2012 Pacific Grove Triathlons

Pacific Grove is one of the prettiest corners of the planet, and luckily for our sport they have hosted a triathlon weekend in September for 18 years. Always, the kelp crawl, elite and age group race s. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.

The very fast Drew Scott

Drew Scott may be the son of Dave Scott, but Drew isn’t resting on his father’s laurels. Drew as an amateur had the fastest overall time at Buffalo Springs 70.3 and next year he’ll be racing as a pro while finishing his last year at Colorado University.

Hoffman, Lyles take Wisconsin

Ben Hoffman dominated the field at the 2012 Ironman Wisconsin in a course record time of 8:32:51. Elizabeth Lyles grabbed the women's title, but her margin over runner-up Beth Walsh was much tighter.

Zyemtsev, Lester take Cedar Point

Victor Zyemtsev added another title to his resume with a win at the 2012 Rev3 Cedar Point triathlon. Carrie Lester pulled away from Malaika Homo and then had to hold off Jessica Meyers to take the women's title.

Superb racing in Las Vegas

Sebastian Kienle took charge of the 2012 Ironman 70.3 World Championships on the bike and stormed to the win in course record time of 3:54:35. Leanda Cave took the women's title with a similar plan of action in 4:28:05.

Lebrun, Erbenova in Switzerland

Nico Lebrun and Helena Erbenova grabbed the wins at the 2012 XTERRA Switzerland Championships. Lebrun took charge of the race during the run and Erbenova moved to the front of the race with a race best bike split.

A chat with Julia Nikolopoulos

This year there were two female Norseman champions and Julia Nikolopoulos won the Saturday edition of this stunning event. She even broke the course record in 13:00:40, but that only lasted about 24 hours.

Up close with Allen Lim

We have an in-depth chat with nutrition expert, Dr. Allen Lim. Topics include long-course racing, real food, and how a nutrition label may not be telling you the entire story of a food's value.

A chat with Brian Duffy

Brian Duffy Jr. has been knocking at the door of an amateur national championship for several years. He finally took the crown this year on his fifth attempt. Sal Farrugga had a few words with him.

Raelert, Crawford win Walchsee

Andreas Raelert topped fellow German Timo Bracht by 4:02 and Gina Crawford of New Zealand edged Mary Beth Ellis of the United States by 1:04 to win the Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl half distance.

Vansteelant, Nyström win Zofingen

Joerie Vansteelant of Belgium won his third Powerman Zofingen title, one more than his late brother Benny: Eva Nyström of Sweden narrowly missed Karin Thürig’s 2002 course record at the ITU long course du Worlds