Gear & Tech MIPS Debuts New Brain Safety Products MIPS, the premier brain safety technology company, is offering their patented impact protection system in two new platforms that drastically increase the compatible helmet types and models. Both new platforms are built upon the same decades of research and study that went into the flagship MIPS syst By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Gear & Tech TrainingPeaks Announces New Peak Performances Feature TrainingPeaks has announced the launch of Peak Performances, a new feature for TrainingPeaks web and mobile applications. As the leader in performance-based training and athlete management software, TrainingPeaks saw a need to make progress easier to track outside of just testing and racing. With th By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
Gear & Tech CeramicSpeed Introduces World’s Fastest Chain Coating After more than 4,000 hours of lab and field testing, Friction Facts and CeramicSpeed now introduce the world’s fastest bottled chain product. UFO Drip Chain Coating is a breakthrough product. It began as a project with very specific goals, which at its core, shares the same DNA that defines the res By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Gear & Tech Shimano PRO’S Fastest Tri-Spoke Wheel Now Available as a Clincher Joining the tri-spoke tubular and rear disc clincher wheels in its line-up, PRO now releases its Tri-spoke Clincher front wheel designed for triathletes and time trialists. Whilst tubular wheels are the racing choice of the pro’s, it’s not possible to quickly repair a punctured tubular. Riders who p By Shawn Smith • 1 min read
Nutrition Quinoa Tacos Quinoa Tacos 1 cup Red quinoa (uncooked) 1 ¼ cup Water + ½ cup 1 white onion (large ) 1 cup Tomato based salsa 2 cloves Garlic 2 tbsp Olive oil 1 tbsp Smoked Paprika 1 tbsp Chile powder 1 Tsp Cumin Salt & Pepper to taste 1 dozen Corn tortillas 2 Vine ripe Tomatos […] By Jared Simons • 1 min read
Photo: James Mitchell Interviews Lucy Charles: The Rise of British Ironman Talent From dabbling in her first Ironman in 2014 to becoming a force to be reckoned with on the triathlon scene, British athlete Lucy Charles attributes her soaring success to a robust mindset, a passion for the sport, and unwavering determination. By Shawn Smith • 6 min read
News & Racing ITU: Jonathan Brownlee back on top in Stockholm Jonathan Brownlee smashed through ITU World Triathlon Stockholm last weekend, increasing his point score two disappointing finishes in the last few races. Here’s how the race played out. Richard Varga lead the 1500m swim as he has been doing throughout the past few ITU races. Behind Varga was Jonath By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing ITU: Flora Duffy Claims 5th Win in Stockholm ITU World Championships are just around the corner, with ITU Stockholm the penultimate event before the big show down. Flora Duffy smashed her fifth win of the season, with Jess Learmonth taking her first podium finish and Gentle running into third. Here’s how the race played out. As the swim progre By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing ITU: Lionel Sanders wins Long Course World Championship Canadian Lionel Sanders become the long course triathlon world champion on Canadian soil at Penticton last weekend. After a sensational swim, Sanders recovered from a flat tyre in the bike, making his win all the more thrilling. “It was a pretty good, calm swim,” Sanders mentioned, “I got lucky that By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Five-Time ITU World Champion Javier Gomez Leads Pro Field At Des Moines Escape Triathlon An elite field of professional triathletes are set to compete in the 2017 Des Moines Escape Triathlon, taking place on Sunday, September 3. Five-time ITU World Champion Javier Gomez leads a field of more than 20 elite pros set to compete for the $20,000 prize purse including Olympians Jarrod Shoemak By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing It’s now a lucky break for Brandon Copeland after bike fall This Saturday’s World Triathlon Series round in Stockholm is a day Brandon Copeland probably thought wasn’t going to happen in 2017. Particularly after a training ride in Springbrook in the Gold Coast hinterland went horribly wrong for the 21-year-old from Kingscliff. But just a week after earning h By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Sir Richard Branson & Mary Wittenberg Announce New Virgin Sport San Francisco Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Sport Global CEO Mary Wittenberg announced new partnerships for their upcoming red-hot Festival of Fitness, Virgin Sport San Francisco. Wearable technology company Motiv, hydration product nuun, fitness membership platform ClassPass, organic and nu By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
