Two new Ironman 70.3 races have been announced for the Middle East: Bahrain will host the 70.3 Middle East Championship this December, and Dubai will host a middle-distance triathlon in early 2016. Advertisement Bahrain will offer 40 age-group qualification slots for the 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Sunshine Coast, Australia, while Dubai will offer […]
Challenge Bahrain is set to take place on 20 November 2015 as the Nasser Bin Hamad Triple Crown Grand Final – with the winners to become triathlon’s first instant millionaires. Advertisement This year’s race will also be the ‘world’s first half-distance night triathlon’, according to the organisers. The swim will take place as the sun […]
We’ve got details of the bike route for next year’s Challenge Galway – and it looks like it’ll be a stunner. Advertisement The course sends athletes out of T1 from Oranmore to Clarinbridge Estuary – the easternmost point of Galway Bay – and joins the Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland’s longest defined coastal touring route. Presenting […]
Hurrah it’s open-water swimming season again! The water’s warming up – slowly – and we think it’s time to winnow out some of this country’s best wild swimming spots. Advertisement So we’ve asked the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond Association, authors of Wild Swimming Walks (Wild Things Publishing, £14.99), to share their favourite country walks with us […]
With just days to go until the 2015 Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research Blenheim Palace Triathlon, Prime Minister David Cameron has sent a personal message to everyone taking part, and voiced his support for the drive to beat blood cancer. Advertisement Prime Minister David Cameron, whose constituency of Witney includes Blenheim Palace, says: “There are few […]
Are you one of the 7,000 expected to race Blenheim Palace Triathlon this weekend? Feeling ready? 220 will be there, both racing and manning a subs’ stand, come and say hi! Advertisement Age-group events taking place are the super-sprint (400m/13km/3km) and sprint on both days (13/14 June), sprint team relay on Saturday, and youth super-sprint […]
If you’re thinking of entering this year’s Eirias Middle Distance+ Triathlon then here’s some extra incentive – the organisers are providing a team prize fund of £1.5k for the top three teams. Advertisement >>> Gallery: The Eirias Triathlon 2014 Taking place in Colwyn Bay, North Wales on Saturday 26 September, the middle distance+ race will […]
In a couple of months it will be time for the London Triathlon – and we want you to join in as part of Team Legion and help make a difference to the lives of our Armed Forces family. Advertisement Money raised from events like the London Triathlon allows us to continue helping members of the […]
Ahead of tomorrow’s Ironman 70.3 Staffs, Spain’s Javier Gomez says he’s aiming to pick up enough points to qualify for the 70.3 World Champs in Austria. Advertisement >>>Ironman 70.3 Staffs: our pick of the top age-groupers racing Gomez revealed he had his season planned out months earlier, and is considering the defence of his 70.3 […]
With Gordon Ramsay leading his GR100 squad into battle at tomorrow’s inaugural Ironman 70.3 Staffs, we speak to him about how it compares to a full Ironman, if Jonathan Ross is still racing – and whether he’s shooting for Kona. Advertisement We’re on-site tomorrow at Ironman 70.3 Staffs, and will be covering the race on Twitter, […]