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The Agony of Victory

The first of a series of finish line photos by Timothy Carlson captures the apparent agony of extreme triathletic effort.

Dahlz and Broderick in Lubbock

UC Berkeley's John Dahlz won the men's individual title, Jessica Broderick of CU Boulder won the women's individual crown, Navy won the combined team title, UC Berkeley won the men's team race and UC San Diego won the women's team top prize.

Gardner and Bucher rule Saipan

Sam Gardner used his bike prowess to win the 2009 XTERRA Saipan. Renata Bucher now has won the event 5 times straight and soundly defeated 2-time XTERRA World Champion Julie Dibens.

An update from Noosa

We talked to Aussie Luke McKenzie last year in January and lots has changed for him since then. He moved from the Gold Coast to Noosa, attracted a few new sponsors and earned a couple Ironman titles.

Eneko Llanos is ready to step up

2008 was a very good year for Eneko Llanos, but if he has his way in 2009 he'll be a spot higher at a couple of events, including the Ironman World Championships. Eneko talked to slowtwitch.

The first to run sub-3 in Kona?

If the 1981 Ironman results are correct, it's not Dave Scott. It's a 19-year-old community college cross country runner from Bloomington, Minnesota who never did another triathlon before or after his 2:59:48 run at Kona.

The enigmatic Lothar Leder talks

Lothar Leder virtually disappeared from the triathlon scene after being involved in a blood value controversy prior to Ironman Germany in June of 2007. He spoke to slowtwitch about the incident and his plan to return to racing.

What We Have Noticed: Balega, Newton, SLS3…

This week we look at running socks from Balega, trainers from Newton, compression socks from SLS3, a teaser from Scott USA and flip flops from Havaianas. If it were not for Scott USA, we could have called this one "the foot issue."

Splitsville for the Zoot family

Business is tough. The expression of that was felt last week by Zoot employees, about half of whom have lost or will lose their jobs. Sales management, customer service, finance, warehousing, will move to K2's headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

Fast mom Sandra Wallenhorst

Sandra Wallenhorst was a relative unknown in triathlon until she stormed to a record breaking win at Ironman Austria and a 3rd place in Kona in 2008. And this all happened after she had a baby.