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2 days ago | 
triathlonmagazine.ca | Charlotte Petrie
Garmin has upped the ante with its newest smartwatches, adding such features as a built-in speaker and microphone, training plans, workout builder, skin temperature tracking and an extended battery life. The Forerunner 570 and Forerunner 970 include sport-specific workouts from the Garmin Triathlon Coach. The free triathlon training plans adapt daily based on your data to provide personalized sessions based on performance, recovery and health metrics.
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2 days ago | 
triathlonmagazine.ca | Charlotte Petrie
Record-breaking performances at Ironman Texas recently has reignited talk about how pros are fuelling their races. Carbohydrates are still king, and pros are pushing the amount to surprising new limits, and sharing how, when and why nutrition strategies work in training and competition. Australian Cam Wurf took in a staggering 200g of carbohydrates per hour while setting the fastest Ironman bike course split of all time in 3:53:33.
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3 days ago | 
triathlonmagazine.ca | Charlotte Petrie
Supertri continues to roll out the list of races in its global series this season. Some venues are new to the brand, while others are returning favourites. Today, the brand announced it will return to Toulouse, France for a fourth year. Set against the backdrop of the “Pink City,” the popular European event will, for the first time, expand to include more age group events.
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4 days ago | 
triathlonmagazine.ca | Charlotte Petrie
The 2025 Championship Samorin, the flagship event of Challenge Family’s global triathlon series, is set to light up screens around the world with free and unrestricted live streaming on Sunday, May 18. The much-anticipated event, held at the x-bionic sphere sports resort in Samorin, Slovakia, will be broadcast in full via challenge-family.live, offering fans around the globe front-row access to the professional and age-group races without geo-blocks.
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4 days ago | 
triathlonmagazine.ca | Charlotte Petrie
You’ve trained for months, fine-tuned your pacing strategy, and feel physically ready to crush your triathlon. But one bad nutrition mistake can derail your entire race. Whether you’re racing a sprint, Olympic, 70.3, or full Ironman distance, they all require smart fuelling strategies to maintain energy, avoid stomach issues, and finish strong. Poor nutrition choices can lead to bonking, GI distress, dehydration, or cramping, turning an otherwise great performance into a painful struggle.
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5 days ago | 
triathlonmagazine.ca | Charlotte Petrie
The last dance in the dessert at the Ironman 70.3 St. George North American Championship was nothing short of legendary. Fans tuned in early Saturday morning to see an epic battle as athletes vied for the final champion title in Utah. What they got was a masterclass on how to make a win look easy, as Canadian pros Lionel Sanders and Paula Findlay seemingly fought only their inner demons on a blistering hot day to break the tape.
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1 week ago | 
triathlonmagazine.ca | Charlotte Petrie
As summer temperatures trend towards increasingly hotter racing, staying cool can make or break your race. Canadian company, Endurance Innovation, has designed a water bottle that brings your forearms in contact with ice while riding. Contact with a cooling agent can help keep core temperature down, decrease perceived exertion and improve your performance. The Cool Bottle fits between your aero bars by attaching to your arm rests underneath the pad.
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1 week ago | 
triathlonmagazine.ca | Charlotte Petrie
In the world of endurance sports, triathletes are known for their love of a good challenge. Swimming, cycling, and running demand discipline, grit, and a willingness to push limits. But in recent years, a new trend has been taking hold—gravel racing. Once the domain of adventure-seeking cyclists, gravel events are now seeing an influx of pro and amateur triathletes eager to test their mettle on rugged terrain.
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1 week ago | 
triathlonmagazine.ca | Charlotte Petrie
Triathlon training presents a particularly complex environment in which athletes have to monitor and adapt to avoid injuries from three sports. On top of swimming, biking and running, athletes may be in the gym or yoga studio, all while navigating high volumes of load as the requisite base for any endurance sport. Every triathlete, whether age-grouper or elite, sooner or later faces a tough question about when to embrace the pain and when to stop.
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1 week ago | 
triathlonmagazine.ca | Charlotte Petrie
The resounding argument in support of the return of the Ironman World Championship to a single day in Kona has hinged on athletes’ desire to make the field at Kona competitive again. This move is actually selling those athletes short. The proportional representation system for women ensures the most competitive athletes DO NOT get a Kona slot. Anyone who believes that the old qualifying system puts the best-of-the-best racing against each other on the start line has been green-washed.
