
Bikes in the Sweet Spot
Today’s tri bike sweet spot is $3,500 to $4,000. Here are the first two we’re comparing, QR’s PRfive and Felt’s IA 16.
by Slowman, August 19, 2015Today’s tri bike sweet spot is $3,500 to $4,000. Here are the first two we’re comparing, QR’s PRfive and Felt’s IA 16.
by Slowman, August 19, 2015Our man Markus Rössel reports from the inaugural Breca SwimRun in the UK, featuring 38k of technical and steep running and 6k of very cold waters.
Scott Ellis, 55, of Johnstown, Colorado died near the end of the Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race. Ellis was taking part in this high altitude classic for the 19th time.
TJ Fry is heavily involved in the swim and triathlon community in Texas, and we had a chat with this former pro triathlete about racing, swimming, traveling and more.
Maybe you noticed and maybe you didn’t, but 3 months of new intros signal that tri bikes are going to change significantly over the next year.
More practical. Less PowerPoint. Coaches trained on the pool deck, on their bikes, and on their feet.
Wagner Araújo spent the day in Mont Tremblant and captured a stunning gallery of images from this popular Ironman event won by Jordan Rapp and Mary Beth Ellis.
We bring you 70.3 duels in New Hampshire, a home country Ironman winner in Sweden, a battle to the line on German trails, and 11,811 feet of climbing in a French long course classic.
Jordan Rapp is back on track with a dominating win at Ironman Mt. Tremblant; Mary Beth Ellis built a big lead on the bike then then hung on for a 50 seconds win over Liz Blatchford.
German Per Bittner finished fourth at the 2015 Datev Challenge Roth on a brand new Simplon MR.T2 bike. Here is a closer look at this new model from the Austrian brand.
Shiao-Yu Li overcame paralysis to become Taiwan’s first professional long distance triathlete, with three Ironman and Ironman 70.3 wins.
Eric Lagerstrom won the 2015 USAT Milwaukee Super Sprint over Ben Kanute; he put together a cool video about his experience and calls it Viking Life Part 2.
Camilla Pedersen grabbed the 2015 Ironman 70.3 European Champs aboard a Shimano and Zipp equipped Specialized S-Works Shiv, and we have detailed pics.
Texan Clay Emge raced with a pro card for one season but was hampered by injuries, and then returned as an age grouper in 2015 to win Ironman Boulder.
Canadian-born U.S. citizen Alicia Kaye dominated non-drafting Olympic distance races in 2013 and 2014. A gallery of a few days of training in her first season of 70.3 racing.
Marcus Barton partnered up with Dan Kimball to take part in the Rockman SwimRun, and he shared his very detailed race report with slowtwitch.
Beth Gerdes saw her Kona dream slip away when Ironman Cairns did not go as planned, but she came back strong at Ironman Switzerland to grab a big win and a Kona slot.
Over the weekend, 51 hearty souls took part in the first open water half distance race in Iceland. Here are images from this stunning triathlon location.
Sara McLarty is looking for new challenges, and will compete at the 2015 ÖTILLÖ SwimRun World Championships with her friend and business partner Misty Becerra.
Impressions from the 2015 Ironman 70.3 European Championships in Wiesbaden, where Boris Stein and Camilla Pedersen were victorious.
We bring you news of age group nationals in Wisconsin, XTERRAs in the Czech Republic and Mexico, 70.3s in Poland, Ireland, and Ecuador, and much more.
Boris Stein of Germany smashed the men’s field on the bike and Camilla Pedersen of Denmark ran away from Anja Beranek of Germany to win Ironman 70.3 Wiesbaden.
Instead of American brands whose wetsuits, bikes and shoes are manufactured in China, Ironman would be a Chinese brand “manufactured” in the U.S.
The Ironman 70.3 European Championships take place in Wiesbaden, Germany tomorrow and our man Karsten Täschner captured some bike check-in impressions.
U.S. stars Erin Jones and Eric Lagerstrom won the USA Triathlon Milwaukee Super Sprint Series titles on a cloudy day in Milwaukee.