News & Racing Brendan Sexton and Madeleine Oldfield win first round of Gatorade Triathlon Series Backing up from a win at the Nepean Triathlon last weekend Brendan Sexton has steamed away from Jamie Huggett to take line honors, followed closely by defending Series champion Peter Kerr in the Elite male field. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Rumours that Lance Armstrong will be Racing a Triathlon in New Zealand are Building Momentum The Rotorua Daily Post has reported that Lance Armstrong may be racing the Rotorua Triathlon a week after the Tour Down Under. The tour down under is Armstrong's farewell tour and what better way to restart his career in triathlon than to stop off in New Zealand and race in this beautiful tria By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Elite Energy triseries is on at Huskissson this weekend There are still some places left in this weekend's Olympic distance and sprint distance triathlons at Huskisson. If you live within 3-4 hours of Huskisson then it is not too late to get online, enter, drive there on Saturday and race on Sunday. Finally we have a great triathlon series with mul By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing 2XU Falls Creek Triathlon announces inclusion of Trail Running Festival SuperSprint has announced the inclusion of the Falls Creek Trail Running Festival along the foreshore of the mile-high Rocky Valley Lake at Falls Creek. Included are a Half Marathon (21.1km), 10km and 5km trail run, which will be held in conjunction with the inaugural 2XU Falls Creek Triathlon on Su By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Evergreen Triathlete Mick Maroney looks at the Nepean Super Sprint Race The Nepean triathlon held on the 15th of November included an exciting new innovation. The top 20 men and women were invited to race a super sprint triathlon in front of the crowd – seated in the regatta centre stadium. The format would be 300m swim 8km bike and 2k run. The main race was held and By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Bryce McMaster and Brittany Forster take round two wins at Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series Brisbane's Bryce McMaster claimed his second successive win of the series in commanding style, while 16-year-old Brittany Forster claimed her first win of the series over the sprint distance format, 400m swim, 15km cycle, 4km run. McMaster led from start to finish beating home another talented By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Matty White and Rebekah Keat take out Shepparton Campbell’s Half Ironman Triathlon Matty White has delivered on his promise and won the Shepparton Cambell's Half Ironman Triathlon in a time of 3:49:23 after a couple of runner up results. Pre race favourite Rebekah Keat also delivered on expectations with a commanding victory built on a dominant bike leg. By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Brendan Sexton and Michelle Wu win Nepean Triathlon – Results Brendan Sexton over came a swim deficit to win the 2010 Nepean Triathlon. Sexton also went on to win the Super Sprint race to make it a very profitable morning. Pete Jacobs received a stop / start penalty on the bike. Michelle Wu continued her recent winning form and won the women's race from By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Australian Results at Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 Triathlon Australian triathlete Joe Gambles finished 4th overall at the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Clearwater, Florida. Richie Cunningham was 5th and Chris Legh was 10th. Peter Schokman was 34th overall. Other Australian pros did not fare so well. Pip Taylor and uncharacteristic 2:01 half By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Strong Australian contingent to tackle final Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 Clearwater The Ironman 70.3 Series culminates this weekend with its world championship in Clearwater, Florida. More than 1,800 competitors have earnt the right to compete in the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 by qualifying at one of the nearly 50 events held around the world. A professional priz By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Nepean Triathlon – Tim Reed Previews the Male Pro Field Tim Reed, second at the recent SiS Half Ironman in Port Macquarie, previews the guys race at this weekend's Nepean Triathlon. There is a cracking field and it looks like four possible winners with a couple of potential surprises if there has been some secret training going on. This will be an By Tim Reed • 3 min read
