News & Racing Sam Douglas and Gillian Backhouse win Nowra Olympic Distance Triathlon It was a tough day at the office for many reasons today in Nowra. The times were all a bit slower than normal. The run in particular. It was a solid 10kms and not over.The swim was a non-wetsuit, fresh water river swim. It was warm so we would have overheated if we had used wetsuits. Most of us felt Xmas bite us on the bums at about the 5km mark in the run. And was the run hot! The bike was tough as you had to keep pushing the whole way with no let up at all. The was no opportunity to coast and By Karl Hayes • 16 years ago
Jamie Whyte and Belinda Granger win Challenge Wanaka Triathlon Rising New Zealand professional triathlete Jamie Whyte fought off gusting winds and a tough challenge on the run from veteran Aussie Courtney Ogden and Kiwi Bevan McKinnon to claim the biggest victory of his career with a wire-to- wire win in 9hrs 3min at the fifth Challenge Wanaka long-course triat
Jan 17, 2011 Sam Douglas and Gillian Backhouse win Nowra Olympic Distance Triathlon It was a tough day at the office for many reasons today in Nowra. The times were all a bit slower than normal. The run in particular. It was a solid 10kms and not over.The swim was a non-wetsuit, fresh water river swim. It was warm so we would have overheated if we had used wetsuits. Most of us felt Xmas bite us on the bums at about the 5km mark in the run. And was the run hot! The bike was tough as you had to keep pushing the whole way with no let up at all. The was no opportunity to coast and
Jan 16, 2011 Jamie Whyte and Belinda Granger win Challenge Wanaka Triathlon Rising New Zealand professional triathlete Jamie Whyte fought off gusting winds and a tough challenge on the run from veteran Aussie Courtney Ogden and Kiwi Bevan McKinnon to claim the biggest victory of his career with a wire-to- wire win in 9hrs 3min at the fifth Challenge Wanaka long-course triat
Jan 15, 2011 Laurent Vidal steals the Tony Dodds Show and his Money at the Contact Triathlon Series Wanaka turned on a stunning day as thousands lined the lakefront and the bars and restaurants to watch world class triathlon in the latest round of the Contact Tri Series but to their dismay it was a Frenchman who stole the day and took the money from local hope Tony Dodds. Laurent Vidal showed his undoubted world class ability in running away from Dodds and Kris Gemmell on the last of three laps around the tight sprint circuit, with his ears ringing to a ‘Doddsy, Doddsy’ chant as the home fans
Jan 14, 2011 Nowra Round of Elite Energy’s triseries on this Sunday Round four of the triseries is on this weekend in Nowra. Round four sees the Olympic distance event return. Winner of the Olympic distance race in round two at Huskisson, Michael Fox is back to defend his title. Michael raced last weekend in Melbourne after a break during the Xmas season. On the mic
Jan 14, 2011 Kiwi Triathlete Tony Dodds Offers to Double the Prize Money if he is Beaten So far those to take up Dood's challenge include Ryan Sissons, James Elvery, Laurent Vidal, Kris Gemmell, Martin Van Barneveld, Dylan McNeice and youngsters William Prior and Cameron Goldsmid with others rumoured to be joining them in the race for the cash.
Jan 13, 2011 Triathlon New South Wales Annual Combined Squads Camp At the beginning of each year TNSW holds an annual camp. The camp comprises members of the various representative squads (EDS, ITU Junior/Under 23/EAS) gathering at a nominated venue for 4 days of training, technical analysis, and workshops. This year the camp was at The State Sports Centre – Runa
Jan 13, 2011 Kristian McCartney and Madeline Oldfield win Race 3 of the Gatorade Triathlon Series in Victoria Three time Gatorade Triathlon Series Winner Kristian McCartney clocked up an impressive time of 1hr, 55mins to take out the Victorian Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships 2011. Doubling as the Victorian Championships, Race 3 of the Gatorade Triathlon Series was held at Sandringham on Sunday 9th
Jan 12, 2011 Belinda Granger and Courtney Ogden Head up Australian Challenge at Wanaka This year's Challenge Wanaka to be held on 15 January features multiple iron distance champion Belinda Granger and two times ironman champion Courtney Odgen as well as current world age group champion Belinda Harper (NZL) and Challenge Barcelona winner Jimmy Johnsen (DEN). The field includes a
Jan 9, 2011 Graham O’Grady and Joanna Lawn win Port of Tauranga Half Ironman 2011 – Full Podium Results Graham O'Grady and Joanna Lawn have won the 2011 Port Of Tauranga Half Ironman. Graham O'Grady lead from start to finish just managing to hold off a fast finishing Callum Millward who ran the half marathon just over four and a half minutes quicker than O'Grady. Jo Lawn had to fight
Jan 7, 2011 Your Chance to Train with Chris McCormack, Pete Jacobs, Mirinda Carfrae and Belinda and Justin Granger Sunday 30th of January 2011 will see 2010 Ironman World Champion, Chris “Macca” McCormack co-host the Sydney edition of the training series. He will be joined by the man that posted the fastest run split in 2010 at Kona, Pete Jacobs. BPM-Sport.com’s Nicole Gallagher said “In January 2010, we joined forces with Macca and PJ for a very successful training camp in Huskisson NSW. We received a great deal of requests to have both of these guys back to share their knowledge, inside tips and of cours
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