Articles by Dan Empfield

Analysis of the Kona pier tally continues with our look at aerobars and saddles

The only question was just how badly Cervelo would put the hurt on the rest of the field. Pretty badly, in fact, but it could have been worse.

The final entry of Monty’s retrospective blog, recounting the first-ever Hawaiian Ironman contested on the Kona course.

Monty’s 1981 Kona retrospective continues with the lead up to the starting gun.

Space exists between USA Triathlon’s posture toward “speedskins” in non-wetsuit-legal swims and WTC’s opinion of them. They’re legal for use in Ironman, but just barely, and perhaps not for long.

Mark “Monty” Montgomery competed in Kona’s first Ironman, in 1981. His story parallels that of many of triathlon’s pioneers. Here is Part I of his “blog” (26 years after the fact) recounting Kona’s debut Ironman.

The company is rare that pulls itself to the front of its competitive set. Several companies did that over the last year or so, and we’ll credit them here.

These industry shows will present a theme if you listen closely. But the theme is interpreted through the prism of each attender’s bias. Here’s how it played out for our publisher.

Multisport certainly has the attention of the bike industry, judging by the multitude of fabulous tri bikes on display.

The parent company of Fuji Bicycles has purchased legendary triathlon brand Kestrel.

This little-known condition often affects highly-trained athletes, and is often misdiagnosed as congestive heart failure. Read triathletes’ first-hand accounts, along with the etiology and preventive measures.

F.I.S.T. Workshops, and various other tri and bike related camps, take place on “The Compound,” also known as Xantusia.