News & Racing Gatorade Queensland Triathlon Series – Round two ready to Roll Triathlon racing continues this weekend at Robina with round two of the Gatorade Queensland Tri Series and big numbers are once again expected at this popular venue. The Gatorade Series has provided a great platform for unveiling new talent within our junior ranks and those on the brink of stepping By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing SunSmart to be Naming Rights Sponsor of Ironman Western Australia World Triathlon Corporation has today announced a new naming rights partnership that will see its premier West coast event become the SunSmart Ironman Western Australia. Western Australian health promotion body, Healthway and the Cancer Council of Western Australia's flagship skin cancer aware By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Shepparton Campbell’s Half Ironman Triathlon gets ready for action The 13th year of the event is proving lucky for organisers with a record filed of 950, smashing the previous record of 681 competitors, and with the event boasting a strong contingent of pro's vying for line honours. Last year's winners Jimmy Johnsen (Denmark) & Bek Keat will be bac By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Nepean Triathlon Boasts one of the Hottest Female Fields so far this Year This weekend's 29th Nepean triathlon has one of the hottest fields in Australian triathlons this year. The fastest male and female triathletes could potentially take away $2,750 each for a mornings work. The women's field is the hardest to pick with potentially 6 women capable of taking By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Gebrselassie’s retirement: Looking back and forward Gebrselassie was the sport's brightest light for close to 20 years. Usain Bolt is now the name that everyone recognizes, inside and outside the sport, and Gebrselassie probably didn't achieve such wide appeal (such is the nature of 100m running compared to distance running). However, wit By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Anna Cleaver talks through her win at the 2010 SiS Half Ironman Port Macquarie New Zealand's Anna Cleaver who now resides in Sydney, talks about her first win in the Australian half ironman series. Here she goes through the race from pre race to post race and talks about her preparation, nutrition, equipment and how each part of the race went and what races she has comin By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Michelle Wu wins Timex Ironman 70.3 Taiwan 2010 Michelle Wu, fresh from her second place in the Gold Coast Half Ironman a couple in early October has put in one of her best performances in another set of trying conditions. This time is was the wind in Taiwan that proved tough on the day. Not too much though and Michelle edged out Belinda Granger By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing SiS Half Ironman Port Macquarie Full Results by Age Group Male race report Female race report Mitch Robins Race report Tim Reed race report Pos Name Finish Cat Category Swim Cycle Run 232 Juliane LACROIX 5:15:51 1 F 1824 0:28:44 3:06:00 1:41:06 398 Grace MACPHERSON 5:40:24 2 F 1824 0:27:41 3:05:54 2:06:48 492 Ashley RUSSELL 5:53:45 3 F 1824 0:28:24 By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Tim Reed – 2nd at Port Macquarie – talks about why this Half Ironman Triathlon is important and how the race went There are some races that you simply want to win. Tim Reed was pondering why Port Macquarie Half Ironman is so important to him. Like nearly every race in Australia, the prize money is small but there was a much deeper motivation driving him that had him being unusually focused in his preperation fo By Tim Reed • 5 min read
News & Racing Mitch Robins on his first big win – The 2010 SiS Half Ironman Port Macquarie Mitch Robins had his breakthrough major event win at the 2010 SiS Half Ironman in Port Macquarie. He led from start to finish with the fastest times in all three disciplines. Even with a tough head wind for half of the run he still posted a fast 1:17 for the half marathon. Mitch couldn't stop By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Courtney Atkinson and Caroline Steffen win 2010 Noosa Triathlon Courtney Atkinson has proved he is the new King of Noosa, comprehensively beating come back kid Craig Walton at Noosa today. Walton was unable to produce his usual dominant bike/run performance, exiting the water only slightly ahead of Atkinson. The lead men quickly formed into a pack on the bike (w By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Anna Cleaver wins 2010 SiS Port Macquarie Half Ironman Triathlon New Zealander Anna Cleaver has won the SiS Port Macquarie Half Ironman after out swimming and out running Katherine Baker and Rebecca Eveleigh who were second and third repectively. One of the pre race favourites, Nicole Ward, missed the podium after receiving a bike penalty and having calf problems By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Mitch Robins wins 2010 SiS Port Macquarie Half Ironman Triathlon Mitch Robins has taken out the 2010 SiS Port Macquarie Half Ironman from Tim Reed and local hero Tim Berkel for his first pro win in a time of 3:59:09. Mitch's run was just too fast on on the day and Tim Reed lost just over a minute to Mitch after keeping pace with him in the swim and bike. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
