Jodie Swallow recently got on board with Scott Sports and while we were at the 2014 Datev Challenge Roth we took a closer look at her Scott Plasma 5 race bike.

Working on the core strength is important for many Pros and the 2013 Ironman World Champion Mirinda Carfrae is also thinking along those lines.

Jodie Stimpson is back from mid-season injuries and outdueled Canadian Kirsten Sweetland to win Great Britain’s first Commonwealth Games triathlon gold medal at Stratchclyde Park in Glasgow, Scotland

Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, Olympic gold and bronze medalists, became the first Englishmen to earn triathlon medals at the Commonwealth Games with a 1-2 finish over South Africa’s Richard Murray

If every bike company was an animal, Felt would be the Wolverine. It’s not the largest company, but it’s tough and it always punches above its weight. That’s not changing for 2015.

Cupcakes is not the name of Callum Millward’s dog, but rather a funny interview series. Enjoy his chat and cupcake eating effort with Liz Blatchford.

Cervelo started at the little bike company who could. Now it’s a feature coop partner in a new online Porsche commercial.

It is an invitation-only athletics festival limited to nations that came under the umbrella of the old British Empire; the Commonwealth Games triathlon has prestige, historic champions and no cash on the line.

The awards and the volunteer party of the Datev Challenge Roth take place the day after the race, and we were there to capture images from these two events.

Raña took a significant step with his third-fastest ever Ironman-distance winning time at Austria – even more important was his fast Ironman bike split that answered questions about his chances at Kona.

We took a closer look at the custom painted Canyon Aerorad CF SLX of German ITU Pro Anne Haug. We also got to see a trick new integrated stem from Canyon.

The most impactful event on the sport of triathlon in a generation occurred last week. Maybe. (We’ll see.) The ITU announced that the Sprint WC for age group is now draft legal.

The 30th edition of the Challenge Roth is slowly coming to an end but we wanted to share a gallery of today’s racing action. Please enjoy these impressions from Roth.

While Challenge Roth was the marquee race of the weekend, the Weekend Box brings you tales of races in England, Wisconsin, Geneva, Minnesota and Kansas.

Timo Bracht ran down fellow German Nils Frommhold to capture the 2014 Datev Challenge Roth. Mirinda Carfrae earned the women’s title in her first appearance there.

Josiah Middaugh defended his Beaver Creek title while Chantell Widney of Canada held off Emma Garrard at the XTERRA Mountain Championship. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.

Even more images from the 2014 Datev Challenge Roth bike check-in, with many Pros arriving during that segment. But we do not just feature Pros.

On this Saturday 3,500 individual athletes and 650 relays checked in their bikes into T1 at the Europakanal for the 30th anniversary Challenge Roth.

Today was the second edition of the Challenge Women 5k run and walk and around 1,600 women took part and appeared to have a great time.

It is clear that most of us are competitive by nature, but there is a time and place for that. At a carbo loading dinner there is no need to race for the pasta.

We stumbled upon gadgets, bikes, people and more on the Friday before the 30th edition of Challenge Roth. That also means only 2 days to go before the big event.

At the 2014 Challenge Roth we noticed the brand new Cannondale Slice of Danish athlete Michelle Vesterby, and well, it is a difficult bike to overlook.

Shane Niemeyer was a regular customer in prisons, addicted to drugs and suicidal – but triathlon has turned the life of this man around completely.

The expo at the 2014 Datev Challenge Roth opened its door today and about 5,500 athletes started to pick up their packages. Plus the big Erdinger party was tonight.