Organizing committee is happy to announce that Elbaman73 (half-distance) is now sold-out 4 months in advance and all 400 places allocated. The result represents a record after the July sold-out registered in 2012. more
An all star line up is headed to the inaugural Challenge Rimini this Sunday including Chris McCormack (AUS), Daniel Fontana (ITA), Camilla Lindholm (SWE) and Erika Csomor (HUN) plus “The Terminator” Scott Molina will be lining up in his first Challenge Family event. more
In his first middle distance competition, Javier Gómez Noya spectacularly won both the Half Distance Triathlon European Championship and Challenge Half Barcelona this Sunday. Camilla Pedersen (DEN) took the women’s title for the second year in a row. more
I just finished my first race of the season. Ironman 70.3 Florida in Haines City. The race venue used to be at Orlando Disney World but has moved down here the past couple years and while I would have been exciting to race with Mickey Mouse the venue down here was pretty awesome. more
Revolution 3 expands their 2014 race line-up with Sept 12-14 Pocono Mountains REV3 Weekend. The weekend is nestled at the magnificent Shawnee Inn, a historic lodge established in the early 1900's. The Shawnee Inn is entirely for Rev3 athletes and families, and T2, expo, and finish line are all on the grounds of Shawnee Inn. more
Entries are still open for the 7th edition of IDROMAN scheduled on June 23rd on the Lake of Idro. It is an event of thousand aspects with proposes three distance races K113-OLIMPICO-SPRINT ; they have in common the amazing landscape and the hard courses. more
The successful launch of Challenge Family with three events into Australia continues with Challenge Melbourne selling out today with over 1200 competitors."I couldn’t be happier with the response from athletes and industry people to the announcement of Challenge Melbourne," said David Hansen, Challenge Melbourne director. “The emails and phone calls of encouragement have been overwhelming and to now sell out the event in less than a week of opening entries is humbling.” more
There’s less than a week before the ETU European Half Distance Championship – Challenge Barcelona, which is taking place on May 19 in the Catalan town of Calella. No fewer than 2,000 people have confirmed their attendance in what is already set to be a landmark event in triathlon history by bringing together, for the first time ever, two of the greatest champions more
Registration opens today, May 6, for the 2014 HITS Triathlon Series event in Ocala, Florida March 29-30 of next year. To register for HITS Ocala 2014, please visit HitsTriathlonSeries.com. Named as an Editor’s Pick for one of the Best United States’ Triathlons by Triathlete Magazine, HITS Ocala is expected to sell out before race day. more
Challenge Family has today announced its return to the Australian triathlon scene with three new Challenge Half events being added to their worldwide series. Challenge Melbourne, Challenge Forster and Challenge Bateman’s Bay will spearhead the Challenge Family’s return to Australia. All three Challenge Half distance events will comprise a 1.9km swim, a 90km cycle and a 21.1km run together with a prize purse of over AUD$30,000. more
An age group competitor reflects on the "essence" of IRONMAN, the beauty of true grit and the motivational power of Ryan Gosling. more
Photo: Shutterstock.comTriathlete contributor and swimming all-star Sara McLarty has a blog with more than 500 creative workouts used in her Masters swim program in Clermont, Fla. We’ll feature a workout every Friday so you have new ideas to take to the pool. On her blog (Mastersswimworkoutsbysaramclarty.blogspot.com), you can pick a Monday set for a long distance focus, a Wednesday set for sprint training, or Friday for creative open water skills. A: 200 swim/100 drill/200 pull/100 IM... more
Illustration by Matt Collins.Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time chatting with a variety of athletes and recording their thoughts for posterity. In honor of Triathlete magazine’s 30th anniversary, I’d like to share some of my favorite sound bites from the past three decades. Enjoy! My longtime buddy Tom Gallagher was racing Ironman in Kona way back in 1986. He was nearing the end of the bike ride on Ali’i Drive when a taxi turned into him, totaled his bike and knocked him to the ground. He... more
Photo: Courtney JohnsonAero gear has gone through an amazing transformation since it first gained popularity. At first, aero gear was seemingly restricted to races only and often underperformed in every way other than straight-line speed. Aero helmets, for example, were laughed at, and then adopted by everyone. Now, the aero helmet has been transformed into something that can be used every day. The Giro Air Attack Shield blends aero design with the benefits of a standard road helmet to create a... more
