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A Gina Crawford update

Kiwi Pro Gina Crawford had quite a bit going recently but not much evolved around triathlon. Crawford gave birth to a baby boy a couple months ago and her world was shaken by the Christchurch earthquakes.

Bennett tops Hy-Vee men

Veteran Greg Bennett ran a canny, well balanced race to outpace Hunter Kemper by 29 seconds and joined his wife Laura, the 2007 winner, as Hy-Vee champions in Des Moines.

Norden takes Hy-Vee

Lisa Norden of Sweden passed Sarah Haskins with a kilometer to go on the run and held off IM world champ Mirinda Carfrae to win the women’s title at the Hy-Vee 5150

Vansteelant, Burke win Zofingen

Joerie Vansteelant of Belgium dominated the men’s field and Melanie Burke of New Zealand topped Eva Nystrom of Sweden by 3:47 at the ITU LD Duathlon Worlds at Zofingen

Why Hy-Vee really matters

In its 5th year, Hy-Vee’s commitment to the sport of triathlon, the respect it shows its elite athletes with its Million Dollar purse, make it as important as a world championship

Eurobike 2011 – Day 3

The official last day for Eurobike is on Saturday but we are concluding our coverage of this 2011 trade show today with another gallery of products and people we came across.

The Preeminence of Kona

Jordan Rapp does not have the gift of literary timdity. Thank goodness. If one can be both teachable while fearlessly opinionated, that's Rappstar. Here he opines on the Hawaiian Ironman.

Eurobike 2011 – Day 2

We spent another day cruising through the numerous Eurobike halls and found more interesting gear to share. It is actually quite overwhelming here.

Rasmus Henning’s road back

Cursed with a mysterious, painful cramp in two races after a deeply disappointing 2010 Kona, Rasmus Henning has a new coach, a new attitude and comes to Ironman Hawaii under the radar.

Eurobike 2011 – Day 1

The 2011 Eurobike show opened its doors inside the convention center in Friedrichshafen today and the halls were packed with visitors and interesting products.

Rapp on the dais

In case you weren't in Penticton over the weekend, a race took place, two winners prevailed, and one of them provided us the text of the speech he gave at the award ceremony