Timothy Carlson’s thoughts about the USAT Collegiate Nationals – CU’s Jessica Broderick over West Point’s Ashley Morgan and CU’s Cedric Wane over UC Berkeley’s Kenneth Rakestraw at Lubbock, Texas.

Thinkers and Tinkers heads to Tucson, AZ (by way of Des Moines, IA) for a visit with TJ Tollakson, the founder of Ruster Sports. An engineer by training, TJ wasn’t content to turn off his brain when he made the commitment to leaving job with ALCOA behind to focus on instead on winning races as a professional triathlete.

After some recent heated discussions about what appeared to be a new coach in Matty Reed’s life, the Boulder, CO resident cleared the air about that topic. He also talked about other current activities.

The Commerzbank Triathlon Team just wrapped up their camp in Mallorca and Swiss Pro Mathias Hecht chatted with slowtwitch about this annual gathering for training, team building and public relation items.

New Zealand’s Bevan Docherty ran away from Russia’s Alexandr Brukhankov and France’s David Hauss to take round 1 of the 2010 ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series in Sydney, Australia.

Chile’s Barbara Riveros-Diaz scores huge upset over Andrea Hewitt and World Champion Emma Moffat at the 2010 Dextro Energy WCS Sydney season opener with a superb run.

Images from the semi-annual camp in La Jolla, Mitch Thrower calls Triathlon Sanctuary. Photos by Timothy Carlson

Keith Meyer has been working with Timex for several years now and has logged a ton of miles and even met his wife Brooke in the process. Meyer sat down with slowtwitch to share a few details about Timex and himself.

At the opening ITU World Cup in Mooloolaba James Seear held the lead until very late into the run before eventually finishing third. The young Aussie with a passion for speed and classic cars is certainly someone to watch moving forward.

This $2 billion industrial juggernaut is the world’s most effective sport fishing advocate. But does this advocacy threaten to hit a snag if its aggressive style offends the sensibilities of cyclists?

Spring has sprung almost everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere and a few new gadgets are also on the horizon. We look at the Lezyne Alloy Drive CHF, Rotor Agilis EVO crank, Zipp Aero Race jersey, Topeak Mega Morph pump and the Sea Otter Classic festival.

Phil Morlock, Shimano’s advocate-in-chief is strapped-in, strapped-on, and givin’ and gettin’ a good strappin’. When Beck, Limbaugh and Maddow all know your name, you’ve made an effect.