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Colorado tops overall teams

Colorado won their 4th straight USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals overall team and men’s team awards; California-Berkeley won the women’s team award and the Elite Triathlon Academy won the Mixed Team relay.

Middaugh, Paterson top XTERRA

Josiah Middaugh of Vail, Colorado topped Conrad Stoltz of South Africa and Lesley Paterson of Scotland was 4th overall and dominated the women’s field at the XTERRA West Championship at Lake Las Vegas.

Kanute tops Collegiate men

Ben Kanute of Arizona won his second title in two days -- the USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals Olympic distance men’s crown - over Michael Pool of South Florida.

Toft, Norden win Fuerteventura

Jens Toft’s swim trumped Joerie Vansteelant’s run and Olympic silver medalist Lisa Norden's swim and bike outweighed Eimear Mullan's run to win Half Challenge Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.

Mehnert wins Collegiate women

Michelle Mehnert of the University of Colorado won the USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals Olympic distance non-drafting women’s crown over Erika Erickson of Cal Berkeley and Brittany Braden of San Diego State.

Kanute, Jones win Draft Legal

Ben Kanute of the University of Arizona and Erin Jones of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs won the USA Triathlon debut sprint distance Draft-Legal Collegiate Championship at Tempe, Arizona

Be the Culture

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Richard Murray is right on target

South Africa's Richard Murray just finished second at the non drafting Nautica South Beach Triathlon, but the real target is the ITU WTS race in San Diego. We had a few words with this Joel Filliol coached athlete.

A Bike Seller’s options

Your LBS might be back on its heels. Amazon is the arch enemy, with more than its toe in the water of the bike industry. The game is afoot. Okay, we'll stop now. Here's part-2 of our look at the retail landscape.

The Future of Bike Retail

Over 85 percent of Slowtwitchers buy bike and tri product online. But 70 percent of these same customers prefer purchasing from their local bike shop, presenting a challenge and an opportunity.

Cunningham, Lidbury in Texas

Richie Cunningham of Australia dominated the men’s field thanks to a race-best 1:12:45 run and Emma-Kate Lidbury of Great Britain’s race-best bike trumped Kelly Williamson’s run to win Ironman 70.3 Texas

Collins, Frederiksen win Miami

Ben Collins topped Richard Murray by 1:26 and Helle Frederiksen beat Alicia Kaye of the U.S. by 1:15 to win the men’s and women’s pro titles at the Nautica South Beach Triathlon in Miami.