Foundation

If you have spent any time around triathlon, you have heard someone say “Kona” in a slightly lowered voice, like they are talking about a place that might not actually exist. It is the race people build a decade of training around. It is also one of the most misunderstood events in the sport, partly […]

You sign up for your first triathlon, feeling pretty good about it, and then someone in the group chat starts talking about their T1, whether the swim is wetsuit-legal, and how they bonked on the run. Suddenly it sounds like a different sport with its own secret language. It isn’t. Most of the jargon is

If you’ve ever watched a triathlon and thought ‘I want to do that,’ the first question is always the same: which one? The sport has more distances than most people realise, and they’re not just different lengths. They feel like completely different experiences. Some people start at the sprint and race it for years. Others