Why do we act as if our race and race services product is immune from market pressures exerted on the rest of the world?

I refuse, as a point of principle, to enter any race with a previously undisclosed registration fee. You should too.

I lived through triathlon’s doldrums in the 1990s. We didn’t wait around for demographics to swing in our favor. We humped. We worked. And it paid off.

For the second time in three years an age-group winner posted an eyebrow-raising time. This time the ITU acted quickly.

Volunteers misdirected the pro men’s field and the leading woman on the run course; Cartagena 70.3 race officials awarded two top prizes to men directed to different, shorter runs.

A cyclone with maximum winds of 118 kilometers per hour wreaked extensive damage to the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina and forced race officials to cancel Challenge Florianópolis.

Terenzo Bozzone won his first Ironman and Melissa Hauschildt her fourth as both broke course records at Ironman Western Australia in Busselton.

Ruth Brennan Morrey was a soccer and marathon talent who took 10 years off sports before starting triathlon six years ago; at 41, this mother of three is just hitting her stride.

What better way for Eric Lagerstrom to showcase a season that brought ups and downs than to release his final Viking Life for 2017.

Santiago Ascenco edged Matt Hanson and Kirsty Jahn outran Laurel Wassner to win Ironman 70.3 Punta del Este.

Inaki De la Parra of Mexico posts 3rd-best double marathon, takes overall Ultraman Men’s World title; Kate Bevilaqua of Australia sets women’s fastest run, dominates women’s overall.

Frederik Van Lierde held off a late charge by Matt Russell and Michelle Vesterby passed fellow Dane Camilla Pedersen at 35km to win Ironman Cozumel.