With warmer summer weather in Norway the water temps at the 2018 Rockman SwimRun were relatively mild, but rain and fog made conditions tough for all starters.
by Herbert Krabel, August 7, 2018
Norwegians Allan Hovda and Mette Petterson were crowned King and Queen of Norseman, but for most other athletes it was all about this challenging course and the coveted black t-shirts.
Every now and then we feature cool age grouper bikes and the Dimond Marquise of Eric Lambi is certainly well worth a closer look.
Derek Murphy is the man behind the marathoninvestigation.com site and his stories are often shared in our forum. He had a chat with us about cheaters in marathons and triathlons.
The Stealth Bomber immediately came to mind when age grouper Vilen Rodeski shared images of his tricked out Diamondback Andean in our forum a few weeks back.
175 teams from 25 different countries traveled to Switzerland to compete in the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Engadin and tackle a beautiful and difficult course on what organizers called a near perfect day.
Ceepo introduced the unique Ceepo Shadow-R super bike today and we have first images of this clever aero design that will likely will bring out emotional responses.
Holly Benner turned professional in 2017 and recently finished 3rd at IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman. The Pennsylvania resident has a swimming and rowing background but also has been battling depression.
Many triathletes and runners wish for an opportunity to chase down a crook who is fleeing from the law, but for Chad Welford this became a reality last week.
Davis Frease was in second place at the Big Bear Triathlon when he noticed a man in trouble on the ground. That man stopped breathing and Frease went into action with CPR.
The SWISSMAN Xtreme Triathlon takes athletes on their bikes over three mountain passes, and then has another majestic climb at the end of the run and here now are pics from the 2018 event.
Jan Frodeno was involved in a high speed bike accident and now has some battle scars to deal with according to his Instagram post.
Swede Pontus Lindberg has an 8:11 IRONMAN to his name but he is now all in with Swimrun and he and his partner George Bjälkemo currently have a tight grip on the ÖtillÖ Golden Bib.