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Articles by Herbert Krabel

Picking the brain of Darren Smith

Coach Darren Smith has built up quite a reputation as a coach, and the success of some of his athletes has really put him in the limelight. Slowtwitch had the opportunity to have a few words with Coach Daz.

What We Have Noticed: CEP, GU, Zoot …

We stumbled upon the CEP Clone recovery system, GU Brew Electrolyte tablets, the Zoot Ultra Ovwa racing shoe and the Marathon Man t-shirt from Endurance Conspiracy. But you’ll have to wait a bit to get them.

Watch out for Belinda Harper

Kiwi Belinda Harper set a new age group record in Kona last year and is now racing in the Pro category. At Challenge Wanaka she crashed while in the lead on the bike and ended up finishing 5th.

Matt Reed has tunnel vision

Another day in the A2 wind tunnel in Mooresville, NC allowed us to have a closer look at Boulder resident Matty Reed and the fine adjustments on his Fuji D-6.

A chat with Kyle Pawlaczyk

Kyle Pawlaczyk is a Pro triathlete who just wrapped up his freshman season. Based out of Richmond, VA he secured two top tens in the 70.3 series and was 13th at Ironman Lake Placid. He recently chatted with Sal Farruggia.

Andy Potts wind tunnel time

With the 2011 racing season almost upon us, Andy Potts traveled to the A2 wind tunnel in Mooresville, NC to get checked out and dialed on his new Kestrel 4000.

Draft legal age group racing in FL

If you ever wanted to know what racing is like for the ITU Pros, you now have your chance to test those waters at the Draft Legal Challenge in Clermont, FL on March 5th. Jarrod Shoemaker talked to slowtwitch about this new event.

Vanessa Fernandes takes a break

Portuguese triathlon phenom Vanessa Fernandes announced today that she will take a break from the sport because of health issues. Only 26-years old, Fernandes already has a record 21 World Cup titles on her resume.

Bobby Behan – one year later

The Specialized Tri team has been running for about a year under the guidance of Bobby Behan and has given the brand quite a bit to cheer. For 2011 even more fire power has been added.

Trakking Michael Lovato

Michael Lovato closed out 2010 with a second place at Ironman Cozumel and the Richie Cunningham wedding on New Year’s Eve. We had a few words with the late migrating Pro about 2011 expectations and changes.

The thoughts of Chris Foster

Chris Foster is an American Olympic hopeful collecting points to get on the start line of the Olympic qualifying London WCS. Chris raced 6 of 7 WCS events in 2010 and checked in with slowtwitch to talk about what is next.