At this time of year I seem to be doing all my training in the dark, do you find that? It's either on the river just before 7am in the morning with a head torch getting a  paddle in before school or wearing something 'bright' in the evening running with the Club! My bike…

Just ten days after his season-ending victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix, Mark Webber will swap his Red Bull Racing machine for foot, paddle and pedal power when he joins a 60-strong field of athletes at the start of the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge on Wednesday.The F1 drivers charity multi sport race, which is back on the calendar after a three-year break, sees two-person teams take on some of Australia’s most rugged scenery over five tough days of racing and the ultra-competitive…

World champion multisport athlete, New Zealander Richard Ussher, stamped his dominance on the Anaconda Adventure Racing Series finale, held in Lorne, Australia, today with a title-winning performance in conditions that tested most of the record breaking entrant list of more than 1200. Ussher joined the biggest field ever to assemble for an Anaconda Adventure Race at Lorne, lining up in icy early morning conditions against strong competition on paper: countryman…

Nach dem Viele sicher schon länger auf die Termine für die nächste Saison warten, kann die QUAD nun einen Ausblick über die geplanten Termine geben. Das Jahr 2012 verspricht dabei national als auch international sehr spannend zu werden und zeigt neue Rennen im Kalender auf.



Der erste Quadrathlon in Deutschland wird wie in den vergangenen Jahren der Quadrathlon im Rahmen des Oberpfälzer Seenland Triathlons sein, der zugleich eine von zwei World Cup…

The World Quadrathlon Federation (WQF) Congress has spent the last few weeks finalising its revised Constitution and a new Fees Order was set up by the member countries, and a new Executive Board selected. The old and new President remains the Czech Vaclav Marek. The new Vice President is Steve Hook from Great Britain.  Selected from Germany, Silke Harenberg is the Chairman of the Technical Items and Stefan Teichert is the WQF General Secretary and…

In den letzten Tagen hatte Quadrathlon4YOU die Gelegenheit mit Ellen Mielke zu sprechen. Die Pfungstädterin, die zusammen mit ihrem Mann Karsten Mielke bei zahlreichen Wettkämpfen im In- und Ausland startet, konnte sich in diesem Jahr zum zweiten Mal den WQF World Cup sichern. Auch der QUAD Deutschland Cup ging zum dritten Mal an sie.



Quadrathlon4YOU: „Hallo Ellen, Glückwunsch noch mal zu Deinen tollen…

A fast-flowing Waioeka river, and mainly favorable breezes saw Elina and Richard Ussher (NZL) nudge down the race record at Opotiki's Motu Challenge on Saturday in New Zealand. At the same time, a number of athletes crashed on the mountain bike stage, firstly thanks to a large slip blocking half the road; and secondly to loose gravel on the final descent into Motu township, deep in the Eastern Bay of Plenty hinterland.



Elina…

“If there’s a challenge out there, then this is it,” said an exhausted world multisport champion, Richard Ussher, shortly after crossing the line to become the winner of the inaugural Mainpeak Multisport event, held in Western Australia today. Ussher crossed the line after more than eight hours of brutal but beautiful racing through the Avon and Swan Valleys, having run, ridden and paddled a distance of 158km.The Kiwi endurance athlete faced down an early charge on…