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PTO and Challenge Family announce allocation of € 40.000,- prize money to professionals and age groupers at cancelled Challenge Davos race

The Professional Triathletes Organisation and CHALLENGEFAMILY today announced that they will be supporting both the professional and age grouper athletes at the recently cancelled CHALLENGEDAVOS race. CHALLENGEDAVOS was forced to be cancelled after the swim start when dangerous weather conditions moved in. The Professional Triathletes Organisation will be paying in full the €21,000 in professional […]

World class field at Challenge Davos: ‘Looking forward to a spectacular race’

In a few days time – August 28th and August 29th – CHALLENGEDAVOS will be held for the fourth time in total. It’s considered the first CHALLENGEFAMILY race of the 2020 calendar and thus also the first major triathlon in Switzerland. Despite many corona-related adjustments, many international triathlon stars will not miss the opportunity to […]

Professional Triathletes Organisation announces doubling the Challenge Davos prize purse

The Professional Triathletes Organisation today announced that it will be contributing 21,000 Euros to the prize purse at CHALLENGEDAVOS, more than doubling the prize money at the event. Charles Adamo, Executive Chairman of the PTO, commented, “With the pandemic wreaking havoc on the 2020 racing season, the PTO has been seeking ways to support our […]

Challenge Davos: The world’s best athletes come to race Swiss Alps

After a period of almost no races at all, CHALLENGEDAVOS promises to be a true spectacle on August 29th. While the race – which takes place at the beautiful Swiss Alps – is now completely sold out, we can look forward to one of the most heavily occupied pro fields ever. No less than 49 […]

CHALLENGEBLED postponed to 2021

We are very sorry to announce that CHALLENGEBLED will not take place this year. After we already had to move our race from May 2020 to September 2020, we now unfortunately have no choice but to move our race in its entirety to September 2021. We are still working on a suitable date to organize […]

Webinar: season planning – Lubos Bilek

To help you with your training, we have, together with Lubos Bilek of LB-training, made you a series of three webinars about training! The topics of the webinars are: General training theory Season planning Race planning The topic of this second webinar is season planning. In this webinar Lubos will explain how to prepare for […]

Webinar – Race week preparations – by Kieran Lindars

We all hope we can race again soon. At the moment it looks like we can race again by the end of August at CHALLENGEDAVOS. Time to host a webinar that helps you to prepare for your next race! How to prepare for your next race? What should you do in the week before a race? […]

Professional Triathletes Organisation announces appointment of Chris Kermode as Vice Chairman

LONDON, ENGLAND: The Professional Triathletes Organisation today announced that it has appointed Chris Kermode as its Vice Chairman and member of the Board of Directors. Chris started his career as a journeyman tennis professional from 1985-1988, after which he held a number of leadership positions in tennis. From 2013-2019, Chris served as Executive Chairman and […]

Webinar: general training theory – Lubos Bilek

To help you with your training, we have, together with Lubos Bilek of LB-training, made you a series of three webinars about training! The topics of the webinars are: General training theory Season planning Race planning The topic of this first webinar is general training theory. In this webinar Lubos will explain the basic principles […]

Challenge Davos takes place as planned on August 29th

We are really happy that our patience paid off. At the end of June the Swiss Federal Council allowed events for up to 1,000 people paving the way for the fourth edition of CHALLENGEDAVOS at the end of August. However the event is limited to 700 competitors due to corona regulations. For a long time […]

Challenge Kaiserwinkl-Walchsee introduces ‘Solo Challenge’: ‘Doing nothing is not an option’

Unusual times require unusual solutions. It’s with this mindset CHALLENGEKAISERWINKL-WALCHSEE is introducing their Solo Challenge, which gives athletes the chance to participate in their own race. “Unfortunately we had to cancel our planned 11th edition of CHALLENGEKAISERWINKL-WALCHSEE  , including the ETU European Championship on June, 28th. But do nothing, is not an option”, said by […]

Webinar – Open water swimming tactics by Kieran Lindars

Open water swimming is known as one of the most difficult parts of a triathlon. When starting his career, Kieran Lindars was struggling to find information about the different tactics there are. That’s why he has made a video for all of you, sharing his experiences. The result: an in-dept guide for open water swimming […]

