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Meet USA Today’s Sal Ruibal

Sal Ruibal has been with USA Today for over 22 years and as a sports reporter for that paper covers cycling, the Olympics and various other sports. He spent time with slowtwitch to share some of his experiences.

Q&A with Andy Hersam

Q&A with Andy Hersam The former Runners World Media Group Publisher is taking the reins of the Competitor Group print titles – including Triathlete and Inside Triathlon – from long term publisher John Duke.

Duke Out, Hersam in at CGI

John Duke, the man who brought Triathlete magazine from the near-dead to a dominating position in the marketplace, is out after 14 years. Former Runners World exec Andy Hersam is now in charge of Competitor Group's magazines, including IT and Triathlete.

A Chrissie Wellington update

Despite not going very fast during a 5 hour ride on January 2nd, Chrissie Wellington crashed quite hard and fractured her arm, wrist, hand and a couple of fingers. She checked in with slowtwitch.

Top Tri Talk 2009

While the brevity is the soul of wit, Timothy Carlson found great one-liners and admirable sound bites from a variety of Pros, industry folks and even some age groupers. Enjoy Carlson's favorite quotes of the year 2009.

09 Boulder Beer Mile

To close out the decade, fun loving triathletes and multisport masters gathered for the 4th annual Boulder Beer Mile. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

The world of Rich Cruse

The life of a professional sports photographer appears absolutely thrilling and exciting and we spent time with Rich Cruse to find out what it is really like to be in the middle of the action at various historical triathlon events.

The best, brightest and bravest of 2009

Chrissie Wellington's record-smashing and Alistair Brownlee's perfection gave 2009 some of its bright shining greatness. But there were clearly more amazing triathlon items in 2009.

What We Have Noticed: Trek, Santa Cruz, Niner …

We have noticed a few high-end mountain bikes which would certainly make great XTERRA, XC or marathon racing rigs. Look closer at the Trek Top Fuel 9.9 SSL, Santa Cruz Blur XC, Specialized S-Works Epic, Niner Air 9 C, Pivot Mach 429 and Scott Scale RC.

End of year news roundup

Triathlon execs gain Olympic-related posts, USAT Hall of Fame athletes still all women, 16-year-old triathlete wins Foot Locker XC Nationals, Challenge Wanaka sells out, Vegas ‘burb gains ITU LD Worlds, IMG postpones San Diego debut

A life changing experience

In August age grouper Wim Van De Wielle lost his wife Kristel in a terrible hit and run accident and his life was turned upside down. A few months later Van De Wielle won his age group at Ford Ironman Florida and finished 13th overall.