News & Racing Professional Field Set for the 2017 Ironman World Championship Triathlon’s top professional talent will convene in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i on October 14 for the 41st edition of the Ironman World Championship, the most iconic one-day endurance event in the world. Leading one of the most competitive and talented professional fields in race history, Jan Frodeno (DEU) By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
Interviews WYN Republic: The New Addition to the McKenzie Family Triathletes Luke McKenzie and Beth Gerdes have used their experience in the industry to create a world-class apparel brand, WYN Republic, focused on creating a community around the athletes, not the companies. By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Belgian Timothy Van Houten and American Lisa Roberts win Challenge Madrid The first edition of Challenge Madrid was disputed today, with triathletes like Iván Alvarez, Gustavo Rodríguez, Dylan McNeirce y Sofie Goos, amongst others, as big favourites on the departure line. Lisa Roberts and Dolça Ollé, who made their debut in this distance, were also amongst the favourites. By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
Gear & Tech Danish Start-up Launches the World’s First Custom Fitted Swimming Goggles New Danish technology has paved the way for the world's first custom fitted swimming goggles, making the swimwear comfortable and 100 percent waterproof. The product is being crowdfunded on Kickstarter until October 31st. Have you ever experienced water leakage or discomfort with your swimming By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
Gear & Tech CorSense HRV Monitor: Optimise Health and Fitness Without Wearables Elite HRV, creators of the popular heart rate variability (HRV) app and platform, has launched the CorSense via a global Kickstarter campaign. CorSense is an HRV sensor that slips onto any size fingertip. With CorSense, in just two minutes/day, users can optimize nutrition, training, recovery, sleep and stress without By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
Interviews Jared Simons: Chef Turns Plants into Ironman Power Jared Simons is the plant-based chef with a love of Ironman. Trizone caught up with the American athlete to chat about everything from food to weight gain and the alpha types who love Ironman 70.3. One sport ends, another door opens “I was a wrestler, I didn’t grow up doing swim, bike, and run,” Sim By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
Blummenfelt breaks the finish tape News & Racing Super League: Jersey Brings Out The Best For Kristian Blummenfelt A new champion has arisen at Super League Jersey. Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway backed up his win in yesterday’s Triple Mix with the win in today’s Eliminator to score the maximum of 50 points and take the Super League Jersey overall win. Blummenfelt took out the top spot in five out of six stages By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
News & Racing Super League: Katie Zaferes crowned First Female Champion in Jersey Super League Triathlon crowned its first queen with Katie Zaferes taking out today’s Eliminator race and the overall win at Super League Jersey. The Eliminator podium also mirrored the final overall podium, with Summer Cook besting Nicola Spirig to the runner-up spot both in the race itself as well By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Super League: Corporate Mix Teams Hungry for the Lead In the second day of Super League Jersey Corporate Mix racing, Team Comprop is once again leading the rankings, its members coming out firing on all cylinders to win the team relay race against 16 other teams from nine corporate entities. First Names Group Team 2 and the Ravenscroft Titans followed By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Super League: Katie Zaferes stuns in Triple Mix on Day 1 Katie Zaferes of the USA stunned dual Olympic medalist Nicola Spirig at the inaugural Super League Triathlon women’s race in Jersey, Channel Islands. The ascendant American was never too far off the front throughout, and took the overall win with a 19-second lead over the speedy Swiss. Compatriot Su By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Super League: Kristian Blummenfelt takes out the Triple Mix on Day 1 Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway blasted away in the final half-kilometer to finish the overall winner for today’s Triple Mix at Super League Jersey after staying out in front all day with South Africa’s Richard Murray and British crowd favorite and dual Olympic medalist Jonathan Brownlee. Triple Mix By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Wahoo Fitness Announces Partnership with Superstar Jan Frodeno Wahoo Fitness, the leader in workout apps and connected fitness devices, has just announced an official partnership with Olympic champion and two-time Ironman World Champion Jan Frodeno. Given the unique, multi-sport training requirements of triathlon, the