The April 2015 issue of your favourite tri mag is on sale now, featuring a seven-page guide to conquering Ironman with Britain’s Kona hopeful Tim Don, an explainer of which tri gear really makes you faster, wetsuit buying guide and lots more.
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Highlights in this month’s issue include:
Conquer Ironman – take on 226km with Hawaii hope Tim Don
The science of speed – which kit really makes you faster?
Elite Q&A with Swiss rocket Daniela Ryf
Four training apps on test
Train with Chrissie – we look at techniques for measuring training improvements
Wetsuit buying guide – all you ever needed to know about neoprene
Tri aerobars grouptest
PLUS win one of four 2XU compression kit bundles worth £230 each
Find 220 Triathlon on sale at newsagents across the UK, and the digital edition can be picked up via the iTunes store, Google Play and Zinio.
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Have you got your copy let? Let us know in the comments below!
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The April 2015 issue of your favourite tri mag is on sale now, featuring a seven-page guide to conquering Ironman with Britain’s Kona hopeful Tim Don, an explainer of which tri gear really makes you faster, wetsuit buying guide and lots more.
Advertisement
Highlights in this month’s issue include:
Conquer Ironman – take on 226km with Hawaii hope Tim Don
The science of speed – which kit really makes you faster?
Elite Q&A with Swiss rocket Daniela Ryf
Four training apps on test
Train with Chrissie – we look at techniques for measuring training improvements
Wetsuit buying guide – all you ever needed to know about neoprene
Tri aerobars grouptest
PLUS win one of four 2XU compression kit bundles worth £230 each
Find 220 Triathlon on sale at newsagents across the UK, and the digital edition can be picked up via the iTunes store, Google Play and Zinio.
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Have you got your copy let? Let us know in the comments below!
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After three packed days of seminar sessions, product demos, endless pool coaching, awards, sportives and a guest appearance from a Pussycat Doll, the 220 Triathlon Show closed its doors last Sunday for another 12 months.
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Let’s take a look at some of the highlights…
Exhibition
Seminars
Awards
Sportive
10K run
(Images: Dave Caudery)
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After three packed days of seminar sessions, product demos, endless pool coaching, awards, sportives and a guest appearance from a Pussycat Doll, the 220 Triathlon Show closed its doors last Sunday for another 12 months.
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Let’s take a look at some of the highlights…
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Exhibition
Seminars
Awards
Sportive
10K run
(Images: Dave Caudery)
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Did you go to this year’s 220 Triathlon Show? Let us know in the comments below!
The Bavarian city of Regensburg – one of Germany’s oldest and most beautiful – is to host a new Challenge Family long-distance triathlon in the summer of next year, finishing in the Cathedral Square of the Old Town.
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The action will start on 14 August 2016 with a 3.8km swim in Lake Guggenberger, located just outside of town, followed by a 180km cycle through the Bavarian Forest Nature Reserve, finishing with a 42.2km run along the Danube before finishing in the centre of town.
With a 1,500m total elevation, the bike leg is sure to challenge athletes – the two climbs of significance are located around the 30km and 100km marks, and have a maximum elevation of around 600m. By comparison, Ironman Wales has a nearly identical total elevation of 1,530m but a maximum elevation of 174m, making the climbs much more spread out.
“Regensberg is one of Germany’s most beautiful and historic towns and I have no doubt it will attract athletes and their families from all over the world,” said Challenge CEO Zibi Szlufcik.
Ironman ran its own full-distance race in the Bavarian city from 2010 to 2012 but apparently struggled to find a workable date for the 2013 edition, and it hasn’t been run since.
For more information on the new Challenge race head to www.challenge-regensburg.org.
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The Bavarian city of Regensburg – one of Germany’s oldest and most beautiful – is to host a new Challenge Family long-distance triathlon in the summer of next year, finishing in the Cathedral Square of the Old Town.
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The action will start on 14 August 2016 with a 3.8km swim in Lake Guggenberger, located just outside of town, followed by a 180km cycle through the Bavarian Forest Nature Reserve, finishing with a 42.2km run along the Danube before finishing in the centre of town.
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With a 1,500m total elevation, the bike leg is sure to challenge athletes – the two climbs of significance are located around the 30km and 100km marks, and have a maximum elevation of around 600m. By comparison, Ironman Wales has a nearly identical total elevation of 1,530m but a maximum elevation of 174m, making the climbs much more spread out.
