July Issue 27
-
Upload
the-firetree-design-company -
Category
Documents
-
view
221 -
download
2
description
Transcript of July Issue 27
YOUR BEST SWIM EVER
July 2012 R36.95
ISS
UE
: JU
LY R
SA
R36
.95
(inc
vat)
JU
LY 2
012 ISSUE 27
O
NE SPO
RT IS NO
T ENO
UGH
ww
w.tria
thlo
np
lussa
.co
.za
THE SAME SIMPLE PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING APPLY TO ALL TRIATHLETES
FOR GEAR NO.1
GOLDEN RULES
PLUS FIX YOUR SWIM IN 8 WEEKS
THE TRUTH ABOUT CARBS IMA PAARMINS RECIPE TO FUEL YOUR BODY
SWIM WAYS TO SWIM FURTHER BIKE CHEAP WAYS
TO SPEED UPRUN THROUGH ANY INJURYRUN
FOR WINTERTRAINING
WEEK PLAN 4
THE FIRST RACE DISCIPLINE IS MANY PEOPLE’S NIGHTMARE. HERE’S HOW TO TURN IT INTO A DREAM SWIM.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
EST EVER
wowwwwwE DISCIPLINE IS S NIGHTMARE.
TO TURN IT INTWIM
2 JULY 2012
S
JULY 2012 3
SSuSuSuuSuSSuscbsbs
no
4 JULY 2012
now
bbbbsbbbbbbbbbbbubbbbbbSS S
JULY 2012 5
Legacies are forged in demanding places. The most-chosen wheel in Kona helped Switzerland’s Karin Thürig smash her own
bike-course record at the Ford Ironman® World Championship. She maximized the speed and stability of her 404 Firecrest
front and 808 Firecrest rear wheels to scorch the 112-mile cycling leg through Kona’s wind-swept lava fi elds. Thürig’s time
of 4:44:20 broke her previous mark, also set on Zipp wheels. This advantage is not just for the pros. With almost 60 percent
of all aero wheels in triathlon’s greatest race, Zipp again was the clear favorite in the Kona Bike Count. More are choosing
Firecrest, with its revolutionary wide profi le, for improved speed and handling to achieve their own personal bests.
Experience FirecrestTM technology for yourself with 303, 404 and 808 wheelsets in Tubular or Carbon Clincher.
ON FIRECREST!
Photo: Nick Salazar
1.800.472.3972 | zipp.comSubs
cremanding places. The most-chong places. The most-cho
the Ford Ironmand Ironman®® World Cham World Ch
crest rear wheels to scorch the 1wheels to scorch the 1
e her previous mark, also set on evious mark, also set on
eels in triathlon’s greatest race, eels in triathlon’s greatest race,
with its revolutionary wide profi lwith its revolutionary wide pro
ience FirecrestirecrestTMTM technology fo technology fo
FIREFIRE
SuSuSuSub
Sub
SSSSuSuSuSuSuSuSuSucrcr
icr
ib
SS
Su
eeeeeen
en
en
en
ennnn
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee oownnononoonnonono
JULY 2012 7
WelcomeISSUE 27 / JULY 2012
Subscribe todaySEE PAGE42
YOUR BEST SWIM EVER
July 2012 R36.95
ISS
UE
: JU
LY R
SA
R36
.95
(inc
vat)
THE SAME SIMPLE PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING APPLY TO ALL TRIATHLETES
FOR GEAR NO.1
GOLDEN RULES
PLUS FIX YOUR SWIM IN 8 WEEKS
THE TRUTH ABOUT CARBS IMA PAARMINS RECIPE TO FUEL YOUR BODY
SWIM WAYS TO SWIM FURTHER BIKE CHEAP WAYS
TO SPEED UPRUN THROUGH ANY INJURYRUN
FOR WINTERTRAINING
WEEK PLAN 4
THE FIRST RACE DISCIPLINE IS MANY PEOPLE’S NIGHTMARE. HERE’S HOW TO TURN IT INTO A DREAM SWIM.
