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2012 MIDLANDS ULTRA TRIATHLON SERIES
Sunday 7th October 2012 – Midmar Dam
Entries for the 2nd Midlands UTRA Triathlon have been launched with the exciting new addition of a canoe ½ ironman distance race. The second event of the prestigious Midlands ULTRA Tri – Series takes place on the 7th of October 2012. This exciting ½ iron man and sprint distance event is staged at the beautiful setting of Midmar Dam deep in the heart of the KZN Midlands and attracts over 800 competitors to each event annually.
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Great Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee kicked off his Olympic season with a dominant performance in San Diego, winning his second ITU World Triathlon Series event ahead of Switzerland’s Sven Riederer and South Africa’s Richard Murray.
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Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins continued her brilliant start to 2012 with a dominating run to crush the field in San Diego, in a race that had a huge impact on London Olympic qualification. After an eight-women bike breakaway put 2 minutes and 30 seconds on the first chase group coming out of T2, Jenkins and Australia’s Erin Densham went to the lead into the first lap of the 10km run.
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TRAINING SMART WITH SATELITE
By now, we are all fairly familiar with the advent of GPS and what it presents in our normal everyday lives. The use of GPS devices for multisport and triathlon have slowly gained in-roads as triathletes and coaches alike look for the benefits that come with such devices.
The initial thought when considers going the GPS route is, will it be easy to use and do I really need a device such as this for an athlete of my calibre and ability?Most newly launched GPS units have become extremely easy to use and understand. There have been cases in the past where you needed a rocket science degree just to open up the box it came in let alone understand the dynamics and operations behind the unit. These days, technology has slowly become our next best friend as manufacturers go the extra yard to ensure that these GPS units are easy to use and understand, even for the layman who has no clue what 2+2 equals.
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Flora Duffy (BER), Simon De Cuyper (BEL) beat the heat to claim first career ITU Triathlon World Cup wins in Huatulco
Huatulco, Mexico (6 May 2012) – Bermuda’s Flora Duffy (BER) and Belgium’s Simon De Cuyper (BEL) earned their first ITU World Cup victories in hot and humid conditions in Huatulco on Sunday. In the women’s race, Duffy used a brilliant first run lap to set up her win over silver medallist Pamela Oliveira (BRA) and bronze medallist Claudia Rivas (MEX). In the men’s race, an incredible third-lap run surge led De Cuyper to the win ahead of Ryan Sissons (NZL) and Danylo Sapunov (UKR).
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Rasmus Henning’s book “PRO Chasing the Dream” is now available in English as an E-book on Amazon through http://www.prochasingthedream.com/ .
It is a tale of victory and defeat, living the life of a pro athlete, conquering the world of triathlon as well as the serious doubts and concerns of big setbacks. The book is Rasmus Henning’s journal from Ironman Hawaii 2010 to Ironman Hawaii 2011.
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Javier Gomez storms to victory at 2012 Eilat ETU Triathlon European Championships
Eilat, Israel (21 April 2012) - Spain’s Javier Gomez stormed the run and left nothing to chance at the 2012 Eilat ETU Triathlon European Championships to take the European title for the third time in his career. Russia took silver and bronze with powerful performances by Alexander Bryukhankov and Ivan Vasiliev who just beat Tony Moulai (FRA) in a sprint to the line for third.
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David Hauss (FRA), Kathy Tremblay (CAN) claim debut ITU World Cup wins in Ishigaki Ishigaki, Japan (22 April 2012) – Canada’s Kathy Tremblay and France’s David Hauss both claimed breakthrough ITU World Cup wins in Japan on Sunday.
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