The Court of Arbitration for Sport has suspended 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich for years for blood doping.
The court ruled that Ullrich was "fully engaged" in the doping program of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes that was exposed in the 2006 Operation Puerto probe.
The court ruled that Ullrich was "fully engaged" in the doping program of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes that was exposed in the 2006 Operation Puerto probe.
Lance Armstrong has officially jumped into Ironman racing with both feet this year as he plans to qualify for the Ironman World Championships in Kona by racing at least four 70.3 and one full Ironman race in 2013 as a professional triathlete.
The Seven Tour de France Champion is using this opportunity to partner with Ironman to try to raise $1 million for his cancer foundation. You can read all of the details in the press release below.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – Paul Sarris, age 34 of Aliso Viejo, won the 16th annual Surf City USA Marathon in a time of 2:30:07. Competing in his first-ever marathon, Sarris finished more than seven minutes ahead of runner up Gray Augustus (age 26 from Ammon, ID). “Surf City was a great event,” said Sarris. The volunteers were everywhere and very helpful. The whole experience was amazing.”
California’s largest combined oceanfront marathon and half-marathon featured more than 20,000 pre-registered runners from all 50 states and 18 foreign countries. A crowd of more than 50,000 lined Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach for near-perfect racing conditions. An additional 50,000 spectators attended the Active Lifestyle Expo on Saturday.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Triathlon is pleased to announce the inaugural winners of the USA Triathlon Multisport Awards. Honors were presented in six different categories designed to recognize those individuals who best fueled the multisport lifestyle during the 2011 season.
"In reviewing the nominations for each of the awards, the judges were humbled by the stories of courage, strength, determination, discipline, recovery and inspiration," said John Jones, chairman of the USA Triathlon Age Group Committee Multisport Awards Subcommittee. "Each of these award recipients, and the nominees receiving honorable mention, have in their own way shown a unique and exceptional passion and dedication to the multisport lifestyle."
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You hear about it all of the time. Some poor runner, cyclists or triathlete was out training and hit by a car. More often than not, the driver will stop and assist, but you do have those rare instances where it may have been malicious or inattentive and the driver leaves the scene.
What are you going to do if you’re unconscious or incoherent after an accident? How will your family be notified or critical health information be found if you’re not with people you know? Simple. Have some ID.
Road ID has been a life saver for many triathletes caught on a loan training day in an accident. Without that ID, who knows what would have happened. While Road ID was the pioneer, other players have thrown their hat into the ring. There are many products out there, but 1BandID has come out with a unique ID that does not require additional gear to strap on with everything else we wear for training or racing.
Continue reading "Review: 1BandID is the easy to use and wear triathlete's safety net " »
The Spokane Waves Aquatic Team hosted the “Last Minute Mile” swim meet Saturday afternoon at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. Four events were held starting with mixed open 400 IM followed by mixed open 500 Free, 1000 Free and 1650 Free. According to 8 year old Emma Thompson’s mother, Jessi, Emma had never swum 500 continuous yards before without stopping. The record for an 8 year old before today was just under 8 minutes.
Emma dove off the blocks with a full head of steam and swam her first 50 yards in 40 seconds. She would finish her first 100 in 1:25. She quickly settled into a rhythm over the next three hundred holding steady at 1:32. Her final 100 was a full 5 seconds faster. Emma utilized a strong kick to finish her last 100 in 1:26.
“I think all that love makes me swim faster.” – Emma said after beating the 500 free record by about 30 seconds.
Here are Emma’s splits:
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This new Spanish Triathlon video by Raúl Casaña explores why triathletes swim, bike and run.
What makes this video a standout amoung the thousands of triathlon videos that are uploaded to YouTube each week is the beautiful photography and scenery of the Spanish countryside.
The video's title is "Why we Run?" and of course Raul explains this during the video, but to be honest if we could train each day in such a beautiful sun-soaked country, we'd run just to take in the views. Check it out below.
