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Will Clarke's season of 70.3’s
It’s been a decent start to the year, three 70.3 races down in South Africa, California and the Caribbean and now onto my next one in Barcelona. It’s been a pretty chaotic and busy start but after this things will settle down a bit spending the n...
Corinne Abraham, UK, Mallorca & Lanza
Ironman Lanzarote. Looming large on my horizon and now only six days away. It's not surprising then that I find myself with a bit of free time on my hands and the cognitive capacity to string more than 140 characters together.
team Erdinger take top spots
Team ERDINGER took on the challenge of Rimini and Mallorca to come away triumphant at both. At Ironman 70.3 Mallorca Andreas Dreitz concord the course and his competitors to take the title while team mate Andreas Raelert also made it to the podium wi...
Power Horse Raphael race report
In his first Ironman Race in 2014 on European soil Jan Raphael finished eleventh. The athlete from Hanover was quite happy with the assessment of his current form which gave him clues as to the structure of training in the weeks to come.
Pasuello, Mullan rule Rimini
He talks the talk and now walks the walk Dominic Passuello for Team Forhans was the interpreter to conduct a masterclass between the elite field closing the show with a fast tempo run leg. The strong ex Tuscan cyclist, after a somewhat average swim c...
Gina Crawford 4th Challenge Rimini
Today I was 4th at Challenge Rimini in Italy. It was my first time in Italy and I enjoyed the experience. The race organisers were very good to us and we have been here for over a week trying to get over the jet-lag. Rimini itself is a resort town on...
Andrew Messick interview on Competitor Radio
Andrew Messick, the CEO of WTC, recently chatted with Bob Babbitt from Competitor Radio. The Messick/Babbit interview can be found here: http://competitorradio.competitor.com/2014/05/andrew-messick-3/. Andrew made a few interesting statements regard...
Terenzo’s Italian Job
I just finished the Challenge Rimini Half here on the beautiful Adriatic coast in Italy. I raced the world junior duathlon champs here in 2001 and I was hoping to relive the magic from 13 years ago but I will have to settle for another 6th place fini...
Bart Aernouts & Sofie Goos 2nd in 70.3 Mallorca, Liz Blatchford 3rd
Three Uplace-BMC athletes competed in the 2014 Ironman 70.3 Mallorca, and all three finished on the podium. Sofie Goos (4:27:58) and Liz Blatchford (4:29:32) came in second and third behind Lisa Hütthaler (4:18:50). Bart Aernouts (03:53:33) took sec...
Backhouse, Sullwald win in Chengdu
Mens winner Wian Sullwald (RSA) broke through for his first ever ITU World Cup win with victory at Chengdu in China today, defeating Kevin McDowell (USA) and Aurelien Lebrun (FRA), with all three posting career-best performances.
Video: How to Run Like an Olympian: Top 3 Tips to Handle the Uphills
What's the best tips to handle the hills when racing? In this video we show you how to run like an Olympian by teaching the Top 3 Tips to Handle the Hills when racing. Joanna Zeiger is a former professional...
Ironman Lanzarote 2014 (May 17th) – Predictions
Previous Winners Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time 2005 Ain-Alar Juhanson (EST) 08:55:38 Virginia Berasategui (ESP) 10:09:40 2006 Ain-Alar Juhanson (EST) 08:54:14 Karin Thuerig (SUI) 09:52:45 2007 Eneko Llanos (ESP) 08:49:39 Tiina Boman (FIN) ...
Mel Hauschildt IM #1 Done
We were created with pain receptors. These pain receptors go off when we are hurt or injured or when we push our bodies to the limit. They are there for a reason, to warn us that something is wrong and you must stop. What a great system. Makes good s...
Jesse Thomas, Crazy Ass Fans
That’s what you are. This one is for you. Thank you so much for all of the encouragement and support over the last year. I am remarkably stoked to write something with a happy ending for the first time in a long time. I’m not going to lie, I’m ...
Ironman Texas 2014 (May 17th) – Predictions
Previous Winners Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time 2011 Eneko Llanos (ESP) 08:08:20 Catriona Morrison (GBR) 08:57:51 2012 Jordan Rapp (USA) 08:10:44 Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 08:54:58 2013 Paul Amey (GBR) 08:25:06 Rachel Joyce (GBR) 08:49:14 Last ...
Pro’s set for Challenge Rimini
The Race Director , Alessandro Alessandri presented the second edition of the Challenge Rimini, Italy, at the local Palace of tourism. “This weekend race promises to be very dense and enriched with the highest level of support on Sunday. The swim ...
Team ERDINGER Alkoholfrei strengthened by Dan Halksworth
Dan Halksworth, currently one of the UK’s best long-distance triathletes, is to strengthen Team ERDINGER Alkoholfrei with immediate effect. He will be joining Lucy Gossage in promoting the refreshing, isotonic ERDINGER Alkoholfrei in the UK. His ...
IRONMAN 70.3 Mallorca Preview
The fourth edition of Thomas Cook IRONMAN 70.3 Mallorca opens the European season series on Saturday. Almost 3,800 participants will start the race. The course offers not only a brilliant event location at the beach of Alcudia, it includes a demandin...
Jan Raphael kicks off the season at 70.3 Mallorca
This Saturday (may 10th) the fifth and last athlete of the POWER HORSE Triathlon Team will start the triathlon season. Jan Raphael will be on the starting line of the Ironman 70.3 Mallorca, testing his form under competition conditions. Raphael will ...