Have you thought about what you’re going to wear in your first triathlon? No, I don’t mean whether the colors match. Rather, do you have one garment to swim, bike and run in?
by Dan Empfield, October 19, 2009
One good thing about how the race in Kona was called this year: It gave a lot of pro athletes a chance to catch up socially with their competitors. Some did a lot of socializing.
No, this isn’t the Slowtwitch swimsuit edition. It’s an analysis of how the women’s race has changed at the Hawaiian Ironman; where today’s best women are slower than those of yesteryear, and where they’re faster.
The Slowtwitch Ice Cream Truck was in Dallas for the fifth Toyota Cup stop of the season. This was the series finale, here’s how we called it.
Matty Reed again showed that when he’s fresh and ready, he’s very tough to beat in a no-draft oly-distance race. Lisa Norden bested Sarah Haskins for the women’s title
Of course, you can run in any shoe that you want, but don’t you just love that feeling of a lighter shoe on your feet during the marathon leg of your Kona race? Here are those shoes.
Two books represent the Slowtwitch “boxed set” for ascenders. It’s doubtful either of these books’ publishers or authors (one is dead) know of the other’s book. But to this site’s publisher each book is the others’ companion.
Getting sponsors. Yes, the task every race director looks forward to. If, that is, your favorite word to hear is, “No.” This assumes you actually get any word at all in response to your supplications.
What about nutrition during training? Gels, bars, gummies, things like that? Yes, it’s time you started to think about these sorts of things.
Here’s the live coverage of the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon, as we called it, from the Slowtwitch Ice Cream Truck (the unofficial lead vehicle).
This is triathlon’s new speed item nobody wants to talk about, but many want to use. If there is such a thing as a decadent wetsuit, De Soto has made it. Admit it, isn’t the “unfair advantage” just a little appealing?
You’re more than halfway to the goal. You could certainly do a triathlon right now. In fact, you’d probably be fitter right now than plenty of people who’re going to be doing the race with you. Isn’t it a great feeling to be getting fit?
Announcing the SlowTwitch Bike Lounge, powered by Retül. Meet the Slowtwitch staff, let us fete you with goodies, while you get your fit coordinates databased by the good folks at Retül