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Interview: Craig Twigg - Ironman South Africa and the journey to winning Kona

April 30, 2012   norsemen   No comments
Craig Twigg, the British pro seeking Kona qualification at the first attempt, did his chances no harm in Pretoria by finishing 7th. The Racetime Team member produced a solid performance in 9:10:49.
I caught up with him to find out how the race went and what his plans for the coming year are.

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Twigg does great at Ironman South Africa

April 23, 2012   norsemen   No comments
Ironman South Africa

Craig Twigg, the new British pro seeking Kona qualification at the first attempt, did his chances no harm in Pretoria by finishing 7th. The Racetime Team member produced a solid performance in 9:10:49.

Elsewhere there were some great results for our age-groupers as well.

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Team RaceTime launches

April 18, 2012   norsemen   1 Comment

Launched earlier this year, Racetime Events is a new team directed by experienced triathlete and events organiser, Johnny Nicol.

With a stable of impressive long distance athletes racing for Racetime this year, including Rich Sumpter and Craig Twigg, I caught up with Johnny to find out a bit more about the team and its aims for 2012.

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Weekend Preview: Ironman South Africa and Ironman New Orleans 70.3

April 17, 2012   norsemen   No comments

It’s been a bit of a quiet month so far in respect of WTC putting on their races, but this weekend see’s one of the big ones going ahead in Pretoria and an American 70.3 race over in New Orleans.

British interest in both in the pro race despite Jodie Swallow withdrawing from one of her A priority races due to a foot injury.

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Interview: Hotchkiss - the San Juan story

March 23, 2012   norsemen   No comments

Jonathan Hotchkiss is the British long distance pro just entering his 3rd year as a pro elite. In this 3rd season he is back combining full-time work with elite racing but has bags of talent and strong sponsors and support.

Last weekend Hotchkiss notched up a DNF at Ironman San Juan 70.3. Beyond Going Long got in touch to find out what happened.

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Swallow suffers early season injury

March 12, 2012   norsemen   No comments

Jodie Swallow has had her early season plans interrupted by a foot injury.

It was at first feared she had broken her foot, but scans today have revealed that it is a stress fracture of the 4th metatarsal that has been caught in its early stages.

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Jodie Swallow Announces Ironman South Africa is her ‘A’ Race

February 19, 2012   norsemen   No comments

Jodie Swallow, has announced Ironman South Africa, taking place on the 22nd April, will be her A race target for the first half of 2012.

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