German Pro Sebastian Kienle is currently racing in the USA and we had a chance to look closer at his Scott Plasma 3.
by Herbert Krabel, April 11, 2011The opening round of the 2011 Dextro Energy ITU World Championship series in Sydney, Australia is behind us and Courtney Atkinson takes you inside the bike segment.
There are huge differences in how you can pull underwater with your arm; differences in power and differences in frontal drag. But, like so many aspects of swimming technique, the underwater pull involves compromise. The question is, which way is best?
Cameron Dye and Sarah Haskins won the 2011 Nautica South Beach triathlon and collected valuable points towards the Lifetime Fitness Toyota Cup. Enjoy this race day gallery.
Josiah Middaugh passed Conrad Stoltz late on the final trail run to win by 59 seconds; Melanie McQuaid tops Shonny Vanlandingham by 3:21 at XTERRA West
Sarah Haskins marked time on the swim and the bike, skipping away on the run to take the Toyota Cup series opener. Cameron Dye skipped away on the bike, then held on in a white knuckler.
Chris Lieto smashed a talented field with a 2:02:15 bike, then posted a 1:16:56 run to hold off Rasmus Henning by 1:10; Catriona Morrison ran away with a 1:18:18 run to dominate Memorial Hermann IM 70.3 Texas
Raynard Tissink smashed his own record by 20 minutes on his way to win his 3rd Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa. As expected, Chrissie Wellington dominated the women’s race but she also broke the World Record.
The transition area is ready for the 2011 Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa and thanks to Randy Sadler we can share a gallery of Pro bike images.
Defending champion Javier Gomez overcame a crash on the bike and a good sized gap at the beginning of the run to win the 2011 Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series race in Sydney, Australia.
Canadian Paula Findlay showed again that she is a force to be reckoned with this year with a superb win in round one of the 2011 Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon World Championship Series in Sydney, Australia.
Karl Kahsar of Colorado won the men’s title when UC Irvine’s Dustin McLarty got a position penalty; Kaitlin Shiver of Florida won women’s individual; Colorado took the men’s team and the combined team titles; Navy won the women’s team title
It’s Andy Potts and his swim-run prowess against Yoder’s bike power in an early season match up of two athletes in top form. Slowtwitch kicks off its live coverage season at the Nautica South Beach tri in Miami. Live coverage here
Lance Armstrong announced today that he finished a ride with a few fellas riding out of Mellow Johnny’s and that it was too windy for him. We’ll keep you posted on further developments.
Kaleb VanOrt is fast, scary fast. He had the fastest 10k split in every triathlon he has ever done. The former Notre Dame athlete burst into the limelight when he placed 3rd in Clermont.
The season is now in full swing and nothing inspires more than new gear. So we have a look at the Giro Aeon helmet, the Avia Avi-Bolt III shoes, the Zipp track jacket and the TwinSix Crank t-shirt.
Cory Foulk’s barefoot beach cruiser ride at Kona, his fixed gear Ironman 13 years later, and how hip resurfacing enabled him to reach 47 Ironmans, 21 Ultramans – and go for more.
Bahram Akradi, CEO of Life Time Fitness, built the Life Time Fitness triathlon, and the Race to the Toyota Cup, for U.S. pros. He’s building Leadman Tri for himself.
After a disappointing 70.3 California Mac Brown put up a very hard note to himself on his blog. It was not meant to garner attention or sympathy, but he was kind enough to let us share it.
How did Heather Jackson come from Princeton ice hockey star and teaching in Thailand to dueling with Mirinda Carfrae for the win at Oceanside? The 26-year-old explains it all for you.
At the recent Mooloolaba ITU World Cup Brendan Sexton grabbed the runner-up spot behind fellow Aussie Brad Kahlefeldt and recorded his finest result to date. But we can expect to hear more from him.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses taking your Garmin Forerunner to the pool, the best watch that measures altitude for trail running, and some discussion about how autopause can impact a race file.
Sidi’s carbon-soled T2 Silver Snake. You can debate about the silver snakeskin upper on this wider-than-average Sidi, but I kind of liked it. It makes a statement.
A gallery of images taken during the bike segment of the 2011 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California. A very deep field competed for $50,000 in Oceanside.
