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What is triathlon going to look like post-pandemic?
“Better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.” William L. Watkinson 1907 When the New York Yankees played the Major League Baseball defending champions, the Washington Nationals, in the...
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Ironman world champion’s cold-water training choice: Deboer introduces the...
Designed to keep athletes warm in water temperatures as low as 6 C, performance wetsuit brand Deboer has launched a high-performance thermal-lined wetsuit – the Ocean 1.0. The goal with this new suit...
View ArticleThe Life of Tri Newscast – Triathlon’s Oscars?
Click on the link below to watch Triathlon Magazine Canada editor Kevin Mackinnon and The Life of Tri podcast producer Phil Wrochna catch up on the latest news in the world of triathlon. This week the...
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Training Watch Showdown: Apple Watch Series 6 vs Garmin 745
There was a time not to long ago when it would have seemed ludicrous for serious triathletes to be comparing a watch from Garmin, the company that dominates the GPS watch field in transition areas, to...
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Sanders and Naeth named to Canadian team for UCI Esports World Championships
Cycling Canada has named its team to compete at the inaugural UCI Esports World Championships and there are two pro triathletes on it – Lionel Sanders and Angela Naeth. You can read the press release...
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Round 4 of PTO Championship wildcard focuses on “rising stars”
The Professional Triathletes Organisation’s latest list of wildcard selections for the upcoming PTO Championship that will be part of Challenge Daytona in December includes Americans Sam Long and...
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Carbon plates may not improve running economy, new study finds
Carbon-plated shoes have been on the running market for years, and they have taken over road racing on the promise that they can make runners more economical. Efficiency is tied to a runner’s economy,...
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TT Tuesday: Relentless Rach McBride’s super-fast ride
In September Canadian pro Rach McBride ripped through the 40 km bike course at the Canadian Pro Triathlon Championship, posting a blazing-fast 1:03:25 bike split, which was over three minutes faster...
View ArticleStudy finds professional triathletes are suffering new mental, financial and...
A joint study between Strava and Stanford University explored how the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every element of daily life for professional athletes and how these changes have affected mental...
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Why a high pain tolerance can be a bad thing for runners
Runners are often considered to have impressively high pain tolerances. Remember the T-shirts that said “my sport is your sport’s punishment?” That basically sums up how non-runners think of runners –...
View ArticleBusiness news: HUUB starts crowdfunding effort as cycling apparel and women’s...
Dean Jackson founded HUUB Design in 2011 when he designed a wetsuit on his kitchen table. Within a short time, thanks to a £25,000 ($43,150) investment from 12 investors, HUUB was on its way. It wasn’t...
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High-tech health tracking with the Garmin Index S2 smart scale
As we’re finding ourselves turning our homes into training and health centres, triathletes looking to track detailed health stats might want to add the new smart scale from Garmin – the Index S2 – to...
View ArticleCan Sanders set a new Canadian one-hour cycling record?
Tomorrow Canadian triathlete Lionel Sanders will attempt to break Ed Veal’s Canadian one hour distance record (48.587 km) at the Milton Velodrome. You can watch live coverage of the event on his...
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LCHF diet may compromise performance in distance triathletes
The low-carb high-fat (LCHF) diet has long been a topic of debate in the endurance community. Many top runners, especially those participating in ultra-endurance events, embrace this style of eating,...
View ArticleThe Life of Tri Podcast – Belinda Granger
Australian pro triathlete Belinda Granger has always been renowned as the life of any triathlon party. The fun-loving multiple Ironman champion and winner of the prestigious Challenge Roth now works as...
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Sanders shatters Canadian 1 hour cycling record
Riding a massive gear and maintaining a cadence considerably lower than cyclists consider necessary for record attempts, Canadian triathlete Lionel Sanders shattered the one hour record at the Milton...
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Lionel Sanders’s five best bike rides
After shattering the Canadian one hour record on Friday, we thought it might be fun to go back and look at some of the Windsor native’s best bike performances over the years. Canadian one hour record...
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No pain, lots of gain: Anaerobic alactic run workouts
Triathletes tend to spend the lion’s share of the training time working aerobically. Which makes sense, since completing even a super-sprint triathlon entails about 30 minutes of activity, requiring...
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The 4 supplements triathletes should be taking this winter
As the colder months approach, runners are thinking about how to keep themselves and their families healthy this winter. While supplementation to stave off deficiency is already a hot topic among those...
View ArticleThe Life of Tri Newscast: records, social media and more triathlon news
This week Triathlon Magazine Canada editor Kevin Mackinnon and The Life of Tri podcast producer Phil Wrochna explore the world of social media for pros during these challenging times and chat more...
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