With several Ironman wins under his belt Luke McKenzie is looking to step up a few spots in Kona this year from his 15th place in 2009. The Aussie has been in Kona for about a week now and has settled in nicely.

This week we stumbled across the Tough Mudder event, the very fine Honey Stinger Waffle, the Kona Demo Days, the Iron Blazeman song and a concert in Kona.

Short and sweet – the 750 meter swim, 12.4 mile bike and 3.1-mile run to decide the USAT Sprint National Championship. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.

Kaleb Vanort and Mandy McLane won overall at the USAT age group nationals at the Olympic distance in Tuscaloosa. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.

Jarrod Shoemaker and Laura Bennett won Elite National titles at Tuscaloosa. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

Kaleb Vanort’s race-best 31:59 10k gave him nearly all his 3:38 margin of victory; Mandy McLane’s 2:09:14 finish gave her a 7-second win over Cindi Bannink at USAT Age Group Nationals

This week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics with Ray Maker of DCRainmaker.com covers a question about whether to wait for the MetriGear Vector powermeter after their acquisition by Garmin and various other items.

Maksym Kriat ran down Marko Albert, David Kahn and a struggling Andrew Yoder on his way to win the ESi Ironman 70.3 Augusta in 3:46:54. Jessica Meyers topped Magali Tisseyre and Desiree Ficker to take the win in the women’s race.

Jarrod Shoemaker finishes second to Aussie Brendan Sexton but tops all Americans to take USA Triathlon national elite crown; Laura Bennett outruns Sarah Groff for her second USAT elite title

Conrad Stoltz and Melanie McQuaid crossed the line first at the XTERRA USA National Championships in Ogden, Utah; but Josiah Middaugh and Shonny Vanlandingham were crowned as the new US XTERRA Champs.

After the first edition of our new feature “Enhanced Race Results,” we got a lot of request for other races. Here’s your chance to have those requests filled.

Another day at Interbike 2010 has passed and we captured quite a few interesting goodies today. So enjoy.

The last full day of our Interbike coverage is over as tomorrow the show will slow down quite a bit and many folks will leave Las Vegas. Meanwhile here are a few more pictures from the second day inside of the 2010 Interbike.

The 2010 Interbike Show inside the Sands Convention Center opened its doors today and we snapped a bunch of images there.

After a couple days of hot and windy conditions in Boulder City, the exhibitors and trade visitors got to enjoy the first day inside the 2010 Interbike show.

In 2009 Meb Keflezighi became the first American male to win the ING New York City Marathon since 1982 and is currently preparing to defend his title. We had a chance to chat with this very fast marathoner.

We spent another morning at Outdoor Demo In Boulder City, NV and snapped a few images there. It was another hot day and by the time lunchtime came around, the winds really had picked up creating a bit of trouble for some exhibitors.

We are proud to present a new feature, “Enhanced” Race Results thanks to forum regular Craig Harris. Check out our first edition, covering Ironman Wisconsin. Read on to find out more and to download the file.

The third installment of our new weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics with Ray Maker of DCRainmaker.com covers a question about whether to buy a CompuTrainer or powermeter and various other items.

The night before the 2010 Interbike Las Vegas show opens the show room floor, Quintana Roo let slowtwitch.com have an early look at their Project Illicito. This prototype frame is based on the CD0.1 but has an interesting element missing.

As you might already know, this is Interbike’s last year in Las Vegas. Next year the show will be in Anaheim, 6 weeks in front of its traditionally date. What will I be looking for at Vegas’ last hurrah?

When Dirk Bockel showed up in Kona in 2009 he flew kind of under the radar, but after his 7th place there and a runner-up spot in Abu Dhabi he won’t be able to stay anonymous this year. He checked in with us.

The 2010 Interbike show opened today with the first of two Outdoor Demo days at Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City, NV. With the show moving to Anaheim, CA next year, this is the last opportunity for folks to enjoy the cozy warm Outdoor Demo conditions near Las Vegas.

Ben Hoffman’s second-best bike and run tops Tom Lowe by 2:45; Kelly Williamson’s race-best run gives her an 8-minute margin over Angela Naeth at Ironman 70.3 Branson.