In the penultimate race in the Toyota Cup Series, Sunday’s Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon will be covered live on Slowtwitch.com, and will feature stout fields in both the men’s and women’s races.
by Slowman, September 22, 2011
For 2012, the organizers of Interbike are considering something new – opening the show to the public. For those of you considering making the trip to Las Vegas next year, we decided to give you a peak behind the closed doors of the Sands Convention Center.
En route to Interbike 2011, Jordan Rapp stopped in at the Valley of Fire, part of the iconic bike ride of the Leadman Tri Life Time EPIC 250. He mounted up his GoPro, honed his driving skills, enhanced said driving skills via high-speed video, and made a little movie magic…
This week we noticed the Trix Gear race bike cover, Crank Brothers Pica tool, Honey Stinger Strawberry Waffle, The Jersey Project book and a small robot named Evolta.
Andrea Hewitt repeats her Beijing Grand Final performance, tops runner-up Emma Moffatt and third-place Kate McIlroy to win the Yokohama World Championship Series event.
Joao Silva, 22-year-old Portuguese Pro, sizzles in 100-degree heat to run away with the Yokohama WCS title with a closing 30:19 run. Simon Whitfield had his best WCS finish this year in 4th place.
As long as it’s couched in the guise of, “more,” human beings want it. The latest phenomenon sweeping our sport is the idea of more recovery. But recovery is really the lack of activity; it’s not something you can have more of.
Earlier this summer we published on Slowtwitch an article called, “Where is the Money,” about the recent pay practices of certain race organizations. The B-side to that story is here.
Bart Aernouts from Belgium took the win at Ironman 70.3 Syracuse in a very speedy 3:57:30. In the women’s race Nikki Butterfield held off Caroline Steffen with a race best bike and fast run.
Ben Hoffman broke away from Matt Lieto on the run and Jessica Meyers out biked Nina Kraft to win the 2011 Ironman 70.3 Branson on Sunday.
European 70.3 Champion Andreas Böcherer took the win in Cancun with a hard charge on the bike and a nice closing run. Aussie Christie Sym had taken 70.3 Racine 2 months ago and now ruled again in Cancun.
Chris Foster and Magali Tisseyre crushed their rivals and won the Nautica Malibu Triathlon elite titles against slim fields Saturday
The 2011 Interbike trade show in Las Vegas opened its doors today at the Sands Convention Center and it felt very busy all day. Images by Herbert Krabel.
The second day at the 2011 Interbike show is behind us and we perused the aisles all day to find a few goodies, meet interesting folks and be social.
At the Triathlon at Pacific Grove, elites and age groupers battled at the Olympic distance, and short course aficionados raced the sprint. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson
The second day of the Interbike Outdoor Demo started with a heavy rain but that did not stop dealers from checking out the various bikes and other gear available for demo.
It is Interbike time again in Las Vegas and today was the first day of Outdoor Demo in Boulder City, NV. We were there to bring you images from this annual pilgrimage.
Ezequiel Morales and Jessica Jacobs reigned supreme at the 2011 Ford Ironman Wisconsin. Our shooter Kerry Yndestad was there to capture the action.
Andrew Starykowicz and Malaika Homo took the wins at the 2011 Rev3 Cedar Point with the rich $100,000 purse for the Pros.
Aussies grabbed the titles in Las Vegas and occupied quite a few of the top ten spots, 8 to be precise. But there was much more going on race day.
Ezequiel Morales of Argentina’s 8:45:18 topped Stefan Schmid of Austria by 12 minutes 33 seconds; Jessica Jacobs erased Meredith Kessler’s big lead off the bike to win Ironman Wisconsin by 9 minutes 42 seconds.
American Lukas Verzbicas dedicated his at the ITU Junior World Championships win to teammate Kevin McDowell, ill with Hodgkins lymphoma; fellow American Tony Smoragiewicz took bronze.
Craig Alexander grabbed his second 70.3 World Championship title, but this time it happened at the new venue in Las Vegas. Melissa Rollison fulfilled all pre-race hype and expectations and ran away with the women’s title.
Andrea Hewitt of New Zealand takes the Grand Final, Helen Jenkins’ 2nd place wraps up WCS title, Bennett 5th in GF, Groff’s 10th earns 3rd in WCS, Aussie shut out in Beijing
Today the Marines Ironman 70.3 World Championships athletes checked in their bikes at T1 between noon and 6pm and we were there to check it out.
