
Russell, Barnett win Raleigh 70.3
Matt Russell’s 2:03:01 bike split trumped James Hadley’s better swim and run and Lauren Barnett ran down Meredith Kessler to win Ironman 70.3 Raleigh.
by Tim Carlson, June 5, 2016Matt Russell’s 2:03:01 bike split trumped James Hadley’s better swim and run and Lauren Barnett ran down Meredith Kessler to win Ironman 70.3 Raleigh.
by Tim Carlson, June 5, 2016Tine Deckers won her 5th Nice title with a 5:05:03 bike split and Victor Del Corral edged James Cunnama thanks to a 2:42:28 run at Ironman France.
Erika Csomor of Hungary edged Martina Dogana of Italy by 42 seconds and Dirk Wijnalda of Netherlands dominated the men at the inaugural Challenge Venice.
Boris Stein ran away from Sebastian Kienle and Anja Beranek led wire to wire to capture the pro titles at Ironman 70.3 Kraichgau.
Nils Frommhold’s better swim and bike outweighed Ruedi Wild’s better run and Daniela Ryf demolished the women’s field at Ironman 70.3 Switzerland.
Emma Pallant and Richard Murray ran away from their closest challengers on the final 5k run leg to win the elite titles at the ITU Duathlon Worlds.
Thankfully rainstorms and widespread flooding missed the Austin, Texas Slowtwitch Road Show hosted by Austin Tri-Cyclist.
The 2016 SwimRun season started with a bang in Utö and here is a beautiful video and awesome pics from this scenic Swedish island.
Canyon’s Roman Arnold has, via one degree of separation, a particular historic tie to Slowtwitch and its readers. Here he answers questions for Slowtwitchers.
Iñaki Baldellou of Spain won it on the bike and run while Susie Cheetham of Great Britain won it on the bike at Challenge Salou Costa Daurada
Canadian Brent McMahon finished in 7:46:10, the 3rd-fastest Ironman distance time in history, and Liz Lyles of the U.S. finished with a course record 8:54:10 to win Ironman Brazil.
Javier Gomez of Spain won it on the run and India Lee of Great Britain won it on the bike at the ETU European Championship Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal.
The third slot on the 2016 U.S. women’s Olympic triathlon team was awarded to the obvious choice – Katie Zaferes. She talked to us about the process.