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The Ghost Bike. Thoughts On Loss

How do you make sense of the senseless? In the wake of Dave Mirra's death, I struggled to comprehend the emptiness I felt. And to understand how those who achieve so much can often feel so inadequate.

Great victories at 70.3 Geelong

Jake Montgomery grabbed his first 70.3 win in Geelong over Cyril Viennot and Josh Amberger, and Melissa Hauschildt showed that she is back in form.

Missing the man and the father

I spent 24 hours with Dave Mirra last April and now that he is no longer among us, I feel terribly sad about the loss of this man, husband and father.

Dave Mirra reported dead today

Greenville, NC police announced in a police report that BMX and X-Games superstar and passionate triathlete Dave Mirra died of an apparent suicide.

We Noticed: absoluteBLACK, Zipp

This week we noticed aero chain rings by absoluteBLACK, a new NSW wheel set from Zipp, tool kits from Park Tool, a nifty carrot slicer and more.

When situations escalate

It is not uncommon for a cyclist to charge after an aggressive motorist, but that can escalate quickly as a man quickly learned when a gun was pulled on him.

Introducing Abdulla Attiya

This 17-year-old from Bahrain is just getting started in triathlon, but with the help of the Bahrain Endurance 13 development team he is fast improving and is aiming for the stars.

The fast and restless Adriel Young

Despite only starting triathlon in 2012, Adriel Young has been to Kona twice and finished Norseman in 13th place. Now he is off to Greece to volunteer as a rescue swimmer.

Trouble brewing in Belgium

The UCI announced yesterday that they detained a bike from the women's U23 race at the CX Worlds because of technical fraud concerns.

Sanders, Haskins take Panama

Lionel Sanders had a race best 1:55:04 bike split and a superb 1:14:48 run to win IM 70.3 Panama. Sarah Haskins was solid all day to grab the women's title.

A fast man and his van

Eric Lagerstrom recently purchased a van and he spent time to make it work right for him and his girlfriend Magali Tisseyre. But remember, don't come knocking ...

Collins, Hector take Israman 113

Ben Collins won the 2016 Israman 113 and Alice Hector grabbed the women's title. The long course 226 honors went to Bart Candel and Antonina Reznikov.