Dirk Bockel, our profile athlete gave us a little summary on his base building period and his thoughts about Abu Dhabi International Triathlon on the 13th of March.Dirk finished 7th in Kona Hawaii last year and as one of the best cyclist of triathlon pro field has great chances to win Abu Dhaby International triathlon.We wish him good luck saturday!!!
Last year's winners of Bonita Ironaman New Zealand Cameron Brown and Joanna lawn repeated their last year's success. Cameron Brown needs only one victory more to his 10th win at Ironman New Zealand which is absolute world record. No other triathlete has ever won the same Ironman event 9 times in triathlon history. Even though he is 37 years old Cameron Brown was able to set a new course record. 2010 Ironman Series results here.
Massimo Cigana of Italy (and Triathlon Magazine.eu)is getting ready for his 2010 season. We asked Massimo - who is one of the best cyclist in long distance triathlon - about his 2010 triathlon race calendar and here are his answers.His previous interview here.
The starter Ironman race in 2010 kicked off on the 27th of February in Langkawy, Malaysia. It is a hard race because of its weather conditions, but Marino Vanhoenacker managed to overcome the difficulties and won easily. In the ladie's filed Belinda Granger of Australia hed the chance to tripple and she made it. This was her third consecutive Ironman Malaysia title.Ironman Malaysia results here.
Organisers claim that Ironman New Zealand is the world's oldest international Ironman. New Zealand is a clean, green land of unspoiled beauty. Taupo is one of the jewels in the crown - a popular resort destination of scenic splendour and enjoyment. Taupo is a 45-minute flight or easy 3-4 hour drive from the gateway port of Auckland.More beautyful picture in the read more..
Triathlon Magazine.eu's profile athlete Edith Niedrefriniger took second place after Belinda Granger in IronmanMalaysia 2010. She was 17 minutes behind Belinda Granger after the bike legand once she realised that Granger was not slowing down during the run, Edith decided to just perform a safety marathon run in the hope of a better effort in the near future. She came in with a time of 9:35:02 while the winner had a winning time of 8:22:31. We will soon report more details about Edith Niederfriniger's point of view of the race.Click here for results.
As the best Portuguese ironman distance athlete, could you talk about your last season?
2009 was a good year overall, I had great domestic races, was 8th in the toughest ironman in the world (Lanzarote) with the fastest run, got a 11th place in Prague LD European champs which was good I think,but I could finish well inside the top10 if it wasn’t my destroyed feet that slowed me down almost to a walk,
Today Marino Vanhoenacker started into the new season with a bang: He dominated Ironman Malaysia and passed the finish line almost half an hour ahead of the second placed Hiroyuki Nishiuchi from Japan and Romain Guillaume from France. In spite of tropical conditions the Belgian athlete showed a phenomenal race in 8:22:31 hours and qualified for the World Championship on Hawaii in October.Further results soon here.
Our new feature is the duathlon section.It contains European duathlon events, European duathlon links and European duathlon news for 2010. If you want to publish any content about duathlon events or any duathlon related topics, you can do that here, in our magazine. Contact us and you will be more than welcome to become a publisher of Triathlon Magazine.eu.' duathlon section.Here is the map:http://www.triathlonmagazine.eu/duathlon/duathlon-events
What kind of sport did you do as a child? When did you start doing triathlon? How did you become familiar with the long distance? My sports career began at the age of ten. After running as a youth, my teacher, Edit Soós suggested that I focus on duathlon races as well. Thanks to her, I participated in several world games
Ironman China kicks off on Sunday the 14th of March. Big names in the participants list: Chris McCormack, Chrids Mc Donald, Jozsef Major, Heather Golnick,Last years winners were Rasmus Henning(DEN) and Charlotte Paul(AUS) with Jozsef Major(HUN) on the 4th place.Conditions were devastating whish can be understood best by the run splits.
After taking the second place on Ironman Malaysia, Edith Niederfriniger gave us a little more details about the race itself. Here is what she had to say to us:
IM Malaysia 2010 was a sort of revenge for me, because 2009 I also was at Langkawi ready for the race, but 2 days before the start I got a terrible headache, caused from a compressed nerv in my cervical spine and so...DNS!
One of the main things I get questions on related to turbo training and training with power is about what ‘zones’ I use and what % of threshold I train and race at.
Team Abu Dhabi Triathlon’sPeter Jacobs put in a valiant display at last weekend’s Jervis Bay Triathlon Fe stival in Australia after finishing second, to narrowly miss out on retaining his 2009 title.
Racing in the Australian Long Course Championships, Sydney-native Jacobs – who has a string of international successes including five top-five Ironman finishes and several Half-Ironman victories – finished in a combined time of 3h 37m 04s, exactly one minute behind fellow countryman, Craig Alexander, who claimed his sixth title with a commanding ‘home’ performance.
Lisboa International Triathlon kicks off soon!!!The original Half Ironman distances are back (1.9 Km Swim, 90 Km Bike, 21.1 Km run)! April 24th, 2010, you must be in Lisboa!! You can enter the event here for discount fee in Triathlon Magazine.eu. The race organisers clame that this is the fastest half Ironman distance triathlon event in Europe if not the world thanks to its 100 % flat and closed bike course,the perfect weather conditions and the extraordinary organisation.
X-Terra 2009 Maui Hawaii.Well, these guys were not cold!!Eneko Llanos has taken first place, Olivier Marceau -who will be our next interview subject- was 4th.Check it out to get some motivation at the end of the cold European winter!!!See European X-Terra race calendar, bigger video and 2009 Maui X-Terra resulst in the read more.
Sardinia Triathlon Camp – Villasimius (South Sardinia – Italy) 6 -13 giugno 2010 The ultimate training camp is in Sardinia!If you want to grow as a triathlete, learning the newest and effective training method, this is the Triathlon Camp for you!
Does your body hurt after a long triathlon race or day of training? Here are some tips for triathlon recovery that will bring your body to feel like new in no time.When you have a triathlon training schedule which is very strict, you don't want to waste too much time between training sessions so it is important to take care of yourself .
Graeme Stewart, you were the first Scottish athlete to break 8hrs30min for an Ironman but you are also a full time cancer research scientist. How can you cope with the challenges of these two fields timewise? It’s pretty tough! I train in the morning, often spend the day on my feet then train at night. I always say, you need a low emotional attachment to fatigue if that makes senses.
