Future Kurnell Races

Race #2	Sunday 13th January 2008 - New Year's Warm Up & PRO TOUR RACE
Race #3	Sunday 10th February 2008 - Got to do it!
Race #4	Sunday 9th March 2008 - The Grand Final & PRO TOUR RACE

It's $70 to enter and $20 more if you are NOT a Tri NSW member.

Kurnell race info

O'Doherty charges out of the gate

Paul was 2nd in his age group and 11th overall in the first Kurnell sprint of the season.

Alice was 3rd in her age group.

John took his age group and was 16th overall.

Dingo put in a solid performance for 7th in his age group and 25th overall.

Peter McLean and Monsieur Blanc were both 6th in their respective age groups.

Kurnell Results

Amanda turns pro

Word on the street - Amanda Balding has turned pro. Watch out!

Powder everywhere

Whistler Mountain is now OPEN for the 2007.08 winter season, one week early! On its opening day - Saturday - more 6,000 excited skiers and riders to took to the mountain.

Whistler Mountain has 1,200 acres and 1,821 vertical feet of skiable terrain for skiers and riders. Total cumulative snowfall to date = 135 cm (4.4 feet).

*Apologies to those who live in climates that don't tolerate fresh powder.

IMG on Lisa's race day

Coming into Round 5 of the Snap Australian Half Ironman Series the women’s series lead was being fiercely contested by Lisa Marangon and Elly Franks.

Both women desperately needed to win to gain an advantage before the series heads to Canberra in December for Round 6, and it was Sydney’s Marangon who ended up taking line honours.

“I am so excited winning today as I have had a huge week of training before I start tapering for Ironman Western Australia,” said Marangon who won the Busselton Half Ironman in May.

“The ride was tough today with the winds and the storm coming in but I felt great. I rode the whole way by myself and rode really well which I needed after having a slower than normal swim.”

Having gained a large lead on the cycle, Marangon traded her bike for running shoes and continued to increase her lead.

‘’My run is something I have been working on really hard for Busselton and today it seemed to click.''

Lisa takes Shep Half

Lisa Marangon takes out first place, with a winning margin of about 4 minutes. She had a 4:29 race time!!!!

Less than a minute behind Lisa, time wise, was Oli Lamb, getting ever so close to a sub 4:30!!!. He had the second fastest run split in his age group with a 1:25!!!

John Hill took out his age group including winning the swim and bike segments!! He eased back on the run.

http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/

Nepean Results

Podium places for both Jacqui B and Tony G ..

And a return to competition for Tess.

http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/

Triathlon booming in the U.S.

At the participatory level, the sport is booming. More than one million people will compete in a United States triathlon this year, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association http://www.sgma.com/, mostly in shorter sprint triathlons.


From The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/sports/othersports/10triathlon.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin

IMG Oz Series Points Leader - Lisa

Elite/Pro Lisa Marangon has taken the lead after Round Four (Port Mac 1/2).

You're a 1/2 Ironman World Champ

David Ray setting the stage for an attack on a Kona assault?

http://vnews.ironmanlive.com/

PLAY magazine

Play magazine is a site of some of the best sports features written for The New York Times. You can sign up for an email note and get a reminder message every week. I think it's great so FYI.

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/playmagazine/

High Five for Port Mac Efforts

By all appearances, a massive day of racing was had. Look at all those podium places and sub5:15 finish times!!!

Charlotte 1st, Lisa 3rd.

Jacqui 2nd!!!!!

John 1st. Paul 7th.

Oli, Alex, JC all within striking distances!!!!

Check the link in the previous post for more details.

Port Mac Half Results Link

http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/

Port Mac's Race to Watch

Leading the women’s race is Sydney’s Charlotte Paul, returning from her first campaign at the Hawaii Ironman in October.

Paul has set herself some lofty standards recently with consecutive top 3 finishes at Ironman Western Australia and top 10 finishes at events overseas. Paul’s strength is her running but an improved bike leg now sees her with a real shot of winning each race she enters.

Competing against Paul will be Lisa Marangon who finished second at last year’s Port Macquarie Half Ironman when it was part of the world-wide Ironman 70.3 series.

Marangon led for almost the entire race last year only to be overtaken by Belinda Granger with a few kilometres to go.

from IMG Australia