Third of a four-part oral history how Xterra legend Jamie Whitmore is fighting back from cancer and making choices to maintain the maximum physical freedom and maximum ability to share her talents with the world.

Timo Bracht and Normann Stadler are now team mates under the umbrella of the Commerzbank team, and so are all the other athletes who previously competed in green colors for the Dresdner Kleinwort team.

We stumbled upon lightweight running shoes from Adidas, Normann Stadler’s recently born son, energy bars from Bonk Breakers and new sun glasses from Smith Optics.

Second of a four-part series on how one of Xterra’s greatest stars was struck down in her prime by a devastating cancer and battled back to survive, rebuild her life with an unquenchable spirit and transcend the limits of her disease

Conrad Stoltz grabbed the win at the 2009 XTERRA Atlantic Cup despite a huge cut in his foot, and Melanie McQuaid kept her 2009 winning streak alive as she took the women’s race.

20-year old Philip Graves won the 2009 Ironman 70.3 UK with a great swim, ride and run and showed that he isn’t just a gifted road racer. Catriona Morrison held off Julie Dibens and Bella Bayliss enroute to her win.

You can’t buy love. But can you buy a maillot jaune? Last year Bjarne Riis squeezed the industry, appealing to companies poised to pay for victory. Specialized anted up. How is that turning out?

Bell turns a 1:10 deficit into a 1:09 margin of victory with a final surge on the run to top Tim O’Donnell at Kansas Ironman 70.3; Chrissie Wellington shows she’s mastered the CO2 canister and then topped Pip Taylor by 4:50 at Lawrence.

Andy Potts became a 3 time champion with his win at the 2009 Escape from Alcatraz triathlon in San Francisco. Mary Beth Ellis held off defending champion Leanda Cave on her way to the women’s title.

A dominating performance by Terenzo Bozzone gave him the win at the 2009 Ironman 70.3 Eagleman in Cambridge, MD. Mirinda Carfrae ran down Natascha Badmann to take the women’s title.

Former 70.3 World Champion Craig Alexander took a very narrow 2 second victory over Chris Lieto at the Ironman 70.3 Boise this afternoon. In the women’s race Magali Tisseyre crossed the line more than 8 minutes ahead of runner-up Linsey Corbin.

First of a four-part series on how one of Xterra’s greatest stars was struck down in her prime by a devastating cancer and battled back to survive, rebuild her life with an unquenchable spirit and transcend the limits of her disease.

5430 Sports, founded by Barry and Jodee Siff, was sold to WTC effective yesterday. The 5430 Triathlon will be Boulder 70.3 in 2010 and thereafter

In our infinite curiosity we recently noticed fluorescent framed sun glasses from Rudy Project, a slick TYR swimskin, the Slowtwitch Twitter project and interesting wheel lights from Monkeylectric

A component maker in the heat of Continental bike racing lets fly about money, sponsorships, triathletes compared to road racers, and the (lack of) aero sophistication in the pro peloton

Want hidden speed? Speed that costs you nothing, or very little? Adroitly managing your speed around two corners can save you more time than your aero helmet will gain you over the whole race.

For those who’re looking toward a bike they’ll keep for a long stretch, but won’t have to make payments over a long stretch, here’s our first round look at your price category: $2500 to $3000

At the XTERRA Northwest Cup just north of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho Dan Hugo took the men’s title and broke the winning streak of Conrad Stoltz. Melanie McQuaid though kept her streak alive and took the women’s title.

1997 ITU Short Course World Champ (Macca) out hoofs 2000 ITU short course World Champ (Olivier Marceau) to take Challenge Niederbronn-les-Bains; Rebekah Keat out bikes Louison, Ferguson on tough Challenge course.

Matt Reed held off Joe Gambles by 1:35 for the $16,000 Rev 3 win in 3:59:28. Mirinda Carfrae took the lead at mile 7 and ran 1:23:07 to outpace Rebeccah Wassner by 52 seconds for the women’s title.

Led by a blazing 2:08:24 bike, Ronnie Schildknecht defends his title, while fellow Swiss Sara Schutz tops Erika Csomor with a race-best 1:24:52 run to win Ironman 70.3 Switzerland

Long course meets short at the Rev3Tri. $100,000 worth of pro prize money is up for grabs, and Slowtwitch is covering it live.

A selection of images from the 2009 Tour of Sweden training camp with Clas Bjorling, Jonas Colting and Bjorn Andersson

The newest challenge on slowtwitch is the Steve Larsen Memorial Ironman Lake Placid Virtual Training Camp. The idea is simple, train a ton in June of this year and honor Steve Larsen in the process.