LOOK’s growing presence in the triathlon realm is evidenced as Slowtwitch.com was taken through its 2009 Tri line. And while they have truly competitive new products, their design principles take a different tack – one that perhaps changes conventional thinking of what aero really is.
by Herbert Krabel, August 23, 2008
In 1978 Henry Forrest was another one of those adventurous souls who plunged into the waters of Oahu for the start of a crazy new event called Ironman. He talked to Slowtwitch about his memories of the event and a much more important recent battle.
On Thursday 08/21 at 8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific time, Olympic silver medal winner Simon Whitfield from Canada will be live on slowtwitch.com to answer a few questions about the event, his training and the Olympics in general.
Although a bit “lost in translation” our roving reporter at the Olympic Games in Beijing got to see a very surprising sprint finish of the men’s triathlon triathlon and managed to get some shopping done too. Enjoy his final report.
When all the shouting at Shinsanling Reservoir was over, a surprise longshot German outkicked a triathlon murderer’s row to take gold in the Olympic men’s triathlon.
Our embedded Olympic reporter Hector Fernandez got to see an incredible women’s triathlon and various track and field events before returning tired to the hotel. Here is his day 3 report from Beijing.
It came first, and was very much unlike the men’s electric, exciting, adrenaline-rich Olympic four-man duel that would take place a day later.
These things are almost always impossible to predict. Which makes this endeavor an amusing fantasy, not unlike playing the lottery. But honestly speaking, there are only 8 to 10 men in the field of 56 who have the foot speed and leg power to win.
In what may have been a small preview of the 2008 Ironman World Championships, Andy Potts and Chrissie Wellington ruled impressive fields at the 2008 Timberman 70.3 triathlon festival.
Another update from the Olympics in Beijing courtesy of our embedded reporter Hector Fernandez. Hector checked out the women’s marathon and ran into a few triathletes a bit later.
It is not easy being a pro triathlete in a country that is home to several active Ironman Hawaii champions, but Germany’s Uwe Widmann keeps plugging away and he just recently finished 3rd at Ironman 70.3 Germany.
Jenny Gowans won the 2008 Norseman Extreme Triathlon and was kind enough to send us her race report. She was looking for an adventure and a race she would need to treat with more respect than a conventional Ironman.
Øyvind Johannessen won the 2008 Norseman Extreme Triathlon in Norway and battled a tough course and an unhappy stomach along the way. Jenny Gowans was the first woman to finish the event.
