We had a conversation with Chris Lieto as the 2007 Ford Ironman World Championship race in Kona, Hawaii is now just days away. Meet the man and learn more about him.
by Herbert Krabel, October 8, 2007
Part 1 of a series of product reviews from Interbike 2007. We cover eSoles, the custom orthotic maker, and Oval Concepts, a components manufacturer specializing in aerobars.
Rachel Ross is juggling her 3 children, a part time job and getting ready to defend her Kona age group title from last year. We caught up with her.
Chris Gemmell (NZL) and Vanessa Fernandes won the 2007 Rhodes BG Triathlon World cup. See the results here.
Mark “Monty” Montgomery competed in Kona’s first Ironman, in 1981. His story parallels that of many of triathlon’s pioneers. Here is Part I of his “blog” (26 years after the fact) recounting Kona’s debut Ironman.
Slowtwitch spoke to Torbjorn “Thunderbear” Sindballe in Kona, Hawaii where he is putting the final touches on his 2007 Ford Ironman World Championships preparation.
Many pro triathletes have been pushing for a change in the drafting regulations and the WTC seems to have listened to them.
Space exists between USA Triathlon’s posture toward “speedskins” in non-wetsuit-legal swims and WTC’s opinion of them. They’re legal for use in Ironman, but just barely, and perhaps not for long.
European Ironman champion Timo Bracht from Germany answers a few questions prior to the upcoming 2007 Ford Ironman World Championships in Kona.
These industry shows will present a theme if you listen closely. But the theme is interpreted through the prism of each attender’s bias. Here’s how it played out for our publisher.
The company is rare that pulls itself to the front of its competitive set. Several companies did that over the last year or so, and we’ll credit them here.
Multisport certainly has the attention of the bike industry, judging by the multitude of fabulous tri bikes on display.
The ITU announced a provisional list of 2008 BG Triathlon World Cup races
Results from the 2007 XTERRA USA Championships in Lake Tahoe, NV.
We were shown an early prototype of the fizik K1 Tri saddle at Interbike.
Slowtwitcher Devashish Paul discusses the state of long distance triathlon events in Canada.
At Interbike it was announced that Swedish Ueberbiker Bjorn Anderson will be racing as a Quintana Roo athlete in 2008 and 2009.
No more struggling to clean up the SRM wires on your frame as SRM is going wireless for 2008.
This little-known condition often affects highly-trained athletes, and is often misdiagnosed as congestive heart failure. Read triathletes’ first-hand accounts, along with the etiology and preventive measures.
A 70 year old German man apparently has to return his silver medal from the 2007 World Championships after he admitted to short cutting both the bike and the run course.
The parent company of Fuji Bicycles has purchased legendary triathlon brand Kestrel.
Oscar Galindez (ARG) and Tyler Stewart (USA) won the 2007 Ironman 70.3 Cancun event. Galindez proved to be the strongest runner among the men, and Stewart used her bike prowess on her way to victory.
SRAM and Zipp announced that they have signed a Non-Binding Letter of Intent for SRAM to
acquire Zipp.
As you may note, we’ve remodeled. Here’s why, here’s who, and here’s what’s coming next.
