The Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival, to be held Oct 27-31 2010, has had a hiccup as the entries opened today. The websites servers could not keep up with the demand and crashed. It is expected that entries will open next week. Read article for further details from USM Events. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Port Macquarie SIS Half Ironman Triathlon “October 31, 2010 We are hearing a lot of confusion surrounding the 2010 Port Macquarie Half Ironman. Yes this race is on! Not only is it on but it is part of the Australian Half Ironman Series and is open to all triathletes who have missed out on an entry in to the Port Macquarie 2011 Australian Iornman and Half Iro By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Foot & Mouth Forces Cancellation of Ironman Japan Triathlon Organisers have today announced the cancellation of the 2010 Ironman Japan scheduled to be held on 13th June at Goto Nagasaki due to the threat of Foot and Mouth disease. Goto is a predominantly agricultural area and organisers say cannot risk the devastation that an out break would cause to the loc By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Luke McKenzie wins Ironman Brazil. Top 10 Men & Women Luke McKenzie has won the 2010 Ironman Brazil championship title today in a record setting time of 8:07:39. The 28 year-old Australian, has now won his fifth Ironman title of his young career, his second Ironman title in 2010. Ezequiel Morales 2nd – 8:12:44, Santiago Ascenco 3rd – 8:18:3 By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Australian Chris McCormack 2nd at Ironman 70.3 St Polten, Austria Triathlon – Top 100 Mens Results Chris McCormack put in a great race but was edged out on the run by Czech triathlete Filip Ospaly who set a new course record to win. McCormack put in a great run of 69:55 but Ospaly showed how good the ITU triathletes are at running. Race report to come. PLACE ATHLETE AGE/DIV SWIM By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Interviews Craig Alexander Interview with Trizone – Triathlons, Training, Diet and Focus for the Future At the 2010 Ironman Australia Trizone caught up with Craig Alexander and discussed what he had planned for 2010, what shape will his training take this season, will he be doing anything different than 2009, what does Craig's diet look like and how did he get in to triathlon. By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Ironman and PowerBar Announce New Sports Drink New Ironman PERFORM ready-to-drink sports beverage will be available June 8, 2010 A new line of Ironman-branded premium sports drinks developed by the sports nutrition experts at PowerBar ® is being launched today. Ironman ® PERFORM „¢ sports drink features PowerBar’s state-of-the-art C2MAX carbohydrate blend, found to deliver 20 to 50 percent By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Noosa Triathlon set to sell out within hours of opening It seems nowadays that all the major Triathlon events in Australia sell out shortly after opening, forcing athletes to be ultra organised in their race plans, and to commit months in advance of the actual event. The iconic olympic distance Noosa Triathlon, now in it's 28th year looks set to fo By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Chris McCormack leads the charge at Austria 70.3 Triathlon The winners of the previous three years Austria 70.3 races will go head to head this weekend, with Australia's Chris McCormack favourite to take line honours. Germany's Michael Goehner winner of the 2007 event and Italy's Massimo Cigana who won in 2008 will be doing their best to p By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Australian Results at Ironman Lanzarote Triathlon 2010 Australian Triathletes Kate Bevilaqua, Ashley Bates, Rowena Neunhoffer, Jason McKinnon, Adam Cooper and Wayne Gallagher all competed at Ironman Lanzarote in Spain's Canary Islands. See their results By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Greg Bennett to Race as US Citizen Australia has lost one of it’s most sucessful Triathletes as Greg Bennett has confirmed that he will see out his career racing in the US, as a US citizen. It was confirmed today that the veteran Australian triathlete has had his request to be released from racing for Australia By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Qualifying For Ironman Hawaii Triathlon by Luis Vargas As a markallenonline.com coach my Ironman athletes often ask me what race provides the best opportunity to get an Ironman qualifying slot. In this article I will provide some tips that I have become aware of over the years. The qualifying process is such that if you are unlucky the best athletes in By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Eneko Llanos wins Ironman Lanzorate Triathlon 2010 in Spain’s Canary Islands – Top 100 Male Results Eneko Llanos has won Ironman Lanzorate in the run after coming out of T2 behind