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“Adventure is a way of thinking,” proclaims the main line on ultra-athlete Sean Conway’s website. Well, I have to be honest, writing this as he storms through the second half of his 102 irons in 102 days attempt, I’m mostly thinking that this is some

There have been fatalities in triathlon before, but the tragic events of Ironman Hamburg on the first weekend of June sent shockwaves through the sport like never before. It was a high-profile European Championship with the return of three-time Ironm

Thanks to a collab between Parcours and Classified, you can now, for the first time ever, get a Powershift-enabled disc wheel. For those not in the know, Powershift is essentially a wireless shifting system that allows you to change gear in an instan

WHY I TRI I was always a runner, but in my early 60s started picking up calf injuries, so I bought an old bike and the farmer next door gave me permission to swim in his lake. Some blokes turned up and asked what I was doing swimming in ‘their’ lake.

STAR LETTER Got an opinion to share? Then email us at [email protected] I’ve been a subscriber to 220 Triathlon for many years and thought it’s about time I sent in a picture for the magazine. I was in a bad place in 2001, weighing 17 stone and

START Just five years on from the launch of its flagship triathlon bike, the Aerium C:68, Cube is back with more manufacturing mastery. Launched against the backdrop of the iconic Challenge Roth, the new Aerium C:68X builds on the aerodynamic perform

Water seems to exist beyond the sphere of logical science sometimes. You know the days - the ones where you get into the pool or lake and it feels like someone has tipped treacle in. Every stroke is an effort, you’re fatigued after a few hundred metr

For most of us, cycling around the world would be a decent enough achievement that we could dine out on for the rest of our lives. But not for Sean Conway. After doing that in 2012 (including 12,000 out of 16,000 miles done with a compression fractur

Pioneering tri brand Zoot made a carbon running shoe, the Ultra TT 4.0, backin 2014. But it wasn’t until Nike’s Breaking 2 project was launched in 2016 that the carbon super shoe revolution truly began. In attempting to break the mythical two-hour me

The major aim of carbon run shoes is to improve the running economy of an athlete, allowing you to move faster and more efficiently, while at the same time using less energy. The trainer’s carbon plate should produce a spring-like effect that minimis

220 TRIATHLON CUTTING EDGE £225 The Edge + shoes are part of Asics’ two-strong range of Metaspeed shoes, the other being the Metaspeed Sky + (also £225). And the difference? It’s smart but common-sense science, with research from the Asics Institute

NEW FOR 2023 £260 AT A GLANCE • REINFORCED COMPOUND IN OUTSOLE ADDS DURABILITY • FULL-LENGTH CARBON PLATE ADDS PROPULSION • FIRMER RIDE DUE TO LOWER STACK HEIGHT 75 % VERDICT Expensive and likely to prove divisive, but may find favour for short-cours

220 TRIATHLON BEST ON TEST £220 The tri-specific running shoe genre isn’t a thing anymore, but if it was the FuelCell SC Elite V3 from New Balance would tick plenty of the boxes to gain acceptance. There are both heel and tongue loops for transition

NEW FOR 2023 £234.95 AT A GLANCE • THE LIGHTEST SHOES ON TEST AT 183g • REDESIGNED MID SOLE DELIVERS SPEED AND STABILITY • UNIQUE TONGUE DESIGN CAN CAUSE T2 ISSUES 85 % VERDICT Still a formidable contender, but T2 troubles might deter triathletes The

Taking part in a swimrun event where you move seamlessly across land and water in a race which removes the need for transitions (or bikes) - sounds beautifully simple. After all, every item of kit you need for the day is with you in the form of a spe

Sports scientist Andy competed at an elite level in triathlon in the 1990s and early 2000s, and is the founder of Precision Fuel & Hydration Ltd. is a nutritionist and keen amateur athlete. She’s written three books on sports nutrition and founded Go

Race nutrition is often called the ‘fourth discipline’ of triathlon, and never does this cliche ring truer than when talking about hydration and fuelling for long-course racing. You might well be able to bluff your way through a short-course event wi

Carb-loading means making sure your muscles and liver are topped up with glycogen (the storage form of carbohydrate in the body) when you stand on the start line of a race. There is an abundance of scientific and real-world evidence to demonstrate th

Do you like to eat breakfast before a morning workout or train on an empty stomach? For me, it depends. Over the years I’ve experimented with fasted and non-fasted training and my conclusion is that there’s no hard and fast rule as to which is best.

»Pelvic floor strength We all know at least one woman - maybe even yourself - who gets anxious at the thought of jumping jacks, squat jumps, sprints… and let’s not talk about trampolines! As a women’s PT and group exercise instructor to mums, I’ve wo

15 ODYSSEY TRIATHLON (3.8km S/180kmB/ 42.2km R). Regatta Meadow, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. activetrainingworld.co.uk 16 IRONMAN 70.3 SWANSEA (1.9km S/90km B/ 21.1km R). Swansea, Wales. ironman.com ST NEOTS TRIATHLON - RACE2 (various dists). Riverside

Not one but two stewards haul me onto the swim exit pontoon, where I remained, beached whale-style, for what felt like the length of Avatar 2. “You’ve got to be the last swimmer of the day, right?” a steward asked, possibly rhetorically. And things w

There’s an expression in the world of mountaineering called ‘summit fever,’ which is used to describe those occasions when climbers become so fixated on reaching the top that they push past the point when they should really turn round and head back d