Challenge Family has confirmed the prize purses for its 2015 races in North and South America, covering 15 venues and offering roughly €50,000 at each full-distance triathlon. Advertisement Prize money will be paid to the top ten male and female professional finishers at each event, with the exception of Challenge St Andrews, which will pay…
Read moreSwim, bike… marry? Triathletes find love at Challenge Weymouth
What did you do for Valentine’s Day? These two British age groupers got married after meeting on the picturesque roads of Dorset at Challenge Weymouth five months ago. Advertisement Phillip Henwood and Alicia Livingstone first laid eyes on each other during the 185km bike leg last September, then spent an hour or so cycling at…
Read moreSwim, bike… marry? Triathletes find love at Challenge Weymouth
What did you do for Valentine’s Day? These two British age groupers got married after meeting on the picturesque roads of Dorset at Challenge Weymouth five months ago. Advertisement Phillip Henwood and Alicia Livingstone first laid eyes on each other during the 185km bike leg last September, then spent an hour or so cycling at…
Read moreFancy donning an Uplace-BMC suit?
After announcing their 2015 pro athlete roster, the Uplace-BMC Triathlon Team is now targeting age-groupers – would you like to wear the same kit as Bart Aernouts and Corinne Abraham, and have access to their expert advice? Advertisement For €300, age-groupers will get the complete Uplace-BMC team kit, along with a few extras: “With the…
Read moreFancy donning an Uplace-BMC suit?
After announcing their 2015 pro athlete roster, the Uplace-BMC Triathlon Team is now targeting age-groupers – would you like to wear the same kit as Bart Aernouts and Corinne Abraham, and have access to their expert advice? Advertisement For €300, age-groupers will get the complete Uplace-BMC team kit, along with a few extras: “With the…
Read moreBlazing a trail: We meet Iran’s first female triathlete
Click:hollow block machine This morning it will be the crisp chill of the changing seasons that demands Shirin Gerami wraps a shawl around her head and shoulders. It wasn’t always thus. Advertisement Gerami (pronounced with a hard G, although she happily softens it in western company), is the most enigmatic of interviewees, an effervescent smile…
Read moreBlazing a trail: We meet Iran’s first female triathlete
This morning it will be the crisp chill of the changing seasons that demands Shirin Gerami wraps a shawl around her head and shoulders. It wasn’t always thus. Advertisement Gerami (pronounced with a hard G, although she happily softens it in western company), is the most enigmatic of interviewees, an effervescent smile and infectious giggles…
Read moreChallenge Philippines: GB’s Emma Pooley takes a second shot
There’ll be plenty of British interest at this weekend’s Challenge Philippines, with Olympic medal-winning cyclist Emma Pooley and top age-grouper Parys Edwards among those shooting for the €5,000 prize for first place. Advertisement Pooley placed third at last year’s middle distance race behind Aussie duo Melissa Hauschildt and Annabel Luxford, neither of whom are expected…
Read moreChallenge Philippines: GB’s Emma Pooley takes a second shot
There’ll be plenty of British interest at this weekend’s Challenge Philippines, with Olympic medal-winning cyclist Emma Pooley and top age-grouper Parys Edwards among those shooting for the €5,000 prize for first place. Advertisement Pooley placed third at last year’s middle distance race behind Aussie duo Melissa Hauschildt and Annabel Luxford, neither of whom are expected…
Read moreETU’s 2016 Elite Sprint Triathlon Champs head to Châteauroux
For their first Elite Sprint Triathlon Championships, the ETU has picked an absolute beaut of a location – the ‘Belle Isle’ in the city of Châteauroux, central France. Click Here: Liverpool soccer tracksuit Advertisement Located only two hours by train from the centre of Paris, the city of Châteauroux has been a venue over the…
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