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Allen, Slack grab XTERRA Guam

Ben Allen and Jacqui Slack struck again and won the XTERRA Guam Championship event in beautiful conditions. Allen had a close battle with Dan Hugo until the end of the bike, and Slack managed to take the lead right at the start.

Llanos, Abraham take Melbourne

Spain's Eneko Llanos prevailed against a stacked Aussie field (which also included a tough Belgian), while a new star, Corinne Abraham, shattered a field of top women racers with a superb performance.

What We Have Noticed: Eney Buoy …

This week we noticed the unique Eney Buoy, new flavors from nuun, Sheila Taormina's Swim Speed Workouts, the 2013 Chariot CX stroller and the Two-Fer shirt from Endurance Conspiracy

Tri Dentist David Kahn

David Kahn works long hours as a practicing dentist, but that doesn't stop him from competing as a professional triathlete. He won the 2011 Rhode Island and started his season last weekend in San Juan

IM Melbourne men’s favorites

Prognosticator Timothy Carlson predicts Vanhoenacker, Alexander and Llanos will go 1-2-3 but Rapp and Brown will have something to say in the 2013 Asia Pacific Ironman Championship.

IM Melbourne women’s picks

I pick Caroline Steffen, Meredith Kessler and Gina Crawford to go 1-2-3. But can today’s stars hold off the amazing, ever-smiling, never-aging Swiss Miss with the killer bike – 46 year old Natascha Badmann?

Bacon loving Ben Hoffman

American Pro Ben Hoffman has a very nice array of sponsors with Zoot, Specialized, SRAM, Zipp etc, and among the selected non-endemic ones are Volkswagen automobiles and Tender Belly pork products.

ITU prize money upped again

ITU World Triathlon Series prize money will increase by $182,000 to $2.25 million; ITU will increase its World Cup series total prize money by $280,800 to $720,000; ITU Olympic distance prize money will rise to nearly $3 million.

Pereira, Findlay top Sarasota

Canadian Paula Findlay seems happily on the road to recovery from long-term hip injury with her win at the Sarasota Pan Am Cup; in the men's contest, Joao Pereira of Portugal edged Tommy Zaferes by 2 seconds.

Bracht, Csomor win Los Cabos

Timo Bracht of Germany used a race-best bike split and 3rd-best run to win Ironman Los Cabos men’s contest in 8:26:48; Erika Csomor of Hungary edged Michelle Vesterby of Denmark to take the women’s crown.

Starykowicz, Frederiksen in San Juan

Andrew Starykowicz smashed the bike segment of the Ironman 70.3 San Juan in 2:00:45 and then held on during the run to grab the win. A trio of short course athletes led by Helle Frederiksen took the podium in the women's race.

Haug prevails at Mooloolaba

Anne Haug, coming off her win at the ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in Auckland last year, stormed into the 2013 season with a hard fought win at the Mooloolaba ITU World Cup.