In our infinite curiosity we recently noticed fluorescent framed sun glasses from Rudy Project, a slick TYR swimskin, the Slowtwitch Twitter project and interesting wheel lights from Monkeylectric
by Herbert Krabel, June 10, 2009
At the XTERRA Northwest Cup just north of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho Dan Hugo took the men’s title and broke the winning streak of Conrad Stoltz. Melanie McQuaid though kept her streak alive and took the women’s title.
A selection of images from the 2009 Tour of Sweden training camp with Clas Bjorling, Jonas Colting and Bjorn Andersson
The newest challenge on slowtwitch is the Steve Larsen Memorial Ironman Lake Placid Virtual Training Camp. The idea is simple, train a ton in June of this year and honor Steve Larsen in the process.
Today we are looking at a new tri gadget from Arundel, running shoes from Avia, a saddle from ISM, a new multi use bike rack from Saris and an interesting t-shirt from Threadless.
Eduardo Sturla dominated the field at the 2009 Ironman Brazil and repeated his win from 2008. Dede Griesbauer took the women’s title in a time of 9:10:15 and showed that she really has sharpened her game.
At the 2009 Ironman 70.3 Austria, Chris McCormack won the title by 3 seconds and Sandra Wallenhorst came from behind on the run to take the women’s race.
Belgian Bert Jammaer defended his title of 2008 and captured the 2009 Ironman Lanzarote in a time of 8:54:03. Scot Bella Bayliss ran away with the win in the women’s event and thus repeated her win of 2008, but this time with a new name.
Tara Llanes’ impressive resume include National Championship titles in downhill, dual slalom and 4-cross, but a horrific accident during the Jeep King of the Mountain finale in Sept. of 2007 changed her life.
The first official day of the 2009 Tour of Sweden is over and Slowtwitcher John McGovern has already quite a few stories. But how could you not have any great stories when you are spending time with Bjorn Andersson and Jonas Colting?
Conrad Stoltz and Melanie McQuaid are now two for two in XTERRA Cup racing with their wins in Michigan today. The 2 XTERRA stars had also captured the opening round in Las Vegas, Nevada earlier this month.
Terenzo Bozzone ran down Andrew Yoder to win the 2009 Columbia Triathlon in a time of 1:52:45. Rebeccah Wassner dominated the women’s field that included 2-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington.
Dirk Bockel was in the limelight during the Beijing Olympics with his breakaway attempt during the bike leg. More recently the German born Luxembourger finished third at Ironman New Zealand and fourth at 70.3 St Croix.
