
Red-hot Mola takes Gold Coast
On a steaming hot midday race that led to 33 DNFs, Mario Mola of Spain unleashed a race-best 30:47 run to win WTS Gold Coast by 27 seconds.
by Tim Carlson, April 8, 2016On a steaming hot midday race that led to 33 DNFs, Mario Mola of Spain unleashed a race-best 30:47 run to win WTS Gold Coast by 27 seconds.
by Tim Carlson, April 8, 2016Helen Jenkins of Great Britain ended U.S. star Gwen Jorgensen’s World Triathlon Series 13-race victory streak with a 41 seconds margin of victory at the Gold Coast WTS Saturday.
VeloNews broke a story Shimano didn’t want broken. VeloNews claims Shimano threatened to pull its ads, and it published anyway. BRAIN opined in VeloNews’ favor. But there’s a little more to consider.
Richardson, Texas is an affluent suburb of Dallas and the Richardson Bike Mart is a magnet for all varieties of endurance sports aficionados seeking the right stuff.
Our former editor-in-chief used his imagination and spare time to create a unique pain cave in his new home in Winston-Salem, NC.
The Well-Built Triathlete: Turning Potential into Performance by Matt Dixon. A book review by Doug Morris
Gwen Jorgensen started her 2016 season with another victory, closing with a dominant run to earn a 22-seconds margin of victory at the New Plymouth World Cup.
Being the official Ironman shoe did nothing for K Swiss. Will this designation be for Hoka One One what it wasn’t for K-Swiss and Newton?
Lionel Sanders used race-best bike and run splits and Heather Wurtele combined a women’s-best bike and 2nd-best run to make Oceanside 70.3 an all-Canadian affair.
Richard Murray repeated his 2015 title and extended his ITU podium streak to six races with a top run split to win gold at the New Plymouth World Cup.
The best triathletes in the 41st through 50th countries include the best of talent-rich Switzerland and the U.S., pre-uprising Syria, independent Taiwan, and Caribbean jewel Jamaica.
It’s the annual saddle placement rant. You bought a new saddle. Great! But have you accounted for how you sit this saddle? Has it changed your position?
The 31st through 40th countries with top triathletes include tiny Seychelles off the coast of Africa, the vast expanse of Russia, and southernmost South Africa.
Bonzai, in Washington DC, is one of those special Road Shows because when we did these 20 years ago, as the Quintana Roo Road Shows, Bonzai hosted these as well.
Triathletes are a fickle bunch. The mood now is swinging toward the custom build of a bare frame. TriRig’s bars and brakes are a favorite, and here are some examples.
The British (Manchester) long distance triathlete just earned a 2nd at Ironman NZ. Our microelectronics editor asked about Joe’s Jet, his hair and his peanut butter.
Rider needs a long and low geometry. It was the Soup Nazi answer for this guy: No bike for you! Then I remembered the TriRig Alpha series bars, and its online calculator.
I’ve miscalculated and chosen unwisely so many times, sabotaged my race in so many ways, I need a series of articles to chronicle all my self-inflicted wounds.
Part 4 includes major power New Zealand, European stalwarts Ireland, Italy, Norway and Poland, tiny Luxembourg and New Caledonia plus one controversial Asian triathlete.
“Hello, you don’t know me, I have a product I think you should consider selling. It’s a wetsuit.” Pause. “You have the wrong number. We’re a bike shop.”
Last weekend Slowtwitch took its Road Show to Boston where it teamed up with New England’s premier multisport expo, TRI-MANIA, and Landry’s cycling and triathlon store.
The 2016 Slowtwitch Road Shows hit Tempe, Tampa and Detroit. There were 4 Road Shows in all on Saturday, March 14.
Part 3 includes powerhouses Germany and Great Britain, solid European contenders from Denmark, Finland and France, and small but talented entries from Ecuador, Estonia and Israel.
A lot of what goes wrong on race day is from lack of readiness. Understandable. It’s a complicated sport. Here are a few thoughts on the subject.
Lake San Antonio was pretty low the last 2 years. What is that lake’s level today? Has it been this low before? How long does it take to recover to capacity?