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Subversive Tri

What makes a race subversive? The refusal to play by the rules. Ironman was subversive in 1980 because it was outrageous and ungovernable.

Who is an Athlete?

When you read Clarence King's Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, it feels like extreme and endurance sports undertaken on the boss's dime.

Letters to a Friend

A man who's been a member for about three years began a thread. He repented and quickly deleted this post, so only a few saw what he wrote. But I did.

No Skill for Living

My long tenure in endurance sport isn't constancy unless a marooned sailor adrift at sea shows constancy by not quitting his lifeboat.

TBI Conference for 2016

Triathlon's most skillful sausage makers headline TBI's annual Conference upcoming, but the Conference's freshest voice might be that of Norseman's Dag Oliver.

Changes for Andy Potts

New bike (Cannondale) and apparel (Sugoi) sponsor, new amateur club-team... Andy Potts just turned 39 but he's only warming up.

Rev3 careful with pro money

The Rev3 is back as Rev3, out from under the Challenge banner, announcing a careful, and carefully scaled, approach to its pro purse for 2016 and beyond.

Starykowicz in full

Andrew did not engage in any warm up for this interview. The fastest bike rider in Ironman racing was vintage himself from the first question.

She Rides in the Middle East

Wajeeha Al-Husseini is a Palestinian by birth, Jordanian by nationality, raised in Saudi Arabia, educated in the West. She'll sell you a P5 or a Shiv, but you have to come to Qatar to get it.

Slowtwitch On Tour

Today we're announcing the dates for all the Slowtwitch Road Shows: 40 shops in 34 cities, commencing Feb 28, 2016 and running through July.