WTS Abu Dhabi: who will be victorious in 2017?
The 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series starts this weekend in Abu Dhabi, with the women racing tomorrow morning (UK time) Friday 3 March, followed by the men on Saturday morning (UK time). Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Advertisement Like last…
Jonny Brownlee pulls out of Super League Triathlon
Rio Olympics silver medalist Jonny Brownlee will be unable to compete at the inaugural Super League Triathlon on Hamilton Island in Australia, in less than three weeks’ time, due to hip injury. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Advertisement $1.5 million…
Hewitt wins WTS Abu Dhabi
The race may have been missing all three Olympic medallists – with Gwen Jorgensen and Nicola Spirig focusing on growing their respective families, and Vicky Holland starting her race season later in the year – and the reigning champ Flora…
Gomez wins WTS Abu Dhabi
The Brownlees may have been absent but it was still a top-class line-up at WTS Abu Dhabi on Saturday 4 March. Nestled within the 54-strong line-up was reigning world champion Mario Mola (ESP), five-time ITU world champ Javier Gomez (ESP)…
High-intensity interval training helps battle ageing affects
High-intensity interval training causes cells to make more proteins for their energy-producing mitochondria and their protein-building ribosomes, effectively stopping ageing at the cellular level. Advertisement What is high-intensity interval training (HIIT)? How and why increasing mitochondria improves performance Mitochondria structure…
New run course and name for Windsor tri
For the first time the run of the Windsor Triathlon will take participants fully onto Royal grounds, running from the gates of the castle and into gorgeous Windsor Great Park, including the spectacular Long Walk, right in front of the…
Elite marathoners could run sub 2hrs say scientists
Will Kenyan Dennis Kimetto’s marathon world record of 2:02:57, set at Berlin Marathon in 2014, ever get beaten and will elite men marathoners be able to break the two-hour mark? A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado…
Research finds wrist-worn heart rate monitors less accurate than chest strap ones
The scientists put five popular wrist-worn fitness trackers to the test to find out how accurately they gauge heart rate compared to chest-strap heart rate monitors, using an ECG as the control. Advertisement GPS run watches: 10 of the best…
ITU, Xterra and Ironman races to be televised
The Bike Channel, the first television channel dedicated to the world of cycling, has agreed exclusive UK deals to broadcast highlights and magazine shows from the world’s leading triathlon events; the ITU World Triathlon Series, Xterra World Tour, and Ironman…
Wahoo launches new aerodynamic bike computer
Wahoo Fitness have released their latest bike computer, the Elemnt Bolt, a GPS cycling computer and mount developed as an integrated system designed to drastically reduce drag. Advertisement When Wahoo tested it against some of the leading competitors using computational fluid dynamics…