eventual second and third place getters Bert Jammaer and Maik Twelsiek. Twelsiek put in a stunning bike leg to be almost 13 minutes ahead of Llanos out of T2 but obviously spent too much enegry putting in this great time By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Kate Bevilaqua 6th at Ironman Lanzarote Triathlon – Catriona Morrison 1st – Top 100 Female Results Kate Bevilaqua has finished 6th at Ironman Lanzarote held in Spain's Canary Islands. Kate was 5mins down on eventual winner Catriona Morrison after the swim leg but put in a fast ride to be in a good position at T2. Bevilaqua's run ended up being a bit too slow to hold By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Time for the World’s Toughest Ironman Triathlon – Ironman Lanzarote in Spain’s Canary Islands – Kate Bevilaqua & Rebecca Preston Competing Time for the World's Toughest Ironman. Ironman Lanzarote has proudly used the moniker "The World's Toughest Ironman" for years and, if the sold out field that includes an incredibly competitive cadre of professionals gets to experience the winds we've seen here earlier By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Australian Luke McKenzie ready to take on Ironman Brazil The usual suspects are all ready to battle it out in Florianopolis later this month in the men's race at Ironman Brazil, but they'll have some company. Both three time Ironman Brazil champions, Eduardo Sturla and Oscar Galindez will be shooting to claim their fourth title, but the boys f By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Young Gun Triathletes Ready for Challenging European Season of Racing The cream of Australia's rising triathlon stars has been named to embark on a challenging overseas assignment when the annual Young Guns tour gets underway in Europe in July. Ten athletes have been selected for the tour, which is part of the Australian Sports Commission's National Talent By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Triathlon Queensland 2010 Athlete and Club of the Year Congratulations to everyone who did so well in the individual classifications and also to those who contributed to the helping their club in the overall club contribution. The winners will be awarded at the Triathlon Queensland Presentation Dinner on Friday 14th May so come along to support and cong By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Australian Triathlete Richie Cunningham 4th at Rohto Ironman 70.3 Triathlon in Florida Australian Leon Griffin was down to race but is suffering from an achilles injury currently. In an email to Trizone he said he is unsure when he will race again at this stage. The injury will dictate when this happens. Griffin is hoping to race in the next few months. New York's David Kahn was By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing England’s Leanda Cave has won Rohto Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Florida 2010 – Top 100 Women’s Results Fresh from winning Escape from Alcatraz for the third time Leanda Cave has taken out the 2010 Rohto Ironman 70.3 Florida. Australia's Pip Taylor was entered to race but decided to pull out after rearranging her race calendar for the year and unfortunately this race missed out. Awes By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Ironman New Zealand Sold Out in 13 days The Full House sign has gone up on next year's Ironman New Zealand only 13 days after entries were opened. With Ironman Australia 2011 selling out it was inevitable that the next closest Ironman would be devoured by Australians who missed out. It is expected that a capacity 1500 participants w By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Only 200 slots left at Ironman New Zealand Following the recent sell outs at Ironman WA and Ironman Australia, Ironman New Zealand announced that as at 6.00pm on Friday 14th May there are only 200 slots left before the 1500 positions sell out, a first for this race. The event has no doubt been boosted this year by athlettes unable to get int By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Gear & Tech Is this the Fastest Triathlon and Time Trial Bike on the Planet? Up till now most aero-bikes either sacrifice comfort for aerodynamics or vice versa. Softride came close to designing the ideal aero-frame but the increased weight and unreliable beam construction meant that it never became popular. The Cycpro frame now further improves on the superior aerodynamic c By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Courtney Atkinson & Emma Moffat Claim Medals in 2nd Round of Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Courtney Atkinson pushed Olympic gold medallist Germany's Jan Frodeno all the way to go down by one second in today's Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series race in Korea, with Brad Kahlefeldt finishing third. In the women's race, reigning world champion Emma Moffatt By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
