Luke McKenzie Withdraws From Ironman World Championship
Australia’s Luke McKenzie announced via his website today that he will not be competing in this year’s Ironman World Championship race.
Australia’s Luke McKenzie announced via his website today that he will not be competing in this year’s Ironman World Championship race.
The Rev3 triathlon series continues to expand with the announcement of an Olympic Rev triathlon and a Half Rev triathlon on October 8th and 9th, 2011 in Anderson, South Carolina.
Triathlete.com has learned from an inside source that the Ironman World Championship 70.3 race will be moving from Clearwater, Florida to Las Vegas, Nevada starting in 2011.
When Major James “Weasel” Weis completed the Ironman 70.3 California, he didn’t know it would be his last race. An attack helicopter pilot in the Marines, he was killed in action on July 22 in Afghanistan.
What went down at Dig Me Beach in Kona, Hawaii on Tuesday? Find out in our newest edition of Dig Me Daily.
The World Triathlon Corporation, owners of the Ironman triathlon series, has used the week leading up to the Ironman World Championship to announce the introduction of a new Olympic-distance triathlon series.
No, Michael Raelert isn't racing in this weekend's Ironman World Championship. But, he is in Kona supporting his brother Andreas and taking in the race scene. We caught up with him before an open-water swim.
Despite not racing at last weekend's Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon, American Rebeccah Wassner maintains her lead in the 2010 Lifetime Fitness Triathlon Series Race to the Toyota Cup.
The 2010 triathlon season has been dominated by Team Trek/K-Swiss athletes and three of the team’s best will be representing the team in the Ironman World Championship this weekend.
As the Ironman World Championship grows closer and closer, the buzz and sheer number of people are growing at an exponential rate in Kona. See photos of pros and age groupers training in the town and enjoying the last few moments of calm before the race takes over the town.
As the big race inches closer and closer, the buzz over at Dig Me Beach continues to grow. Check out the scene from the Kona Pier at Monday's open water swim workout.
Torbjørn Sindballe has agreed to share some perspectives and tips for race day in a series of articles. In this article, Sindballe provides advice on how to use acclimatization to assist in managing the heat in a hot race.
We caught up with 2005 Ironman World Champion Faris Al-Sultan before he took on a ride on the famed Queen K.
Australia's Luke McKenzie showed off his new Scott Plasma 3 bike during a moto pacing effort down the Queen K with fiance Amanda Balding. Triathlete.com was there to talk to Luke before his workout and catch some of the pacing action!
We caught up with Trek/K-Swiss team member Fraser Cartmell of Scotland as he took on the Queen K in a training ride preparing for Saturday's Ironman World Championship.
The usual hustle and bustle of downtown Los Angeles came to a standstill Sunday as hundreds of athletes took the streets for the 2010 Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon
American TJ Tollakson shows us his uniquely built Parlee TT bike, which he will ride in this weekend's Ironman World Championship in Kona.
Ironman Lanzarote winner Catriona Morrison is back for her second attempt at Kona. We joined her on one of her last hard workouts before the big race on Saturday.
Rasmus Henning took fifth last year in Kona despite a broken bone. After his big win at the Quelle Challenge in Germany this summer, he is ready to be a major factor this time around.
We caught up with Julie Dibens on what she called one of her first rest days in a long time. On tap for her rest day? An easy swim from the pier.
New Zealand’s Bevan Docherty and Sweeden’s Lisa Norden took time away from ITU racing to win today’s Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon.
Three-time defending Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington spent time this morning training on the course along Alii Drive. She spent time to wave to fans and show her signature smile.
As 1,800 of the best endurance athletes from around the world swim the waters of the Pacific before biking and running through the lava fields of Kona this weekend, the mystery of the nature of the island will surround them.
Great Britain's Leanda Cave spent time training in the Natural Energy. We followed along to bring you this training footage.
Wish you could be here training along side the sport's top professionals? We've got you covered. Check out our Dig Me Beach cam from Saturday, Oct. 2. See if you recognize any famous faces.
