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Articles by Dan Empfield

100/100 Starts Today

Today is the day we begin crowd-pressuring you into running as close as practicable to 100 times in 100 days. It’s the 9th year of the “100/100,” our most popular Slowtwitch Challenge.

Concrete or Asphalt?

The hardness difference between concrete and asphalt is insignificant when running in shoes, because the cushioning afforded by shoes far exceeds any cushioning provided by those surfaces.

Pioneer Power System

Are these the most advanced cycling metrics produced by a power meter? This crank-based unit measures power every 30 degrees during a complete pedal rotation on both the left and right side.

Lake CX402

This review was almost a year in the making, but for a shoe of this price I thought it prudent to make sure it would stand up to everything I could throw at it.

Industry Icon Steve Hed Passes

Steve Hed collapsed from unknown causes, and is dead at the age of 59. He was the manufacturing entrepreneur with the longest pedigree in the sport, his company the first-ever triathlon brand.

The Steve Hed I Knew

Steve Hed eagerly shared time with the geeks, the bicycle engineers, executives heading other brands; and a steady stream of pros. But it was the geeks and engineers he most loved.

What Lies Inside of You

Here is your opportunity to read Jordan Rapp’s closing remarks from 2014 Ironman Arizona’s opening ceremony. Maybe his best since, “When the Shite Gets Brown.”

Darker and Stormier

Part 2 of USAT’s board war. Ten years ago, to the month, USAT faced the same board crisis it’s facing now: an expensive and exhausting coexistence between elite and general directors.

Jarrod Shoemaker’s Lawsuit

If you want to know why this lawsuit was brought, read here. There’s a more robust, historic argument the suit omits, but which morally bolster’s Shoemaker’s case.

It Was a Dark and Stormy NGB

Since October, 2012, USA Triathlon has been an organization at war with itself. In this 2-part series Slowtwitch explains the war, which has cost the federation in time and treasure.

CHP talks to Slowtwitch

Are laws designed to protect cyclists being used against them by officers who don’t like cyclists? This might have happened last week, and we interviewed the California Highway Patrol.

Bob Mionske on the 3-foot law

Following a report that an officer in California might be misinterpreting the state’s new 3-foot law, we interviewed the dean of bicycle attorneys, former Olympic cyclist Bob Mionske.