“Regensberg is one of Germany’s most beautiful and historic towns and I have no doubt it will attract athletes and their families from all over the world,” said Challenge CEO Zibi Szlufcik.
Ironman ran its own full-distance race in the Bavarian city from 2010 to 2012 but apparently struggled to find a workable date for the 2013 edition, and it hasn’t been run since.
For more information on the new Challenge race head to www.challenge-regensburg.org.
(Images: Ulrich Oestringer / Omnidom 999)
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Will you be entering Challenge Regensburg? Let us know in the comments below!
David Weir, a British paratriathlete with six Olympic golds to his name, has said that the new Para Tri Series being launched today by fellow Paralympian Sophia Warner is a “great opportunity” for disabled people to have fun and take part in triathlon.
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Speaking to broadcaster Chris Evans on the Radio 2 breakfast show this morning, Weir – described as one of the best athletes this country has ever produced – said the aim is to get disabled people into sport.
“That’s my dream as well, I want to see people get involved in sport. As a disabled athlete myself, when I started I just wanted to do some form of sport. I didn’t think I’d get to elite level and it was hard to find clubs that did that.”
We will be live on @BBCRadio2 with @achrisevans at 8.45am. Join us chatting about http://t.co/GLxmVzQPTG #active pic.twitter.com/HbgSYVxWW9
— Para Tri (@Para_Tri) March 4, 2015
The Para Tri Series will begin with a launch event at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic rowing venue Dorney Lake on Sunday 9 August. It was created last November by Paralympian Sophia Warner, and will offer five different paratriathlon events, ranging from a ‘Sprint Para Tri’ for beginners (150m swim/3km bike/1km run) up to ‘Full Para Tri’ (750m swim/20km bike/5km run).
Further information, including how to register for the inaugural event, is available at www.paratri.com, with regular updates available on Twitter and Facebook.
Weir also said on the Radio 2 breakfast show this morning that he’s committed himself to racing both the Boston Marathon (20 April) and London Marathon (26 April) this year.
“I thought why not give it a shot now because it’s Olympic year next year and I won’t be doing it then, I’ll be saving myself for Rio. There’s a great opportunity to try and win both marathons in a week.”
Weir has already won the London Marathon a stunning six times, taking 2012 gold with a time of 1:32:26 and equalling Baroness Tanni-Grey Thompson’s record of six wins. He also placed on the podium 11 years in a row before a fifth-place finish in 2013. In 2014 he came a close second.
For more info on the new Para Tri Series head to www.paratri.com.
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David Weir, a British paratriathlete with six Olympic golds to his name, has said that the new Para Tri Series being launched today by fellow Paralympian Sophia Warner is a “great opportunity” for disabled people to have fun and take part in triathlon.
Advertisement
Speaking to broadcaster Chris Evans on the Radio 2 breakfast show this morning, Weir – described as one of the best athletes this country has ever produced – said the aim is to get disabled people into sport.
“That’s my dream as well, I want to see people get involved in sport. As a disabled athlete myself, when I started I just wanted to do some form of sport. I didn’t think I’d get to elite level and it was hard to find clubs that did that.”
We will be live on @BBCRadio2 with @achrisevans at 8.45am. Join us chatting about http://t.co/GLxmVzQPTG #active pic.twitter.com/HbgSYVxWW9
— Para Tri (@Para_Tri) March 4, 2015
The Para Tri Series will begin with a launch event at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic rowing venue Dorney Lake on Sunday 9 August. It was created last November by Paralympian Sophia Warner, and will offer five different paratriathlon events, ranging from a ‘Sprint Para Tri’ for beginners (150m swim/3km bike/1km run) up to ‘Full Para Tri’ (750m swim/20km bike/5km run).
Further information, including how to register for the inaugural event, is available at www.paratri.com, with regular updates available on Twitter and Facebook.
Weir also said on the Radio 2 breakfast show this morning that he’s committed himself to racing both the Boston Marathon (20 April) and London Marathon (26 April) this year.
“I thought why not give it a shot now because it’s Olympic year next year and I won’t be doing it then, I’ll be saving myself for Rio. There’s a great opportunity to try and win both marathons in a week.”
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Weir has already won the London Marathon a stunning six times, taking 2012 gold with a time of 1:32:26 and equalling Baroness Tanni-Grey Thompson’s record of six wins. He also placed on the podium 11 years in a row before a fifth-place finish in 2013. In 2014 he came a close second.
For more info on the new Para Tri Series head to www.paratri.com.
