Nicola Spirig is in top form to defend her Olympic title after 2nd overall including the men at Zurich 5i50; Ruedi Wild dominates the men’s field.

Heather Wurtele’s swift bike leg outmatched Radka Vodickova’s better swim and run; Kevin Collington edged Giulio Molinari to win Challenge Iceland.

Age grouper Lasse Ibert is not only fast, he is also very smart when it comes to bike details and fitting. He went sub-9 in Roth aboard this customized QR PRsix.

Aussie Carrie Lester finished second at the 2016 Datev Challenge Roth in Germany and here is a closer look at her Orbea Ordu OMP super bike.

Herbert Krabel’s passion for unique endurance events is well known, but he finally was able to experience one from within – the ÖTILLÖ SwimRun Engadin.

Eric Lagerstrom had his GoPros rolling in Hamburg and invites everyone along for the ride.

Jan Frodeno and Daniela Ryf had superb performances at the2016 Datev Challenge Roth, but they clearly were not the only actors in this amazing spectacle.

We have 3 Slowtwitchers who are all very similar in their Pad X/Y numbers (675mm/500mm), with Forum User Names: duckies, callin’ and kcb203. Here are your bikes.

Certain wetsuits feel like you’re wearing nothing, and that’s the designer’s intention. Others feel like armor, and that’s fine too. Here are examples of armored wetsuits.

Race director Aaron Palaian explains what rugged adventures are in store for triathletes who sign up for the 2017 Alaskaman triathlon.

Jan Frodeno crushed the long course world record with a fantastic time of 7:35:39, and Daniela Ryf won the women’s title in an impressive 8:22:04 at Challenge Roth.

The U.S. relay team dominated the ITU Mixed Relay World Championship, earning a 29-seconds margin of victory over Australia and Germany

Kirill Kotsegarov of Estonia outran Markus Thomschke of Germany and Lucy Gossage of Great Britain smashed the women’s field at Ironman UK.

Matt Chrabot and Lauren Barnett won Ironman 70.3 Racine, which canceled swim and cut the bike to 31.4 miles due to severe weather conditions.

Athletes from around the world checked in their bikes for the 2016 Datev Challenge Roth this afternoon and we noticed a variety of very fast machines.

German Jan Frodeno showed up at the bike check-in of the 2016 Datev Challenge Roth with a finessed Canyon Speedmax CF SLX and here are first pics.

Josiah Middaugh of Vail, Colorado and Julie Baker of Sonora, California won the pro titles at XTERRA Beaver Creek.

Katie Zaferes proved herself worthy of her selection for the U.S. Olympic Triathlon team with her first WTS victory at Hamburg, and Gwen Jorgensen took 3rd.

Mario Mola and fellow Spaniard Fernando Alarza finished 1-2 while Richard Murray was DQ’d for making an unsportsmanlike gesture.

The passionate town of Roth is bustling now as most of the athletes have arrived. Final workouts, expo visits and race package pickups kept everyone busy.

The last installment in our 3 part super-in-depth review of the Firstbeat system by Jon “Fast Big Dog Schafer”. Part 3 covers weaknesses of the system and wraps it all up with some key takeaways.

The expo at the 2016 Datev Challenge Roth opened today, and so did the sky. Another highlight on Thursday before the big race is the Erdinger Urweisse Hütt’n Gaudi.

2012 Olympic silver medalist and 5-time ITU Olympic distance World Champion Javier Gomez broke his left elbow in a cycling accident and is out of the Olympics.

In 2015 Jan Frodeno and Daniela Ryf grabbed big wins in Frankfurt, Zell am See and Kona and now these 2 amazing athletes lead the fields at the 2016 Datev Challenge Roth.