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More recently we noticed the GU Jet Blackberry gel, Bont sub-10 tri shoes, Look Keo Carbon Blade pedals, 2010 Dextro Energy ITU series and a Walz cycling cap.

Matt Chrabot won the 2010 Miami International Triathlon in a time of 1:46:29 and beat a pretty stellar field that included Chris Lieto, Matty Reed and Bevan Docherty. The women's title was captured by Sarah Haskins.

Fredrik Croneborg of Sweden tops Aussie Chris McDonald and Belinda Granger bests fellow Aussie Amanda Balding at Ironman China 70.3

Australian Luke McKenzie outduels Hungary’s Jozsef Major by 11:14 and the USA’s Amy Marsh holds off Germany’s Nicole Leder by 10:13 at Ironman China

Eneko Llanos won the inaugural Abu Dhabi International Triathlon in a time of 6:34:37 and along the way defeated a stellar field. Julie Dibens grabbed the women’s title despite having to deal with a flat tire.

Brian Fleischmann and Sarah Haskins win USAT’s first 2010 Elite Development sprint race in Clermont, Florida

Cameron Brown won the 2010 Bonita Ironman New Zealand in 8:21:52 and that gave him a record ninth title in NZ, a feat previously not done by any other athlete before. Joanna Lawn captured her 7th title in a course record time of 9:14:35.

Chris Foster repeats with 1:56 margin over Ben Hoffman; Samantha McGlone scores a 1-minute win over Michellie Jones at the Desert Classic Duathlon

Triathlon's established print magazines will get a strong challenge from a familiar publication team. Lava Magazine to be a full service publication for committed, serious triathletes.

At the recent Handmade Bicycle Show we noticed a unique bike from Cherubim, a hat from Vanilla Bicycles and an Effetto Mariposa repair kit. Beyond that we stumbled upon the Triggerpoint Foot and Leg kit, the Multisport World Conference and Expo and a gadget to get you squared up.

Belinda Granger takes third straight Ironman Malaysia title by 11:29 over Edith Niederfriniger and Marino Vanhoenacker storms to a 28-minute win

Alistair Brownlee, the sensational 21-year-old phenom who dominated the 2009 ITU World Championship Series with a perfect 5-for-5 season, is out the first two races of the season with stress fracture of the femur

The new TRI mag from H3 Publications was announced to be coming in late April, the publisher made some brash statements and soon after he held up the white flag before the anticipated triathlon magazine battle had even started. What happened?

Reigning ITU World Championship Series titlist Emma Moffat breaks shoulder in bike training crash, will miss Mooloolaba World Cup, six weeks off swimming

The last few days we noticed the team Trek / K-Swiss Trek Speed Concept bike, the elite Road ID, the SRAM Quark power meter, a unique marathon in China and a meat is murder t-shirt.

So you think only the big boys can have a concept store? Not so. Elite Bicycles, that scrappy Philly bike maker, opens Elite Bicycles Singapore.

Craig Alexander has won the Aussie Long Course championships for the 6th time now. The women's title in Huskisson, Australia went to Carrie Lester who held off a hard charging Pip Taylor.

Top multisport athlete Dan Hugo and ITU star and Rhodes Scholar Mari Rabie took top honors at Xterra South Africa Saturday

SRAM has added another group to their offerings and we certainly noticed. The new SRAM Apex group offers a wider gear range plus trickle down technology from the more expensive siblings.

Virginia Berasategui, the 2009 Ironman Hawaii third place finisher and Wildflower champion had three teeth knocked when hit by a car while cycling in Mallorca.

Rebecca Dussault, Emma Garrand and Heather Best of the USA dominate women’s ITU Winter Triathlon world championship team gold; Norway takes the men’s title, US men 7th.

Rebecca Dussault of Gunnison Colorado won gold at the ITU Winter World Championship Saturday at Eidsvoll, Norway - the first US woman to win the title. Andreas Svanebo of Sweden took the men's title.

ITU President Marisol Casado was formally elected as one of six new members of the International Olympic Committee in a meeting prior to the Vancouver Winter Games.

Ironman announced and retracted a set of swim apparel rule changes over a 24 hour period, reminiscent of a compression sock incident during 2009.

We stumbled across a new GPS watch from Timex, an aero helmet from Lazer, socks from Swobo, a Powerman weekend, a Haiti endurance fundraiser and some deadly weapons for your fridge.