News & Racing Courtney Atkinson 2nd again to Alistair Brownlee by slim margin in Madrid ITU World Champpionship Round Atkinson and Brownlee ran shoulder to shoulder at the head of the field for the all but the home straight of the 10km run leg, but it was Great Britain's emerging star – contesting his first race of the season having recovered from a pelvic stress fracture – who was able to sprint away and By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Alistair Brownlee picks up where he left off in 2009 winning the Madrid Round of the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series As expected it was the big Russian Dmitry Polyansky who lead the field throughout the swim, taking with him a quality lead group of eight on to the bike, including Brownlee, Javier Gomez (ESP) and Frederic Belaubre (FRA). Despite their best intentions however, they were soon caught by a chase group By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Five-time Tour de France champion Miguel Indurian Rides in Triathlon Relay in Madrid Five-time Tour de France Champion Miguel Indurain competed in his first triathlon event on Saturday, racing in the cycling leg of a triathlon relay at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Madrid. The legendary Spanish cyclist raced on a team alongside five-time Spanish Olympic swimmer By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Matty White & Tim Berkel 3rd and 4th at Ironman 70.3 Mooseman Triathlon It looks like Matty and Tim are the perfect training partners based on these results. Perhaps they are too "in snych" now that they are living and training together in Boulder. O'Grady and Kriat just had a little more each in the swim and bike. It was a truly international affair a By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Pip Taylor 2nd at K-Swiss Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Kansas Chris Lieto held off Andy Potts for a narrow 24-second course-record win at K-Swiss Ironman 70.3 Kansas on the weekend, while Chrissie Wellington showed she's back on her game with an impressive win by almost 18 minutes in the women's race. Lieto's bike 2:05:30 bike split managed t By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Switzerland’s Nicola Spirig wins Madrid Round of Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Swiss triathlete Nicola Spirig won the third round of the ITU World Championship Series in Madrid, maintaining Switzerland's winning streak in the 2010 season. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Belinda Granger wins, Paul Attard 4th at Rohto Ironman 70.3 Triathlon in Hawaii – Top 200 Results One of the most beloved sights in the world of triathlon is the view of a line of triathletes bent low over their aerobars, fighting off the gusting winds of the Big Island of Hawaii along the sun-scorched Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway. Today, the view took in 1,300 such athletes as professionals a By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing Noosa Triathlon Entires to Re-open Tuesday 8th June Such was the demand for places at the 28th Noosa Triathlon that the server crashed when the site opened for entries, leaving thousands frustrated. USM believes it has now resolved the issues and set a new date for entries opening. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Australian Courtney Atkinson to Battle Alistair Brownlee in the Madrid Round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Australia's hopes of a World Championship Series medal appear to rest on the shoulders of Courtney Atkinson, with the Queenslander set to resume his battle with reigning world triathlon champion, Great Britain's Alistair Brownlee, this weekend. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Gear & Tech Erox Cell Air Triathlon Wetsuit Erox's brand new Cell Air is even one big step ahead of their normal Cell sphere: It is the world's first swim suit to feature a surface similar to fish scales and its structure is covered by a razor-thin nano coating which greatly reduces the material surface. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing You could win Craig Alexander’s 2009 Bike when you try out an Ironman T3 Recovery Mattress at Forty Winks For your chance to WIN* Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander's $10,000 bike come in and try the NEW Ironman T3 Recovery Mattress range at your local participating Forty Winks store. Receive the special password from our friendly staff and enter. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Gear & Tech Giro 2010 Prolight Helmet The new Prolight is the lightest game in town. Bar none. And it's remarkably well ventilated and comfortable too – a labyrinth of optimized internal channels allows the helmet to exhale hot, stale air like no other. And by specifying Italian made, featherweight webbing along with our new By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
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
