by Lisa Pringle | Oct 14, 2018 | Daniela Ryf, David Plese, News
Daniela Ryf has claimed her fourth consecutive Ironman World Championship title in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii today. Her time of 8:26:16 — inclusive of a new bike course record — has toppled the world championship course record she had set in 2016, and also set a...
by Lisa Pringle | Oct 4, 2018 | Daniela Ryf, David Plese, News
All roads lead to Kona, Hawaii for the 2018 Ironman World Championship. Five Bahrain Endurance 13 athletes have made their way to the Big Island to take their well-earned spot on the pier on the 14th of October, each on a unique path to race the world’s best. Daniela...
by Lisa Pringle | Oct 3, 2018 | Daniela Ryf, David Plese, News
I am trying to find a superlative I haven’t used in writing about Daniela Ryf in the past year. It is extremely difficult, she has been so uniquely consistent and dominant across both half and full Ironman distance for the last four years. Amazing; incredible;...
by Lisa Pringle | Oct 2, 2018 | News
Before the media frenzy and wild predictions of race week begin, here are some relevant facts concerning the Ironman World Championship and Javier Gomez. Javier Gomez announced his intention to race the Ironman World Championship at the beginning of 2018 and triathlon...
by Lisa Pringle | Sep 30, 2018 | David Plese, News
Every year the Ironman World Championships spins us an epic storyline of triumph over adversity. The ultimate feats of endurance look majestic, almost surreal, the triathlete’s neon costumes contrasting with the deep, dark lava rock and backdrop of Mauna Kea....
by Lisa Pringle | Sep 26, 2018 | News
In March 2018, Ben Hoffman teamed up with Sebastian Kienle to race the Absa Cape Epic, a grueling eight-day stage race traversing the mountains and valleys of South Africa’s Western Cape. Such a calendar plan may be unusual for two past, and still viable, Ironman...