Injuries left the most reliable racer at Kona (2nd, 5th, 4th from 2003 through 2005) off the map. While virtually nobody knows it, Rutger is back and he’s dangerous
Some people think Potts can, like Luc van Lierde in 1996, win in his debut at Kona. Other people wonder if the tall, talented former University of Michigan NCAA swimmer is serious – or if this is ...
2008 has been a very magical year for Stephen Bayliss with Ironman wins in South Africa and UK, and a bunch of other very fine results. He is currently getting ready for Kona and has even bigger ...
Alex Wassmann is a good man to know, as he manages the technical relationships with SRAM sponsored teams and athletes in the triathlon, road & cyclo cross disciplines. Slowtwitch.com had a few words ...
The 2-time Ironman World Champion Normann Stadler is one of the pre-race favorites going into the upcoming 30th anniversary event, and he talked to slowtwitch.com about his state of readiness, his ...
Many eyes in Kona will be on Chris McCormack to see if he can repeat his Ironman World Championship title. Slowtwitch.com talked to the outspoken Aussie talked to find out what we can expect in Kona ...
The image of Max Longrée devouring a huge hamburger at the finish line of Ironman Louisville made quite an impression on people who followed the race on Ironmanlive.com. We talked to the Ironman ...
When Chrissie Wellington stormed to her Ironman Hawaii World Championship title last year, many people were asking the question "Chrissie who?" This year she'll be surely on everybody's radar and ...
Justin Daerr finished the 2001 Ironman California in 12:55 and just 2 years later he recorded a 9:20 finish at Ironman Florida. A couple weeks ago he was 5th overall at Ironman Canada in a time of 8: ...
Julie Dibens stormed to the top of the podium at the 2007 XTERRA Triathlon World Championships in Maui, Hawaii and she is currently getting ready to repeat that feat.
Olaf Sabatschus has 3 Ironman titles and endless other podium placings on his resume and he just recently won the Inferno Triathon in Switzerland. He talked to Slowtwitch about racing, training, ...
Scott Curry had the fastest bike split at the 2008 Ironman Canada, and finished in 11th place. After the race he was quite outspoken about some issues in the pro field and talked to Slowtwitch about ...
Kiwi Bryan Rhodes has been around the triathlon world for 16 years now and just a few days ago recorded his 4th Ironman title. Meet the man with the big smile and a very determined attitude.
Marko Albert is an ITU triathlete from Estonia who just recently returned from his second Olympics. He talked to Slowtwitch.com about his Olympic experience in Beijing, his training and what he is ...
In the final installment of our series on Team TBB coach Brett Sutton, the coach responds to many of the comments and questions posed by our readers in the forum and over email.
It is not easy being a pro triathlete in a country that is home to several active Ironman Hawaii champions, but Germany's Uwe Widmann keeps plugging away and he just recently finished 3rd at Ironman ...
Dave Orlowski finished 3rd in the 1978 Ironman triathlon and is currently getting ready to return to Hawaii for the 30th anniversary. He shared with Slowtwitch some of his memories of that first ...
In Part 2, we talk with TeamTBB coach Brett Sutton about training on his team, general training philosophy, technology and managing egos in the strongest team in triathlon.
Mother nature and safety concerns caused the organizers of the 2008 Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 triathlon to change the race to a duathlon. We followed up with race director Tom Ziebart to find out ...
Yvonne Van Vlerken recently broke the long standing record of the great Paula Newby-Fraser over the Iron distance with her time of 8:45:48 at the Quelle Challenge in Roth, Germany. Find out more ...
A couple years ago Steve Larsen left his career as a professional triathlete to concentrate on his real estate business in Bend, Oregon. Recent results though have indicated that Steve Larsen may be ...
At the 2008 Ironman Lake Placid, Will Ronco came through with a breakthrough performance and finished 5th overall. After trying to hug anyone in sight at the finish line, Ronco now has his sights ...
In the first of our two-part installment, we chat with the enigmatic coach of TeamTBB, a remarkably dynamic squad with 17-members in camp, each harboring as many goals
