Get the most out of your nutrition with this primer on commercial vs. real foods
“I thought I was supposed to use gels during long runs. Can candy work just as well..?” “Are electrolyte tablets the best way to replace sodium loses from sweaty workouts?” “I get diarrhea when I use...
View ArticleMislawchuk goes for three-peat in Huatulco
Two-time Olympian Tyler Mislawchuk will line up at the second World Cup of the Olympic qualifying period this weekend at the World Triathlon Cup Huatulco, looking to take his third-straight win at the...
View ArticleUnder Armour HOVR Machina 3: First Look
For many triathletes, a lightweight trainer serves as the perfect race and training shoe – since they spend so much time running on tired legs, the extra support and cushioning over a minimalist racing...
View ArticleIs Quebec’s Rouge et Or the country’s top triathlon club?
Mention the Rouge et Or, and most sports fans will think football. With 10 Vanier Cup titles under the Laval University team’s belt since it kicked off in 1996, it’s the most successful college...
View Article6 Ways to help yourself to a PB this season
As triathletes, we call what we do in the water and on the land training – not exercising. There’s a good reason for that. Exercise is an end to itself, done to feel good, burn calories and for general...
View ArticleWill Flora Duffy complete a Montreal Worlds/ 70.3 Tremblant double?
Well this promises to be a tough (and very interesting for us!) weekend for Bermudan Olympic champ, Dame Flora Duffy. (She was made a Dame of the British Empire on New Year’s Eve, 2021.) The defending...
View ArticleLegault takes her first World Cup podium with silver at Huatulco
Thanks to a flat, fast bike course, the World Triathlon Cup Huatulco typically turns into a 5 km running race for the podium spots, and this year’s women’s race continued that tradition. In the end...
View ArticleMislawchuk sprints to second in Huatulco
Canada’s Tyler Mislawchuk didn’t make it three in a row at the World Triathlon Cup Huatulco today, but certainly acquitted himself in style with an excellent silver-medal performance behind Spain’s...
View ArticleDaniel takes gold at World Triathlon Para Cup A Corona; Frenette gets bronze
Calgary’s Stefan Daniel returned to the top of the podium as he defended his title in A Corona, Spain, despite going off track in the swim and having to serve a penalty on the run. Daniel was thrilled...
View ArticleSanders headlines Canadian pro showdown in Mont-Tremblant
After his first high-altitude training camp ever, Lionel Sanders is heading down to “thicker air” as he gears up to take on some of Canada’s top professional athletes at Ironman 70.3 Mont-Tremblant...
View ArticleMan trying to break Iron Cowboy’s record crashes
Born in Zimbabwe, raised in South Africa and now living in Wales, Sean Conway has become one of the world’s most accomplished ultra-endurance athletes. He’s cycled around the world, swam the length of...
View ArticleUne grosse fin de semaine de triathlon à Montréal!
Le week-end prochain aura lieu le triathlon Groupe Copley World Triathlon à Montréal, plus précisément dans le Vieux-Port de Montréal. Que vous soyez l’un des 1,500 athlètes amateurs qui participeront...
View ArticleBlummenfelt and Iden finally set for showdown in Edmonton
They might be training partners and good friends, but most triathletes can’t wait to see them compete against each other – in part because it hasn’t happened very often over the last year. Now...
View ArticleCadbury owner buys Clif Bar for almost $3 billion
Mondelez International, the company that owns Cadbury, Toblerone, Oreo and Tang, will buy Clif Bar for US$2.9 billion. Clif Bar got its start in 1990 when cyclist Gary Erickson finished a long bike...
View ArticleApple Watch OS gets serious with triathlon-specific features
Garmin might rule the roost when it comes to multisport watches, but Apple appears ready to make its watch even more viable an option for serious triathletes with its new operating system. Thanks to a...
View Article6 Rude awakenings after your first open water swim of the year
It’s that time of the year again when Canadian triathletes are hitting lakes, ponds and, for those on the east and west coasts, even the oceans. Racing is off and rolling, and many of us have hit the...
View ArticleCan Tamara Jewett beat Flora Duffy at Ironman 70.3 Mont-Tremblant?
It comes as no surprise that Canada’s Tamara Jewett, a former national-team runner, would quickly become one of the sport’s premier runners. Last year she was the Professional Triathletes...
View ArticleWorld Triathlon resorts to Twitter to beg Air Canada to find Olympic...
Not sure we thought we’d ever see this – earlier this morning World Triathlon asked Air Canada to hurry up and get Great Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown’s suitcase to her. The top-ranked woman in the...
View ArticleHow, What and Who to watch at this weekend’s WTCS Montreal
The first World Triathlon Championships Sprint and Relay are taking place in Montreal this weekend, featuring a unique eliminator format World Triathlon Championship Series event for the pros, along...
View ArticlePaula Findlay wins National Time Trial Championships
We all knew she was a phenomenal cyclist, but now the cycling community will figure that out, too. Yesterday Canadian Olympian and half-distance specialist Paula Findlay returned to her hometown,...
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