German born and now living in New Zealand, Britta Martin constantly flies under the radar but showed to day that she has what it takes. News & Racing Britta Martin Wins Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie 2012 Britta Martin delivered a come from behind victory to take out the 2012 Ironman 70.3 at Port Macquarie. On an initially overcast day that delivered a stiffening breeze on the bike, and increasing temperatures on the run as the sun broke through, Britta caught fellow Kiwi Kat Baker at the 17K point o By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
A sweet victory for Clayton Fettell after backing up from Mandurah a week ago News & Racing Clayton Fettell wins Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie Clayton Fettell's dominant swim-bike combo secured him a victory at IRONMAN 70.3 Port Macquarie, with Tim Berkel finishing second and Leon Griffin third. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Clayton Fettell and Carrie Lester – 2011 Port Macquarie 70.3 Winners News & Racing 2012 Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie Race Preview This weekend’s Port Macquarie 70.3 is going to be a tight race at the pointy end. The men’s field has five ‘more’ obvious favourites but lurking beneath them are a a couple of dark horses that could upset the balance of power. One is Sam Appleton. We By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
Bevan Docherty in action at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships last month News & Racing Bevan Docherty confirms move to Ironman in Auckland and Taupo Bevan Docherty, double Olympic medallist, will launch his IRONMAN career in Auckland's IRONMAN 70.3 race and debut at full IRONMAN distance in his hometown Taupo's Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman New Zealand. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Aaron celebrates becoming the U23 World Champ “Credit: Triathlon.org | Delly Carr / ITU News & Racing Aaron Royle wins the U23 ITU World Title and starts his road to Rio Climbing the hills around West Dapto on his bike and simulated altitude training were just two of the key factors that paved the way for Newcastle-born triathlete Aaron Royle to be crowned Australia's latest World Triathlon Champion in Auckland today. The 22-year-old timed his run to perfectio By Shawn Smith • 2 min read
Brendan was pushing too hard and paid the price News & Racing Auckland Crash adds to Brendan Sexton’s Year of Woes Australia's London Olympian Brendan Sexton was just one of the victims of the horrendous conditions that created havoc at the ITU World Triathlon Championships in Auckland today. The 22-year-old crashed and fell to the road early in the 40km bike leg as he pushed himself to get back in touch w By Shawn Smith • 5 min read
Melissa Hauschildt rode a blistering 2:12:36 to take the bike course record, and the win in Boulder earlier this month News & Racing Melissa Hauschildt crowned Australian Ironman 70.3 Pro Champion As predicted the women's race was fought out between Melissa Hauschildt and Liz Blatchford. For Hauschildt this was a positive reversal of the result at Boulder 70.3 this year. After spending the last few days traveling from Hawaii where she watched her husband Jared race in the Ironman World By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Tim Berkel at Forster in 2012 News & Racing Tim Berkel wins Australian Ironman 70.3 Pro Championship Tim Berkel ran a 1:15:42 half marathon today to hold off Tim Reed to take the Australian Pro Championship at Ironman 70.3 Mandurah. It was good to see the guys and girls get a decent payday for their efforts. Both fields received USD $10,000, $5,500, $3,500, $2,500, $2,000 and $1,500 (1st to 6th). A By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
Mandurah is a great location for this new race News & Racing Ironman 70.3 Mandurah Pro Fields Ironman 70.3 Mandurah is only an hour away from the start. The pro fields are one of the strongest we have seen in Australia in a long time for a 70.3. Port Macquarie in 2011 was the last time we saw this sort of depth. There have been a few late entries which are not […] By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing The NSW triseries kicks off in three weeks NSW triathletes will be starting their 2012/2013 championship campaigns on Nov 4 with the first round of the Elite Energy triseries taking place at Huskisson on the NSW South Coast. Each of the rounds of the triseries is a full triathlon festival with races for all ages and abilities. The championsh By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing 57 Year Old American Triathlon Age Grouper Suspended for Doping Triathlon age groupers watch out. This guy from the USA has been caught doping. He is 57 years old and is one 'very handy' triathlete. Moats times read pretty impressively. 