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.

The International Triathlon (ITU) announced today that the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Yokohama event will not take place on May 14, 2011 as originally scheduled because of safety concerns for athletes, coaches, officials and staff.

Conrad Stoltz held off Josiah Middaugh’s charge by 8 seconds to take his record 38th XTERRA championship win; Melanie McQuaid tops Shonny Vanlandingham by 41 seconds at the XTERRA South Central Championship in Waco, Texas

High winds cancel the swim, and Sebastian Kienle of Germany topped Paul Amey of Great Britain and Julie Dibens of Great Britain edged Samantha Warriner of New Zealand at the shortened Ochsner IM 70.3 New Orleans

Hunter Kemper makes a strong comeback from injury to take his 4th ITU World Cup win. Artem Parienko finished 2nd and Marek Jaskolka took 3rd at the 2011 ITU Ishigaki World Cup.

This is the final day of our 2011 Sea Otter Classic coverage. We went through the Expo again and checked out the Pro TT event.

Barbara Riveros-Diaz of Chile topped Aileen Morrison of Ireland and Kiyomi Niwata of Japan with a great run to win the women’s title at the 2011 ITU Ishigaki World Cup.

The second day of the 2011 Sea Otter Classic is over now and we have a few more images to share with you.

Talking before his third place finish at Rohto Ironman 70.3 California in Oceanside, the former Austrian Olympic mountain biker discusses his rise in triathlon.

The Sea Otter Classic is an annual cycling festival just outside of Monterey, California. Enjoy this gallery from Day 1.

German Pro Sebastian Kienle is currently racing in the USA and we had a chance to look closer at his Scott Plasma 3.

The opening round of the 2011 Dextro Energy ITU World Championship series in Sydney, Australia is behind us and Courtney Atkinson takes you inside the bike segment.

There are huge differences in how you can pull underwater with your arm; differences in power and differences in frontal drag. But, like so many aspects of swimming technique, the underwater pull involves compromise. The question is, which way is best?

Cameron Dye and Sarah Haskins won the 2011 Nautica South Beach triathlon and collected valuable points towards the Lifetime Fitness Toyota Cup. Enjoy this race day gallery.

Josiah Middaugh passed Conrad Stoltz late on the final trail run to win by 59 seconds; Melanie McQuaid tops Shonny Vanlandingham by 3:21 at XTERRA West

Sarah Haskins marked time on the swim and the bike, skipping away on the run to take the Toyota Cup series opener. Cameron Dye skipped away on the bike, then held on in a white knuckler.

Chris Lieto smashed a talented field with a 2:02:15 bike, then posted a 1:16:56 run to hold off Rasmus Henning by 1:10; Catriona Morrison ran away with a 1:18:18 run to dominate Memorial Hermann IM 70.3 Texas