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Dos and Don’ts to become a better cyclist
I, like many triathletes, arrived at the sport as a runner. One too many injuries led me to a long stint of cross training and, after spending 14 weeks swimming and cycling, it seemed logical to try a...
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Why is Gwen Jorgensen racing in Cuba this weekend?
This weekend marks the beginning of the World Cup season in Napier, New Zealand, but there’s also a race here in North America that features one of the biggest names in the sport – 2016 Olympic gold...
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Callum McClusky scores huge upset win over Hayden Wilde in New Zealand
Olympic bronze medalist and home favourite Hayden Wilde managed to overcome a disastrous swim to bike and run his way to the silver medal, but it was Australia’s Callum McClusky who topped the podium...
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Rio gold medalist Gwen Jorgensen starts 2024 with a win in Cuba
On Friday we reported that Gwen Jorgensen was starting her season off with an Americas Cup event in Cuba. Today we learned the trip was a resounding success as the American took gold in impressive...
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How to dress for spring rides
The winter thaw will be over before you know it. (Fingers crossed!) If you’ve been riding outside since the fall, congrats, but for many, the transition from indoor cycling to outdoors has begun....
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How much swimming does a triathlete need to do?
In all the years I’ve been coaching triathletes (over 35 at this point), I very rarely have to try and convince an athlete I’m working with to swim less. Many people gravitate to the sport from a...
View ArticlePTO signs deboer as official wetsuit and swimwear partner for three years
Since it burst on to the triathlon scene in 2019, deboer has become one of the sport’s premier wetsuit manufacturers, working with numerous world champions including Jan Frodeno (pictured above),...
View ArticleShould you do all your interval training in carbon-plated shoes? Lionel...
The video’s title seemed to imply that Canadian triathlon star Lionel Sanders wouldn’t ever run in a carbon-plated shoe again, but that’s not the case – in his latest video (see below), the two-time...
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5 Things you need to know about Ironman New Zealand this weekend
It was the first official Ironman qualifying event, starting in 1985. (And, yes, I know there was a long-distance race in Penticton, before that, but Ironman Canada didn’t become an official Kona...
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T100 Miami women’s field announced … and it’s going to be stacked
Many of long-distance triathlons biggest names will be on hand for the first T100 Triathlon World Tour event in Miami on March 9, including reigning Ironman world champion Lucy Charles-Barclay, who...
View ArticleIronman Pro Series to use RaceRanger electronic drafting detection system
Ironman will utilize RaceRanger’s drafting detection technology for its Pro Series events in 2024, which “will give referees visibility of drafting activity and confirm when athletes are within the...
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T100 men’s field announced – all but three of the contracted PTO athletes to...
While the women’s field will be open to eight wild card competitors, all but three of the T100 contracted male athletes will be on the line in Miami next week. The power-packed field includes 14 of the...
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T100 Miami Wildcards announced
With US$7 million on the line, the Professional Triathletes Organisation’s (PTO) T100 Triathlon World Tour promises to be incredibly lucrative for the athletes who are able to participate. The 40...
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Daniela Ryf announces her retirement
Switzerland’s Daniela Ryf has announced that this will be her last year of racing. In a post on social media, the five-time Ironman world champion and five-time Ironman 70.3 world champion said that...
View ArticleChelsea Sodaro continues her return to the top with huge win at Ironman New...
American Chelsea Sodaro (pictured above at last year’s Ironman World Championship Kona), surprised the triathlon world with her impressive win at the 2022 Ironman World Championship, but never seemed...
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Giro debuts wild looking futuristic new helmet – how long before we see one...
It used to be the triathletes who would try the wild looking equipment first! (Remember, cyclists, that we were using tri bars for years before Greg Lemond won the Tour using his.) Today, though, it is...
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Anne Haug out for first T100 race in Miami
The top woman in the PTO World Ranking, Anne Haug, won’t be competing at this weekend’s T100 Miami event. The German star is coming off a stellar 2023 that included three wins (Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote,...
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Pro bike: Tamara Jewett’s Argon 18 E-119 Tri+ Disc
Canadian Tamara Jewett has surged to the highest levels of the sport over the last few years – not just because of her prodigious run skills, but also because of her dramatically improved swimming and...
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UCI reevaluates TT helmets and threatens to ban crazy-looking Giro helmet
Well, it didn’t take long for the UCI (cycling’s governing body) to step in once they saw the outrageous looking helmet that the Visma | I Lease a Bike World Tour Team debuted on Monday. In a release...
View ArticleWTCS Abu Dhabi cancelled
There was disappointing news for the triathletes and Para triathletes gathered in Abu Dhabi for this weekend’s World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) and Para Cup races – organizers were forced to...
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