As a sign of the popularity of the Ironman XC program, just over a year after its inception there are only a few spots still open to top-level executives for the 2010 series - all but four events in 2010 are sold out.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 USA Paratriathlon National Team. Read
Ironman Canada Triathlon is pleased to announce that select events in the North American market will offer qualifying spots for the 2010 edition of Subaru Ironman Canada to be held on Sunday, August 29th.
All eyes are on the temperature as race week approaches and the North corner of Hainan Island settles into tropical triathlon fever in preparation for Ironman China this Sunday. Though the climate is unseasonably chilly at a low 11 degrees (Celsius) today, the temperature is forecast to increase by almost 20 degrees by the weekend. Now in its third year, Ironman China is established as one of the toughest Ironman races on the events calendar and has attracted many of the world's finest, and perhaps most ambitious, Ironman triathletes to Haikou.
Cameron Brown showed all his experience to overcome the challenge from fellow Kiwi, Terenzo Bozzone, to claim his ninth victory at the Bonita Ironman New Zealand. Their countrywoman Jo Lawn gained the upper hand over rival Gina Crawford to reclaim the women's title that she lost to the Christchurch triathlete last year in Taupo, setting a new course record in the process despite the windy conditions.
World Triathlon Corporation Announces Official Coaching Partners
World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) announces its selection of official coaching partners. With agreements through 2012, Troy Jacobson and Carmichael Training Systems (CTS) will now serve as Official Coaches for all athletes participating in the Ironman® and Ironman® 70.3® Event Series.
"This one's for JJ," said Gary (Gazza) Stephen as he steered the jet boat towards another one of the Nga AwaPurua Rapids on the Waikato River. I'm not sure if human beings are meant to be inside a boat, moving at somewhere between 80 and 100 kilometers per hour (50 and 60 mph) at any time, but I am 100 per cent sure that people aren't supposed to aim for rocks at that kind of speed. Gazza didn't seem too concerned.
As a sign of the popularity of the Ironman XC program, just over a year after its inception there are only a few spots still open to top-level executives for the 2010 series - all but four events in 2010 are sold out.
All eyes are on the temperature as race week approaches and the North corner of Hainan Island settles into tropical triathlon fever in preparation for Ironman China this Sunday. Though the climate is unseasonably chilly at a low 11 degrees (Celsius) today, the temperature is forecast to increase by almost 20 degrees by the weekend. Now in its third year, Ironman China is established as one of the toughest Ironman races on the events calendar and has attracted many of the world's finest, and perhaps most ambitious, Ironman triathletes to Haikou.
Cameron Brown showed all his experience to overcome the challenge from fellow Kiwi, Terenzo Bozzone, to claim his ninth victory at the Bonita Ironman New Zealand. Their countrywoman Jo Lawn gained the upper hand over rival Gina Crawford to reclaim the women's title that she lost to the Christchurch triathlete last year in Taupo, setting a new course record in the process despite the windy conditions.
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