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.

Michael Raelert of Germany continued his comeback to winning form with a fourth straight 70.3 victory and Melanie McQuaid of Canada topped the women’s field at Ironman 70.3 Ballarat.

With so many races out there it is getting harder for athletes to pick where to go and tough for races to survive. Here is why I signed up for the Gulf Coast Tri in May.

Here is your opportunity to read Jordan Rapp’s closing remarks from 2014 Ironman Arizona’s opening ceremony. Maybe his best since, “When the Shite Gets Brown.”

It makes a lot of sense that being in the drops on your road bike is more aero than being on the hoods. But is that also true when riding in the draft?

If you want to know why this lawsuit was brought, read here. There’s a more robust, historic argument the suit omits, but which morally bolster’s Shoemaker’s case.

Part 2 of USAT’s board war. Ten years ago, to the month, USAT faced the same board crisis it’s facing now: an expensive and exhausting coexistence between elite and general directors.

Men Of Triathlon are raising Movember money again for testicular and prostate cancer and other men’s heath issues. You can join the team too and or donate money.

Since October, 2012, USA Triathlon has been an organization at war with itself. In this 2-part series Slowtwitch explains the war, which has cost the federation in time and treasure.