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A few words with Sam Betten

Sam Betten is an upcoming young Aussie Pro who is racing 70.3 and 5i50 events. This 25-year old won the ITU Junior Aussie Champs twice but is now committed to non drafting racing and has Las Vegas and Hy-Vee on his mind.

Full throttle with James Chesson

James Chesson is a fast age grouper from New Jersey who finished 10th overall at 70.3 Eagleman, and won his age group at Rev3 Williamsburg. His Kona 2013 spot though he had already snagged at Ironman Texas.

On Skype with Dirk Bockel

Dirk Bockel is currently in Luxembourg and getting ready for the 2013 Challenge Roth. He has been very busy recently and checked in with us.

It is “Vegas Baby” for Marc Lees

Marc Lees introduced North Americans to a Super Sprint Triathlon experience in 2010 and later this year during the 2013 Interbike show folks can watch another edition of this Australian inspired fast paced racing live in Las Vegas.

Messick on Boulder, etc.

Ironman's chief Andrew Messick answers questions on Ironman Boulder, Ironman's view on whether the sport is growing or not, where it fits in versus other local races, and on doping.

The determined Åsa Lundström

Swedish triathlete Åsa Lundström resides in Denmark where she studies medicine. She won Ironman Sweden in 2012 and finished second to Virginia Berasategui in Bilbao this year, but that result may be changed.

Tamsin Lewis speaks her mind

British triathlete Tamsin Lewis is known on twitter as @SportieDoc and this former AG World Champ recently finished 2nd at 70.3 Rimini. Enjoy this video chat.

Up close with Mike Gadzinski

Mike Gadzinski finished 11th overall and 2nd in his age group at Ironman 70.3 Eagleman in Cambridge, MD. With a Kona slot and a Vegas slot earned, he made a decision that made his family and another athlete happy.

A chat with Brian Mahony

Brian Mahony is the Director of Global Projects for the ITU and we had a video chat with him about the WTS series, the Olympics and much more.

To Live and Thrive in L.A.

Emma-Kate Lidbury is back on track after a suffering some tough breaks in 2012; she credits purplepatch coach Matt Dixon, swim coach Gerry Rodrigues and a move to Santa Monica

Getting faster with age

Kevin Metcalfe has been trying to go sub-50 for a 40k TT for more than 20 years now, and finally at age 52 he stormed to a record breaking 49:29 in the Northern California / Nevada TT Championships.

On the road with Jano Soto

Jano Soto is a triathlete who lives in Kailua-Kona, but he and his wife are currently on a 4-month European adventure and he will race 70.3 Berlin and Challenge Roth among other things. We checked in with him in Berlin.