Articles by Herbert Krabel

Chad McRae grew up in Brooklyn, NY but now calls California home. This 6’7″ tall athlete is a passionate triathlete, but when you are really tall that brings some unique challenges.

Matt Gervais recently had an encounter with a Muskie while open water swimming, but this fast Canadian is not stopping his adventurous lifestyle.

The ÖtillÖ crew added a new race race to their lineup of events and 555 athletes heard the call and accepted the challenge in 3 unique race distances on the West Coast of Sweden.

Very strong winds made for tough racing conditions at the 2021 Norseman Xtreme Triathlon, but Julie Aspesletten and Jon Breivold took charge and kept former champions at bay.

Trista Francis is a fast athlete and a busy coach, but she’s had some brain injury setbacks. We had a chat with her about family, racing, TBI and much more.

Craig Engels narrowly missed going to Tokyo to race the 1,500 meters, and he thus went home to North Carolina to reset and plan what is next.

The Lever Running device allows an athlete to run with reduced weight on a treadmill, and we took a closer look at this portable body weight support technology system.

At the recent Suffolk Back Yard Ultra Matt Blackburn and John Stocker ran and walked 333.34 and 337.51 miles respectively to crush the previous Backyard Ultra record held by Belgian Karel Sabbe.

With COVID19 restrictions eased in Sweden the ÖTILLÖ organization made some adaptions and pulled off a successful race weekend with teams from 24 countries.

Taggart VanEtten is a teacher who recently broke the 100 mile treadmill record in 11:32:05, and his next target is going sub 11 for 100 miles during a 24 race inside a dome.

The 2014 IRONMAN World Champion Sebastian Kienle has been battling various injuries and setbacks recently but he is determined to push forward.

Morgan Pearson had a great race at the recent WTS Yokohama race and will now represent the USA in the Olympic Games thanks to that performance.