Charlotte-based professional triathlete Kelly Fillnow crashed on a cruiser bike while spectating and supporting athletes at 70.3 North Carolina and that meant the end of her season.
by Herbert Krabel, August 28, 2020
French ultra runner Sébastien Chaigneau retired as a pro but he is still running up front during races such as UTMB – but now with a video camera to let all of us see the action up close.
Canadian age grouper Luke Ehgoetz has found new challenges to tackle during COVID19 and we had a chat with him about about adapting, life, family, training and more.
COVID19 completely changed the season of Des Linden, and she now tries hard to be flexible as there could be a need to pivot in a different direction any time.
Norwegian Allan Hovda has won Norseman, Swissman, the Lofoten Triathlon and Ironman Haugesund, and just recently did Norseman solo and a 24 hour ride on his new blue Quintana Roo PRsix2. We took a closer look at this SRAM RED eTap AXS 1x equipped race ready machine, and Hovda told us that he has been inspired with some of his part choices by the slowtwitch website and forum.
There might not be many races happening right now but South African Kyle Buckingham recently got a shiny new Dimond Mogul race machine and we took a closer look.
Over 400 athletes from mostly Europe gathered socially distanced in Silvaplana, Switzerland to participate in one of the first bigger events since COVID19 hit the world.
Michigan resident Dan Stubleski is a very accomplished age group triathlete, but not everything has gone to plan recently, and not just because of COVID19.
People clearly enjoy sharing images of their daily activities and that seems to be especially true when racing or training. But with no races to do and the option of a personal photographer following during training activities being slim, usually a selfie is the only option. But is it?
Sam Long is currently chasing various Strava records while cycling and running, but he is hoping that maybe by August he will be able to race his Argon 18 E-118 Tri Disc race bike in an actual race.
Gary Cantrell, aka Lazarus Lake, is well known for the unique and tough Barkley Marathons, but he is currently busy with the Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee 1000k and has attracted over 19,000 runners to this event.
David McNamee resides in Girona, Spain where the Covid 19 lock down has been stricter than in most other places, but he like many other athletes who live there had to adapt.
On Wednesday Sam Long crushed the Mount Lemmon Strava segment in 1:15:40, well ahead of the previous 1:16:27 record of Lionel Sanders, and likely this is not the end of this KOM battle.
