They call it the Woodstock of Triathlon. It began 31 years ago and since then the long course has become a legendary half Ironman distance test of greatness. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson
by Tim Carlson, May 4, 2013
Brent McMahon stormed to the win at Ironman 70.3 St.George and American Kevin Collington grabbed the US Pro title with his second place finish. Meredith Kessler grabbed the US Pro women’s title and the top of the podium.
Jesse Thomas outran Australian Leon Griffin to take his third straight win at Wildflower long course; Heather Jackson earned her 2nd straight Wildflower victory passing Kat Baker on the run.
Kiwi Dylan McNeice led from start to finish to won the inaugural Challenge Taiwan triathlon in 8:16:21. Aussie Belinda Granger held off American Hillary Biscay to grab the women’s title.
Now in its 31st year, Tri-California’s Wildflower Triathlon festival gets ready for another showdown in its classic elite long course event Saturday at Lake San Antonio. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.
This is our long-term review of two Brooks Pure Project shoes – the updated Pure Grit 2 trail shoe and the new Pure Drift road shoe. Both are intended as light weight, neutral, low ramp shoes.
In general, our sport is supposed to improve the overall life experience, but slowtwitch.com forum member Jan de Visser opens up about how going out for a simple ride has had a major effect on his life and his family.
Swiss Pro Ronnie Schildknecht has quite a few Ironman titles to his name and most recently won Ironman South Africa. We had a video chat with him.
We take a detailed look in to the tech, aerodynamics, and geometry of the new Fuji triathlon bike. Fuji claims aerodynamic improvements, and we spot substantial fit changes.
Fuji finally unveiled the long hyped Norcom Straight bike today in Boulder, CO and our man Timothy Carlson was there to take a closer look.
We have a few words with American short course professional, Lauren Goss. She recently announced a new title sponsor, new bike sponsor and very big change of scenery for training.
The 25th anniversary of the St. Croix Triathlon takes place on May 6th and many athletes struggle with this event. Dev Paul shares his thoughts on tackling Beauty and the Beast.
While in Monterey, CA we had the chance to look closer at the Trek Superfly SL Team Edition race bike of US Olympian Sam Schultz of Missoula, MT.
Irish top ranked ITU Pro Aileen Reid née Morrison did a few races in the US recently and Timothy Carlson grabbed images of her Planet X Mondo race bike at the F1 Super Sprint Tri.
Alistair Brownlee ran 28:32.48 and finished runner-up in the second section heat of the 10,000 meters at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational Track Meet at Stanford University.
Ben Allen of Australia won his 5th XTERRA World Tour event of the season in a hard fought duel with Dan Hugo of South Africa; Renata Bucher of Switzerland dominated the women’s field at XTERRA Malaysia.
2008 Olympic champion Jan Frodeno of Germany edged Ivan Vasiliev of Russia and Alicia Kaye of the United States outran Nicky Samuels of New Zealand to win the pro titles at St. Anthony’s Triathlon.
It’s not quite Gangnam Style, but it may be close. At least within the triathlon world. Trevor Wurtele’s epically funny 80 sec race report from NOLA 70.3.
Days after the ITU World Triathlon Series event in San Diego, several Olympians were lured by a $20,000 purse to compete in a Super Sprint in Mission Bay. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson
Austrian Pro Hannes Hempel had his 4-year doping ban cut short in early January of 2012, but now tri-mag.de reports that this former pro cyclist has tested positive for testosterone on March 8th of this year.
Hed Cycling of Minnesota announces a new, even wider, version of their aluminum Ardennes wheel, dubbed the Ardennes Plus. We take a quick look at the details.
Aaron Royle edged Laurent Vidal and Sarah Groff dominated a strong women’s field at the $20,000 Fearless Pro Super Sprint Triathlon at South Shores Park in Mission Bay, California.
Giant stepped into the aero bike ring with the Propel Advanced SL and they have 4 offerings in that line. We looked closer at the Advanced SL 1 at Sea Otter.
Professional triathletes Amanda and Michael Lovato shared some exciting news with us. Amanda shares her thoughts on pregnancy as an athlete, life as a real estate agent, and what the future holds.
Many triathletes today were in elementary school when the first St. Croix Triathlon was held back in 1988 and this event has grown substantially since then. Dev Paul had a few words with race director Tom Guthrie.
