Life Time Fitness CEO Bahram Akradi proposes joining ITU Super Series, brokering USAT-ITU peace summit, mending fences, merging rules, and raising triathlon to its proper place in the mega-sports universe

Why did the Gills family sell the Ironman? Why did Providence Equity Partners, a private equity company, buy it? What does it all mean to you and me?

Alexander and Zeiger cruise to dominant victories at Ironman 70.3 debut of the 1992 ITU Olympic distance World Championship venue

Ironman Brasil 70.3 celebrates move from Brasilia to the seaside resort of Penha with two sizzling hot duels

After winning the Accenture Chicago Triathlon a few weeks earlier, Stuart
Hayes of Great Britain and Becky Lavelle of Los Gatos, California returned
to the top of the podiums again at the 2008 Nautica Malibu Olympic distance triathlon.

ITU opts to halt 19-year-tradition of single day elite World Championships in hopes of growing the sport

Charlie Crawford, the Commissioner of Officials of USA Triathlon is fairly well known in the triathlon community but most triathletes usually prefer not to see him, well, officially that is.

When Chrissie Wellington stormed to her Ironman Hawaii World Championship title last year, many people were asking the question “Chrissie who?” This year she’ll be surely on everybody’s radar and she checked in with Slowtwitch pre Kona.

Justin Daerr finished the 2001 Ironman California in 12:55 and just 2 years later he recorded a 9:20 finish at Ironman Florida. A couple weeks ago he was 5th overall at Ironman Canada in a time of 8:37 and we had a talk with him.

The enigmatic 1999 ITU World Champion from Kazakhstan who took down Simon Lessing at Montreal accepts two year ban for positive EPO test

Here’s a Slice of the triathlon world you rarely get to see: everything about a top pro’s bike, including all the fit specs. Introducing Mirinda Carfrae’s Cannondale Slice

John Cobb’s venture capital start-up, Blackwell Research, was a bold venture that’s run out of capital. Absent a white knight riding in (in the aero position) Blackwell is destined to cease as a carbon-based life form.

After almost 20 years of ownership by the Gills family, World Triathlon Corporation, owner of the Ironman World Triathlon Championship, has been sold to the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.

Complaints about drafting are often heard after various triathlons, but more so after certain events. So who is to blame? Should we point fingers at the athletes themselves, the race directors or the officials? Slowtwitch talked to Jimmy Riccitello about this issue.

Nicola Spirig came off a 6th place finish at the Beijing Olympics and
Andreas Raelert took solace at missing his third Olympic team with wins at
the fourth annual Monaco Ironman 70.3 triathlon Sunday.

Stephen Bayliss and Bella Comerford won Ironman South Africa earlier this year and today the couple also took the titles at the 2008 Ironman UK.

After their Los Angeles Triathlon wins, Bennett and Lavelle
now have commanding point leads in Life Time Fitness series.

Biscay’s 33rd career Ironman-distance attempt, 9th this year, is the charm as Chris McDonald quickly avenges Ironman Louisville loss last weekend

Simon Thompson won the 2008 Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore in hot and humid conditions and narrowly held of Terenzo Bozzone. Rebekah Keat took the women’s title.

In a special edition in our series on bikes of the pros, Canadian Olympian Colin Jenkins talks about his 14.5lb Olympic Special Edition Cervelo SLC-SL.

Triathletes are perfectly wired to be in the world, but not of it, as we routinely demonstrate an ability to cycle without exhibiting any outward signal that we are, in fact, cyclists. Evidence: wheels.

As the end of the 2008 season approaches, we are seeing lots of bike sponsorship changes in the Pro road peloton. Who are the winners and the losers of the 2009 bike sponsorship challenge and who just swapped teams?

Henry Forrest is not doing well and he really needs us to keep him in our thoughts. According to his wife Lou, doctors called his recent PET scans very alarming.

Eurobike 2008 started officially today in Friedrichshafen, Germany and we were able to get a closer look at a 2009 prototype of a company that has been fairly quiet in terms of tri bikes recently.