News & Racing Major League Triathlon Partners With USA Triathlon To Launch Super Sprint Series Major League Triathlon, the first and only professional triathlon league in North America has announced that the league will host an individual Super Sprint Series at two of the four MLT events in 2018. MLT will host these draft-legal super sprint events at MLT Vail Valley at Avon, CO (Aug 3-5) and By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing ITU: Australia Wins Gold in Edmonton’s Triathlon Mixed Relay Triathlon’s man-of-the-moment Jake Birtwhistle, winner of a brilliant bronze in yesterday’s World Triathlon Series round in the individual sprint race, anchored the team to a stunning victory over the USA with New Zealand an eye-catching third. Australia tweaked its relay order with the in-form Ashl By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Ironman Announces Content Partnership with Facebook for Global Distribution of Live Programming IRONMAN has announced a partnership with Facebook for unprecedented live coverage of the 2018 IRONMAN season. Available globally to fans on Facebook, the coverage debuts on Sunday, June 24 at IRONMAN France and spans a total of 16 races across 3 continents. This includes extensive coverage of the 20 By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Ash Gentle and Jake Birtwhistle Lead Medal charge for Aussies in Edmonton Rio Olympian Ashleigh Gentle and a man with his eyes on Tokyo 2020 Jake Birtwhistle have returned to World Triathlon Series medal podium in style in Edmonton today. Earlier today there was further success for the Australian paratriathletes with Jonathan Goerlach winning gold in the PT Vision Impaire By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
News & Racing All Eyes Turn to Challenge Asia-Pacific Championship in Taiwan Following the success of THECHAMPIONSHIP 2018 in Samorin Slovakia, CHALLENGEFAMILY’s championship focus now shifts to Asia for the conduct of the Challenge Family Asia Pacific Championship, to be held in Taitung, Taiwan on November 18, 2018. The event, officially known as the Triathlon Middle Distan By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Training How Should Triathletes Approach Repairing the Body and Mind For age-group triathletes balancing demanding lives and training, feelings of burnout are common, but employing pro-cyclist recovery techniques can help rejuvenate both mind and body. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
How to Make the a Great Swim to Bike Transition Triathletes are quick to complete training sessions that require them to run off the bike, and rightly so. The neophytes out there will likely experience a sensation, unlike anything they’ve come across when undertaking their first run off the bike. You will your legs to run but they’re By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Training 3 Key Cycling Stretches for Triathletes The aero position on bikes can cause muscular issues for triathletes. Discover essential stretches to alleviate tightness and maintain a supple, injury-free physique. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Training Beginner’s Guide to the Bike Leg New triathletes should focus on effective bike training that transcends mere kilometre counting. Dive into this guide to harness the technical, physiological, and strategic aspects of the bike leg journey. By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Who’s Who on the 2018 Challenge Roth Start list? Challenge Roth is one of more popular full Ironman distance triathlons of the year, and the men’s and women’s pro races are coming up on Sunday in Germany’s time zone (UTC+2). Will this be a boring triathlon with expected winners leading by more than five minutes? Anything Can Happen on Full-Distanc By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
Training Managing Cycling Injuries While triathletes often associate injuries with running or swimming, improper cycling technique or bike set-up frequently contributes to muscle soreness and other injuries, emphasising the need for proper cycling practices. By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Suunto campaign 2018 Gear & Tech Review: Suunto 3 Fitness. A Fitness Watch for Beginners The Suunto 3 Fitness is the latest release from Suunto, a brand well known to triathletes. Straight away you can tell by its sleek looks that Suunto wants you to be wearing this watch 24×7, in direct competition with the Apple watch and the latest Garmin. Its looks belay its price, and you will By David Deakin • 4 min read
