The kids’ race, the parade, the spectators and the athletes. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.

The Belgian who posted the 4th fastest Iron-distance time in history at Ironman Austria is ready for a breakthrough at Kona.

She’s going for four in a row. She broke Newby-Fraser’s Kona record. Her 8:19 at Roth smashed her own world best. And she says her broken arm was the best thing that ever happened to her.

The owners of the Ironman brand of multisport events dove down in distance with its announcement of 5150, a series of Olympic-distance races that poached prize properties from the Life Time and ITU series.

We wandered over to the pier this morning where it is getting quite busy now.

Many eyes are currently on Mirinda Carfrae with the 2010 Ford Ironman World Championships approaching rapidly. The 2009 runner-up is no longer a rookie and thus more dangerous than before. She had a few words with us.

Ironman’s purchase of the Muncie Endurathon revealed an interesting sidebar: WTC asked for, and was granted, a 60-day blackout around its event. How prevalent is this, and is it a reasonable expectation by WTC?

It took more than 20 years, but, the cycling world has finally embraced the 650c wheel. Or, at least, one among the world’s professional cyclists, and that rider is the new and reigning world professional TT champion.

Compared to the women, the Kona men’s title is up for grabs. Craig Alexander, Rasmus Henning, Andreas Raelert, Chris Lieto, Chris McCormack and Eneko Llanos contend

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 Mac OS cycling applications and various other items.

After the first edition of our new feature “Enhanced Race Results,” we got a lot of request for other races. We’ve filled those most popular requests. Download them here.

Bevan Docherty and Lisa Norden grabbed the wins at the 2010 Kaiser Permanente LA Triathlon and we have a gallery courtesy of Eric Wynn.

Bevan Docherty sat out the ITU World Championship finals in Budapest Hungry but showed with his win at the 2010 LA Triathlon that he hasn’t lost a step. Lisa Norden used a dominating bike split to grab the women’s title.

Only a twist of fate , bad luck, or Chrissie herself can derail the Wellington Express on its way to a record 4th women’s title in a row.

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.