Professional Triathletes unite at Challenge Florianopolis 2020 with a $60,000 prize purse supported by Challenge Brasil and the Professional Triathletes Organisation

Today was announced that CHALLENGEBRASIL, CHALLENGEFAMILY, and PROFESSIONAL TRIATHLETES ORGANISATION – PTO will work side by side in the edition of CHALLENGEFLORIANÓPOLIS 2020, which will take place in the Brazilian city of Florianópolis – SC, on November 29. The partnership signed aims at valuing Triathlon in Brazil and strengthening the event on a global scale, through […]

DATEV Challenge Roth to host European Triathlon Championships 2021

imultaneous European and German National Championships for the first time – additional entries for European Championships ROTH. The European Triathlon Union (ETU) European Long Distance Triathlon Championships will take place next year as part of DATEV CHALLENGEROTH on 4 July 2021. For the first time in history, German and European title fights will take place during […]

More than 70 days at home – Italy

First run outside yesterday. First ride today. More than 70 days at home. It seems a strange, in some way, horrific story, but it’s neverless what it happened to most of the people, here, in Lombardy, Italy. It was February 25th when my company decided to send everybody home: smart working was the key word. […]

Postcard from Sid – Greetings from… lockdown

Hello! Greetings from… well lock down in the UK. Who would have thought, when I sent the last postcard from Wanaka in February, that the World would have changed in such a way in the space of a few weeks, to where we find ourselves now. As I left on a flight from Queenstown, New […]

10 minutes core strength workout – Belinda Granger

As athletes, we are always working on our physical and mental health and suddenly the world is in a different place. A lot of our fellow athletes are in quarantaine, family members are out of reach, work has to be done from a distance and worst of all, people are getting sick. Because it is […]

Challenge Family partners with Blerter

Blerter and CHALLENGEFAMILY are pleased to announce that they will be partnering to increase awareness and adoption of best practice operational standards for triathlons that are part of the legendary CHALLENGEFAMILY global series, with Blerter’s leading event delivery platform for sports – strengthening franchise operational readiness and continuing CHALLENGEFAMILY‘s long tradition of delivering world class events that attract athlete’s all […]

Challenge North America, USA Triathlon and the Professional Triathletes Organisation to partner at iconic Challenge Daytona race in December

Event to feature an array of age-group races and a PTO Middle Distance World Championship with a prize purse of $1,000,0000 Daytona Beach and Colorado Springs, USA and London, England – It was announced today that USA Triathlon and the Professional Triathletes Organisation have joined forces with CHALLENGENORTHAMERICA to be part of its iconic CHALLENGEDAYTONA […]

Recipe: Roast chicken

Jaimielle Jacobs is a certified Health and Nutrition Coach, multiple AG Triathlon Champion and Wellbeing Expert. Jaimielle specialises in, increasing health and immunity, reducing anxiety, and leading clients to their ideal body composition. Together with husband, and former world triathlon champion Pete Jacobs, Jaimielle is the co founder of global Health and Performance company Live Your Own Fit. Their mission […]

Upper body strength workout – Belinda Granger

As athletes, we are always working on our physical and mental health and suddenly the world is in a different place. A lot of our fellow athletes are in quarantaine, family members are out of reach, work has to be done from a distance and worst of all, people are getting sick. Because it is […]

2 triathlon documentaries from Red Bull you need to watch

During quarantine, most of us have a lot of free time left to spend at home. Although the situation can be very frustrating, it gives us the opportunity to discover a great variety of new things. For example, triathlon training at home inspires people to be very creative in creating exercises. Probably, the core stability […]

The Championship postponed to August 16th: postponement is one filled with hope for better times’

Because of the coronavirus, CHALLENGEFAMILY has decided to postpone THECHAMPIONSHIP. Reasons to not organize this flagship event in May are (travel) restrictions in place, the impact on athletes’ preparations and a general concern on the health situation. “This hard decision have been made after extensive consultation with all parties involved”, says CHALLENGEFAMILY CEO Jort Vlam. “We still […]