Wahoo product ecosystem is perfectly tailor By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing First-ever Super League Triathlon Corporate Mix draws competitive local teams The first-ever Super League Triathlon Corporate Mix commenced this morning in Jersey with Team Comprop finishing out front, followed by the Ravenscroft Titans and First Names Group Team 2 in second and third place in a thrilling sprint finish. With 17 teams from nine different corporate entities com By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Navy SEAL Foundation to Receive $34,000 Donation from The Ironman Foundation The Ironman Foundation will provide a $34,000 donation to the Navy SEAL Foundation in conjunction with the IRONMAN 70.3 SUPERFROG triathlon taking place on Sunday, September 24 in Imperial Beach, California, bringing the total awarded to $174,000. In addition, The IRONMAN Foundation will distribute By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Super League: When and How to Watch This Weekend’s Racing in Jersey With only one day to go before Super League Jersey kicks off on 23-24 September 2017, live television broadcast and digital streaming will take the revolution of triathlon into the living rooms and personal devices of millions of triathlon and sports fans around the world. Both men’s and women’s pro By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Chrissie Wellington to Be Inducted Into Ironman Hall of Fame Ironman announced today that four-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington will be inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held on 11th October during race week at the 2017 Ironman World Championship triathlon, in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i. “Chrissie’s accomplishments in the s By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Super League Jersey: A Look Behind The Numbers Race numbers in Super League Triathlon serve to identify athletes not just in a single race, but across all races in a series, much like jersey numbers in basketball or football are heavily associated with the athletes who wear them. The highly visible and consistent race numbers will allow fans to By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing How To Qualify for Challenge’s The Championship for 2018 Challenge Family has announced how triathletes can qualify for The Championship 2018, which once again takes place 3rd June, 2018 at the remarkable x-bionic® sphere in Samorin, Slovakia. Qualification for The Championship 2018 commenced at Challenge Wanaka in February 2017 and will conclude at Chall By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Super League Jersey Men’s Race Preview Scores will be settled and champions will arise at Super League Jersey this weekend with 25 of the world’s best male athletes competing. Most of them are reprising their Super League Hamilton Island appearances alongside notable and speedy additions to the roster. Richard Murray, Mario Mola, and Jak By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
Gear & Tech Do Your TrainingPeaks workouts in Zwift Are you a TrainingPeaks user and also love using Zwift on those days that aren't great to be outdoors? Well, today marks a significant step forward for both companies as the integration just got a whole heap better for us. Many of us are using TrainingPeaks because our coach uses it and they p By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Utah shines in XTERRA Finale Thunder and lightning on Friday gave way to sunshine and smiles on Saturday and Sunday at the XTERRA Pan America / USA Championship triathlon and XTERRA National Championship half-marathon trail races at Snowbasin Resort near Ogden, Utah. At Saturday’s tri Mauricio Mendez from Mexico and Lesley Pate By Shawn Smith • 6 min read
News & Racing Super League Jersey Women’s Race Preview Super League Triathlon will make history this weekend as female athletes race its unique formats for the first time at Super League Jersey. “Our race on Hamilton Island earlier this year was an exhibition of what was to come. Super League Jersey is formally the first event of the Super League Triath By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Super League Jersey Course preview with Ryan Fisher Super League this weekend will be nothing like the Hamilton Island event; apart from the excitement and exhaustion of course. The Jersey course is going to be more tactically challenging for the athletes, with tiny winding corners and narrow roads. Ryan Fisher is in Jersey gearing up for the race, a By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing What you need to know about Super League in Jersey Super League is triathlon’s coolest, fastest, flashiest new event and it’s coming to the UK at the end of September. Here are a few of the highlights of Super League’s upcoming event plus the top picks for the podium. Women’s event launch Super League is launching its women’s event this month and we By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
