The Weekend Box Sep 13 2015
We bring triathlon fans tales of an Ironman debut win by a Wildflower legend, Germans dominating a Dutch classic, and a 42-year-old Olympian prevailing at Pacific Grove.
by Tim Carlson, September 13, 2015
We bring triathlon fans tales of an Ironman debut win by a Wildflower legend, Germans dominating a Dutch classic, and a 42-year-old Olympian prevailing at Pacific Grove.
by Tim Carlson, September 13, 2015
Michael Raelert won wire-to-wire and Natascha Schmitt held off Yvonne Van Vlerken to take the men’s and women’s titles at Ironman 70.3 Ruegen.
Timothy Van Berkel ran away from Luke McKenzie and Caroline Steffen did the same to Annabel Luxford to take the pro titles at Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast in Australia.
We have shown you stunning pictures from various unique SwimRun events, but here now is the official video from the 2015 ÖTILLÖ Swim Run World Championships.
Joe Tanaka is very passionate about his Ceepo brand and recently showed updates on several models. We looked closer at the evolved Viper.
German Markus Rössel competed in the 2015 ÖTILLÖ SwimRun World championships with partner Knut Baadshaug, and he shares insights on equipment and more.
Every year we are inspired by the annual official Norseman video, and this year is no exception. Be inspired and keep a few tissues nearby.
Callum Millward chats with Carl Read, Cam Brown, and Dylan McNeice about wind tunnels, high altitude training and much more in this episode of Cupcakes with Cal.
Jennifer Spieldenner grabbed the win at Challenge Penticton recently and we had a chat with her about racing, training, food, gear, coaching, life, and wieners.
Eric Lagerstrom put together another great video, this one taped during the bike segment of the rainy and cold WTS Edmonton this past weekend.
The 2015 ÖTILLÖ SwimRun World Championships saw brave efforts all day, and here now are beautiful Jakob Edholm images from this 10th anniversary event.
About 4,700 athletes took part in various events at the 2015 Triathlon de Gérardmer, and here is a fine selection of images from the annual event.
Did you know that in 1997 there were more 650c bikes in Kona than 700c bikes? That’s the biggest difference between bikes then and bikes now.
New champions were crowned and a course record was smashed at the windy and tough 2015 ÖTILLÖ SwimRun World Championships in Sweden.
2008 Olympic cycling medalist Emma Pooley and Gaël Le Bellec repeated their 2014 titles as ITU Long Course Duathlon World Champions at Zofingen.
Richard Murray of South Africa edged Javier Gomez on a rainy, cold day in Edmonton, pouring it on in the 5k run with a race-best split of 15:10 and a 4 seconds margin of victory.
Vicky Holland rode and ran through a driving rain and hand-numbing cold to a 9-seconds margin to win her second WTS victory of the year at Edmonton.
French pro triathlete Jeanne Collonge dominated the Gerardmer XL course in 4:59:15. The men’s race saw a narrow win by Hector Guerra over Joe Gambles.
The Ironman Corporation has disqualified a female competitor from both its 2013 and 2015 Ironman Canada triathlon events, and suspended the contestant from future events.
The 2015 Ironman 70.3 World Champs in Zell am See boasted a beautiful venue and superb performances, and we have some slow motion bike studies.
We often encourage thinking outside the box when it comes to races, and
the new Arctic Triple event in Northern Norway really fits the bill.
Eric Lagerstrom has Swedish heritage, so he especially enjoyed racing WTS Stockholm. This video is about all the action around that race in Europe.
No matter how expensive or affordable the bike, no owner wants to see their beloved ride damaged in transit or otherwise, and that is where BopWorx comes in.
Tim Don is not only fast, but smart and well liked by his competitors. Sadly before the 70.3 Worlds he crashed hard, but let’s take a look at his S-Works Shiv Tri.
Our second gallery from the 70.3 World Championships was shot by the talented Kerry Yndestad, and features some great swimming and running shots.