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ECHO Events and Virgin Active bring refreshment and flair to Ironman 70.3
Bizcommunity.com
East London played host to the 2012 Ironman 70.3 triathlon in fine style on Sunday 22 January as 2 939 athletes were put through their paces facing a grueling 1.9 kilometre swim, 90 kilometre bike ride and 21 kilometre run.

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EL pretties up for Ironman triathlon
Daily Dispatch Online
PREPARATIONS for the Ironman 70.3 taking place in Buffalo City this weekend are in the final stages. Earlier this week deputy mayor Mzwandile Msoki and two portfolio heads of community services and public safety, as well as BCM top management, ...


The Witness

Going the extra mile
The Witness
At the time he was a maths and science teacher and a swimming coach (he went on to coach SA), as well as a top-level athlete ? through the nineties he won the Ironman title five times and placed second twice. His first big innovation for the Midmar ...

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It's just not sporting
BusinessLIVE
Thousands of people participating in a cycle tour, a marathon, a triathlon or a river-rowing event all seems so obviously beneficial. What strikes one when you look at these events from the sidewalk or the river bank or the beach is that you see the ...


Blind athlete reconquers gruelling race
Daily Dispatch Online
A BLIND Cape Town athlete proved he is an iron man in ?every sense of the word? when he finished this year's gruelling Ironman challenge in East London yesterday. The triathlon comprised which a 1.9km swim, 90.1km cycle and a 21.1km run, ...


Record numbers for East London Ironman
BuaNews Online (press release)
By Thando Cezula East London - The fifth East London leg of the gruelling Spec-Savers 70.3 Ironman has attracted the largest number of triathletes since the competition was first hosted by the city in 2008. Over 3 000 athletes have signed up and are ...


Are you Cape Town's fittest?
iAfrica.com
There is, of course, the triathlon. The Ironman event was originally conceived when a group of athletes argued about who was fitter ? the runner, cyclist or swimmer ? and decided to combine the three in a super triathlon. But while that solved the ...


TV celeb qualifies for Dusi
SPORT24
Cape Town - After having completed the ultimate one day endurance race in 2010, THE IRONMAN - which comprises of a 3.8km swim followed by a 180km cycle and 42.2km run, to make a total of 226km - SABC3's Expresso Show presenter Liezel van der Westhuizen ...


Keeping it active
The New Age Online
Van der Westhuizen, who has completed an Ironman triathlon, will be taking part in the Unlimited Dusi canoe marathon next month. Recently she told us she also has aspirations of joining Haywood in the Absa Cape Epic. Our celebs said that maintaining an ...


Get your adventure on with DO IT NOW
Media Update
... on the MTB calendar - the Lesotho Sky 2011, get a insiders take on what to expect at the Dakar Rally, discover why ELEVEN Sun City is said to be Africa's toughest triathlon and get all the news from the 2011 National Freestyle Kayaking competition.


Independent Online

Call to all heroes, bar none
Independent Online
He went up against professional rugby players and Iron Man triathletes and beat them. He doesn't remember it like that. ?Those guys were better than me, they were monsters, but the show is designed for all rounders.? When he says his wife calls the ...

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Two held for tourists' rape
Daily Dispatch Online
Buffalo City Metro spokesman Keith Ngesi said city officials had met with the Ironman 70.3 organising team to discuss issues of safety for the hordes of athletes and their families who will be descending on the beachfront for the event next weekend.

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Now and then everyone is entitled to worry, doubt and have a bad day
Independent Online (blog)
The driver was Tom Barlow, a triathlete who had passed us earlier that day as we stopped for water. He was going to a coffee shop at Broadacres to sit and chill and study, but couldn't pass by cyclists in need. He and Gugu knew each other, ...


Attracting African tourists
BBQ Online
Port Elizabeth, Chuene's home city, has made huge strides in recent years by hosting world-class events such as the Ironman South Africa competition, which attracted many international competitors. The city is making inroads in establishing solid ...


Independent Online

Kidnapped Filipino's daring escape
Independent Online
?I made a deep dive because I was afraid they would shoot me,? said Sarenas, a triathlete. The kidnappers did not fire and left him in the waters where fishermen soon rescued him. He was brought to a village in Languyan township and later to a police ...

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