My Triathlon Daily

Lower back pain

2011-03-28T10:03:00.002+08:00

I been suffering form lower back pain for last 2 weeks which has disturbed my training schedule. I been having back problem for many years but it has been getting pretty bad for the past 2 years. It seems lack of strength training on the lower back is causing my muscles to tense up when it's overuse. The tense up muscle affects the nerves near the spine area which cause a shooting pain to the lower butt and leg area. The only thing I can do is to get physiotherapy now and slowly strengthen my back before pounding on the training load.

Training # 2

2011-03-15T15:32:00.001+08:00

Tempo run

Target heart rate:130 - 140 beats per minute

Run duration:40 minutes

Workout importance:High

Workout pointers:High aerobic run. Time to pick up the tempo. Stay close to upper range of target heart rate.

Weight training 1

Description: Lifting adaptation period 1 set of 12 repetitions.

Power Lateral Pull-Downs
Power Leg Extensions
Power Leg Curls
Bench Press
Squats OR Leg Press
Power Dumbbell Pullover
Bent Over Row
Lunges
Side Lateral Raises
Biceps
Triceps
Calf Raises
Sit-ups
Stretching
Sit-ups
Stretching

Training #1

2011-03-14T14:34:00.002+08:00

Bought a olympic distance training program from Markallen.com to prepare for august races. Program is very light for beginners cause I haven't been active for a while. Most beginners should be able to follow along these program.

Training #1

Target heart rate: 130 - 140 beats per minute

Swim distance:500

Swim workout details:
Warm up 200 easy, accelerating speed every other lap.
Main Set 8x25 fast on 45 sec rest.
Warm down 100 easy.

Workout importance:High

Workout pointers:High aerobic swim. Stay close to upper range of target heart rate.

Craig Alexander wins Ironman 70.3 Singapore

2009-03-24T07:58:00.001+08:00

Current Ironman World Champion, Australia’s Craig Alexander clocked 3:47:24 which was over eight minutes faster than the 2008 winning time set by Simon Thompson to win the Ironman 70.3 Singapore last Sunday 22 March 2009. 2007 Ford Ironman World Champion Chris McCormack came in second, crossing the finishing line in a time of 3:50:42.

Singapore loses rights to host ITU World Championship Series

2009-03-12T11:56:00.002+08:00

A great blow to local triathletes, it seems that Singapore has lost the right to host the ITU World Championship Series Singapore to Korea. Schedule on May 9, the sudden decisions will a affect a large number of triathletes trying to qualify for the world championship. More details will be revealed in these few days.

Lance Armstrongs Strength Training Workout

2009-01-28T13:00:00.003+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDawlrIeaVM

Registration Open for Multiple 2009 Events

2008-10-31T12:39:00.000+08:00

Online registration is now available for the 2009 Ford Ironman Louisville, Ironman 70.3 Boise and Amica Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island events.

Ford Ironman Louisville
Event details: Sunday, August 30, 2009
· 6:50 a.m. pro start,
· 7:00 a.m. age group start
· Online registration can be accessed by
visiting www.ironmanlouisville.com

· Entry Fee: $525.00 (USD)

Ironman 70.3 Boise
Event details: Saturday, June 13, 2009
· 2:00 p.m. race start
· Online registration can be accessed by visiting www.ironmanboise.com

· Entry fees:
- $210.00 from 9/01/2008 - 12/31/2008
- $230.00 from 1/01/2009 - 4/30/2009
- $250.00 from 5/01/2009 - 6/12/2009

Amica Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island
Event details: Saturday, July 12, 2009
· 6:00 a.m. race start
· Online registration can be accessed by visiting www.ironmanrhodeisland.com

· Entry fees:
- $210.00 from 9/01/2008 - 12/31/2008
- $230.00 from 1/01/2009 - 5/31/2009
- $250.00 from 6/01/2009 - 7/11/2009

For more information on Ironman or Ironman 70.3, visit the official Web site atwww.ironman.com. Athlete inquiries can be directed to Ann Skerkoski atAnn@ironman.com.

Ford Ironman World Championship

2008-10-13T09:33:00.000+08:00

Last year runner up and 70.3 world champion Australia's Craig Alexander and Great Britain's Chrissie Wellington last years defending champion won the 30th anniversary of the Ford Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Craig Alexander crossed the line with a time of 8:17:45. Wellington finished more than ten minutes ahead of her fellow competitors at 9:06:23.