Triathlete.com spent time with a few Europeans in the week leading up the Ironman World Championship. Rasmus Henning, Dirk Bockel and Martin Jensen were kind enough to let us tag along on a rainy afternoon bike ride down the Queen K.
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The crew from Triathlete.com spent the day in Kona, Hawaii mingling and training with pros gearing up for next Saturday's Ironman World Championship event.
We caught up with and followed 2007 Ironman World Champion Chris McCormack and 2008 Ironman 70.3 World Champion Terenzo Bozzone on a training ride in Kona, Hawaii exactly one week out from the Hawaii Ironman race.
The Ironman World Championship is only one week away and Kona is transforming to prepare for triathlon's biggest race of the year.
While the intense course conditions in Kona influence this, any athletes preparing for an Ironman triathlon will need to come up with not only their own personal nutrition strategy for their race, but also their nutrition transportation strategy.
Third-year pro Bree Wee’s home on the Big Island will be transformed next week as triathletes from all over the world swarm Kona (or “K-town”) to gear up for the Ironman World Championship.
This year's Ironman World Championship week will feature a concert performance by pop star Howie Day.
The Ironman World Championship course in Kona, Hawaii boasts some of the most unique features of any course in the entire world. Get a peek at the beauty of the water, the wind of the Queen K and the heat of the run in this video.
The Nautica Malibu Triathlon is most well-known for its ability to attract several A-list celebrities for its starting lineup, but its most impactful contribution is the money donated to Pediatric Cancer Research at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
USA Triathlon's 2010 national championship schedule will wrap up this weekend with the USA Triathlon Long Course and Club National Championships on Saturday in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Endurance Maximus is a new endurance sports lifestyle-inspired retail collective situated at the heart of triathlon in downtown Kailua-Kona from Sept. 27 to Oct 10, 2010.
Triathlete.com's Liz Hichens took a trip to Boulder, Colo. to learn what it’s like to train for a day with Ironman World Championship run course record holder Mirinda Carfrae of Australia.
According to several local Phoenix-area news sources the dam at Tempe Town Lake is nearing completion and should be ready to be re-filled in time for the Nov. 1 deadline.
One of the country's largest triathlons can be seen on television this coming weekend.
Bill Bell didn’t get into endurance sports until he was almost 60. But he sure knew how to make up for lost time and soon became an Ironman legend.
Guru has added to its already impressive customized triathlon bike line with the CR.501 and the CR.701. In this video from Interbike, we learn more about the characteristics of the CR.701.
Craig Alexander joined us from his training camp in Kona, Hawaii a few weeks before the 2010 Ironman.
TYR has just revealed the TYR Torque Pro, one of the few swim skins that will be allowed at this year's Ironman World Championship event. We caught up with TYR's Ryan Dolan at Interbike to learn more about the technology behind the new suit.
Photographer Paul Phillips was along side the athletes battling the hot and humid conditions to bring you these photos from both the elite and age-group races.
Mandy McLane and Kaleb VanOrt raced their way to overall victories Saturday at the 2010 USA Triathlon Age Group National Championship as more than 1,300 athletes chased national titles at Manderson Landing.
Ukraine's Maksym Kriat and the United States' Jessica Meyers took wins at today's Ironman 70.3 Augusta event in Georgia.
Valerie Silk is the woman who watched over the growth of the Ironman throughout the 1980’s . Her story in this interview about Julie Moss and the February 1982 Ironman is a classic.
Off-road triathlon’s top pros battled for a piece of the $80,000 prize purse while amateurs vied for one of 41 qualifying spots into next month’s Xterra World Championship in Maui.
This week, Shimano had its entry-level road 105 groupset, new for 2011, on display, and Shimano’s Devin Walton took the time to share a few of the changes to its value-oriented parts kit with Triathlete.
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Kaleb VanOrt was the overall age-group duathlon national champion in April and he’s one of the favorites for the overall title heading into the USAT Age Group National Championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala., this Saturday.
