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Articles by Herbert Krabel

The Weekend Box Oct 20 2013

We call this feature The Weekend Box as it allows us to add other interesting items and not just races, and this weekend it is indeed the other items that dominate this edition.

The power of Kyle Buckingham

South African Kyle Buckingham has quite a few fine results to his name, but possibly non more impressive than his 2013 GoPro Ironman World Championships result. See how his bike power file compares to the Pros.

Kessler vs Corbin – power

Meredith Kessler and Linsey Corbin both finished in the top 10 at the 2013 Ironman World Championships and here is an analysis of their power data files.

McKenzie vs Al-Sultan – power

The crew at TrainingPeaks allows us again an inside of power numbers. Today we look at the data recorded by Aussie Luke Mckenzie anf German Faris Al-Sultan.

2013 Ironman Hawaii – race 1

We now present our first set of images from the 2013 GoPro Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. Frederik van Lierde and Mirinda Carfrae were the winners.

2013 Ironman Hawaii – day 5

On our 5th day here in Kona we were busy with the bike check-in for the 2013 GoPro Ironman World Championships. And it was a long hot afternoon.

1974 edition Rappstar Shiv

Specialized athletes competing during the London Olympics were on bright orange bikes, and here in Kona the Specialized Pros ride 1974 paint scheme inspired Shivs.

A QR development bike

The folks at Quintana Roo appeared to hide the development bike they brought to Kona, but we noticed it and managed to pull it away for a few minutes.

2013 Ironman Hawaii – day 4

Today we stopped by the Aquatic Center in Kona, perused the Expo and ran into quite a few Pros, and the race is now only 2 days away.

The Boardman AiR TTE 9.8

Chris Boardman is in Kona this year and he unveiled the new Boardman AiR TTE 9.8 race bike on which Ironman World Champion Pete Jacobs will compete this Saturday.

2013 Ironman Hawaii – day 3

Wednesday in Kona is the day of the Slowtwitch gathering, but of course we saw many other things. So come on in and see what we have got.