Tim Heming

Columnist at 220 Triathlon

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No Coach, No Limits for Lionel Sanders in 2025

1 week ago | triathlete.com | Tim Heming

New perk! Get after it with local recommendations just for you. Discover nearby events, routes out your door, and hidden gems when you sign up for the Local Running Drop. It’s not that Lionel Sanders hasn’t done this before. When spring rolls around, triathlon’s most beloved YouTuber is an old hand at putting on a SoCal masterclass and cleaning up in Oceanside.
This 2-Day Triathlon Swim Camp Makes Bold Claims. We Put TriDot Pool School to the Test.

1 week ago | triathlete.com | Tim Heming

New perk! Get after it with local recommendations just for you. Discover nearby events, routes out your door, and hidden gems when you sign up for the Local Running Drop. Clear the fog from your goggles and look at these numbers:A 5.8-second drop for swimmers whose 100-meter PR is under 1:208 seconds less if your 100-meter pace is between 1:20 and 1:39A 13-second improvement if you’re swimming 1:40-1:59These are the average improvement times for sign-ups to TriDot Pool School.
Triathlon's financial future relies on our race entries

1 week ago | 220triathlon.com | Tim Heming

Credit: T100/Polizzi Studio) The start of 2025 has been a reminder that while the pros might be important to organisations, it’s the amateurs who deliver the profits. The launch of the T100 series, the consolidation of supertri, plus World Triathlon, Ironman, Challenge and XTERRA… if you’re an elite triathlete looking for a platform for your talents, there’s never been more choice.
I Was All Set To Race E Triathlon. Then The Wi-Fi Went Out.

2 weeks ago | triathlete.com | Tim Heming

It was supposed to be the face-off of a lifetime – a much-anticipated shoot-out between a triathlon podcast shock jock and Triathlete’s own lamb-to-the-slaughter reporter. Both parties had been invited to sample the “fast-paced” swim, bike, and run action as Supertri opened its esports format up for amateur competition for the first time at London’s impressive Aquatics Center – one of the headline venues of the 2012 Olympics.
Weekend round-up: Waugh wins in Singapore and French rule in London

2 weeks ago | 220triathlon.com | Tim Heming

Kate Waugh wins Singapore T100 on debut. Pic credit: PTO The biggest weekend of triathlon this year saw many of the world’s best triathletes compete in drama-packed racing all over the globe. The Professional Triathletes Organisation kicked off its T100 World Tour – renamed Race To Qatar – with a weekend of scorching action in Singapore.
Who is Triathlon Coach Neal Henderson?

3 weeks ago | triathlete.com | Tim Heming

There’s a parlor game called “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” where players challenge each other to choose an actor, then connect them to another actor through a film that both have appeared in. The process is repeated to find the shortest path to prolific American actor Kevin Bacon. For movie buffs, it doesn’t take many steps. Endurance sport could easily do the same with “Six Degrees of Neal Henderson,” although the game would likely finish quickly.
How is Alex Yee Preparing for the 2025 London Marathon?

4 weeks ago | triathlete.com | Tim Heming

It’s a question that regularly crops up, but one that rarely gets a satisfying answer (in real time): How would a professional triathlete fare if they switched to running marathons at the peak of their powers? With reigning Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee’s decision to focus on the 2025 London Marathon next month, we might get that exact insight.
Triathlon academy gives dream shot to talented young athletes

1 month ago | 220triathlon.com | Tim Heming

On Triathlon Academy recruits line up with London 2012 champion Nicola Spirig Pic credit. Orbital for On Most triathletes first turn to the sport because it offers a sense of adventure. For four aspiring youngsters from different corners of the world, that opportunity has been supercharged.
Brownlees bring short course triathlon racing back to Leeds

1 month ago | 220triathlon.com | Tim Heming

Jonny Brownlee with finishers at last year’s Ripon Triathlon festival Short course triathlon is returning to Roundhay Park in Leeds, after TBF Events, the mass participation arm of the Brownlee Foundation, announced the launch of its latest event.
When performance gains challenge the rulebook

1 month ago | 220triathlon.com | Tim Heming

Credit : Tom Pennington/Getty Images for IRONMAN There’s a fine line between innovation and exploitation, a grey area where smart minds study the rulebook and try to gain an edge. Some athletes tread cautiously. Others seize opportunities before the authorities catch up. Magnus Ditlev, the Danish powerhouse, arrived at last year’s Ironman World Championship in Kona with a rear-mounted hydration system that was more Formula 1 aero package than bottle cage.