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Fourth time's the toughest

Hunter Kemper made his fourth U.S. Men's Olympic triathlon team this weekend. But the road was tough as he fought off a string of injuries and faced an ever stronger set of competitors.

Manuel Huerta weighs 123 pounds and stands 5-feet 7. Despite a silver at the Pan Am Games last year, the Cuban-born 28-year old was a long shot for the U.S. Olympic team. After Saturday, he stands ...

Olympic agony and ecstasy

When two great triathletes and good friends are pitted against one another in a struggle for the last ticket to the London Olympics, the victor's thoughts are bittersweet and the vanquished fights ...

Sarah Haskins is ready

Sarah Haskins, the 2008 ITU World Championship silver medalist, 2008 Olympian, 2009 and 2011 Race to the Toyota Cup champion will duel Laura Bennett for the last U.S. women's Olympic slot.

Shoemaker comes back from KO

Jarrod Shoemaker crashed into the Olympic limelight by taking the first 2008 Olympic US men's slot; now he's coming back from two 2011 crashes that left him with a concussion and a strained neck and ...

Wildflower winners interviews

Jesse Thomas talks about entering the exclusive sub-4 hour club with his second win at Wildflower and Heather Jackson explains how she made her dreams of a breakthrough win come true.

Stairway of Champions addition

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of his Wildflower triathlon, Terry Davis erected a Stairway of Champions with plaques honoring all long course winners. On the 1983 men's plaque, there was a ...

The intricacies of Olympic qualification

Qualification for Olympic triathlon slots is coming down to the wire and USA Triathlon high performance general manager Andy Schmitz lays out the complex criteria his athletes face at the San Diego ...

A chat with Uli Schoberer

We had the opportunity to sit down with Uli Schoberer, the entrepreneur and engineer who created SRM. He tells us about how they started, where they’re going, and some very interesting pieces of ...

Up close with David Bishop

We recently had a few words with British U23 Pro Tom Bishop and today we follow it up with a chat with his twin brother David. David also competes as a Pro triathlete and currently does some French ...

The world of Tommy Zaferes

What does a 2008 Olympic Trials swimmer do after the Olympics Trials have come and gone? If you’re Tommy Zaferes you pick-up an old bike and enter a triathlon on a whim. Sal Farruggia had a few ...

Get familiar with Tom Bishop

Tom Bishop was part of the British U23 podium sweep at the ITU Triathlon World Championships ln Beijing last year, and we are convinced that we will hear a lot more from this fast twin.

Rough and tumble beauty

Lesley Paterson played rugby with the boys and danced ballet as a kid, wrote, produced and acted in films and videos, won 70.3s, fought Lyme disease, modeled swimsuits and is the 2011 XTERRA World ...

The Moki Martin story

How a skinny kid from Maui became a Navy SEAL, a Vietnam hero, one of triathlon’s first wave and the founder of the SUPERFROG Triathlon – now approaching its 34th year.

Daniel Vertiz Emerges

The Lukas Verzbicas phenomenon is no one-off. It's sky is raining elite prep runners who are triathletes first and runners second. The latest is track speedster Daniel Vertiz, and we had a few ...

Time To Get Naked

Sam Whittingham of Naked Bicycles resides on Quadra Island, BC and that is where he and his wife Andrea create beautiful handmade bicycles. We had a few words with Sam to learn more about this ...

McQuaid starts 2012 on fire

Melanie McQuaid ended her 2011 season passed out from the heat at XTERRA Worlds in Maui. The Canadian explains what led to her smashing 2012 debut on the pavement at Oceanside.

The summer of Gwen Jorgensen

About a year ago Gwen Jorgensen mentioned that she would like to do some ITU World Championship events. She has done that and some more, and this summer will be competing in the Olympic Games in ...

A chat with coach Greg Mueller

Greg Mueller is the commander-in-chief at Innovative Endurance, a team which boasts a handful of successful pros as well as amateurs, and is based in South Bend, Indiana. Sal Farruggia had a few ...

Xena Reflects on Melbourne

Caroline Steffen, known to many by her nickname Xena (as in Warrior Princess) came within a minute of toppling Chrissie Wellington's women's Ironman record at with a fantastic race at Ironman ...

Introducing XTERRA’s Ben Allen

Ben Allen of Australia, former surf lifesaving star, adventure racer, ITU Olympic distance up and comer, just won the XTERRA Asian Triple Crown in three tough duels with Olivier Marceau.

Kelly Williamson is even faster

Kelly Williamson is back to her racing template of excellent swim, lose time on the bike and kill them on the run. She took 2nd at Panama 70.3 and a win at San Juan 70.3, but watch out.

Random AG Emily Passini

Emily Passini stumbled upon triathlon in 2002 and that experience left her with the intention to run the other way. But what a difference 7 years make and Emily is our featured random age grouper.

Greg Bennett in the Ironman game

A year ago, Greg Bennett committed to chasing the dream of the London Olympics and took Kona off his bucket list. In a twist of fate, he’s an extremely long shot at London but a short course win ...

Watch out for William Huffman

At the fairly young age of 18, William Huffman already has a resume many professionals might be jealous of. He chose to forgo the junior elite route and went straight to the professional ranks.

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