German Pro Maik Twelsiek had a somewhat forgettable season in 2012 but looks to be back at full strength this year. He had a video chat with us.
by Herbert Krabel, July 5, 2013
We look at the current state of triathlon bike service and repair. With new designs, integrated parts, and endless technology, how does the retailer prosper?
Lloyd Thomas and his wife Britta own CycleFit, a bike fitting studio where at any given time you might encounter various ProTour riders or Pro Triathletes there.
Age grouper Leslie Sanderson from Ottawa was the second fastest age grouper at Ironman 70.3 Mont Tremblant – by 7 seconds. Now where were those 7 seconds lost? We checked in with this fast 46-year old.
Alison Powers of team NOW and Novartis is a very versatile bike racer and is considered a threat in any time trial. We looked closer at her Specialized S-Works Shiv TT.
Greg Billington and Jennifer Spieldenner took the wins at 5i50 St. Louis last weekend and here is an image gallery from the event courtesy of John Lynch.
The Skagerrak Airport Triathlon took place in the commercial airport in Skien, Telemark in Norway and most of the bike segment and the run happened at the airstrip.
The Challenge Family said its event licensee in Denmark, YWC Sports, breached a contract when it sold its company to Ironman, but the nature of the breach hasn’t been disclosed.
This edition of the mailbag covers three topics – muscle fiber recruitment, speedsuit effectiveness, and whether or not triathletes should include road bike training into their routine.
Canadian police officer Andrew Armstrong won the M40-44 age group at Ironman 70.3 Mont Tremblant not really during the swim, bike or run, but in transition. Without the fast transitions he would have been third.
Victor Del Corral and Helena Erbenova won the XTERRA Switzerland Championships that was weather forced to be a run-bike-run duathlon.
Andreas Raelert posted a 5th-fastest-ever Ironman Austria finish of 7:59:51 to top runner-up Maik Twelsiek by 11:45; Erika Csomor won her second title in a women’s 10th-fastest-ever IM Austria time of 8:59:31.
In a new feature called The Weekend Box we now feature a variety of results and other interesting tidbits from the weekend. Covered here are races in Holten, Düsseldorf and Lubbock, plus the unique idea to measure twice and cut once, and more.
US Pro Champion Meredith Kessler was leading Ironman 70.3 Eagleman on the bike when she was struck by an oncoming age group athlete, crashed, was knocked out and sustained head trauma and other injuries.
This is part two of our 650c project bike story. We detail the rest of the components and discuss our final thoughts on the bike. Does 650 trump 700? Is our 6’1″ Tech Editor a convert?
This video takes a brief look at the Rev3 Williamsburg half distance race from the athlete’s perspective. Our Tech Editor attended with a bike, shoes, and two cameras.
About a month after testing positive at the 2013 Bilbao Triathlon, Virginia Berasatagui called a press conference today and confessed to having doped recently, and said she will thus forgo pursuing the B sample.
James Chesson is a fast age grouper from New Jersey who finished 10th overall at 70.3 Eagleman, and won his age group at Rev3 Williamsburg. His Kona 2013 spot though he had already snagged at Ironman Texas.
Sam Betten is an upcoming young Aussie Pro who is racing 70.3 and 5i50 events. This 25-year old won the ITU Junior Aussie Champs twice but is now committed to non drafting racing and has Las Vegas and Hy-Vee on his mind.
Dirk Bockel is currently in Luxembourg and getting ready for the 2013 Challenge Roth. He has been very busy recently and checked in with us.
French newspapers are reporting that a 30-year old British triathlete crashed during the bike segment of the 2013 Ironman France in Nice and died on the way to the hospital.
Ironman announced today that it acquired privately held YWC Copenhagen, which organizes Danish triathlons; Ironman thus takes licensing rights of the Copenhagen and Aarhus events from Challenge.
After a little break we again pick up our What We Have Noticed feature with new aero wheels from Easton, a WTS campaign, fabric race numbers from Champion Systems, the Soleus Draft GPS cycling head unit and more.
Our second edition of the Slowtwitch Mailbag features two questions. First, how does one go about prioritizing their triathlon investments? Second, Joe Friel weighs in on power and pacing
