The McCormack family recently had an addition and Macca talked to slowtwitch about family, health, racing, Kona, qualifying for the Olympics and his new book "I'm here to win."
Sarah Haskins just won her first ITU World Cup in Monterrey, Mexico. Somehow she's managed to win a ton of big races while fighting a debilitating nerve entrapment severely hampering her left leg.
After he won the the Leadman Life Time Epic 250 he said it was the “toughest” race of his career. Afterwards, he had a few fine-tuned distinctions to make about the experience.
Balázs Csőke is a young Hungarian Pro who is currently getting ready for the Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas. He is already in Texas and had a few words with slowtwitch about his goals and ...
The 28-year-old South African had a breakthrough year in 2010 with wins at Rev3 Cedar Point, Ironman Florida, Alpe d’Huez – and narrowly escaped getting chicked in his 6th place finish at ...
Imagine the surprise when the general mailbox of a brand contains an email from the UCI with the note that one of their products is illegal. That happened to Bont Cycling and we had a few words with ...
Jesse Thomas surprised quite a few folks with his recent win at the 2011 Avia Wildflower triathlon and to some degree he also surprised himself. Slowtwitch had a few words with the fast running ...
Joe Maloy, the 2009 USAT Age Group Champion, is quickly making his name known in triathlon circles. He already has three top 10 finishes this year on the Continental Cup circuit and is quickly ...
Late in 2010, Samantha Warriner had surgery to correct super ventricular tachycardia. Just three months later, she won Ironman New Zealand. The much-decorated triathlete recounts her incredible ...
Kelly Williamson started 2011 like a house afire with wins at Rev 3 Costa Rica and Ironman 70.3 San Juan. After a few hard knocks and two 5th place finishes, she’s got her sights set on the Texas ...
In late February Alex Mroszczyk McDonald was hit by a truck while out on a training ride and he is now on the long road back. The North Carolina based Team Timex Pro is in good spirits though and ...
Sebastian Kienle had already shown his stuff in Europe and thus people there were somewhat familiar with him. He also had competed in North America before, but his win in New Orleans put him really ...
Hunter Kemper’s comeback win at the ITU Ishigaki World Cup this month seems to show that the three-time Olympian is back on form and aiming at a 4th Olympic team. Find out what the man has to say.
Talking before his third place finish at Rohto Ironman 70.3 California in Oceanside, the former Austrian Olympic mountain biker discusses his rise in triathlon.
Kaleb VanOrt is fast, scary fast. He had the fastest 10k split in every triathlon he has ever done. The former Notre Dame athlete burst into the limelight when he placed 3rd in Clermont.
Cory Foulk’s barefoot beach cruiser ride at Kona, his fixed gear Ironman 13 years later, and how hip resurfacing enabled him to reach 47 Ironmans, 21 Ultramans – and go for more.
At the recent Mooloolaba ITU World Cup Brendan Sexton grabbed the runner-up spot behind fellow Aussie Brad Kahlefeldt and recorded his finest result to date. But we can expect to hear more from him.
How did Heather Jackson come from Princeton ice hockey star and teaching in Thailand to dueling with Mirinda Carfrae for the win at Oceanside? The 26-year-old explains it all for you.
Gwen Jorgensen swam and ran for the University of Wisconsin and was introduced to triathlon by Barb Lindquist and USAT. Fast forward a year and Jorgensen is now racing ITU World Cup events.
American Matt Chrabot has positioned himself well for London 2012. He finished 2010 ranked 12th in the world and as the highest ranking American. More recently, Matt took the gold at the Miami ...
In 1996, Cory Foulk finished Ironman Hawaii riding a 61-pound beach cruiser. Today, after a hip resurfacing operation, he's totaled 47 Ironman and 21 Ultraman events and still thinks the hard way is ...
Tereza Macel announced that she is stepping away from the professional triathlon racing circuit and the announcement came as quite a surprise. Tez talked with slowtwitch about the decision and what ...
Kris Gemmell just recorded a nice win at the steamy Aviva 70.3 Singapore, but his focus is clearly on the ITU Dextro Energy WCS events and qualifying for the Olympics. We had a few words with the ...
We have seen the dramatic footage from Japan over and over, but to some folks the images hit much closer to home. Mike Trees and his Japanese wife Rieko are really close to the situation and started ...
Jessica Broderick is racing in both drafting and non-drafting events and competes for the University of Colorado and Team Timex. She finished 10th at Elite Nationals in 2010, but has loftier goals ...
