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A Rockman SwimRun report

Marcus Barton partnered up with Dan Kimball to take part in the Rockman SwimRun, and he shared his very detailed race report with slowtwitch.

When dreams come true

Beth Gerdes saw her Kona dream slip away when Ironman Cairns did not go as planned, but she came back strong at Ironman Switzerland to grab a big win and a Kona slot.

Going long in Iceland

Over the weekend, 51 hearty souls took part in the first open water half distance race in Iceland. Here are images from this stunning triathlon location.

With ÖTILLÖ on the mind

Sara McLarty is looking for new challenges, and will compete at the 2015 ÖTILLÖ SwimRun World Championships with her friend and business partner Misty Becerra.

Wiesbaden 70.3 race images

Impressions from the 2015 Ironman 70.3 European Championships in Wiesbaden, where Boris Stein and Camilla Pedersen were victorious.

The Weekend Box Aug 9 2015

We bring you news of age group nationals in Wisconsin, XTERRAs in the Czech Republic and Mexico, 70.3s in Poland, Ireland, and Ecuador, and much more.

Stein, Pedersen win Wiesbaden

Boris Stein of Germany smashed the men’s field on the bike and Camilla Pedersen of Denmark ran away from Anja Beranek of Germany to win Ironman 70.3 Wiesbaden.

Ironman a Chinese mega-brand?

Instead of American brands whose wetsuits, bikes and shoes are manufactured in China, Ironman would be a Chinese brand “manufactured” in the U.S.

Wiesbaden 70.3 bike check-in

The Ironman 70.3 European Championships take place in Wiesbaden, Germany tomorrow and our man Karsten Täschner captured some bike check-in impressions.

The Orbea Ordu of Starky

Andrew Starykowicz came back after a long injury to race Challenge Roth, and he scorched the bike segment with a record 4:09:13 bike split on his brand new Orbea Ordu OMP.

Kevin Collington’s Ventum

Kevin Collington finished 3rd at Alcatraz, 3rd at Vineman 70.3, and won Challenge Williamsburg before switching to a Ventum bike, which he will ride at 70.3 Worlds.

Ironman and natural stops

Chief of officials Jimmy Riccitello decodes the approach Ironman head refs take toward the natural stop, the one unwritten rule that can get you DQd.

BSX Insight

It’s a non-intrusive, moderately-priced lactate analyzer. From stop watches to heart rate monitors to power meters, is this the next progression?

When you are doing it all wrong

Yesterday our editor-in-chief struggled mightily to mount a tire on a rim, even though he has done it countless times before without problems. But nothing was wrong with the tire or the wheel…

The fine year of Sam Appleton

Aussie Sam Appleton started 2015 with a series of great results and he is now in Boulder, CO prepping for the 70.3 World Championships in Austria.

On a determined pace to Kona

In 2014 Levi Maxwell won his age group in Kona, and earlier this year he was 4th overall at Ironman Cairns. But his focus is set on Kona 2015 and going even faster.

Overdrinking or not enough salt?

Latasch: The athlete drank mostly water during the race and did not take in enough minerals. Noakes: Can’t happen if athletes advised to drink to thirst, not to a schedule.

DQ for roadside relief?

A competitor was DQd during the bike leg for urinating near the roadway during Ironman Lake Placid. As many do. (Let’s be honest, as all of us long-timers have done.) Was this fair?

The Weekend Box Aug 2 2015

On a busy triathletic weekend, we present for your reading pleasure Ironman contests in the Netherlands and the Rockies, and Ironman 70.3s in the Philippines and South Africa.