A competitor was DQd during the bike leg for urinating near the roadway during Ironman Lake Placid. As many do. (Let’s be honest, as all of us long-timers have done.) Was this fair?
by Dan Empfield, August 3, 2015
Latasch: The athlete drank mostly water during the race and did not take in enough minerals. Noakes: Can’t happen if athletes advised to drink to thirst, not to a schedule.
The last 2 days have been unsettling for hopefuls awaiting the Rio Test Events on Sunday. The swim was on, then off, now on again. But questions remain.
Three days before the Rio Test Event, the AP wrote of competitors “who have already fallen ill with fevers, vomiting and diarrhea,” because of water quality.
Triathletes are super willing to put their superbikes in boxes or on planes, and travel. Where do they most often go? Europe? Nope. Canada? Nope.
The body language surrounding this launch constrains me to again take this brand seriously as a tri bike maker.
When I started cycling frame builders did not make frames to destroy them. Today they do. Your frame has a lot of dead cousins or, if not, it should.
Felt has compelling models at the top (IA) and at entry level (B Series). It just announced a new IA that slots nicely in between.
Two frames pop out of the same mold. One is twice as expensive as the other. What justifies the big price variance? Is it all just marketing?
8mm drop, BOA closure, and the best triathlon-specific shoe on the market in terms of comfort and cushioning.
A great, light shoe, probably only ideal for runners and triathletes who can get away with the bare minimum of support and cushioning.
The new Kona start times benefit pro and AG women, but subtract 10 minutes from the overall course cut-off. TriEqual responded to the changes.
Garmin released its new Edge 520, touted as the only GPS bike computer to feature Strava Live Segments. Meanwhile, Wahoo Fitness released the KICKR SNAP, a wheel-on version of the popular Wahoo KICKR.