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ITU's Secty General on Wiltshire

Loreen Barnett, Secretary General of the ITU, sat with Slowtwitch to answer questions about the suspension of Harry Wiltshire, the place of team tactics in triathlon, and the ITU's posture toward ...

Once a Runner…

Melissa Rollison was a world class runner who went through some painful disappointments; this year the 28-year-old Australian burst upon the triathlon scene like a happy comet.

Paul Matthews won 70.3 Kansas and 5i50 Washington,DC this year and has been on the podium a few more times including a recent runner-up spot at Vineman 70.3. The consistent Aussie though is not yet ...

HITS has horsepower

There's a new sheriff in town, and he's riding a hunter-jumper. We interview Tom Struzzieri, the man behind America's most popular nationwide series of equestrian events, and the new, ambitious 13-ci ...

Meredith Kessler survives and thrives

The 33-year-old from San Francisco had a spectacular first professional year in 2010 – then survived two salt-related disasters this year before recovering and winning at Rev3 Portland

The return of Janelle Morrison

Janelle Morrison was badly injured in a head-on collision in late November of 2010 when another car turned right in front of her. The road to recovery has not been easy, but Morrison has a lot of ...

Flying German Maik Twelsiek

Maik Twelsiek has proven a few times what a threat he is on a bike and his run is getting quicker too. He just recorded a 4:29:10 in Coeur D'Alene but got run down by 2-time Ironman World Champion ...

Introducing Dave Salazar of A2

Dave Salazar has been involved with the Aerodyn / A2 wind tunnel for quite some time now but with the recent departure of Mike Giraud he stepped up to handle the bike program.

John Carson's swan song

After an accident in 2009 John Carson was destined to be wheelchair bound but he was determined to walk again. He has since finished Ironman Lake Placid, the Boston Marathon and Ironman Coeur D'Alene ...

Doug MacLean - stepping up

Boulder, CO based amateur Doug MacLean was the top age grouper at Ironman Coeur D'Alene and managed to break into the top 10 overall. Moving forward though he'll be starting with a Pro card and much ...

Triathlon’s Doctor Phil reflects

Philip Skiba is a cancer survivor, ex-volleyball player, enthusiastic runner and Clydesdale triathlete, osteopathic physician, author of triathlon training books and software who’s coached world ...

A chat with Liz Blatchford

Liz Blatchford took a convincing win at the recent 5i50 Liverpool Triathlon and was quite happy with her performance there. She also raced the Rev3 Quassy but still has aspirations to make the ...

Sarah Groff breaks through

Sarah Groff has had a long road to her first ITU World Championship Series podium last weekend at Kitzbuhel. Nobody had a brighter smile than the 29-year-old known as Saucy and Groffy to her coach ...

Jeukendrup talks to Slowtwitch

Leading sports nutritionist and top AG triathlete Asker Jeukendrup was just named Global Senior Director of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute. We slowed him up a little, to ask him a few ...

Mike Giraud goes Blue

After 5 years as the Bicycle Expert at the A2 Wind Tunnel working with tons of different brands and athletes Mike Giraud is going to work for Blue Competition Cycles as as the Product Development ...

The world of Brian Fleischmann

Brian Fleischmann has been racing as a professional for over a decade and raced the ITU WC Series, 70.3 Worlds, Rev3 events and the new 5150 series. Here he discusses his past, present and future.

The hard working Doug Martin

Doug Martin is the North American Director of Marketing for Felt Bicycles and he is a very busy man. He doesn't really like to be in the limelight but we cornered him and asked him a few questions.

A chat with Matty White

Matty White took second place at Challenge Cairns and also earned the runner-up spot at 70.3 Busselton and Ironman Western Australia. But it appears that the blond Aussie firefighter is ready to ...

The very fast Vitor Meira

A few days ago Brazilian race car driver Vitor Meira raced the Indy 500 and has quite a few other IndyCar races to tackle this season. But when Meira is not in a fast car he loves to swim, bike and ...

All eyes on Lukas Verzbicas

Lukas Verzbicas just ran a stunning 8:29:46 at the 2-mile distance at the Prefontane Classic, smashing the High School record. But before Verzbicas competes in college this fall he has some ...

The fast punk AJ Baucco

Before finding the passion and speed in the triathlon world AJ Baucco was a drummer for a punk rock band. More recently he was the fastest amateur at 70.3 Florida and he had a few words with ...

Cat Morrison is on a roll

The 7-time ITU World Championship medalist from Scotland just won 70.3s at Galveston and St Croix and took her second Ironman win at Texas. Now the fleet-footed 34-year-old is aiming at breaking her ...

Flying along with Jared Woodford

Jared Woodford is not your typical athlete with an Elite license. When he isn't racing or training, he is working full time as a commercial pilot. We talked to him about racing Pro, working full ...

A busy summer for Tim DeBoom

2x Ironman World Champion Tim DeBoom has a busy summer ahead of him and on his schedule are the Norseman Extreme Triathlon and the Alpe D'Huez Triathlon. Slowtwitch had a few words with him.

Angela Naeth on the verge

Angela Naeth had 6 second place finishes at Ironman 70.3 races last year. After two more 70.3 runners-up and a win at Leadman 250 this year, she wants a win to shed her rep as the Susan Lucci of 70.3 ...

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