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Amy Marsh followed her 2009 Ironman Wisconsin win with a convincing win at the 2010 Ironman China. She seems to have nailed her nutrition with a very simple plan. And it’s the exact plan we, at First Endurance, have been touting: ”Use EFS is your foundation fuel, then add as needed from aid stations.” Looks like A…

By Dr. Mitchell Greene

Imagine it’s the morning after your upcoming race, and your tri bag has yet to be unpacked. Despite a hot morning shower, the faint outlines of age markings are still visible on your arm and calf. You are curious to see yesterday’s final results. Sitting at your kitchen table, you open your laptop and search for your name. Scanning the pages of results, you finally locate your swim, T1, bike, T2, run and final chip times. You take note of your age group finish a…

The International Triathlon Union is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.

The Laureus Foundation is the charitable arm of the Laureus World Sports Academy - a unique association of 46 of the greatest living sports legends, including Edwin Moses, Boris Becker, Dawn Fraser, Cathy Freeman and Steve Waugh, who use the power of sport to improve young lives and bring about social change.

The partnership further reinforces ITU’s commitm…

Success in triathlon competitions depends on several factors, and triathlon nutrition may be the most crucial. Triathlons are an athletic contest of three successive events, which include, swimming, cycling and running over various distances. It is a strenuous activity that requires the consumption of a healthy diet. Most athletes do not realize the importance of good nutrition, but research and health studies show that the most successful athletes usually comply with a very strict and healthy d…

After pedaling hellbent up and down Palomar Mountain trails for three hours last September, Lesley Paterson headed back to her car. She pulled out a towel and water bottle, stripped down to her undies, cleaned up, then drove to Temecula.

On the way she phoned some triathletes she coaches, discussing their training.

Once in Temecula, Paterson changed into a cocktail dress and heels, then passed out literature for a film festival. Paterson is co-owner of a production company…

CAPE TOWN — Capetonian David George pulled out all the stops on the 5,5 km individual time trial hill climb yesterday to not only break his own course record, but also to leapfrog two places in the overnight rankings, winning the overall honours for a fourth Pick n Pay Cape Argus Giro del Capo title.
After three days of gruelling road stages, the 34-year-old, riding for team SAfindit.co.za, took full advantage of a stiff tailwind on the steep climb from Camp’s Bay High School to the to…

Each week we check in with Barry Siff of Daily Triathlon in Boulder, Colorado to find out what’s new in the world of multisport. This week Barry tells us about USA Triathlon’s Elite Development Race, he shares the outcome from Ironman New Zealand, and he looks ahead to Ironman China and a big-money race in Abu Dhabi.

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Swimming, cycling and running a total of 223km is not easy for any athlete. But Moroccan-born Mohammed Lahna, who has been without the use of his right leg since birth, has never really had things easy and is always up for a challenge.

He is one of a handful of para-athlete…

American Matt Reed has made it a goal to defend all seven of his wins from 2009. He’ll kick off that effort this weekend at the Miami International Triathlon. Although Reed will not have to worry about fellow American, and second place finisher in Miami last year, Andy Potts, he will have his work cut out for him with many Olympic-distance specialists toeing the line. It’s a similar story for last year’s women’s winner, American Jillian Petersen. While Petersen will not have to contend with Amer…

Top male and female elites, Spain’s Eneko Llanos and the UK’s Julie Dibens, made history in the UAE’s capital as they clinched the maiden US$250,000 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon in emphatic fashion.

Llanos came from behind to win the 223kms ADIT – which is organised by Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA)…

Let's be honest, most triathletes like a bit of 'bike porn' (!), and with the quality of the pro field at the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon (www.abudhabitriathlon.com) which takes place this Saturday (13th March 2010), it's not surprising to find that there are a lot of very nice machines around. Several athletes are on new machines for 2010, having joined new teams and/or bike sponsors.

Here are a few pics I've snapped over the past…

By Kevin Patrick
After a battle with cancer—beginning at the age of 23—Steve Gaul found comfort “at the bottom of a whiskey bottle.” But then he traded one addiction for another. Today on Endurance Planet, the Canadian ultrarunner tells us about how his outlook has changed since he became addicted running.

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The Competitor Group (CGI) today announced that Julia Beeson Polloreno has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Triathlete, the world’s leading multisport magazine.
“Julia is an extraordinarily talented editor and writer and brings a real passion for the sport and triathlon lifestyle to the pages of Triathlete,” said …

A
ll 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…

Written by: Matt Fitzgerald

My sixth and last basic triathlon-training guideline is specific to swimming. Technique is more important to success in swimming than fitness. In this regard, swimming is very different from cycling and running. If you don’t come to…

Exercise physiologists generally agree that there are only three things you can improve to become physiologically more fit for endurance sports performance: aerobic capacity, lactate threshold and economy. Ultimately, these are the reasons you train. So what are they and how do you improve them? I'll discuss aerobic capacity now and come back to lactate threshold and economy in a few days.

Also referred to as VO2 max, aerobic capacity is your ability to use oxygen to produce energy. T…

Over the next week Triathlete Magazine Senior Editor Matt Fitzgerald will provide six tips on jumping in to the sport of triathlon. In the fifth article, Fitzgerald explains how to balance the tough workouts with the easier ones.

Your hardest workouts provide the strongest stimulus for improved fitness, but you can’t train hard all the time. This is true in part because the physiological adaptations triggered by your hardest workouts don’t occur during those workouts but between them.…

We’re now less than one week before the inaugural Abu Dhabi International Triathlon. A star-studded line-up with world champion caliber athletes will vie for one of the largest prize purses in the sport at $230,000 USD.

Two distance formats are being contested this Saturday, March 13th with the hig…

A bike crash on January 2nd took the overwhelming favorite, the Tiger Woods of triathlon, Chrissie Wellington out of the action before it ever started. That opens up the door in the women’s field and makes the top prize of $50,000 USD a prize within reach.
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Tereza Macel, 36, CAN – 3-1 (3-1 fastest bike split)
This dual Canadian and Czech citizen made a name for herself in 2009 when she blasted out back to back wins at Ironman Lake Placid and Ironman Canada. H…

Apparently there is room for only one New York City Triathlon group in this town.

A district court in Manhattan ruled Tuesday in favor of the New York City Triathlon, which was seeking an injunction against the NYC Triathlon Club, arguing that the club’s name infringed on state and federal trademark laws.

“We have spent 10 years and thousands of hours making the New York City Triathlon a successful brand,” said John Korff, the owner of the race. “When you have created a rac…