The $75,000 prize purse and 1,500 points toward Ironman 70.3 qualification has attracted a stellar field at St. George 70.3, but classics like St. Croix and Wildflower also have strong elite fields.

This is the second installment in a series on the State of Triathlon in America. An entire series chapter just on this organization is warranted because its health is so critical to triathlon.

This week we noticed the Grounds & Hounds coffee, an aero Specialized handlebar, a Panache trisuit, the Oakley Tincan shades, and much more.

At the 2014 Boston Scientific Winston-Salem Cycling Classic many other Pros seemed fascinated by the very sleek looking Cervelo S5 VWD of Bobby Lea.

The Weekend Box brings you a fantastic comeback at Fuerteventura, the XTERRA Asia-Pacific champs in Australia, a course record in St. Petersburg and more.

Javier Gomez outduels Jonathan Brownlee for the second consecutive time, maintaining his perfect record in the 2014 World Triathlon Series by a 19 seconds margin of victory in Cape Town South Africa.

Dan Hugo and Flora Duffy took the top podium spots at the $50,000 XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships in Callala Beach, Australia, and here are images from the day.

With 2014 World Champion Non Stanford still out with a leg injury. fellow Brit Jodie Stimpson took charge at Cape Town with her 2nd straight WTS win; Gwen Jorgensen runs a scorching 32:46 to take 3rd

German Pro Andi Böcherer was injured in a hit-and-run incident on St. Lucia where he is currently getting ready for the Captain Morgan’s Ironman 70.3 St.Croix.

The popular Rev3 Tri will cease offering a pro prize purse after its Knoxville event in May, and establish a per-race and series purse open to all-comers in its place.

French ITU Pro Laurent Vidal apparently suffered from a heart attack during swim practice in France and was airlifted to a hospital in Montpellier.

Now that Tyler Butterfield has won Abu Dhabi and contended at Kona, the long road to fulfilling his early promise seems to be sparked by a strong partnership with his wife Nikki and a happy family.

The name Diamondback reminds many of us about BMX and mountain bikes, but they do make some nice road bikes too and we looked closer at one of them.

The scenic Grizzly Triathlon in Missoula, Montana is now in its 26th year and Ben Hoffman and Sue Huse took the wins in this swim heavy sprint. Enjoy the pictures.

Tyler Butterfield won the 2014 Abu Dhabi Triathlon and you can now experience a day with this fast Bermudian and family – through the lens of Timothy Carlson.

In this issue of What We Have Noticed we look at the Pebble steel watch, the XLab cage pod, Ortlieb’s Velocity pack, awesome Brit bicycle art, and much more.

TWENTY16 rider Alison Tetrick won the KOM and Sprint titles at the 2014 Winston-Salem Cycling Classic, and here is your chance to see her Felt F1 race bike.

Ironman Lake Tahoe deftly solved a difficult problem, difficulty being the problem. Tahoe was too hard. Ironman introduced a 70.3 on the same day as the IM, and took the steep hills out.

The world celebrated the peaceful return of the Boston Marathon; Meb Keflezighi broke the U.S men’s losing streak, Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo broke the women’s race record, triathlon’s Lisa Bentley was 5th master’s woman.

This Easter we cover Challenge Taiwan, a University triathlon in Brazil, triathletes racing a Boston 5k, tragic hits on cyclists, and much more.

Kiwis Dylan McNeice and Britta Martin captured the 2014 Challenge Taiwan titles and here is a stunning gallery from the race courtesy of Darryl Carey.

Travis McCabe who races for the SmartStop / Mountain Khakis team earned the win at the 171km UCI WS Cycling Classic. We looked closer at his Wilier Cento1Air setup.

American Shelly Olds who races for the Italian Alé Cipollini team took the Winston-Salem Cycling Classic with a perfectly timed burst and we looked closer at her bike.

We follow up on our intro to gravel racing with a short video, recap, and race report from the 2014 Barry Roubaix Killer Gravel Road Race. We talk tires, gearing, and more.