Gear & Tech Travel to your favourite Triathlon destinations with Healthwise Active Travel Healthwise Active Travel provides the opportunity to combine your love of travel, fitness and adventure in spectacular destinations around the world. Win a $250 (AUD) voucher to spend towards your next Healthwise Active Travel event package*. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Chrissie Wellington: Moving Ironman Triathlon forward and some Interesting Male-Female Comparisons of where She Lies in History The guys at Science of Sport have put together a list of their top sports people in 2010. This covers amongst many people Chrissie Wellington's dominance in the events she raced in. They loook at female v male performances in long distance triathlon. There are some great additional comments fr By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Inaugural Budgie Smugglers Triathlon was held on Christmas Eve at Cronulla Paul Ambrose and Chris Stanton organised the inaurgal Budgie Smugglers Triathlon at Cronulla Beach on Christmas Eve. Taking part were Ambrose and Stanton, Chris McCormack, Craig Alexander, Chris Allum, Mick Maroney and a few other top athletes. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Ironman WA Half Full within Thirty Minutes of Entries Opening Organisers have confirmed that in line with recent trends for iron distance races in this part of the world, fifty percent of available places for the 2011 Sunsmart Ironman WA taking place on Sunday, December 4, were snapped up within 30 minutes of entries opening. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing New Pro Triathlete Matilda Raynolds on her First Major Podium in a Half Ironman Matilda Raynolds is in her first year as a pro and whilst she has had a few podiums at Olympic and sprint distance this is her first podium at a major long distance race. I asked her today about whether it had sunk in. The race for Matilda came off well and she was happy to be able to back herself a By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing New Zealand Triathletes offered free membership to Tri NZ In an unprecedented step Triathlon New Zealand has removed all barriers to becoming a member of the countries triathlon association. 2010/2011 membership is now free to all New Zealand triathletes. Tri NZ is an innovative sports body. They have a regular weekly TV show, a radio show, a number of lar By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Michelle Wu and Ollie Whistler win the Crowne Plaza Canberra City Half Ironman Triathlon Ollie Whistler won the Crowne Plaza Canberra City Half Ironman with a dominating bike leg and maintained his momentum throughout the half marathon. Michelle Wu went head to head with Lisa Marangon, a swim specialist, on the first 4km run and the bike and then put the accelerator down as she exited T By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Back to Back Race Wins for Madeleine Oldfield and Brendan Sexton in Gatorade Triathlon Series VIC VIS triathlete Brendan Sexton, and defending series champion Madeleine Oldfield, both finished up with back to back wins at Race 2 of the Gatorade Triathlon Series 2010/11 held at Elwood Beach today, Sunday 12 December 2010. Sexton had an impressive win following a strong run leg, steaming down the By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Tim George and Melissa Rollison win Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series at Raby Bay The Sunshine Coast's Tim George and Brisbane's Melissa Rollison took out convincing wins at Race 3 of the Gatorade Queensland Tri Series this morning. Bryce Mcmaster got caught up trying to avoid an age group athlete which put an end to his chances of claiming a third successive win but By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing The Man Behind the Hair – Gi Singh Shaved and $10000 raised for Cancer Who is this unmasked man? The triathlon community got together and shaved Ironman Gi Singh at Busselton on Monday. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Interviews Kate Bevilaqua on her Dramatic Win at Ironman WA. Kate Bevilaqua reports in on her dramatic win at the Sunsmart 2010 Ironman Western Australia, which will be forever remembered for her stubble down the finish chute, and collapse under the finish line tape. “OMG!! It is only really starting to sink in although it has been 3 days since By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Interviews Trizone Spoke to Brendan Sexton as he Prepares for this Weekend’s Gatorade Triathlon Series in Victoria Trizone spoke to one of Australia's top Olympic distance triathletes, Brendan Sexton, as he prepares for this weekend's Gatorade Series in Victoria. Brendan had two amazing wins at the recent Nepean Triathlon at Penrith, NSW and won the first round of Super Sprint's Gatorade Series By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Swim leg cancelled at Canberra Half Ironman X-Tri Australia, after full consultation with all local ACT authorities and following a physical inspection of the swim course by our own swim safety team late Thursday and at first light today (Friday) has taken the decision to cancel the swim leg of the 10th Anniversary Crowne Plaza Canberra Half By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Victoria’s Premier Triathlon Series heads to Elwood Beach this Sunday Race 2 of the Gatorade Triathlon Series 2010/11 will be held at Elwood Beach in Elwood on Sunday 12 December 2010, and is set to host another stellar field of Elite Triathletes. AIS triathlete and winner of Race 1 Brendan Sexton, is in red hot form as he goes head to head against a strong Victorian By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Christmas Triathlon Tradition this weekend at Raby Bay in Queensland This Sunday Raby Bay will host round three of the Gatorade Queensland Tri Series, the final race for 2010. Commonly known as the Christmas tradition tri, the event is proving popular as a last hit out for the year and a chance for everyone to celebrate the festive season post event. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Three-time World Champion Triathlete Peter Robertson Announces his Retirement Peter Robertson, renowned for his dynamic racing style and three World Championships titles, announces retirement from professional triathlon. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Kate Bevilaqua wins SunSmart Ironman Western Australia 2010 Kate Bevilaqua gave everything she had to take out the Sunsmart Ironman Western Australia, staggering down the finish chute and collapsing under the tape. After a few moments she was helped to her feet and led off to the recovery tent – probably not the finish line celebrations she had rehearsed i By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Melissa Rollison Second at Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship Triathlon in Phuket Australia's newest triathlon sensation, Melissa Rollison, finished and amazing 2nd at the Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship in Phuket. Melissa's 12th fastest overall run of the day catapulted her in to 2nd spot behind the powerhouse Caroline Steffen. Rollison's self confessed By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Melissa Rollinson Second at Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship Triathlon in Phuket Australia's newest triathlon sensation, Melissa Rollinson, finished and amazing 2nd at the Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship in Phuket. Melissa's 12th fastest overall run of the day catapulted her in to 2nd spot behind the powerhouse Caroline Steffen. Rollinson's self confesse By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Novotel Twin Waters Resort to Host the Salomon Tre-X Off Road Triathlon Series It's Triathlon… AND IT'S HARDCORE!..& now there's a touch of 4 star luxury. One of Australia's toughest off road events and hardcore triathlons is set to offer participants a fantastic mix of kick ass adventure with 4 star luxury as spectacular Novotel Twin Waters Reso By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Challenge series continues to grow – Wanaka full Iron distance racing is continuing to grow in popularity with the Wanaka race selling out for the first time in it's history. Challenge Wanaka entries closed last week with a record field set to take on the scenic iron distance triathlon. Just under 1,200 athletes from 27 nations will descen By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing The Famous Wollongong Triathlon Returns with a Bang! The Wollongong triathlon festival, held by Elite Energy, saw around 1000 participants in various events, with Scott Llewellyn and Lisa Marangon winning the Shimano Protour Sprint race. By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Courtney Ogden wins Ironman WA – Western Australia Triathlon 2010 – Results – Photos – Reports Courtney Ogden wins the 2010 Ironman WA ahead of a class field. Pete Jacobs and Luke Bell were the favourites going in to the race with Matty White also seen as a possible winner. Jacobs was in the hunt until about the 100km mark on the bike. Luke Bell then took off to open up a gap and Pete fell of By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Ironman WA – Western Australia top 100 Male and Female Swim Times The top ten male and female swimmers in the 2010 Ironman Western Australia featured mainly age groupers in the female race and was an 18-24 year old age grouper in the male division. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
