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Random AG Matthew Rose

This week's random age grouper is Matthew Rose, an athlete and coach from Atlanta, Georgia who had multiple random encounters with the slowtwitch editor-in-chief during this year's Kona week.

Bracht, Bremer tops at Busso

Timo Bracht passed Clayton Fettell with 10k to go and Michelle Bremer took the lead in the first 40k of the bike to win the men’s and women’s titles at Ironman Western Australia.

2011 Ultraman Day Three

Buoyed and buffeted by gale force side- and tailwinds halfway through the Day 3 double marathon, Alexandre Ribeiro won his 5th Ultraman title and Amber Monforte her second straight. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

Random AG Andrea MacIntosh

Andrea MacIntosh is a Canadian athlete who did Ironman New Zealand this year, but will mostly focus on XTERRA events in 2012. She is our randomly selected age grouper this week.

2 year ban for Michael Weiss

The Austrian newspaper Kurier reported today that an independent commission announced the ban of Austrian Pro and current XTERRA World Champion Michael Weiss for 2 years until November 2013.

2011 Ultraman Day Two

The second day of Ultraman is a 171.4-mile bike from Volcanoes National Park to Hawi via Hilo, Waimea and an ascent and a windswept descent of the Kohalas. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

2011 Ultraman Day One

Ultraman starts with a 10 kilometer swim from Kailua pier to Keauhou, and finishes with a 90-mile bike to Volcanoes National Monument. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.

Jonas Colting – day 3 Ultraman

Jonas Colting did not end his 2011 Ultraman the way he had hoped to. Injuries caused the Swede to pull out of the race quite early into the double marathon.

Cigana, Vodickova take Laguna Phuket

Massimo Cigana smashed the bike to top Alberto Cassadei by 4:05 and Radka Vodickova of the Czech Republic outran Belinda Granger of Australia to win the Laguna Phuket Triathlon.