The London World Championship Series Triathlon this weekend is an Olympic preview event. It’s the first race where U.S. triathletes can qualify for the 2012 Olympics – if they can crack the top 9.
by Tim Carlson, August 2, 2011
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses the Bontrager Node 1 as a basic ANT+ computer, how to downgrade Garmin firmware, and the value of vibrating alerts on a watch.
Normann Stadler announced his retirement from the sport today and we’d like to honor the 2-time Ironman World Champion with a gallery through the years.
On the way back from the 2011 Dealer Camp we stopped by ENVE Composites in Ogden, Utah to take a tour of the facility where the wheels are crafted.
This week we noticed the Orion goggles from TYR, the Strava training log, the TorHans Aero-20 hydration system, the Iron War book by Matt Fitzgerald and the Fly Onesies by TwinSix.
Timothy O’Donnell of the USA won by a mile over fellow American Jordan Rapp while Tenille Hoogland won by six seconds over fellow Canadian Sara Gross at Calgary 70.3
Killer cyclist Andrew Yoder needed strong swim and bike splits to hold off Kaleb VanOrt’s sizzling run; Jenna Parker edged Nicole Kelleher by 9 seconds at HFP Racing’s $30,000 non-drafting Giant Eagle Tri.
Ritchie Nicholls closed with a 29:44 run to win by 32 seconds and ITU star Jodie Stimpson closed with race-best 35:12 10k to win by 1:24 at the Virgin Active London Triathlon.
Aaron Farlow of Australia blasted the course and run records; Kristin Moeller of Germany also set a new course record of 9:19:04 in winning Ironman UK
At the 2011 Dealer Camp we had a closer look at the 2011 Cannondale SuperSix Evo Ultimate, a very light bike built around a 695 gram frame. The Ultimate edition featured here is at the very top of the line.
We browsed the booths of the 2011 Dealer Camp at the Deer Valley Resort one more day to bring you more interesting items. Quite a few Pros and celebrities made the rounds on this day too.
Craig Harris, MSExcel master, brings you Enhanced Race Results for the 2011 editions of Ironman Lake Placid and Challenge Roth.
The 2011 Dealer Camp started today at the Deer Valley Resort just outside Park City, Utah and we were there to capture some images from this fast growing event.
Mathias Hecht has been on the podium quite often the last few years but an Ironman title has eluded him until this year’s Ironman St. George. This whole season actually is looking quite good for the outgoing Swiss Pro.
Nicole Kelleher is a professional triathlete who until recently was in medical school. She has won 2009 collegiate nationals, finished 3rd at 2010 Pro Nationals and now sits 6th in the 5150 series & 3rd in the Lifetime Fitness series.
Loreen Barnett, Secretary General of the ITU, sat with Slowtwitch to answer questions about the suspension of Harry Wiltshire, the place of team tactics in triathlon, and the ITU’s posture toward race comportment.
ITU hits British triathlete Harry Wiltshire with a 6 months suspension for “unsportsmanlike and unsafe conduct” during the swim at the European Championships
TJ Tollakson came within 10 seconds of Steve Larsen’s 10-year-old bike record on his way to an 8-minute winning margin over Ben Hoffman: Wurtele dominated the women’s s field at IM Lake Placid
Owen Cummins of Ireland and Natalie Barnard of Great Britain win Tri Grand Prix Kilkenny titles by comfortable margins
Faris Al-Sultan stormed to a dominating win at the Frankfurter Sparkasse European Ironman Championship ahead of Jan Raphael and Michael Göhner. Caroline Steffen took the women’s title with a course record bike split of 4:51:07
Belgian men and women went 1-2 at Antwerp Ironman 70.3 – Defending champ Bart Aernouts bested Axel Zeebroek by 2:48 and Sofie Goos edged Sophie De Groote for her third straight Antwerp win
Melissa Rollison was a world class runner who went through some painful disappointments; this year the 28-year-old Australian burst upon the triathlon scene like a happy comet.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray answers several questions posed by our publisher, Dan Empfield, as he struggles to make the leap to the 21st century.
This year’s Felt superbike was superpriced. Next year’s is super duper priced, if you want electronic shifting. But there’s a Dura Acey version of it that’s nicely priced, the DA4, showing up in September.
Paul Matthews won 70.3 Kansas and 5i50 Washington,DC this year and has been on the podium a few more times including a recent runner-up spot at Vineman 70.3. The consistent Aussie though is not yet done this season.
