Andy Potts won his 5th and Leanda Cave won her 4th as they earned the Escape From Alcatraz men’s and women’s overall titles Sunday in San Francisco.
by Tim Carlson, June 11, 2012
The British Triathlon Federation picked Stuart Hayes and Lucy Hall to serve in Olympic domestique roles in support of the Brownlees and Helen Jenkins; Will Clarke and Tim Don, Liz Blatchford and Jodie Stimpson are left off.
Brutal cold temps and wet weather forced cutting bike to 15 miles; Callum Millward and Matt Reed finished in the first tie in Ironman history and Jodie Swallow dominated the women’s field at Boise 29.3.
Hunter Kemper is on the 2012 US Olympic team in London and here is a closer look at his Orbea Orca race bike from the ITU San Diego WTS event.
Class is in session, so bring your books. We take an in-depth look at the bearings on your bicycle. How do they work? How do we make them faster? What should you buy? For this and much more, read on.
Representing a small island with a green history in triathlon, Gavin Noble talked with slowtwitch about representing his country in London this summer and competing solo at the world’s most competitive triathlon series.
Aussie Luke McKenzie was the runner-up at the Urban Hotels Group Ironman 70.3 Cairns and we take a closer look at his race ready 2012 Scott Plasma 3.
Austin, Texas amateur triathlete Joe Thorne had the second fastest run last year at Ironman Hawaii. Now he is trying to add a top rank swim and bike to compete with the best in the world.
David Dellow and Carrie Lester were the champions of the 2012 Ironman Airport Cairns, and we have a few images from that beautiful race venue.
Today we take a closer look at the Cervelo P4 race bike of the 2012 Ironman Cairns champion David Dellow of team Alaska Milk team TBB Philippines.
Richie Cunningham and Mirinda Carfrae stormed to the titles at the 2012 Revolution3 Quassy Triathlon and here is gallery from that day.
Emma Moffatt, Erin Densham, Emma Jackson are in — defending Olympic champion Emma Snowsill is off the 2012 Australian Olympic Triathlon team; Courtney Atkinson, Brendan Sexton join Brad Kahlefeldt on the men’s squad.
Australian Clayton Fettell combined a race-best swim and bike with a 4th-best run to dominate the men’s field; Canadian Magali Tisseyre topped Mary Beth Ellis by 2:31 to win Ironman 70.3 Mooseman in New Hampshire
Michael Raelert led virtually wire-to-wire, dominating in Europe on a weekend when Ironman’s star athletes were hard at work in races around the world. Nicola Spirig won here a week after winning WTS Madrid.
Richie Cunningham ran away from his challengers. Mirinda Carfrae ran up to, and past, hers. The end result were big paydays in the $125,000 race at the Rev3Tri held at the Quassy Amusement Park in Connecticut.
David Dellow’s race–best run propelled him past Cameron Brown to his first Ironman victory; Carrie Lester out dueled Belinda Harper to take her second IM win at Cairns Airport Ironman Cairns
Ironman World Championship runner-up Pete Jacobs crushes the men’s field by 12:10 and Sarah Crowley tops Michelle Wu by 6:33 at Urban Hotel Group Ironman 70.3 Cairns
Lukas Verzbicas won his first professional triathlon and Laura Bennett won her second event after qualifying for the London Olympics at the ITU Pan American Cup on a blazing hot day in Dallas.
The Cardo BK-1 is an intercom system connecting up to three cyclists who’re out on a bike ride. But this system’s side benefit is, to me, the main benefit: The ability to turn my bike into a home office.
Lance Armstrong rode a sizzling 2:01:46 bike split to carve out a big lead and held off Greg Bennett by 2:46 to win his second 70.3 title; Linsey Corbin biked to the lead and held off Julia Grant to win Honu.
We take a look at triathlon bikes in a different light. Not to be fast, aero, or light, but specifically as training tools for the human body, in any possible condition. Is your bike up to the task?
Life, for the well-heeled triathlete, is about to get a little more complicated. Come September, 2012, some of you will have to make a new decision: Dura Ace Di2 or Campagnolo EPS for your tri bike.
This week we have noticed the blueseventy TX2000 tri suit, Infinit MUD recovery drink, Newton MV2 racing flats, 3T London themed components, Sun Valley Bike Festival and a unique t-shirt from Uniqlo.
We explore the topic of rim width and tire width, and what it means to you. Should you go wide? Should you go narrow? What are the implications? We discuss these topics, and offer a complete listing of current rims specs.
