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Mad calf disease

This you can't sidestep by eschewing beef. The "cure" is to avoid age and, if age avoidance is the remedy, the disease is preferable. What's this run-induced calf malady so many oldsters contract?

Slowtwitch at Nautica live!

The Slowtwitch Ice Cream truck rolls into the Big Apple this weekend. Will it be another 3-up sprint finish at the Nautica NYC Triathlon? Miss the swim if you must, but don't miss the last mile!

Planning in reverse

It's intuitive to plan your workouts chronologically, but if your campaign points toward an important race, better to start at the race and schedule your workouts in reverse

Beginner Training Schedule

It's been almost 20 years since this schedule debuted, aimed at the rank beginner wanting to compete in a triathlon. With a spruce-up, here it is back on the Slowtwitch servers.

Beginners: Week 1

As we used to say in the 70s, "This is the first day of the rest of your life." Have a peace sign tank top and a Keep on Truckin' bumper sticker? Great, you're ready to start your first day of tri training.

Reed, Haskins earn Life Time victories

Matt Reed shows he's a man with range, as the urber-tall 70.3 specialist (the half-giraffe?) outduels A-list short coursers. Sarah Haskins is an A-list short courser, and proved why

Potts and Reed ready to rumble

Greg Bennett, nursing an injury, will give Life Time his best shot. Potts and Reed are the odds on favorites. Haskins, Wassner, Lavelle headline women's field

Sindballe calling it a career

Torbjørn Sindballe, the fierce-riding Dane known as Thunderbear to the triathlon world, must call it a career although still in his prime. A crowd favorite, the Danish Xpress can no longer ignore a congenital heart problem.

3T takes the shorty bar forward

The so-called shorty bar remains, in triathlon, the largest market served by no mature, ready-to-ride, product. 3T moves the ball much further forward with its new Zefiro.

Devising a static tri-fit system

You've waited, you've wanted, so without further ado, here it is: a static fit system for generating rider coordinates. We'll describe it to you, and then tell you why you shouldn't use it.

Bike fit systems: marketing or advocacy?

Specialized and Trek each have a bike school for retailers, joining Serotta and perhaps soon other bike makers. How do you know when the point of a school is education or whether it's just marketing?