News & Racing Brendan Sexton and Michelle Wu win Nepean Triathlon – Results Brendan Sexton over came a swim deficit to win the 2010 Nepean Triathlon. Sexton also went on to win the Super Sprint race to make it a very profitable morning. Pete Jacobs received a stop / start penalty on the bike. Michelle Wu continued her recent winning form and won the women's race from By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Australian Results at Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 Triathlon Australian triathlete Joe Gambles finished 4th overall at the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Clearwater, Florida. Richie Cunningham was 5th and Chris Legh was 10th. Peter Schokman was 34th overall. Other Australian pros did not fare so well. Pip Taylor and uncharacteristic 2:01 half By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Strong Australian contingent to tackle final Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 Clearwater The Ironman 70.3 Series culminates this weekend with its world championship in Clearwater, Florida. More than 1,800 competitors have earnt the right to compete in the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 by qualifying at one of the nearly 50 events held around the world. A professional priz By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Nepean Triathlon – Tim Reed Previews the Male Pro Field Tim Reed, second at the recent SiS Half Ironman in Port Macquarie, previews the guys race at this weekend's Nepean Triathlon. There is a cracking field and it looks like four possible winners with a couple of potential surprises if there has been some secret training going on. This will be an By Tim Reed • 3 min read
News & Racing Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series – Round two ready to Roll Triathlon racing continues this weekend at Robina with round two of the Gatorade Queensland Tri Series and big numbers are once again expected at this popular venue. The Gatorade Series has provided a great platform for unveiling new talent within our junior ranks and those on the brink of stepping By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing SunSmart to be Naming Rights Sponsor of Ironman Western Australia World Triathlon Corporation has today announced a new naming rights partnership that will see its premier West coast event become the SunSmart Ironman Western Australia. Western Australian health promotion body, Healthway and the Cancer Council of Western Australia's flagship skin cancer aware By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Shepparton Campbell’s Half Ironman Triathlon gets ready for action The 13th year of the event is proving lucky for organisers with a record filed of 950, smashing the previous record of 681 competitors, and with the event boasting a strong contingent of pro's vying for line honours. Last year's winners Jimmy Johnsen (Denmark) & Bek Keat will be bac By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Nepean Triathlon Boasts one of the Hottest Female Fields so far this Year This weekend's 29th Nepean triathlon has one of the hottest fields in Australian triathlons this year. The fastest male and female triathletes could potentially take away $2,750 each for a mornings work. The women's field is the hardest to pick with potentially 6 women capable of taking By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Gebrselassie’s retirement: Looking back and forward Gebrselassie was the sport's brightest light for close to 20 years. Usain Bolt is now the name that everyone recognizes, inside and outside the sport, and Gebrselassie probably didn't achieve such wide appeal (such is the nature of 100m running compared to distance running). However, wit By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Faster Bike Splits for 20km to 40km Triathlons or Time Trials As we all know riding a triathlon or time trial is very different to cycling racing. Kevin Hancett shares what he learnt many years ago from a New Zealand Olympic 100km time trial team cyclist named Stephen Cox. It's not about speed he said but more about your average speed. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Sports Massage as a Part of your Triathlon Training Program Triathlon is an extremely demanding sport. Having just returned from the French training base of the Australian Triathlon team where she worked as the team physiotherapist and massage therapist Julia Russell witnessed first hand the volume and intensity of work that is required to be competitive at By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Interviews Paul Ambrose stepped up in 2010 and won Ironman Louisville and now wants to take on Kona This year Paul Ambrose proved to a lot of people that he can 'go the distance' when he won Ironman Louisville in emphatic fashion. He broke the bike course record and may have gone on to break the race record had he been aware that this was a possibility. Paul talks to Trizone about this yea