Yee and Taylor-Brown capture Super League Championship in thrilling finishes
We’d predicted that Super League Malibu would be an incredibly exciting event both because it was final event in the four-race Championship series, but also because of the wildcard entries that...
View ArticleSanders takes second behind Skipper at Ironman Chattanooga, McQuaid takes...
Great Britain’s Joe Skipper didn’t miss the memo that Ironman Chattanooga was supposed to be the Lionel Sanders vs Sam Long showdown – he just chose to ignore that and blast his way through a speedy...
View ArticleTamara Jewett blasts through a 1:13 half-marathon to take a close second at...
Canada’s Tamara Jewett has done it again, running an incredibly quick half-marathon at an Ironman 70.3 race. Her 1:13:09 half-marathon split got her to the finish line just 37 seconds behind eventual...
View ArticleJewett sets world-best half-Ironman run record
We hedged our bets yesterday by referring to it as “one of the fastest half-marathon run splits ever” in a triathlon, but it would appear that we could have got rid of the “one of” in front of that...
View ArticleThe Life of Tri Podcast explores the 2022 Ironman worlds (both of them),...
In this week’s podcast Phil Wrochna chats with British tri journalist Tim Heming about all things triathlon: Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify The post The Life of Tri Podcast explores the 2022...
View ArticleWahoo enters the software market with new SYSTM training app
Wahoo’s expansion into all things fitness continues today with the announcement of its new SYSTM training app that “features an intuitive training plan builder that lets users customize a range of...
View ArticleFlorida triathlete recounts trying to save another competitor’s life at...
There was some sad news at this weekend’s Ironman 70.3 Augusta event – an athlete competing in the relay died during the swim portion of the race. The athlete has since been identified as George Hall,...
View ArticleThe Life of Tri Newscast: Super League, Lucy Charles, British triathlon...
They’re back – Triathlon Magazine Canada editor Kevin Mackinnon and The Life of Tri podcast host Phil Wrochna look back at a crazy-busy week in the sport of triathlon. Listen to this week’s podcast...
View ArticleLionel Sanders says he’s done for the season, starts his own Discord...
Lionel Sanders’ latest video is jam-packed with lots of information that is sure to be of interest to his fans: he says he’s done racing this year (other than a possible “rust-buster” in December),...
View ArticleTaupo to host Ironman 70.3 World Championships in 2024 as global rotation...
Ironman has announced that Taupo, New Zealand will finally get to host the Ironman 70.3 World Championship that was scheduled for December, 2020 … in 2024. It has been a whirlwind ride for the event...
View ArticleHuge paydays for 2021 Super League competitors
It sure was a worthwhile month of racing for the big winners from last month’s Super League Triathlon Championship series. The athletes took part in four events, starting in London, then heading to...
View ArticleLionel Sanders confirms new coach
Earlier this week we reported that Lionel Sanders had talked about a new coach on his latest YouTube video. Well now we have the answer as to who that might be – in that video he also talked about a...
View ArticleWest and Salthouse master Memphis 70.3
Australia’s Ellie Salthouse made it two wins in two weeks thanks to a solid ride, while American Jason West moved up a spot on the podium after his runner-up finish in Augusta last week, running his...
View ArticleBouchez tops all the men and women at the Canada Man/ Women Sprint
Severine Bouchez, who was born in Belgium and represents that country internationally even though she lives near Joliet, Que., proved to be the fastest on the day in Lac Megantic, Que. as she powered...
View ArticleCanada Man/Woman lives up to “Extreme” moniker even more thanks to this...
For Florence Lavoie-Deraspe (above) it was a win in her first long-distance finish, while after two consecutive runner-up finishes, Sylvain Lafrance finally got the win in his hometown race. Today’s...
View ArticleOver 4,000 athletes on a two-loop course with a short swim … how good is your...
There has been quite a bit of outrage over the drafting that took place at Ironman Barcelona on the weekend. Ironman Barcelona has a reputation as being somewhat of a “draft-fest” at the best of times....
View ArticleMegantic Madness: Canada Man/Woman Xtreme in words and pictures
We posted a short recap of the Canada Man/Woman Xtreme triathlon on Sunday night and will have a longer feature in the upcoming November issue of Triathlon Magazine Canada. Today we celebrate the race...
View Article2016 Olympian Andrew Yorke named to Tri Can Board of Directors
Triathlon Canada has announced that Andrew Yorke will take over from Quebec City’s Sarah-Anne Brault as the Athlete Director on its Board of Directors. “I’m very excited to be joining Triathlon...
View ArticleChallenge Salou in words and pictures
Ironman Barcelona wasn’t the only Spanish race affected by high winds and waves on the weekend – organizers at Challenge Salou had to cancel the swim and substitute a 5 km run because of the tough...
View ArticleWhat is muscular activation?
The human body is a complex machine. This is obvious once we realize that running, an activity that most of us have been doing since we were very young, requires the careful coordination of muscles...
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