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Random AG Rob Whitehead

Aussie Rob Whitehead has lived and raced in North America for quite some time, but recently moved back to Australia for a new job and a new beginning of sorts. He is this week's random age grouper.

Sarah Ginsbach prefers to go long

In just her third year in XTERRA and mountain bike racing, this young Texas age grouper has shown an affinity and an aptitude for endurance – the longer the better.

Frederik Van Lierde on the spot

Frederik Van Lierde won the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon and Ironman Nice in 2011 and will return to the UAE in March to defend his title. But the fast Belgian is no longer flying under the ...

Timothy O’Donnell’s gluten sensitivity

There is a growing awareness of the debilitating effects of gluten on nutrition – and some of the hardest hit cases are endurance athletes. Timothy O’Donnell discusses his recent diagnosis and ...

Chrissie Wellington takes a break

Chrissie Wellington, the 4-time Ironman World Champion, the holder of the women’s Ironman distance and Ironman world best times, talks about her decision to take a year off from Ironman competition

New Leopard Dirk Bockel

Dirk Bockel recently announced that he was joining Team Leopard-Trek, but this does not mean that he'll end his triathlon career and compete on the road. He sat down with slowtwitch on Fuerteventura.

Nikki Butterfield's juggling act

Aussie Nikki Butterfield won 70.3 Syracuse and also added a 4th place at the HyVee 5i50 Championships to her resume in 2011. The recent mom, whose husband Tyler also races, shared with slowtwitch ...

Random AG Edward Dudlik III

Edward Dudlik III is another athlete who just recently fell hard for the sport of triathlon. Currently in law school in Washington, DC, this Willow Grove, PA resident is this week's random age ...

Lots of changes for Mathias Hecht

Mathias Hecht will be starting in new colors in 2012. The very friendly and fast Swiss Pro had been on Team Commerzbank until it ended in 2011, and will now be racing for Team TBB moving forward.

Random AG Kate Coleman

Kate Coleman from Denver, Colorado is our random age grouper this week. The lawyer and mother of 5 has quite a story to tell in terms of what got her inspired to train harder and run longer.

Tim Reed - smuggling in earnest

Upcoming Aussie Pro Tim Reed took the win at Canberra 70.3 and had a very solid 2011 season. He talked to slowtwitch about racing, the love of his life, why he isn't racing ITU and elaborated on ...

Houston, Texas resident Sean Schnur closed out his 2011 season at Ironman Arizona with another Kona ticket. Considering his recent bad taste non racing experience there we would have understood if ...

Random AG Arild Tveiten

Arild Tveiten is a fast age grouper from Norway who has been doing this triathlon stuff for quite some time. But like the interviewer, this Norseman bound athlete just recently became father of ...

Still reaching for the stars

Mary Beth Ellis qualified for Olympic Trials in three sports, earned medals twice at Ironman 70.3 Worlds, and set a mark for the fastest Ironman debut by a woman at Austria. She reflects on it all ...

A chat with Simone Brändli

Until recently Simone Brändli was racing under the name Simone Benz and that is how she was listed in the results when she won Ironman Cozumel. For the Swiss Pro who got married at the end of 2010, ...

Random AG Megan Rocker

This week's random age grouper Megan Rocker resides in Oakdale, Minnesota and she actually had something to say. No answers had to be wrung out of her, they just came naturally, and yes, they came.

A Joel Filliol update

Joel Filliol has been the Canadian Olympic coach and more recently served as the head coach for British Triathlon. He surprisingly left that position earlier this year and we chatted with him to see ...

Tenille runs Kenya

Elite triathlete Tenille Hoogland combined a burning desire to improve her run with an abiding love for the Kenyan way of life and sport – and a desire to share an adventure with her inspiring ...

The soft spoken James Cotter

Kiwi James Cotter had a very good season in 2010 but has been plagued with injuries recently. He resides in the US most of the time but the soft spoken Pro is currently back in New Zealand for 3 ...

The confident Clayton Fettell

Clayton Fettell led the Sunsmart Ironman Western Australia for most of the day and ended up with second place. While that might be a bummer to some, this young Aussie saw it as a sign of greater ...

Random AG Markus Liebelt

This week's random age grouper hails from Germany and we actually had to hurry to get this interview done before the year is over. While this might be the first time Markus is featured here, it ...

Timo Bracht keeps it going

About 10 days ago Timo Bracht added another title to his already impressive resume with the win at the Sunsmart Ironman Western Australia. He talked to slowtwitch about that race, Kona and his plans ...

One more for Simon Whitfield

Simon Whitfield won Gold at the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia, and added Silver to his collection at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The affable Canadian will represent his country one more ...

Michael Rauschendorfer's eye

Michael Rauschendorfer has become one of triathlon’s premier photographers. You might have seen him in Kona, Lanzarote, or Abu Dhabi. Now hear what he’s thinking behind that fisheye lens.

Random AG Matthew Rose

This week's random age grouper is Matthew Rose, an athlete and coach from Atlanta, Georgia who had multiple random encounters with the slowtwitch editor-in-chief during this year's Kona week.

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