Ironman Hall Of Famer Bob Babbitt and some of the world’s best photographers share images and stories from what many consider the Toughest day in Sport in the new book "30 Years of the Ironman World Championship"

This new hardcover coffee table book is due out this month. It chronicles the moments from all of the Ironman World Championship triathlon races since the first one in 1978 when 15 people went out on a quest to see who the fittest athlete was. This is the second Ironman coffee table book from Babbitt. He originally produced the first book to mark the 25th anniversary. This new book just brings us up to date through the 2007 Ironman World Championship when rookie Chrissie Wellington shocked everyone with her solid win to Chris McCormack getting his first Ironman title after many failed attempts.

This book is bound to be inspirational to all triathletes, from those who dream of possibly attempting an Ironman race someday to those of us that have a completed one. Expect plenty of good stuff from author and Ironman Hall of Fame inductee Babbitt in the book to motivate you inform you and inspire you.

Click here to order your copy today from Amazon.com: 30 Years of the Ironman Triathlon World Championship (Ironman Edition) (MSRP: $34.95)

A public preview of the upcoming facelift for the Ironman.com is available here: ironman.com/news?beta=2008 It looks nice. At first glance it has the same look and features as the newly upgraded Inside Triathlon website.

The home page has highlights from all of their sections with quick access links to the individual stories. Their old style was more like individual blog posting which sometimes made it difficult to find what you were looking for because the front page was cluttered with preview text from the individual post. The new landing pages of the individual sections are nice, again with quick access to the sub-topics and stories. The events section is great, you get to see all of the events, dates and registration status in one place, a very NICE FEATURE! Before you had to click on the tricky menu to get to the event to see the event info and then repeat it for all of the events. Check it out and see it for yourself.

A milestone will be reached in the triathlon podcast (a radio show or other audio program available for download over the internet) field. IronmanTalk, the podcast hosted by a pair of kiwi’s John Newsom and Bevan Eyles has reached 100 episodes, just shy of their 2nd Anniversary. If you haven’t heard about the podcast or them, make sure to download an episode and listen to it because you’re missing out on a great and fun triathlon resource that is FREE!

The podcast hosts are an unlikely couple. Bevan, a fitness instructor and John, a laid back triathlon coach became mates when Bevan was in search of a new coach in 2004. After a year of coaching and training under a new regime Bevan went on to win his age group at Ironman New Zealand in 9hrs19mins. In early 2006 Bevan made a suggestion to John about podcasting. “When Bevan mentioned the podcast idea I didn’t even know what a podcast was but it sounded like a bit of fun so I thought it was worth investigating” said John. Since then it’s been a perfect match of experience and knowledge.

The podcasts usually are 40 to 60 minutes in length and are available every Monday via iTunes but can vary according to their schedule. Some of their recent episodes dealt with reports from their participation at Epic Camp with Scott Molina and Gordo Byrn in New Zealand.

Their podcasts are humorous and informative with a laid back approach. The podcast's main focus is on iron distance triathlon events and long distance athletes around the world. Each show brings you up-to-date with News and Race Results followed up with topics such as Discussion of the Week, Age Grouper of the Week and Website of the Week. From time-to-time the podcast features Coaches Corner, where John answers training related questions or has in-depth training related topics. Other times the podcast has in-depth interviews with pro triathletes or special triathlon related guests. Their interviews have included the likes of Cameron Brown, Peter Reid, Scott Molina, Jo Lawn, Craig Alexander, Chris McCormack, Chrissie Wellington and Gordo Byrn. User interaction comes in the form of their question of the week they post on their website (www.ironmantalk.com). They also interact with athletes from around the world via Athlinks.com, the social network for athletes.

The reigning Ironman World Champions Chrissie Wellington and Chris McCormack have new websites. You'll be able to see what they've been up to and where they'll be racing this year.

Chrissie Wellington who's a memeber of TeamTBB was an unknown before her stunning win in Hawaii. She now has her own website at www.chrissiewellington.org. See what she's been up since her amazing win.

Hi everyone, welcome to my official website! I’m Chrissie and I’m a British Triathlete, and reigning Iron Man World Champion.

While you’re here you can find out all my likes and loves, view my gallery and keep up to date with my career, as well as see what I’ve been up to on my Blog! - Chrissie

Australian Chris McCormack or 'Macca' as he is affectionately known's website www.chrismccormack.com isn't new, it's been around for a while now but it has recently be redesigned and now is ready for you to check out.

Macca's shift to Ironman racing in 2002 has seen him win 10 Titles already including Ironman Australia 5 straight years as well as the Quelle Roth Challenge four consecutive years. Macca is also the only man to break the famous 8 hour mark three times now with a personal best Ironman time of 7:54:23. With his recent victory at the Ironman Hawaii World Championships, Macca has become one of only three men to have won World Titles at both the Olympic and Ironman distances.

