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Chrissie Wellington takes a break

Chrissie Wellington, the 4-time Ironman World Champion, the holder of the women’s Ironman distance and Ironman world best times, talks about her decision to take a year off from Ironman competition

Farlow, Crawford rule Challenge Wanaka

Australia’s Aaron Farlow dominated defending champion Jamie Whyte of New Zealand and Kiwi Gina Crawford edged Britta Martin of Germany to win Challenge Wanaka Saturday.

Slowtwitch Explodes

No, you weren't banned. No we weren't protesting PIPA and SOPA. An explosion blew up the fiber optic cables carrying our signal to you. Slowtwitch was down from 2pm Pacific to midnight.

A statement on the recent Slowtwitch outage

On Jan. 18, Slowtwitch experienced a server outage of several hours. This was the result of damage to the fiber optic lines connecting our servers - and others - to the rest of the Internet. The outage came at a time when two bills in the US Congress threaten to make such disruptions more frequent. Here are our thoughts on both issues.

ITU bumps WCS prize money by 15%

The International Triathlon Union is raising its total prize payout for the 8-race World Championship Series by 15% - up to $2.06 million - and series winners will earn $60,000

Fuerteventura impressions

We came to Fuerteventura for the launch of the new Cervelo P5 and will post details about this very cool bike tonight, but first enjoy these impressions from the Playitas resort in Fuerteventura.

The Cervelo P5 unveiled

Cervelo introduced the highly anticipated P5 to a fairly small group of triathlon journalists at the Playitas resort on Fuerteventura over the last few days and we were there to take a closer look.

2012 WADA Prohibited Substance List Updates

The annual update to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited substance list was published on October 1st and will be effective on Jan. 1, 2012. Each year WADA updates the list in accordance with evolving scientific principals, changing social habits and increased understanding of what constitutes an ergogenic substance or process.

Manocchio, Stampfli win Pucon 70.3

Guilherme Manocchio topped fellow Brazilian Santiago Ascencio and Carla Stampfli of Switzerland outran Valentina Carvallo of Chile to win Ironman 70.3 Pucon

Meb, Flanagan top Marathon Trials

Meb Keflezighi (2:09:08) and Shalane Flanagan (2:25:38) won and triathletes Tyler Stewart (2:44) and Joanna Zeiger (DNF) also ran in the US Olympic Marathon Trials

What We Have Noticed: Saucony, Panache …

In this issue we have noticed the Saucony Amp PRO2 recovery suit, Panache G.S. Panache jersey, EvenOdd Creative messenger bag, Matuse Premium Tuna t-shirt and the Ai Weiwei Forever Bicycles exhibit.