Danish Express – Charlotte Kolters

Charlotte Kolters finished right in between Chrissie Wellington and Yvonne Van Vlerken at the 2008 European Long Course Championships in Almere, and would be quite fine with a similar position in Kona later this year.

Amber Monforte – record setter

At age 31, with boyfriend Conrad Stoltz on her crew, Xterra veteran and full time nurse Amber Monforte smashed the Ultraman Canada women’s course record and went quicker than the best Ultraman women’s time set in Hawaii in 1989.

Mike Caiazzo – a balancing act

Mike Caiazzo recently finished 4th at Ironman Lake Placid, but in addition to racing and training as a Pro triathlete he has to deal with his full time hedge fund job and his role as a husband and father. That is a tricky balancing act indeed.

Zeiger sidelined by dizziness

Joanna Zeiger is her sport’s Job of elusive-to-diagnose and tough-to-treat maladies. After winning a four-year battle with back and leg woes, now her toughest opponent is a recurring case of the dizzies.

All about Shonny Vanlandingham

Former pro mountain biker Shonny Vanlandingham is now focused on XTERRA racing and will be one of the women to watch at the XTERRA World Championships in Maui this year. Slowtwitch talked to this 40-year old energizer bunny.

America’s top man in ITU racing

After his groundbreaking win at Hamburg, Jarrod Shoemaker is 5th in the ITU’s Dextro Energy World Championship Series points chase; key to his rise in an era of smoking hot runners – never worse than third-best run.

Philip Graves – the new threat

When 20-year old Philip Graves followed up his win at 70.3 UK with a victory at Ironman UK, he served notice that he is someone to keep an eye on moving forward. Will there be another British sensation in Kona before too long?

What makes cycling prodigy Andrew Yoder run?

Andrew Yoder can swim like a fish and ride like a whirlwind. Can this 20-year-old sensation from Pennsylvania Dutch country who passed up college to turn pro triathlete develop a first rate run to fulfill his dreams of greatness?

Trent Grimsey – open water fish

21-year old Aussie Trent Grimsey won the Waikiki Roughwater Swim and the RCP Tiburon Mile in 2008, and at the recent FINA Swimming World Championships in Rome he earned a silver medal in the 25k open water race.

Josiah Middaugh – Mountain Man

Josiah Middaugh started his athletic career in flatland Michigan, but now, in his sixth year of a topflight XTERRA professional career, it is his mastery of the mountains at home in Vail, CO that powers his thriving career

The new Jessi Stensland

It had been quiet around Jessi Stensland for a while now, and a new Jessi Stensland has appeared. The new Jessi had a few words with slowtwitch to talk about mountain biking, rock climbing, XTERRA and the foundation she is involved in.

Cave and Csomor ready for Roth

Leanda Cave, the dark horse with a world championship pedigree, and Erika Csomor, the odds-on second favorite: Portraits of two challengers to Chrissie Wellington at Quelle Challenge Roth