equipment company TYR."Nobody said it at the time, but I could tell people thought I was totally bonkers to do so," recalls Tom, who recently returned to his home in Boulder, Colorado, to begin training in earnest for the Ironman World Championships
Chrissie Wellington is one of the UK’s most successful athletes. She won the Ironman World Championship in 2007, 2008 and 2009. In July the 33-year-old shattered the world record for an Ironman-distance race, winning Challenge Roth in Germany in a
was seventh in Ironman Lanzarote in May, eighth in Ironman France in June and then came that third place in Ironman UK, where she finished in 10:16:22, earning a slot at the World Championships in Hawaii. "I'd had a very full race schedule and was wondering
and the level of competition out there. I just need to get my head down and hopefully I'll put in a good ride at the World Championships this year and the National Championships as well.What's your ultimate career aim?An Olympic gold medal, winning at the men
-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington said afterwards: "It's a huge honour as always to be recognised by British Triathlon and by your peers and it's great to be part of such a fantastic occasion that's celebrating all the triumphs of British athletes
's leading contenders for an Olympic triathlon medal. With British triathlete talent booming, Jenkins explains why she'll be racing harder than ever - and how she keeps motivated. Q. How have you found the new World Championship Series format? A. It's a big
At 37, Craig Alexander can already look back on a magnificent triathlon career. The Australian, regarded as one of the nicest guys on the circuit, is one of only four men to win back-to-back Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii (2008 and 2009
Jonny Brownlee has followed rapidly in older brother Alistair's footsteps to take silver in the ITU World Championship series in only his first full senior season. The adage that younger siblings have all the fun certainly seems true - whilst
in. When you start to do well, it kind of hooks you in."Her biggest year so far was 2008. She won the ITU World Championships and a place on GB's Olympic triathlon team. She was sixth out of the water in Beijing and seventh off the bike, but it wasn
Chrissie Wellington is arguably Britain's greatest ever athlete. She remains unbeaten over the Ironman triathlon distance and amazingly took her fourth World Championship victory at Kona this autumn, despite nursing horrifically painful injuries
