Saturday’s IRONMAN 70.3 Middle East Championship Bahrain is headlined by the million dollar chasing World Champion, Daniela Ryf.
The race has attracted a deep field, including several British Pro athletes. One of those is first year Pro, Sarah Lewis (https://twitter.com/Sarahlewis111), the winner this year of IRONMAN 70.3 Dublin.
The sub 9 hour iron women distance finishers is an elite but growing group as recent years has seen more female triathletes post ever impressive times.
What is a ‘Knight of Sufferlandria’, and how do you become one?! Paul Shanley took on the task and reports back here on what was a very painful experience
If you are looking for challenging triathlon in stunning surrounds and away from the ‘norm’, the Ocean Lava Réunion Island Triathlon could fit the bill
Elite Triathlete to Olympic Marathon runner is a new path for Gwen Jorgensen. Can Gwen surpass the achievements of Germany’s Sonja Krolik?
Lucy Gossage reflects on her weekend at the debut of Long Course Weekend Mallorca – “it really is triathlon at its best… it’s simply about fun”
The team at XTERRA (www.XterraPlanet.com) have put together a cracking video package from their 2017 World Championship event held in Maui on 29th October. Enjoy the action and all the thrills and spills of off-road triathlon racing.
(You can read the full report from the race HERE)
XTERRA World Championships – Sunday 29th October 2017
1.5km / 32km MTB / 10.2 km off-road
ELITE MEN
1st – Bradley Weiss (RSA) – 2:32:09 – $20,000
2nd – Mauricio Mendez (MEX) – 2:33:24 – $12,000
3rd – Ruben Ruzafa (ESP) – 2:33:45 – $7,000
4th – Francisco Serrano (ESP) – 2:34:29 – $4,000
5th – Cedric Fleureton (FRA) – 2:34:50 – $2,500
ELITE WOMEN
1st – Flora Duffy (BER) – 2:47:47 – $20,000
2nd – Barbera Riveros (CHI) – 2:56:11 -$12,000
3rd – Laura Philipp (GER) – 2:57:24 – $7,000
4th – Brigitta Poor (HUN) – 3:02:36 – $4,000
5th – Lesley Paterson (GBR) – 3:06:01 – $2,500
DNF – Jacqui Slack (GBR)
“Absolutely awesome race, amazing venue, spectacular course and awesome team. Highly recommend this event!” – that’s what Great Britain’s Laura Siddall said about Challenge Forte Village Sardinia after finishing second on Sunday. Take a look at this gallery from the event to find out more.
(You can read out full report from the race HERE).
Challenge Forte Village Sardinia – Sunday 29th October 2017
1.9km / 90km / 21.1km
MEN
1st – Vicente Hernandez (ESP) – 3:57:15
2nd – Bart Aernouts (BEL) – 4:01:08
3rd – Rodolphe Von Berg (USA) – 4:01:15
4th – Giulio Molinari (ITA) – 4:01:57
5th – Trevor Wurtele (CAN) – 4:02:04
WOMEN
1st – Heather Wurtele (CAN) – 4:27:46
2nd – Laura Siddall (GBR) – 4:28:36
3rd – Marta Bernardi (ITA) – 4:37:24
4th – Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) – 4:39:03
5th – Judith Corachan Vaquera (ESP) – 4:42:08
In 2017 David McNamee broke the Scottish iron-distance record at the IRONMAN World Championship. In 2018 he did it again…
How do you develop an innovative, all British triathlon bike from scratch? That’s what Martin Meir, the man behind REAP Bikes did. This is how he did it.
Canada’s Lionel Sanders was leading the IRONMAN World Championship until the 23 mile mark of the run, before Germany’s record-breaking Patrick Lange ran past en-route to a new Kona course record.
Two days before the race Lionel Sanders told me he was looking forward to a war – he got one, and he wouldn’t change it for anything; “I loved the battle”.
Great Britain’s Lucy Charles topped an already incredible 2017 season by taking second place – in a Sub-9 hour time – at the 2017 IRONMAN World Championship on Saturday in Kona. I spoke to the still only 24 year-old shortly after her brilliant day.
Just minutes after his third place finish at the 2017 IRONMAN World Championship, David McNamee talks to us about his incredible day
We love a stat here at Tri247.com and unable to find an answer online we felt it was our duty to put together a list of the British men’s Ironman success.
British ladies are on something of a high – take a look at their success in IRONMAN over the years, led by Bella Bayliss & Chrissie Wellington.
A voice of experience – on the eve of her 20th IRONMAN race – Kate Stannett is relaxed and looking forward to Saturday’s IRONMAN World Championship.
As for IRONMAN UK, she’s got no plans on stopping any time soon…
As the start of the 2017 IRONMAN World Championship is almost here, Simon Ward looks forward to his debut racing in Hawaii – and how Dave Scott helped him lose a few more pounds to get to race weight!
Can you predict the top three finishers at the IRONMAN World Championship? We have IRONMAN Wales and IRONMAN 70.3 Edinburgh entries to be won – KonaTop3
A confident Lionel Sanders is very happy with his preparation – and I grabbed some time with him on Thursday in Hawaii. “I’ve done a lot more work, I’m a lot better prepared and I want it more too”.
Great Britain Pro triathlete, Will Clarke, was all set to start his second IRONMAN World Championship on Saturday – until a bike crash eight weeks ago ruled him out.
I sat down with Will on Wednesday to find out more about his recovery, his coaching – and to get his predictions for the podium on Saturday.
