Morning endurance fans…

Easter’s done – and now the real fun begins.

The season is shifting up a gear, we’ve reached T1 and we know the next few weeks are going to be stacked with action across triathlon, running and cycling. Big names, big races and plenty of storylines starting to take shape.

So shake off the chocolate, lace up and settle in – it’s about to get busy. 🏊‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏃‍♂️

Here’s what we have lined up for you today…

⏱️ SPEEDY: French triathlete Leonie Periault set an incredible time of 1:09:25 at the Berlin Half Marathon last week – barely more than a minute outside of the French National record for the distance. Read HERE.

👏 COMEBACK: Tilly Offord made her long-awaited return to triathlon last weekend when she won the Husky Triathlon Festival three years after being hit by a car during a training ride in Australia. Read HERE.

🤩 STACKED: Lionel Sanders says he is ‘excited’ at the prospect of facing so many of the biggest names in triathlon later this month when he joins what is a truly stacked field at the IRONMAN Texas. Read HERE.

🎽 RECORD: Emile Cairess will lead British hopes at the TCS London Marathon at the end of this month, with a potential national record firmly in his sights as it is confirmed that Alex Yee will pace for him. Read HERE.

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Olympic champion Cassandre Beaugrand became the first French woman to ever run the Lille 10km in under 31 minutes at the weekend – and in doing so created a new national record for the distance.

One of triathlon’s greatest runners, the last couple of years have seen her take that talent to new levels, and her 30:52 performance on Saturday now means that she holds both the 5km and 10km records for her country.

The Paris 2024 triathlon gold medallist claimed the 5km record last year in Monaco when she ran a 14:53.

Her first short-course triathlon of the new season will be at the WTCS race in Samarkand on April 25.

It has already been dubbed ‘Kona 2.0’, and when you look at the start list for this month’s IRONMAN Texas, it is hard not to get carried away with all the excitement.

Athletes and fans alike have been bombarding social media all weekend as the prospect of yet another stacked triathlon showdown was announced by the M-Dot brand.

It was three-time former World Champion Patrick Lange who dubbed it ‘Kona 2.0’, and let’s face it, he should know a world-class line-up of athletes when he sees one.

The who’s who of triathlon includes the Norwegian trio of defending Texas champion Kristian Blummenfelt, Casper Stornes and Gustav Iden; there are also Lange (GER), Marten Van Riel (BEL), Jelle Geens (BEL), Jonas Schomburg (GER), Rudy Von Berg (USA), Sam Long (USA), and, of course, Lionel Sanders (CAN), who makes his welcome return to long distance.

A gauge as to the calibre of those on show can be determined by the fact that there are ten men in the starting line-up who are currently ranked in the PTOs top 20. And we haven’t even mentioned the women yet!!!

Kat Matthews (GBR), Solveig Løvseth (NOR), Taylor Knibb (USA), Hannah Berry (NZL), Lisa Perterer (AUT) and India Lee (GBR) make it 16 of the world’s top 40-ranked triathletes all competing in Texas on April 18… Hands up, who’s excited? 🙋‍♀️

Tour of Flanders Men: A decisive move on the final ascent of the Oude Kwaremont saw Slovenian master Tadej Pogačar triumph once again, as he claimed a record-equalling third victory at the race and the twelfth Monument win of his career.

The world champion managed to drop Mathieu van der Poel on the penultimate climb of the race before going solo to the finish in Oudenaarde, with the Dutchman forced to settle for second place as he continued his impressive run of seven consecutive podium finishes at this race.

It was an impressive Tour of Flanders debut for home favourite Remco Evenepoel, as the Olympic champion managed to hang on for third place after being dropped by Pogačar on the Paterberg. Read More

Tour of Flanders Women: Demi Vollering finally claimed an elusive win at the Tour of Flanders, as she soloed to victory after a decisive move on the Oude Kwaremont. It marks just the third Monument win of her career, after her two victories at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

The European champion managed to distance all of the other contenders on the penultimate climb, with nobody able to follow her seated acceleration. The Dutch rider then continued to extend her advantage over those behind her on the Paterberg before time trialling her way to the finish in Oudenaarde.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) was forced to settle for second place once again, having also finished runner-up at last year’s race, after beating Puck Pieterse (NED) in a two-up sprint to decide the lower steps of the podium. Read More.