Top ten results for the professional men’s race are as follows:
1. Craig Alexander, AUS 8:17:45
2. Eneko Burguera Llanos, ESP 8:20:50
3. Rutger Beke, BEL 8:21:23
4. Ronnie Schildknecht, SUI 8:21:46
5. Cameron Brown, NZL 8:26:17
6. Patrick Vernay, NCL 8:30:23
7. Andy Potts, USA 8:33:50
8. Mathias Hecht, SUI 8:34:02
9. Michael Lovato, USA 8:34:47
10. Eduardo Sturla, ARG 8:36:53

The top ten professional women’s results are as follows:
1. Chrissie Wellington, GBR 9:06:23
2. Yvonne Van Vlerken, NLD 9:21:20
3. Sandra Wallenhorst, DEU 9:22:52
4. Erika Csomor, HUN 9:24:49
5. Linsey Corbin, USA 9:28:51
6. Virginia Berasategui, ESP 9:29:15
7. Bella Comerford, GBR 9:34:08
8. Gina Ferguson, NZL 9:36:53
9. Gina Kehr, USA 9:37:06
10. Dede Griesbauer, USA 9:39:53

Innovative use of technology in sports

2008-09-07T13:18:00.000+08:00

Olympic cyclist and Gold Medalist Kristin Armstrong wrote that Google Earth was "invaluable" in helping her find a training route in Boise, Idaho similar to the Olympic course in Beijing. Kristin took one of his GPS units on her time trial ride back in December. After exporting the GPS and elevation data and loading it into Google Earth, she "was then able to trace the entire course from the comfort of my home half a world away and find a similar route to train on back in Boise."
Source:[PCWORDLD]

Jennifer Lopez Training Triathlon

2008-09-07T13:16:00.000+08:00

Sound of Champions

2008-08-24T22:21:00.000+08:00

Everyone is talking about what Michael Phelps listens on his ipod during this training and racing preps. I like this 2.
Till I collapse by Eminem, very suitable for training

I'me Lil Wayne when preparing for your race.

Watch the Olympics Online

2008-08-08T09:12:00.000+08:00

wired.com have compiled a list of online destinations for getting your fix of the summer sporting events.

Live Streams and On-Demand Highlights

NBC Olympics. Media giant NBC has exclusive rights to broadcast the Olympics in the United States, and will serve up four live streams and 3,000 hours of on-demand video online.

ItsGameTime.tv. Streamed live using flash so no downloading any programs. No lag and its in near HD quality. Although illegal, there are no ads except a donation button for the Special Olympics.

TV Tonic. NBC paired with Wavexpress to offer event highlights on demand via a download service similar to iTunes. If you use Windows Media Center to watch TV you'll see a link to this software marked as "NBC Olympics" in the Online Media strip. This will offer video ranging in quality from 840x480 progressive to 1080i HD. For 32-bit Windows Vista users only.

YouTube. Starting Wednesday, Google will provide approximately three hours of content each day from the Olympics Broadcasting Service on a channel dedicated to the games. The content will include highlight reels and daily wrap-ups, but no live coverage. The footage will be available in 77 territories, including South Korea, India and Nigeria, that aren't officially covered by Olympic sponsors, according to an International Olympic Committee press release.

CCTVOlympics.com. CCTV will be supplying more than 5,000 hours of Olympic Games coverage for mainland China and Macau.

BBC Sports. The U.K.'s official Olympics broadcaster will offer six streaming channels showing coverage from BBC TV and BBC News Interactive. Channels will focus on on-demand daily highlights and athlete interviews.

Yahoo7. Australia's official Olympics online portal offers live streams, video coverage on-demand and behind-the-scenes interviews, specials and features.

CBC Olympics. Canadians can tune into the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation online for supplemental live streams, video coverage on-demand and behind-the-scenes interviews, specials and features.

Cox High Speed Internet. Cox customers can access 2,200 hours of 25 events streamed live, plus full-event video replays, extensive highlights, including daily recaps of key events, best-of montages, commentator analysis and athlete-specific clips each day, available on NBCOlympics.com via a link from the Sports page on www.cox.net.

