Josiah Middaugh of Vail, Colorado and Suzie Snyder of Reno, Nevada won the elite titles at XTERRA Oak Mountain in Shelby County, Alabama.

Jesse Thomas unleashed a race-fastest run, upsetting Kona champ Jan Frodeno while Denmark’s Tine Holst won it on the bike at IM Lanzarote.

In response to the controversy over North Carolina House Bill 2, Ironman offered registrants the option of switching to other 2016 Ironman races.

The recently announced Alaskaman, scheduled for July 15, 2017 in Seward, AK, joins the growing movement of extreme triathlons – ultra distance races with small fields set in stunning, but extremely challenging, locations.

Is USA Triathlon honoring their own stated selection procedure? The disparity between the announcement of the male and female spots after the WTS race in Yokohama has many asking this question.

Some samples of this new and highly promising aero helmet have been spotted at various big pro events, and more details have been revealed today.

Riding a wave of popular acclaim, Slowtwitch doubles down with more Shop Dogs. Why these dogs chose the bike biz is God’s mystery, but thankfully they did.

After grand announcements fizzled (North America, Triple Crown) we asked Zibi Szlufcik easy and tough questions about THECHAMPIONSHIP.

Three-time ITU World Champion Spencer Smith has signed on to be coach of the Ghana Triathlon Federation starting this week.

Slowtwitch pre-race gathering hosted by Ventum at the Ironman North America Championship at The Woodlands, Texas. Photographs by Lars Finanger.

Belgian triathlete Sofie Goos was stabbed in the back while on a training run in a park in Antwerp. A suspect in the case was arrested by police.

Reigning XTERRA World Champion Josiah Middaugh and 2-time XTERRA World Champion Lesley Paterson win XTERRA Tahiti.

“I cannot understand why all bike fits aren’t more like this.” – Comment from a subject after a Complete Bike Solution exercise at a Slowtwitch Road Show.

Patrick Lange’s race-best 2:40:01 marathon ran away from the men’s field and Julia Gajer’s superior swim trumped Jodie Robertson’s better run to win Ironman Texas.

Mario Mola of Spain earned his third WTS victory of 2016 and Crisanto Grajales of Mexico and Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway finished 2-3 at Yokohama.

Matt Hanson is known for running prowess but he needs his Quintana Roo PR6 to win races like Ironman Texas. Photo Gallery by Lars Finanger.

Prepping for Ironman Texas, Canadian Jeff Symonds broke his elbow but plans to soldier on.

Photo Gallery by Lars Finanger.

Gwen Jorgensen dominated, Ashleigh Gentle took 2nd and probably an Aussie Olympic slot, and Katie Zaferes likely earned the final U.S. women’s Olympic slot at WTS Yokohama.

At the end of this month the US Pro Road Cycling National Championships will take place in Winston-Salem, NC and here are videos from the course.

The new Garmin Forerunner 735XT GPS running watch has a wrist based heart rate feature and is multisport versatile, plus it is light and attractive.

We believe bike and run specialty retailers, as a group, should merchandise their stores with more care. Proper merchandising starts with the shop dog.

“IRONMAN is full of greed,” wrote an RD to me when I surveyed this group views on triathlon’s dominant brand. “I would love for it to disappear.”

Jolanda Annen of Switzerland edged Agnieszka Jerzyk of Poland and Etienne Diemunsch of France outran Jelle Geens of Belgium to win the Huatulco World Cup.

Fredrik Croneborg overcame a flat tire with a 2nd-fastest bike and race-best run and Yu-Shiao Li posted a women’s-best bike and 2nd-fastest run to win Challenge Taiwan.