Sarah Groff missed making the 2008 U.S. women’s Olympic Triathlon team by a minute; she missed a medal at the London Games by seconds – now the indomitable New Hampshire woman is focused on Rio.

The 2013 Sea Otter Classic Festival opened the gates earlier this morning and here are some impressions from the activities on this very beautiful day.

At Sea Otter we took a closer look at the Alchemy Arion, an aero road bike that won the best carbon construction award at the North American Handmade Bike Show.

We update our rim width database for the 2013 model year. Who went wide? Who stayed narrow? We also include several new manufacturers in our updated chart.

On our way to the 2013 Sea Otter Classic festival we stopped by the Giro Sport Design group to meet some of the staff and see how stuff gets developed.

If cycling, health, good food, good coffee, and a sense of style sounds appealing, you’ll hit the mother lode at Pedaler’s Fork. It’s a farm-to-table restaurant, a coffee roaster, and a Moots concept store.

We review two 2013 model shoes from Saucony; the road-minded Kinvara 3 and the trail-worthy Kinvara TR. Both are lightweight, low ramp, and neutral in design.

The king is dead, long live the king. The Cervelo P3 alone eclipsed all other brands in the 2012 Kona bike count, but it was indeed time for Cervelo to move on and here is the new P3.

Aileen Reid is one of the premier women on the ITU circuit, but perhaps you know her better as Aileen Morrison. After last year’s Grand Finale Aileen got married and now Reid is on the back of her Irish tri-suit.

My conclusions are not offered as a guide, rather that sometimes it’s comforting to know others are thinking as you do; and sometimes (not always!) a thought shared is a thought worth hearing.

Two years ago Joe Maloy waited tables and raced out of Philly, now he is with the Paulo Sousa Triathlon Squad in Poway, CA and just earned a podium spot at the Nautica South Beach Triathlon. He also had to make good on a promise.

SRAM called in an assist from its daughter brands; Zipp and Avid went all in to leverage the brain trust toward more cogs, disk brakes, hydraulics, and solutions for dirt, road, and everything in between.

German Olympian Svenja Bazlen recently got her feet wet at the 70.3 distance and liked what she experienced. It of course helped that she finished second at that San Juan event, but what is next for this fast German?

A pair of powerful bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed at least 2 and injured 2 dozen. Several reports say at least one more device did not detonate.

Jozsef Major topped Rob Lea by 3:12 and Christina Jackson edged Hillary Biscay by 2:50 to win the men’s and women’s overall titles at the Leadman Tri Epic 125 Sunday in Tempe, Arizona

Australian Ryan Fisher topped Ireland’s Bryan Keane and fellow Australian Dan Wilson to win the Ishigaki Triathlon World Cup Sunday. Japan’s Ai Ueda led a Japanese sweep of the women’s podium.

Ronnie Schildknecht of Switzerland won his 8th Ironman title with an 8:11:24 finish and Vermont mother of three Jessie Donavan won her 3rd Ironman title by 6:02 over Jodie Swallow at Ironman South Africa.

Josiah Middaugh of Vail, Colorado topped Conrad Stoltz of South Africa and Lesley Paterson of Scotland was 4th overall and dominated the women’s field at the XTERRA West Championship at Lake Las Vegas.

Colorado won their 4th straight USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals overall team and men’s team awards; California-Berkeley won the women’s team award and the Elite Triathlon Academy won the Mixed Team relay.

Michelle Mehnert of the University of Colorado won the USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals Olympic distance non-drafting women’s crown over Erika Erickson of Cal Berkeley and Brittany Braden of San Diego State.

Jens Toft’s swim trumped Joerie Vansteelant’s run and Olympic silver medalist Lisa Norden’s swim and bike outweighed Eimear Mullan’s run to win Half Challenge Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.

Ben Kanute of Arizona won his second title in two days — the USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals Olympic distance men’s crown – over Michael Pool of South Florida.

We take a look at the new Zipp Vuka Stealth aerobar and their unique fit tool, called Vuka Fit. If you’ve ever been intimidated by fitting an integrated bar on your bike, this could change your perspective.

Ben Kanute of the University of Arizona and Erin Jones of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs won the USA Triathlon debut sprint distance Draft-Legal Collegiate Championship at Tempe, Arizona