forum shop
Logotype Logotype

The creative Cody Westheimer

Cody Westheimer is an age grouper who got to the Ironman World Championships with a lottery slot and his video diary of his day in Kona touched many of us. We had a few words with this very creative man.

Random AG Bob Schloegel

We are starting a new interview series on slowtwitch where we chat with random age groupers and Bob Schloegel from Kansas City is our very first guest along those lines. Bob races in M45-49 and actually happens to be quite fast.

A chat with Nicolas Hemet

French age grouper Nicolas Hemet went 9:03:11 in Kona and was 45th overall, but in the strong M30-34 age group that meant 8th place. But Nicolas still seems to be in a content place.

Andreas Böcherer on Kona

European 70.3 Champion Andreas Böcherer came to Kona to get a feel for this famous event and returned to Europe with a very fine 8th place. He had a few words with slowtwitch about his experience there.

Armstrong on XTERRA

Approaching XTERRA Worlds in Maui, Lance Armstrong reflects on the motivation behind his return to tri, the mechanics of his triathlon ability, and the part he's playing in bicycle safety and advocacy.

Good times for Sam Gyde in Kona

Belgian age grouper Sam Gyde has been racing Ironman events since 2007 and went sub-9 for the first time in Florida in 2010. In Kona this year he won his age group in 8:50:09 but surprisingly that might not be his trip highlight.

Pete Jacobs breaks through

The 29-year-old Australian was an up-and-coming talent and actually had some fine results. Then he broke into the orbit of the greats with a 2nd at the 2011 Ford Ironman World Championships in Kona.

Mary Beth Ellis – Iron comet

With three Ironman wins and two race records this summer, Ellis has shown that her two Ironman 70.3 World Championship silver medals were just the beginning of her stardom.

Julie Dibens’ toe hurts

The two-time Abu Dhabi winner, 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Champion and 2010 3rd place Kona finisher is fighting a painful toe injury.

Vanhoenacker – a confident man

Marino Vanhoenacker had a breakthrough 3rd last year at Kona. In 2011, a 2nd at Abu Dhabi and a brief Ironman distance record of 7:45 at Austria give the Belgian a winning belief.