Month: May 2021

Historic Hever Castle in Kent provided the backdrop to a festival of triathlon and multisport this weekend (26/27 September 2015), as thousands competed in a variety of different swim, bike, run distances – all captured by the cameras from Channel 4, Sky Sports and ITV Meridian. Advertisement This was the seventh edition of the annual event, as competitors took on distances ranging from the new starter-sprint triathlon aimed at beginners, (200m swim, 10km bike and…

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On Saturday 26th September, over 6000 people descended on the Harewood Estate in Leeds for the annual Brownlee Tri. Advertisement The 2015 event was Olympian’s Alistair and Jonny Brownlee’s largest triathlon to date, with over 1600 registered participants. Participants got the chance to race around the brother’s stomping ground near where they grew up, in the village of Bramhope.  Elite triathlete James Teagle was the male winner of the sprint event in a time of…

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Chattanooga in Tennessee has been chosen as the host the 2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championships. The championship race will be a two-day event with the professional and age-group women racing on Saturday 9 September 2017 and the professional and age-group men racing on Sunday 10 September. Advertisement After its European debut in Austria in 2015, the 2016 70.3 World Champs shifts to the Southern Hemisphere for the first time – in Queensland, Australia’s Sunshine Coast…

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As part of its expansion for 2016, multisport coaching specialist Triathlon Training Spain is relocating its training camp base to the Bonalba Hotel in Mutxamel, Alicante, Spain. The 4-Star hotel is tucked away in the heart of a well-established golf course resort. Advertisement Martin Hill, Triathlon Training Spain co-founder, a BTF Level 3 Coach and Certified Swim Smooth Coach, said, “To say we’re excited is an understatement. Thanks to increasing demand for our personal and…

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The luxury Bahamian Island House Hotel and the private island of Highbourne Clay will host the Island House Invitational Triathlon between 6-8 November, and will test the world-class field over a number of race formats over the three-day event. Advertisement The event will mix ‘short-course speed with long-course endurance’, with a short individual time-trial taking place on day 1 (500m swim/8km bike/2km run) a draft-legal multi-lap race on day 2 (three laps of 500m swim/13km…

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Ewan Brown and Natalie Seymour’s wins at the Snowman Triathlon last weekend has led to both being crowned the Always Aim High Tri Series champions. Advertisement The Always Aim Tri Series consists of three triathlons – the Slateman, Sandman and Snowman. The champion is determined by the individuals who have accumulated the best time over the three races. Going into the Snowman Triathlon both Brown (pictured) and Seymour had established comfortable leads in the Tri…

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With a swim in the turquoise Tyrrhenian Sea, a rolling bike in the Tuscan Archipelago and a marathon run through the resort of Marina di Campo, the Elbaman is the jewel in the Italian triathlon crown. Advertisement Held since 2005 and annually sold-out months in advance, the setting for the Elbaman is Elba, Italy’s third-largest Island after Sicily and Sardinia, and located 20km west from the mainland. The 11th edition kicked-off at 7am on 27…

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From Saturday 31 October to Thursday 12 November 2015, the Mammut/GORE-TEX European Outdoor Film Tour (E.O.F.T.) will be visiting UK shores. The UK tour will visit London, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield, Manchester and Birmingham. Advertisement Marking its 15th anniversary, the E.O.F.T. will be headlined by a short film extreme alpinist Tamara Lunger, alongside a wide range of exciting short films. These adventures include trail running, longboarding, horseback riding, ice-climbing, single track riding, extreme climbing, snow…

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Strava users can now compare themselves and their fellow countrymen with others across the globe with the release of the new Strava Insights data.   Advertisement The visualisation platform shows the fitness habits of similar communities in twelve major world cities, namely Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Sydney. Info includes the most popular routes in each city, cities with the fastest runners and cyclists,…

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With annual World and European Cups, and the European Championships in 2013, the Olympic-distance side of triathlon has established itself a foothold in Turkey. For athletes going longer, however, the tri scene has long been berefit of races. Advertisement That’s all set to change on 25 October when the Ironman juggarnaut rocks up in Turkey for the first time when it arrives at the Gloria Hotels & Resorts complex in Antalya. The Gloria Ironman 70.3…

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