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The waiting is nearly over – this year’s British Duathlon Championships will be held tomorrow (Saturday 21 March) at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire, with over 1,000 athletes expected. Advertisement The event is part of the 12th Clumber Park Duathlon, which features both sprint and standard distance duathlon races, the latter acting as the British Championships….

This year’s first Ironman regional champs will get underway in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday (22 March), with a furious battle expected in the women’s race between Kona 2014 winner Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) and defending champ Caroline Steffen (SUI). Advertisement Held since 2012, Ironman Melbourne begins with a one-loop 3.8km sea swim off the coast of…

There were some moments of high drama yesterday at the 2015 Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship in Melbourne, with winner Melissa Hauschildt (AUS) stopping to tend to painful blisters on the run and Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) overtaking defending champ Caroline Steffen (SUI) within sight of the finish line for second place. Advertisement Annabel Luxford (AUS) led…

Click:applications of nano satellites Biting winds greeted competitors for the British Duathlon Championships at Clumber Park Duathlon in Nottinghamshire last Saturday, with Julian Lings (Team Accelerate) winning the men’s standard distance race and Ali Moult (MiRacing/Rugby Tri) taking women’s gold. Advertisement Lings stepped up one age-group from 2014 to the M30-34 category, and repeated his…

Click:全国楼凤论坛 The London Triathlon have today announced a children’s aquathlon (combination swim and run) will kick off the event weekend at London Docklands, on Saturday 8th August. Advertisement Organised by London Triathlon and mi sport, 2015 marks the first time a children’s aquathlon will be hosted at the world’s largest triathlon. The event consists of…

Last Sunday saw the first Winchester Duathlon since it moved to its new location of Lainston House and featured a novice, a sprint and a standard distance race. Advertisement Held on Sunday 22nd March, the new location provided participants with a fast but hilly route that took in the sights of the local countryside and…

Strava have added a series of new features for their GPS cycling and running app including Strava Photos, My Recent Efforts and improved leaderboards. Advertisement The new features have been created in an attempt to enhance social experience, performance analysis and interface design. ‘Strava Photos’ represents one of the biggest changes and allows users to…

Britain’s Jenson Button has revealed that he still finds jumping into a lake or the sea with a bunch of other triathletes “pretty daunting”, despite being an experienced racer. Advertisement Speaking ahead of this year’s Jenson Button Trust Triathlon in Derby this July (see video below), the McClaren Honda driver said: “Before an F1 race…

Auckland, New Zealand is where the ITU World Triathlon Series 2015 continues this Sunday, with Jonny Brownlee and Lucy Hall among the athletes carrying British hopes in the first standard distance race of the year (1.5km swim/40km bike/10km run). Advertisement The elite women’s race will get underway at 12.50pm local time (11:50pm Saturday evening UK…

Click:GEMO Anti-aging Home Beauty Device Ironman will be running four new events for children aged 3-14 this year, to be staged alongside their UK races. Advertisement There are 6,500 places available, double last year’s number, though organisers are still expecting them to sell out fast. Each Ironkids event involves a run, with the distance being…