The popular Challenge Cairns race will be rebranded Ironman Cairns, according to World Triathlon Corporation. The rebranding will be effective this year, for the upcoming event scheduled for June 3, 2012.
by Dan Empfield, March 12, 2012Inclement weather at the signature early season Ironman, in New Zealand, caused the race to be delayed by a day, with its distance cut in half. Marino Vanhoenacker and Meredith Kessler adapted and prevailed.
This is the fruit of an ‘Aha!’ moment that I admire, and that drives me crazy because I didn’t think of it. This is so simple. It already exists in MTB levers. I could not make the mental leap. Bad Slowman.
I like the smaller, scenic races these days. Upcoming is a special race for certain of those of us in the Southwest. It’s part of an eclectic aggregation of races Life Time Fitness is acquiring or building.
These shoes run great, but there’s more to it. They felt so comfortable I started wearing them to my job in my running and triathlon store. I always get tired feet. But not in these.
WTC and Competitor Group are back in the acquisition mode, and if the first six weeks of 2012 is a sing of things to come, marquis events of all distances, all around the world, may be acquisition targets.
Two lady MOPers new to triathlon took the male pros and vet AGers to the woodshed during the Challenge Cairns Sessions Challenge. Stand in front of caf0 or MistressK and they’ll roll over you.
Triathlon’s most storied bike company, Cervelo Cycles, has just become a member of the PON family of companies, acquiring it from its two founding partners Gerard Vroomen and Phil White.
Cervelo co-founder and president Phil White sits with Slowtwitch to talk about the 16-year journey from a bright idea to acquisition, on the day he hands the front door keys to PON Holdings.
The irony is that the newest, most relevant bottom bracket standards, such as BB90 and BB30, aren’t about bottom brackets. They’re about frame construction, and frame stiffness.
Who does Lance Armstrong, professional triathlete, train with in his hometown of Austin, Texas? The posse includes a lot of Longhorn alumni, with a liberal smattering of current and former pro triathletes.
This road bike fit protocol is designed to work with fit bikes that adjust horizontally and vertically; to take advantage of stack and reach data matching; and to consider all the positions common to road bike riding.
Things are changing for Lance. Like, his position. What goes around comes around, and he’s laregely come back ’round to his pre-bike-race tri position, with an assist from Slowtwitch forum members.
