17 excellent gifts of joy

It is the time of the year when we think about gifts for loved ones or ourselves and our editor-in-chief has a few thoughts along those lines.

A chat with Snowy the Great

Emma Snowsill retired on July 11 and by almost all measures was the greatest woman Olympic distance triathlete ever; here Snowy recalls the highs and lows of a brilliant career and looks to the future.

100/100 Starts Today

Today is the day we begin crowd-pressuring you into running as close as practicable to 100 times in 100 days. It's the 9th year of the "100/100," our most popular Slowtwitch Challenge.

Random AG Cecil Wheeler

Cecil Wheeler's distinctive bib number in Kona caught our eye and we thus selected him for a random age grouper interview. Meet the man who resides in Switzerland.

Welcoming home a champion

Sebastian Kienle made many people happy when he won Kona this year, but likely non more than his family and friends from Tri-Team Heuchelberg.

Bowstead, Williams take Taupo

New Zealand Pros Mark Bowstead and Ashleigh Williams took home country elite overall titles at the Kellogg Nutri-Grain Taupo Half by comfortable margins.

Melissa Hauschildt regroups

After a near-perfect 2013 season and a strong 2014, Melissa Hauschildt was primed for a third Ironman 70.3 title at Mt. Tremblant and a strong Kona debut. But a very bad massage derailed her.

Peter Henning takes on Challenge

Peter Henning, one of the greatest sports documentarians and an award-winning Ironman cameraman and producer, has taken on the reins at Challenge as their TV consultant.

The man who came & conquered

Tobias Winnemöller has qualified for the Ironman World Championships in Kona several times, but tried his luck at Ultraman instead this year - and won.

The Running Man Alan Webb

American mile record holder Alan Webb has found triathlon as his new love and passion and now has spent about a year in the sport and we talked to him.

$1,000,000 purse announced

Challenge Family announced a Triple Crown series and very impressive $1,000,000 prize purse during the awards ceremony of the inaugural Challenge Bahrein.