On December 23, 4-time Ironman winner Amy Marsh was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, a cancer of the blood which requires extensive chemotherapy and for some, a stem cell transplant.

Liz Blatchford wasn’t too happy with her 2014 season and is ready to return in 2015 with passion and a plan that has worked before. She chatted with us at length.

Orca showed the 2015 range of wetsuits and apparel in Fuerteventura, and we were there to learn about the changes and additions of this brand.

World Champion Javier Gomez is currently on Fuerteventura to get ready for the 2015 race season. We looked closer at the Specialized Tarmac he has with him.

Waiting for the Bondi 4 was like crossing a desert. My canteens were filled with the Bondi 2, bought at closeout. Is the Bondi 4 the oasis I hoped to find?

In the third week of January, we bring you news of three new members of the USA Triathlon Board of Directors, a lightly punished anti-doping violation, and two ecstatically joyful triathlon marriages.

Australians Tim Reed and Leon Griffin went 1-2 and Meredith Kessler of the U.S. topped New Zealander Gina Crawford to win the Asia-Pacific 70.3 Championship titles in Auckland.

If you’re aboard your bike and going nowhere fast that doesn’t mean progress can’t be made. Here’s our overview of structured training apps (e.g., Sufferfest, VirtualTraining, TrainerRoad).

Here are the top-50 specialty stores in the U.S. serving the community of triathletes during 2014, according to Slowtwitch’s polling of vendors and customers.

Bevan Docherty calls it a career at age 37 after ITU World Championship gold and silver, Olympic silver and bronze, Commonwealth Games silver, Ironman 70.3 Worlds bronze.

Another doper has been caught in the dragnet of the WTC but somehow I am left wanting to see and hear more. But is it too hard to come really clean?

Last weekend in Luxor, Egypt the Alameda o.n. Triathlon Team was launched and its most well known member is World Champion Leanda Cave.

The Belgian ace Marino Vanhoenacker is coming back from another injury and is training in Lanzarote, where he chatted with us about Kona, injuries and weight.

Catriona Morrison, 4-time ITU Duathlon World Champion, ITU long distance triathlon worlds bronze medalist, 8-time IM 70.3 winner and 2-time Ironman winner retired.

The flying Dutch woman won the Lanzarote International Duathlon aboard her Enve and SRAM equipped Austrian brand Simplon Nexio, and we took a closer look.

The 2015 Uplace-BMC triathlon team has spent the last few weeks at the Sands Beach Resort in Lanzarote and today they launched the squad with a new video.

The Challenge Family announced the purse for the inaugural Challenge Dubai half distance race. $300,000 will be available to the Pros at the start there.

We are currently hanging out in Lanzarote and here now is a gallery of images of some of the people we encountered and spent time with while here.

Richie Cunningham came from behind on the run to pass Felipe Barraza; Barbara Riveros ran away from fellow Chilean Valentina Carvallo to win Pucon 70.3.

During the training camp of the Uplace-BMC Triathlon Team in Lanzarote we followed British athlete Will Clarke during his 20 minute Tabayesco hill sessions.

Ronnie Schildknecht is the only Swiss Pro on the Uplace-BMC squad that is currently training in Lanzarote and we looked closer at his BMC TM01 race bike.

Three-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander won his second straight Port of Tauranga Half title – 10 years apart – and Gina Crawford repeated her 2013 victory.

Before stationary trainers were rollers. Wyatt Earp rode the rollers. As did Jeremiah Johnson. Are you man enough to ride the rollers?

We call them dumb not to disparage but to differentiate them from smart trainers. To any offended trainers, we apologize. And we also explain how to smarten them up.