Getting Around Location Restrictions

In most cases, users in the United States will be blocked from viewing the footage on the non-NBC sites. But you may be able to view clips or streams from other countries if you use a proxy server located within that country, or if you can otherwise trick the streaming server into thinking you're from a country where it's allowed.

There's some advice on this topic at Metafilter.

There are also paid services like Anonymizer that can do the trick for you.

If you have any additional advice, please add it here.

Peer-to-Peer Options

If you want to move beyond bite-size recaps and highlight reels, P2P sites are your best bet for backdoor access to unedited blocks of Olympics footage. Additionally, content is likely to be available sooner than the 12-hour delays expected with some of NBC's coverage. Try these web workarounds for full access to the Olympics.

BitTorrent. Miss the opening ceremonies? Or the four-hour finale of table tennis? Try downloading torrents of popular Olympic events. Top torrent-tracking sites to try include isoHunt, Mininova and EZTV. Need a quick primer on using BitTorrent? Read our How-To Wiki entry on the subject.

Veetle Stanford University's experimental web TV platform requires a downloadable player, but offers live broadcasts of soccer games, basketball and more.

Sopcast. This free P2P internet TV player requires a download, but offers a wide lineup of channels broadcasting the Olympic games.

TVants. This is a P2P Internet TV, which requires a free download. TVants can run on Windows or on Linux's WINE.

PPMate. A Chinese P2P Internet TV network, download. PPMate only run under Windows.

TVU Networks. This P2P internet TV player requires a free download and only works with Windows, but is a good resource for watching global sporting events online.

Recording Events Online

WM Capture. If you're looking to make recordings of certain events to save forever, transfer to an iPod, or import into a video editing program, you'll need to use a on-screen video recording program like WM Capture. NBC is streaming using Microsoft's Silverlight, which has an encrypted stream, making streaming videos hard to capture digitally. WM Capture is especially well suited for high quality recordings, as it uses a proprietary high speed MPEG-2 codec for fast video capture from any region on your PC's screen.

Macca talks about Wildflower

2008-06-16T10:53:00.000+08:00

Swimming: Bi-Lateral Breathing

2008-05-19T11:30:00.000+08:00

Bi-lateral breathing requires the swimmer to change breathing sides after each stroke cycle. The cycle could be 3 strokes, 5 strokes or so on. This skill will help eliminate neck and shoulder fatigue and promotes better balance and body alignment. Bilateral breathing is also an essential navigational skill in open water.

trifuel.com has a very good article on Bi-Lateral Breathing.

Why bi-lateral breathe?
Bi-lateral breathing helps swimmers ‘balance out their stroke and teaches them to rotate their hips on both sides of their stroke.

One of the most common faults in free style swimming is to under roll on the non-breathing side. It’s easy to roll on the side you breathe too, but not so easy to roll on the side you don’t breathe to. This under-rolling can lead to less power as you don’t finish your swim stroke as strongly as you could if you were on your breathing side. Bi-lateral breathing helps you smooth out the stroke, keeps you balanced, and in some cases lets you swim in a straighter line.

One of the most important benefits of bi-lateral breathing is that is helps you to limit the amount of stress that is put on your shoulders due to the constant strain of breathing to only one side. Another benefit of bi-lateral breathing is that you can watch your recovery (is your elbow high and are you fingertips dragging across the water?) and you can watch you hand entry (does your hand enter in the order of fingertips, wrist, elbow, and at a 45 degree angle?). Being aware of what happens on both sides of your stroke will allow you to see what is happening and let you make corrections as you progress. One last advantage of BLB is that in a race you can see what is going on both sides of you, not just one. If the waves are breaking over your right side, you can switch to breathing to your left or vice versa. Also, if you have a swimmer you want to keep up with, you can always see where he/she is if you can BLB.

