WTS Abu Dhabi: who will be victorious in 2017?
The 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series starts this weekend in Abu Dhabi, with the women racing tomorrow morning (UK time) Friday 3 March, followed by the men on Saturday morning (UK time). Advertisement Like last year Abu Dhabi will be a standard-distance event, but debuting a brand new course that will stretch over the famous…
Jonny Brownlee pulls out of Super League Triathlon
Rio Olympics silver medalist Jonny Brownlee will be unable to compete at the inaugural Super League Triathlon on Hamilton Island in Australia, in less than three weeks’ time, due to hip injury. Advertisement $1.5 million dollar Super League Triathlon unveiled “The doctors confirmed my hip injury, which is really disappointing as I was…
Hewitt wins WTS Abu Dhabi
The race may have been missing all three Olympic medallists – with Gwen Jorgensen and Nicola Spirig focusing on growing their respective families, and Vicky Holland starting her race season later in the year – and the reigning champ Flora Duffy due to a hip injury, but the Abu Dhabi WTS still had its fair share…
Gomez wins WTS Abu Dhabi
The Brownlees may have been absent but it was still a top-class line-up at WTS Abu Dhabi on Saturday 4 March. Nestled within the 54-strong line-up was reigning world champion Mario Mola (ESP), five-time ITU world champ Javier Gomez (ESP) and Rio bronze medallist Henri Schoeman (RSA). But it would be lucky number 13 (WTS…
High-intensity interval training helps battle ageing affects
High-intensity interval training causes cells to make more proteins for their energy-producing mitochondria and their protein-building ribosomes, effectively stopping ageing at the cellular level. Advertisement What is high-intensity interval training (HIIT)? How and why increasing mitochondria improves performance Mitochondria structure changes in elite athletes “Based on everything we know, there’s no substitute for…
New run course and name for Windsor tri
For the first time the run of the Windsor Triathlon will take participants fully onto Royal grounds, running from the gates of the castle and into gorgeous Windsor Great Park, including the spectacular Long Walk, right in front of the world famous Windsor Castle. Advertisement Since 1990 the event’s unmistakeable run course has been hugely…
Elite marathoners could run sub 2hrs say scientists
Will Kenyan Dennis Kimetto’s marathon world record of 2:02:57, set at Berlin Marathon in 2014, ever get beaten and will elite men marathoners be able to break the two-hour mark? A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder believe they can – and it’s all down to the maths. Advertisement They have…
Research finds wrist-worn heart rate monitors less accurate than chest strap ones
The scientists put five popular wrist-worn fitness trackers to the test to find out how accurately they gauge heart rate compared to chest-strap heart rate monitors, using an ECG as the control. Advertisement GPS run watches: 10 of the best tested and rated They found the standard chest strap was the most accurate regardless of…
ITU, Xterra and Ironman races to be televised
The Bike Channel, the first television channel dedicated to the world of cycling, has agreed exclusive UK deals to broadcast highlights and magazine shows from the world’s leading triathlon events; the ITU World Triathlon Series, Xterra World Tour, and Ironman World Series. Advertisement Ironman World Series highlights will be carried exclusively in the UK by…
Wahoo launches new aerodynamic bike computer
Wahoo Fitness have released their latest bike computer, the Elemnt Bolt, a GPS cycling computer and mount developed as an integrated system designed to drastically reduce drag. Advertisement When Wahoo tested it against some of the leading competitors using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the company says that it reduced air resistance by over 50% – equating to…