German Pro Andi Böcherer was injured in a hit-and-run incident on St. Lucia where he is currently getting ready for the Captain Morgan’s Ironman 70.3 St.Croix.

The popular Rev3 Tri will cease offering a pro prize purse after its Knoxville event in May, and establish a per-race and series purse open to all-comers in its place.

French ITU Pro Laurent Vidal apparently suffered from a heart attack during swim practice in France and was airlifted to a hospital in Montpellier.

Now that Tyler Butterfield has won Abu Dhabi and contended at Kona, the long road to fulfilling his early promise seems to be sparked by a strong partnership with his wife Nikki and a happy family.

The name Diamondback reminds many of us about BMX and mountain bikes, but they do make some nice road bikes too and we looked closer at one of them.

The scenic Grizzly Triathlon in Missoula, Montana is now in its 26th year and Ben Hoffman and Sue Huse took the wins in this swim heavy sprint. Enjoy the pictures.

Tyler Butterfield won the 2014 Abu Dhabi Triathlon and you can now experience a day with this fast Bermudian and family – through the lens of Timothy Carlson.

In this issue of What We Have Noticed we look at the Pebble steel watch, the XLab cage pod, Ortlieb’s Velocity pack, awesome Brit bicycle art, and much more.

TWENTY16 rider Alison Tetrick won the KOM and Sprint titles at the 2014 Winston-Salem Cycling Classic, and here is your chance to see her Felt F1 race bike.

Ironman Lake Tahoe deftly solved a difficult problem, difficulty being the problem. Tahoe was too hard. Ironman introduced a 70.3 on the same day as the IM, and took the steep hills out.

The world celebrated the peaceful return of the Boston Marathon; Meb Keflezighi broke the U.S men’s losing streak, Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo broke the women’s race record, triathlon’s Lisa Bentley was 5th master’s woman.

This Easter we cover Challenge Taiwan, a University triathlon in Brazil, triathletes racing a Boston 5k, tragic hits on cyclists, and much more.

Kiwis Dylan McNeice and Britta Martin captured the 2014 Challenge Taiwan titles and here is a stunning gallery from the race courtesy of Darryl Carey.

Travis McCabe who races for the SmartStop / Mountain Khakis team earned the win at the 171km UCI WS Cycling Classic. We looked closer at his Wilier Cento1Air setup.

American Shelly Olds who races for the Italian Alé Cipollini team took the Winston-Salem Cycling Classic with a perfectly timed burst and we looked closer at her bike.

We follow up on our intro to gravel racing with a short video, recap, and race report from the 2014 Barry Roubaix Killer Gravel Road Race. We talk tires, gearing, and more.

A lot of those in our industry, manufacturers, retailers, RDs, have been asking me if the sport is flat, up or down. I began to gather stats on this last year, here’s the fruit of my investigating.

Eric Hinman is the fast age grouper who inspired Dave Mirra to pick up the sport, but he is actually fairly new to the sport himself. We checked in with him to learn more.

In the series wrap I’ll predict what run shoes will be like in 5 years, features that will advance and recede, and possible changes in the trajectory of several leading companies.

Devashish Paul has added more details and information to his guide of racing and logistics for the Ironman 70.3 St Croix triathlon. Are you ready?

What comes to your mind when you hear Club Med is likely dated as a few years ago they changed course from a singles vacation place to a family oriented sports resort.

Running has never seen this kind of divergence in technologies and theories, from barefoot all the way to hyper-structure and custom footbeds. And everything in between.

Ironman announced yesterday that they acquired Triton Spain SL, the owners of Challenge Barcelona and its half distance sibling, and also hinted at another race in Spain.

The features that matter in technical running footwear are different now than they were a decade or two ago. That’s a good thing. Footwear is going to look a lot different in 5 years.