In identical polls taken last week, and five months ago when the bottom fell out of the economy in vivid fashion, Slowtwitchers recorded the effect on their personal finances.
by Dan Empfield, February 8, 2009
Craig Alexander shook off the cobwebs from a three-month post-Kona hiatus with a swift 1:12:07 run to outhoof a stellar field, and ITU star Samantha Warriner outdueled Yvonne Van Vlerken to win Geelong 70.3
As Team Challenge expands from Roth to New Zealand, France and Spain, can a worldwide series be far behind? How Roth rose from the ashes after the split with WTC and carefully crafted an alternative to Ironman.
When Dirk Aschmoneit won Ironman New Zealand in 1991 he was the first German to win an Ironman. He retired in 1994 because of injuries but recently his name appeared again in triathlon results. Slowtwitch checked in with him.
Last year, Sheila Taormina became the first woman to make the Olympics in three sports – swimming in 1996, triathlon in 2000 and 2004, and modern pentathlon in 2008. Before her USAT Hall of Fame induction, Taormina reflected on the meaning of her sporting career.
Timothy Carlson’s pictures chronicle the clash of generations in part 3 of Ironman Hawaii Photo Galleries of the winners, movers and shakers 2006-2008.
At age 36, the three-time Ironman winner is still seeking the perfect balance between his cycling prowess and a fast run on the Queen K. One step to finding that faster run is taking care of detail work on bike fit.
Melvin Monroe Stewart was one of the greatest butterfly swimmers in the late 80s and early 90’s and held the 200m fly world record from January 1991 through June of 1995. The man known as Gold Medal Mel spoke to slowtwitch.
If you live in the Midwest, here is your chance to escape the harsh winter and get psyched for the upcoming season. This coming weekend you can attend the 2009 Great Lakes Multisport & Running Expo in Milwaukee, WI.
Karen Smyers looks back at a career that brought her much more than three ITU World Titles, an Ironman World Championship, seven US elite titles, two Pan Am golds and the Hall of Fame,
Chris Carmichael gives Slowtwitch readers insight into Lance Armstrong, his Ironman plans, and his fitness as we watch the triathlete turned 7-time TdF winner train in Kona, just before his return to cycling action in Australia.
More Ironman Hawaii winner images ranging from Tim DeBoom in 2001 to Faris Al Sultan in 2005, bookending Natascha Badmann’s last four Kona wins.
USA Triathlon tabs Jon Noll, Verne Scott, the late Judy Flannery, Sheila Taormina and Karen Smyers for its first Hall of Fame class.
