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Alonso-McKernan and Badmann take IRONMAN SA title beating competitors and harsh weather conditions 22 April 2012
The 8th edition of the Spec-Savers IRONMAN South Africa provided a true test of character today as athletes were faced with trying weather conditions.
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TRIATHLON SWIMMING FROM SCRATCH
By Glen Gore
It’s official. The swim is the most daunting of all the 3 disciplines in the sport of triathlon. YOU are not alone. You have been thinking of taking up the sport of tri but are not too sure about the swim part of it. Anybody can learn to ride a bike and go for a run but the thought of having to swim in the open water puts the fear into you, right?
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Swim Technique Drills to improve your swim and shave minutes off your time
Ironman PB Best Swim of 45 minutes. Previous Swim Record Holder at Ironman Malaysia and Ironman South Africa…Ex National Elite Swimmer : 16 minute 1500m Personal Best time.
If a survey were to be taken amongst a vast majority of triathletes (both long distance and short distance) asking what discipline they battled with most and which one they wished a dramatic improvement upon, I would be bold enough to say it would be the swim.
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Henning and Lidbury take out Challenge Fuerteventura (April 14, 2012) – Rasmus Henning (DAN) has retained his title at today’s Challenge Fuerteventura with a convincing win 3:57:16 win while Britain’s Emma Kate Lidbury took out the women’s title in 4:32:41.
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Erin Densham (AUS) and Steffen Justus (GER) run away to first ITU World Triathlon Series wins in Sydney
Sydney, Australia (14 April 2012) – Australia’s Erin Densham proved her incredible World Cup win in Mooloolaba wasn’t just a one-off performance in Sydney, when she blitzed the field in the run again to claim her first ITU World Triathlon Series win and further stake her claim for Olympic selection.
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Coming from a professional triathlon background with a good degree of coaching experience amongst the age group ranks, I would think that I able to give a clear indication of what the major differences are between the very top guys and yourself, the common athlete or so-called “fish and chips” as some would call them.
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PRINSLOO in the Money
Elite Swimmer and one of South Africa’s finest long distance stars, Troyden Prinsloo walked away with the lions share of the R36 000 on offer at the inaugural Triathlon Plus SA OCEAN MILE held in Durban on 1st April. Prinsloo entered all 3 events on the day comprising the double mile swim, then the half mile swim and finally ending off with the single mile swim.
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