News & Racing All the Money is on Craig ‘Crowie’ Alexander to win the 2011 Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii As always there are favourites for the Hawaii Ironman World Championship but the reality is that any of the five top guys could win. This year it is hard to go past Craig Alexander but Andreas Raelert and Marino Vanhoenacker have raced very fast this year. Can they peak twice in one year? Pete Jacob By Karl Hayes • 15 years ago
Pete Jacobs on Kona 2011 – Who are the ones to beat and how he will do it. Pete Jacobs shares his thoughts on the race the weekend with Trizone. Who does Pete think the guys to beat will be and how he thinks the women's race will pan out. Pete's form will be less known to his competitors due to his preference to stay in Australia and prepare rather than train a
Oct 6, 2011 All the Money is on Craig ‘Crowie’ Alexander to win the 2011 Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii As always there are favourites for the Hawaii Ironman World Championship but the reality is that any of the five top guys could win. This year it is hard to go past Craig Alexander but Andreas Raelert and Marino Vanhoenacker have raced very fast this year. Can they peak twice in one year? Pete Jacob
Oct 5, 2011 Pete Jacobs on Kona 2011 – Who are the ones to beat and how he will do it. Pete Jacobs shares his thoughts on the race the weekend with Trizone. Who does Pete think the guys to beat will be and how he thinks the women's race will pan out. Pete's form will be less known to his competitors due to his preference to stay in Australia and prepare rather than train a
Oct 3, 2011 Australian Michelle Mitchell wins Challenge Barcelona After finishing second at Challenge Cairns in June this year Michelle Mitchell has gone one better and won Challenge Barcelona in 9:15. The race could have been anybody's in the swim and bike but it was Mitchell who proved the strongest runner on the day. Erika Csomor couldn't respond to
Oct 3, 2011 Xceler8 Gym triwagga Triathlon & Multisport Festival – 26th & 27th November 2011 The team at Elite Energy are taking the NSW triseries & ULTIMATE triathlon juggernaut to the thriving and picturesque location of NSW largest inland City Wagga Wagga. With a population approaching 70,000 WaggaWagga is a strong sporting city producing many of Australia's finest athletes. Fr
Sep 30, 2011 Greg Welch to be inducted in to the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Greg Welch will be recognised as one of Australia's sporting legends on October 13 in Melbourne at the port Australia Hall of Fame's 27th Annual Induction & Awards Gala Dinner. This is a deserving recognition of one of our sport's legends. Greg has won numerous world champions
Sep 28, 2011 Hawaii Ironman Vegans – A dinner with you in mind For those Ironman vegans out there who are racing at Kona this year the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel is putting on their popular four course vegan dinner with guest.
Sep 28, 2011 Urban Hotel Group signs for another year with World Triathlon Corporation Urban Hotel Group will return as naming rights sponsor for Urban Hotel Group Ironman Australia for a third successive year, and partner as the official Hotel, Host and Hospitality partner for the inaugural Ironman Asia Pacific Championship, to be held Melbourne on March 25, 2012. Urban Hotel Group w
Sep 27, 2011 K-Swiss Pau Hana, Hawaii Sunset 10km Run and Walk If you are lucky enough to already be in Hawaii for the Ironman World Championship you may like to join the likes of Tim DeBoom, Luke Bell, Belinda Granger, Hillary Biscay, Matt Lieto, Joe Gambles, Fraser Cartmell and Bree Wee for a 10km run and walk on the famous Francis H. Ii Brown North golf cour
Sep 26, 2011 Cameron Dye and Lisa Norden win Los Angeles Triathlon Lisa Norden has continued her recent good form with a solid win at the Los Angeles Triathlon finishing almost four minutes ahead of second placed Jodie Stimpson. Norden recently won the rich Hy-Vee triathlon banking USD$151,500 for the victory. Australian Annabel Luxford finished in fourth place. Ca
Sep 26, 2011 Poulat and Collonge take out Ironman 70.3 Pays d’Aix It was French domination as Stephane Poulat and Jeanne Collonge took out the first Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix. The pre-race favourites did not disappoint and ensured the red white and blue adorned the podium on a rainy French day.
Sep 26, 2011 Marathon World Record Broken – 2:03:38 by Patrick Makau Patrick Makau has broken the world marathon record. He raced to a 2:03:38 on the streets of Berlin, breaking Gebrselassie's world record by 21 seconds. It was a terrible day for the Ethiopian emperor – he stepped off the road soon after Makau launched a big surge at around 27km, and wh
