Archive for the 'long distance' Category

The perfect ironman bike?

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Riding a custom built Razzo at Ironman South Africa
Interesting topic for a blog post. I guess the question should be is there such a thing as the perfect bike? Let’s face it, everyone’s perception of perfection is different and what works for me will probably not work for you.
So having stated the obvious, I am [...]

ITU Long Distance champs

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Another big change in triathlon rules - the next ITU Long Distance World Championship, held in Lorient, France on 15th July, 2007 - will be comprised of much shorter distances: 3km swim + 80km bike and 20km run.

Duel Ultra Triathlon 2007

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

“Another day at the office”, this is how Nikola put it to me on the evening before the race. You see I was lacking motivation, I have been for some time now, and despite having driven 500km to get to the venue I was still not in the correct frame of mind and this was [...]