“I cannot understand why all bike fits aren’t more like this.” – Comment from a subject after a Complete Bike Solution exercise at a Slowtwitch Road Show.
by Slowman, May 14, 2016
Patrick Lange’s race-best 2:40:01 marathon ran away from the men’s field and Julia Gajer’s superior swim trumped Jodie Robertson’s better run to win Ironman Texas.
Mario Mola of Spain earned his third WTS victory of 2016 and Crisanto Grajales of Mexico and Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway finished 2-3 at Yokohama.
Matt Hanson is known for running prowess but he needs his Quintana Roo PR6 to win races like Ironman Texas. Photo Gallery by Lars Finanger.
Prepping for Ironman Texas, Canadian Jeff Symonds broke his elbow but plans to soldier on.
Photo Gallery by Lars Finanger.
Gwen Jorgensen dominated, Ashleigh Gentle took 2nd and probably an Aussie Olympic slot, and Katie Zaferes likely earned the final U.S. women’s Olympic slot at WTS Yokohama.
At the end of this month the US Pro Road Cycling National Championships will take place in Winston-Salem, NC and here are videos from the course.
The new Garmin Forerunner 735XT GPS running watch has a wrist based heart rate feature and is multisport versatile, plus it is light and attractive.
“IRONMAN is full of greed,” wrote an RD to me when I surveyed this group views on triathlon’s dominant brand. “I would love for it to disappear.”
Jolanda Annen of Switzerland edged Agnieszka Jerzyk of Poland and Etienne Diemunsch of France outran Jelle Geens of Belgium to win the Huatulco World Cup.
Fredrik Croneborg overcame a flat tire with a 2nd-fastest bike and race-best run and Yu-Shiao Li posted a women’s-best bike and 2nd-fastest run to win Challenge Taiwan.
Giulio Molinari of Italy and Yvonne van Vlerken of Netherlands dominated the bike legs to take comfortable wins on a sunny day at Challenge Rimini.
In 100 Fahrenheit heat and 90 percent humidity, Caroline Steffen topped Radka Vodickova and Cyril Viennot edged Tim Van Berkel at Ironman 70.3 Vietnam.
Roger Serrano upset fellow Spaniard Ruben Ruzafa and Helena Erbenova of the Czech Republic edged Brigitta Poor of Hungary at XTERRA Greece.
Ben Allen and Jacqui Slack, XTERRA’s most competitive couple, dominated XTERRA Malaysia in hot and humid tropical weather Saturday in Langkawi.
Andreas Dreitz used the fastest bike split to win his third straight title, and Laura Philipp crushed the bike leg to outpace Olympic champ Nicola Spirig and win Mallorca 70.3.
Lionel Sanders took the lead with a race-best bike leg and kept it with a race-best run while Heather Wurtele posted a race-best bike to win St. George 70.3.
Two customers to a local RD: “We used to do 6 or 7 [of your local] events a year, but the last few years we focus on IM events. We are lucky to fit 1 or 2 in.”
Will testing for bike motors be limited to high-level pro races? Based on a discussion with the UCI’s technical manager, this technology may well come to a race near you.
Swiss Pro Mathias Hecht spent time in the EADS wind tunnel in Germany with his sponsor Swiss Side to test his new Canyon and make sure he is ready for 2016.
Retail bike industry numbers are down, but there are early hints of a possible upswing in the U.S. in triathlon. Is Ironman an actor in either the downturn or in the upswing?
Updated: Today Ironman announced a partnership with the UCI on testing for illegal motors hidden in bikes. Violators Ironman catches will receive suspensions from Ironman races of an indeterminate, but probably lengthy, term. (UCI’s Mark Barfield answers question about the technology.)
Jesse Thomas says his six wins in a row at Wildflower is due in large part to luck – and a predilection for tough courses with lots of hills on the bike and run.
The very first thing many early Hawaiian Ironman finishers did was produce a race back home. We were apostles. Is this Ironman spirit still alive today?
