Filip Ospaly used a course record time of 3:46:02 to defeat a stellar field at the 2010 Ironman 70.3 Austria in St. Pölten. Yvonne Van Vlerken also broke the course record, but had to out-sprint Erika Csomor by 0.2 seconds to take the win.

Franky Batelier won the XTERRA European Championships in Sardinia, Italy by a very narrow margin over Olivier Marceau. Melanie McQuaid grabbed the women’s title and her first win of the season.

In the aftermath of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California we look closer at the Scott Plasma 3, the 2011 Felt DA, a cool bicycle inspired art poster show and a book on how to date a triathlete.

Trek released their SpeedConcept to the public on May 22nd at the Tour of California time trial. This white paper from Trek tells their story of the bike before that grand unveiling.

Ironman distance events whose courses take over the heart of historic world capitals such as Frankfurt and Zurich are rare. In August, the Challenge organization will debut a full ironman distance race that takes over the elegant streets of Copenhagen

During the Amgen Tour of California TT stage, Trek launched the highly anticipated Speed Concept. Nick Salazar was there.

A new partnership between WTC and Nestlé Performance Nutrition means that the new Powerbar PERFORM drink will be at many Ironman and 70.3 aid stations instead of Gatorade, and that is true for Kona and Clearwater too.

Late last summer John Carson was out for a training ride when he got hit by a SUV from behind. His world changed when he was told he would most likely be wheelchair bound for the rest of his life. But John Carson had another idea about that.

Greg Bennett, one of the most decorated Australian triathletes of all time, plans to race for the USA and is aiming at showing up on the starting line at the London Olympics wearing the red white and blue.

Top triathletes raced in the Amgen ToC time trial stage, shortly before those competing in the whole stage race.

Conrad Stoltz tops Josiah Middaugh by 3:05 and Renate Bucher wins by 2:15 over Shonny Vanlandingham at XTERRA Waco

Andrew Yoder, still age 20, smoked Tim O’Donnell and the rest of the field at Columbia Triathlon; Laurel Wassner defeated Margaret Shapiro by 20 seconds.

Eneko Llanos set a race record, but Catriona Morrison made a miracle comeback, overcoming a 35-minute stop to fix a broken chain, to win Ironman Lanzarote by 1:28 over age grouper Louise Collins.

2-time Ironman World Champ Craig Alexander spoke at Wheat Ridge Cyclery to ring in the store’s “Multisport Grand Opening.”

Hunter Kemper fought off a sacroiliac joint injury and a hernia to make his third Olympic team, capped off with a 7th at Beijing; a recurring SI joint injury left him off the radar for nine months until an Alcatraz win.

Doug McCard edged into the waters of Kissimmee’s Lake Mary Jane as he had “thousands of times before,” training for a summer Ironman. When he felt the teeth of an 8-foot long gator chomp on his torso, he started swinging.

Timothy O’Donnell took his first win of 2010 by 1:21 over Viktor Zyemtsev; Leanda Cave followed Escape From Alcatraz with another win over Amanda Stevens.

France’s Sylvain Sudrie did it with a sizzling 1:56:04 bike and Finland’s Tiina Boman aced it on the run to win the Half Challenge Barcelona-Maresme

Six members of the Saint-Lambert Triathlon Club training for Ironman Lake Placid were hit by a pickup truck on Highway 112 east of Montreal on May 14; three are dead and three were seriously injured

Jenna Shoemaker absorbed a big shock this spring when coach Darren Smith let her go; but the 26-year-old showed grit and resilience when she finished a close second at Escape from Alcatraz

3-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington will also be at the start line of the Amgen Tour of California stage 7 time trial and that adds an interesting twist to the event. After all, she finished 2nd overall at the 2008 Alpe D’Huez triathlon.

In mid February Lance Armstrong challenged Chris Lieto to a TT showdown on the Queen K and won by 9 seconds. The two will meet again during the stage 7 TT of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California. But who will take round 2?

For a Pro to go to Kona or Clearwater, that Pro now has to finish within 5% of the winner’s time to get that coveted slot. We talked to quite a few Pro triathletes and solicited their opinions about this new rule.

As the late senator Moynihan put it, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not his own math.” Okay, he said facts, not math, but the idea is the same. But now on to that Cannondale Slice.