Next Saturday 13 October all eyes will be on Kona, Hawaii for the headline event in the triathlon endurance racing calendar: the Ironman World Championship.The raceHeld since 1978, the annual Ironman World Championship or ‘Ironman Hawaii
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th woman finisher at Kona last year and is very much looking forward to starting with the elite women this time.
Stephen BaylissAge 31Trains Switzerland2008 was a great year for Stephen Bayliss. He won Ironman UK and Ironman South Africa, and placed 18th at the World Champs. He races for Team TBB, as does his wife, Bella. They were both second in this year's Ironman UK. His secret weapon at...
The women's raceWellington leads brilliant Brits at KonaChrissie Wellington turned in the most extraordinary performance in her remarkable career to win her fourth Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. Not even a torn pectoral muscle
As dawn broke at the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, news travelled around the crowds and competitors that Chrissie Wellington had withdrawn from the race. Our first reaction was disbelief, followed by sadness for the super
. I’ll be using a Scott Plasma at Kona. Do you have a triathlon secret weapon? It has to be my wife. We’ve been together for 25 years and she’s been to 99 per cent of all my races. At this stage I’d say she’s probably the most experienced spectator
to prepare for the following season of racing, with an eye on an age-group win in Kona. But she was made redundant, which forced her hand. She decided to embrace the triathlon lifestyle full time, a change she found difficult. "I found the transition from
as they tick off a tough 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run.Competition will be fierce for the 50 age group slots for the 2011 Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, up for grabs. Returning to Bolton for its third year, the revised route
-distance record at Challenge Roth (8:18:32), breaking her own record, and she also won Ironman South Africa. She has never lost an Ironman race. She is unlikely to lose this one.Julie Dibens (UK)The 36-year-old from Salisbury came third at Kona in 2010, a
