Light and stable at a weight of 9.7 oz., the big feature is this shoe’s rubber Wave plate. This Mizuno is a lightweight trainer, good for neutral runners, maybe slight pronaters.

Chile’s Barbara Riveros-Diaz scores huge upset over Andrea Hewitt and World Champion Emma Moffat at the 2010 Dextro Energy WCS Sydney season opener with a superb run.

New Zealand’s Bevan Docherty ran away from Russia’s Alexandr Brukhankov and France’s David Hauss to take round 1 of the 2010 ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series in Sydney, Australia.

Images from the semi-annual camp in La Jolla, Mitch Thrower calls Triathlon Sanctuary. Photos by Timothy Carlson

The swim portion of the Freshwater Trust Portland Triathlon takes place adjacent to a Superfund site. Yet, Triathlete magazine dubbed this the “Greenest Race in the World.” Read how.

Keith Meyer has been working with Timex for several years now and has logged a ton of miles and even met his wife Brooke in the process. Meyer sat down with slowtwitch to share a few details about Timex and himself.

Is this still a shoe? Or is it a running sock with a midsole glued on it? Whatever it is, smart money says it’s fast. And fast it is, but it’s just there for the most efficient lightweight runners.

At the opening ITU World Cup in Mooloolaba James Seear held the lead until very late into the run before eventually finishing third. The young Aussie with a passion for speed and classic cars is certainly someone to watch moving forward.

The Konesic is a pure stability trainers like those built ten and fifteen years ago. K-Swiss might have found a niche market for the heavier runners who loved the motion control shoes no longer widely available.

This $2 billion industrial juggernaut is the world’s most effective sport fishing advocate. But does this advocacy threaten to hit a snag if its aggressive style offends the sensibilities of cyclists?

Phil Morlock, Shimano’s advocate-in-chief is strapped-in, strapped-on, and givin’ and gettin’ a good strappin’. When Beck, Limbaugh and Maddow all know your name, you’ve made an effect.

Spring has sprung almost everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere and a few new gadgets are also on the horizon. We look at the Lezyne Alloy Drive CHF, Rotor Agilis EVO crank, Zipp Aero Race jersey, Topeak Mega Morph pump and the Sea Otter Classic festival.

France’s Franky Batelier won the opening round of the European XTERRA season with a great performance in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. The women’s title was taken by Renata Bucher who padded her already impressive resume.

Kyle Leto was first out of the water at the recent Rohto Ironman 70.3 California event and ended up in 8th place after being out-sprinted to the line by Ben Hoffman. This first year Pro though is more so focused on ITU racing.

After a persistent, consistent six-year climb to realize his potential in triathlon, Jordan Rapp reached stardom with a course-record win at Ironman Arizona and a victory at the classic Ironman Canada.

“Print magazines are the Next Big Thing.” So predicts Slowtwitch publisher Dan Empfield. Today we announce “Slowtwitch3D,” the first triathlon magazine printed in 3D.

Ironman and 70.3 races will disallow wetsuits with panels exceeding 5mm in thickness starting September 1 of this year. Also, no swimskins, and 76° water temp for wetsuit legality.

The slogan of the Ironman European Championships is The longest day of the year. In 2010, the event in Frankfurt, Germany will become indeed the longest day in the world of Ironman events, but also the shortest.

With a big race weekend behind us, we remember the prototype running shoes from Pearl Izumi, the HED Stinger FR disc, the XTERRA Planet magazine, Omega-3 oil from Ascenta and the Fruit Smoothie bar from Powerbar.

The Rohto Ironman 70.3 California was showtime in SoCal and Michael Raelert and Mirinda Carfrae were the stars.

With his win today in Port Macquarie, Patrick Vernay has now captured his fourth Ironman Australia title. Carrie Lester took charge of the women’s race during the bike and won her first Ironman crown quite convincingly.

The fastest bike split of the day capped with 2 great runs helped 2008 ITU World Champion Joerie Vansteelant to win the 2010 Powerman Alabama Elite Championships. The women’s title went to Marisa Asplund who also outbiked her competition.

The 2010 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California had a stellar International field with tons of great pros at the start, but in the end German Michael Raelert and Aussie Mirinda Carfrae got away with the titles.

The 2010 ITU World Cup series launched in Mooloolaba, Australia and Aussie Brad Kahlefeldt grabbed the first win. Great Britain’s Stuart Hayes finished second and Aussie James Seear rounded out the podium.