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Could you use and extra $800, how about and extra $10,000? Well, if you think you are fast on the bike then here is a challenge for you.

Gear West Bike & Triathlon here in MN, who recently was awarded the Best Multisport Shop in the country by Bicycle Retailer and Industry News believes in local pro triathlete David Thompson’s cycling ability so much that they are opening up his performance bonuses to everyone who races against him. Athletes with the fastest official bikes split in the 5 world class races listed below will receive an $800 prime. If an athlete has the fastest official bike split in all 5 races he will receive a $6,000 bonus. The challenge is called the $10,000 DKT Challenge.

Who is DKT or David Kennedy Thompson? Well, he's a Minnesota native who's in his 5th year as a pro triathlete. He graduated from MIT. He's down to earth and sure knows how to ride fast on his Litespeed Saber titanium bike. He's not always the first one out of the water, but don't worry he'll pass you like a bat out hell on his bike soon after. I've seen him, he's FAST! His accolades last year included setting new bike split records at Escape from Alcatraz and the Life Time Fitness Triathlon. You can read more about him on his website: www.thompsontri.com

DKT's 2007 Season Highlights:
  • Powerman Alabama: Win
  • Bradenton 101: Win
  • Escape from Alcatraz: 6th overall (Fastest Bike Split (new record))
  • Clear Lake 101: Win
  • Philadelphia Tri: 3rd overall (Fastest Bike Split)
  • Life Time Fitness Triathlon: 6th overall (Fastest Bike Split (new record))
  • Racine Half: Win (New Course Record and Fastest Bike Split)
  • 5430 Half: Win (New Course Record and Fastest Bike Split)
  • Pigman Half: Win (New Course Record and Fastest Bike Split)
  • Chicago Triathlon: 3rd Overall
  • Cancun 70.3: 2nd Overall

Schedule for the $10,000 DKT Challenge:
  • Escape From Alcatraz - June 8th
  • Life Time Fitness Triathlon - July 12th
  • Spirit of Racine - July 25th
  • Accenture Chicago Triathlon - August 24th
  • Toyota US Open Triathlon - October 12th

Craig Alexander can relax now; his amazing 2007 triathlon season is over...

It was a discovery year for Craig, better known as Crowie, as he tested the Ironman distance for the first time. Crowie accepted a Kona slot after winning the 2006 Ironman 70.3 World Championship race in Clearwater. To test the waters he participated in Ironman Australia back in April and had a very impressive showing, finishing 3rd. Then just a month ago, in his second Ironman race of his career and his first Ironman World Championship race he raced strong and finished in a surprising 2nd place with an impressive 2:45 marathon finishing only four minutes behind Chris McCormack. His main focus and succes this year came on the Ironman 70.3 series, winning 4 of the series races.

The guys (Bob Babbitt and Paul Huddle) over at The Competitor Radio Show managed to get Alexander in-studio for a very informative interview. The interview is post Kona and pre Clearwater. You get to hear what how Crowie trained up to the race in Kona and then what he was up to after Kona in getting ready for Clearwater. He gives a detailed race report from Kona, he gives his 2 cents on speedsuits, what his favorite race distance is, how it all started and what his race schedule might look like for next year. He's very down to earth in the almost one hour long interview, especially when talking about his in-experience in the distance. Here is the link to the story on Competitor Radio or you can download the show here (mp3 format).

Craig Alexander's 2007 Results:
 • 4th - Ironman 70.3 World Championships
 • 2nd - Ironman World Championships
 • 1st - Newfoundland Ironman 70.3
 • 1st - Vineman Ironman 70.3
 • 3rd - Life Time Fitness Triathlon
 • 1st - Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon
 • 1st - Subaru Muskoka Chase Triathlon
 • 1st - Florida Disney Triathlon 70.3
 • 1st - St Croix Ironman 70.3
 • 3rd - St Anthonys Triathlon
 • 3rd - Panthers Ironman Australia
 • 1st - Australian Long Course Championships

This past Saturday at the 2007 Ironman World Championship triathlon in Kona, Chrissie Wellington took the Ironman world by storm by winning the women's championship title, her first. With the win she becomes the first athlete from Great Britain to win the Ironman World Championship title. The amazing thing of it all is that this was only her second Ironman race in her career. A month ago she participated and won her first Ironman race in Korea. Chrissie only turned pro eight months ago, as the Ironman motto goes "Anything is Possible". She is a member of TeamTBB and is coached by Brent Sutton.

Tri247.com, the triathlon resource website in the UK has posted an exclusive interview with Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington on their site. The interview was conducted by Simon Ward from TheTriathlonCoach.com who was Tri247's man in Hawaii; he got a chance to talk to Chrissie after the post-race press conference.

