What a weekend for watching triathlon!
First up, for night owls or early risers (depending on your time zone), is the live webcast of the ITU's BG Eilat World Cup men's and women's races. It's the final World Cup race of 2007, and if haven't watched one yet, you're missing out on two hours of exciting, world-class triathlon racing. The women's race starts tonight, Friday, at midnight Pacific time, 3 a.m. Eastern. The men's race starts little under four hours later, at 6:45 a.m. Eastern, 3:45 Pacific.
But the main event is Saturday afternoon. NBC's broadcast of the 2007 Ironman World Championship is at 4:30 Eastern, 1:30 Pacific. A production that has won several Emmy awards, the NBC telecast promises to show the triumphs of spirit and sport that made the 2007 Ironman in Kailua-Kona one to remember.
If that's not enough triathlon for you, tune in Sunday at 3 p.m. to the Versus network for Ironman Wisconsin. Check local listing for times in your area. A replay will be Wednesday at the same time.
If the multiple multi-sport telecasts tempt your tri-buds, there are plenty of big time triathlons opening their registration this weekend. Read about it on: Big Weekend For Tri Registration.
2007 Ford Ironman World Championships
3 Posts tagged with the versus tagIf the excitement of the Ironman World Championships is still lingering within you, now's your chance to take one step closer to competing in 2008. Lottery applications are currently being accepted. Notifications will be made on April 15, 2008. But remember, you must complete at least a 70.3-distance race before August 31 to claim your spot, should you win one.
For more info on racing in the world championship, check out the article Qualifying for Kona: Getting There is Half the Battle.
If you haven't already, check out the new videos posted on our Ironman 2007 special section. We visit with some athletes just minutes before the start of the race and give you a front-row seat as a few final finishers cross the line before the midnight hour.
Our friends over at Endurance Planet have interviewed the newest Ironman title holder, Chris McCormack, as well as Ironman legend and Active Expert Dave Scott. Both are gearing up for a "Battle of the Ages" at November's Silverman half-Iron distance race near Las Vegas. Listen to podcasts with Macca and The Man.
One last bit of Ironman news: The Versus channel will be showing the 2007 Ford Ironman USA Lake Placid race on Sunday, October 28, at 4 p.m. A repeat will air on Wednesday, Oct. 31, at the same time.
On October 13, the triathlon world will find out who the best in the world is--and thousands more will achieve a dream. Tune in to Active.com's coverage of the 2007 Ford Ironman World Championship and find out what's going on in Kona.