We’re getting ever closer to the biggest race in the triathlon calendar, which began in 1978 with 15 hardy souls and now attracts the pinnacle of long-distance athletes from all over the world. Advertisement From ITU and Olympic champions to previous Ironman World Championship winners, there are a host of contenders to take the title…
Historic Hever Castle in Kent provided the backdrop to a festival of triathlon and multisport this weekend (26/27 September 2015), as thousands competed in a variety of different swim, bike, run distances – all captured by the cameras from Channel 4, Sky Sports and ITV Meridian. Advertisement This was the seventh edition of the annual…
On Saturday 26th September, over 6000 people descended on the Harewood Estate in Leeds for the annual Brownlee Tri. Advertisement The 2015 event was Olympian’s Alistair and Jonny Brownlee’s largest triathlon to date, with over 1600 registered participants. Participants got the chance to race around the brother’s stomping ground near where they grew up, in…
Chattanooga in Tennessee has been chosen as the host the 2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championships. The championship race will be a two-day event with the professional and age-group women racing on Saturday 9 September 2017 and the professional and age-group men racing on Sunday 10 September. Advertisement After its European debut in Austria in 2015,…
As part of its expansion for 2016, multisport coaching specialist Triathlon Training Spain is relocating its training camp base to the Bonalba Hotel in Mutxamel, Alicante, Spain. The 4-Star hotel is tucked away in the heart of a well-established golf course resort. Advertisement Martin Hill, Triathlon Training Spain co-founder, a BTF Level 3 Coach and…
The luxury Bahamian Island House Hotel and the private island of Highbourne Clay will host the Island House Invitational Triathlon between 6-8 November, and will test the world-class field over a number of race formats over the three-day event. Advertisement The event will mix ‘short-course speed with long-course endurance’, with a short individual time-trial taking…
Ewan Brown and Natalie Seymour’s wins at the Snowman Triathlon last weekend has led to both being crowned the Always Aim High Tri Series champions. Advertisement The Always Aim Tri Series consists of three triathlons – the Slateman, Sandman and Snowman. The champion is determined by the individuals who have accumulated the best time over…
With a swim in the turquoise Tyrrhenian Sea, a rolling bike in the Tuscan Archipelago and a marathon run through the resort of Marina di Campo, the Elbaman is the jewel in the Italian triathlon crown. Advertisement Held since 2005 and annually sold-out months in advance, the setting for the Elbaman is Elba, Italy’s third-largest…
From Saturday 31 October to Thursday 12 November 2015, the Mammut/GORE-TEX European Outdoor Film Tour (E.O.F.T.) will be visiting UK shores. The UK tour will visit London, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield, Manchester and Birmingham. Advertisement Marking its 15th anniversary, the E.O.F.T. will be headlined by a short film extreme alpinist Tamara Lunger, alongside a wide…
Strava users can now compare themselves and their fellow countrymen with others across the globe with the release of the new Strava Insights data. Advertisement The visualisation platform shows the fitness habits of similar communities in twelve major world cities, namely Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco,…