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Fantastic in Frankfurt: Kienle and Abraham
Since it began in 2002, the IRONMAN European Championship in Frankfurt has routinely attracted one of the strongest IRONMAN race fields of the year and this year was no exception as a who’s who of the sport arrived in Germany to vie for the title.
Gina Crawford Ironman Frankfurt report
Today I raced Ironman Frankfurt and came third in 8 hr 58 on a very hot day. The week had been a struggle for me to be honest. Last Sunday I had an amazing day training, then on Monday went for a recovery ride and my right leg was incredibly sore and...
Uplace-BMC team 1st and 4th in Frankfurt
Corinne Abraham has won today’s Ironman Germany, which is also the European Championship. It is her second full Ironman victory after her last year's win in Melbourne. Clocking in at 08:52:40, Corinne Abraham edged out comfortably Liz Lyles (USA; 0...
Hignett and Ospaly Dominate Like Vikings
Vikings can fight. This is what we learned in our history at school—and this is what you need to do if you want to win at IRONMAN 70.3 Haugesund. Although he knew that he was a marked man, two-time champion Filip Ospaly flew away from his competit...
Hurricane doesn't stop Carfrae and O'Donnell at Challenge St Andrews
Athletes competing in Sunday’s inaugural Challenge St. Andrews triathlon woke up to blue skies and beautiful conditions despite the area being struck hard by Hurricane Arthur on Saturday morning.
High-Intensity Interval Duration
I've finally got the manuscript written for the book on aging athletes I've mentioned here several times. The working title is "Fast After 50," and it will probably be ready by the end of the year - in both English and German. The weight of the world...
Ironman Switzerland 2014 – Preliminary Startlist
Male Race Participants Bib Name Nation KPR points KPR races 1 Pete Jacobs AUS 990 1+2 2 Jan Van Berkel SUI 1215 1+3 (180) 3 Georg Potrebitsch GER 70 1+1 4 Mathias Hecht SUI 85 0+1 5 Boris Stein GER 1500 1+3 (180) 6 Mike Schifferle SUI 544 3+1 7 Steph...
Challenge Roth 2014 – Preliminary Startlist
Male Race Participants Bib Name Nation 1 Dirk Bockel LUX 2 James Cunnama ZAF 3 Timo Bracht GER 4 Markus Fachbach GER 5 Luke McKenzie AUS 6 Pete Jacobs AUS 7 Eneko Llanos ESP 8 Roeland Smits NED 9 Nils Frommhold GER 11 Andrej Vistica CRO 12 Sylvain Su...
Frankfurt Favorites: Frederik Van Lierde
The 2013 IRONMAN world champion faces some stiff competition at the IRONMAN European Championship on Sunday. After winning three consecutive IRONMAN France titles, Frederik Van Lierde has a new early summer race venue on his calendar in 2014, one tha...
Frankfurt Favorites: Mary Beth Ellis
Sneaking in under the radar, more eyes should be on Mary Beth Ellis at the IRONMAN European Championship on Sunday. American Mary Beth Ellis wasn't at yesterday's press conference, which has allowed her to sneak into Frankfurt with relatively little ...
Frankfurt Favorites: Camilla Pedersen
The defending champion's journey back to Frankfurt is nothing short of a miracle. Exactly 10 months after she was involved in a bike crash that almost took her life, Camilla Pedersen found herself at the pre-race press conference for the IRONMAN Euro...
Ironman Coeur d’Alene 2014 – Analyzing Results
Race Conditions Conditions in Coeur d’Alene were pretty fast for the course: An adjustment of 8:04 is the fastest I’ve seen here (new course rating of 1:56). Conditions were slow as normal on the swim and bike, the changes in the bike course don
Ironman France 2014 – Analyzing Results
Race Conditions With an adjustment of 2:42, it was a pretty slow year for France. Apparently, the rainy conditions hurt all three disciplines, and especially the bike was very slow with an adjustment of -5:17 (apparently a lot of athletes crashed in ...
IRONMAN 70.3 NORWAY Preview
Haugesund has become a IRONMAN city. The way the people of the region has embraced the race and the athletes is unique. Not only is the race sold out with athletes from 44 countries, Haugesund now also host the biggest Triathlon club in Norway with c...
The German Duel: Frodeno Meets Kienle
The IRONMAN European Championship features a unique German battle between Olympic champion Jan Frodeno and IRONMAN 70.3 world champion Sebastian Kienle. IRONMAN racing will have a uniquely German focus over the next few days. A few days away from the...
Andreas Raelert looks forward to his Comeback in Frankfurt
Andreas Raelert will start at the Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt on Sunday. The European Champion of 2010 wants to fight for a place on the podium in this high-class race which starts at 6.45 a.m. at Lake Waldsee next to Frankfurt. "The d...
TeamTBB Athlete Stefanie Adam chooses Ironman Frankfurt as her first race since turning Pro
TeamTBB Professional athlete, Stefanie Adam will be joining the start line at this weekends European Championships, Ironman Frankfurt. Coming from a successful age group background, winning her age group at Kona in 2012 and 2013, Ironman Frankfurt wi...
Ironman Austria 2014 – Analyzing Results
Race Conditions Austria continues to be one of the fastest courses on the calendar, an adjustment of 25:24 leads to a new course rating of 19:32. Conditions were very similar to last year – a fast bike (adjustment of 10:40) followed by a simila...
IRONMAN European Championship Frankfurt preview
A big and historical city with a lot of charm - Frankfurt is the host of the IRONMAN European Championship. In Frankfurt you can see a lot of historical places like Römer, Paulskirche (Church), Frankfurt Zoological Garden, Goethe Museum, the old Ope...