Now in its 12th year, the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series is a showcase for the best off-road triathletes in the nation and world, and rewards the most consistent performers over the course of the season with the lion's share of a $60,000 prize purse.
Rolf Prima is expanding its wheel offering for triathletes with the new TT85s. We talked to Rolf Prima's Brooke Bauer about the unique paired spoke lacing pattern of the wheels, which will be available in November of this year.
Garmin is one of the leaders when it comes to GPS technology in cycling and multisport, so it comes as no surprise that they are the first company to release a touchscreen GPS bike computer.
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The crew at Triathlete magazine used the 2010 Interbike International Bicycle Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada to officially launch the brand new look of the magazine.
On September 2, TYR made its Kona-legal Torque Elite and Torque Pro swimskins available to consumers, and now at Interbike, TYR explained the unique features that have made these swimskins fly off the shelves.
We caught up with Guru’s Industrial Design Specialist Michael McGinn to learn about the all-new Guru CR 501. The CR 501 offers the consumers the opportunity to purchase a fully customizable triathlon bike at a lower price point.
Thousands of bicycle retailers, companies and members of the media have arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada for the Interbike International Bicycle Expo.
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As the Interbike trade show kicks off this week in Las Vegas, Nevada, Garmin makes a major announcement.
The Challenge Series, one of the world's most popular triathlon series, has announced the addition of a new race. The Challenge Henly-on-Thames race will be an iron-distance race taking place in the middle of September in 2011.
Jillian Petersen is one of the top American women heading into the USAT Elite National Championships this Saturday.
Nearly 70 of America's top Olympic-distance triathletes - including four U.S. Olympians - will take aim at a national title on Saturday at the 2010 USA Triathlon Elite National Championship in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The 1994 Ironman World Champion Greg Welch came on with us back in 2006 to go through his career. This show was hilarious.
Tim O'Donnell is one of 70 elite Olympic-distance triathletes slated to race at the 2010 USA Triathlon Elite National Championship in Tuscaloosa, Ala., this Saturday.
Back in 2007 Craig Alexander came to Kona to do his first Ironman World Championship. He ended up second to fellow Aussie Chris McCormack in his first attempt and we chatted with the man nicknamed Crowie not long after the race.
Go behind the scenes of one of the most exciting cover shoots in the history of Triathlete magazine with this time laps video from photo editor Nils Nilsen.
Americans Ben Hoffman and Kelly Williamson continued to have successful breakthrough seasons with victories at today’s K-Swiss Ironman 70.3 Branson event in Missouri.
Both Australia’s Paul Matthews and Canada’s Samantha McGlone won today’s Ironman 70.3 Syracuse event in New York by leading off of the swim, bike and run.
Australia’s Luke Bell got a nice confidence boost heading into his return to the Ironman World championship, while the United States’ Amanda Stevens led the entire day to take a big win for her 2010 season at Ironman 70.3 Cancun.
We have a special Saturday edition of Kona Countdown: The legendary Scott Molina.
The International Triathlon Union released the following statement about the New Zealand-native triathlete that was found dead in Budapest.
There’s no such thing as perfect running form, but every triathlete can and should work regularly on improving his or her running technique.
Today’s featured show is Gordon Haller. Gordon Haller was the first…the first ever Ironman champion. Listen in as he takes us back to Oahu and 1978.
Olympian Craig Walton of Australia says he'll come back to the sport for the short term.
Triathlete senior editor Aaron Hersh reviews the Focus Izalco Chrono Ultegra 20G, which retails for $5,000.
Peter Reid won ten Ironman titles in his career with three of them coming in Kona. The sound bite leading into this interview says it all.
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The Competitor Group (CGI), the global leader in endurance sports media and event entertainment, successfully hosted the inaugural TriRock event on Sunday morning, September 12.
Olympian Matt Reed will make the jump up to the Ironman distance for the first time this fall when he competes at Ironman Arizona in Tempe, Ariz. on Nov. 21.
At the time of this interview Natascha Badmann was the four-time Ford Ironman World Champion. She would go on to win two more titles.