Having last raced at the IRONMAN World Championship seven years ago, when she raced in the Pro category, Joanna Carritt will once again start in Kona on Saturday.
Despite years of experience and having raced in Hawaii multiple times, Joanna admits that she’s feeling more nervous than ever!
Based in South Wales, Wuusss Tri (www.wuussstri.co.uk) has only been in existence for a few years – and yet have three athletes qualified for the 2017 IRONMAN World Championship.
At Tuesday’s Parade of Nations I spoke to John Littlewood, Paul Thomas and Huw Jones about how they got to Hawaii, hopes for Saturday’s race – and whether there is any competition between the trio.
Great Britain’s Boo Smith joined Hillingdon Triathletes around nine years ago – and at the time, could swim around 25 metres of front crawl. Slowly.
Nine years (and a LOT of training) later – and with several English, British and European Championship medals collected along the way – Boo is racing at the IRONMAN World Championship for the first time.
“It’s a dream come true” she says. Meet Boo… who also happens to be this Editor’s sister-in-law.
Lucy Walmsley has been making good progress since our last interview – and is looking forward to Saturday’s IRONMAN World Championship
Tuesday evening in Kona is the time for the annual IRONMAN World Championship Parade of Nations. Check out our gallery from the event
She’s long since proven that’s she’s no one trick pony – and now Lucy Charles is being talked about by everyone in Kona. When you’ve won Ironman Lanzarote, The Championship and finished second at the IRONMAN European Championship, that’s to be expected.
Still just 24, Lucy is taking any pressure there is in her stride and simply focussing on producing her own best performance on the day. I spoke to Lucy on Monday to see how her preparations have gone – watch the full video above for more.
Reece Barclay is one of Great Britain’s fastest Age-Group athletes. Winner this year of The Championship in Slovakia among a series of top Age-Group results, Reece is one of several British Age-Group athletes in contention for podium honours on Saturday.
Can he add another Umeke to that he won two years ago, when finishing fifth in the 18-24 category? I spoke to him on Monday to get his thoughts on this years race. Watch the full video above for his thoughts.
On Monday morning in Hawaii I spoke to Laura Siddall just before she hit the pool for another pre-race session. The winner of IRONMAN Australia, after several years as a Pro this coming Saturday will be her first race in Kona – and she is excited about it. Watch the full video above for more.
2017 has been an eventful year for last years Kona swim leader, Harry Wiltshire. I sat down with him on Friday at the Lava Java in Kona to reflect on a year that didn’t exactly go to plan – but one that he feels has left him in great shape, one week out from the 2017 IRONMAN World Championship.
Neil Eddy has been an Age-Group World Champion over the Standard Distance – can he do it again at the IRONMAN World Championships in Kona too?
Can Great Britain’s Lewis Eccleston go from triathlon novice to IRONMAN World Championship Age-Group podium in five years? Meet the speedy builder…
As each year passes, the list of European options for long distance races continues to expand.
With British athletes among the most likely to travel overseas, we try to keep on eye on the options out there as we know that many like to visit different destinations while combining their holiday time and sporting goals.
Just over a week ago, two new events made their debut. We’ve covered the first edition of IRONMAN Italy Emilia-Romagna (won by Lucy Gossage) HERE – with an extensive gallery from the event HERE.
That same weekend in Spain, the other big player in the long distance triathlon world, Challenge Family, also had their latest long-distance race take place too – Challenge Madrid (www.challenge-madrid.com) in Spain.
Once again, we are pleased to welcome the images of José Luis Hourcade (www.joseluishourcade.com) to the pages of Tri247.
If you like what you see, the next edition is all set for 23rd September 2018.
Challenge Madrid – Sunday 24th September 2017
3.8km / 180km / 42.2km
MEN
1st – Timothy Van Houtem (BEL) – 8:33:23
2nd – Lukas Kramer (GER) – 8:49:09
3rd – Alejandro Santamaria Perez (ESP) – 8:56:21
WOMEN
1st – Lisa Roberts (USA) – 9:32:51
2nd – Gabriella Zelinka (HUN) – 9:51:42
3rd – Sofie Goos (BEL) – 10:10:12
A medallist last year at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Australia, can Great Britain’s Ruth Purbrook repeat that feat in Hawaii?
Who qualified for the IRONMAN World Championships from IRONMAN UK 2017 – and how fast did they have to go? Here are the 40 athletes who made it to Kona
With a second IRONMAN win in just 13 days this past weekend, Lucy Gossage simply added further to a quite remarkable Pro Iron-distance record.
On a weekend which saw a couple of brand new, full distance events debut in Europe, Saturday saw the first edition of IRONMAN Italy Emilia Romagna.
Won by Great Britain’s Lucy Gossage (full report HERE), the event has had plenty of positive feedback over the weekend. Located in the heart of some very popular cycling country on the the Emilia-Romagna cost in Cervia, close to Cesanatico, the race provides very easy access from across Europe.
Check out the image gallery above to get see more of the race, courtesy of Getty Images for IRONMAN.
Your Editor had lost his swimming mojo well over a year ago, but the introduction of the London Classics came along at just the right time…
IRONMAN Wales 2017 offered Age-Group athletes 65 slots for the 2018 IRONMAN World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. Who got them, and how fast did they go?
With so many options available, how do you pick the right long distance race for you? Steve Clark helps to guide you through what you should consider…
After suffering a broken sacrum earlier in the year, Caroline Livesey returned to racing with sixth place at IRONMAN 70.3 Reugen last weekend
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