With less than five months to go until the new Para Tri Series holds its first event, we speak to ambassador and star British Paralympian David Weir about his paratri debut, and his search for teammates. Advertisement So you are taking on your first triathlon, which is a bit of a departure for you. Why Read more about David Weir: ‘I’m looking for two Para Tri teammates’[…]

The University of Nottingham is to host its first ever sprint triathlon this coming weekend, organised by students to raise money for dementia research project Life Cycle 5. Advertisement The Varsity Triathlon will be held on the University Park Campus on Sunday 22 March and will be open to students, staff and the general public, Read more about Students at Uni of Nottingham make tri dreams a reality[…]

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. Read more about Clumber Park to host 2015 British Duathlon Champs this weekend[…]

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 Read more about Carfrae and Steffen to duke it out at Ironman Melbourne[…]

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 Read more about Hauschildt, Symonds hang tough for Ironman Melbourne win[…]

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 winning performance from 2014 Read more about Clumber Park Duathlon – in pics[…]

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 an Read more about London Tri to host children’s races[…]

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 Read more about Winchester Duathlon 2015 race report[…]

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 Read more about Strava announce new social, analysis features for mobile[…]

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 Read more about Jenson Button: ‘I’m probably more nervous in a triathlon than an F1 race’ (video)[…]