Alistair Brownlee broke away from his brother Jonny with 1100 meters to go to take his 21st WTS title at the WTS Stockholm.

Everybody’s talking about Pad X and Y, or Pad Stack and Reach, in regard to bike fit and selection. What is it? How do you measure it? How is it used?

There is comfort in numbers. Xtreme isn’t interested in numbers, or comfort. Only 238 took part, though almost 1000 hoped for a spot in the race.

You can depend on Andrew Starkyowicz for two things: to throw down hard on the bike and to throw down hard in an interview. Here’s Starky, throwing down hard.

Mirinda Carfrae broke the women’s race record with an 8:41:17 mark and Marino Vanhoenacker won his 8th men’s title in 8:04:18 at Ironman Austria-Kärnten.

Vincent Luis held off Rostislav Pevtsov and Lucy Hall outsprinted fellow Brit Jessica Learmonth to win the ETU Sprint Triathlon European Championship.

Lionel Sanders crushed it on the bike and warded off all challengers with a race-best run while Holly Lawrence did the same to the women’s field at IM 70.3 Mt. Tremblant.

Jackson smashed the women’s field on the bike and Andy Potts dueled Josh Amberger and Mark Bowstead before running away to win Coeur d’Alene 70.3.

David McNamee tops fellow Briton Joe Skipper and Emma Bilham of Switzerland edges Lucy Gossage of Great Britain at the Challenge Galway half.

Ruben Ruzafa was the master of a rain-swollen muddy course and Michelle Flipo won her first ever European Series XTERRA over veteran stars at Valle de Joux.

Jesse Dunn and Kirsten Sass won the overall age group titles and Matt Lieto and Alycia Hill topped the elite fields at the USA Triathlon standard distance Duathlon Nationals.

Is this the Challenge race North Americans always should have been going to? Maybe so. You decide. It’s first edition will take place on October 23rd upcoming.

Sometime drone footage can be overdone but that is not true with this ÖTILLÖ Isles of Scilly #SwimRun video by Skyhawx. Sit back, enjoy and get inspired.

The Hanging Rock State Park in North Carolina will be home to the newest SwimRun event in the USA, and it promises to be very tough and scenic.

You’re thinking, “I’m a triathlete. Why do I need a fat bike?” After a winter spent riding outside in all conditions, the Fast Big Dog gives the skinny on this great training tool.

We routinely see wind tunnel data through a “sweep,” that is, from a positive to negative yaw. But what yaws do we actually see in the real world of racing?

Cliff Rigsbee won six age group titles at Ironman Hawaii topping a 35-year triathlon career; he died from injuries suffered in a Honolulu Fire Dept. watercraft rescue training accident.

There is hope for Aliens, and by these I mean the freaks of nature who contort into pretzels to ride long and low positions. Aliens, here are your tri bikes.

A Pad Y/X of 630mm/505mm is a typical position for somebody between 6’0″ and 6’3″ who rides pretty steep, with a fair bit of armrest elevation drop from the saddle.

First impressions are important and the brand new ÖTILLÖ Isles of Scilly SwimRun had it all, a challenging course and unique fast changing scenery.

Boris Stein won it with a dominating bike leg and Natascha Schmitt edged Svenja Thoes with a better bike and final run at Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg.

U.S. Junior women Taylor Knibb and Audrey Ernst finish 1-2 and U.S. Junior man Seth Rider finished 2nd at the Kitzbühel ETU Junior European Cup.

Matt Trautman topped the men with a dominating bike split and Annah Watkinson beat Parys Edwards with a superior swim at Ironman 70.3 Durban.

Andi Böcherer’s dominating bike split crushed the men’s field and Laura Philipp did the same to the women’s field to take the elite titles at Challenge Heilbronn.