Kelly Williamson is back to her racing template of excellent swim, lose time on the bike and kill them on the run. She took 2nd at Panama 70.3 and a win at San Juan 70.3, but watch out.
by Tim Carlson, March 22, 2012
A year ago, Greg Bennett committed to chasing the dream of the London Olympics and took Kona off his bucket list. In a twist of fate, he’s an extremely long shot at London but a short course win at Hy-Vee re-opened the door to Kona.
The 2012 Ironman Melbourne is only days away and has attracted quite an impressive field. Here are some of the folks to watch at this Asia-Pacific Championship race on Sunday.
At the fairly young age of 18, William Huffman already has a resume many professionals might be jealous of. He chose to forgo the junior elite route and went straight to the professional ranks.
This a very special edition of What We Have Noticed with the focus on foundations. Some of these you might be familiar with, while others will most likely be completely new to you. So open your mind and your wallet.
Christine Anderson had planned to turn Pro in 2011, but a freak accident threw a wrench in her plans. But now she has her Pro card and can test herself at the big dance.
Timothy O’Donnell edged Leon Griffin thanks to the swim while Kelly Williamson’s swim and run overcame Linsey Corbin’s bike to take the top spots at Ironman 70.3 San Juan.
Cameron Dye stormed to the win at the 2012 Revolution3 Triathlon in Costa Rica in a time of 1:58:01, thanks to a super swim and a monster bike effort. Nicole Kelleher grabbed the women’s title in 2:14:10.
Australian Josh Amberger won it with the best bike and best run to top Denis Vasiliev; Mary Beth Ellis of the U.S. used a race-best swim and best bike to outpace Michelle Wu and win Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore.
Seated, hands-on-hoods is one of five. If you’ve been fitted only to this position, you bought one-fifth of a proper fit session. All five postures inform both bike and handlebar geometries.
We stumbled upon a waterproof Hincapie jacket, the Barnana potassium snack, the inspirational Hector Picard, a Timbuk2 roller bag and a beautiful poster by Jane Radstrom.
We bumped into Christian B-Côté at the bike check-in at the Abu Dhabi Triathlon and this world traveler and first time triathlete became this week’s random age grouper interviewee.
We just got our hands on a test bike with the 2013 SRAM Red group. But before we get into the test, here is a closer look at the Trek Madone SSL Project One with this highly anticipated group.
Daniel Brienza is not only a fast racing age grouper, this team Timex athlete runs the triathlon business side of Life Time Fitness and makes sure that he spends ample quality time with his family.
I’m forced to repent of a long held tradition of mine in bike fit. I’m abandoning, in some cases, the use of body angles as a determiner of position appropriateness.
The CEO of the Challenge Family of triathlons, Felix Walchshofer, talks to Slowtwitch about events surrounding the purchase by WTC of one of its licensees, impacting a popular race in Cairns, Australia.
The popular Challenge Cairns race will be rebranded Ironman Cairns, according to World Triathlon Corporation. The rebranding will be effective this year, for the upcoming event scheduled for June 3, 2012.
Australians Brendan Sexton and Emma Jackson used race-best runs to win the 2012 Devenport OTU Oceania Championships in Tasmania Saturday.
Ben Allen outran Olivier Marceau and Renata Bucher blew the women’s field away to take the wins at the XTERRA Guam Championship Saturday.
We spent a few hours with Team Mountain Khakis / SmartStop and here is a gallery from that morning including a closer look at the Ridley team bikes.
Against an internationally acclaimed field, former professional cyclist Nikki Butterfield went for the kill with her ace and held on with a third-best run for a breakthrough $50,000 win at Abu Dhabi.
After his stunning 7:52:36 performance winning Roth in 2010, Rasmus Henning has been bedeviled by mysterious cramps and contemplated retirement. His Abu Dhabi win revived his high expectations and Kona ambitions.
We came across the Ratio Jet aero bars, Shimano cross disc brakes, the Argyle Power book, the Alpinstars HD board short, a Lezyne chain whip and the L’ Enfer Du Nord t-shirt.
In just his third year as a pro, Brian Lamar has moved up the ITU point list and appears to become a prominent racer. Largely unnoticed in prior years, Brian won the Panama City Continental Cup.
Doug Casa is in charge of the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut and knows quite a bit about sudden death in sport. We had a few words with Doug after the 2012 Team Timex Camp.