ON THE COVER Raynard TissinkPhotography Jacob Bliss
12 JULY 2012 JULY 2012 13JULY 2012 13
GREAT SWIMS
12 JULY 2012
Wor
ds S
imo
n G
riffi
ths P
hoto
Tri
ath
lon
.org
/De
lly C
arr
/IT
U
THIS IS YOUR WORLD
PRESENTS
THIS IS YOURWORLDIT’S TIME TO STOP STARING AT SWIMMING POOL TILES AND GET OUTSIDE. HERE ARE FIVE OF THE BEST OUTDOOR SWIMS
ALSTER, HAMBURGA REGULAR on the ITU circuit, venue of the 2007 ITU Triathlon World Championships and host to a massively popular age-group event, Hamburg is well worth a visit. The swim takes place in the Alster, a tributary of the Elbe, but dammed to create two artificial lakes in the city centre. In winter, the Alster has been known to freeze so hard vehicles can drive over it. By summer, swimmers should expect temperatures in the high teens. The water is fresh but can be murky. If you have a chance to look, the Binnen-Alster (the smaller, inner Alster used for the swim) is surrounded by luxury shops while the larger Aussen-Alster, which you’ll see on the run, is bordered by landscaped parkland and overlooked by grand houses, offices and consulate buildings. ITU Dextro Energy Triathlon Hamburg 21-22 July 2012 hamburg-triathlon.org
This is Your WorldIt’s time to stop staring at swimming
pool tiles and get outside. Here are
five of the best outdoor swims
PAGE 12
32 JULY 2012
Jonathan Brownlee (pictured) and his brother Alistair train at different
paces all year round to maintain adaptability
W E’D ALL LOVE to ‘do a Brownlee’ and lead a race from start to finish; or put in a gutsy break on
the bike and still pull off a winning sprint on the run like Helen Jenkins. Genetics and the life choices you’ve already made might have ruled you out of the medals this August, but following the same guiding principles as these top triathletes will bring you close to your own personal goals.
So what are their secrets? Is it a special diet that we should all be following? A superhuman training session we can never hope to emulate? You’ll be pleased to hear that it’s neither of those things. When Triathlon Plus teamed up with Gatorade at this year’s Triathlon Show to bring together Jack Maitland, coach to Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee; Marc Jenkins, coach to Helen Jenkins; and award-winning age-group coach Simon Ward, they agreed that there are some basic training truths that all triathletes need to know.
rules of training
1BE CONSISTENT JACK MAITLAND If you’ve got a training session planned that’s part of your programme, and
something comes up that makes it difficult to do it, you still make the best possible effort to do that session or something close to it. You don’t let environmental things or other factors get in the way. It’s important to get something done; occasionally you have to let things go but that’s your general principle.
SIMON WARD From an age-group perspective – unless you’re lucky enough to have retired, or won the Lottery and you can train full time – the principle Jack’s talking about is: you have a meeting that’s overrun. You’d planned an hour’s run. You think, ‘I can’t do an hour now so I’m not going to bother doing anything.’ Big mistake. Just do a 20-minute run instead. You can warm up for five minutes, run a bit harder for 10 minutes, cool down for five minutes. It’s not an hour, but it’s better than nothing.
2PLAN TO PEAK MARC JENKINS Helen’s 2012 season is aimed at 4 August (the women’s Olympic triathlon
event). Everything on the way to that is just a stepping stone. It’s difficult to have lots of peaks in a year, so we’re fortunate that we’ve only got to plan for one. That’s the great position our athletes are currently in; they’ve hit the targets they need to so they can just aim for 4 August and if they lose every race on the way to that, it doesn’t matter.
JM The men’s Olympic triathlon event is on 7 August. The good thing for us is that for the last two years, the London race has happened at about the same time, and we know that what we did last year worked.
SW The important thing about that is we know the date and we know the terrain of the race. We’ve also got a good idea of the climatic conditions. These are all things we can incorporate into our training.
or our VO2 max sessions, but maybe increase the speed at a later date, so as you adapt and you’re able to tolerate more overload, the fitter you get.
JM I would agree with Marc. We do a lot of sessions, particularly in the pool, where we actually go through all the paces. I ask the athletes to swim 100m in 1:20, 1:15, 1:10 and 1:05, and see if they can actually do that without looking at the clock, feel their different paces and hold good technique at different paces. As we go through the year, I change the emphasis between the different paces, but they’re all swum all year.
