Over 1,000 duathletes descended on Castle Combe last Sunday (23 November) for the annual Chilly Duathlon. As always it featured the British University Championships (BUCS) duathlon championships, with some of the country’s brightest young stars were racing. Advertisement The day began with the classic Chilly Duathlon, with 400 people lining up on the start line. The race consists of a 3.2km run around the outside of the Castle Combe track, followed by a 16km bike on the track and a final 3.2km run again around the track’s perimeter.  The pace was red hot from the off and in to the first transition the lead was held by Phil Kruse, narrowly…

Elivar, the sport nutrition specialist for athletes over 35, returns as the headline sponsor of our coveted 220 Triathlon Awards 2015. Advertisement The awards celebrate the best in triathlon, with 20 separate categories to recognise the top-rated athletes, races, coaches, brands, products, services and more which have graced the 2014 season. Category winners will be announced at a dazzling awards ceremony held at The Triathlon Show at Sandown Park on the evening of Saturday 28 February 2015, with some of the biggest names in triathlon expected to attend. Click Here: munster rugby shirts Elivar is excited to be associated with the awards for the second year in a row, and…

There’s just over a week to go until the first Challenge Bahrain, and the organisers have confirmed the full pro field who’ll be racing for a slice of the whopping $500k prize fund. Advertisement Nearly 100 professional athletes will be lining up on 6 December, including both current Ironman world champions Sebastian Kienle and Mirinda Carfrae, and various Olympians and Commonwealth champs.  There are three British men on the start line (Tim Don, Ritchie Nicholls and Fraser Cartmell) and three British women (Rachel Joyce, Jodie Swallow, and Jodie Stimpson on her middle-distance debut). The full pro start list can be found here. Click Here: cheap converse men high top shoes…

We’ve got the confirmed event routes for next year’s first Cardiff Triathlon, revealed at the official launch event which took place today at the Wales Millennium Centre. Advertisement The organisers, Always Aim High Events, say that they’ve already sold out of the 450 pre-sale places released to their database of triathletes – with over 200 entries taken on the first day alone – and entries are now open for general sale here.  You can find all the route info (including maps and GPS files) for both the Olympic and Sprint races here. All other information can be found on the Cardiff Triathlon website. Click Here: kangaroos team merchandise The route looks…

December is here and we’re feeling festive… So we’ve decided to offer our readers 12 competition prizes to be won between now and Christmas. Advertisement Our ’12 Comps of Christmas’ campaign will see a new prize to be won on the Competitions section of the 220 website every two days between now and the big day, with entries staying open one month from the start date of each. That means come January we’ll be dishing out a lot of free gear – perfect if (like us) you usually struggle with the first month of the year after all that Christmas cheer. So head over to the Competitions section now! Advertisement…

Triathlon is becoming an increasingly popular sport around the world, with more events and clubs popping up almost every day, and one country that’s showing plenty of potential is Turkey. Advertisement It is already a popular location for competing, especially now some of the European and International events take place there. Now in its fifth year, the European Triathlon Union (ETU) Cup was held in May on the coast in Antalya for the elite men and women, and is scheduled again for 2015. As well as this, World Triathlon (WTC) events take place across the country. In Alanya the ETU Standard Distance Championships took place last year, and the ITU…

British Triathlon has announced its paratriathlon funding for 2015, underlining its core focus of winning medals in the sport’s Paralympic Games debut in Rio. Advertisement The list of podium and potential beneficiaries has been refined to triathletes whose disability category will be raced in Brazil. It is an expected move with the elite paratriathlon programme’s future funding resting on success in Brazil in 21 months’ time. The categories selected mean strong British medal hopes, with two current world champions and three podium finishers from the ITU World Championships in Edmonton, Canada in September. The elite funding award for paratriathlon is held at £583,310 for 2015, but British Triathlon will find out…

With the strongest line-up of pro athletes ever seen at a triathlon, we didn’t envy whoever had to pick names for the pre-race press conference line-up. To give you some idea of the calibre of elite rolling into the desert for the inaugural Challenge Bahrain this coming Saturday, silver medallist Lisa Norden was absent, as was former ITU world champ and fast-rising 70.3 star Tim Don and bronze medallist Jan Frodeno (although the Beijing Games gold medallist has pulled out of the race due to illness). Advertisement Taking to the elevated podia then was the following roll call of multisporting greats: 2013 Roth champion Dirk Bockel; 2 x ITU LD…

We’re being cowards here at 220. Never before has a field of multi-platform multisporting greats come together for one race. And for that reason, we’re reluctant to call it for the first-ever Challenge Bahrain this coming Saturday. Advertisement Hell, even the pros were having trouble remembering all the names when asked for their predictions. So while we mull, ponder and deliberate, let’s hear from a few of the men on their thoughts ahead of this weekend…  Having missed out on Kona due to injury, the first question is posed to 2013 Roth champion and Olympian Dirk Bockel if he thinks he’s in better shape than most, ie more recovered, heading…

Are you excited about Challenge Bahrain this Saturday? We are – most of the world’s best long-course triathletes will be on the start line at 7.30am local time (4.30am UK time), including both Kona winners plus a smattering of Brits. Advertisement Yet how to watch Sebastian Kienle, Mirinda Carfrae, Tim Don, Rachel Joyce et al? The good news is that there will be a live video stream on the event website, with two-time Kona winner Chris ‘Macca’ McCormack on commentating duties.  But that’s not all! We’re also hosting a liveblog on the 220 website, where deputy editor Liz (who’s already out in Bahrain) will deliver lots of course-side insight and…