Verily velocity and victory vanquish vocal vacillations over the oft vilified vestments of open water swimming. In other words, speed will make you a believer in XTerra’s Vendetta wetsuit.

Some aerobars, functional is about the best you can say about them. This one, there’s an urgency to (as Pretty Willie sings it) lay your body down. (Does Slowtwitch know hip-hop too?)

Hurricane Bob is a popular triathlon columnist… for another publication. We love to read him on Xtri.com, and we love it when he visits here. He recently posted to an Ironwidow thread, and we asked if we could publish his post as an OpEd.

Friction is your friend, if you’re going around a tight corner on your bicycle and staying upright is your aim. But down there in your cycling shorts, friction is your enemy. What you need is a weapon worthy of the fight. We’re here to equip you.

In Part 2, we talk with TeamTBB coach Brett Sutton about training on his team, general training philosophy, technology and managing egos in the strongest team in triathlon.

Mother nature and safety concerns caused the organizers of the 2008 Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 triathlon to change the race to a duathlon. We followed up with race director Tom Ziebart to find out more about the decision and related topics.

Yvonne Van Vlerken recently broke the long standing record of the great Paula Newby-Fraser over the Iron distance with her time of 8:45:48 at the Quelle Challenge in Roth, Germany. Find out more about this flying Dutch woman.

Marino Vanhoenacker ruled the 2008 Ironman 70.3 Antwerp and with it repeated his win from 2007. Belinda Granger was victorious in the women’s race.

The 2008 Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 triathlon was turned into a duathlon because of very wavy and choppy waters and Chris Legh and Gina Kehr were able to run away with the titles of this altered event.

Shimano officially announced Dura-Ace Di2, a technologically advanced, electronic shifting option for the all new 7900 series Dura-Ace. Comprised of Dual Control type shift / brake levers, front derailleur, rear derailleur, and a battery pack, the new Dura-Ace Di2 7970 components provide precision electronic performance and integrate seamlessly with components from the 7900 series Dura-Ace group while adding only 68 grams to the entire group.

A couple years ago Steve Larsen left his career as a professional triathlete to concentrate on his real estate business in Bend, Oregon. Recent results though have indicated that Steve Larsen may be far from retired.

Chrissie Wellington ruled the 2008 Alpe d’Huez Triathlon with her second place overall finish. Only Brasilian Pro Marcus Ornellas was faster than the 2007 Ironman World Champion on the 2.2k swim, 115k bike and 22k run course.

In the first of our two-part installment, we chat with the enigmatic coach of TeamTBB, a remarkably dynamic squad with 17-members in camp, each harboring as many goals

At the 2008 Ironman Lake Placid, Will Ronco came through with a breakthrough performance and finished 5th overall. After trying to hug anyone in sight at the finish line, Ronco now has his sights set on Kona.

The sport of triathlon has lost eight of its competitors during races in the United States so far in 2008. The good news: so far our roads have been safe. The bad news: so far the water has been less so. What mitigates risk factors during the swim leg of a triathlon?

Today we are taking a closer look at the Felt DA of Jordan Rapp for our series “the bikes of the pros.” Jordan has posted some of the fastest bike splits in a few races he has entered and we wanted to know more about his setup.

We sat down with Scott Montgomery, the general manager of Scott USA to discuss the recent Tour de France drug scandal involving Saunier-Duval / Scott athletes Ricardo Ricco and Leonardo Piepoli.

Craig Alexander won the highly competitive 2008 Ironman 70.3 Newfoundland and held off Richie Cunningham and Chris Legh. Mirinda Carfrae had a dominating performance in the women’s race.

Belgian triathlete Marino Vanhoenacker has now won Ironman Austria 3 times in a row and has also been victorious at Ironman Florida in 2005. That is certainly not shabby for someone who was a duathlete not too long ago.

US Olympian Matty Reed won the 2008 Boulder Peak triathlon in record time and under extremely hot conditions. The women’s race was won by Canadian Angela Naeth who is racing her first season as a pro.

Last month we debuted a new feature, called the Preferred Build. The
idea is to gruppo-up some popular and interesting bikes the way we’d
like to see them built. July’s preferred build
subject is Kuota’s Kueen K.

Do you know how to determine your bike’s correct chain length? Do you know why it’s important? It has to do with course topography, and choosing the right freewheel for your race. You don’t have multiple freewheels? Baby, we need to talk.

Terenzo Bozzone won the 2008 Vineman 70.3 in a course record time of 3:49:40 and Craig Alexander and Steve Larsen rounded out the podium. The women’s race was won by Joanna Zeiger who held off a hard charging Tyler Stewart.

Luke Bell won the 2008 Spirit of Racine triathlon and showed that he is clearly coming back into form. Kelly Handel took the women’s title as she ran away from her competition in the final half marathon.