Pro triathlete Heather Gollnick sits down with Slowtwitch to talk about what lead her to step out of her racing flats and into the shoes of a race organizer as part of the brand new Rev3 triathlon.

Dirk Bockel was in the limelight during the Beijing Olympics with his breakaway attempt during the bike leg. More recently the German born Luxembourger finished third at Ironman New Zealand and fourth at 70.3 St Croix.

Andy Potts is a throwback to the days before specialization when men like Mark Allen and Greg Welch could win at any length race in any format. He would be happy to be known as a Man For All Distances.

After a few top five finishes at major triathlons, Timothy O’Donnell finally ascended to the very top of the podium with his win at Ironman 70.3 St. Croix. Slowtwitch had a few words with the Boulder, CO resident.

Slowtwitcher John McGovern will be joining Jonas Colting, Bjorn Andersson and a few other folks at the 2009 Tour of Sweden training camp. He will report for slowtwitch about the camp, starting with the schedule he received today.

13 months ago Ryan Barnett was on top of the world. A beautiful and loving family, a great job, a happy go lucky attitude and superb cycling fitness. But a terrible accident in May 2008 turned his world upside down.

Today’s box of interesting goodies include Base Performance Amino, Honey Stinger Organic Chews, new cranks from Rotor, and casual wear from Mountain Khakis.

Slowtwitch has just received the first images of the highly anticipated new Scott Plasma TT bike. Scott USA launched the bike just in time for the 100th edition of the Giro D’Italia and will be ridden by Team Columbia-Highroad.

The day after the long course and all the international stars comes an underrated Olympic distance event. Photos by Timothy Carlson.

A few days ago Catriona Morrison stepped up to the very top of the podium in St. Croix, and defeated a stellar field that included two 70.3 World Champions. Can she repeat that act later this year in Clearwater?

Rip Esselstyn competed as a pro triathlete from the late 80’s to the late 90’s and was a superb swimmer and cyclist. He now works as a firefighter in Austin, TX but is now best known for his plant-strong diet.

Cool temps and the deepest quality field in the 27 years of Wildflower promised record times. A photo gallery by Timothy Carlson

The Slowtwitch live coverage calendar is set for 2009, the centerpiece of which is the Life Time Fitness Triathlon Series, featuring the Race to the Toyota Cup.

Passionate photographer Ramon Serrano captured a bunch of great images of the 2009 Ironman 70.3 St. Croix.

Kyle Leto of UC Davis, who missed Collegiate Nationals because he just graduated out of eligibility from UC Davis, beat UC Berkeley’s Kenneth Rakestraw by 2:25; Jennifer Luebke, a University of Montana senior, beat age grouper Jenny Fletcher of Miami by 62 seconds.

Andy Potts and Virginia Berasategui smashed deep, quality fields at the
27th annual Wildflower long course triathlon. So how did those performances stack up against history?

Timothy O’Donnell beat a stellar field of athletes at the 2009 Ironman 70.3 St. Croix International Triathlon. In the women’s race, Catriona Morrison chased down long time leader Mirinda Carfrae late in the race to capture that event.

Kiwi Bevan Docherty won the opening round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship series in Tongyeong, Korea by the narrowest of margins over Aussie Brad Kahlefeldt. A photo finish review had to be used.

Slowtwitch covered the 2009 Avia Wildflower Triathlon live. Text updates by Slowman and pics by Timothy Carlson

Conrad Stoltz narrowly held off Josiah Middaugh to win the 2009 XTERRA West Cup in Las Vegas. Melanie McQuaid also had a tough fight on her hands with Shonny Vanlandingham on her way to the women’s title.

Olympic Gold medalist Emma Snowsill passed Emma Moffat late in the run to claim the inaugural Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship series race in Tongyeong, Korea.

Although defending champs Chris McCormack and Samantha McGlone are out, they’re calling this the deepest quality field in Wildflower history. That’s saying a lot. Timothy Carlson sorts it out for all you tri-punters

The Avia Wildflower Long Course race splashes down at 8AM on Saturday morning, and Slowtwitch will be there, serving up the play-by-play.

In just his fourth season of triathlon, this West Point senior won the USAT age group National Championship Duathlon. A Q&A with the outlier who eschews meat and dairy and who is impelled to train the extra mile.