Hunter Kemper fought off a sacroiliac joint injury and a hernia to make his third Olympic team, capped off with a 7th at Beijing; a recurring SI joint injury left him off the radar for nine months until an Alcatraz win.

Doug McCard edged into the waters of Kissimmee’s Lake Mary Jane as he had “thousands of times before,” training for a summer Ironman. When he felt the teeth of an 8-foot long gator chomp on his torso, he started swinging.

Timothy O’Donnell took his first win of 2010 by 1:21 over Viktor Zyemtsev; Leanda Cave followed Escape From Alcatraz with another win over Amanda Stevens.

France’s Sylvain Sudrie did it with a sizzling 1:56:04 bike and Finland’s Tiina Boman aced it on the run to win the Half Challenge Barcelona-Maresme

Six members of the Saint-Lambert Triathlon Club training for Ironman Lake Placid were hit by a pickup truck on Highway 112 east of Montreal on May 14; three are dead and three were seriously injured

Jenna Shoemaker absorbed a big shock this spring when coach Darren Smith let her go; but the 26-year-old showed grit and resilience when she finished a close second at Escape from Alcatraz

3-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington will also be at the start line of the Amgen Tour of California stage 7 time trial and that adds an interesting twist to the event. After all, she finished 2nd overall at the 2008 Alpe D’Huez triathlon.

In mid February Lance Armstrong challenged Chris Lieto to a TT showdown on the Queen K and won by 9 seconds. The two will meet again during the stage 7 TT of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California. But who will take round 2?

For a Pro to go to Kona or Clearwater, that Pro now has to finish within 5% of the winner’s time to get that coveted slot. We talked to quite a few Pro triathletes and solicited their opinions about this new rule.

As the late senator Moynihan put it, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not his own math.” Okay, he said facts, not math, but the idea is the same. But now on to that Cannondale Slice.

At the 2010 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California, Mitch Hall recorded the fastest age group time in 4:15:16 and placed 15th overall. Not bad for a 38-year old Navy Seal who has spent quite a bit of time in Afghanistan.

Stage 7 of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California is a 21-mile individual time trial in Los Angeles and Chris McCormack and a few other triathletes get to test themselves against the best in that discipline. We had a few words with Macca about it.

In my role as race director I get to design the dust jacket and ink the first paragraphs, but I’ll never consummate the stories. Each year a new chapter is written as the plotlines develop depth and color.

I’m an agnostic about goggles, like a guy who goes to an Anglican church one week and a Presbyterian the next. I have no firm conviction, or, I had no firm conviction. I do now.

The Amgen Tour of California will feature cyclists versus triathletes on its stage-7 time trial. Downtown L.A. will host three (and a half) triathletes alongside the world’s best TTers.

The 2010 Rev3Tri Knoxville is in the books and here is an image gallery of the event won by Matty Reed and Julie Dibens.

The Rev3Tri series got underway in Knoxville, TN, with an Olympic Distance event. Matt Reed used a superb run to take the win, and Julie Dibens continued her stellar season.

Quite a few Pros are at the start of the 2010 Rev3Tri in Knoxville and slowtwitch presents images leading up to the event.

German’s Jan Frodeno battled Courtney Atkinson step for step before finally taking the Dextro Energy WCS Seoul event. Switzerland’s Daniela Ryf sprinted past Barbara Riveros Diaz, Emma Moffatt and Andrea Hewiitt to win the women’s title.

The updated 8% prize money rule at WTC events has impacted quite a few athletes this year, but nowhere more than at the recent Ironman 70.3 St. Croix where 9 men, but only 2 women, got paid. Several Pros weigh in on this topic.

Fraser Cartmell joined the Trek / K-Swiss team in 2010 and already had some nice performances for them. The Scot very narrowly missed the podium at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Triathlon, and just returned from 70.3 St. Croix.

A 2010 Avia Wildflower Triathlon image gallery by Timothy Carlson captures the passion of this event.

Terenzo Bozzone beat out defending champion Timothy O’Donnell to take the 2010 Ironman 70.3 St. Croix title. Catriona Morrison’s 4:31:06 gave her the win and placed her in the top 10 of the Pro men.

Hunter Kemper got away from his competitors late in the race to take the win at the 2010 Escape from Alcatraz triathlon. Leanda Cave battled Jenna Shoemaker all the way on her way to the title in the women’s race.