How do I improve my bi-lateral breathing?
The best advice I can give someone who is not proficient at BLB is to ‘just do it’ – start with breathing on your weaker side (the one you aren’t used to breathing on) – when I coached swimming there was always one set per day that had to be swum on the weak side (WS) – it was tough and most swimmers hated it, but it made their BLB swimming that much better. Back then my instructions were to jump in and swim 500 yards on your WS. Now that I am a more compassionate coach I would recommend swimming a 25 BLB, then 50 normal, then 25 BLB again. I like to see swimmers progress from 25 yards all the way up to 200 in a few sessions. Once you get to 200 yards then you can swim sets – like 5x200 on 10 second rest BLB. But wait! You are saying only 10 seconds rest after a 200 yard swim? Yes, that would be correct. The key is to swim the BLB sets easy enough that you not sucking wind (think ‘long and strong’ on your swim stroke). If you can do this then soon enough you will be swimming 1,000 yards or more pretty easily.

BLB swim sets:

* Warm-up: 200 yards alternating BLB every 3rd length.
* Main set: 4x100 on 10” rest, with 1st and 4th length being BLB
* 4x100 on 10” rest with middle 50 being weak side breathing
* 3x200 on 15” rest. Swim 200 as follows: 50 blb, 50 ws, 50 blb, 50 ws
* Cool down – same as warm up

More Advanced (simple but effective):

* Warm-up: 200 yards alternating BLB every 3rd length.
* Then 45 minutes of 200s blb on 10” rest. These are easy enough to not need much rest, but hard enough to make you focus on the blb. Slow the stroke down and focus on all aspects of your breathing, hand entry, pull, finish, recovery.

If you want to swim fast correctly, you need to learn to swim slowly correctly first!

Saturday Bike Ride

2008-05-04T10:52:00.000+08:00

I am working half day so decide to ride to work. Th distance is about 13km. The traffic was low but I experience some difficulty climbing the incline parts, it was only a slight incline but I left weak and out of breathe. The bike is great way to test out fitness, and looks like I am really out of shape. I took about 30mins on the way there and 45mins back. I should start riding more to regain my fitness.

This week's training

2008-03-28T11:52:00.000+08:00

Another week of low training. Monday 4km easy ran, Thursday 1.6km easy swim, Friday 4km easy swim. I slowly easing back and probably start weight training again. Unlike most triathlete I work on upper body more. Mainly because I can't take a lot of weight on my back. I still trying get a feel of my training schedule so I slip in a standard routine. This year the only race is the 70.3 in September. The goal is to better last year time of 7.30hr to 6.30hr.

Back to training

2008-03-13T10:52:00.000+08:00

I am slowly easing back to training. Did 5 Km easy run on Monday and Thursday. Swam on Tuesday, work mostly on drills. The goal this year is to drop my weight below 70kg and finish the Singapore 70.3 half ironman in 5hrs. I know I need to spent more time on the bike, maybe I will get a bike trainer, so I can spin indoors. I still riding without bike shoes. It is a bit tough to get new equipment since I haven't been working since May 07. I still undecided about 70.3 in September, My baby is due late July and I had oversea national services in August. Well lets get fit first.

Faris Al-Sultan wins Langkawi ironman

2008-02-24T10:24:00.000+08:00

Faris Al-Sultan beat the rest of the men by more than a half hour to claim the titles at the race dubbed "The Toughest Show on Earth."

Swim Chg1 Bike AftBike Run Total
0:50:00 0:01:16 4:34:45 5:26:00 3:06:09 8:34:42

Your First Triathlon: What Equipment You Really Need

2008-02-21T10:11:00.000+08:00

I been ask by many people who are curious about or wanted to try to do a triathlon race "What are the necessary equipment they need?". I no expert in Tri but I do not recommend getting expensive equipment for starter. Who knows when you will quit and what will become of your equipment? For your first race, its to get a feel of what its like and whether you want to continue to pursue this. After each tri event, I see first timer selling off their brand new equipment at lower prize and quiting the sport.

What do you really need?
Swim
Goggles
Swim trunks / suit - no need to invest in a tri suit
swim cap are provided by organisers

Bike
Helmet
Bike, mountain bike, market bike, bmx are all allowed but they must be 2 wheels, no training wheels. You may rent a bike.
Shoes, this can be any normal shoes
Water bottle
sunglass (optional)

Run
Socks (optional)
Running shoes
Cap (optional)
sunglass (optional)

For men a top is necessary for the run and bike, you can wear a normal t-shirt.

