Andy Potts fought off Tim Reed, Craig Alexander and Sam Appleton while Holly Lawrence dominated the women’s field at Ironman 70.3 Vineman.

Like the ÖTILLÖ SwimRun series, Engadin offed a sprint race the day before the main events, giving participants a great opportunity to test the SwimRun waters.

Passionate German SwimRun athlete Markus Rössel shares a detailed race report and superb pics from the 2016 Breca Buttermere SwimRun in the UK.

Solar radiation contributes to heat stress and increases exercise fatigue. What works? Arm coolers. Sunscreen protects from skin cancer, but doesn’t help performance.

Many unique, tough and scenic events come out of Northern Europe and the Aurlandsfjellet Xtreme Triathlon in Norway delivers along those lines.

Better ergonomics, greater RD range, improved electrical components, better and faster wheels, borrowed tech from XTR, and a power meter!

Velofix is yet another data point in the changing bike industry. It’s got 50 franchisees up and running, the great majority within the past 2 years.

Everybody is different, right? Yes, in a micro sense. But in the macro world it’s truer to say everybody is the same, and the pros demonstrate this.

Davide Giardini won it on the swim and the bike while Lauren Goss topped the women’s field with a well-balanced attack at Challenge San Gil.

Ruben Ruzafa of Spain won by 5:59 over Yeray Luxem of Belgium and Lesley Paterson of Scotland won by 4:18 over Renata Bucher of Switzerland at XTERRA France.

Ironman 70.3 rookie Gustav Iden edged Nils Frommhold with a sizzling run; Nicola Spirig outran Camilla Pedersen to win Haugesund 70.3.

Sebastian Kienle edged fellow German Andi Böcherer in a sub-8 hour duel and Australian Melissa Hauschildt won as Daniela Ryf DNF at Ironman Frankfurt.

Flora Duffy of Bermuda made a solo break on the bike and held her lead to the finish for her first ever WTS win; Andrea Hewitt and Helen Jenkins finished 2-3 at Stockholm.

Alistair Brownlee broke away from his brother Jonny with 1100 meters to go to take his 21st WTS title at the WTS Stockholm.

Everybody’s talking about Pad X and Y, or Pad Stack and Reach, in regard to bike fit and selection. What is it? How do you measure it? How is it used?

There is comfort in numbers. Xtreme isn’t interested in numbers, or comfort. Only 238 took part, though almost 1000 hoped for a spot in the race.

You can depend on Andrew Starkyowicz for two things: to throw down hard on the bike and to throw down hard in an interview. Here’s Starky, throwing down hard.

Mirinda Carfrae broke the women’s race record with an 8:41:17 mark and Marino Vanhoenacker won his 8th men’s title in 8:04:18 at Ironman Austria-Kärnten.

Vincent Luis held off Rostislav Pevtsov and Lucy Hall outsprinted fellow Brit Jessica Learmonth to win the ETU Sprint Triathlon European Championship.

Lionel Sanders crushed it on the bike and warded off all challengers with a race-best run while Holly Lawrence did the same to the women’s field at IM 70.3 Mt. Tremblant.

Jackson smashed the women’s field on the bike and Andy Potts dueled Josh Amberger and Mark Bowstead before running away to win Coeur d’Alene 70.3.

David McNamee tops fellow Briton Joe Skipper and Emma Bilham of Switzerland edges Lucy Gossage of Great Britain at the Challenge Galway half.

Ruben Ruzafa was the master of a rain-swollen muddy course and Michelle Flipo won her first ever European Series XTERRA over veteran stars at Valle de Joux.

Jesse Dunn and Kirsten Sass won the overall age group titles and Matt Lieto and Alycia Hill topped the elite fields at the USA Triathlon standard distance Duathlon Nationals.