Press Release: Australia's Craig Alexander and Great Britain's Chrissie Wellington defended their titles today at the Ford Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

Going to be awesome! http://ow.ly/tJov

Updated: Just reposting to get us psyched for the race on Saturday. Unfortunately I won't be there this year so watching on the Internet. Enjoy the photos, and good luck to all racing!

o.k. let's throw down some predictions on Sunday's race. Who do you think will win, or have a career performance? Here's my top three... Men: Crowie Lieto Macca Women: Wellington Carfrae Corbin

2009: It is tough to imagine a more highly anticipated Hawaii Ironman World Championships than this year, although we seem to say that each year!

Coach Vinnie recently discussed the physical training required to get yourself to the big show in Kona. I want to expand on his comments by discussing some of the other skills you need to develop to help you achieve your Hawaiian Ironman Dream.

If you have a deep desire and dream to cross the Ironman finish line, or you're simply a busy person with absolutely no time, passion or desire to neglect work and family for 2 hour pool sessions, 7 hour bike rides, and 3 hour runs, then then this article was written for you.

Hi there guys and gals and please excuse this for my first post. I usually hang around on TriTalk over in the UK, but thought I would share this with you, just in case it is of any use at all.

Training has been quite the rocky road for me. I signed up for my first Ironman, and my wife lost her job. I bought a tri bike, then I lost my job. We relocated got new jobs, I started swimming, and messed up my AC joint. Started PT for the shoulder, went running, and injured my foot.