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Jan 6, 2025 | 
triathlete.com | Jennifer Ward
You’ve got butterflies in your stomach, and you’re pacing around the kitchen in your chamois, glancing nervously at the clock and wondering if you should grab another snack or start your warm-up. A glance out the window, and you are reminded that it’s the middle of winter, and you don’t have a triathlon on the calendar for months.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
triathlonmagazine.ca | Kevin Mackinnon |Jennifer Ward
The days when you could win a full-distance triathlon on the heels of a strong swim and bike are long gone. Powerhouse cyclists blazing their way to the front of the pack and never looking back? Put that in the history books. We’re now in the era of the super-runner, ushered in by Mirinda Carfrae, Patrick Lange, Anne Haug and a handful of others.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
ironman.com | Mike Schultz |Jennifer Ward |Scott Jones |Kim Schwabenbauer
TAUPŌ, New Zealand / TAMPA, Fla. (9 July, 2024) - With five months to go until more than 6,000 of the world’s top professional and age-group triathletes descend on Taupō, New Zealand for the 2024 VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon, IRONMAN is excited to reveal the championship course that will challenge and excite athletes in equal measure.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
ironman.com | Jordan Blanco |Jennifer Ward |Brittany Bevis |Kim Schwabenbauer
TAMPA, Fla. (June 17, 2024) – IRONMAN is pleased to unveil its spring 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 race calendar for the United States and Canada with general registration open now. Athletes looking to experience one of the world-class IRONMAN 70.3 triathlons can register by visiting www.ironman.com/find-your-2025-race.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
ironman.com | Pip Taylor |Jennifer Ward |Kim Schwabenbauer |Brittany Bevis
Share The 2024 Cairns Airport IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship Cairns is the first IRONMAN Pro Series race in Oceania and will feature professional triathletes from 13 countries and both defending champions Kylie Simpson and Braden Currie.
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May 22, 2024 | 
triathlonmagazine.ca | Kevin Mackinnon |Jennifer Ward
A new player is about to make a splash on Canada’s swimrun scene. This summer, esteemed Swedish multisport company Otillo Swimrun will bring its signature swimrun event to Canada for the first time. Joining the global family of Otillo Swimrun races (spanning Sweden, France, and the US), Whistler, B.C. will host the inaugural Canadian event on July 7, 2024. Dale Tiessen, Race Director for Otillo Swimrun Whistler, said the event is filling a hole in the town left by the exodus of Ironman in 2019.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
ironman.com | Jennifer Ward
20 races. 9 countries. 1000 eligible professional triathletes. $1.7 million bonus prize purse. Every second matters.
The IRONMAN® Pro Series is a performance-based triathlon competition contested between April and December. It sees professional triathletes race to earn points and vie for the title of IRONMAN Pro Series Champion, in turn winning the greatest share of the $1.7 million bonus prize purse.
“In a nutshell, a second equals a point.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
ironman.com | Holly Bennett |Brittany Vermeer |Jennifer Ward
I’m not a coach. I’m not a personal trainer or a professional athlete. What I am is a relatively average age group athlete, here to tell you why your next run should be in the pool. Without a doubt, water running is no substitute for the satisfaction of pounding out the miles on the road or trail. But for an injured runner who can’t withstand impact, logging laps in the pool is a lifeline to maintaining run-specific fitness.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
ironman.com | Jennifer Ward
JAN 24, 2024 We're excited to announce that the 2025 VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship will be held in Marbella, Spain. Marbella will follow Lahti, Finland who hosted the 2023 event, and Taupō, New Zealand who will host the 2024 edition. Marbella will become the fourth city in Europe and the first in Spain to host the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship (Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria in 2015; Nice, France in 2019; Lahti, Finland in 2023).
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
ironman.com | Jennifer Ward |Brittany Vermeer
Know thyself According to Psaila, the two most obvious and common signs that an athlete has overtrained are excessive fatigue and extended muscle soreness. Other warning signs may include difficulty sleeping, depression, elevated or suppressed morning heart rate, a longer heart rate recovery period (accumulating fatigue) between intervals, easy irritability, lack of confidence, and overall lack of quantitative progress. The most serious effects are ultimately illness and injury.
