News & Racing International triathletes come together for men’s health in Movember This Movember there are going to be some bad memories created as we see race photos emerge with a number of well known international triathletes (and others) come together to raise money and awareness for men's health by taking part in Movember. That's right, triathletes with moustaches By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival 2012 ENDURA Noosa Run Swim Run Noosa Tri Celebrity Golf Day 2012 CANNIBAL Tour de Noosa Cycle NOOSA Breakfast Fun Run Noosa Sports & Lifestyle Expo Celebrity Tri Bar EYELINE Noosa 1000 Ocean Swim Noosa Superkidz Triathlon Tingirana Special Triathlon SUBARU Noosa Grand Prix Men and Women ASICS Bolt © […] News & Racing Noosa Triathlon sees some of the sports biggest names lining up for a piece of history The honour roll of the Noosa Triathlon features the names of Australian triathlon royalty. When it comes to races on their home soil it's the one most Aussie athletes consider “the event,†at the end of a career the absence of a Noosa title may have many feeling their CV is a little lackin By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Noosa Triathlon Honour Roll One of Australia's most iconic races returns this weekend. Who will be added to the honor roll this Sunday? Noosa Triathlon Honour Roll Previous Winners: 2012 Peter Kerr (Aust) 1:46:35 Ashleigh Gentle (Aust) 1:58:57 2011 David Dellow (Aust) 1:46:36 Melissa Rollison (Aust) 2:00:05 2010 C By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Ironman World Championship: Liz Blatchford – Kona Uncovered With the Ironman World Championship over for another year, we decided to catch up with some of the athletes to get an insight into how they prepared, what gear they used, and ultimately how the race unfolded. We also caught a look into what their family and friends got up to on the Big Island [&hell By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Aaron Royle and Emma Moffatt win the Gulf Western Oil Nepean Triathlon 2013 Aaron Royle has won the 2013 Gulf Western Oil Nepean Triathlon having to put in a chase out of T2 with Tom Davison and Sam Appleton getting a slight jump on him after the three stayed together for the 30kms bike leg. Sam Appleton finished second and Brad Kahlefledt took out third. Davison walked awa By Karl Hayes • 6 min read
News & Racing Nepean Triathlon preview and pro start lists. $70,000 prize money on offer If you live in and around Sydney this Sunday is your chance to unselfishly support the sport that you love and participate in. Forget your Sunday bike ride or long run. Get in your car with some of your triathlon buddies and get out to Penrith to witness one of the biggest prize pools in […] By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Josh soaks up the win as he comes down the finish shute. Photo Credit: Delly Carr News & Racing Joshua Amberger wins Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie 2013 Joshua Amberger won the 2013 Port Macquarie Ironman 70.3 last weekend in style with a bike leg that saw him completely dominate the competition and set himself up for an easier than planned run. With Noosa only two weeks away this was a blessing. Sam Appleton finished in second place after posting a By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Ironman World Championship: Caroline Steffen – Kona Uncovered With the Ironman World Championship over for another year, we decided to catch up with some of the athletes to get an insight into how they prepared, what gear they used, and ultimately how the race unfolded. We also caught a look into what their family and friends got up to on the Big Island [&hell By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Ben Allen takes on the 2013 XTERRA World Championship this weekend in Maui With the announcement this week of the 2014 XTERRA Asia Pacific Championship to be held in New South Wales' Jervis Bay we thought we would catch up with Ben Allen who is taking on the XTERRA world champs this weekend in Hawaii. The XTERRA Asia Pacific Championship will be held in Ben's b By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Wollongong’s Ben Allen won the inaugural Xterra England race this year News & Racing 2014 XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship to be held in Jervis Bay, NSW Australia TEAM Unlimited LLC, owners and producers of the XTERRA World Tour, has reached a three-year strategic partnership agreement with Destination New South Wales to host the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship off-road triathlon and accompanying sports festival in the Jervis Bay area. The inaugural event is By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Mirinda Carfrae and Frederik Van Lierde win 2013 GoPro IRONMAN World Championship It was a record-setting day at the 2013 GoPro IRONMAN World Championship for Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) who was crowned an IRONMAN World Champion for the second-time, while Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) improved his third-place showing from a year ago to earn his first men's