Fuelled by a generation of athletes who simply love to share, the relatively new phenomenon of HYROX has grown from its rather niche early days on the German fitness scene to being one of the fastest-growing sports on our global endurance calendar.

The rapid increase in both awareness and participation means that for the first time in its short history, more than one million athletes will have taken part in a HYROX this season – not bad when you think its 2017 debut in Hamburg only had 600 attend.

Hugely popular with the Generation Z crowd – that’s people aged in their twenties to early forties, in case you were wondering – this is a sport which was born at just the right time to ride the wave of social media that has come crashing into modern life.

Hitting a seam of popularity that now sees events being held worldwide and a World Championships taking place in June, it has quickly become THE place for winter multisport engagement… and there is more to it than simply a bunch of Gymshark-clad influencers running around with their pecs on show.

With all events held indoors and on the same course, with the same distances and weights wherever they travel across the globe, HYROX offers the perfect off-season crossover blend of cardio and strength endurance that has already attracted athletes from the worlds of triathlon, athletics and swimming.

With eight laps of 1km interspersed with a different workstation, including such delights as SkiErg, sled push/ pull, burpee broad jumps, rowing, sandbag lunges, and wall balls, the world record currently sits at 52 minutes and 42 seconds, while average finish times can range from one hour and 30 minutes up to nearly two hours.

Earlier this year, US triathlete Ben Kanute posted content of his HYROX debut on Instagram, labelling it as his “first workout of the year”.

“First run workout of the year: 8x1km. Rest was questionable…,” he wrote. “Fun to test out something new. Very little specific prep, but seems like my strength block was still solid. Fastest run of anyone all weekend. Wall balls need some work 😅.”

Well used to the world of multisports, and with awareness now growing in terms of the benefits that HYROX can bring both physically and mentally, it must only be a matter of time before we see more swim-bike-run competitors following Kanute’s lead.

Boxer Tommy Fury was at Olympia in London last week, where he competed with elite competitor and brother-in-law Danny Rae in a doubles event, with the former Love Island star posting on Instagram how he couldn’t wait for the next one.

There is, however, a warning for the likes of Fury, Kanute and anyone else looking to mix their triathlon, boxing or endurance career with what HYROX has to offer. And that message is simple… Don’t overdo it.

Coaches have been quick to point out that there are dangers of injury and fatigue, particularly for athletes who compete in the summer and need time to recover in the winter. But handled properly, and with the correct advice, HYROX and triathlon could very well become good friends.

We asked earlier in this edition of the Daily Split for people to put their hands up if they are excited for the stacked IRONMAN Texas race later this month… well, it seems US triathlete Marc Dubrick has done even better than that, with this meme below.

It did get us thinking here at Daily Split HQ about which athletes on the various circuits would have the best dance moves. Our predictions included the likes of Sam Laidlow, Jelle Geens, Sara Perez Sala and Lucy-Charles Barclay… 💃 🕺

Records tumbled at the 2026 edition of The Speed Project as both the men’s and women’s race winners set new course records for the Los Angeles to Las Vegas race.

Brazilian ultra-runner, known simply as Biel, claimed the overall solo LALV record as he arrived at the iconic ‘Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas’ sign in 67 hours and 15 minutes – completing the 340-mile trip in just three days.

British ultra-runner Imogen Boddy then crossed the same finish line a little over ten hours later when she arrived in 77 hours and 54 minutes.

The Speed Project was first run in 2014 and basically has very few rules; there is no official course, no entry form, no aid stations, no prize money, and no spectators.

Together, we go the distance. — @247_endurance 🏃‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏊‍♂️