He qualified for Kona in his first race over the distance. 13 months after surviving the epic conditions of IRONMAN Wales, Danny Bluff will face a very different challenge in Kona on Saturday
Rich Whitfield will be one of the British Age-Group athletes experiencing the IRONMAN World Championship for the first time on Saturday and he’s already looking forward to coming back next year. So how did a proFESSIONAL footballer end up becoming an IRONMAN?
Great Britain Age-Grouper Paul Lunn is back in Kona this year after a great (podium) debut 12 months ago. He’s relaxed, chilling out… but has his eye on doing even better than in 2017, and going home with another (bigger) ‘fruit bowl’ if possible…
David McNamee is Great Britain’s most successful male athlete ever at the IRONMAN World Championship thanks to his third place in 2017. He spoke to Tim Heming about the 2018 race and what it will take to win
Continuing our #GBKona coverage of the 2018 IRONMAN World Championship, here we profile Tara Grosvenor, a first-time Kona athlete, with a season which suggests she could well be a podium contender…
After a stunning year, Great Britain’s Simone Mitchell should been preparing this week in Hawaii, aiming to become the fastest female Age-Group athlete at the IRONMAN World Championship. Injury means that the Outlaw Triathlon record holder will have to watch the race from home…
Third last year on her debut at the IRONMAN World Championship, can Great Britain’s Ruth Purbrook reach the top step of the Age-Group podium in Kona this year? That’s her goal…
Gill Fullen is one of the very best Age-Group athletes in Great Britain and was fully focussed on success at the IRONMAN World Championship next week. Alas, that won’t be happening this year…
A honest Jonathan Brownlee reflects on his “terrible season” and explains that he needs to be smarter this winter in order to get back to his best for 2019
The Men’s Elite winner of Super League Triathlon Jersey was still to be decided as Vincent Luis and Henri Schoeman approached the final 400m on Sunday. I spoke to both athletes shortly after their races to get their reactions on a tough weekend
Shortly after completing their two days of high octance competition at Super League Triathlon Jersey, I spoke the Elite Women’s champion, Katie Zaferes, along with Kirsten Kasper and Great Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown
Ahead of the Day Two Enduro at Super League Triathlon Jersey, the Day One post-race reactions of the Triple Mix Elite podium – Vincent Luis (FRA), Henri Schoeman (RSA) and Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR)
Post-race reaction from the top three female athletes on Day One of Super League Triathlon Jersey – the thoughts of Cassandre Beaugrand (FRA), Katie Zaferes (USA) and Ashleigh Gentle (AUS)
Just two weeks after the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final, Great Britain’s Vicky Holland is ready to race again at Super League Triathlon Jersey. I spoke to her about her 2018 season and her first SLT race experience
How important was Saturday’s fifth place finish at IRONMAN Italy to Great Britain’s Reece Barclay? “I’m not sure I would still be racing professionally had I not got a result”, was what he told me, about a performance which has been an important confidence-booster to his future career…
With more Age-Group races featuring draft-legal races, Chris Hovenden got some insight on training from one of the fastest sprinters in the peloton, Caleb Ewan, at the 2018 Garmin Ride Out
Confused about how you go about entering the Outlaw events in 2018 – and the Outlaw Half Nottingham, in particular? You are not the only one. To try and get to the bottom of it, I called OSB Events founder and Race Director, Iain Hamilton, to try and work it all out…
Excited to be back racing on home soil at Strathclyde Park, Scotland’s Grant Sheldon has had to withdraw from this weeks European Championship event. I spoke to him last week about that and his revised season plans
One of the many British female Elite athletes currently winning races and collecting major international championship victories, I spoke to Sophie Coldwell in central London last night.
Can Simone Mitchell follow up her fantastic second place by winning the Outlaw Triathlon on Sunday? The race favourite for many, the course record could well be under threat too…