Simon gets this out of Chrissie right away:
I turned professional to compete in standard distance races. In fact it was only five weeks before Korea that my coach suggested I do an Ironman. I said “Am I ready?”. He said "Sure” and it’s all happened very quickly. I’m overwhelmed.

We also get to find out what's on her immediate schedule.

Interview [via Tri247]

We as amateurs don't often get opportunities like this in the sport of triathlon, so if you are you looking for your 15 minutes of fame and more, well then here is your chance.

Triathlete Magazine is currently looking for a few good men and women interested in participating in the publication's swimsuit edition. If you think you have what it takes besides giving it 100% on race day, then you might want to TRI this. The magazine is currently accepting applications from triathletes for the job. If you are interested in being considered then you will need the following:

1. Photos of you in a swimsuit
2. A racing / training photo
3. A brief bio describing your life and your triathlon experience

Read the article to see how you can email your application materials to the magazine.
Model search for 2008 Triathlete Magazine Swimsuit Edition

Last year's swimsuit edition was shot in Jamaica.

Jon "Blazeman" Blais (August 30, 1971 - May 27, 2007) the warrior who 2 1/2 years ago became the first person with ALS (commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease) to complete an Ironman has lost his battle with the disease. Jon had been competing in triathlons for a long time. His dream was to compete in an Ironman, especially in Hawaii. In May of 2005, Jon was diagnosed with ALS and decided to do incredible things with it instead of letting it get the best of him. Five months after being diagnosed with the disease one of his dreams came true, he competed and completed Ironman Hawaii. Since being diagnosed he has been waging a War on ALS, fighting for research and raising awareness.

He's the one that probably made you shed a tear or two when he crossed the finish line in Kona by rolling over it in 2005. If not then well than maybe this past spring when they broadcast the TV coverage of the 2006 race. During his interview he stated something like this "last year I was here competing, this year I'm here watching and next year I probably won't be here at all". He was there watching and cheering on Brian Breen who was there racing for him and Team Blazeman. When Brian crossed the finish he used the signature log-roll finish Jon had done the year before when he finished. The TV coverage showed Jon, he was ecstatic and very happy to see Brain, the crying that happened afterward was very profound. I along with the other triathletes watching the coverage shed tears of happiness and sadness.

Tri247.com, a triathlon resource website in the UK has an video interview with Ironman World Champion Normann Stadler posted on their site. The interview was conducted by Simon Ward from thetriathloncoach.com and was recorded on Saturday, February 10, 2007 at the TCR Show in the UK. Simon gets Normann to talk about several things. There is a lot of noise in the background but overall it's a pretty good interview.

Interview highlights include:
- How many weeks did the champ take-off after winning Hawaii and what other activities does he like to do?
- He states "my bike is OK" when talking about what he needs to work on this year.
- He is self-coached and has been for the last 8-9 years.
- What his race schedule looks like for this year.
- Where he trains before Hawaii.
- He admits to eating McDonald's at 10 PM after a workout, he's not sure if it was a Big Mac or a Quarter Pounder.
- Does he shave or wax his legs?

Interview [via Tri247]

TRIJUICE, the web's newest triathlon blog is looking for you. We know that sex sells, but we aren't going to go that far to gain readers. We are just going to continue posting triathlon related articles for you to read and hopefully learn something from. On the other hand, we thought it would be cool to have a contest every so often so we can get you to come back and read what we have posted. With that said, here is our first contest. Make sure to save us as a favorite or even better subscribe to our feed.

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Prize: 2007 Inside Triathlon Calendar

Question: This past October, Normann Stadler won the men’s title at the Ironman World Championship race in Hawaii. He was on fire on the bike leg and set a new course record. What was Normann Stadler's bike split at the 2006 Ironman World Championship race?   Answer: 4:18:23, average speed 26 mph

Entry: The first person to send us an email with the correct answer wins. To enter, copy and paste this email addess into your email program:  >>  tjadmin @ trijuice . com  <<   (remove the spaces before sending)

Winner: Commodore "Comm's" Mann

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'Tis the season and that means one thing, time to figure out what to get a triathlete that already has everything or is just a newbie to the sport. Well, we hope to take some of the pain out of your holiday shopping with some of our gift ideas.

Stocking Stuffers
Here are some small gift ideas that any triathlete would enjoy this holiday season.
• Why not keep them up to date with a magazine subscription or renewal to a triathlon magazine like Inside Triathlon (link), Triathlete (link) or 220 Triathlon (link). • Another way to keep them up to date is with the 2007 Inside Triathlon Calendar (link). They'll have a place to log their upcoming races. • Keep them on track when it comes to their training with a Triathlon Training Log / Journal in either a paper format or online with some one like FitnessJournal.com (link). • The last stocking stuffer idea we have is copy of the "What It Takes" DVD, the documentary about world-class triathletes' quest for greatness (link).