Jan Frodeno won his second straight pro men’s crown and Heather Jackson won the battle of the Heathers at Ironman 70.3 California.. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.

XTERRA off road triathlon was globally busy this weekend with three challenging and typically rugged international pro events in Malta, Costa Rica, and Saipan.

Frederik Van Lierde captured the 2015 Standard Bank Ironman African Championships title and Jodie Swallow grabbed a hard earned win in the women’s race.

TriEqual seeks to increase the female pro slots in Kona to 50, equal to the male pro slots. But does that really represent equality? And whose slots should be sacrificed? I asked TriEqual’s Rachel Joyce.

Sam Appleton and Yvonne Van Vlerken took the men‘s and women‘s elite titles at the Challenge Batemans Bay half distance event Sunday in Australia.

Few bikes have been this anticipated. Not just the bike, but the as-yet-unreleased stealth drive train by SRAM.

Jan Frodeno outran Lionel Sanders and Andy Potts to defend his California 70.3 title while Heather Jackson outran Heather Wurtele to take her 2nd Oceanside crown.

Gwen Jorgensen put on an amazing show at WTS Auckland with a great swim, bike, run performance and captured a record 10th WTS title.

Jonathan Brownlee stormed to a great win at WTS Auckland over Javier Gomez after having been runner-up to him last year on this venue.

Ironman 70.3 California always draws an elite field to this Southern California classic, home of many major triathlon sponsors. Pre race photo gallery by Timothy Carlson

This weekend marks the official start of the North American triathlon season with the popular Ironman 70.3 Oceanside and the field is very stacked.

Another big long distance event this weekend is the Standard Bank Ironman South Africa and Frederik Van Lierde and Jodie Swallow are favorites.

Melissa Hauschildt overcame blisters and a world class field to win IM Melbourne and qualify for her Kona debut – postponed after last September’s massage gone wrong.

Today Specialized in cooperation with the CSPC announced a recall of the 2012–2015 Carbon Aerobar With Aero Stem and Hydroformed Alloy Aerobar.

We noticed a Rappstar camp eBay auction benefiting Amy Marsh, a new Bonk Breaker flavor, an ENVE computer mount, a smart helmet, a naked army of athletes …

We have the new Cervelo S5 aero road bike in our hands and here now is a detailed gallery of this Hed, Fizik and Shimano Dura-Ace 11 speed setup.

Canadian Jeff Symonds won the Ironman Asia Pacific Championships in Melbourne with a very tough and somewhat ugly run, and we had a few words with him

Kaitlin Donner edged fellow U.S. competitor Renee Tomlin by 1 second and Richard Murray of South Africa topped the men’s field at the New Plymouth World Cup

Canadian Jeffrey Symonds ran to a superb win at the Asia Pacific Championships and Aussie Melissa Hauschildt also used a gutsy performance to take the women’s title.

A memorial for Steve Tarpinian was held today and we collected various tributes from friends, competitors and people who will keep him in their hearts.

After her win at Ironman Chattanooga, a new coach and a new bike, fastest-bike-split champ Angela Duncan Naeth says this will be the year of her long-anticipated Kona debut.

Aussie Annabel Luxford rode a 2015 Scott Plasma 5 at the inaugural Challenge Dubai, but something looked unusual and we decided to look closer.

We noticed the Rouge Roubaix event, the Revbox trainer, the Fearless FUNdo for Team Marsh fundraiser, the GearGeekBox, a Ferrari vs bicycle drag race and more.

It was announced that popular swim coach Steve Tarpinian has died and the man who was involved in triathlon on many levels will be surely missed.