SW We have a physio clinic at work and there are spikes in certain injuries at certain times of year. For endurance athletes it’s September to October, when they bump up the mileage, and get overuse injuries. In spring when they start going to the track and adding the interval work, they start running faster when they’ve not done it over winter, they get a different type of injury. Perhaps if there was an element of these different types of training all year round, those injury profiles wouldn’t be quite so dramatic.
5GO FOR LOW-HANGING FRUIT SW In your training there are things that you could do that
will cost nothing other than a few minutes’ effort, yet people ignore those and are looking for the gadget or piece of equipment that’s going to cost them thousands to help them improve. So what simple things can we try to incorporate into our training that cost nothing more than a bit of effort?
MJ For us, it comes down to injury prevention. Helen can have the best bike in the world, but she’s not going anywhere if
she’s not injury free. You need to get a programme set up by someone who knows what they’re talking about initially, but every Monday and Friday Helen spends an hour-and-a-half doing her strength and conditioning. You can do that on your own, if you get a good
programme from someone.
You have probably got a series of races you want to do, and if it’s difficult for the elite guys to peak more than twice a year, then for those of us who are mortal, it’s even more difficult. You should be thinking about one race in the year where you want to put out your best performance. Do your research and then gear your training around that. If you’re doing Ironman Lanzarote, it’s hilly and hot, so there’s no point training in cold, calm conditions. It doesn’t mean you can’t do other races, but look to learn things from those, not necessarily to beat your mates.
3TRAIN WITH GRADUAL OVERLOAD JM If you’re training consistently then you are
keeping a good base of fitness all the time, but you need to be overloading to get an adaptation to get better. That could be increasing your volume sometimes; it could be about increasing your intensity and pace of the repetitions. The body’s very good at adapting if the stimulus is gradually increased. If you greatly increase the stimulus, then the body can’t cope with that and it’ll break down. It’s much better to have [the gradual increase] there all the time rather than suddenly deciding, ‘I haven’t picked up my running recently, I’ve got to run well in this race, I’m going to bang on another 20% in training for the next month.’ That’s asking for trouble.
MJ Our swim approach is quite brutal, so we’re aiming for a breakthrough in every single session. The main key is the running, so that’s the session we try and progress every week. Then we progress the long run a little bit and then the turbo sessions, which we also try and nudge every 10 days as well.
4TRAIN ALL ASPECTS, ALL YEAR ROUND SW In terms of
physiology – anaerobic threshold, base endurance, strength, VO2 max – make sure that during the year and on a regular basis, you’re targeting all aspects. If people are racing long, they sometimes forget about high intensity stuff and get into a slow steady plod, and guys that are racing shorter distances think because they’re racing at that level they need to go at that pace all the time.
MJ Our training will stay the same – we’ll still do our threshold
becaause veel
“WE’VE ONLY GOT TO PLAN FOR ONE PEAK AND THAT’S
ALL THAT MATTERS”MARC JENKINS
Golden Rules of TrainingThe same simple principles of training apply to all triathletes, from the Olympic hopeful to the new age-grouper
PAGE 31
36 JULY 2012 JULY 2012 37
Wor
ds E
liza
be
th H
uft
on
Pho
to N
ige
l Fa
rro
w
BESTEVER
YOUR
The challenge of swimming in open water is, for many triathletes, one of the things that brought them to the sport in the first place. But a bad first experience can leave you wishing the swim away as you stand on the start pontoon.
New and improving triathletes might not reach a stage where they’re leading into first transition, but they can re-assess how they approach the swim to make it a more enjoyable experience. That’s the first step to training more in open water and, over time, getting faster so that you can stick with the pack and feel you’ve given the first discipline your best shot. We’ve spoken to four experts who all love the open water to show you how to have your best swim ever this season.