Fastest way to lose weight

2008-02-09T13:16:00.000+08:00

The problem most people face when starting a weight lose workout is consistency. Most people set unrealistic goals and when they don't reach them, it's an excuse to give up. New research out of the University of California at Berkeley of more than 20,000 runners found that the people who quit on or took "breaks" from their fitness plans put on abnormal amounts of weight that they couldn't easily knock off. So stick to your plan. No Excuses!

PUMP IT OUT
Weight training are the best fat basters and even cardio can't match it. A research from Boston University shows that muscles developed through strength and weight training, burn fat as readily as hours on an elliptical.

GET FIT IN JUST 3 WORKOUTS A WEEK
Nutrition is more important than your exercise habits. You are what you eat. Make sure you stick with whole, natural foods, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, fish, and protein to set the foundation. For your exercise sessions, focus on quality and intensity, not quantity. Exercising 3 days a week for only 45 minutes or less. Strengthen your entire body with multi-muscle resistance exercises and burn fat by using short-burst interval training. Follow that up with stretches for tight muscle groups only.

Injury Plagued

2008-01-31T20:11:00.000+08:00

I think I am losing my fitness. I only managed to get bronze for IPPT. I been have a week feeling in the legs for weeks, it feel like there no power in my tights. I also injured my groin muscles and have a slight dislocation from right shoulder. Last week I pulled a abdominal muscle when I was doing my tumble turn. I guess its time to put up my legs and take a break for now.

A 12-week plan for more bike power

2008-01-22T08:40:00.000+08:00

One of my weakness is not able to ride strong. When it gets down to crunch time my legs felt like jelly. The only way I am going to improve this season is a giant leap through biking. Recently I have a strain near my groin area which has slowed down my running and swimming. Old man are starting to zoom pass me at my regular running route. I hope that this 12 week plan will put some power back into my legs.

Following is a 12-week schedule from triathletemag.com of neuromuscular-training workouts that are designed to:
1) increase your muscle-activation potential during cycling and then;
2) increase the endurance characteristics of your newly recruited fast-twitch fibers.

Be sure to warm up thoroughly before doing these high-intensity efforts and to cool down thoroughly afterwards. The 30-second hill sprints should be performed on the steepest hill you can find. The one-minute hill sprints may be done on a shallower hill and will be done at a slightly lower intensity. Just spin slowly for recovery. Every fourth week is a scaled-back recovery week to prevent overtraining. By the end of week 12 you’ll be ready to race—with more muscle than ever.

Week 1: 4 x 30-sec. hill sprints w/ 2-min. active recoveries
Week 2: 6 x 30-sec. hill sprints w/ 2-min. active recoveries
Week 3: 8 x 30-second hill sprints with 2-minute active recovery
Week 4: (Recovery) 6 x 30-second hill sprints with 2-minute active recovery
Week 5: 6 x 1-minute hill sprints with 2-minute active recovery
Week 6: 8 x 1-minute hill sprints with 2-minute active recovery
Week 7: 10 x 1-minute hill sprints with 2-minute active recovery
Week 8: (Recovery) 6 x 1-minute hill sprints with 2-minute active recovery
Week 9: 3 x 3 minutes @ 20km time-trial intensity with 3-minute active recovery
Week 10: 4 x 3 minutes @ 20km time-trial intensity with 3-minute active recovery
Week 11: 5 x 3 minutes @ 20km time-trial intensity with 3-minute active recovery
Week 12: (Recovery) 3 x 3 minutes @ 20km time-trial intensity with 3-minute active recovery

VIDEO: How to do Flip Turns

2008-01-16T08:41:00.000+08:00

This video is produce by Mike Ricci, D3 Multisport

Developing the proper freestyle kick

2008-01-07T10:23:00.000+08:00

Kevin Koskella of TriSwimCoach.com posted this interesting article over at triathletemag.com.

"Your kick is mainly for stability and body rotation. However, not having a kick or kicking improperly can lead to using twice as much energy to get through your swim! And nobody wants to get on their bike feeling drained and knowing that they still have a lot of work to be done. Let’s address these two challenges and see what can be done to remedy them:

1st Challenge: Having No Kick. While it is important to save your legs and enough energy for biking and running, not kicking will not help you achieve this. You need to develop a kick that works for you. There is no one size fits all with kicking, but it should be relatively rhythmic. In other words, work on developing a 2-beat, 3-beat, or even a 4-beat kick (2, 3, or 4 kicks for every stroke). A good drill to practice this rhythmic kick is 6 Kicks Per Stroke- exaggerating the number of kicks with each rotation.