By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Anna Cleaver talks through her win at the 2010 SiS Half Ironman Port Macquarie New Zealand's Anna Cleaver who now resides in Sydney, talks about her first win in the Australian half ironman series. Here she goes through the race from pre race to post race and talks about her preparation, nutrition, equipment and how each part of the race went and what races she has comin By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Michelle Wu wins Timex Ironman 70.3 Taiwan 2010 Michelle Wu, fresh from her second place in the Gold Coast Half Ironman a couple in early October has put in one of her best performances in another set of trying conditions. This time is was the wind in Taiwan that proved tough on the day. Not too much though and Michelle edged out Belinda Granger By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing SiS Half Ironman Port Macquarie Full Results by Age Group Male race report Female race report Mitch Robins Race report Tim Reed race report Pos Name Finish Cat Category Swim Cycle Run 232 Juliane LACROIX 5:15:51 1 F 1824 0:28:44 3:06:00 1:41:06 398 Grace MACPHERSON 5:40:24 2 F 1824 0:27:41 3:05:54 2:06:48 492 Ashley RUSSELL 5:53:45 3 F 1824 0:28:24 By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Tim Reed – 2nd at Port Macquarie – talks about why this Half Ironman Triathlon is important and how the race went There are some races that you simply want to win. Tim Reed was pondering why Port Macquarie Half Ironman is so important to him. Like nearly every race in Australia, the prize money is small but there was a much deeper motivation driving him that had him being unusually focused in his preperation fo By Tim Reed • 5 min read
News & Racing Mitch Robins on his first big win – The 2010 SiS Half Ironman Port Macquarie Mitch Robins had his breakthrough major event win at the 2010 SiS Half Ironman in Port Macquarie. He led from start to finish with the fastest times in all three disciplines. Even with a tough head wind for half of the run he still posted a fast 1:17 for the half marathon. Mitch couldn't stop By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Courtney Atkinson and Caroline Steffen win 2010 Noosa Triathlon Courtney Atkinson has proved he is the new King of Noosa, comprehensively beating come back kid Craig Walton at Noosa today. Walton was unable to produce his usual dominant bike/run performance, exiting the water only slightly ahead of Atkinson. The lead men quickly formed into a pack on the bike (w By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Anna Cleaver wins 2010 SiS Port Macquarie Half Ironman Triathlon New Zealander Anna Cleaver has won the SiS Port Macquarie Half Ironman after out swimming and out running Katherine Baker and Rebecca Eveleigh who were second and third repectively. One of the pre race favourites, Nicole Ward, missed the podium after receiving a bike penalty and having calf problems By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Mitch Robins wins 2010 SiS Port Macquarie Half Ironman Triathlon Mitch Robins has taken out the 2010 SiS Port Macquarie Half Ironman from Tim Reed and local hero Tim Berkel for his first pro win in a time of 3:59:09. Mitch's run was just too fast on on the day and Tim Reed lost just over a minute to Mitch after keeping pace with him in the swim and bike. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing WTC withdraws Ironman Access Programme On Wednesday 27th October WTC launched the Ironman Access programme, what followed was a storm of protest from professional and age group athletes across facebook, twitter and forum sites such as "Transitions" in Australia. Today in an embarrassing back down WTC have withdrawn the progra By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Mitch Robins takes out round 2 and 3 of the NSW Protour The 2nd and 3rd Round of the NSW Protour series was held over the weekend at Gunnedah, including the NSW Time Trial Championships on Saturday, a unique event including a 1km swim time trial in the morning, followed by a 20km bike TT at lunch, and finishing with a 5km By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Courtney Atkinson and Craig Walton prepare for battle in 2010 Noosa Triathlon Athletes will shortly start arriving in Noosa for Australia's most popular Triathlon and Multi Sport Festival. Starting from humble beginnings in 1983, the very first Noosa Triathlon attracted only 180 competitors, helmets were optional, wetsuits were banned and cyclists got lost on the course By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Pro Women in the hunt to win the 2010 SiS Port Macquarie Half Ironman Triathlon The women's field this weekend is not huge but there is some good talent and hopefully there will be some good racing. Katherine Baker and Anna Cleaver are the two that Nicole Ward is putting up there as the potential winners. Kirsten Molloy is a great swimmer and could also push the field. Re By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
