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Articles by Herbert Krabel

The humble Ron Schildknecht

Swiss Pro Ronnie Schildknecht has quite a few Ironman titles to his name and most recently won Ironman South Africa. We had a video chat with him.

A St.Croix Triathlon Guide

The 25th anniversary of the St. Croix Triathlon takes place on May 6th and many athletes struggle with this event. Dev Paul shares his thoughts on tackling Beauty and the Beast.

Aileen Reid’s Planet X Mondo

Irish top ranked ITU Pro Aileen Reid née Morrison did a few races in the US recently and Timothy Carlson grabbed images of her Planet X Mondo race bike at the F1 Super Sprint Tri.

Déjà vu for Hannes Hempel

Austrian Pro Hannes Hempel had his 4-year doping ban cut short in early January of 2012, but now tri-mag.de reports that this former pro cyclist has tested positive for testosterone on March 8th of this year.

Sharing The Road

It is very easy for us to point a finger at others, but in most cases at least three of the other fingers point back to us. When we are out cycling or running we sometimes act as if we were in a race on a closed course.

25 years of St. Croix Triathlon

Many triathletes today were in elementary school when the first St. Croix Triathlon was held back in 1988 and this event has grown substantially since then. Dev Paul had a few words with race director Tom Guthrie.

Giant Propel Advanced SL 1

Giant stepped into the aero bike ring with the Propel Advanced SL and they have 4 offerings in that line. We looked closer at the Advanced SL 1 at Sea Otter.

The return of Philip Graves

Brit Philip Graves rose quickly to fame for his incredible triathlon bike prowess, but he somewhat disappeared from the radar the last 18 months. He competed in Abu Dhabi and is getting ready for Ironman Lanzarote right now.

Raelert, Chura in New Orleans

Andreas Raelert pulled away from the hard charging Trevor Wurtele at 70.3 New Orleans to take the win by 5 seconds. Haley Chura earned a hard earned first big Pro win against the very experienced Amy Marsh in the women’s race.

John Degenkolb’s 2012 Felt

24-year old German sprinter John Degenkolb of Team Argos-Shimano won 5 stages of the Vuelta a España on his F series Felt and we took a closer look at that bike.