(Main image: Teecefamily)
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How does it feel to be racing in the WTS for the first time?
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Exciting and a bit scary as well at the same time! I’m really lucky to train alongside Non and the rest of the athletes in Leeds. The chance to get on the start line with those girls is what you dream of every day when you wake up and it’s what you train for, so I can’t wait to start in Abu Dhabi!
Like I said it’s very nerve-wracking at the same time. I do get nervous, but I think that works in your favour because it gets the adrenaline going. But I think I will be very, very nervous for my first World Series race! But I’ve trained for it so know that hopefully I’ve got the fitness for it, so fingers crossed it will go ok.
What’s it like training in Leeds?
It’s amazing. We go away in the winter, but we all say you can’t get a better place to train than Leeds because you’ve got the cycling into the Dales, the swimming is great and the main thing is the team you’re training with. The girls all get on so well, we’re best friends as well which makes it so much easier when it’s raining and you don’t want to get out there – we’ll all get together and go and it makes things so much easier. Non’s one of my best friends and I get to train alongside her every day.
Tell us a bit about how you got into triathlon…
I did a lot of swimming and I crazily signed up to swim the channel when I was 18! I came to university in 2009 [Heather was studying to be a nurse] and I thought ‘I’m not going to make it as a swimmer’. I wasn’t good enough, so I thought I’d give triathlon a try. Four years down the line and I’m about to start my first ITU race – so it’s been fast! I didn’t start running properly until three years ago. I’ve come into the sport quite late but managed to adapt to it quite quickly which was good!
What can we expect to see from you? Is swimming still your strength?
I’d say the run is probably more my strength now. I seem to have over the last year seen my running come on quite a lot. It’s probably down to my coach as well as training alongside the best people in the world – you’re going to get better and better.
The swim’s – I’m not like Lucy Hall, going into a race knowing that she’s going to be at the front of the swim – I’m probably a similar standard to Non, knowing that we have to do our best swim in order to be in the front of the pack. But it’s not impossible. I’ll go into the race knowing I can make the front pack if I swim to the best of my ability.
On the bike, it’s a matter of holding on to the group! My biking is improving year on year, it’s just a case of getting the miles in, of doing the hard sessions on the bike. We’ve been going to York and doing a crit circuit – there’s no cars on the road so we can get some good miles in. It’s about working on that speed and acceleration too, about making us the best we can be really.
Tell us which races you’re looking forward to…
My first race will obviously be Abu Dhabi so that’s going to be amazing for me. Also I’d quite like to qualify for the Europeans, and there’s a new event this year which is the Baku European Games so I’ll hopefully qualify for that and do some European cups and try and podium at them. Hopefully I’ll get some more starts for the world series too, depending on how everyone is. There’s also a race in Rio this year – a test event for the Olympics – and they’re potentially taking six GB girls there so hopefully I can qualify for that too. The heat suits me.
Is there a distance you prefer?
On the run side I really like Olympic distance because I have one speed with running really and it’s quite a good speed – but it’s better over 10K whereas at 5K the girls go off so fast and I struggle! But I’m working on that.
We heard you like eating sweets…
I do allow myself to have sweets! We are very lucky in that the amount of training we do we can eat what we want really but you have to make sure you’re sensible, especially after a hard run when I’ll have a recovery drink or some milk to get the calcium in for my bones. Also on bike rides I do take carb drinks because you can be riding for three or four hours and you can forget to eat, but you’ll have your drink without thinking and get the right calories in.
We’re on the Orca product launch in Playitas. How do you find the new wetsuits?
The new wetsuit is really good. We’ve been testing them all week and the new Alpha is my preferred wetsuit because of the arms – they’re so flexible it’s like you haven’t got a suit on. It’s like swimming in a costume! So hopefully in some of the wetsuit swims I’ll be swimming to my best advantage with it on!
You were studying to be a nurse – what are your tips for time-crunched athletes?
I’ve taken a year out this year because it was quite hard. You have to find that balance – just be sensible. One of the main things athletes forget about is recovery and for us it’s like the fourth discipline. Without recovery you’re not going to gain anything from the hard sessions. Nutrition and rest!
See Heather racing in Abu Dhabi this Saturday live at 11am on http://triathlon.org/tv or repeated on the BBC red button at 12pm. The men’s race is live on the red button at 1pm. We’ll also be following both races online and via @220triathlon on Twitter.
