Hey, big guy, here are your motion control running shoes for Spring 09. In this first edition are the models from Asics (Gel Foundation) and Brooks (Beast, Ariel and Addiction)
by Dan Empfield, February 8, 2009
Du Nats is on April 26, in Richmond, VA, to qualify a team for Du Worlds down the road in North Carolina, this Sept. In honor of this (roughly) twice a decade occasion, here’s the Du Nats Challenge, based on aerobic points earned.
If you’re a 180 pound triathlete, a 6 ounce shoe is probably out. But if you’re a 145 pounder with a good footfall, an 8 ounce shoe might be in. Here’s our first round of overviews of 09’s racing flats.
The flip side of our red hot demographic is that “entry level” in triathlon does not start at the entry level. Here’s our $1500-and-up look at tri bikes for 09, starting with Cervelo, Felt and QR.
The well-traveled brand, which started in Kona and ended up in Carlsbad, via San Francisco, is now owned by Seattle-based K2, a division of Jarden Corporation
Our coverage of lightweight training footwear offered for Spring 09 continues with a look at models made by Brooks, Newton and K-Swiss.
Ironman races across America, built and run by Canadian import Graham Fraser, pass to WTC. Fraser keeps ownership of Ironman Canada, the one race of the bunch he did not start.
It’s January. What now? Let’s take stock. You’re fat, out of shape, and your motivation ebbs and flows. Perfect. We have you right where we want you. Time to start training.
Judging by recent posts on the Slowtwitch Reader Forum, confusion reigns over bike fit systems, the difference between a system and a tool, and how it all relates to apple pie.
Read this first, if “tri bike fit” is new to you. It’s a guide to the dozens of articles in the bike fit section. The articles are grouped, and we offer our advice about the order in which they should be read.
There are three ways to ride a bike: road race (the way pros do it); triathlon (the way pros do it); and that strange morphing of the two which we call the “tweener.”
Our look at lightweight trainers for Spring 09 continues. In Part I we looked at shoes from Nike, Saucony and Asics. Now we move to Adidas, New Balance and Mizuno.
This is the first of several articles looking at lightweight technical running footwear, and eventually all important models in all categories of running footwear, offered for sale for the Spring 09 season.