2nd Challenge: Kicking Improperly. This is a common problem among many triathletes who have “runners’ kick”. What this really means is inflexible ankles, which create drag and force you to do a lot more work than necessary to get through the swim. There are 3 remedies to overcome Runner’s Kick:

1.Vertical Kicking drill. Find water that is deep enough for you to kick in place. Cross your arms, and kick in place in a vertical position (keep in a straight line), pointing your toes and keeping your chin above the surface of the water. Get your power from your quads and hips on this drill. Try 20 seconds at a time.
Click here for an instructional video

2. Use fins. Not just to "keep up" in workouts, but to actually improve your kick. If you have ankle flexibility issues, use fins for a few weeks, but wean off them as you get closer to your event. The shorter ones are best. I prefer Zoomers, but other brands may work okay as well. Fins can increase your ankle flexibility, allow you to do swimming drills with ease, and strengthen the right leg muscles you need to kick (improving on that 10-15%!)

3. Stretch your ankles. You can try sitting on your feet, or, in a seated position, take one leg and bring it out in front of you. Extend your feet and push your toes toward the ground. Hold for about 15-20 seconds, repeat with other foot. You can do this several times a day.

Whatever you do, don't be tempted to use a kick board to improve your kick. For distance swimming and triathlons, you are wasting your time with the floatation devices!

Stick with the drills, work on a rhythmic kick, have patience, and you will be pleased with your swimming results!"

A list of Ironman and Ironman 70.3 events for 2008

2007-11-27T09:15:00.000+08:00

For those trying to plan their season for 2008, ironmanlive.com have compiled a list of Ironman events for the year, along with the details on which events are still accepting applications and those that are full.

Ironman 70.3 South Africa	01-13-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Pucon	01-20-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Geelong	02-10-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman Malaysia	02-23-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman New Zealand	03-01-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 California	03-29-2008	Sold Out
Ironman Australia	04-06-2008	Accepting Applications
Ford Ironman Arizona	04-13-2008	Sold Out
Ironman South Africa	04-13-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman China	04-20-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 China	04-20-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 St. Croix	05-04-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Florida	05-18-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Austria	05-24-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman Lanzarote	05-24-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman Brazil	05-25-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Hawaii	05-31-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Boise	06-01-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Switzerland	06-01-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Eagleman	06-08-2008	Sold Out
Ironman 70.3 UK	06-15-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Kansas	06-15-2008	Accepting Applications
Ford Ironman Coeur d’Alene	06-22-2008	Sold Out
Ironman France	06-22-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman Japan	TBA
Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake	06-29-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens	07-06-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman Germany	07-06-2008	Sold Out
Ironman Austria	07-13-2008	Sold Out
Ironman Switzerland	07-13-2008	Sold Out
Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island	07-13-2008	Accepting Applications
Ford Ironman Lake Placid	07-20-2008	Sold Out
Ironman 70.3 Vineman	07-20-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Newfoundland	07-27-2008	Accepting Applications
Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3	08-02-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Antwerp	08-03-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Germany	08-10-2008	Accepting Applications
Timberman 70.3	08-17-2008	Accepting Applications
Subaru Ironman Canada	08-24-2008	Sold Out
Ford Ironman Louisville	08-31-2008	Sold Out (some Foundation Slots Available)
Ironman Korea	TBA
Ironman UK	09-07-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman Wisconsin	09-07-2008	Sold Out
Ironman 70.3 Monaco	09-07-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Singapore	09-07-2008	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Muskoka	09-14-2008	Sold Out
Ironman 70.3 Brazil	09-14-2008 (To be confirmed)	Accepting Applications
Ironman 70.3 Cancun	09-21-2008	Accepting Applications
Ford Ironman World Championship, Kona	10-11-2008	Qualification/ Lottery
Ford Ironman Florida	11-01-2008	Sold Out
Ford Ironman World Championship 70.3, Clearwater, Florida	11-08-2008	Qualification
Ironman Western Australia	TBA