Jens Toft’s swim trumped Joerie Vansteelant’s run and Olympic silver medalist Lisa Norden’s swim and bike outweighed Eimear Mullan’s run to win Half Challenge Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.

Ben Kanute of Arizona won his second title in two days — the USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals Olympic distance men’s crown – over Michael Pool of South Florida.

We take a look at the new Zipp Vuka Stealth aerobar and their unique fit tool, called Vuka Fit. If you’ve ever been intimidated by fitting an integrated bar on your bike, this could change your perspective.

Ben Kanute of the University of Arizona and Erin Jones of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs won the USA Triathlon debut sprint distance Draft-Legal Collegiate Championship at Tempe, Arizona

If you’re a bike shop your future is bright. Or not. It depends on your investment in and attachment to culture, tooling, fixtures, education, and pathways of delivery. We’ll talk about some of that now.

We review two shoes from Vivobarefoot – the Aqua Lite road shoe and the Breatho Trail shoe. These offerings fall in line with all others from Vivo, featuring flat soles and thin construction.

Your LBS might be back on its heels. Amazon is the arch enemy, with more than its toe in the water of the bike industry. The game is afoot. Okay, we’ll stop now. Here’s part-2 of our look at the retail landscape.

South Africa’s Richard Murray just finished second at the non drafting Nautica South Beach Triathlon, but the real target is the ITU WTS race in San Diego. We had a few words with this Joel Filliol coached athlete.

Over 85 percent of Slowtwitchers buy bike and tri product online. But 70 percent of these same customers prefer purchasing from their local bike shop, presenting a challenge and an opportunity.

Two-time Australian Olympian Courtney Atkinson won his very first XTERRA victory and Renata Bucher won her 30th at the XTERRA Great Ocean Road off-road triathlon in Anglesea Victoria, Australia.

Ben Collins topped Richard Murray by 1:26 and Helle Frederiksen beat Alicia Kaye of the U.S. by 1:15 to win the men’s and women’s pro titles at the Nautica South Beach Triathlon in Miami.

Richie Cunningham of Australia dominated the men’s field thanks to a race-best 1:12:45 run and Emma-Kate Lidbury of Great Britain’s race-best bike trumped Kelly Williamson’s run to win Ironman 70.3 Texas

We shared a Twitter Faker check yesterday that covered the Pro men, and today we look at the Pro women, ourselves and a few other magazines.

Anne Haug from Germany started the 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series the same way as she finished it the end of last season – with an emphatic win in Auckland, New Zealand. Maaike Caelers and Felicity Abram completed the podium.

Spain’s Javier Gomez Noya ran away from his competition to take the win at the season opening ITU World Triathlon Series race in Auckland, New Zealand. Spain’s Mario Mola and Portugal’s Joao Silva finished second and third.

We discuss the particulars of how to true your wheels. Is it hard? Can I do it at home? You’ll need a few special tools, but the methods are simple and only require practice.

We published an article about the top 55 Pro triathlete tweeters and there have been concerns about number legitimacy, so we dug deeper into that issue.

Today, Zipp announced that they will sell a disc brake version of their 303 tubular and carbon clincher to the public. Will they offer other disc brake wheel options? Is there an aero advantage?

We perused the various Pro triathlete Twitter accounts and compiled a list of 55 followed Pro athletes. Some of these names fairly high up may come as a surprise, but most of them make a lot of sense.

It is debatable whether New York City was ever Ironman material. But Asheville, North Carolina, certainly is. So, will this be the spot where the next North American Ironman is held?

Bjorn Andersson rode a Hotta bike at Ironman 70.3 California at Oceanside and Devashish Paul snapped a few pics of that old school ride.

Going into its 7th year, the Hy-Vee Triathlon has cut its professional prize purse in half to $500,000, citing long term viability for its elite race and a concurrent wish to expand its series of Midwest IronKids races.

Newcomer Corinne Abraham really stepped into the limelight with her dominant win at the 2013 Urban Hotel Group Asia Pacific Championships in Melbourne, Australia. We had a few words with this very fast woman from Wales.

We continue our series on minimal footwear. What makes a shoe minimal? We also suggest an overhaul for the naming scheme of all running shoes, whether minimal or not.