Race directors, and prospective RDs, we’re starting a series on the sorts of things you’ll face producing multisport events. This is a very well written diary authored by an ambitious, successful promoter.

Matt Reed and Sarah Haskins had their first Chicago Triathlon wins, thanks in part to unfortunate crashes that took out top contenders Andy Potts and Julie Dibens.

Jordan Rapp stormed to his first Ironman win with a dominating performance at the 2009 Subaru Ironman Canada. For women’s winner Tereza Macel, Canada was her third Ironman title.

Viktor Zyemtsev ran down long time race leader Luke McKenzie with a blistering 2:43:44 marathon to capture the 2009 Ford Ironman Louisville by 34 seconds. Nina Kraft had to reel in Lisbeth Kristensen in a similar fashion to take the women’s title.

One of the most talented men in the sport of triathlon returns to competition after an 8-month battle with an ailment that afflicts Aussie rules footballers. Q&A with Chris Legh.

Andy Potts and Sarah Haskins are favored in the third round of the Life Time Fitness Triathlon Series race to the Toyota Cup event in Chicago

This Aussie has won 11 Ironman races, came back and won Honu 70.3 just three months iliac artery surgery, has finished 33 straight Ironman-distance events and calls herself ‘Megamouth.’ Meet Belinda Granger.

The 2009 Timberman Triathlon Festival is in the books and here are are some impressions courtesy of Eric Wynn

Colorado triathletes Richard Paradis and Julie Purrington were struck by a car while riding their bikes near the Chatfield Reservoir in Littleton, Colorado on Saturday, August 22nd and suffered serious injuries.

31-time Ironman finisher and coach Kevin Cutjar shares from his 10 Ironman Canada on how to have your best race in the Okanagan Valley

Belinda Granger, an 11-time Ironman and Ironman-distance champion, was photographed training in Boulder.

These are the first 2 weeks of an 8-week Ironman campaign, the goal of these weeks being the fitness required to step up to subsequent weeks’ longer workloads.

Your building fitness and ability in all three sports now. Let’s talk about how swim, bike and run relate to each other in terms of time spent and fitness gained.

Enjoy this look at new jammers from TYR, an entry level wetsuit from Profile-Design, a cycling jacket by Rapha, a carbon armchair and casual sneakers from Chrome.

2007 70.3 World Champion Andy Potts captured the 2009 Ironman 70.3 Timberman event with a race best 1:16:20 run. 2-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington held off a hard charging Catriona Morrison to win the women’s race.

The 2003 Powerman Zofingen champion finishes 41st of 60 finishers with a personal best time of 2:40:18 in the IAAF World Championship women’s marathon in Berlin

2008 Olympic Champion Jan Frodeno finally awakens for his first win in 2009, unleashing a dominating run after breaking away on the bike to win the Yokohama World Championship Series Round 7

Two-time ITU Under-23 World Championship silver medalist Jasmine Oeinck added the USAT senior Elite Nationals crown to her record; Matt Chrabot outruns Tim O’Donnell and upsets defending champ Matt Reed.

2008 70.3 World Champion Terenzo Bozzone held off 2008 Ironman World Champion Chris McCormack to win the 2009 Cobra 70.3 Philippines in a time of 3:51:25. The women’s title was taken by Lisa Bentley in 4:24:29.

Joe Maloy of Brighton, Massachusetts wins USAT Nationals overall by 12 seconds over Sean Jefferson of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; Kaitlin Shiver of Satellite Beach, Florida dominates women’s field with 2:08:13 at Tuscaloosa

After seconds at Madrid, Hamburg and London, Sweden’s Lisa Norden outruns Andrea Hewitt to win the 7th round of the ITU World Championship series in Yokohama while series leader Emma Moffatt rests.

The 2007 U23 World Champion Lisa Norden has matured quite a bit and sits in second place in the Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series. She is currently in Yokohama, Japan and had a few words with slowtwitch before the big race.

Pro and amateur triathletes will be competing in races around the globe this weekend, including but not limited to Malaysia 70.3, Timberman 70.3, Dextro Energy WCS Yokohama and the USAT Elite National Championships. We point out some of the folks to watch.

Today we are introducing you to a saddle from Fizik, a tool from Topeak, news from USAT, a seat post from Lynskey Performance, a cancer ride in Texas and an insane sandwich. Enjoy.