Month: March 2021

Exmoor to host tough knockout endurance run race

The 500 competitors will take on one of the most physically and mentally demanding running races of the year. The course, which Red Bull promises tests the limits of human endurance, will follow a difficult and treacherous route across 22,8 miles of the National Park. Advertisement And the participants will have to be tactical if…

By JohnValbyNation March 15, 2021 0

David McNamee wins Challenge Galway

The 2015 UK Ironman champion David McNamee has won the pro men’s race at the inaugural Challenge Galway in Ireland, in a time of 3:51:47, with fellow Brit Joe Skipper taking second in a time of 3:55:11. While in the pro women’s race Emma Bilham from Switzerland took gold in a time of 4:16:35 followed…

By JohnValbyNation March 15, 2021 0

Swissman in pictures

 Sadly this year extreme weather conditions, including heavy thunderstorms, forced  the swim to be replaced with a 4km run leg start thirty year old Allan Hovda from Norway took the men’s crown in 10:55:00. The second and third placed athletes, Andreas Wolpert from Germany and Sebastian Bräuer from Switzerland, climbed into Kleine Scheidegg with only…

By JohnValbyNation March 15, 2021 0

Shimano release new Dura-Ace R9100 and R9150 Di2 groupsets

It’s (nearly) here! Shimano have released news of their latest and most advanced groupsets ever, the Dura-Ace R9100 mechanical and R9150 electric. Advertisement There are several firsts for Shimano here, including the option to add in an integrated crank-based power meter and/or hydraulic disc-braking. The all new synchronised shifting technology, which seeks the next highest/lowest…

By JohnValbyNation March 15, 2021 0

WTS Stockholm: who’s competing

This weekend the world’s elites will be flocking to Sweden for WTS Stockholm, the sixth in the World Triathlon Series, and the series penultimate race before Rio. Run over the cobblestone streets of the Swedish capital, there is a two-lap swim, eight-lap bike and four-lap run course. Advertisement In the men’s the Brownlee brothers will aiming…

By JohnValbyNation March 15, 2021 0

Flora Duffy wins WTS Stockholm

Today was Flora Duff’s day. After a good swim in choppy cold water conditions that required wetsuits she exited the swim in the lead group of US athletes Sarah True and Katie Zaferes and then on the bike she made the brave decision to go out alone after the two  couldn’t stay with at the level…

By JohnValbyNation March 15, 2021 0

Xterra returns to UK in 2017

After a hiatus in 2016, the premier off-road triathlon series Xterra is to return to Britain in June 2017. Xterra UK will be taking place on June 4 at UWC Atlantic College in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Advertisement The race will be contained to the college’s campus, with a two-lap sea swim starting from…

By JohnValbyNation March 15, 2021 0