Three Olympic distance greats vie for the men’s title while Daniela Ryf is in a class of her own at Nelson Mandela Bay.

Greg Close is a professional triathlete and coach who races on this very distinctive checkerboard Ventum One, and as it should be – he also has a matching helmet.

It takes a lot for a wetsuit to surprise me (good or bad). I usually know the score. Here’s ROKA’s Maverick Pro II.

Slowman leaves the reservation for a primer on swim technique.

Will the 60 who races the long course Ugly Dog look back and say, yes, I was there at the beginning?

How has the age and gender makeup of both Slowtwitch and USAT changed over the years?

There is a very tough race in Norway called SwimRun To The World’s End and we have some beautiful images from the 5th edition of the race near Oslo.

Tim Reed tops fellow 70.3 World Champ Craig Alexander and Caroline Steffen wins at Sunshine Coast 70.3.

When snow canceled the bike leg, Laura Philipp and Michael Weiss won the Zell Am See-Kaprun 14.3 duathlon.

Two-time World Champion Mario Mola wins 4th WTS race of the year, takes huge points lead at Montreal.

Vicky Holland takes 3rd win of WTS season, climbs within 34 points of Katie Zaferes at Montreal.

This is the second segment of our basic primer on disc brakes for road and triathlon. We dive in to specifics for travel, storage, tools, and more.

Alistair Eeckman was out on an easy training ride the day after racing Powerman Austria, and after colliding with a bus he died at the scene according to Heute.at.

This summer Scott DeFilippis raced Ventouxman, IRONMAN Nice, the Alpe D’Huez Triathlon and the legendary Embrunman and we chatted with him about these races, swimming, doping and much more.

IM rookie Cody Beals tops Lionel Sanders; Liz Blatchford outruns Lauren Brandon at Mont Tremblant.

Rummaging through storage I came across some old pics.

Cooler temps and rain made for ideal SwimRun conditions on the coast of Maine for the third edition of this race that will be called Cole Classic moving forward.

We cover the basics of disc brakes for road and tri. What can you expect? Do they perform well? How must your maintenance routine change?

This new XTRI World Tour event started in Åre, Sweden at 5am and from that point on the 185 starters got to experience strong winds, a challenging course and stunning views.

The Öloppet SwimRun in Sweden was first run in 2011 and then had 100 teams, but this year apparently over 700 teams challenged themselves in this fast growing sport.

Lippert won the Olympic distance-Sprint distance overall double at the USA Triathlon AG Nationals.

Justin Lippert wins to take USAT Olympic and Sprint AG Nationals double; Gina Sereno wins women’s sprint title.

Sebastian Kienle unleashes super swift bike in Finland, Lagerstrom outruns Starky in Michigan.

The 26-year-old from Minnesota was 5th overall last year at Nationals; this year she aced the field.