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Eirias Middle Distance+ Triathlon offers team cash prizes for 2015
If you’re thinking of entering this year’s Eirias Middle Distance+ Triathlon then here’s some extra incentive – the organisers are providing a team prize fund of £1.5k for the top three teams. Advertisement >>> Gallery: The Eirias Triathlon 2014 Taking place in Colwyn Bay, North Wales on Saturday 26 September, the middle distance+ race will start with a sea swim of 1900m, followed by a 106km cycle through the Welsh hills, finishing with a 20km coastal run to Porth Eirias Watersports Complex. There will also be a standard distance+ race involving a 1500m swim, 53km cycle and 10km run. The prizes will be awarded for the top three aggregated individual…
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Join Team Legion for this year’s London Triathlon
Click:easy to installmost people can In a couple of months it will be time for the London Triathlon – and we want you to join in as part of Team Legion and help make a difference to the lives of our Armed Forces family. Click Here: cheap warriors rugby jersey Advertisement Money raised from events like the London Triathlon allows us to continue helping members of the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force, Reservists, veterans and their families all year round, as we have done for over 90 years. Test your stamina by taking part in the world’s largest triathlon on behalf of the Royal British Legion in order to…
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Javier Gomez at Ironman 70.3 Staffs: pre-race interview (video)
Ahead of tomorrow’s Ironman 70.3 Staffs, Spain’s Javier Gomez says he’s aiming to pick up enough points to qualify for the 70.3 World Champs in Austria. Advertisement >>>Ironman 70.3 Staffs: our pick of the top age-groupers racing Gomez revealed he had his season planned out months earlier, and is considering the defence of his 70.3 title as important as the 2015 World Triathlon Series. Advertisement We’re on-site tomorrow at Ironman 70.3 Staffs, and will be covering the race on Twitter, with full race reports and galleries on this website afterwards. Good luck to everyone racing! Click Here: plastic molding company
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Gordon Ramsay: The adrenaline ‘never stops’ at Ironman 70.3
With Gordon Ramsay leading his GR100 squad into battle at tomorrow’s inaugural Ironman 70.3 Staffs, we speak to him about how it compares to a full Ironman, if Jonathan Ross is still racing – and whether he’s shooting for Kona. Advertisement We’re on-site tomorrow at Ironman 70.3 Staffs, and will be covering the race on Twitter, with full race reports and galleries on this website afterwards. Good luck to everyone racing! Click Here: custom product design
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Ironman 70.3 Staffs 2015: Javier Gomez leaves it to the run for winning move
All eyes were on reigning world champ Javier Gomez (ESP) today for the 7am start of Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire, and he didn’t disappoint – though he didn’t take the lead until the run. Advertisement Gloriously bright conditions at Chasewater Reservoir were a relief after the sogginess of yesterday, and after a short delay of around 10mins the pro men including GB’s Will Clarke, Gomez and Nick Kastelein (AUS) entered the water. Click Here: crusaders rugby jerseys They’re off! @IM703STAFFS pic.twitter.com/HxUSA4vUEY — 220Triathlon (@220Triathlon) June 14, 2015 Kastelein led Gomez out of the 1.9km swim with a 23:33min split, and Will Clarke was around 40secs back in third position. But disaster…
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Lucy Gossage takes convincing win at Ironman 70.3 Staffs 2015
A strong field of British women turned up today (14 June) for the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Staffs, including housemates Lucy Gossage and Susie Cheetham, Alice Hector, Georgie Rutherford and Jacqui Slack. Advertisement >>> Ironman 70.3 Staffs: Javier Gomez leaves it to the run for winning move Rutherford was first out of the water, ahead of Xterra warrior Slack and New Zealand’s Sam Warriner, with Hector and Gossage not far behind. Georgie Rutherford leads out of the swim; she eventually finished fourth woman Once on the bike Gossage pushed hard and took the lead by the 37km mark, leading all the way to T2 with a bike split of 2:29:54, and…
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Stuart Hayes takes Windsor Triathlon 2015 title
Past and present British Triathlon royalty adorned the race circuit and sidelines today as Human Race Event’s Windsor Triathlon celebrated its 25th edition. Aptly, a stalwart of the UK tri scene for much of Windsor’s existence, 2012 Olympian Stuart Hayes, was crowned the 25th men’s winner, with Sarah Lewis taking home the women’s title. Advertisement The debut Windsor Triathlon kicked-off in June 1991 as part of the 220 Triathlon Series and, 24 years later, its inaugural (and six-time) winner Spencer Smith was hollering support to athletes on the infamous Castle Climb. Whereas that debut race – organised by John Lunt and Jasmine Flatters, who were in attendance today – attracted…
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Blenheim Palace Triathlon: Chris Perham and India Lee win round one of British Super Series
A field of 137 elites battled it out today (14 June) at the Blenheim Triathlon for round one of the British Super Series, and it was Chris Perham and India Lee who prevailed despite some tough competition. Advertisement Male elite winner Chris Perham sprinted to victory in a time of 1:35hrs, closely followed by Loughborough University teammates Matthew Wright, just 3secs behind and Morgan Davies, who followed shortly after to take the final podium place. Chris said: “This is my first senior super series triathlon and it was certainly an unexpected win. I put the power down in the swim and stayed in the pack for the bike. “I came…
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World Triathlon Series lands in Leeds in June 2016
The ITU has confirmed that the World Triathlon Series will arrive in Leeds on 11-12 June 2016, offering the final opportunity to see Team GB triathletes swim, bike and run on home soil before they compete in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Advertisement Leeds takes over as UK host of the World Triathlon Series after a long run at London’s Hyde Park, which will be under construction in 2016 to allow for the building of a cycling superhighway throughout the UK capital. London 2012 gold medallist Alistair Brownlee said: “Triathlon has come from a sport that hardly anyone knew about, to in 2016 there being a World Series race in…
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Post-race interview with Javier Gomez at Ironman 70.3 Staffs (video)
After winning Ironman 70.3 Staffs today, Spain’s Javier Gomez told us at the finish line that he “didn’t want to push it too hard” as he’s in the middle of a tough block of training. Advertisement “It was a very tough bike course, and after all the rain yesterday it was quite slippy out there! I held back a little on the bike as I knew the guy in the lead (Thomschke) was going a bit too fast for me, but I wasn’t too far behind coming into T2.” Advertisement “I went hard on the first lap then was quite conservative after I got the lead, I’m in the middle…