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 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 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
News & Racing Daniela Ryf wins Seoul Round of Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Switzerland's Daniela Ryf pulled off the sprint of her life to win in the final stretch of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Seoul in Korea this afternoon, topping world number one Barbara Riveros Diaz of Chile and reigning world champion Emma Moffatt of Australia. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Jan Frodeno Kicks Past Courtney Atkinson to win Round 2 of 2010 ITU World Championship Series in Seoul an Frodeno, the 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist, won a thrilling sprint to the finish over Australia's Courtney Atkinson at today's Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Seoul. Frodeno and Atkinson broke away from the field immediately after exciting the second transition an By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Lee Gruenfeld has some Advice for Lance Armstrong’s Ironman Triathlon Debut Yo, Lance: I'm Talking To YouDear Lance: I hear you're going to be doing Ironman. Neat. But like those women who write their hotel room numbers on their underwear and throw them at Tom Jones, there are triathlon coaches everywhere who are going to be writing their email addresses on wate By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing World Class Field Gets Ready for Round Two of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Seoul Round two of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series heads to Seoul, Korea this Saturday, with over 100 of the world's fastest triathletes ready to tackle a brand-new venue. It will be the first time a World Championship event has taken place in the Korean capital and only th By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Australian Triathlon Squad Ready for Seoul Round of Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Saturday's race in Seoul, Korea, the second of the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series, marks the first time Australia has been able to field it's leading athletes in the same event since the first half of last year's international season. Beijing Olympic go By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing St George Ironman 2010 Preview Join Greg Welch and Lisa Bentley for the 2010 Ford Ironman St. George ramp-up show. Learn about the new course, the expected weather, and preview the upcoming race! By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing 2010 St Croix Ironman Triathlon 70.3 Race Report Nobody has ever called the Ironman 70.3 St. Croix easy and the the 22nd version of this classic redefined just how difficult this race can be. Race Director Tom Guthrie called the conditions "as hard as we've ever had … truly. We always have heat, wind, and hills; sometimes we have By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Big Sexy Triathlete, Chris McDonald, 3rd at St George Ironman Triathlon Chris McDonald finsihed 3rd behind Austrian Michael Weiss and USA's Ben Hoffman. McDonald has not had the ideal start to the season after having to pull out of Ironman China and instead race the 70.3 due to back problems. McDonald won the recent Rage long course triathlon in Las Vegas but this By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Triathlon NSW Compressport 2010 Club Championships Full Results By Age Group Whilst we were all racing for club glory at the Triathlon NSW Compressport Club Championships we were still striving to achieve personal goals. Many were doing it for the first time and also facing the longest race of their short triathlon careers. Many of us were trying to beat By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Ironman Australia sells out in just 8 hours. In their first year of running the event World Triathlon Corporation (WTC )opened entries for the 2011 Port Macquarie Ironman exactly one year before the event at 12.00pm Saturday 1st May.With the field now restricted to just 1,000 competitors the event sold out within 8 hours leaving many potentia By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Triathlon NSW Club Championship Results and Analysis On a damp but still day the Warringah club from Sydneys northern beaches were able to hold off strong challenges from Hills and Balmoral to retain the Compressport Triathlon NSW Club Championship for a record 4th time. In it's last year at Port Stephens the event saw 900 athletes and 27 By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Lisa Marangon has Won the 2010 Busselton Half Ironman Triathlon – Plus Top 100 Womens Results As with the men's race Sydney's Lisa Marangon has shown the importance of a fast swim and bike split in the Busselton Half Ironman. Whilst her half marathon was slower than 2nd place Kate Bevilaqua and 4th placed Nicole Ward her fast swim and bike was enough to keep her 5 minutes ahead o By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
