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A Canadian Sweep in Hawaii
Brent McMahon earns a wire-to-wire win, while Angela Naeth runs to a second IRONMAN 70.3 title of the year. Brent McMahon (CAN) led the men’s field out of the water with his 24:39 swim. A trio of Aussies - Luke Bell, Lachlan Kerin and five time wor...
Ronnie Schildknecht 4th at 70.3 Switzerland, Bart Aernouts 8th
Ronnie Schildknecht and Bart Aernouts have finished 4th and 8th respectively in the 2014 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland. Boris Stein (Germany; 03:44:42) took the title. Silver and bronze went to Ruedi Wild (03:45:31) and Mike Aigroz (03:46:31) of Switzerla...
Macca takes on his rising sun at 70.3 Japan
Chris “Macca” McCormack will be the Fan favorite at Ironman 70.3 Japan. The now Asian based multiple World Champion will again come up against one of his own young progenies Michael Murphy.
Swiss Miss Spirig Starts at 70.3 Rapperswil
After Ironman granted her a late entry all eyes will be on home girl Nicola Spirig at this weekends 70.3 Switzerland. She would now be considered favorite having won here twice (2007,2012) and runner up in 2008. This will be Nicola’s first foray in...
Power Horse competing on 3 fronts
An exiting triathlon weekend lies ahead: Georg Potrebitsch will be competing in the Ironman 70.3 in Rapperswil-Jona (SUI), Jan Raphael will test out his strength at the Ingolstadt Triathlon and Timo Bracht will finish off his long stay in the United ...
Jorgensen finds redemption in London
It was the course that dashed her hope of a World Championship title last year, but in 2014 Gwen Jorgensen conquered London in the best possible style, claiming her fifth career World Triathlon Series win in an all-round strong performance in Hyde Pa...
Mario Mola claims first WTS win in London
Spain’s Mario Mola captured his first ITU World Triathlon Series win in dramatic style in London, pulling out a perfectly time sprint to hold off training partner Richard Murray in the final 100 metres of the race.
KPR Thoughts – Women Slots and August Qualifying
This blog post is just a quick rehash of two issues that I have written about in the past: Number of slots for Women, and qualifying in August. Last summer, Rachel Joyce wrote an article on witsup.com arguing for equal Kona slots between men and wome...
Sleep and Recovery, Part 2
The following is a continuation of my last post on the same topic - sleep as the primary producer of recovery for athletes. Both are excerpts from a book I’m currently writing with the working title of Fast After 50. In the Part 1 post a reader cau...
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Challenge Family announces opportunity to win ‘Royal Package’ to Challenge Bahrain
Professional triathletes racing at Challenge Atlantic City, Challenge Roth and Challenge Gold Coast are now racing for more than prize money and prestige following today’s announcement from Challenge Family. They are also racing for an invitation w...
Fraser Cartmell, 2nd at Bilbao Tri
It was a productive return visit to the Basque Country this past Saturday - a step further up the podium than 2012. We had terrible weather when we visited a couple years ago, in fact it was certainly one of the coldest races I have ever done, which ...
Who’s who at Hawaii 70.3
So who is back on the big Island for this weekends IRONMAN 70.3 Hawaii? Favorites on the mens start list Aussies Craig Alexander, Luke Bell and Canadian Brent McMahon stand out, but also rumored to be on the Island is fast frenchman Jose Jeuland.
KPR Thoughts – What happens to races not qualifying for Kona?
In an earlier post I suggested (as have others) to reduce the number of races that qualify for Kona. Among other things, this will have an impact on those races that are no longer relevant for Pro Kona qualifying. A reduction in the number of qualify...
London men’s race boasts best of the best
This weekend, Hyde Park will be transformed into a triathlon haven as the world’s fastest elite men take to racing the fifth edition of the PruHealth World Triathlon London. As in years past, London brings out the best of the best with Javier Gomez...
All-Star Pro field set for 2014 Escape from Alcatraz
IMG Worldwide, the global sports, fashion and media company, announce that 2013 IRONMAN World Champion Mirinda Carfrae and two-time Olympic medalist Bevan Docherty will lead an elite pro field competing in the 2014 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, on ...
Camilla Pedersen is Back
After a near-fatal accident the Dane is back to her winning ways. Starting the 2014 IRONMAN season, the Danish pro triathlete celebrated a superior win at the IRONMAN 70.3 Barcelona. Step by step she constantly hammered away from the rest of the fiel...
New Ironman 70.3 Gurye Korea
The picturesque town of Gurye, Korea has been selected to host the newest IRONMAN 70.3 event in the Asia Pacific region, scheduled to take place on October 4, 2014.
WEEK 19 Iliopsoas, on the ground training and tweaking for success
This week was full of new information and concepts. We had been trained as therapists to “train the way you play” i.e. if you perform in an upright position, you should train in an upright position. The Gray Institute has looked closer at...
Brit girls 2 beat in London Town
In its fifth year on the ITU World Triathlon circuit, London will see yet another all-star cast of women compete, with the likes of Jodie Stimpson, Gwen Jorgensen and Helen Jenkins at the top of the start lists. But this year will see a new twist to ...