Archive for April, 2007

Ironman South Africa moves to April

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Ironman South Africa 2008 will take place on 13th April. Organizers promisse less wind. Read more about it at TriCape.com.

Andy Potts an Ironman

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Few weeks ago I have been surprised when I read that Andy Potts (USA), an ex-swimmer and an ITU world cup triathlete, has won the Ironman 70.3 California. And not only did he win it but he won it with the second fastest run.

Ironman video trailer - what pain are they talking about?

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

I just can not relate to all the cheap guitar solos with the whole talk about pain and soul breaking. I understand it works for some people. Also this is a TV advert (at least the style of it is TV) and TV adverts are always very weird.

Ironman charity Ebay auction

Friday, April 27th, 2007

My favorite aspect of sport (and something that seriously lacks when it comes to elite sports) is charity. Ironman is organizing Fifth Annual CHaritable Ebay Auction. Check it out here…

Triathlon One O One

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Triathlon One O One is a new triathlon race series starting out in North America. The 101 races follow the idea of the old ITU long distance format: 3k + 130k + 30k (total is a bit more than 101 miles). Lots of promises (big money purse, lots of races within next few years…) are [...]