World Championship title. C By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Mirinda Carfrae is crowned 2013 GoPro Ironman World Champion in Kona Today saw the fiercest competition to ever unfold in the history of the Ironman World Championship. The island Gods were particularly kind, with near perfect conditions unfolding; bringing closer competition amongst the professionals, and very fast times from the age groupers. A calm and current ass By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Predict the fastest male and female swimmers and times at Kona 2013 to win the new and fast Huub Swim Skin Predict who which male and female will be the fastest swimmers and their swim times at the 2013 GoPro World Ironman Championship to go in to the draw to win the new Huub SNK-1 speed swim skin. Add your predictions in to the comments box below to go in to By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Pete Jacobs and Leanda Cave look to defend titles at the 2013 GoPro Ironman World Championship The 2013 GoPro IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawai long considered the most iconic endurance event in the world will once again bring together the very best male and female professional athletes in the world to compete in what will be the largest and most international edition of By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing World Ironman Championship, Kona – Women’s Pro Preview The professional women's field is shaping up to be a cracker, with the biggest battle being to simply make it to the start line. The talent pool is deep, making it a difficult task to make a call on the top ten come Saturday. Despite this, we'll start with a look at some of the [… By Karl Hayes • 10 min read
Sebastian Kienle News & Racing Kona 2013 Pro Men’s Preview The 2013 Ironman World Championship has slightly more unknown quantities this year with the phenomenal bike strength of Sebastian Kienle coming in to play along with the unknown (at Kona) ability of Kiwi ITU great Bevan Docherty and the early year form of Eneko Llanos also looming large. Throw in An By Karl Hayes • 8 min read
News & Racing Kona 2013 Australian Team Breakfast A joint initiative between Triathlon Australia and Ironman Asia Pacific saw a huge turnout for the inaugural Australian Kona Breakfast. We heard from a couple of the sports greats in Michellie Jones and Greg Welsh along with some very inspirational athletes with Terry Kennedy and Bill Chaffey who brought it By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing International Athletes Descend Upon Kailua-Kona, Hawaii for Annual IRONMAN World Championship International Athletes Descend Upon Kailua-Kona, Hawaii for Annual IRONMAN World Championship Oct. 12 Field grows from 12 to 2,000+ in IRONMAN's 35th year By Karl Hayes • 36 min read
News & Racing GoPro announced as title sponsor of the 2013 IRONMAN World Championship triathlon IRONMAN partners with GoPro for the 2013 IRONMAN World Championship, offering immersive camera perspectives of the iconic triathlon event in Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Sergio Marques celebrates one of his biggest victories – Photo Credit: Stephen Pond – Challenge Family News & Racing Sergio Marques and Eva Wutti win Challenge Barcelona Two victories were marked by two new course records today at the fifth Challenge Barcelona with Sergio Marques (POR) and Eva Wutti (AUT) taking out the titles in 8:05:21 and 8:51:01 respectively in excellent conditions By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie Preview The professional fields at Port Macquarie 70.3 this year are deep and should make for some great racing. The official start list does not reflect any withdrawals but we have excluded the athletes we know for sure are out. Taking a quick high level look at the men's field Tim Berkel, Paul Ambro By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Challenge Barcelona celebrates its fifth anniversary this weekend On October 6, the town of Calella in Barcelona-Maresme will once again be the centre of attention of the international triathlon scene, for CHALLENGE BARCELONA, which as well as celebrating its fifth anniversary, is also doubling this year as the Spanish Long Distance Triathlon Championship. A total of 1,350 By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Tim Reed Triathlon Training Camps As an athlete who’s passion for coaching very closely matches his love for racing and the sport of triathlon in general, Tim Reed is now offering his sought after coaching methods to the public via regular, easily accessed and affordable training camps. Tim is one of the most analytical By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing IRONMAN and Latin Sports announces a new triathlon in Brazil “IRONMAN Fortaleza IRONMAN and Latin Sports today announced the addition of a new triathlon in Brazil – IRONMAN Fortaleza. IRONMAN Fortaleza will take place on Sunday, November 9, 2014. Online registration opens October 1, 2013, at 12 p.m. (ET)/1:00 p.m. (BRT). IRONMAN has been successful in the region for 15 By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
