Minnesota resident Dan Hedgecock won the amateur titles at Lifetime Fitness Minneapolis, St. Anthony’s and HyVee and snagged a sweet car in the process. This year at St. Anthony’s we may see him stepping up to the big league.

Today we compare the power data of Jordan Rapp and Clayton Fettell during the 2013 Urban Hotel Group Ironman Melbourne with the help of AJ Johnson of TrainingPeaks.

Eneko Llanos and Corinne Abraham took the wins at the 2013 Asia Pacific Ironman Championships in Melbourne, Australia and here is our picture gallery from the race.

Specialized unveiled their new Sitero triathlon saddle today in conjunction with Ironman Melbourne and we have detailed pics and a video chat with the product manager.

Dan MacPherson is a fast Aussie age grouper, but he may be best known for his acting job. He currently resides in Los Angeles and is getting ready for the 70.3 California event in Oceanside. We had a few words with him.

Spain’s Eneko Llanos prevailed against a stacked Aussie field (which also included a tough Belgian), while a new star, Corinne Abraham, shattered a field of top women racers with a superb performance.

Ben Allen and Jacqui Slack struck again and won the XTERRA Guam Championship event in beautiful conditions. Allen had a close battle with Dan Hugo until the end of the bike, and Slack managed to take the lead right at the start.

We kick off a series dedicated to finding out what makes a shoe truly ‘minimal’ or not. Our first segment includes an interview with Exercise Scientist and retail store owner, Matt Ebersole.

This week we noticed the unique Eney Buoy, new flavors from nuun, Sheila Taormina’s Swim Speed Workouts, the 2013 Chariot CX stroller and the Two-Fer shirt from Endurance Conspiracy

We take a quick look at new Shimano 9070 Dura Ace Di2. The groupset is now 11-speed and gains a host of new features. Our gallery recaps the official product presentation in San Diego, CA.

David Kahn works long hours as a practicing dentist, but that doesn’t stop him from competing as a professional triathlete. He won the 2011 Rhode Island and started his season last weekend in San Juan

I pick Caroline Steffen, Meredith Kessler and Gina Crawford to go 1-2-3. But can today’s stars hold off the amazing, ever-smiling, never-aging Swiss Miss with the killer bike – 46 year old Natascha Badmann?

Prognosticator Timothy Carlson predicts Vanhoenacker, Alexander and Llanos will go 1-2-3 but Rapp and Brown will have something to say in the 2013 Asia Pacific Ironman Championship.

ITU World Triathlon Series prize money will increase by $182,000 to $2.25 million; ITU will increase its World Cup series total prize money by $280,800 to $720,000; ITU Olympic distance prize money will rise to nearly $3 million.

American Pro Ben Hoffman has a very nice array of sponsors with Zoot, Specialized, SRAM, Zipp etc, and among the selected non-endemic ones are Volkswagen automobiles and Tender Belly pork products.

Andrew Starykowicz smashed the bike segment of the Ironman 70.3 San Juan in 2:00:45 and then held on during the run to grab the win. A trio of short course athletes led by Helle Frederiksen took the podium in the women’s race.

Timo Bracht of Germany used a race-best bike split and 3rd-best run to win Ironman Los Cabos men’s contest in 8:26:48; Erika Csomor of Hungary edged Michelle Vesterby of Denmark to take the women’s crown.

Canadian Paula Findlay seems happily on the road to recovery from long-term hip injury with her win at the Sarasota Pan Am Cup; in the men’s contest, Joao Pereira of Portugal edged Tommy Zaferes by 2 seconds.

Javier Gomez continued his hot streak at virtually all triathlon disciplines, dominating the opening round of the 2013 ITU World Cup season at Mooloolaba, Australia. Matt Chrabot and Peter Kerr rounded out the podium.

Anne Haug, coming off her win at the ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in Auckland last year, stormed into the 2013 season with a hard fought win at the Mooloolaba ITU World Cup.

Hed Cycling just announced an updated version of their Jet wheels, in smaller 650c size. They now match their 700c brethren with wide aluminum rims and carbon fairings.

Bevan Docherty, 2004 ITU World Champion, 2004 Olympic silver medalist and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, had a spectacular Ironman debut with a course record at Taupo. Next big career target — Kona.

Cervelo celebrated Pi Day in style with the launch of the ultra light and stiff Rca. This very expensive new frame is based on the R5ca but apparently only weighs 667 grams in a size 54cm.

We speak with a very innovative E-commerce company called hybris. They plan to open an athlete-friendly office in Boulder, Colorado, that could be every triathlete’s dream career.