Tim Don doesn’t want dwell on his (frankly quite amazing) recovery from a near-fatal neck injury that ruled him out of Kona 2017. Oh no. He has bigger fish to fry than that. Much bigger. Like, winning-Kona-sized bigger… Advertisement It’s during our exclusive interview below that the multiple world champ, Ironman world record holder and 220 columnist reveals the mindset that has seen him go from lying on the roadside after a horrific bike crash, to undergoing a brutal rehab in a halo neck brace (a near-medieval torture style device that was screwed into his skull), to completing the Boston Marathon in 02:49:22 – a time close to his Ironman run…

After two successful pilot races on Jersey and Hamilton Island (Australia) last year Super League Triathlon (SLT) have announced their 2018-19 season schedule, which sees the top 50 (25 male and 25 female) triathletes from around the world compete to find the best all-round triathlete. Advertisement $1.5 million dollar Super League Triathlon unveiled There will be five championship rounds as well as two qualifier events. The qualifiers will take place in the iconic triathlon heartlands of Poznan (Poland) and Penticton (Canada), setting the tone for what will be a gripping season ahead. What is the Qualifier Series? The championship events will be held in five unique locations across Europe and Asia…

Is Lance Armstrong planning an ÖtillÖ debut in 2018? That’s certainly the suggestion on his Strava account, which this week has a session logged under the description ‘ÖtillÖ Training’. Advertisement Spotted by the Editor of our sister magazine ProCycling, the session shows Armstrong covering 6.8 miles around the Colorado River area of Austin on 24th April, with an average moving pace of 07:05/mile. See the session here. ÖtillÖ (meaning ‘island to island’) is the Swedish originator of the sport of swimrun, which is increasing in popularity within the triathlon community. Armstrong famously competed in several triathlons before being banned from competitive sport following his doping confession. His ban was lifted…

Our sister title Bike Radar and manual makers Haynes  have teamed up to create The Road Bike Manual app, a comprehensive guide to maintaining and repairing your bike, with step-to-step practical tutorials on everything from hubs to headsets, and everything in between. Advertisement Priced £2.99 it includes 20 step-by-step videos, 50 sections of content and 40,000 words, plus new content updates every month, under the following sections; Pre-ride Checks, Drivetrain, Wheels, Frame, Brakes, Cockpit and ‘Get Me Home.’  For each of the jobs it tell you how long it will take and show you what tools you need to do it.  In particular the Get Me Home section covers emergency inner tube…

Riding high after victories in Abu Dhabi and the Commonwealth Games, the one to beat in Bermuda had to be South African Henri Schoeman – but would he be able to keep the rest at bay and claim two WTS wins in a row? Advertisement The 50 elite men that made up the rest might not have included the Brownlees, but there was plenty of quality all the same with 2017 world champ Mario Mola, Schoeman’s team-mate Richard Murray, Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt and the in-form Frenchman Vincent Luis fresh from a third place in Abu Dhabi, in the mix. But in the end it would prove to be a race no…

For the women’s WTS race in Bermuda all eyes were on one person only, reigning ITU and Commonwealth champion Bermudan Flora Duffy. Here Duffy would be racing on home soil at the inaugural WTS Bermuda, and this race, above all other WTS races, was the one she really wanted to win.  Advertisement Although the first WTS race in Abu Dhabi of the season did not go to plan, Duffy is the in-form athlete taking five WTS victories in 2017; and racing with the backing of the home crowds, the race should be hers for the taking… The 31 other athletes trying to stop her taking the win included Brits Jodie…

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WTS Yokohama: The women’s race Continuing in her formidable form Bermudan triathlete Flora Duffy has collected the first WTS win in the official Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying period, and her second straight WTS victory of the 2018 WTS season. Advertisement First out of the swim, she remained in the lead bike pack and then stole the race away in her run, which ultimately landed her at the top of the Series leaderboard in the WTS rankings.  USA’s Katie Zaferes claimed  silver medal and her second-straight WTS podium of the season. Then finishing off with the bronze was Non Stanford (GBR) whose third place landed her on her first WTS podium since 2016.  Starting with one…

2012 Ironman World Champ Leanda Cave has announced her retirement from triathlon. Advertisement That day every professional athlete must face – saying goodbye to a career of racing:https://t.co/fiCUaXUlbW https://t.co/fiCUaXUlbW — Leanda Cave (@leandacave) May 17, 2018 One of GB’s finest triathletes has called time on her illustrious multisporting career. Leanda Cave, now 40, started out in Bath in the 90s, taking the U23 world title in Carlsbad in 2001 before embarking on a breakthrough 2002 season. Second at the ETU Euro Champs in Hungary preceded the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where Cave beat the fancied Australian ITU World Champions, Michellie Jones and Nicole Hackett, to take silver 19secs behind the…

The eighth edition of the Slateman Triathlon in Llanberis, North Wales, was a record-breaking race, with an eight-year high for water temperatures, weather and race times. Advertisement 220 were amongst the 1,200+ triathletes taking part across the two days the Pedalcover Slateman opened Always Aim High’s ‘2018 SUUNTO Adventure Triathlon Series’, a trio of Adventure Triathlons based in North Wales. SPRINT SATURDAY Slateman Saturday consists of the shorter races of the weekend. With the first day of the two-day Savage Race and the Sprint Triathlon. A sprint duathlon was added this year alongside the Sprint which added to the racing and delivered both in terms of challenging terrain and competitive…