2:15 for Olympic distance races and a 9:35 for Ironman Florida in 2010. At this level it is poor form to be cheatin By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Triathlon Australia members to get priority entry for all USM and WTC events Triathlon Australia and USM Events are pleased to announce an agreement that will provide annual members of Triathlon Australia with a priority entry period to events managed by USM Events, including Ironman and Ironman 70.3 races. The arrangement, which will apply for events that are about to go on By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Leanda Cave winning the Ironman World Championship to become the double world champion News & Racing Leanda Cave wins the 2012 Ironman World Championship Leanda Cave has put in a late effort on the run to pass Caroline Steffen with around 3 miles to go and take the 2012 World Ironman Championship crown. Always threatening early on in the run was eventual third placed Australian Mirinda Carfrae. Carfrae laid it all down early on to try and take back [ By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Pete Jacobs celebrates his first Ironman World Championship News & Racing Pete Jacobs wins the Ironman World Championship 2012 Pete Jacobs has pulled off the 6th win by an Australian male in a row. Jacobs did not waste energy trying to get a break in the swim. Instead he stayed with the main riders and made sure he was always covering the strong runners. There was a large contingent By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
The Cairns 2012 Champions News & Racing What are the Top Pros Paying at Kona 2012 with less than 12 hours to go? At Trizone we have been suggesting this week that David Dellow is a possible wildcard for a podium. We have just looked up the latest odds on www.sportingbet.com.au and here they are with one more sleep to go. David Dellow is equal 5th favourite with Pete Jacobs By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Kona – Pre Race Thursday Thursday saw things start to quiet down a bit in Kona as all the athletes start to relax before the weekend. We had a catch up with the aerodynamicist behind the Cervelo P5 and will post the interview later. Another swim was done in the morning with us just out By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Craig Alexander, Pete Jacobs, Andreas Raelert, Jordan Rapp, Sebastian Kienle News & Racing Ironman World Championship Pre Race Media Conference 2012 – Kona At the Ironman World Chamapionship 2012 Media Conference today were Kelly Williamson, Rachel Joyce, Leanda Cave, Caroline Steffen, Miranda Carfrae, Sebastian Kienle, Jordan Rapp, Andreas Raelert, Pete Jacobs and Craig Alexander. Greg Welch introduced them all and we had a few words from each of them By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Sydney based age grouper Angus is ripped and ready to go this weekend. News & Racing Kona – Pre Race Wednesday Wednesday started of with a swim and breakfast with Pete Jacobs courtesy of Shotz Sports Nutrition. This was a lot of fun as you would expect. We meet some more Australian age groupers (and some we already know) who will be racing Kona this weekend. Gregory Farrell was like a giddy school girl when By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Some of the breakfast crew News & Racing Shotz Sports Nutrition Kona swim and breakfast with Pete Jacobs Shotz Sports Nutrition organised a swim and breakfast for a group of Australia triathletes this morning with Ironman World Champion title contender Pete Jacobs. As one of the top guys in the sport Jacobs is finding this week a little more hectic than previous races here. He is now one By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
Felix and Macca at the announcement News & Racing Chris (Macca) McCormack signs a ten year deal with Challenge Family Challenge Family announced today at a media conference on the shores of Kona that they have signed a 10 year agreement with Chris McCormack. This is a partnership that will benefit both parties extensively. For Macca this sets him up for the next ten years in the sport (and beyond) By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
Clayton Fettell taking a very satisfying win after a mechanical put him out of the 70.3 World Champs in Las Vegas recently. News & Racing Clayton Fettell wins Ultimate Triathlon Forster with a dominating performance Australian long course triathlon racing was back in Forster this weekend and there was a solid field of pro males racing. Headlining the race was Clayton Fettell, Tim Berkel along with a a host of guys wanting to perform well against these two proven big names. As expected Fettell got the jump on th By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Mark Fiore and Stephen Bingham News & Racing Kona – Pre Race Tuesday Afternoon The afternoon at Kona saw some cloud cover come over and the temp dropped slightly. We caught up with age grouper and cool surf board shaper dude Eden Saul. Eden is looking and sounding very relaxed. We had a coffee at Lava Java and chatted about everything. The guys at BSc sound like they have [&he By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
Check out the helmet! News & Racing Kona – Pre Race Tuesday Morning This is our first time in Kona and it is starting to heat up both figuratively and literally. The town is buzzing with all the product companies setting up their exhibitions ready to go Wednesday morning. The coffee at Lava Java is good. Everyone kept telling us to go there. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
Early days for Melissa Hauschildt News & Racing Nepean Triathlon winners back to claim more titles 2011 Nepean winner Tim Reed has entered to defend his title and following his victory in the Yeppoon 70.3 is on form to post back to back victories. 2010 Nepean winner Michelle Wu and Yeppoon 70.3 ladies champion Lisa Marangon will be pushing the pace for the ladies in an attempt to claim the handic By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
