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What We Have Noticed: Timo Bracht …

This week we noticed a stunning Timo Bracht bike ride, the world's fastest jogger, the Skora Base shoes, the FlipLoc Aero Garmin mount, the Kona Epic Camp and Kennedy Donnelly.

Norseman champ Annett Finger

Annett Finger from Germany won the 2012 Norseman Extreme Triathlon in a course record time of 12:17:04 despite gunning for the record from the previous year. We had a few words with this upcoming Pro.

HITS Doubling Down

Barry Siff climbs about the Good Ship HITS. New running series, new pricing structure, new personnel have positioned the organization to take a fresh run at becoming a nationally known brand.

Up close with Luke Farkas

Elite Triathlon Academy resident Luke Farkas recently grabbed the title at the USA Triathlon Junior National Championships and has his sights now set on Auckland, New Zealand where the Worlds will take place in October.

Cross Country 101

C.S. Lewis once said, "A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest." This fictional depiction of a high school XC runner passes Lewis' test

Can Jacobs advance at Kona?

In the immediate wake of two-time winner Chris McCormack and three-time champion Craig Alexander, 2011 runner-up Pete Jacobs has the game – if healthy - to follow fellow Aussies atop the podium at Kona.

Race Roundup 08-19-12

In this race roundup update we cover 70.3 Yeppoon, 70.3 Steelhead and Ironman Mont-Tremblant. Tim Reed, Lisa Marangon, Daniel Bretscher, Jessica Jacobs, Romain Guillaume and Jessie Donavan were among the winners today.

Bayliss, Dogana hottest at Vichy

Stephen Bayliss of Great Britain defended his title and Martina Dogana of Italy overtook Carrie Lester of Australia on the run to win a race shortened to half Iron distance because of scorching temperatures.

Gambles, Wurtele top Timberman

Joe Gambles ran away from Leon Griffin with a race-best 1:13:31 half marathon and Heather Wurtele’s race-fastest bike trumped Caitlin Snow’s race-best run to take top honors at Ironman 70.3 Timberman.

Duffy, Chura win AG Nationals

Brian Duffy topped Drew Scott by 36 seconds and Haley Chura edged Catherine Sterling by 37 seconds to win the men’s and women’s overall titles at the USA Triathlon Olympic Distance Age Group Nationals.

Raphael, Lundström in Sweden

Jan Raphael closed out his day with a 2:45:44 run to take the inaugural Ironman Sweden in 8:04:01. Åsa Lundström prevented a German podium sweep with her win and made the Swedish audience quite happy.