Interviews Training While Pregnant From an Age Grouper & Professional Dayna Wilkie, an age grouper, defies expectations by continuing her triathlon training during pregnancy, post a double arm injury, finding a new sense of motivation while emphasising the importance of listening to one's body. By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
Interviews Elena Goodall – There’s No Stopping Her Elena Goodall has undergone the most impressive transformation over the past year, from turning her back on food addiction to completing numerous triathlons and training for an Ironman. Trizone followed up our last meeting with Elena to check in and see how she’s going. “I applied to be on the [This By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing Osborne and Poor take 16th annual XTERRA Germany Championship crowns It’s the second win in as many weeks for Osborne and Poor, who took the wins at XTERRA Poland last week, and it is also the fifth major title of the season for both. XTERRA World Tour managing director Dave Nicholas was on-site to take in all the action and brings us this report… There’s […] By Shawn Smith • 6 min read
News & Racing Felicity Sheedy-Ryan Wins Duathlon Gold at ITU World Championships in Penticton Western Australian Felicity Sheedy-Ryan has won Australia’s first gold medal of the ITU Multi-Sport World Championships in Penticton, Canada today after a brave and at times scary solo effort on the bike sealed her second Duathlon world crown. The “never-say-die” 32-year-old rode the tough, hilly, t By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
News & Racing Felicity Sheedy-Ryan and Benoit Nicolas win Duathlon World Championship Titles in Penticton Kicking off the week-long event of Multisport racing, the 2017 Penticton ITU Duathlon World Championships crowned the first set of world titles as Australia’s Felicity Sheedy-Ryan and France’s Benoit Nicolas claimed victory. While Sheedy-Ryan collected the women’s title and Nicolas seized the title By Shawn Smith • 4 min read
News & Racing British Triathlon Has Appointed Andy Salmon As CEO Andy Salmon has been announced as the new Chief Executive of British Triathlon, to take the sport forward to Tokyo 2020 and beyond. Salmon will take strategic lead of the National Governing Body in mid-November and will guide the sport through the Olympic and Paralympic cycle. His role will also emb By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
News & Racing Ironman Announces First Full Distance Event in Estonia Ironman today announced the addition of the Ironman Tallinn triathlon. The inaugural race will take place on 4th August 2018. The new race will take place in Estonia’s capital of Tallinn, located at the Baltic sea. Considered one of the most beautiful and best preserved medieval cities of Europe, Ta By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Don’t throw it, its not a boomerang Gear & Tech Review: OTTO Tuning System – App for Adjusting Your Bike Gears Correctly indexing your gears can be a lost art for some. Enter the OTTO Tuning System. The system looks to remove the complexity by leveraging an innovative combination of tool and app combo to remove the thinking and give you a bike shop like tune up in minutes. But is it worth the investment? Let By David Deakin • 3 min read
News & Racing Ironman 70.3 World Championship Pro Start List for Chattanooga Announced Triathlon’s top talent will come together in Chattanooga, Tennessee for the 2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championship taking place on September 9 and 10. Boasting one of the most competitive professional fields in the sport, the event will make history in the Southeastern U.S. this September with the wom By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
News & Racing Luke Bell and Tim Van Berkel go head to head again Two of the biggest names in IRONMAN racing, aussies Luke Bell and Tim van Berkel are returning to IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast to headline the pro field and test themselves on the tough 2016 World Championships course. The veteran Bell is set to re-invigorate his racing season that stalled with an un By Shawn Smith • 3 min read
Training Triathlon: Changing your life one hour at a time Overcome common excuses and find time in your day for triathlon training, even with a full-time job and family commitments. By Karl Frank • 5 min read
Gear & Tech Suunto Introduces Compact, Lightweight Spartan Trainer Wrist HR GPS Watch The Suunto Spartan family of sports watches grows today with the launch of Spartan Trainer Wrist HR, the slim and lightweight multisport GPS watch for active sports enthusiast. The Spartan Trainer is considerably smaller in size than its older siblings, yet delivers great, versatile training feature By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
