We recently visited Rafael Hoffleit in Germany to look closer at his bikes and understand a bit more about this designer whose bikes are hand crafted in Germany.
by Herbert Krabel, May 4, 2011
Joe Maloy, the 2009 USAT Age Group Champion, is quickly making his name known in triathlon circles. He already has three top 10 finishes this year on the Continental Cup circuit and is quickly ascending the ITU Points List.
Travis Tygart is America’s top cop in the fight against performance enhancing drugs. He’s USADA’s CEO, formerly its general counsel. I asked him questions about its drug testing program for age-group triathletes.
This is the latest on the topic of policies, practices and WADA list updates for 2011.
Dark horse Jesse Thomas shocked the field and Leanda Cave finished 5 seconds off Julie Dibens’ course record. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson
Jordan Rapp built up his Specialized Shiv just before the 2011 Avia Wildlower Triathlon and we had a closer look at his setup. As a bonus, Jordan also did a video walk-through.
Filip Ospaly is moving up – 3rd at Toyota Cup Miami to 1st here at St. Anthony’s – and Matt Reed seems to have finally raced himself back into shape. Meanwhile Sarah Haskins continues to cruise to wins.
We’re going to talk this week about performance enhancing drugs for age group athletes. What’s legal, what’s ethical, testing, TUEs, everything you’ll need to know regardless of your age or ability.
Joe Gambles dipped under 4 hours to best a strong field at 70.3 Port Macquarie. Jo Lawn flew over from NZ to steal a win from the Aussies on their home turf.
Catriona Morrison has evidently figured out St. Croix, besting Angela Naeth and Mirinda Carfae for her third win in this Caribbean island. Maksym Kriat runs to his biggest career victory.
Aussies Pete Jacobs and Caroline Steffen took their first wins at the Ironman distance at IM Australia. Jacobs, as usual, led from the gun, and Steffen survived two flat tires.
Jesse Thomas, a 2002 Stanford steeplechaser in his first year as a triathlon pro, shocked the men’s field; after two runner-up finishes, Leanda Cave finally wins Wildflower — by 7 seconds over Mary Beth Ellis
The ITU debuted a new world championship, called Cross Tri, and familiar offroad triathlete faces took men’s and women’s titles. The race was in Spain, but North Americans dominated the top spots.
Spanish Long Distance Champion Eva Ledesma and Danish speedster Rasmus Henning took the titles in the inaugural Playitas Challenge Fuerteventura.
We had the opportunity to spend a day with Olympic Champion Jan Frodeno, and now share a gallery of our day with him in Saarbruecken, Germany.
Late in 2010, Samantha Warriner had surgery to correct super ventricular tachycardia. Just three months later, she won Ironman New Zealand. The much-decorated triathlete recounts her incredible journey.
Enjoy this closer look at the Cannondale Slice High Modulus of Austrian Pro Michael Weiss, with quite a few pics and lots of details.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray goes into detail on the sport by sport differences between the newly announced Garmin FR610 and the older FR310XT.
With Michael Raelert not on the start list, the men’s contest is wide open; and with defending women’s champ Julie Dibens not starting either, keep your eyes on a talented and hungry women’s field.
Kelly Williamson started 2011 like a house afire with wins at Rev 3 Costa Rica and Ironman 70.3 San Juan. After a few hard knocks and two 5th place finishes, she’s got her sights set on the Texas Ironman, Lake Las Vegas and a rematch with Kona
In late February Alex Mroszczyk McDonald was hit by a truck while out on a training ride and he is now on the long road back. The North Carolina based Team Timex Pro is in good spirits though and had a few words with us.
Sebastian Kienle had already shown his stuff in Europe and thus people there were somewhat familiar with him. He also had competed in North America before, but his win in New Orleans put him really on the map.
Hunter Kemper’s comeback win at the ITU Ishigaki World Cup this month seems to show that the three-time Olympian is back on form and aiming at a 4th Olympic team. Find out what the man has to say.
We had our ears and eyes wide open and came across the Brooks T7 Ltd Edition racing shoes, the Trix Stripes t-shirt, Chobani Greek Yogurt, a new bag from Gyst and cool flat pedals from Ergon.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray looks at Bluetooth heart rate strap monitors, ANT+ cell phone clients and app options, and a review of smartphone clients.