THE FIRST RACE DISCIPLINE IS MANY PEOPLE’S NIGHTMARE. HERE’S HOW TO TURN IT INTO A DREAM SWIM
JULY 2012 3736 JULY 2012
SWIM
Your Best Swim EverTurn the swim into your best event
PAGE 36
Don’t miss this month
Winter Greetings! We are well and truly in the middle of winter now! Training does get
harder and the commitment tends to wane; that is natural for a triathlete. However, I encourage you to use this time to try something different in terms of your training and racing approach. Do some trail runs, mountain biking, indoor brick sessions etc; you are only limited by imagination as to all the new dimensions you can potentially add to your triathlon routine. Now is the right time to also test out some new equipment and try different bike set-up positions before the season starts up. If you cannot afford new equipment (join the club), maybe tweak what you have and get its full use out of it. If you really want to race and test yourself during the month of July, why not travel down to Durban for the McCarthy Toyota Multisport Series? It’s not too often that you get to run around in your tank top and tights in the middle of winter. The 2012 Olympics are almost upon us and South Africa has three representatives on the start line this year: Gillian Sanders, Kate Roberts and Richard Murray. Not to be outdone, Chris Felgate (a regular on the SA triathlon scene) will also be representing Zimbabwe. Good luck to these four athletes, who will carry the African triathlon continent on their backs. The Olympic triathlon is televised live, which makes for some exciting racing and action. I will be glued to the men’s and women’s triathlon events come London 2012.
Apart from that, train hard and keep at it. The winter freeze is almost over; four weeks of toughing it out and then we see the light, with spring and summer just around the corner.
Yours in tri, Glen
Glen Gore editor
glen@triathlonplussa co.za
Get in touch...twitter.com/TriathlonPlusSA orfacebook.com/TriathlonPlusSA
Subs
crib
eb
mee
bebebe
SubSSt
w! Training does get ining does get a triathlete. However, I hlete. How
terms of your training and f your training and door brick sessions etc; you arick sessions etc; you ar
ns you can potentially add to yan potentially add to yt some new equipment and trynew equipment and try
rts up. If you cannot afford neyou cannot afford nu have and get its full use out oand get its full use out o
month of July, why not travel of July, why not travel Series?It’s not too often that yIt’s not too often that y
middle of winter. The 2012 Olymf winter. The 2012 Oee representatives on the starentatives on the star
hard Murray. Not to be outdonurray. Not to be outdonill also be representing Zimbaill also be representing Zimba
the African triathlon continenthe African triathlon continee, which makes for some excie, which makes for some exc
women’s triathlon events commen’s triathlon events com
d and keep at it. The winter frekeep at it. The winter frghing it out and then we see thout and then we see th
und the corner.e corn
tri,tri,
nn
n Goren Gore editoreditor
iathlonplussa cathlonplussa c
8 JULY 2012
The Fire Tree Design Company
Suite 515, Island Office Park
35/37 Island Circle, Riverhorse Valley
P.O. Box 18882, Dalbridge, 4014
www.firetree.co.za
Managing Director Arthur Lello
Financial Director Debbie Palframan
Tel +27 31 534 6600
Future plc is a public company
quoted on the London Stock
Exchange (symbol: FUTR).
www.futureplc.com
Chief executive Stevie Spring
Non-executive chairman Roger Parry
Group finance director John Bowman
Tel +44 (0)20 7042 4000 (London)
Tel +44 (0)1225 442244 (Bath)
© Future Publishing Limited 2009. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be used or reproduced without
the written permission of the publisher. Future Publishing Limited (company number 2008885) is registered in
England and Wales. The registered office of Future Publishing Limited is at Beauford Court, 30 Monmouth Street,
Bath BA1 2BW. All information contained in this magazine is for information only and is, as far as we are aware,
correct at the time of going to press. Future cannot accept any responsibility for errors or inaccuracies in such
information. Readers are advised to contact manufacturers and retailers directly with regard to the price of products/
services referred to in this magazine. If you submit unsolicited material to us, you automatically grant Future a licence
to publish your submission in whole or in part in all editions of the magazine, including licensed editions worldwide and
in any physical or digital format throughout the world. Any material you submit is sent at your risk and, although every
care is taken, neither Future nor its employees, agents or subcontractors shall be liable for loss or damage.
Training and health advice Future Publishing Limited is not an expert provider of medical advice and the
instructions provided herein are in no way intended as a substitute for such advice. Please seek medical advice if you
have any injuries or medical conditions. If you experience any pain or discomfort whilst carrying out training plans or
exercises in this magazine you should STOP immediately and seek advice from your physician or healthcare provider.
Future produces carefully targeted special-interest magazines,
websites and events for people who share a passion. We publish more
than 170 magazines and websites and 100 international editions of our
titles are published across the world.
