Saucony came to the market with the now very successful Kinvara, and yet again with the Mirage. The Hattori is about as far as Saucony is willing to go toward Vibram’s Five Finger, and that’s pretty darned far.

In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray gives options for a GPS watch for inline skating and XC skiing, the Garmin history function, and how to use ANT+ sensors with multiple watches.

Chris McDonald won the 2011 Ford Ironman Louisville with a race-best 4:35:45 bike to earn a 2:59 margin over runner-up Patrick Evoe. Nina Kraft held off the late charge of Jackie Arendt to take the women’s race.

Jordan Rapp won his third Ironman title and second Subaru Ironman Canada win with a 13-minute margin over Torsten Abel. Mary Beth Ellis topped Erin Baker’s 21-year old course record to take the women’s title.

Four-time XTERRA World Champion Conrad Stoltz held off a strong challenge from longshot Will Kelsay and Mieko Carey won her third straight at XTERRA Japan

Local boy Matt Chrabot outlegged Greg Bennett and Paul Matthews in a 3-up sprint. Sarah Haskins made it 3 wins in 3 years in ChiTown. The Toyota Cup points race tightens.

Germany’s Maik Twelsiek ruled the day at the inaugural TriStar111 Minnesota event in 3:12:45 and American age grouper Suzie Olsen topped the women’s field.

We just got our hands on the official 2011 Norseman video and it has some super impressive footage. But we are not only talking about the beautiful landscape and the athletic achievements but also the unique video perspectives.

Brent McLarty, 62, the father of professional triathletes Sara and Dustin McLarty, was hit by a van and killed Wednsday while cycling near his home in Deland, Florida

Award winning photographer Paul Phillips got injured when hit by an SUV before the USA Triathlon Age Group Nationals in Burlington, Vermont – while walking across a crosswalk in a neon vest. [Revisit this article for latest updates on Paul.]

Eating lots of broccoli can only take one so far. How does one go about gaining quantitative insight into the nutritional state of the body? Enter the latest high-tech and exhaustive performance nutrition testing.

Slowtwitch analyzes the acquisition of one of cycling’s premier online sites by one of the world’s premier online retailers, and explains why this purchase might foretell a megatrend in the world of cycling.

The currents were tough in The Bay, the sand ladder daunting at Tri-California’s San Francisco Triathlon at Alcatraz. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

British Le Mans race driver Chris Buncombe is very passionate about cycling when he is not behind the steering wheel of his Aston Martin race car. He also runs and word has it that swimming may not be very far behind.

Tommy Zaferes edged Brian Fleischmann for a breakthrough win and Becky Lavelle won it with the swim, edging Christie Sym by 35 seconds at SF Triathlon at Alcatraz

The British team was predicted to win the Team World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland and they did not disappoint. Defending Champion Switzerland finished second and Germany third despite a penalty.

Rasmus Henning was first out of the water, crushed the bike segment and then cruised home to win Ironman 70.3 Timberman. Chrissie Wellington also led from start to finish to take her fourth title and finish 9th overall.

Barbara Riveros Diaz stormed past Emma Jackson with 200 meters to go to take the win at the ITU Sprint Worlds in Lausanne. Andrea Hewitt finished third and fourth placed Helen Jenkins moved into the lead of the series.

Jonathan Brownlee won the 2011 ITU Sprint World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland and thus successfully defended his title ahead of Javier Gomez and his older brother Alistair.

Karl Kahsar, the 2011 USAT Collegiate National Men’s Champion, and Susan Williams, the 2004 Olympic bronze medalist, win overall titles at USAT age group nationals

If you ever wanted to know what a day in the life of Javier Gomez was like, look no further. Enjoy this clip that briefly looks back at 2010 and then shows him at home in Spain.

Some of us are paid after two weeks of work, some of us are paid monthly. That lag in pay can be a lot longer for pro triathletes and in some cases they may actually not see the money at all.

Andreas Böcherer earned the European 70.3 Championship title with his recent win at 70.3 Wiesbaden, and the quiet German has had a very good season so far. We won’t see him in Las Vegas, but he is looking forward to Kona.

Jordan Jones is a man of many interests. He is a pro triathlete, successful business owner, former police officer and ran a 14:25 5k at Boston U. Jordan is on the start list for Hy-Vee to compete for the huge paycheck.