Lothar Leder virtually disappeared from the triathlon scene after being involved in a blood value controversy prior to Ironman Germany in June of 2007. He spoke to slowtwitch about the incident and his plan to return to racing.
by Herbert Krabel, April 11, 2009This week we look at running socks from Balega, trainers from Newton, compression socks from SLS3, a teaser from Scott USA and flip flops from Havaianas. If it were not for Scott USA, we could have called this one “the foot issue.”
Business is tough. The expression of that was felt last week by Zoot employees, about half of whom have lost or will lose their jobs. Sales management, customer service, finance, warehousing, will move to K2’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington.
Sandra Wallenhorst was a relative unknown in triathlon until she stormed to a record breaking win at Ironman Austria and a 3rd place in Kona in 2008. And this all happened after she had a baby.
Not very many tri bikes exist in that $1900 to $2400 price range, even though many dealers will tell you this is the “new” entry level tri bike price category. Here’s a pair of such bikes, from Fuji and Giant.
It’s been almost 2 years since we polled Slowtwitchers on what bikes they admire, and to which they aspire. Here are the results of a recent set of polls, compared to what you all said in July of 2007
Chrissie Wellington’s 8:57:10 tops Rebecca Keat by 24 minutes and places her 13th overall; Patrick Vernay takes third straight Ironman Oz crown
Canadian ITU and XTERRA racer Brent McMahon ran down the 2007 Ironman World Champion Chris McCormack to win the inaugural 70.3 New Orleans. In the women’s race Swiss Miss Natascha Badmann showed that she is finally back after endless battles with injuries stemming from the 2007 Ironman World Championships.
Marino Vanhoenacker put on a very strong performance at the 2009 Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa and won in course record time. Lucie Zelenkova also broke the course record as she cruised to victory.
Bevan Docherty takes second straight Oceania Cup win, while Kirsten Sweetland, back in top form after 2008 injury, follows Mooloolaba World Cup triumph with another win at New Plymouth
Matty Reed used a monster 1:11 run to take the 2009 70.3 California event ahead of Andy Potts. Mirinda Carfrae had to come from behind to catch late leader Sarah Groff less than a mile before the finish.
2008 has been a magical year for Ronnie Schildknecht with his wins at Ironman Switzerland, 70.3 Switzerland and the European Duathlon Championships, and a 4th place in Hawaii. He starts his 09 season in Oceanside at 70.3 California.
A quick look at the new waterproof Garmin 310XT and a velocity measuring device from SwiMetrics.
Young Swiss Pro Mathias Hecht is part of the powerful Dresdner Kleinwort triathlon team and finished in the top 10 in Kona in 2008. He has been in Australia for the last months to get ready for Ironman OZ.
A female lab mix named Charlee has attended each of 40 F.I.S.T. tri bike fit workshops held at the Slowtwitch compound. Somewhere along the way, she acquired the ability to distinguish good bike positions from bad
A photographic look at a day in the life of West Point Triathlon Team cadets.
Cadet Nick Dason was in line for West Point swim team captaincy when he slipped on part of West Point’s honor code, got kicked out and served in Iraq. Upon return, he found a place leading the Triathlon team.
We introduce you to a new aero helmet from Cratoni, a wide saddle from Fizik, sun glasses from Smith Optics, an application for your iPhone and a nice t-shirt from Twin Six.
Stefan Matschiner, the now infamous former manager of disgraced Tour de France star Bernhard Kohl was arrested Monday night in Austria as he returned from a trip to the USA, reports the Kurier.
At the recent 70.3 Singapore event, British ITU triathlete Jodie Swallow was virtually uncontested as she stormed to a win. She spent time with Slowtwitch to talk about the upcoming season and her plans for the future.
Yoga is elbowing its way into triathlon. Is it a core strength routine? Is it a flexibility routine? Is it an exercise in mind over body? Does it replace or complement strength and stretching?
Courtney Atkinson, 2008 Aussie Olympian, used a brave two-man bike breakaway advantage to hold off Kiwi Kris Gemmell’s race-best run and take his 6th career ITU World Cup victory at Mooloolaba.
Canadian prodigy Kirsten Sweetland, who suffered a stress fracture to KO her Olympic dreams, ran away from Beijing bronze medalist Emma Moffat to win her second career World Cup at Mooloolaba
Austrian pro triathlete Lisa Hütthaler recently admitted to doping in the Austrian daily newspaper Kurier. Hütthaler tested positive last summer and got banned for 2 years by NADA in October of 08, but had denied these charges until now.
In this gallery we introduce you to the “best friends” of various Pro triathletes.