The Anglian is opening up a swim only event for those athletes who would like to complete the 2.4 mile sea swim, but not the full Anglian Triathlon. The swim only event and the full Anglian will take place concurrently. The cost of entry for the sea swim challenge is £15. Click here to enter the Anglian Sea Swim challenge. more
Photo: ShutterstockEvery athlete knows that a great race cannot happen unless a fair amount of hard work and suffering precedes it. But how much suffering is the right amount? Obviously, there is such a thing as too much suffering, just as there is such a thing as too little. Opinions on the proper definition of what we might call the “misery sweet spot” vary. Some coaches and runners believe one should train more or less according to Nietzsche’s dictum, “That which doesn’t kill us makes us... more
DJ turned triathlete targets XTERRA England France’s anglophile triathlete, Cedric Lassonde has been labelled ‘Mr Versatile’ in the headlines, due to the wide range of events he competes in across the year. In any given season, Lassonde can be found racing in formats from sprint to Ironman, with XTERRA thrown in. He is rather good at all of them as well! This year, Cedric plans to target the XTERRA World Championships in Maui, Hawaii and plans for the upcoming XTERRA England race to be a part of... more
XTERRA England, the premier off-road triathlon race taking part over the 7-8th September in Cranleigh, Surrey, have launched a new Facebook page with exclusive content and training tips. With the weekend set to be the biggest off-road sporting event in 2013, the page is set to become a cracking online community space for those that love their mountain bikes and to get muddy! The XTERRA England championships are being held within the stunning private grounds of the Vachery Estate, located in... more
USA Triathlon recently added the National Training Center in Clermont, Florida, as the nation's fifth USA Triathlon Certified Performance Center. The National Training Center (NTC) met a number of rigorous requirements set forth by USA Triathlon in order to earn the designation of one of the top multisport facilities in the nation. The center is one of only 10 certified performance or training centers in the country. In the 1990's, the community hospital, South Lake Hospital, was preparing to... more
Recently we’ve been looking at the Race Rockets that dominate the bike leg of most major races. Over the last week or so we’ve checked out the Cervelo P5, the Orbea Ordu GLi2 and the Specialized Shiv. Fit Trek has created a range of integrated stems that span a wide breadth of fit preferences. Paired with the highly adjustable Bontrager aerobar, this bike is a fit chameleon capable of morphing into a conservative position or an aggressive one. Accommodating very conservative positions requires a... more
This past week has been really busy and productive! I am 18 weeks along, feeling good. Baby girl is the size of a sweet potato…~5.6inches! You can check her progress here: Sweet Potato We had a Gillam get together last Thursday through Saturday in CO Springs. We were all there celebrating my brother’s change of command (Army). I think it is the first time that we were all together since ML and I got married in 2004. Here are a few pics from the weekend: DG RACER and Me After my brother’s... more
I never know how to start a blog post when I've left it so long without an update. I really should make a habit of keeping it up to date, even when life isn't what you think or hope it should be. Good thing is, it always seems to work itself out for the most part, or at least carry on. Since it has been so long I will do a quick recap from where we left off, 24hrs in the Old Pueblo... March... March went by in a bit of a whirlwind. I spend most of the time on a work project for the... more
I was diagnosed with asthma 22 years ago; that means I have had a very long time to deal with breathing problems. When I crashed on my bike in 2009 and sustained numerous rib injuries, my breathing issues became worse because asthma is characterized by difficulty exhaling, while rib injuries affect the ability to inhale. I was a complete breathing catastrophe. I couldn’t effectively breathe in or out. I was only able to take short, shallow breaths from my chest, under-utilizing my diaphragm, the... more
It can be pretty hard to get going again once momentum is lost. It’s uphill for forever. There are rocks for forever, that shim under the right cleat makes it so impossible to clip in… Just walk the bike. Which is stupid in cycling shoes. And there are probably rattlesnakes at ankle height under those [...] more
