Aussies Pete Jacobs and Caroline Steffen took their first wins at the Ironman distance at IM Australia. Jacobs, as usual, led from the gun, and Steffen survived two flat tires.
by Slowman, May 1, 2011
Jesse Thomas, a 2002 Stanford steeplechaser in his first year as a triathlon pro, shocked the men’s field; after two runner-up finishes, Leanda Cave finally wins Wildflower — by 7 seconds over Mary Beth Ellis
The ITU debuted a new world championship, called Cross Tri, and familiar offroad triathlete faces took men’s and women’s titles. The race was in Spain, but North Americans dominated the top spots.
Spanish Long Distance Champion Eva Ledesma and Danish speedster Rasmus Henning took the titles in the inaugural Playitas Challenge Fuerteventura.
We had the opportunity to spend a day with Olympic Champion Jan Frodeno, and now share a gallery of our day with him in Saarbruecken, Germany.
Late in 2010, Samantha Warriner had surgery to correct super ventricular tachycardia. Just three months later, she won Ironman New Zealand. The much-decorated triathlete recounts her incredible journey.
Enjoy this closer look at the Cannondale Slice High Modulus of Austrian Pro Michael Weiss, with quite a few pics and lots of details.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray goes into detail on the sport by sport differences between the newly announced Garmin FR610 and the older FR310XT.
With Michael Raelert not on the start list, the men’s contest is wide open; and with defending women’s champ Julie Dibens not starting either, keep your eyes on a talented and hungry women’s field.
Kelly Williamson started 2011 like a house afire with wins at Rev 3 Costa Rica and Ironman 70.3 San Juan. After a few hard knocks and two 5th place finishes, she’s got her sights set on the Texas Ironman, Lake Las Vegas and a rematch with Kona
In late February Alex Mroszczyk McDonald was hit by a truck while out on a training ride and he is now on the long road back. The North Carolina based Team Timex Pro is in good spirits though and had a few words with us.
Sebastian Kienle had already shown his stuff in Europe and thus people there were somewhat familiar with him. He also had competed in North America before, but his win in New Orleans put him really on the map.
Hunter Kemper’s comeback win at the ITU Ishigaki World Cup this month seems to show that the three-time Olympian is back on form and aiming at a 4th Olympic team. Find out what the man has to say.
We had our ears and eyes wide open and came across the Brooks T7 Ltd Edition racing shoes, the Trix Stripes t-shirt, Chobani Greek Yogurt, a new bag from Gyst and cool flat pedals from Ergon.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray looks at Bluetooth heart rate strap monitors, ANT+ cell phone clients and app options, and a review of smartphone clients.
The International Triathlon (ITU) announced today that the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Yokohama event will not take place on May 14, 2011 as originally scheduled because of safety concerns for athletes, coaches, officials and staff.
Conrad Stoltz held off Josiah Middaugh’s charge by 8 seconds to take his record 38th XTERRA championship win; Melanie McQuaid tops Shonny Vanlandingham by 41 seconds at the XTERRA South Central Championship in Waco, Texas
High winds cancel the swim, and Sebastian Kienle of Germany topped Paul Amey of Great Britain and Julie Dibens of Great Britain edged Samantha Warriner of New Zealand at the shortened Ochsner IM 70.3 New Orleans
Hunter Kemper makes a strong comeback from injury to take his 4th ITU World Cup win. Artem Parienko finished 2nd and Marek Jaskolka took 3rd at the 2011 ITU Ishigaki World Cup.
This is the final day of our 2011 Sea Otter Classic coverage. We went through the Expo again and checked out the Pro TT event.
Barbara Riveros-Diaz of Chile topped Aileen Morrison of Ireland and Kiyomi Niwata of Japan with a great run to win the women’s title at the 2011 ITU Ishigaki World Cup.
The second day of the 2011 Sea Otter Classic is over now and we have a few more images to share with you.
Talking before his third place finish at Rohto Ironman 70.3 California in Oceanside, the former Austrian Olympic mountain biker discusses his rise in triathlon.
The Sea Otter Classic is an annual cycling festival just outside of Monterey, California. Enjoy this gallery from Day 1.
German Pro Sebastian Kienle is currently racing in the USA and we had a chance to look closer at his Scott Plasma 3.