News & Racing Major League Triathlon Adds 3rd International Team Major League Triathlon, the first and only professional triathlon league in North America, has announced a 9th team (3rd International franchise) for the 2018 season. For the first time in the league’s history, a National team from Mexico will participate in MLT. The new franchise, dubbed, Guardiane By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
skeeze / Pixabay Training How to Build Strength on the Bike Triathletes can utilise the winter break to boost bike strength and power with strategies like hill reps, targeted gym exercises, trainer sessions, bike-specific training blocks, and power meters, even on limited schedules. By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
How To How to Stay safe, Warm and Motivated During the Winter Months It’s always important to think about your safety on the road and now that daylight savings has come to an end, it’s important to ‘light up’ your bike. With winter fast approaching, your early morning and/or evening rides will be done in the dark or with very little daylight, so you need to get some By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Gear & Tech The Sufferfest Releases a New Range of Indoor and Outdoor Plans to Cover Just About Anyone The Sufferfest, a comprehensive training app for cyclists and triathletes, announced the release of 67 new training plans on TrainingPeaks, creating a library of over 100 free plans for a novice, intermediate, and advanced endurance athletes. The plans incorporate indoor sessions from The Sufferfest By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Rudy Project Launches Project Podium for Age Group Athletes Rudy Project North America, the exclusive distributor of Italian-made endurance sports gear, and the most worn helmet at Kona 7 times in a row is launching Project Podium, an initiative that rewards North America’s fastest age group triathletes with award-winning performance Rudy Project eyewear and By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Taiwan added to XTERRA World Tour on 29-30 September at Kenting National Park XTERRA World Tour today announced the inaugural XTERRA Taiwan off-road triathlon and accompanying sports festival to be held September 29-30, 2018 at Kenting National Park. Events include an XTERRA championship distance event, an “Xticer” beginner distance off-road triathlon, 5, 10 and 21-kilometre By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Adventures No Shoulder To Cry On in Port Macquarie Eight: To some, it’s considered a lucky number. Recently I road tripped with The Wife to Port Macquarie, NSW for Ironman Oceania intending to gain my eighth Ironman finisher’s medal and towel, and my third circuit of this iconic course. The road surfaces are notorious, the hills pinch and the swim i By Andy Wood-Rich • 10 min read
News & Racing Drama and excitement at Challenge Denmark Andreas Dreitz and Pernille Thalund each took home a convincing victory in Saturday's Challenge Herning. After a non-wetsuit swim the athletes had to conquer an unusually hot summer day, which delivered as well drama as excitement. For a while favourite, Camilla Pedersen (DK) looked like a sur By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Mark Allen is Final Surge’s New Partner, Spokesperson, and Advisor for Triathlon Mark Allen, 6-time IRONMAN® Triathlon World Champion and “The Greatest Endurance Athlete of All Time” according to ESPN, has teamed up with FinalSurge, the Best Online Training Log according to Triathlete magazine’s June 2018 Issue, to produce a special edition “Mark Allen Coaching” branded training By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
News & Racing Rio Olympian Ryan Bailie moves to 6th on the WTS World Rankings It was a case of survival of the fittest in yesterday’s energy-sapping World Triathlon Series Leeds round with Australia’s Rio Olympian, "Mr Consistent" Ryan Bailie the best of the Aussies, moving up the ITU WTS World Rankings to sixth after his 10th place finish. His Olympic teammate Aa By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Pieter Heemeryck and Heather Wurtele Take the Win at Iconic Challenge Geraardsbergen It was almost a one-man show at the men's race at Challenge Geraardsbergen as Pieter Heemeryck from Belgium took the win and was in the lead from start to finish. The women’s race was dominated by Heather Wurtele from Canada. She was really looking forward to this race and now got in the foots By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship: Plain and Simple, Kiwi’s Dominated The 2018 Cairns Airport IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship Cairns will long be remembered as the day that Kiwi multisport great Braden Currie, IRONMAN newbie Teresa Adam and triathlon legend Javier Gomez turned up the heat in Tropical North Queensland. The result was spectacular racing that saw four By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
