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.

Luke Bell topped fellow Aussie (and fellow Luke) McKenzie by 2:44 at the 2010 Ironman 70.3 Cancun. In the women’s race Dr. Amanda Stevens edged Michellie Jones by 1:17 on a very hot day.

Cameron Brown wins a Hawaii tune-up by 6:36 over Sweden’s Fredrik Croneborg; Michelle Wu tops fellow Aussie Rachael Paxton by 2 minutes at Ironman 70.3 Centrair Tokoname Japan

Paul Matthews used a scalding hot 2:08:35 bike split to provide all of his 8:12 winning margin over Maxim Kriat while Samantha McGlone topped Rachel Challis on the run to win Syracuse 70.3

This bike is further evidence that the most hotly contested price category in tri bike land is the $3300 to $3700 range. The big boys—Trek, Cervelo, Felt, Cannondale, Scott—have gone all-in here. How does the Transition Comp fair?

A week after becoming the ITU World Champion in Budapest, Hungary, Javier Gomez grabbed the French Grand Prix win in La Baule. Jodie Swallow got away on the bike and held off Andrea Hewitt and Emma Moffatt for the win.

This is the final part of the “Its not so easy” chapter from the “17 Hours to Glory” book. We had selected this specific chapter as a lead up to the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.

Enjoy part 3 of Paula Newby-Fraser’s story in the “17 Hours to Glory” book. Here we find out why the chapter is called “It’s not so easy” and get further proof that she was one of the most amazing Ironman athletes.

This week we noticed a soothing creme from Sixtus, cleaning product from Grease Monkey Wipes, a Pro baby with an early start and another Pro giving back.

“Life moves pretty fast,” noted Ferris Bueller. ” If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” You could miss the new swim skins legally usable in Kona, Cancun, Cozumel, and elsewhere.

In part 2 of Paula Newby-Fraser’s amazing Ironman career “It’s not so easy” chapter of Timothy Carlson’s story in the “17 Hours to Glory” book we learn about her relationship with Erin Baker and much more.

The second installment of our new weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics with Ray Maker of DCRainmaker.com covers a question about the Vector from Metrigear and various other items.

We spent a day with German rising talent Sebastian Kienle while he was in the Freiburg area for a training block with his coach.

Baseball has Fenway Park. Auto racing has Monaco. Triathlon’s similar jewel is the Triathlon at Pacific Grove. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.

Over the next 4 days we’ll publish 1 of the 17 chapters of “17 hours to Glory.” “It’s not so easy” is chronicling Paula Newby-Fraser’s amazing Ironman career and was written by Timothy Carlson, and today you get to enjoy part 1 of that chapter.

Bahram Akradi pioneered a revolution in big prize money triathlon which rewarded Olympic distance triathletes with big league dough. Now he, Toyota and partners fight a down economy to keep the series self sustaining success