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Oval Concepts’ Morgan Nicol

A component maker in the heat of Continental bike racing lets fly about money, sponsorships, triathletes compared to road racers, and the (lack of) aero sophistication in the pro peloton

What We Have Noticed: Rudy Project, TYR…

In our infinite curiosity we recently noticed fluorescent framed sun glasses from Rudy Project, a slick TYR swimskin, the Slowtwitch Twitter project and interesting wheel lights from Monkeylectric

Reed, Carfrae take Rev 3 wins

Matt Reed held off Joe Gambles by 1:35 for the $16,000 Rev 3 win in 3:59:28. Mirinda Carfrae took the lead at mile 7 and ran 1:23:07 to outpace Rebeccah Wassner by 52 seconds for the women's title.

McCormack, Keat win Niederbronn-les-Bains

1997 ITU Short Course World Champ (Macca) out hoofs 2000 ITU short course World Champ (Olivier Marceau) to take Challenge Niederbronn-les-Bains; Rebekah Keat out bikes Louison, Ferguson on tough Challenge course.

Hugo and McQuaid in Idaho

At the XTERRA Northwest Cup just north of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho Dan Hugo took the men's title and broke the winning streak of Conrad Stoltz. Melanie McQuaid though kept her streak alive and took the women's title.

A Tour of Sweden gallery

A selection of images from the 2009 Tour of Sweden training camp with Clas Bjorling, Jonas Colting and Bjorn Andersson

A new challenge on slowtwitch

The newest challenge on slowtwitch is the Steve Larsen Memorial Ironman Lake Placid Virtual Training Camp. The idea is simple, train a ton in June of this year and honor Steve Larsen in the process.

Tour of Sweden – day 14

The end of the 2009 Tour of Sweden has come but it doesn't mean all was calm. John McGovern reports of thick headed reindeer, a fast moving stream, a fantastic face plant and a sad drunk.

Brownlee stuns Madrid WCS field

The current Under 23 World Champion’s blazing 30:30 10km run blew away the field at the second round of the ITU World Championship Series in Madrid; Courtney Atkinson outsprints home country favorite Javier Gomez for silver.