A race dominated by Josh Amberger and Anja Beranek in Australia, a Challenge event in Brazil, and Ironman Cozumel filled our Weekend Box.

Challenge Laguna Phuket contenders, a camera crew and director Peter Henning, and a few tri journos take a trip to a farm on a small island in nearby Phangnga Bay

For the sixth consecutive year, First Endurance comes on board in a big way to help fuel the 6th Annual Rappstar Charity Challenge for World Bicycle Relief. Get a chance to win one of two $600 gift certificates.

The jewel of Thailand’s southern coast welcomes the second edition of Challenge Laguna Phuket with a select field of pros who will be greeted by an elephant at the finish.

The next awesome prize up in the 6th Annual Rappstar Charity Challenge is the top-of-the-line Compex Sport Elite muscle stimulator. Simply put, it’s the best training and recovery tool on the market. Get a chance to win one while making a difference with World Bicycle Relief

Steve Hed eagerly shared time with the geeks, the bicycle engineers, executives heading other brands; and a steady stream of pros. But it was the geeks and engineers he most loved.

Steve Hed collapsed from unknown causes, and is dead at the age of 59. He was the manufacturing entrepreneur with the longest pedigree in the sport, his company the first-ever triathlon brand.

This week we are thankful to have noticed the Kask Infinity helmet, the TrainingMask, the 3T Illumina line, the Fontus water system, MOs and gators and more.

Some Pros manage themselves while many use an agent or manager to sort through the business end so they can focus on racing and training. But what makes an agent an asset?

Italians Massimo Casadei and Alberto Casadei decided it was too darn hot to race to the finish and finished together as Laguna Phuket Triathlon dual winners; Parys Edwards won the women’s title.

We bumped into Glenn Cook at an event with Hunter Kemper and Glenn was a super chatty Cathy. But it all changed when the spotlight of an interview was on him.

The legendary Michellie Jones talks about her continued support of World Bicycle Relief, where she’s been a great supporter of both the organization on its own and Jordan Rapp’s annual fundraiser.

You have been waiting for it all year and you can now pre-order the 2015 Men Of Triathlon calendar, and best of all – you could actually be in it too.

Slowtwitch.com also had Kerry Yndestad on the ground in Tempe and here are his fine colorful impressions from the 2014 Ironman Arizona Pro race.

2731 athletes started the 2014 Ironman Arizona and most of them were age group athletes. Here are images of these hardened souls who spent up to 17 hours on course.

Josh Poertner & the team at Silca talk about supporting this years fundraiser with their beautiful SuperPista pump & Hiro chuck.

Brent McMahon did his first Ironman in Arizona and made it a memorable one with a sub-8 hour time and fine win. He chatted with us about a variety of topics.

We announced the top 11 Men of Triathlon Movember fundraisers last week, and much has changed since then. Here now is who is currently leading the charge.

Dan Benjamin raced Ironman Arizona and made two volunteers happy with a kind gesture, and despite an encounter with an elbow he considers his day to have been epic.

The inaugural Challenge Bahrain is almost upon us and the announced field is very impressive and will make it an exciting race for the $500,000 purse.

The 2014 Ironman Arizona saw some great performances and here now is a gallery from the Pro race by our shooter Eric Wynn. Sit back and enjoy.

A beautiful race on Hamilton Island, a muddy affair in Belgium, the NBC Kona broadcast and a very talented artistic Pro triathlete filled our Weekend Box.

Brent McMahon smashed the race record with a 7:55:38 time and Meredith Kessler dominated the women’s field at Ironman Arizona; Jordan Rapp set a bike record and finished 3rd.

Josh Amberger outpaced Brad Kahlefeldt and Annabel Luxford outran Radka Vodickova, but most memorably Belinda Granger wrapped up a 20 year pro career with a 4th place finish.