Raynard Tissink smashed his own record by 20 minutes on his way to win his 3rd Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa. As expected, Chrissie Wellington dominated the women’s race but she also broke the World Record.
by Herbert Krabel, April 10, 2011
The transition area is ready for the 2011 Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa and thanks to Randy Sadler we can share a gallery of Pro bike images.
Defending champion Javier Gomez overcame a crash on the bike and a good sized gap at the beginning of the run to win the 2011 Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series race in Sydney, Australia.
Canadian Paula Findlay showed again that she is a force to be reckoned with this year with a superb win in round one of the 2011 Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon World Championship Series in Sydney, Australia.
Karl Kahsar of Colorado won the men’s title when UC Irvine’s Dustin McLarty got a position penalty; Kaitlin Shiver of Florida won women’s individual; Colorado took the men’s team and the combined team titles; Navy won the women’s team title
It’s Andy Potts and his swim-run prowess against Yoder’s bike power in an early season match up of two athletes in top form. Slowtwitch kicks off its live coverage season at the Nautica South Beach tri in Miami. Live coverage here
Lance Armstrong announced today that he finished a ride with a few fellas riding out of Mellow Johnny’s and that it was too windy for him. We’ll keep you posted on further developments.
Kaleb VanOrt is fast, scary fast. He had the fastest 10k split in every triathlon he has ever done. The former Notre Dame athlete burst into the limelight when he placed 3rd in Clermont.
The season is now in full swing and nothing inspires more than new gear. So we have a look at the Giro Aeon helmet, the Avia Avi-Bolt III shoes, the Zipp track jacket and the TwinSix Crank t-shirt.
Cory Foulk’s barefoot beach cruiser ride at Kona, his fixed gear Ironman 13 years later, and how hip resurfacing enabled him to reach 47 Ironmans, 21 Ultramans – and go for more.
Bahram Akradi, CEO of Life Time Fitness, built the Life Time Fitness triathlon, and the Race to the Toyota Cup, for U.S. pros. He’s building Leadman Tri for himself.
After a disappointing 70.3 California Mac Brown put up a very hard note to himself on his blog. It was not meant to garner attention or sympathy, but he was kind enough to let us share it.
How did Heather Jackson come from Princeton ice hockey star and teaching in Thailand to dueling with Mirinda Carfrae for the win at Oceanside? The 26-year-old explains it all for you.
At the recent Mooloolaba ITU World Cup Brendan Sexton grabbed the runner-up spot behind fellow Aussie Brad Kahlefeldt and recorded his finest result to date. But we can expect to hear more from him.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses taking your Garmin Forerunner to the pool, the best watch that measures altitude for trail running, and some discussion about how autopause can impact a race file.
Sidi’s carbon-soled T2 Silver Snake. You can debate about the silver snakeskin upper on this wider-than-average Sidi, but I kind of liked it. It makes a statement.
A gallery of images taken during the bike segment of the 2011 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California. A very deep field competed for $50,000 in Oceanside.
Great field, hot racing, the exultation, the struggle at Oceanside with Mirinda Carfrae and Andy Potts the 2011 champions. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.
Andrew Yoder blitzed the bike course Kemah, TX in 52:55 and grabbed the win at the 2011 Kemah Triathlon. Bike prowess also helped Angela Naeth on her way to the women’s title.
Andy Potts pulled away from Rasmus Henning late in the run to take the 2011 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California. Mirinda Carfrae overcame a 4:45 gap after the bike with a 1:18:25 half marathon to take her 3rd title in Oceanside.
We can quibble over the 20-year wait, or we can celebrate the fact that iconic component maker Campagnolo has at long last introduced the necessary elements of its gruppo specific to timed racing.
Commensurate with the launch of Campagnolo’s TT group, the Italian component maker announces, along with Felt, the launch of its triathlon-legal seat tube motor.
The Rohto Ironman 70.3 California pros stayed cool and calm on a sunny day on the eve of battle at Oceanside. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson
Gwen Jorgensen swam and ran for the University of Wisconsin and was introduced to triathlon by Barb Lindquist and USAT. Fast forward a year and Jorgensen is now racing ITU World Cup events.
