
The Weekend Box Nov 8 2015
The Weekend Box brings reports of triathlon action at a Challenge half and an Ironman 70.3 in Australia, a debut Women’s Collegiate Nationals in Florida, and a 70.3 in Austin, Texas.
by Tim Carlson, November 8, 2015The Weekend Box brings reports of triathlon action at a Challenge half and an Ironman 70.3 in Australia, a debut Women’s Collegiate Nationals in Florida, and a 70.3 in Austin, Texas.
by Tim Carlson, November 8, 2015Javier Gomez and Gwen Jorgensen held on to the top positions on the third day at the Island House Invitational Triathlon, and they were rewarded nicely.
Professional surfer and 2015 Hawaiian Ironman contestant Sunny Garcia posted on Instagram a long, but unspecific, accusation against multiple Ironman world champion Chris McCormack.
The longest event of the 3-day long Island House Invitational Triathlon was an Olympic Enduro, and again the event found Gwen Jorgensen and Javier Gomez well.
Humble and fast age grouper Daniel Stubleski completely destroyed the field at the 2015 Ironman Florida. Jessica Demello was the top female in Panama City Beach.
Rob Gray currently resides in Boulder, CO and he showed up at the GoPro IM Worlds in Kona with a hot lava-inspired Dimond race bike. It is, without a doubt, drool worthy.
BSX Insight has a Gen 2 model and they added real-time muscle oxygenation, improved connectivity, the ability to broadcast to other devices, and other features.
After the opening prologue of the 2015 Island House Invitational Triathlon, 2015 ITU World Champions Javier Gomez and Gwen Jorgensen took the lead.
Despite the lifetime ban, Lance Armstrong could toe the starting line of a triathlon as early as August 27, 2016 according to the terms of his ban.
Friends can call Even Evensen Old Grizzly, Griz or Bob, and possibly even some other names, but do not call this 67-year old Oregon-based age grouper a yuppie.
Joe Maloy made history as the first American to win the Noosa Triathlon in Australia, and we had a few words with him about that end-of-season victory.
TrainerRoad has been busy with a couple of new initiatives along with some software updates. Probably the most important update has been their revamped desktop application.
Bill Katovsky, the creator of Triathlete Magazine, passed away a few days ago, and his friend Roy M. Wallack shared a very heartfelt tribute with us.
An impressive roster of 10 pro women and 10 pro men will race the 2015 Island House Invitational Triathlon in 3 stages over 3 days in the Bahamas.
Every year we select a random age grouper on the return flight from Kona, and this year we bumped into Utah resident Dana Bullard with her family in tow.
Josiah Middaugh broke Ruben Ruzafa’s XTERRA domination with his first XTERRA Worlds win in 15 tries; Flora Duffy beat Lesley Paterson for her 3rd Maui title.
American Joe Maloy won the 2015 Noosa Triathlon, a race that has traditionally been dominated by Aussie men. Ashleigh Gentle from Australia defended her title.
Gina Crawford and Guy Crawford (not related) won Ironman 70.3 Taiwan; Kate Bevilaqua (Guy Crawford’s significant other) and Christian Kramer (unattached) placed 2nd.
Is there any defensible explanation for Escape’s fee increase, beyond charging what the market will bear? Slowtwitch asked. Here’s what we found.
Mat Steinmetz of 51 SPEEDSHOP worked with Aussie Tim Van Berkel to dial him in on his new Giant Trinity Advanced Pro 0.
Rumors were plentiful, but now it is official: the 2016 IRONMAN Melbourne is cancelled and that means the hunt is on for a new Asia-Pacific Champs location.
This week we noticed an interesting tail light from NiteRider, a super expensive short course race, a bicycle first aid kit, Hell on Orange, a clever Halloween card, and more.
We bring you accounts of exciting triathlon action from Miami and Mexico in North America, Turkey in Europe and Penrith in Australia – three 70.3s and a short course classic.
Matthew Sharp of Great Britain and Yuka Sato of Japan won their first World Cup titles Saturday in the final race of the 2015 ITU World Cup series in Tongyeong.
Brit Susie Cheetham finished 6th in Kona and 7th in Zell am See this year, but as she is now fully devoted to triathlon we can expect to see even more from her.