The Fire Tree Design Company (PTY) Ltd
P.O.Box 18882, Dalbridge, 4014 KZN
Tel +27 31 534 6600
Fax +27 31 534 6650
Email [email protected]
Web www.triathlonplussa.co.za
Editorial Editor Glen Gore
Contributors Rich Allen, Eva Caiden, Dr Kevin Currell,
Eamonn Deane, Fiona Duffy, Txema Garcia,
Glen Gore, Phil Graves, Peter Greenwood, Guy
Kesteven, Nigel Leighton, Dr Ian Rollo, Spencer
Smith, Mark Threlfall, Steve Trew, Jamie
Wilkins
Photography Triathlon.org/Delly Carr/ Janos
Schmidt/ ITU, Courtesy of NYC Swim.
Photographer Matt Richardson, Ryan Bow,
Corbis, Michael Dannenberg www.
foodimaging.co.uk, Jonny Harris, Nigel Farrow,
Paul Phillips / Competitive Image, FinisherPix,
www.robertsmithphotography.co.uk, James
Lampard, , Getty Images, Joby Sessions, Tonya
Allen
Cover Photo Jacob bliss
Meet the South African team: Creative Director Bianca Schmitz
Art Editor Shane Hardie
Copy Editor Alexandra Massey
Social Media Neville Tietz
Subscriptions Geraldine Stone
AdvertisingGlen Gore +27 74 187 7140
Subscriptions +27 31 534 6600 [email protected]
Subscribe online at
www.triathlonplussa.co.za
TriPlus Voice Blogsite www.triplus.co.za
Printed in SA by The Fire Tree Design
Company under license with
Futurenet Publishers.
Distribution through RNA distributors
and First Freight. GLEN GORE Glen is the editor of Triathlon
Plus in South Africa, and
coaches triathletes. He’s been
a pro ITU World Cup racer and
multiple top-five Ironman
finisher. This month he’s going
to supercharge your swim
STEVE TREW Leading triathlon coach and
commentator Steve has been
in the game forever. You can
reach him for coaching advice
and details on his training
camps on trew@personalbest.
demon.co.uk
PHIL GRAVES Phil is a professional Ironman
triathlete who is renowned for
his cycling prowess. He won
both Ironman UK and Ironman
70.3 in 2009, as well as
finishing third at the national
cycle time trial championships
RICH ALLEN Rich has won nine national
elite British championships
and qualified for the Olympics
in 2000. He still races
professionally, and runs his
own coaching business
richallenfitness.com
PHIL MOSLEY Our coaching editor Phil is an
elite triathlete and coach, with a
degree in sports science. He is
also the reigning British
age-group duathlon champion
and is racing the British Sprint
Age-Group Champs this month
SIMON GRIFFITHS Swimmer turned triathlete
and open-water racer, Griffiths
publishes H2Open magazine
(h2openmagazine.com) and
this issue he’s written about
great swims (p16) and how to
love the open water (p50)
TOM BALLARD Our staff writer Tom is a
self-confessed gear nerd with
a love of all things triathlon.
This year he’s upping the
distance and training (too)
hard for his first Ironman 70.3
event at Wimbleball in June
GARTH FOX Garth is a sports scientist
(MSc) and coach (garthfox.
com). He works with world
class and age group athletes,
transferring the latest
techniques across endurance
sport disciplines
SPENCER SMITH British triathlon legend
Spencer has won two world
titles, two European
championships and two
Ironmans. He’s also been a pro
cyclist and now lives and
works in Florida as a tri coach
We’ve assembled the biggest and best team of triathlon experts around to bring you unrivalled coverage of your sport
Meet your teamof experts
ISSUE 27 / JULY 2012
Subs
crib
ebe n
owwwwwwwwwwwwwwors iden, Dr Kevin Currell,
Fiona Duffy, Txema Garcia,
hil Graves, Peter Greenwood, Guy
Nigel Leighton, Dr Ian Rollo, Spence
ark Threlfall, Steve Trew, Jamie
hlon.org/Delly Car
of NYC Swim
tographer Matt Richardson, R
Corbis, Michael Dannenberg ww
foodimaging.co
Paul Phillips / Comp
ww.robertsmithph
Lampard, , Getty Imag
Allen
Cover PJacob bliss
Meet the SoutAfrican teaCreative Director Br
Art Editor Shan
Copy Ed
Social M
Subs
A
scri
ubsc
b
S STEVE TREW Leading triathlon coLeading triathlon co
commentator Stecommentator Ste
in the game forn the game for
ach him forach him for
tails
man
ed for
e won
d Ironman d Ir
ell as ell as
at the nationalat the national
al championshipsl championships
th
bN GRIFFITHS mer turned triathlete mer turned triathlete
open-water racer, Griffiths open-water racer, Griffiths
ublishes H2Open magazineublishes H2Open magazine
(h2openmagazine.com) andh2openmagazine.com) and
this issue he’s written aboutsue he’s written ab
great swims (p16) and how to t swims (p16) and how to
love the open water (p50)ve the open water (p50)
bs
M BALLARD Our staff writer Tom is ataff writer Tom is
self-confessed gear nerd withself-confessed gear nerd with
a love of all things triathlon. a love of all things triathlon.
