News & Racing Ironman to ‘Step Down’ to Olympic Distance Triathlon World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), best known for its iconic Ironman races, has announced the launch of a new global event series titled 5150 (named after the 51.5k's involved in an Olympic distance race). All events within the 5150 Triathlon Series include a 1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K run. E By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Chris Kemp on Winning the 2010 Gold Coast Half Ironman Trizone spoke to Chris Kemp the week before the Gold Coast half ironman and identified him as one of the guys to potentially upset the field and win. Chris is now back in Sydney after winning his first goal race of the season in fine form. The race day conditions were some of the worst the pros had By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Michelle Wu Reports in on the Toughest Triathlon of her Career at the 2010 Gold Coast Half Ironman Trizone spoke to Michelle Wu on the day after the toughest triathlon she has faced to date. The 2010 Gold Coast half ironman was raced in torrential rain and strong winds. The participants all braved conditions many will hope never to face again. When we spoke to Michelle she had been home and reste By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Gold Coast Half Ironman Age Group Podiums and Results As usual there are a few age groupers that mix it up with the elite triathletes. Today saw Daniel MacPherson in the 18-24 age category place 18th overall, 25-29 year old Josh Jones was 28th overall, Xavier Coppock 21st overall from the 30-34 age group and the top 3 from the 40-44 age group finish [& By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Gold Coast Half Ironman Triathlon won by Chris Kemp and Melissa Rollinson The 2010 Gold Coast half ironman was held in atrocious conditions but some very good times were posted regardless. Comments coming in to Trizone from some of the top finishers are that the day was horrible and 'character building' according to John Marsh who finished 17th overall. Michelle W By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Alberto Contador and The Transfusion Theory The transfusion theory, which says that Contador used clenbuterol NOT during the Tour but many weeks/months before, and then removed blood to re-infuse later, has been gaining momentum. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Contador Tests Positive for Clenbuterol – The Science of Sport By now, most of you will have heard the news that greeted us as we woke this morning, that multiple Grand Tour champion Alberto Contador has tested positive for Clenbuterol during this year's Tour de France victory. The reaction has been swift – Contador apparently heard of the result o By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Noosa Triathlon 2011 Entry Ballots to Open November 1, 2010 With the demand for entries to the Noosa triathlon far outstripping supply USM Events has decided on a new ballot system. This new system will ease the pressure on triathletes to be entering at 9am on a set day or miss out. In addition USM Events has worked with the Sunshine Coast Council and the Qu By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Entries Closing Oct 7 for the Port Macquarie SIS Half Ironman Triathlon There are under 80 individual spots left in the SiS Port Macquarie Half Ironman to be held on October 31, 2010. In addition there are less than 20 team spots available. With the rate at which Ironman and Half Iroman races are selling out you will need to be quick. This will be a record field for thi By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Ironman Triathlon signs five-year Australian broadcast deal with Network Ten and One HD World Triathlon Corporation announces a five-year broadcast rights deal with Network Ten and One HD for exclusive Australian coverage of Ironman events. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Michelle Wu looking for a win at the Gold Coast Half Ironman Michelle Wu is heading to the Gold Coast Half Ironman this weekend with a winning attitude after her recent win at the Ironman 70.3 Centrair Tokoname in Japan. Wu edged out fellow Australian Rachael Paxton by two minutes to take the race. The swim proved to be the difference. Michelle will be up aga By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Pro Male Triathletes who may Upset the Party at this Weekend’s Gold Coast Half Ironman There are some pro triathletes who are quietly heading up to the Gold Coast with plans to upset the Tim Berkel and Clayton Fettell show. Leon Griffin is back to his good form after suffering an achilies injury during the year which sidelined him for a few weeks. Another is Peter Schokman, Peter rece By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
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 • 4 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 7 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing 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 By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Mitch Robins reports on a tough day at the Port Douglas long course triathlon won by Torsten Abel and Leanda Cave Well, I have just returned from a couple days up in beautiful Port Douglas in tropical North Queensland, and the race was once again one of the most fun, most relaxed and definitely the toughest race I have ever done! This is the 2nd time I have raced the Port D long course Tri – […] By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Rebekah Keat and Jimmy Johnsen back to defend their Shepparton Half Ironman Titles This year will see the largest field compete in the Shepparton Half Ironman with 950 competitors entered. The organising committee has had to review and alter its infrastructure in order to accommodate for the larger field. Several big name pros are returning to compete for first place including las By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Craig Alexander and Mirinda Carfrae win Subaru Ironman 70.3 Muskoka Triathlon Crowie has continued his dominance of the Subaru Ironman 70.3 Muskoka Canada, coming off the bike 2:30 behind Paul Matthews before putting in his usual blistering run leg of 1:12:05, over what is considered a tough course to take his third successive title. Alexander has used this race as a final tu By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
