News & Racing Kiwi Triathlete Tony Dodds Offers to Double the Prize Money if he is Beaten So far those to take up Dood's challenge include Ryan Sissons, James Elvery, Laurent Vidal, Kris Gemmell, Martin Van Barneveld, Dylan McNeice and youngsters William Prior and Cameron Goldsmid with others rumoured to be joining them in the race for the cash. By Karl Hayes • 16 years ago
Professional Triathlete Josh Rix on the Comeback Trail Josh Rix had his best year ever of racing in 2010. He had a second at the Steelhead 70.3 in Michigan and a very close second at the Shepparton half ironman. He also placed in the top ten in four other major 70.3 races in the USA against some very strong competition. With Challenge Wanaka coming up t
Jan 14, 2011 Kiwi Triathlete Tony Dodds Offers to Double the Prize Money if he is Beaten So far those to take up Dood's challenge include Ryan Sissons, James Elvery, Laurent Vidal, Kris Gemmell, Martin Van Barneveld, Dylan McNeice and youngsters William Prior and Cameron Goldsmid with others rumoured to be joining them in the race for the cash.
Jan 13, 2011 Professional Triathlete Josh Rix on the Comeback Trail Josh Rix had his best year ever of racing in 2010. He had a second at the Steelhead 70.3 in Michigan and a very close second at the Shepparton half ironman. He also placed in the top ten in four other major 70.3 races in the USA against some very strong competition. With Challenge Wanaka coming up t
Jan 13, 2011 Triathlon New South Wales Annual Combined Squads Camp At the beginning of each year TNSW holds an annual camp. The camp comprises members of the various representative squads (EDS, ITU Junior/Under 23/EAS) gathering at a nominated venue for 4 days of training, technical analysis, and workshops. This year the camp was at The State Sports Centre – Runa
Jan 13, 2011 Kristian McCartney and Madeline Oldfield win Race 3 of the Gatorade Triathlon Series in Victoria Three time Gatorade Triathlon Series Winner Kristian McCartney clocked up an impressive time of 1hr, 55mins to take out the Victorian Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships 2011. Doubling as the Victorian Championships, Race 3 of the Gatorade Triathlon Series was held at Sandringham on Sunday 9th
Jan 12, 2011 Belinda Granger and Courtney Ogden Head up Australian Challenge at Wanaka This year's Challenge Wanaka to be held on 15 January features multiple iron distance champion Belinda Granger and two times ironman champion Courtney Odgen as well as current world age group champion Belinda Harper (NZL) and Challenge Barcelona winner Jimmy Johnsen (DEN). The field includes a
Jan 11, 2011 The Next Revolution in Swim Training For many years the analysis of performance in swimming has been tedious and manual. Cycling training has been transformed by power meters and power training, Running has been greatly impacted by GPS to provide pacing information. Accelerometers popular in consumer devices such as iPhone and Wii games are now being used to analyse swim strokes and provide performance metrics. Commercial versions of this technology are now about to hit the stores. As with many data collection tools, the secret is
Jan 9, 2011 Graham O’Grady and Joanna Lawn win Port of Tauranga Half Ironman 2011 – Full Podium Results Graham O'Grady and Joanna Lawn have won the 2011 Port Of Tauranga Half Ironman. Graham O'Grady lead from start to finish just managing to hold off a fast finishing Callum Millward who ran the half marathon just over four and a half minutes quicker than O'Grady. Jo Lawn had to fight
Jan 7, 2011 Your Chance to Train with Chris McCormack, Pete Jacobs, Mirinda Carfrae and Belinda and Justin Granger Sunday 30th of January 2011 will see 2010 Ironman World Champion, Chris “Macca” McCormack co-host the Sydney edition of the training series. He will be joined by the man that posted the fastest run split in 2010 at Kona, Pete Jacobs. BPM-Sport.com’s Nicole Gallagher said “In January 2010, we joined forces with Macca and PJ for a very successful training camp in Huskisson NSW. We received a great deal of requests to have both of these guys back to share their knowledge, inside tips and of cours
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Jan 5, 2011 2011 Port of Tauranga Half Ironman Womens Preview With Caroline Steffen out of the Port of Tauranga Half Ironman the women's field has opened up slightly. Anna Cleaver, Rebekah Keat, Joanna Lawn, Nicole Ward and Rachael Paxton are all hoping to put in a performance that will propel them to first across the line.
Jan 4, 2011 Cameron Brown and Joanna Lawn warm up for Tauranga Half Ironman with Impressive Performances at Whangamata Olympic Distance Triathlon Cameron Brown turned back the clock twenty years after winning his first triathlon in senior company to once again claim the Whangamata round of the Contact Tri Series. Joanna Lawn put in a great performance but was just edged out for first place by 19 year old Rebecca Kingsford. The women's r
