News & Racing Tim Berkel and Clayton Fettell prepare to go head to head again at the Gold Coast Half Ironman Triathlon 2009 Gold Coast Half Ironman champion Clayton Fettell has confirmed he will start this Sunday and attempt to defend his crown, although he admits it will be tough having just recovered from a stress fracture. Determined to wrestle the title from him and claim his first win in this event after two se By Karl Hayes • 16 years ago
Ironman 70.3 arrives in Busselton on May 6, 2011 Triathlon Western Australia will present the first Ironman 70.3 Busselton in 2011 on Friday, May 6, 2011, in conjunction with the 2011 Busselton Festival of Triathlon. Triathlon WA has delivered the multi-sport festival since 2002, but 2011 will see the long-course triathlon rebranded and re-launche
Sep 27, 2010 Tim Berkel and Clayton Fettell prepare to go head to head again at the Gold Coast Half Ironman Triathlon 2009 Gold Coast Half Ironman champion Clayton Fettell has confirmed he will start this Sunday and attempt to defend his crown, although he admits it will be tough having just recovered from a stress fracture. Determined to wrestle the title from him and claim his first win in this event after two se
Sep 25, 2010 Ironman 70.3 arrives in Busselton on May 6, 2011 Triathlon Western Australia will present the first Ironman 70.3 Busselton in 2011 on Friday, May 6, 2011, in conjunction with the 2011 Busselton Festival of Triathlon. Triathlon WA has delivered the multi-sport festival since 2002, but 2011 will see the long-course triathlon rebranded and re-launche
Sep 24, 2010 New SKINS Triathlon Compression Suit For the ultimate in triathlon wear “try the new SKINS TRI400 compression suit. The SKINS TRI400 triathlon suit range is designed and cut for ultimate comfort while swimming, cycling and running. SKINS Dynamic Gradient Compression fabric helps accelerate your blood flow to get more oxygen to your active muscles. Increased circulation also helps reduce lactic acid build-up “so you can compete hard in each stage and have less pain when it’s all over. Panels of strategically placed TRI400 fabric
Sep 22, 2010 Progression Run – Learn to Finish Strong As many of us approach our key race date or event, we are already doing some reasonably long and hard k's to prepare for the big day. Here is a quick introduction to a type of workout that I personally love to have in the week (either regularly, or just on occasion) that has both mental and ph
Sep 21, 2010 Pete Jacobs on his win at the Forster triseries Olympic distance race in the weekend Pete Jacobs checks in after his win yesterday at Forster on the NSW north coast. After a solid hit out and a good win Pete is looking in good form for the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona. Here he talks about the weekend and how the race panned out plus his 37km 'loosen up' r
Sep 20, 2010 Luke Bell wins Ironman 70.3 Cancun Triathlon in a race dominated by Australians In their final warm up race before Kona, Luke Bell and Luke McKenzie have gone 1 & 2 in Cacun in a race dominated by Australians. Matt White just missed out on a podium finish coming in fourth and Paul Ambrose was not far behind in sixth. Luke Bell's 1:22 half marathon proved to be the di
Sep 19, 2010 Pete Jacobs and Lisa Marangon win triseries Olympic distance triathlon in Forster The first round of Elite Energy's triseries was completed today at Forster in perfect conditions with Pete Jacobs and Lisa Marangon taking out the Olympic distance race. Mitch Robins was 2nd and Adam Holborow was 3rd. Matilda Raynolds was 2nd in the women's race after overtaking Nicole W
Sep 18, 2010 Lisa Marangon and Scott Llewellyn take out the Pro Tour race at the Triseries Forster – Sprint and Pro Series triathlon results By Karl Hayes The first day of the new 'triseries' round one in Forster was raced in good conditions. The 10ft swell predicted did not appear and the water was a warmer than expected 17.5 degrees at 5:30am. Lisa Marangon and Scott Llewellyn proved too good for the rest today. In the sprint
Sep 16, 2010 Australian Age Group Olympic Distance Results – 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU Triathlon World Championship Budapest Over 2,800 age-group triathletes representing 67 nations came to beautiful Budapest to vie for the title of 2010 ITU Triathlon World Champion. After two exciting days of racing, Age Group World Champions have been crowned in both the Sprint-and Olympic-distance categories. The Sprint competitors wer
Sep 16, 2010 Professional triathlete Tim Reed talks about how to turn pro and survive Tim Reed takes a slightly light hearted look at what it takes to become a successful professional triathlete. He ponders the pitfalls of charging headfirst in to altitude training as someone who has just started training full time. Tim tells us why cherry picking is sometimes essential, what it is l
Sep 16, 2010 Craig Walton to race Noosa Triathlon one more time Four time Australian Champion Craig Walton has announced he will make a return to the sport after a three year retirement. The Tasmanian, who is regarded by many as the best non drafting triathlete to ever grace the sport, will return to racing in pursuit of a record seventh Noosa Triathlon title ne