Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Coaching switch

So Hillary Biscay, Belinda Granger and Chrissie Wellington have left Brett Sutton and Team TBB to join Cliff English.

Who is he? Well, he may be best known for coaching Sam McGlone. In the past he's also coached Peter Reid (in the pool) and Melanie McQuaid and Leanda Cave.

Cliff's site.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Comerford, Bella

She won in South Africa and Lanzarote.

Her Team TBB blog

Csomor, Erika

She won in Arizona, and was second in Roth in 8:47:07 (the second fastest iron distance time).

Her Team TBB blog

Dogana, Martina

She won in France.

English translation of her site

Ferguson, Gina

She won in Wisconsin and in Wanaka. She went Sub Nine in Roth.

Her site

Granger, Belinda

She won in Malaysia, China and Canada. She went Sub Nine in Roth. And she won the Antwerp 70.3 and the Quelle France half iron too.

Her Team TBB blog

Imaizumi, Naomi

She won in Japan.

There is no blog or site for this athlete

Keller, Fernanda

She won in Brazil.

Her site

Kraft, Nina

She won in Florida.

English translation of her site

Lawn, Joanna

She won in New Zealand.

Her site

Matter, Sibylle

She won in Switzerland.

English translation of her site

Her Suunto profile

Paul, Charlotte

She won in Western Australia.

Her blog

Shea-Kenney, Caitlin

She won in Lake Placid.

Her profile

Van Vlerken, Yvonne

She won in Roth, where she set the new record for iron-distance racing: 8:45:48.

English translation of her site

Wallenhorst, Sandra

She won in Austria where she set a WTC Ironman Series record: 8:47:26 - the third faster iron-distance time.

English translation of her site

Wellington, Chrissie

Reigning World Champion.

She won in Port Macquarie, Australia and in Frankfurt, Germany.

Her site

Her blog

Wurtele, Heather

She won in Coeur d'Alene.

Her site

Monday, July 28, 2008

teamTBB's Iron Season

There’s an excellent story on the team in the August issue of Inside Triathlon, with some great insight on Brett Sutton and his approach to coaching. He doesn’t want world champions, he wants to build them. The women on the squad have seven iron victories so far this season.

And he obviously believes that some athletes perform better the more they race:

Hillary Biscay has raced seven iron distance races so far this season: Wisconsin, Wanaka, Malaysia, Arizona, Brazil, Roth and Lake Placid. [She has two seconds, two thirds and one fourth among other podium places.]

Bella Comerford has six iron race finishes so far this season: Florida, WA, New Zealand, South Africa, Lanzarote and Austria, plus UK 70.3. [She won in South Africa and Lanzarote, and was second in Austria.]

Erika Csomor has raced iron events in Arizona and Roth, plus 70.3’s in Austria, California and Switzerland. [She won Arizona and was second in Roth.]

Belinda Granger has raced China, Malaysia and Roth, plus Quelle Challenge France, a half iron. She won both China and Malaysia. [She won China and Malaysia and went Sub Nine in Roth.]

One could say Chrissie Wellington is lazy, having raced just twice: Port Macquarie and Frankfurt. [She won both races.]