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To read more about the Orca 2015 wetsuit launch go here.
How does it feel to be racing in the WTS for the first time?
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Exciting and a bit scary as well at the same time! I’m really lucky to train alongside Non and the rest of the athletes in Leeds. The chance to get on the start line with those girls is what you dream of every day when you wake up and it’s what you train for, so I can’t wait to start in Abu Dhabi!
Like I said it’s very nerve-wracking at the same time. I do get nervous, but I think that works in your favour because it gets the adrenaline going. But I think I will be very, very nervous for my first World Series race! But I’ve trained for it so know that hopefully I’ve got the fitness for it, so fingers crossed it will go ok.
What’s it like training in Leeds?
It’s amazing. We go away in the winter, but we all say you can’t get a better place to train than Leeds because you’ve got the cycling into the Dales, the swimming is great and the main thing is the team you’re training with. The girls all get on so well, we’re best friends as well which makes it so much easier when it’s raining and you don’t want to get out there – we’ll all get together and go and it makes things so much easier. Non’s one of my best friends and I get to train alongside her every day.
Tell us a bit about how you got into triathlon…
I did a lot of swimming and I crazily signed up to swim the channel when I was 18! I came to university in 2009 [Heather was studying to be a nurse] and I thought ‘I’m not going to make it as a swimmer’. I wasn’t good enough, so I thought I’d give triathlon a try. Four years down the line and I’m about to start my first ITU race – so it’s been fast! I didn’t start running properly until three years ago. I’ve come into the sport quite late but managed to adapt to it quite quickly which was good!
What can we expect to see from you? Is swimming still your strength?
I’d say the run is probably more my strength now. I seem to have over the last year seen my running come on quite a lot. It’s probably down to my coach as well as training alongside the best people in the world – you’re going to get better and better.
The swim’s – I’m not like Lucy Hall, going into a race knowing that she’s going to be at the front of the swim – I’m probably a similar standard to Non, knowing that we have to do our best swim in order to be in the front of the pack. But it’s not impossible. I’ll go into the race knowing I can make the front pack if I swim to the best of my ability.
On the bike, it’s a matter of holding on to the group! My biking is improving year on year, it’s just a case of getting the miles in, of doing the hard sessions on the bike. We’ve been going to York and doing a crit circuit – there’s no cars on the road so we can get some good miles in. It’s about working on that speed and acceleration too, about making us the best we can be really.
Tell us which races you’re looking forward to…
My first race will obviously be Abu Dhabi so that’s going to be amazing for me. Also I’d quite like to qualify for the Europeans, and there’s a new event this year which is the Baku European Games so I’ll hopefully qualify for that and do some European cups and try and podium at them. Hopefully I’ll get some more starts for the world series too, depending on how everyone is. There’s also a race in Rio this year – a test event for the Olympics – and they’re potentially taking six GB girls there so hopefully I can qualify for that too. The heat suits me.
Is there a distance you prefer?
On the run side I really like Olympic distance because I have one speed with running really and it’s quite a good speed – but it’s better over 10K whereas at 5K the girls go off so fast and I struggle! But I’m working on that.
We heard you like eating sweets…
I do allow myself to have sweets! We are very lucky in that the amount of training we do we can eat what we want really but you have to make sure you’re sensible, especially after a hard run when I’ll have a recovery drink or some milk to get the calcium in for my bones. Also on bike rides I do take carb drinks because you can be riding for three or four hours and you can forget to eat, but you’ll have your drink without thinking and get the right calories in.
We’re on the Orca product launch in Playitas. How do you find the new wetsuits?
The new wetsuit is really good. We’ve been testing them all week and the new Alpha is my preferred wetsuit because of the arms – they’re so flexible it’s like you haven’t got a suit on. It’s like swimming in a costume! So hopefully in some of the wetsuit swims I’ll be swimming to my best advantage with it on!
You were studying to be a nurse – what are your tips for time-crunched athletes?
I’ve taken a year out this year because it was quite hard. You have to find that balance – just be sensible. One of the main things athletes forget about is recovery and for us it’s like the fourth discipline. Without recovery you’re not going to gain anything from the hard sessions. Nutrition and rest!
See Heather racing in Abu Dhabi this Saturday live at 11am on http://triathlon.org/tv or repeated on the BBC red button at 12pm. The men’s race is live on the red button at 1pm. We’ll also be following both races online and via @220triathlon on Twitter.
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To read more about the Orca 2015 wetsuit launch go here.
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