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.
by Slowman, April 5, 2010Spring 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.
Vendula Frintova chased hard on the bike and then ran down Tomoko Sakimoto and Liz Blatchford to win the 2010 Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup in Australia. Sakimoto and Blatchford finished second and third.
Despite the stunning field at the recent Abu Dhabi Triathlon, Frederik Van Lierde managed to earn a 5th place and a good pay check. The Belgian Pro also has some other nice results to his name.
Jordan Rapp discusses how his sense of triathlon strategy evolved from his very first triathlon to his breakthrough pro performances in 2008 and 2009 – and how mastering triathlon technology satisfies his hunger for problem solving
Top professional triathlete and Slowtwitch chief technologist Jordan Rapp was seriously injured in hit-and-run accident while riding his bicycle. He remains in intensive care in Oxnard, California. (Latest update: 12 noon on Thursday, 3/24)
Rohto Ironman 70.3 at Oceanside always has cold water and hot fields because it’s the start of the season and it’s held in tri-industry haven Southern California. Timothy Carlson sets the odds and it’s up to the pros to prove he’s an idiot
In early February we started a new photo caption competition feature in the forum and every so often we will feature the last few winning captions in a story on the home page. Enjoy the photo caption competition winners 1-3.
In Part 2 of 4 of an in depth Q&A, Jordan Rapp recounts trying on many sports before finding rowing suited his temperament – and explains how the sport was excellent preparation for the triathlon wars.
Tony Kornheiser of ESPN recently made some statements which had cyclists extremely upset and asking for the “head” of Kornheiser. After Lance Armstrong appeared on the Kornheiser radio show, the man apologized, but sports writer Sal Ruibal does not accept the apology.
A few weeks back we chatted with Kiwi Bevan James Eyles of IMtalk, and now we had a few words with coach John Newsom. IMtalk co-host Newsom is actually quite a good athlete with a sub-9 Challenge Roth finish in his resume.
Craig Alexander won the 2010 Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore and thus successfully defended his title at that hot and humid event. Switzerland’s Caroline Steffen grabbed the women’s title while defending champion Jodie Swallow had to be content with the runner-up spot.
This bike is a case study in: Not only power, not only handling, not only comfort, but superior aerodynamics is largely tied to choosing a bike that properly fits you.
