Macca

Macca chats about the Ironman/Challenge relationship, athletes' perception of the two and what he thinks makes for an ideal race course.

Chris "Macca" McCormack shares what he learned from being the “old guy” on the short course.

Chris McCormack looks back on a disappointing day in Kona and ahead to his 2013 goal list—top of which is a bid at the 70.3 world title.

Australians Chris McCormack and Rebekah Keat took victories on the stunning Challenge Cairns course. See images of the race.

In this Weekend Wrap Up we travel from the tropical Challenge Cairns to the European Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series in Madrid, Spain. On the domestic front we tap into the Deuceman Triathlon in AZ and the epic Escape From Alcatraz triathlon in San Francisco, CA.

The world champ takes home the world’s second largest prize purse, Keat runs her way to a second iron-distance win

Australia’s new iron-distance event has a stunning coastal course and endless adventure options

In a day of heat, wind and carnage, Frederick Van Lierde of Belgium won the men’s race and Julie Dibens of Great Britain won the women’s race of the second annual Abu Dhabi International Triathlon on Saturday.

One of the most talked about athletes at the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon this year is Australia’s Chris McCormack, largely because the reigning Ironman world champion recently announced that he’s going to forgo defending his title in Kona to attempt to qualify for the Olympics.

Bockel took time to talk to Triathlete.com about adding Blue Competition Cycles as his bike sponsor, his thoughts on Chris McCormack’s attempt to qualify for the Olympics and how he’s feeling heading into Abu Dhabi.

The best field of long course pro triathletes outside the Ironman World Championship in Kona will come together in the United Arab Emirates on March 12 for the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon (ADIT).

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