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.

Currently the 2015 CES show is taking place in Las Vegas, NV and several brands launched new products, but there is of course more we found.

Some moments quiet and introspective, exuberant and hilarious, intimate and outgoing of triathletes at home and enjoying some exotic locales around the globe. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.

The men also had a fierce battle at the 2015 Soudal Classics, with youngster Mathieu Van Der Poel of the Netherlands capturing the win on this muddy course.

With so many National Championship races almost upon us the 2015 Soudal Classics in Leuven, Belgium was not stacked, but the racing in mud made it another classic.

On cold, dark Winter days an indoor treadmill workout is practically the equal of a soak in warm tub. Here are Slowtwitch tips for those with a treadmill on their minds.

From a freezing blizzard in Boulder to 107-degree tropical sauna in Thailand, triathletes from 6 years old to veteran pros pushed their limits with exhilaration in some of Timothy Carlson’s favorite snaps of the run.

You can’t always run outside. What are the benefits of treadmills and elliptical machines when you need to do your running indoors?

From Oceanside to Mt. Tremblant, Boulder to Wildflower, Eilat to Kona – with riders including Carfrae and Stevens, Kienle, Frodeno and Viennot – Timothy Carlson’s favorite bike snaps.