Life Time Fitness was caught in the crossfire of declining participation and escalating fees. What got jettisoned? USA Triathlon’s rules, at least.

Sebastian Kienle of Germany and Sarah Crowley of Australia topped Ironman Frankfurt with fast times.

Bart Aernouts of Belgium outran Joe Skipper of Great Britain to win Challenge Roth by a 3:53 margin.

Daniela Ryf dominated her opposition but fell 21:45 short of Chrissie Wellington’s 2011 Challenge Roth record time.

German Andi Böcherer is one of the favorites for the IRONMAN European Championships in Frankfurt and he will be blitzing the bike course on a new Cube C-68.

Roth and Frankfurt will be held Sunday – Ryf and Skipper are favored in Roth, Kienle and Beranek in Frankfurt.

We are witnesses to the beginning of a new era: Professional eCycling has emerged with the introduction of the KISS Super League. Where can it go from here?

For German Timo Bracht the 2017 Datev Challenge Roth will be his final big race. He talked to slowtwitch about racing, family, Bockwurst …

Tim Don dominated the men and Cecilia Perez made a late race pass on Laurel Wassner to take the elite titles at Challenge San Gil.

Emma Pallant topped Lucy Gossage by 3:15 and Andreas Raelert bested Alessandro Degasperi by 6:54 at Edinburgh 70.3.

Jan Frodeno smashed the men’s field and Eva Wutti edged Corinne Abraham at Ironman Austria.

The much anticipated results of the comparative wind tunnel comparing several of the industry’s best new triathlon bicycles are here.

The Village of Pemberton Council voted against a proposed 3-year renewal of support for IM Canada.

Lisa Norden recently won the Swedish National TT Championships aboard a Scott Plasma Premium and we have detailed pics and the TrainingPeaks file from this professional triathlete who stepped outside the box.

“Comfort, yes, comfort My people!’ says your God.” So writes the prophet Isaiah. I concur.

The SWISSMAN Xtreme Triathlon is a very tough 226km race with 5,500 meters (18,044 feet) of elevation gain, but it is best known for the stunning part of nature in which it takes place.

Callum Millward has been busy with training and racing and that has meant temporarily no Cupcakes with Cal shows. But this Kiwi is much more than just a Cupcake show.

Joao Pereira of Portugal emerged ahead of a four man sprint to the finish at the ETU Sprint European Championship.

Jason West won it on the runs and Alicia Kaye won it on the bike and final run in the swim-canceled Philadelphia Escape Triathlon.

Haley Chura outran Jen Annett and Matt Hanson outran Tim Reed to take close victories at Ironman 70.3 Coeur d’Alene.

Laura Lindemann of Germany out sprinted Jolanda Annen and Vendula Frintova to win the ETU Sprint European Championship.

Lionel Sanders and Holly Lawrence blitzed their rivals on the bike and defended their titles at Mont-Tremblant 70.3.

Arthur Forissier of France and Michelle Flipo of Mexico won the 8th XTERRA Switzerland

Gail Gottfried, PhD, Professor of Psychology at Pitzer College, reviews “Peak Performance” in the second of our crowdsourced reviews. Gottfried writes that the book is, “compelling and hard to put down,” but that, “readability sometimes comes at the expense of precision.”