Today the doors inside the Sands Convention Center opened up for thousands of bicycle retailers and that is to most folks the real start of the Interbike show.

Today was the second day of Outdoor Demo of the 2008 Interbike Las Vegas trade show and meanwhile inside the Sands Convention center the exhibitors were scrambling to get their booths set up and ready for tomorrow.

The 2008 Interbike trade show started today with the first day of Outdoor demo at Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City, NV. We went out there and captured a few impressions of the activities out in the desert.

Many eyes in Kona will be on Chris McCormack to see if he can repeat his Ironman World Championship title. Slowtwitch.com talked to the outspoken Aussie talked to find out what we can expect in Kona from him.

A pair of 37-year-olds took top honors at the 2008 USA Triathlon Age Group nationals in Hagg Lake, Oregon. Jason Schott of Atlanta, Georgia and Brooke Davison of Boulder, Colorado held off all other challengers for the overall titles.

Julie Ertel and Matt Reed got away from their closest rivals on the run to take the elite titles at the USAT National Championships Saturday in Hagg Lake, Oregon.

For our series “the bikes of the pros”, we look closer at the Scott Plasma 2 of Luke McKenzie. The fast Australian switched mid season to this new ride and we wanted some numbers and details.

The image of Max Longrée devouring a huge hamburger at the finish line of Ironman Louisville made quite an impression on people who followed the race on Ironmanlive.com. We talked to the Ironman Louisville champion from Germany.

Triathletes like water bottles. Some of us, myself included, love them. But with all the concern about BPA, are we putting ourselves at risk. With MasterCard in hand, I set out upon the trusty internets to see if I needed to buy something else in the name of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, er, BPA-freeness.

We have selected the categories and finalists and you our readers, are empowered to choose the winners of the inaugural Slowtwitch Industry Awards. Vote now and we’ll announce the winners at the Interbike show in Las Vegas.

Jonas Colting reports from the unique Island to Island event in Stockholm, Sweden. Teams of two cross the Archipelago area of 20 islands and the water in between them.

Life Time Fitness CEO Bahram Akradi proposes joining ITU Super Series, brokering USAT-ITU peace summit, mending fences, merging rules, and raising triathlon to its proper place in the mega-sports universe

Why did the Gills family sell the Ironman? Why did Providence Equity Partners, a private equity company, buy it? What does it all mean to you and me?

Alexander and Zeiger cruise to dominant victories at Ironman 70.3 debut of the 1992 ITU Olympic distance World Championship venue

Ironman Brasil 70.3 celebrates move from Brasilia to the seaside resort of Penha with two sizzling hot duels

After winning the Accenture Chicago Triathlon a few weeks earlier, Stuart
Hayes of Great Britain and Becky Lavelle of Los Gatos, California returned
to the top of the podiums again at the 2008 Nautica Malibu Olympic distance triathlon.

ITU opts to halt 19-year-tradition of single day elite World Championships in hopes of growing the sport

Charlie Crawford, the Commissioner of Officials of USA Triathlon is fairly well known in the triathlon community but most triathletes usually prefer not to see him, well, officially that is.

When Chrissie Wellington stormed to her Ironman Hawaii World Championship title last year, many people were asking the question “Chrissie who?” This year she’ll be surely on everybody’s radar and she checked in with Slowtwitch pre Kona.

Justin Daerr finished the 2001 Ironman California in 12:55 and just 2 years later he recorded a 9:20 finish at Ironman Florida. A couple weeks ago he was 5th overall at Ironman Canada in a time of 8:37 and we had a talk with him.

The enigmatic 1999 ITU World Champion from Kazakhstan who took down Simon Lessing at Montreal accepts two year ban for positive EPO test

Here’s a Slice of the triathlon world you rarely get to see: everything about a top pro’s bike, including all the fit specs. Introducing Mirinda Carfrae’s Cannondale Slice

John Cobb’s venture capital start-up, Blackwell Research, was a bold venture that’s run out of capital. Absent a white knight riding in (in the aero position) Blackwell is destined to cease as a carbon-based life form.

After almost 20 years of ownership by the Gills family, World Triathlon Corporation, owner of the Ironman World Triathlon Championship, has been sold to the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.