Jolicoeur Desroches shatters CanadaMan/Woman course record
Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches was racing, everyone else was surviving today at Canada’s toughest triathlon, the CanadaMan/Woman Extreme Triathlon in Lac Megantic, Quebec. Even being stopped by a train...
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Making the toughest race in Canada look … well, not so tough
He came into the race as the likely favourite. A few weeks ago Tim Don, who once held claim to the world’s fastest Ironman time (after his 7:40:23 at Ironman Brazil in 2017), pulled out of the Canada...
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Frodeno still on track for Kona despite Achilles tendon injury that forced...
“He has one big final goal in his career, and that is to go again for a win in Kona,” Jan Frodeno’s coach, Dan Lorang said on the live coverage of Challenge Roth on the weekend after the three-time...
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5 Things we learned from Challenge Roth
It is considered to be one of the sport’s biggest events, featuring star-studded fields and huge crowds that line the course to create an atmosphere not seen any where else in triathlon. This year’s...
View ArticleBritish Triathlon creates new “open” category for male and transgender athletes
British Triathlon has followed FINA’s (the international swimming federation) lead and will bar transgender and non-binary athletes who were male at birth from women’s competitions. The federation says...
View ArticleNicola Spirig to race at PTO Canadian Open
Edmonton’s own Paula Findlay will have another tough contender to take on in her hometown in a few weeks – 2012 Olympic gold medalist (and silver medalist from 2016) Nicola Spirig will toe the line at...
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Clash Watkins Glen set to debut this weekend
Race organizers aren’t expecting a large field, but they are ready for a big weekend as athletes experience the rare opportunity to run around the famous Watkins Glen Nascar track and take in the...
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Top 5 tips to avoid airport chaos for your next race
We’ve all heard the horror stories about airline travel these days – cancelled flights, baggage delays, lost bags and … gulp, bikes that didn’t make it in time for your race. Even Olympic gold...
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Daniel takes gold at World Triathlon Para Series race in Montreal
Canadians earned all three colours of medals at today’s World Triathlon Para Series event in Montreal as Stefan Daniel (winning the 2019 Para triathlon world championship in the photo above) took gold,...
View ArticleStarykowicz and Watts capture Clash Watkins Glen
He might be renowned as one of the sport’s premier cyclists, but today he proved that he can swim and run pretty well, too – Andrew Starykowicz managed to hang on for the win today at the inaugural...
View ArticleLegault takes breakthrough 10th at WTCS Hamburg
Emy Legault’s breakthrough year continued this weekend with a 10th place finish at the World Triathlon Championship Series race in Hamburg, Germany. Previously her best finish at a WTCS event had been...
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Duffy overcomes penalty to take WTCS Hamburg for 13th championship series win
Dame Flora Duffy can’t seem to buy a break so far in 2022, but despite all the challenges, she was still able to take her 13th WTCS win in Hamburg on the weekend. Thanks to a 10-second penalty for not...
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Wilde runs 14:07 for 5 km to take WTCS Hamburg
It has become a classic event on the World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) calendar every year – since 2002 the world’s best triathletes have come to Hamburg, Germany for a downtown event that...
View ArticleKastelein outruns Wurf to take Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz title
Australians took the first two spots on the podium at the male-pro-only Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz, with Jan Frodeno’s training partner Nick Kastelein running a 2:43 marathon split for his second Ironman...
View ArticleVideo: 6 Minutes of hell. A look at Canada’s toughest triathlon
It begins with a swim in Lac Megantic starting at 4:30 AM. Then there’s a 180 km bike that includes over 2,500 m of climbing, with hills so steep even the best cyclists are forced to weave back and...
View ArticleThe easiest way to improve your triathlon performance
Guidelines regarding the consumption of caffeine to enhance athletic performance have changed significantly. In the past is was believed to be a diuretic, beneficial in high doses primarily for...
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Air Canada strikes again: three weeks later, Georgia Taylor-Brown’s bag is...
When Olympic individual silver medalist (and part of Great Britain’s gold-medal relay team in Tokyo last year) Georgia Taylor-Brown flew to Montreal for the World Triathlon Championship Series...
View ArticleLionel and Erin Sanders announce that they are expecting their first child...
Two-time Ironman World Championship runner-up Lionel Sanders’ big 2022 continues – this time without him even having to race. Sanders and his wife, Erin, just announced that they are expecting their...
View ArticleThe 1 metre passing rule is the law in much of Canada, but is it enough?
According to the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, bicycles are classified as vehicles, which means cyclists in that province are entitled to the rights, and subject to the responsibilities of, users of all...
View Article5 Painful reminders from your first triathlon of the season
For many of us it’s literally been years since we raced. It’s hard to believe that the last full season of triathlon anywhere in the world was 2019! As many of us make our comeback to swimming, biking...
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