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Wellington takes down Paula Newby-Fraser's 17-year race record with a dominating 8:54:02; runner-up Carfrae breaks CW's run record with a 2:56:51; Alexander outduels a gutsy, brilliant effort by Chris Lieto on a red-hot letter day on the Queen K.

What are Chrissie Wellington, Yvonne Van Vlerken, Catriona Morrison, Michellie Jones and Mirinda Carfrae thinking on the eve of battle at the 2009 Ford Ironman World Championships?

The young New Zealander who took the Ironman 70.3 World Championship crown last November says Chris McCormack didn’t work on his mind while training together in Kona. "I won't let anyone psyche me out."

The International Triathlon Union issued a six-year ban to Mariana Ohata, Brazil's top ITU female triathlete, for testing positive for the prohibited substance furosemide - her second anti-doping violation.

With the 2009 Ford Ironman World Championships almost upon us we noticed Forze GPS bars, the Crowie Backstage iPhone app, the Ceepo Katana, Muscle Milk Light and an Art of Tri t-shirt.

Matt Reed leads defending champion Greg Bennett and Sarah Haskins leads defending champ Becky Lavelle and Rebeccah Wassner going into the Race to the Toyota Cup Series finale in Dallas

The two ITU World Championship Series silver medalists get some non-drafting redemption at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon; Javier Gomez tops Stuart Hayes and Lisa Norden tops Sarah Haskins.

Here's the live coverage of the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon, as we called it, from the Slowtwitch Ice Cream Truck (the unofficial lead vehicle).

Announcing the SlowTwitch Bike Lounge, powered by Retül. Meet the Slowtwitch staff, let us fete you with goodies, while you get your fit coordinates databased by the good folks at Retül

The countdown has started to the 2009 Ford Ironman Hawaii and here are a few things we have noticed leading up to the event. A unique bike case from Biknd, a data logger from Quarq, the Great Athlete Auction, a new Scott Rigsby book and an Oregon event that has nothing to do with triathlon.

Short course stars Greg and Laura Bennett, in the midst of a year spent recovering from injuries, venture into long course, conquer Augusta, and qualify for the 70.3 Worlds

The USA’s Jarrod Shoemaker won the ITU elite men’s short course Duathlon World Championship with a come-from-behind photo finish sprint over France’s Damien Derobert today at the Charlotte NC motor speedway

Nicolas Lebrun of France outran Conrad Stoltz of South Africa and Melanie McQuaid of Canada used her swim to outlast US pro Shonny Vanlandingham to win the XTERRA USA National Championship in Ogden Utah

Monique Petrov, 39, a triathlete from San Rafael California, was struck by a minivan on a training ride September 16 and is recovering from critical injuries

Kristin Armstrong, driven from triathlon to cycling by an osteoarthritic hip, earned a second World cycling time trial gold Wednesday to go with her Olympic TT gold.

At the 2009 Interbike trade show in Las Vegas, TYR is introducing a line of wetsuits, something that has been missing in the portfolio of the Huntington Beach, CA company with the slogan "Made for swimmers by swimmers."

Oscar Galindez regains Cancun 70.3 crown he surrendered to Chris Legh last year; Michellie Jones avenges 2008 calf DNF with a wire-to-wire win in Mexico’s Mayan Riviera.

It's that time. The bike industry is again focused on Las Vegas. The big companies are pulling back resources from America's bike industry trade show, those brands seeking a leg up increase their floor space.

Tim Hola, who was picked as one of Outside Magazine’s 50 Fittest Real Men in 2008, and Rochelle Hair of Mammoth Lakes California took the USAT national long course championship titles in Oklahoma City Saturday. Rochelle Hair grabbed the women's title.

With Eurobike behind us and Interbike almost here, we stumbled upon carbon goggles from blueseventy, a tri suit from Santini, another Rafael bike, a Jef Mallett book and an interesting USB flash drive.

Craig Alexander showed that he is ready for the upcoming Ironman World Championships in Kona with a solid win at Subaru Ironman 70.3 Muskoka. Mirinda Carfrae captured the women's title in a time of 4:24:48.

Leanda Cave of Great Britain outruns Tenille Hoogland of Canada and Brian Fleischmann outruns Kyle Leto to win Triathlon at Pacific Grove titles

Greg Bennett, in first race after August bike crash, takes second to Stuart Hayes; Laura Bennett tops Becky Lavelle in Nautica Malibu Triathlon Olympic distance elite contest

Australia’s Emma Moffatt surged away from Lisa Norden with 300 meters to go to take the Grand Final and World Championship series titles on Australia’s Gold Coast

Spain’s Mario Mola spoiled Jonathan Brownlee’s bid to match brother Alistair’s senior world title; France’s Emmie Charayron topped Australia’s Emma Jackson at Junior Worlds.