The 2014 IRONMAN World Champion Sebastian Kienle will race the Cannes International Triathlon this weekend and the fast German has opted to tackle the hilly 100km course on a SCOTT Foil.

Equal prize money, equal Kona slots, equal access. But equality in technical access? Not even close, and both genders are to blame.

Crunched for time but still want to eek out performance gains on the bike? We’ve put TrainerRoad’s low volume, high intensity Full Distance Triathlon program to the test.

Swede George Bjälkemo is a busy man. He is a relatively new father and races triathlon and Swimrun events at a Pro level and there is no sign of slowing down.

Did you know there is a Black Sea Riviera? Bulgaria and Romania each have great beaches there. And triathlons. Here’s Bulgaria’s Lion Heart Tri.

The Trinity Advanced Pro is an under-appreciated tri bikes: its poll radio button isn’t clicked nearly as much as it deserves to be.

Pics are Timothy Carlson’s, comments on bike positions are Dan Empfield’s

Lionel Sanders’ bike is the Louis Garneau Gennix Tri Elite. Do you know what’s special about it?

A week ago triathlete and ultrarunner John Kelly became the 15th person since 1986 to conquer the infamous Barkley Marathons – a ultra difficult 100 mile trail race in the Frozen Head State Park in TN. This humble Every Man Jack athlete talked to us about that experience and more.

Reigning XTERRA Pan America Champions Josiah Middaugh and Suzie Snyder won the fourth annual XTERRA Costa Rica.

Sam Appleton secured the win with a race-best run split; Annabel Luxford’s women’s-best swim and bike splits conquered Challenge Melbourne half.

Mario Mola emerged from a fierce run duel with Richard Murray to win his second straight WTS Gold Coast victory.

Sam Osborne did it with race-best bike and run splits and Jacqui Allen won with a dominating mountain bike split at XTERRA New Zealand.

Andrea Hewitt followed her win at Abu Dhabi with a dominant performance at Gold Coast and her second straight victory on the WTS circuit.

How hard is it for AGers, some of them MOPers, to ride positions that all appear pretty normal? Even elite-worthy? You decide.

Matt Russell has raced in every edition of Ironman Texas and this year he thinks it will require a sub-8 hour performance to win the Ironman North American Championship event taking place in The Woodlands on April 22nd.

Long-time altitude resident and Slowtwitch Winter Sports Editor Jon Schafer and I put the Altium i10 through its paces to see what we could – and could not – learn about the promises it makes about Intermittent Hypoxic Training (IHT) and how well it delivers on them.

The right of passage for every triathlete swimmer, only slightly less feared than being suspended by bone daggers embedded into one’s pectorals.

Lionel Sanders and I have two things in common: we’re Canadian; and we each spent a month with the BOLT. Here are my thoughts, and his.

The inaugural ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Hvar took place in Croatia yesterday and a Swedish team captured the overall title and the golden bibs in a stunning and challenging setting.

Is there a triathlon culture in Greece? You bet.

Oceanside 70.3 winner Lionel Sanders was disappointed he did not get a full rematch with Jan Frodeno. But he’s delighted with his improved swim.

Oceanside is one of the biggest early races of the season and this year’s Ironman 70.3 California drew a typically strong field of international talent.

Ben Hoffman finished in 7:58:40 with a 50 seconds margin on Nils Frommhold and Daniela Ryf won in 8:47:02 at IM South Africa.