Keeping calm on race day is the advice 10-time Ironman New Zealand champion Cameron Brown is giving his sons.

Bevan Docherty has enjoyed his second straight win, claiming the Ironman 70.3 Vineman in northern California yesterday.

The decision's been made but the debate continues over triathlete-coach relationships being affected by the sport's move to a centralised base in Cambridge this year.

British Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee dominated the opposition in the San Diego leg of the ITU world triathlon series yesterday.

Andrea Hewitt returned to something close to her best form with a sixth place finish at the latest round of the ITU World Triathlon Series in San Diego today.

Nicky Samuels and Tony Dodds were the New Zealanders who gained the most from the opening round of the World Series in Auckland.

German triathlete Anne Haug has won the women's world championship series race in Auckland today with Kiwi Kate McIlroy coming in fourth after Australian Felicity Abram and Dutchwoman Maiike Caelers.

Anne Haug remembers when she was ranked No56 in the world a couple of years ago.

At last year's Xterra Rotorua Festival, Allen, from North Wollongong in Australia, and Slack, of Stoke on Trent, England, claimed the individual triathlon titles in the New Zealand race.

With more than 50,000 people living in Auckland's CBD, it's no longer just the retailers and the businesses being inconvenienced, writes Brian Rudman.

The pain of a burst appendix while on a training ride in the Pyrenees probably wasn't the worst part of an experience which still affects triathlete Tony Dodds almost a year later.

Clark Ellice has been cut adrift by Triathlon New Zealand but is determined to go it alone to pursue his dream of competing at next year's Glasgow Commonwealth Games.