As of today Alberto Contador is no longer the 2010 Tour de France champion. That prestigious title now goes to Andy Schleck of Team Saxo Bank, who finished second in 2010.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has stripped Alberto Contador of his former TdF title because they found him guilty of using the performance enhancing drug clenbuterol.
Today the CAS formally rejected an appeal by Contador in which he claimed he had ingested the drug in a portion of tainted meat.
Do you think that it is possible to complete a triathlon while juggling?
On April 12, we'll find out.
Joe Salter is raising money for the Ronald McDonald House Charity by hopefully completing a triathlon while juggling.
Joe writes on his fund raising page HERE:
"My goal is to complete the Flora-Bama Mullet Man Triathlon on April 21, 2012 while JUGGLING the entire race. If achieved, this goal will be a world record that's never been attempted before.
I will swim and juggle 1/4 mile, bike and juggle 17 miles, and finish the race by running and juggling (joggling) 4 miles. You may ask: how in the world is he going to do that? I had to ask the same thing. After many months of planning, experimenting, training, and fine-tuning I am confident that it can be done safely, efficiently, and while having fun."
Check out his training video below.
February 1, 2012 (Boulder, CO) Cervélo has renewed its relationship with multisport coaching specialist MarkAllenOnline. For the next three years, Cervélo and MarkAllenOnline will ‘join forces in an effort to bring the best triathlon bike and the best online coaching company together to service the triathlon community worldwide.’
With Cervélo’s introduction of its brand new P5 triathlon/TT bike, the company’s impact on the triathlon community goes from strength to strength. Likewise, MarkAllenOnline ‘continues to help triathletes to reach their potential through world class coaching.’ Last October over 30 athletes at the Ironman World Championships were coached by MarkAllenOnline.
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Once upon a time in America diesel sedans were loud, dirty and slow. Many American diesel car buyers hated the slow to start and slow to sell car so much that most car manufacturers gave up on the idea of selling an American family sedan powered by diesel instead of petroleum.
Volkswagen wants to change that with the new German designed but American built Passat TDI.
With an EPA rating of 30 MPG in the City and 40 MPG on the Highway, the new Passat TDI certainly gets some of the best mileage in it's class.
But is the price you pay for that exceptional MPG a diesel car that dirty, loud and slow?
Check out this video review (from our sister blog TFLcar.com). You mighty be surprised by the results.
Continue reading "Does the new 2012 VW Passat TDI make for a green mean endurance machine?" »
Professional triathlete Linsey Corbin has a new ride. The Montana based Ironman pro has signed with Trek for 2012 and beyond. We usually don't publish these stories as some pros seem to change bike sponsors like their riding shorts, but in this case we really liked the photo above.
Photo courtesy of John Segesta - www.johnsegesta.com
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Lance Armstrong is possibly breathing a sigh of relief today as Federal prosecutors have closed their 2.5 year criminal doping investigation into the seven-time Tour de France champion without filing any charges.
United States Attorney André Birotte Jr. announced in a press release that his office “is closing an investigation into allegations of federal criminal conduct by members and associates of a professional bicycle racing team owned in part by Lance Armstrong.”
The Associated Press is reporting that:
One trick in triathlon is to figure out how to eat the thousands of calories necessary for fueling your body, without doing all the health, teeth and gut damage caused by sugary sports drinks, overconsumption of gels, huge portions of starches.
So here are four of my favorite high energy recipes for triathlon: meals I can I eat that are calorie-dense, nutrient-dense, and won't subtract years off my life from eating crappy food.
-Quinoa Salad
Soak, rinse and cook 1 cup quinoa, and then mix in a large bowl with 1 bunch of green or red kale, chopped into very small pieces, 2 grated carrots and 1/2 cup flax or chia seeds. For dressing, whisk together a tablespoon of Dijon mustard, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 2 tablespoons olive oil and a teaspoon of tamari. Add salt and pepper to taste. This will make about 2-4 servings, depending on your hunger status.