I finally have a chance to report in from plane flight number two of four en route from San Antonio to Florianopolis after a whirlwind trip for SMASH Ladies’ Night and some TeamHPB bonding. I love getting to see my athletes’ stomping grounds and meeting "their people”. This week I got to swim with Dawn’s lovely masters swim crew and Coach Susan at the JCC, check out a couple of her running loops, and even do some TT efforts on her bike TT route. I appreciate so much the tri and swim... more
First up, this is lengthy. Second, apologies if I ramble. I’m sick, and injured, and that’s not a good combination! By now most in the triathlon world familiar with me are aware of the fact that I’m dealing with a pretty serious injury. I’ve shared snippets of it along the way, but to be honest have also hidden myself away from the sport that not too long ago was my world on a daily basis. Today, triathlon just feels like a sport I used to do, much like adventure racing, mountain biking, surf... more
People used to say I looked like Karate Kid. Well he hurt his foot too and came back to win, so booyah! If I’ve learned anything from sport it’s that highs and lows are part of the game. Sometimes your dreams are achieved in ever glorious triumph! Other times they’re dashed in heart wrenching . . . → Read More: Oops, I Broke My Foot more
“Ouch. Ouch. …Ouch! Jeez! …Ouch!! Holy S#!+!!” It was the 35C. It was +70% humidity. The sun was beating down from above, and up from the tar surface I was running along. And after a hard 180km ride I was tired. But that was not the problem – I was running on what felt like hot coals. Barefoot. Carpets in T2 would have been great. But that was only the start of the suffering… Fifteen miles later, 11 miles still to go and the only consolation was that everyone was suffering at least as much as... more
Has it really been one month since I lay there staring at the ceiling in my hospital bed wondering how I had come so close to death... my footing almost taken from beneath me... my story was almost in the last chapter... almost to the place where I was about to meet my Maker... and yet... again I knew it was not my time. How?? Because the way that day unfolded I knew my life still had a purpose and there were still more chapters to be written.I always thought how crazy it was to hear about... more
I just finished my first race of the season. Ironman 70.3 Florida in Haines City. The race venue used to be at Orlando Disney World but has moved down here the past couple years and while I would have been exciting to race with Mickey Mouse the venue down here was pretty awesome.Training the past 5 weeks has gone well. My fitness and strength has come up nicely and I was looking forward to seeing how my body would step up in my first race. The course was not your typical Florida pancake... more
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Organizing committee is happy to announce that Elbaman73 (half-distance) is now sold-out 4 months in advance and all 400 places allocated....
An all star line up is headed to the inaugural Challenge Rimini this Sunday including Chris McCormack (AUS), Daniel Fontana (ITA), Camilla...
In his first middle distance competition, Javier Gómez Noya spectacularly won both the Half Distance Triathlon European Championship and...
I just finished my first race of the season. Ironman 70.3 Florida in Haines City. The race venue used to be at Orlando Disney World but has...
Revolution 3 expands their 2014 race line-up with Sept 12-14 Pocono Mountains REV3 Weekend. The weekend is nestled at the magnificent...
An age group competitor reflects on the "essence" of IRONMAN, the beauty of true grit and the motivational power of Ryan Gosling.
Photo: Shutterstock.comTriathlete contributor and swimming all-star Sara McLarty has a blog with more than 500 creative workouts used in her...
Illustration by Matt Collins.Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time chatting with a variety of athletes and recording their thoughts for...
Photo: Courtney JohnsonAero gear has gone through an amazing transformation since it first gained popularity. At first, aero gear was...
The Anglian is opening up a swim only event for those athletes who would like to complete the 2.4 mile sea swim, but not the full Anglian...
This past week has been really busy and productive! I am 18 weeks along, feeling good. Baby girl is the size of a sweet potato…~5.6inches!...
I never know how to start a blog post when I've left it so long without an update. I really should make a habit of keeping it up to...
I was diagnosed with asthma 22 years ago; that means I have had a very long time to deal with breathing problems. When I crashed on my bike...
It can be pretty hard to get going again once momentum is lost. It’s uphill for forever. There are rocks for forever, that shim under the...
I finally have a chance to report in from plane flight number two of four en route from San Antonio to Florianopolis after a whirlwind trip...
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