This year he’s upping the This year he’s upping the
distance and training (toodistance and training
hard for his first Ironmr his first Iron
event at Wimbleballevent at Wimbleball
s
S
JULY 2012 9
S
10 JULY 2012
ContentsISSUE 27 / JULY 2012
BEST SWIM EVERMAKE THE SWIM YOUR BEST EVENT
VELOCITY SPORTS LAB AN EFFECTIVE TRAINING PROGRAMME
36
64
76EVERY MONTH
12 THIS IS YOUR WORLD It’s time to stop staring at swimming pool tiles and get outside. Here are five of the best outdoor swims
42 SUBSCRIBE AND LOOK COOL Never miss an issue, save money and get yourself some free gear
46 RACE REPORTS Including the Ironman 70.3 Texas
76 BRAND NEW KIT Check out all the latest gear on the market
82 RACE LISTINGS Plan the end of your year with our guide to what’s on
85 COMEBACK TALES Rich Allen wonders whether the presence of cycling greatness is a good thing for our sport
86 TREW STORIES Like all good things in life, sponsorship doesn’t come easy, but Steve Trew has a five-step plan
TRAINING ZONE
63 BODY An insight into the hard work and diligence that make Craig Alexander an all-time great
74 EXPERT ADVICE How racing can be an essential part of training, the most efficient way to cycle and the best way to up your training hours
ON THE COVER
26 FUEL/REFUEL Fast food to fix your body
31 8 GOLDEN RULES OF TRAINING The same simple principles of training apply to all triathletes, from the Olympic hopeful to the new age-grouper
36 YOUR BEST SWIM EVER The first race discipline is many people’s nightmare. here’s how to turn it into a dream swim
54 BIKE Phil Mosley shows you how to slow down your spending without putting the brakes on your race times
57 SWIM Boredom can kill your focus on longer swim sessions. Rethinking your swim training can help you stay in the water for longer
58 RUN Whether you’re injured or you just want to boost your base running fitness, these three pain-free options could help
60 NUTRITION Analyse your sweat to keep your body hydrated, get the lowdown on food sensitivities and discover the truth about carbs
66 SWIM PLAN This eight-week plan will help you take the plunge and better your swim times
70 TRAINING PLAN Two training plans to see you through a great winter of training
BRAND NEW KITGET THE LOWDOWN ON THE HOTTEST GEAR TO HIT THE SHOPS
Subs
crib
e no
w
767nming poolol five of the he
LOOK COOLave money and getney and g
ear
ORTSonman 70.3 Texas0.3 Texas
ND NEW KITW KITt all the latest gear on thet all the latest gear on the
2 2 RACE LISTINGSRACE LISTINGSlan the end of your year with oulan the end of your year with ou
what’s onwhat’s on
855 COMEBACK TALESCOMEBACK TALESRich Allen wonders whetch Allen wonders whetpresence of cycling grepresence of cycling grething for our sportthing for our sport
86 86 TREW STOTREW STOLike all good thLike all good thdoesn’t comeesn’t comefive-step ple-step p
sc
TRA
63AA
wantess, these se
help
eep your bodyur body down on foodn food
cover the truth about e truth about
LAN week plan will help you take n will help you take
e and better your swim timese and better your swim times
RAINING PLAN RAINING PLAN training plans to see you throuing plans to see you throug
eat winter of trainingter of training
BRAND NEBRAND NEGET THE LT THE LSHOPSSHOPS
JULY 2012 11
UP TO SPEEDONE OF THE BIGGEST TRIATHLON CHALLENGES AWAITS
RACE REPORTSINCLUDING THE IRONMAN ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPS
