Swim time-trial workouts look more like a real triathlon swim leg than a set of 50-meter sprints and can enhance your performance come race day.
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A relative unknown a year ago, 27-year-old Canadian Magali Tisseyre is now one of the biggest threats on the Ironman 70.3 circuit. We sat down with Tisseyre to find out how she went from multisport rookie to bona fide superstar in a matter of months.
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The first Ironman to be subject to the new Ironman Pro Membership rules left a few pros walking away without a paycheck or a slot to October’s Ironman World Championship.
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On the day the Canadian hockey team took the gold in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Canadian Samantha McGlone took an early season victory for herself at the 2010 Desert Classic Duathlon in Phoenix, Ariz. The Tucson resident earned the victory over a star-packed women’s field including two-time Ironman World Champion Michellie Jones (AUS), Canada’s Angela Naeth, Switzerland’s Renata Bucher, Great Britain’s Leanda Cave and the United States’ Linsey Corbin.
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Belgium’s Marino Vanhoenacker and Australia’s Belinda Granger turned in fast times on the bike and survived the heat on the run to take the first Ironman victories of 2010.
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Athletes, particularly female endurance athletes, are at an increased risk of becoming iron deficient. Professional triathlete and nutritionist Pip Taylor explains how to make sure you’re getting enough iron while training.
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Within a few days, both reigning ITU World Champions have been knocked out of competition for the foreseeable future due to injuries. Today, the ITU announced that Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee has suffered a femoral stress fracture and will be out of the first two races of the 2010 version of the series that gave him world champion status.
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Defending champions Luke McKenzie and Belinda Granger of Australia will return to Langkawi, Malaysia to look for the first Ironman wins of 2010.
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Ironman World Championship runner-up Chris Lieto talked with VeloNews’ Neal Rogers about the twitter time trial, training as a cyclist and exactly how fast he thinks Armstrong can finish at the Ironman World Championships.
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What finding the perfect sports bra can do for you.
Written by: Molly Hurford
Being a 34A can have its advantages, at least from an athletic standpoint. No bouncing, jiggling, unbalancing unpleasantness to deal with on those long runs, no awkward stares from men out walking their dogs. But where does that leave the, shall we say, more endowed women athletes?
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Last weekend at the Trek/K-Swiss team triathlon camp, Chris Lieto talked about his time trial challenge with Lance Armstrong. After seeing Lieto training in Kona, Armstrong tweeted out to his 2.4 million followers that they should have a time trial on the Queen K.
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Tucson has quickly become established as one of the top triathlon training grounds in the United States and was recently named the Best Place To Live by Triathlete Magazine. While the weather, terrain and location are ideal for training, the lack of bodies of water means that the area hosts very few triathlons. Today, USA Triathlon announced that Tucson will play host to the USAT National Duathlon Festival in 2011 and 2012. With the presence of duathlon, Tucson may have found its place in the multisport racing community.
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