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From the editor

FROM THE EDITOR Your first open-water race is something you never forget. I can still remember one of mine. Standing terrified on a beach in Portugal staring at (what looked like) huge waves, heart hammering, beads of nervous sweat running down the inside of my brand-new wetsuit… Then suddenly the klaxon went and I started […]

The big pic

THE BIG PIC The triathlon world watched on with interest when athletes lined up for Ironman 70.3 Oceanside on 1 April, as Alistair Brownlee took to the starting line just over a month before the Ironman World Championship in Utah. Brownlee looked in control for much of the race, only to drop to fourth on […]

Hottest new gear

FIZIK VENTO ARGO 00 £259.99 Introducing Fizik’s lightest-ever short nosed saddle for the most marginal of gains… For many age-groupers, saving a few hundred grams is perhaps best achieved by cutting down on some of life’s luxuries or staying away from the snack drawer in between mealtimes. But for those at the pointy end of […]

State of play: A comedy of errors

Triathlon demands mastery of logistics, but don’t fret when starting out, you’re probably more focused than those who do it for a living

FA0 220: Your emails & pictures

STAR LETTER CANI DO IT? Around six months ago I fulfilled a long-time dream of mine and expanded my little family to include an adorable one-year-old vizsla, whom we’ve named Bessie. In another life I was a keen trail runner, but recently running around after the kids has taken full precedent. Now with our new […]

Pro Q&A: Lucy Buckingham

Recently married, recovered from Covid, and returning from the brink of quitting the sport in 2019, Leeds-raised Lucy Buckingham sits down with 220 to chat all things training dynamics, race strategy, and what she’d like to see change in the sport…