18 46
31 8 GOLDEN RULES IMPROVE YOUR RACE WITH THESE 8 RULES
Subscribeand get free
goodiesSEE PAGE 42
Subs
crib
e no
w
S18
GOLDEN RULLDEN RULROVE YOUR RACE WITH THEYOUR RACE WITH THE
owowowow
befree esE 42
12 JULY 201212 JULY 2012
Wor
ds S
imo
n G
riffi
ths P
hoto
Tri
ath
lon
.org
/De
lly C
arr
/IT
U
THIS IS YOUR WORLD
PRESENTS
THIS IS YOURWORLDIT’S TIME TO STOP STARING AT SWIMMING POOL TILES AND GET OUTSIDE. HERE ARE FIVE OF THE BEST OUTDOOR SWIMS
riffi
ths
iffi
ths P
hoto
Pho
to T
ria
thlo
n.o
rg/
Tri
ath
lon
.org
/
sTHISISYWT’S TT’S T S
JULY 2012 13JULY 2012 13
GREAT SWIMS
ALSTER, HAMBURGA REGULAR on the ITU circuit, venue of the 2007 ITU Triathlon World Championships and host to a massively popular age-group event, Hamburg is well worth a visit. The swim takes place in the Alster, a tributary of the Elbe, but dammed to create two artificial lakes in the city centre. In winter, the Alster has been known to freeze so hard vehicles can drive over it. By summer, swimmers should expect temperatures in the high teens. The water is fresh but can be murky. If you have a chance to look, the Binnen-Alster (the smaller, inner Alster used for the swim) is surrounded by luxury shops while the larger Aussen-Alster, which you’ll see on the run, is bordered by landscaped parkland and overlooked by grand houses, offices and consulate buildings. ITU Dextro Energy Triathlon Hamburg 21-22 July 2012 hamburg-triathlon.org
14 JULY 2012
THIS IS YOUR WORLD
MIDLANDS ULTRADate: 7 October 2012Entries Open / Close: 16 May 2012 / 23 September 2012Venue: Midmar Dam, KZN MidlandsRegistration Times: Saturday 11am - 4pm / Sunday 5am - 6.30amRegistration Venue: White Marquee @ Finish areaStart Times: Canoe Ultra: 6:50am / Sprint Tri: 7am / Ultra Tri: 7:20amDistances: Sprint 600m Swim / 22.5km Cycle / 5km Run , Ultra 1.9km Swim / 90km Cycle / 21km Run , Canoe Ultra Triathlon 15km Paddle / 90km Cycle / 21km Runwww.midlandsultra.com for more information
14 JULY 2012
Subs
crib
e no
w
SS
JULY 2012 15JULY 2012 15
SANTOS BEACH TRIATHLON ( ALSO WP TRIALS )Limited to 300 athletesDATE: 04 November TIME: 09H00DISTANCES: 750m swim / 20km run or 1500m swim / 40km bike / 10km runWHERE: Santos Beach, Mossel Bay DESCRIPTION: Swim, Cycle, RunFORMAT: Individuals and Relay TeamsENTRIES CLOSE: 30 October 2012, enter onlinewww.trisport.co.za
GREAT SWIMS
16 JULY 2012
THIS IS YOUR WORLD
16 JULY 2012
NEW YORKNEW YORK City boasts a large selection of popular, iconic swim and triathlon events that attract participants from around the globe; Olympic swimmer Keri-Anne Payne says NYC is the best location she’s ever swum in. And this summer, the World Triathlon Corporation will host the inaugural Ironman US Championship, with the 3.9km swim taking place in the Hudson River near the George Washington Bridge. The Ironman joins renowned open-water events including the 46km Manhattan Island Marathon, the 1km Brooklyn Bridge and the 1.2km Statue of Liberty swims. Additional events include the NYC Triathlon and the Stars & Stripes Aquathlon: both feature 1.5km swims. NYC’s waters – which are now cleaner than they’ve been in 110 years – are saline, tidal and can be choppy. Early season temperatures are 15-16°C but can hit 20-22°C by July.
Pho
to C
ou
rte
sy o
f N
YC
Sw
im. P
ho
tog
rap
he
r M
att
Ric
ha
rdso
n.
Subs
crib
e no
w
S