Tereza Macel announced that she is stepping away from the professional triathlon racing circuit and the announcement came as quite a surprise. Tez talked with slowtwitch about the decision and what might be next.

Aussie Brad Kahlefeldt took the win at the 2011 season opening ITU Mooloolaba World Cup and repeated his title from 2010. Brendan Sexton grabbed second place and David Hauss took the final podium spot.

In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses the various pace displays on how elapsed time works, the Wahoo Fitness iPhone case, and the new Vector power-meter pedals.

Responding to a thread on slowtwitch about what Pros do on their off days, Randy Sadler decided to capture a mellow day in the life of his wife Amanda Stevens.

Kris Gemmell just recorded a nice win at the steamy Aviva 70.3 Singapore, but his focus is clearly on the ITU Dextro Energy WCS events and qualifying for the Olympics. We had a few words with the man.

We invite you to look closer at the Osymetric chainrings, the On Cloudsurfer running shoes, the Purple Harry Bike Floss and the Endurance Conspiracy bike slang t-shirt.

We have seen the dramatic footage from Japan over and over, but to some folks the images hit much closer to home. Mike Trees and his Japanese wife Rieko are really close to the situation and started Tri4Japan to help folks there.

If you want your legs to feel as fresh at 8, or 15, or 22 miles into your run as they feel during the first few miles, you need your shoe to reduce the accumulated damage done. This is that shoe.

My first run in this shoe was a 5k road race. I liked these shoes a lot right from the gun. But it wasn’t until about two miles into that race‚ on the descent‚ that I fell in love.

Matt Chrabot showed great early season form with a fine win at the Miami International Triathlon, the opening race for the new 5i50 Triathlon series. Jillian Petersen grabbed the women’s title.

Timothy O’Donnell topped runner-up Paul Amey by 3:08 and Kelly Williamson outraced Kate Major by 3:31 to take the wins at the inaugural Ironman 70.3 San Juan.

In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses the various pace displays on Garmin units, mounting the Timex Global Trainer, and batteries for HRM straps.

Kris Gemmell outran James Cunnama and Mary Beth Ellis ran down Amy Marsh to win the 2011 Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore.

With the stunning aftermath of the monster earthquake near Japan we decided to only feature ways to assist people in Japan for this issue of What We Have Noticed. Now updated.

Jessica Broderick is racing in both drafting and non-drafting events and competes for the University of Colorado and Team Timex. She finished 10th at Elite Nationals in 2010, but has loftier goals for this year.

Let’s break “barefoot” running down into its constituent parts. Is it a techology or a technique? Or both? Today, we’re looking at the question of shoe height.

Several of the newest superbikes were developed (have you noticed?) with bolt-on accessories contemplated during the frame design. Will this motif redefine tri bike design? Probably so.

Frederik Van Lierde recorded his biggest win to date with an impressive performance at the 2011 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon. Julie Dibens led from start to finish and repeated her title from 2010.

With the 2011 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon showdown almost upon us, it was time for the impressive Pro field to check in their bikes near the Emirates Palace hotel.

For Rasmus Henning the 2011 Abu Dhabi International Triathlon might turn out to be a race of redemption. He finished third in this event last year, and Kona did not at all go as planned. So here we go again.

Ryan Sissons finished out 2010 with a U23 runner-up spot at the ITU Dextro Energy WCS Finals in Budapest and is one of the contenders for a spot on the Kiwi Olympic team. He had a few words with slowtwitch.

The Luxembourger Pro Dirk Bockel has the work done for the Abu Dhabi Triathlon and is now waiting for the big day to come. He is considered one of the favorites and had a few words with slowtwitch.

Julie Dibens, Caroline Steffen, Catriona Morrison, Leanda Cave, Angela Naeth and Melanie McQuaid have the best shot at Abu Dhabi women’s gold. Or are there any others to watch in this unique event?

In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses the Garmin Auto-Pause feature, ANT+ phones, and the Tunebug music system.