Expect hard-charging racing from Bahrain Endurance on opposite sides of the globe as Alistair Brownlee and Ashleigh Gentle represent their respective nations at the Commonwealth Games while Holly Lawrence and Jan Frodeno hit Ironman 70.3 Oceanside California and Ben Kanute lines up at Ironman 70.3 Texas.
Brownlee will wear England’s colors, while Gentle dons the green and gold for Australia. Both athletes have two shots at taking home a medal in triathlon: the individual event in the sprint distance, and the mixed team relay where national teams of two male and two female athletes race across the supersprint distance.
Across the Pacific Ocean, Lawrence and Frodeno kick off their season in earnest at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside. Frodeno returns to Oceanside as a two-time winner in 2014 and 2015, while Lawrence won this race last year in her first race wearing the Bahrain Endurance racing red.
Meanwhile, Ben Kanute is set to start at Ironman 70.3 Texas in his first race since WTS Abu Dhabi. The Ironman 70.3 World Championship vice champion is juggling short- and middle-distance racing this season, but if his previous performances are any indication, expect to see him out front early seeking a wire-to-wire win.