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California is not yet in ascendance. But ascendance is in California. Here's a virtual 3-volume set on climbing, headlined by Summerson's newest catalogue of climbs.

The next stop on the Thinkers and Tinkers express is in Salt Lake City, UT for a chat with First Endurance co-founder Robert Kunz. Robert shares what led him to leave the world of weight lifting muscles heads to create a company for folks like himself - scrawny pencilnecks who like to swim laps, ride bikes, and run for hours.

Where do you think most American triathletes live? In which states? Cities? Metro areas? If your best guesses are based on what you thought a decade, or even five years, ago, you'll be surprised.

The Slowtwitch publisher was asked to write the feature article in the 2009 Interbike Show Guide. Interbike, the bike industry's premier trade show, allowed us to reprint the feature here.

In a continuation of series on "Thinkers & Tinkers" in the sport, we look at Ironman winner Jasper Blake and the company he helped found - Aspire Sports Supplements, makers of 7Systems vitamins.

While the brevity is the soul of wit, Timothy Carlson found great one-liners and admirable sound bites from a variety of Pros, industry folks and even some age groupers. Enjoy Carlson's favorite quotes of the year 2009.

People come and people go, but there's always a story within each beating heart of the folks that tackle the 320 daunting miles of the Ultraman trail.

As an intellectual exercise I asked myself who, over the course of their lives, have made the most money in, or from, the sport of triathlon. It's not who you probably think.

Updates to Jordan Rapp's Ironman Arizona Charity Challenge including more prizes, an anonymous donor matching $1,000,000 in gifts, and a one week extension to reach a new target goal.

In the first article in a new series on "Thinkers & Tinkers" in the sport, we look at Chris Lieto and his sports nutrition company BASE Performance.

When we train for a big event we sometimes forget the world around us. But sometimes the world catches up with us when we least expect it, and that was especially true for 2 athletes who raced in this weekend’s Ironman Florida in Panama City Beach.

$134 buys a bicycle for a child in Africa. We're trying to send 100 of them. What's in it for you? Some pretty sweet prizes from SRAM, Zipp, and more...

Slowtwitch worked with Jeff Solomon of Tableau Software to present an interesting way to look at the top 10 Ironman performers in Hawaii from 1978 through 2008 and that allows you to see how the performances have trended through the years.

We look back at the 2008 Ford Ironman World Championship images of Timothy Carlson and can't wait to go back there and report from the 2009 event on the Big Island.

Swedish Pro Jonas Colting reports from the 2009 Island to Island "triathlon." To cross 20 islands and cover 64 km of total distance, participants (with a partner) get to run 38km, ride 16km and swim 20 times for a total 10km swim.

31-time Ironman finisher and coach Kevin Cutjar shares from his 10 Ironman Canada on how to have your best race in the Okanagan Valley

A look inside the red-hot sprint to the finish for the $200,000 top prize at the Hy-Vee Triathlon by top Olympic rivals contesting their close encounter for the second time.

After undergoing her first two major operations to cut out the cancer at the cost of her legendary Xterra career and her swift leg power, Jamie Whitmore tackles the odds and starts to rebuild her life without a sense of limits

Olympic-style triathlon's first big iconic stage was Sydney in 2000 with the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge as powerful backdrops to thrilling duels. Sunday, the third round of the 2009 ITU World Championship series opens with the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial as scenery. Can DC match Sydney's thrills?

The field is just this side of Olympic quality in an off-Olympic year. Pretty much everyone will be here with the exceptions of the up and coming Russian men, a still recovering from injury Olympic silver medalist Vanessa Fernandes and Kiwi Kris Gemmell.

An inside look at a classic duel between perhaps the best cyclist and the arguably the best runner at the Ironman 70.3 distance. When it was all over in Boise, Alexander beat Lieto by 2 seconds after an amazing sprint.

Third of a four-part oral history how Xterra legend Jamie Whitmore is fighting back from cancer and making choices to maintain the maximum physical freedom and maximum ability to share her talents with the world.

Second of a four-part series on how one of Xterra’s greatest stars was struck down in her prime by a devastating cancer and battled back to survive, rebuild her life with an unquenchable spirit and transcend the limits of her disease

First of a four-part series on how one of Xterra’s greatest stars was struck down in her prime by a devastating cancer and battled back to survive, rebuild her life with an unquenchable spirit and transcend the limits of her disease.

The end of the 2009 Tour of Sweden has come but it doesn't mean all was calm. John McGovern reports of thick headed reindeer, a fast moving stream, a fantastic face plant and a sad drunk.