Sarah Ginsbach prefers to go long

In just her third year in XTERRA and mountain bike racing, this young Texas age grouper has shown an affinity and an aptitude for endurance – the longer the better.

Frederik Van Lierde on the spot

Frederik Van Lierde won the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon and Ironman Nice in 2011 and will return to the UAE in March to defend his title. But the fast Belgian is no longer flying under the radar.

Timothy O’Donnell’s gluten sensitivity

There is a growing awareness of the debilitating effects of gluten on nutrition – and some of the hardest hit cases are endurance athletes. Timothy O’Donnell discusses his recent diagnosis and its role in a rollercoaster year.

Outdoor Retailer Winter 2012

The 2012 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2012 show in Salt Lake City, Utah is now in the books and we have a few images of items and folks we stumbled upon.

New Leopard Dirk Bockel

Dirk Bockel recently announced that he was joining Team Leopard-Trek, but this does not mean that he'll end his triathlon career and compete on the road. He sat down with slowtwitch on Fuerteventura.

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

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