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Yvonne van Vlerken checks in

The 2008 Ironman Hawaii runner-up Yvonne van Vlerken talked to slowtwitch about her recent coaching change from Mario Huys to Mark Allen, the 2009 race calendar, doping and lots more.

WTC purchases U.S. Ironmans

Ironman races across America, built and run by Canadian import Graham Fraser, pass to WTC. Fraser keeps ownership of Ironman Canada, the one race of the bunch he did not start.

A chat with Ryan Trebon

Ryan Trebon recently won the US national cyclo cross championships in Kansas City, MO and is currently spending several weeks in Europe to race a lot of high-profile cross races. The 6'5" Corvallis, OR resident had a few words with slowtwitch.

Meet Gina Ferguson

New Zealand's Gina Ferguson recently won Ironman Western Australia and with it her third title at that distance. She went sub 9 hours twice in 2008 and we can certainly expect to see even more of her in the coming years.

A Christmas Triathlon Poem

It is the time of the year when some folks turn into poets and Timothy Carlson is giving us all the gift of his Christmas triathlon poem.

Ben Hoffman gets slowtwitched

A month after taking the runner-up spot at the Soma Half in Arizona, Durango resident Ben Hoffman battled a very tough field at the 2008 Ironman Arizona enroute to a 6th place finish there. Slowtwitch had a few words with him.

Super fish John Flanagan

Hawaii resident John Flanagan posted some wicked fast swim times at the 2008 Ironman Hawaii and the 70.3 Clearwater Worlds with his 47:02 and 21:44 times respectively. He shared some of his thoughts with slowtwitch.

The Normannator gets a fit, checks out Boulder

Normann Stadler thinks a better fit for his new Scott race bike will eliminate the problems that plagued his 2008 Kona effort. So this week he checked in with his old Tri Dubai race director Franko Vatterot in Boulder and got measured by Retul technology.

A story of Austrian intrigue

Austrian pediatrician and Ironman triathlete Dr. Andreas Zoubek recently earned a slot in the Hawaiian Ironman, but he's since been accused of running a doping ring. Read about triathlon, EPO, envy and intrigue.