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Kona 2011 – Top 15 women on the bike

 We present the top 15 female Ironman World Championship finishers on the bike and look closer at their gear. Fastest bike split this year belonged again to Karin Thuerig who cranked out a course record 4:44:20.
Running

Kona 2011 – Top 15 men on the run

 We again present the top male 15 athletes overall finishers during the run and talk about their running shoes. Fastest runner again was Aussie Pete Jacobs who managed a marathon time of 2:42:29 and finished in 2nd place.
Running

Kona 2011 – Top 15 women on the run

 It is again time for our annual top 15 Ironman Hawaii features and we start this year with the top 15 female finishers during the run in Kona. The fastest run split of the day belonged to Mirinda Carfrae who clocked a course record 2:52:09.
Running

Newton MV2 (2012)

 The Newton MV2 is Newton's first zero-drop shoe. At 5.8oz it's a pure racer. It's a shoe for the select few, the most efficient among us. Even for Newton it's a departure from the norm.
Running

Asics Gel Nimbus 13 (2012)

 This latest edition of the Gel Nimbus is moderately different than the two previous iterations, in fit, in flexibility, and in the ride. Do these changes make the shoe better or a worse than its predecessors?
Triathlon

The Cannondale Slice RS

 Here in Kona we had a chance to look a bit closer at the Cannondale Slice RS of Michael Weiss. The bike is actually still a prototype but we can expect to see a very fast split on it.
Cycling

Specialized Shiv Tri unveiled

 Specialized unveiled the highly anticipated Shiv Tri bike in Kona, Hawaii yesterday. This new bike sits alongside the Shiv TT and will make a lot of sense for most triathletes.
Running

Brooks Glycerin 9 (2012)

 Forget the literary overreach by Brooks on the technical aspects of this shoe. The ecstasy exceeds the utility. Just wear the shoe. It's a very good update of the Glycerin line.
Running

Saucony Hattori

 Saucony came to the market with the now very successful Kinvara, and yet again with the Mirage. The Hattori is about as far as Saucony is willing to go toward Vibram’s Five Finger, and that’s pretty darned far.
Triathlon

Affordable DA for 2012

 This year's Felt superbike was superpriced. Next year's is super duper priced, if you want electronic shifting. But there's a Dura Acey version of it that's nicely priced, the DA4, showing up in September.
Running

Pearl Izumi 2011 Iso Transition

 This shoe snuck up on me. I didn't see it coming. It doesn’t only look good, it has a great fit and that's not the end of it. Tim DeBoom inspired this shoe, and the result is solid.