News & Racing Top Men after the Bike at 2011 Ironman World Championship, Kona, Hawaii The top ten guys after the bike shows an 11min spread over the times. Last years fastest runner, Pete Jacobs could be too far back at this stage. Alexander is running strongly. Vanhoenacker has gone with Crowie on the run but the pace could be too fast for him to keep up with Crowie. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Who are the leaders after the swim in the 2011 Ironman World Championship at Kona? Top athletes after swim. 49:44 to 55:58 for the last in this list. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Australian Results at 2011 Ironman World Championships – Kona, Hawaii 144 Australians started the 2011 Ironman World Championships in Kona with only a few non finishers on the world's toughest stage. Seven Aussies made the podium with age grouper Todd Israel the first Australian age grouper home and 48th overall. Todd's training partner John Mergler won hi By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing The Girls of Kona – Who to watch out for in 2011 Girls just don't smack talk like the guys! It would make things much more exciting if they weren't so careful about saying something wrong. Any media's good media! Right? Chrissie Wellington is the standout favourite but who are the other top women who will be there ready to pounce By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Triathlon on TV in Australia During October 2011 One HD is the main TV channel that replays the major international triathlons. During October they have ten triathlon shows. The more we watch the more they will play so put these times in to your iPhones (and your Android… you know who you are) and make sure you enjoy watching rather than rac By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Chris McCormack and Greg Welch Join ESPN’s 2011 Ironman World Championship Coverage Two-time Ironman World Champion and Australian Chris McCormack, along with Australia's first ever winner of the endurance event, Greg Welch, will headline the coverage of ESPN's Aussies Abroad special presentation of the 2011 Ironman World Championship from Kailua-Kona Hawai'i, to By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Kiwis in Kona – New Zealand Triathletes Prepare to Tackle the Ford Ironman World Championship 2011 Experienced Kiwi triathletes Cameron Brown and Jo Lawn have a dozen good reasons for success in the sport's toughest test in this weekend's Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. They are the most experienced Hawaii veterans in the field for Sunday's race in the cauldron of Kona on By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Craig Alexander and Defending Champion Miranda Carfrae Vying for their own Slices of Hawaiian Ironman History Sydney's two-time winner Craig Alexander and Brisbane's defending champion Miranda Carfrae will be vying for their own slices of Hawaiian Ironman history when they headline another strong Australian contingent for the 33rd running of the world's most famous triathlon on Saturday. T By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
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 • 5 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing 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. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing 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. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Aaron Farlow Third at Challenge Henley-on-Thames Aaron Farlow has continued his UK adventure, which saw him take out Ironman UK in August with a third place at the tough Challenge Henley course. Petr Vabrousek (CZE) and Yvette Grice (GBR) took out the inaugural titles at the weekend. The men's race started off looking like the battle was goi By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Craig Alexander and Rebekah Keat Lead Australian Team at the World Long Distance Triathlon Championship Two-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion Craig Alexander and Challenge champion Rebekah Keat will spearhead a five-strong Australian team named today for the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in the USA in November. The 38-year-old Alexander (NSW) and Keat (QLD) will be joined by Davi By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Nikki Butterfield wins, and Paul Ambrose and Josh Rix on the Podium at Ironman 70.3 Syracuse Australian Nikki Butterfield has announced her return to triathlon racing in emphatic style taking out the Ironman 70.3 Syracuse race. In the men's race, won by 2010 world duathlon champion Bart Aernouts, Paul Ambrose and Josh Rix also got on the podium in the with Stephen Hackett taking out 4 By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Christe Sym wins again at Ironman 70.3 Cancun After struggling to win for so long it seems Christie Sym has now found the winning habit with a dominant performance at Ironman 70.3 Cancun. Although there was only a small woman's professional field Sym was backing up from the 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas last weekend which was race By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Emma Moffatt wins Silver at Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Yokohama September 19: Two-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist Emma Moffatt has finished the international season with an encouraging silver medal performance in the postponed round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU Triathlon World Championship Series in Yokohama today. The ITU postponed the ro By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
