Here now are the top 15 female finishers of the 2014 GoPro Ironman World Championships on their bikes with many details, numbers and facts.

The first November Weekend Box brings a swimless Ironman, a Senior Citizen victory, a South African 5i50, a new UCI hour record and a prominent marathoner drug positive.

With Ironman Maryland not featuring a Pro category the race was wide open and when it was all said and done Matt Bach was the new Ironman champion.

Aaron Royle defended his 2013 title in a sprint finish with Dan Wilson and Ryan Bailie and Ashleigh Gentle cruised to a 48 seconds win over Paula Findlay at the Noosa Triathlon.

Timothy O’Donnell was one of the favorites for Kona but as much as his heart and mind wanted, his body did not comply. He had a few words with us about that day.

We bumped into age grouper Jim Hall at the Kona airport where he and his wife gave up their plane seats on an overbooked flight. Here is our chat with him.

Relief, exultation, exhaustion, joy, pain, love – all these emotions and more can be found at the magical finish line after 140.6 miles of the Ironman World Championship in Kona.

We showed the top 15 women a few days ago and today we share stats and gear of the top 15 men during the run at the 2014 GoPro Ironman Worlds.

Every year we collect images and data of the top 15 Pros and we start today with the best overall placed women during the run, with gear and stats.

Rudy wins in Kona! No surprise there. How does this comport with the real world use of helmets by triathletes, or at least by Slowtwitchers?

If a company’s athlete wins Ironman, can it say that without paying Ironman? Can the athlete say it? As with winning an Olympic medal, the answer is yes and no.

Eric Limkemann’s season was perfected with the birth of a baby daughter, but the man also has to race hard now to provide. Here is his Specialized Shiv.

The weekend tri-action includes a Canadian and a German enjoying a return to form in South Beach, a rousing finale for the Life Time Series in Oceanside and a mellow 70.3 in Texas.

Former pro mountain biker Ruben Ruzafa of Spain won his 3rd XTERRA World Championship and Flora Duffy of Bermuda led the women’s field despite a jarring crash at XTERRA Maui.

Top men and women pros speak their minds on the eve of the 19th XTERRA World Championship which will be held Sunday on a rugged course on the northwest shores of Maui.

Life is not easy as an upcoming Pro and that is true for mountain bikers and roadies too. Alex Ryan races Pro MTB and cyclocross and he let us peek into his life.

Austin, Texas based Pro Patrick Evoe has a very fine main sponsor with Little Caesars and he races on a Hed and Shimano equipped Blue Triad SL.

The final Cupcakes in Kona episode almost got lost in translation but was saved for us to enjoy and Michelle Vesterby was a delight after her Kona race.

Every year upon returning from the GoPro Ironman World Championships in Kona we grab a random age grouper on the flight and this time it was Jason McFaul.

Kelly Williamson won the Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas this summer and we had a chance to look closer at her Felt IA FRD race bike in Kona recently.

Dutch champion Lars van der Haar was the top man on the home soil in Valkenburg with Belgian Kevin Pauwels the runner-up. Enjoy these pictures.

This week we noticed the Polar M400 watch, Magpie attacks, a fast LG suit, a gourmet triathlon experience, Timo Bracht’s Mercedes Benz connection and more.

Shimano won big in Kona, off a huge increase in electronic groups, and also to a change in how Shimano product gets from its factory onto your bike in your garage.

American Katie Compton won the opening round of the 2014 UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Valkenburg, Netherlands after troubles early on, and here are images from the race.