TJ Tollakson outran Felipe Van de Wyngard; Carrie Lester topped women at IM 70.3 Gulf Coast

Holly Lawrence won it on the bike and Patrick Lange mastered the run to win the Asia-Pacific 70.3 Championship.

Ultra-raw, unfiltered notes from the front line of this pandemic, widely shared beyond the Slowtwitch audience, excerpted here for readers.

German age grouper Axel Reusch traveled far to race 70.3 St. George, but when he witnessed an athlete who had fallen during the bike segment he stopped to assist, while others did not.

Without Mike Plant it’s doubtful you’d have ever heard of Bob Babbitt, or Mike Reilly or, for what it’s worth, me.

Patrik Nilsson decided late to race IRONMAN Texas and he then stormed to a big win there. We chatted with the fast long haired Swede about this race and much more.

Shimano threw down today, with a gravel-specific suite of components and wheels up and down the price range.

Another example of more surface area, not for aero, but comfort. This follows Speedbar, which shares this feature.

I touched, sniffed and tasted the Alpha One and the mono-riser, the Dragonfly, and other features now make perfect sense

In SoCal, but all over the U.S., old standards are getting replaced, most often by the Half-distance, split between Indy and 70.3 races

Writing Zwift workouts takes a little panache I think. If you take pride in your work.

Wurf breaks race record, Siddall completes a three-peat at Ironman Australia.

Gomez dominated at Pontevedra to win 9th World Championship; Tondeur won her first World Title.

Craig Alexander outruns Mike Phillips; Felicity Sheedy-Ryan tops Rebecca Clarke at Busselton 70.3.

Lawrence won it on the bike and the run, Von Berg won it on the swim and the bike at St. George 70.3

Flagship brands like Wahoo gain my loyalty through values not on a feature set

I was honored to learn from Mike Reilly, just prior to publication, that he mentions me in the book. And Dan calls out that mention in his review. But the exact details Mike shares are a bit off, and I wanted to take a moment to correct them. Not because the way in which they are wrong matters to me, but because I believe it matters to the message of Mike’s book.

The main upgrade? Crisp, clear, color screen. Otherwise? Mostly good, one or two niggles, a nice step forward.

The Swimrun season in North America started in early April. Here is a SwimRun ranking update plus a calendar of the biggest races in North America.

With great sadness we learned of the death of Chris Stirling, a passionate triathlete who was especially fond of extreme events and loved the mountains.

It’s my latest workout. See it (and ride it) on Tuesday.

The Voice of Ironman’s book is not about his journey. It’s about your journey. All 400,000 of you to whom he’s conferred the title “Ironman.”

Sarah Haskins-Kortuem edged Lindsey Jerdonek for her 8th St. Anthony’s title; Ben Kanute topped the men.

Andy Potts of the U.S. and Ellie Salthouse of Australia outbiked their rivals at Cancun.