2013 Kona women’s favorites

No dominant force, a few key players missing, some usual favorites battling physical woes and many talented contenders make the Ironman World Championship women’s elite race maddeningly difficult to pick

Kona bound Haley Chura

Haley Chura is likely going to be the first female out of the water, but unlike in previous years she is now a Pro and many more eyes and cameras will be on that fast Team Dynamo Atlanta super fish.

In Kona with Jessie Donavan

Jessie Donavan is in Kona to race the Ironman World Championships for the first time. The 2013 Ironman South Africa champion though appears to be calm and collected and has her family with her for support.

Captain Awesome Guy Crawford

Guy Crawford is about to head to Kona where he will be busy with various promotional activities, including but not limited to the Coffees of Hawaii boat blueseventy representation. We checked in with the man who is known as Captain Awesome.

2013 Kona Men’s Favorites

Taking on the impossible task of Ironman World Championship predictions once again, this humble prognosticator thinks that Eneko Llanos, Pete Jacobs and Andreas Raelert will go 1-2-3 atop the talented men’s pro field.

Up close with Radka Vodičková

Czech Pro Radka Vodičková has spent most of the summer in North America and has now quite a few titles to her name. Slowtwitch.com checked in with this nomadic traveling Pro to see what she is up to.

The Pros and their pooches 3

We finally have another edition of the popular Pros with their dogs feature. So meet now the very diverse collection of Pro pooches from around the world.

Another sad drunk driving death sentence

In early September of this year TriDubai founder Roy Nasr was killed by an admitted drunk driver and that 24-year old male has now been sentenced to a month in jail. This is unbelievably sad and makes this editor's blood boil.

Weekend Box Sep 29 2013

In the final week of September, we bring reports from around the globe including a World Cup in Spain, a French Grand Prix sprint final, an Ironman 70.3 from Georgia and the Los Angeles Triathlon.

Rev3 Branson 2013 Video

This is our video recap of Rev3 Branson 2013 from the athlete’s point of view. Our Tech Editor attended with his bike and a few cameras.