Kevin Collington finished 3rd at Alcatraz, 3rd at Vineman 70.3, and won Challenge Williamsburg before switching to a Ventum bike, which he will ride at 70.3 Worlds.

Chief of officials Jimmy Riccitello decodes the approach Ironman head refs take toward the natural stop, the one unwritten rule that can get you DQd.

Gina Crawford won Challenge Wanaka and finished 4th at Challenge Roth this year. While in Roth we had a chance to check out her Shimano equipped Ceepo Katana.

It’s a non-intrusive, moderately-priced lactate analyzer. From stop watches to heart rate monitors to power meters, is this the next progression?

Yesterday our editor-in-chief struggled mightily to mount a tire on a rim, even though he has done it countless times before without problems. But nothing was wrong with the tire or the wheel…

Eneko Llanos was spotted at the Ironman European Championships in Frankfurt aboard a new BH Aero with Campagnolo, Reynolds, XLab and TriRig components.

Aussie Sam Appleton started 2015 with a series of great results and he is now in Boulder, CO prepping for the 70.3 World Championships in Austria.

The 6’4″ tall Aussie Sam Betten let us have a closer look at his Shimano equipped Specialized S-Works Shiv – ready for Ironman 70.3 Philippines.

In 2014 Levi Maxwell won his age group in Kona, and earlier this year he was 4th overall at Ironman Cairns. But his focus is set on Kona 2015 and going even faster.

Latasch: The athlete drank mostly water during the race and did not take in enough minerals. Noakes: Can’t happen if athletes advised to drink to thirst, not to a schedule.

A competitor was DQd during the bike leg for urinating near the roadway during Ironman Lake Placid. As many do. (Let’s be honest, as all of us long-timers have done.) Was this fair?

This is a story about a kids triathlon, but it is more importantly about inspiring kids to go outside and be active versus sitting in front of a screen.

On a busy triathletic weekend, we present for your reading pleasure Ironman contests in the Netherlands and the Rockies, and Ironman 70.3s in the Philippines and South Africa.

USA’s Gwen Jorgensen led Brits Non Stanford and Vicky Holland atop Rio Olympic Qualification podium; Sarah True takes 2nd U.S. Olympic qualifying slot.

Javier Gomez outran Vincent Luis to win the Rio Olympic Qualification event, and Richard Murray ran strong from behind to grab the final spot on the podium.

Allan Hovda defended his Isklar Norseman title and held off Lars Petter Stormo with a time of 9:43:46. Kristin Lie battled Line Foss all day to take the 2015 Norseman women’s title.

The last 2 days have been unsettling for hopefuls awaiting the Rio Test Events on Sunday. The swim was on, then off, now on again. But questions remain.

After the Friday morning swim, the Norseman crew announced that the swim for tomorrow’s race has been shortened to 1.9k because of 10.5 degree water temps.

Emma Pooley and Arnaud Guilloux captured the challenging and absolutely breathtaking 2015 Alpe D’Huez Triathlon. Mary Beth Ellis and James Cunnama were runner-ups.

A motorist in the UK chased a cyclist on foot after a heated confrontation, and then took a serious fall onto the pavement. Instant justice possibly, but the cyclist should have shown more restraint.

At the IM European Championships in Frankfurt, Germany we noticed the green custom painted Cervelo P5 of 2013 IM Kona champion Frederik Van Lierde.

Three days before the Rio Test Event, the AP wrote of competitors “who have already fallen ill with fevers, vomiting and diarrhea,” because of water quality.

Starters at the 2015 UltraTri Sweden swam 12k, biked 510k and ran 93k, and while there was a winner, events like this are not so much about time, distance and placing.

David Dellow had an age group bib number at Challenge Roth and was thus somewhat under the radar, but that did not stop him from grabbing a podium spot.