Can Patrick Lange go under 2:30 at Challenge Roth on Sunday?
He’s a two-time Ironman world champion, along with second- and third-place finishes as well. During his incredible long-distance career, Patrick Lange has run 10 sub-2:40 marathons in full-distance...
View ArticleForget the shipwreck – it’s time to pay attention to Els Visser because she’s...
Els Visser was first known on the triathlon scene for her incredible backstory of surviving a shipwreck. (You can read the incredible story below.) A shipwreck changed her life … now she’s a pro...
View Article6’9″ Hockey star takes on Challenge Roth
Zdeno Chara, aka “the Big Z,” is a Stanley Cup winning former NHL player who is enjoying the swim-bike-run life in his retirement from hockey. After playing 1,680 games in the NHL, the most for a...
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Magnus Ditlev goes for the three-peat at Challenge Roth on special Scott...
Denmark’s Magnus Ditlev is renowned for his fast bike splits, but last year he proved that he’s an all-round speedster with his record-setting 7:24:40 win at Challenge Roth that included a blazing...
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Can Anne Haug set another record at Challenge Roth on Sunday?
Heading into May’s Ironman Lanzarote race, Anne Haug wasn’t sure of her fitness. At the end we had an answer for the 41-year-old – she was very fit. The German, a two-time Olympian and 2019 Ironman...
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Anne Haug shatters world best time and almost breaks 8 hours at Challenge Roth
Just saying – we featured her on the cover of the July issue of Triathlon Magazine because we knew she was ready for something big. Not sure we would have called an 8:02:38 full-distance triathlon...
View ArticleCan we say Magnus Ditlev holds the full-distance world best?
Last year, when Denmark’s Magnus Ditlev went 7:24:40 to set a new course record at Challenge Roth, the age-old argument of “world records” was reignited. Ditlev’s time was slower than Kristian...
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Apple gets even more serious about endurance training features and fitness...
As you’ve read over the last few years, here at Triathlon Magazine we’ve been paying close attention to how Apple has gradually been adding features to Apple Watch to make it a more useful training...
View ArticleIronman Canada is done in Penticton
When Ironman announced that it would be adding a 70.3 race to the Ironman Canada weekend in Penticton this August, more than a few people in the sport figured the move might be a signal that the event...
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Paula Findlay takes PTO Athlete of the Month thanks to historic cycling/ tri...
Even though she’s decided to pull out of the T100 London event in a few weeks (“no drama” – she just needs a break and wants to prepare for her upcoming wedding to Eric Lagerstrom, she posted on...
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Knibb pulls out of road race at Olympics, but is still in for TT in Paris
After winning the US National Time Trial Championship in May, Taylor Knibb earned herself an automatic selection to the US cycling team for the Olympic Games in Paris. That selection was for both the...
View ArticleAmazon sponsors free Kids Day at Boston Triathlon
For the third straight year Amazon will be the official partner of the Kids Day at the Boston Triathlon. Amazon’s sponsorship means that the registration for the Kids Day, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, is...
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She sold her house to chase her dream. This weekend she’ll be the hometown...
Encouraged by her sister to try road triathlon for years, Carolyne Guay finally agreed to do a multisport race when she discovered there was an off-road option. Her first race was XTERRA Quebec, and...
View ArticleWhen lighter isn’t better. The science behind losing weight and overtraining
We’ve all been tempted to try and eke out more performance by losing weight. The desire to race at their best often leads many runners and triathletes to train harder while eating less as they try to...
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Fields for Vitoria-Gasteiz and Lake Placid show big names continue to flock...
While some thought the launch of the Professional Triathletes Organisation’s T100 Triathlon Pro Series was supposed to signal the death-knell of Ironman pro racing, the large and impressive fields that...
View ArticleWorld champ DQ’d, record-setting bike split … and lots more drama at Ironman...
We’ve written more than a few times that when it comes to winning an Ironman you “bike for dough and run for show,” and that axiom proved true once again at Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain’s Basque...
View ArticleKat Matthews puts herself in position to win Ironman and T100 Series with big...
It’s been an up and down season for Great Britain’s Kat Matthews, but things are definitely more on the “up” side of things after a big win at Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz today. At the start of the year...
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Photo gallery: Xterra Quebec celebrates 10th anniversary as World Cup race
July is a big month on the triathlon front for Quebec City – this weekend Xterra Quebec served as the fifth stop on the 2024 Xterra World Cup and next weekend we’ll see the inaugural Challenge...
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Will they swim in the Seine for the Paris Games? Sport minister hits the...
Well that sure is walking (or maybe, in this case, swimming) the talk. France’s Minister of Sports, Olympics and Paralympics, Amelie Oudéa-Castéra, “kept a promise” and dove into the Seine River on the...
View ArticleDespite DQ, Sam Laidlow given validation at Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz so he can...
As the reigning world champion, France’s Sam Laidlow (pictured above winning in Nice last year) will receive a five year champion exemption to the Ironman World Championship. He does, however, have to...
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