Login Sign Up
News

All for one, one for all

 4 Aussies made quite an impression in Kona with their 4 musketeers theme, and they actually backed it up with some fine performances. We chatted with head musketeer John Mergler to learn more.
News

2011 Ironman Arizona

 Amidst the cacti, Eneko Llanos set a race record, broke 8 hours and outdueled duathlon king Paul Amey; Leanda Cave and Linsey Corbin went 1-2 while smashing the 9 hour barrier. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.
News

More Ironman AZ images

 The 2011 Ironman Arizona is in the books and we now share another race day gallery. Kerry Yndestad was also on site for slowtwitch in Tempe to capture the action.
News

Tony S, the “other” Junior

 He's America's other junior who runs like the wind, with a hard-to-spell last name. Tony Smoragiewicz talks to Slowtwitch about choosing between single- and triple-sport, about his post-HS plans, and his views on talent ID and development.
News

Record for Llanos – First for Cave

 Spaniard Eneko Llanos had a superb race in Tempe, Arizona and broke the North American Ironman record in a time of 7:59:38. Brit Leanda Cave took the women's race and finally added an Ironman title to her impressive resume.
News

Kiwis sweep in Auckland

 Kris Gemmell led a a Kiwi one-two finish at the ITU World Cup in Auckland New Zealand after a brave attack on the bike. Kiwi Andrea Hewitt took the women's title a bit earlier in the day.
News

Interview with swim death author

 The most popular article in the Washington Post this week is an account of triathlon's deaths in the water. But this is not an aberrant year. It's much like 2008. We interview David Brown, the Post article's author.
News

Beate Görtz gets it done

 German age grouper Beate Görtz was the top female amateuer in Kona and finished 15th overall. Quite impressive when considering that she has been involved with triathlon only for a few years.
News

Emma-Kate’s on the rise

 Emma-Kate Lidbury of Oxford, England had a breakthrough year in 2011 with wins at 70.3 races in Mallorca, UK, and Augusta. Her introduction to the sport came on a 2005 assignment for the Oxford Mail and Times - and she's still a working journalist!
News

Random AG Mike Lorenzen

 After a short break we continue with our random age group interviews. Mike Lorenzen is from Chicago and he became part of our random interviews when he became slowtwitch Facebook fan 11,111 on 11/11/11.
News

Macca speaks volumes

 Chris McCormack swims, bikes, runs... and writes for a living. In his first ST interview since becoming an ink slinger, it's a reflective Macca on writing, on his home country, his reputation for outspokenness, and, on training.