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Get faster in the water with these simple swim sets
“There’s too much writing in this workout.” Petr Schmidt I worked for a short time with a swim coach 20 years ago who practically wrote a novel on the board for every workout. There was lots of complex...
View ArticleThe Life of Tri Podcast: The Championship, 70.3 NA Champs and the rise of the...
What’s up with “pro” age groupers? A look at The Championship (Challenge’s flagship event) and Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga, the North American pro championship and much more from Australia’s Phil Wrochna...
View ArticleTriathlete Magazine (the US version – not us!) ends print and moves to...
Outside Inc., the company that owns Triathlete (we’ve always been Triathlon Magazine Canada and are not associated with the US-based publication) has laid off 15 per cent of its staff and will stop...
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Bike Review: Trek Speed Concept SLR7
There were seven years between updates on Trek’s triathlon/ TT bike, but when the company launched the redesign of the Speed Concept last fall, it announced some impressive numbers. According to Trek,...
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2022 Triathlon Buyer’s Guide: Wetsuits
Canadian triathletes find themselves in need of some neoprene warmth at most of their events given that are routine at our local triathlon races. Looking for a new suit in 2022? Here are a few choices...
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7 most outrageous looking tri bikes
Triathletes have long been known as innovators when it comes to bikes. In the 1980s Boone Lennon, the designer of the original triathlon bar – the Scott DH, was able to convince a bunch of triathletes...
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Brownlee blasts to another World Cup Arzachena win
A year ago Jonathan Brownlee signalled that he might be a factor at the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo with a big win at the challenging World Triathlon Cup Arzachena. While he wouldn’t take a medal...
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Nieschlag and Philipp dominate 70.3 Kraichgau
Short-course specialist Justus Nieschlag made a rare appearance at a half-distance race on the weekend, dominating Ironman 70.3 Kraichgau, while fellow German Laura Philipp bounced back from COVID...
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Buckingham and Mann top Challenge St. Polten
While there’s been a half-distance race in St. Polten, Austria for 15 years, this year’s edition was just the second as part of the Challenge-Family series. The day saw Germany’s Nicholas Mann take his...
View ArticleBrownlee out of Sub7 due to hip injury
2022 hasn’t been a great year for two-time Olympic gold medalist Alistair Brownlee. He struggled over the closing kilometres of Ironman 70.3 Oceanside, had to pull out of the Ironman World Championship...
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Edmonton’s new Major – the PTO Canadian Open
For over two decades Edmonton has been hosting some of the world’s premier triathletes for World Triathlon. The city has done such a great job of hosting the events that it is one of only a precious...
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5 Reasons Lionel Sanders is one of the sport’s most talked about pros
Canada’s Lionel Sanders surged onto the professional triathlon scene in 2013 when he took Ironman 70.3 Muskoka by a whopping 6:30 over none other than two-time Kona runner up Andreas Raelert. The...
View ArticleFree race of choice (including Kona) for athletes incorrectly pulled from run...
After the Ironman World Championship in St. George a number of athletes reported that they had been pulled off the run course despite making the cut off times for the run. Ironman has done an...
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First look: Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar and Forerunner 255 Music
If you are looking for a running or a triathlon watch that can do it all at a reasonable price, Garmin will be releasing its new Forerunner 955 Solar and Forerunner 255 Music this June. The Forerunner...
View ArticleThe Life of Tri Podcast: Sub7/ Sub8 deflation, Super League on track and more …
It’s The Life of Tri podcast with host Phil Wrochna and Triathlon Magazine Canada editor Kevin Mackinnon. This week the dynamic duo (Phil made me write that) preview the Sub7/ Sub8 project that has...
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Price-gouging or supply and demand? Ironman Alaska competitors struggle with...
“Greetings! We verified that the accommodation made a mistake when registering their rates online, impacting your booking.” It’s an email no one wants to receive in advance of an Ironman race, one in...
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Everything you need to know about Sub7/ Sub 8 – including: Can they do it?
Despite losing two of the big name athletes set to take part, the Sub7/ Sub8 Project is set to go on Sunday (with a fallback date of Monday if the weather doesn’t cooperate). While the event has lost...
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The inside scoop on Blummenfelt’s new Cadex prototype bike
We reported that Kristian Blummenfelt would be riding a new prototype Cadex bike in St. George, which obviously worked well as the Norwegian blasted his way to the Ironman World Championship title on...
View ArticleMatthews smashes Sub8
She might have come to the Sub7/ Sub8 project as an alternate when Lucy Charles-Barclay was forced to pull out, but in the end Great Britain’s Kat Matthews turned out to be the fastest on the day,...
View ArticleBlummenfelt blasts past Sub7 with 6:44
Is there anything Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt can’t do? Last summer there was an Olympic gold medal. Then, in the fall, came a 7:21 Ironman win in Cozumel. Last month he took the Ironman World...
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