Olympic silver medalist Javier Gomez of Spain won the XTERRA World Championship in his first off road triathlon and Lesley Paterson of Great Britain repeated at Maui with a dominating, mistake-free race.

Jesse Thomas ran down Andrew Starykowicz to take the win at the inaugural Rev3 Florida event that had been converted into a duathlon. Becky Lavelle grabbed the title in the women’s race about 90 seconds up on Nicole Kelleher.

Terenzo Bozzone had a tough fight on his hands at the 2012 Ironman 70.3 Miami event, but in the end came away as the winner. 2012 Ironman World Champion Leanda Cave stormed to the win in the women’s race.

Andy Potts reeled in TJ Tollakson late in the run to win the 2012 Ironman 70.3 Austin. Rachel McBride from Canada used a strong swim – bike combo to take the win in the women’s race.

We look at the 2013 shoe line from French manufacturer, Mavic. While known primarily for wheels, they have many options in shoes and make a decidedly nice pair.

A lethal swim and bike combo allowed Clayton Fettell to take the title of the 2012 Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie in 3:50:15. Britta Martin took the win in the women’s race in 4:32:26.

Sebastian Kienle leads a talented bunch of ITU and Ironman invaders while XTERRA veterans Conrad Stoltz and Josiah Middaugh are among the off road veterans defending their grip on the men’s crown at the XTERRA World Championship.

We’re in the home stretch of the fourth annual WBR challenge. With only nine days left to donate, we hope to meet and exceed our lofty goal of $50,250, or 375 WBR bikes.

For some weeks I have been receiving calls and emails urging me to express my view on Lance Armstrong (to these I say, be careful what you ask for). After considerable deliberation, here it is.

Tyler Butterfield has raced many endurance sports over the past decade and while the events he has raced have varied, one thing has remained the same, his supreme cycling skills. Sal Farruggia had a few words with him.

Age grouper John Jenkins from Atlantic City, NJ started at the Ironman World Championships for the first time this year and we decided to interview him after a random encounter at the Kona airport a few days before the event.

USA Triathlon released a landmark study today, the first such study ever to comprehensively, scientifically, consider deaths in triathlon, comparing triathlon with other sports, and listing recommendations.

We look at the recently revised tire sealant formula from Italy-based Effetto Mariposa. The product name remains the same, but the sauce is said to be much improved.

Today we are featuring a guest opinion piece by Ulrich Fluhme about age group doping. Ulrich runs the Gran Fondo New York and is also a member of the ST forum.

Today we take a closer look at the ultra light Mad Fiber wheels, which we had in our hands for a long-term test and all the test bikes that had them mounted were seeing instant signs of a successful diet.

Felt has been skating along on its flagship B series mold for 5 years. Rather than downscale its newer DA mold, Felt chose to built a new B series mold from the ground up. Here’s the B12 built on that chassis.

The 2012 Challenged Athletes Foundation San Diego Triathlon Challenge was held last Sunday and Rich Cruse was there to capture this truly inspiring event.

Boulder, CO based coach Neal Henderson is a very busy man and among his flock of athletes are Cameron Dye, Flora Duffy and Taylor Phinney. We were able to pin him down in between trips around the world.

Do swim skins really work? Are they worth the money and effort in a no-wetsuit swim? This is the question we set out to answer in this, the first of our time-test reviews of entries in the swim skin category.

Nope, this isn’t about freezing your body, so you can win your age group in the 23rd century. It’s about a therapy that’s been around since the 17th century (but so was bloodletting).

Here is a look at the top 15 overall men on the run at the 2012 Ironman World Championships with their respective run splits and details of their running shoes.

The UCI and the ASO have agreed to strip Armstrong of Tour titles. Oakley dropped Armstrong today, and SCA Promotions has just sent a demand letter asking for $7.5 million.

Tim Berkel stomped the bike and held off Tim Reed on the run to take the SunSmart Ironman 70.3 Mandurah and with it the Australian Championships. Melissa Hauschildt took the women’s title over Liz Blatchford.

We review the 2013 Zipp Super-9 Carbon Clincher disc wheel. Claimed to be the “fastest wheel ever”, we take a close look at this new disc to find out for ourselves just how fast it is.