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Ron Smith

Even on his next-to-last day, none of us would have been surprised to see him swing his feet out over the side of his hospital bed, stand up, shake out the kinks and stride off down the hall, with his bare ass hanging out of his gown, trailing tubes and wires and shedding cancer cells like fleas.

A chat with Liz Blatchford

Liz Blatchford took a convincing win at the recent 5i50 Liverpool Triathlon and was quite happy with her performance there. She also raced the Rev3 Quassy but still has aspirations to make the British Olympic team.

Triathlon’s Doctor Phil reflects

Philip Skiba is a cancer survivor, ex-volleyball player, enthusiastic runner and Clydesdale triathlete, osteopathic physician, author of triathlon training books and software who’s coached world champs Joanna Zeiger and Catriona Morrison.

Records fall in Idaho

Craig Alexander came, saw and conquered the 2011 Ironman Coeur D'Alene in course record time but had a tough battle with Maik Twelsiek all day. Julie Dibens took the women's title in record time despite a bit of a struggle at the end.

A 2011 Philly Tri gallery

Andy Potts and Rebeccah Wassner won the 7th running of the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon and here is a gallery from that day in the City of Brotherly Love in 2011.

Van Lierde, Felt in France

2011 Abu Dhabi Triathlon champion Frederik Van Lierde added an Ironman title to his resume with a superb performance at Ironman France. German Pro Silvia Felt also won her first Ironman title in Nice.

Potts, Wassner prevail in Philly

Andy Potts continues to win, Rebeccah Wassner ascends to the podium's top step, each against strong fields at the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon. Potts and Alicia Kaye will sit atop the Toyota Cup standings.

Kemper, Widney win Monroe WA

The USA’s Hunter Kemper and Chantell Widney of Canada won the men’s and women’s titles in the second round of the 2011 USA Triathlon Elite Race Series in Monroe, Washington

Brownlee, Charayron win European champs

Alistair Brownlee battled back from a flat to take his second consecutive European Championships, just ahead of his brother Jonathan; Emmie Charayron of France runs away from the women’s field

Sarah Groff breaks through

Sarah Groff has had a long road to her first ITU World Championship Series podium last weekend at Kitzbuhel. Nobody had a brighter smile than the 29-year-old known as Saucy and Groffy to her coach Darren Smith and her squad mates

Jeukendrup talks to Slowtwitch

Leading sports nutritionist and top AG triathlete Asker Jeukendrup was just named Global Senior Director of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute. We slowed him up a little, to ask him a few questions.