Patricia Walsh has been shattering preconceived limitation about blind persons in the workplace as well as triathlon. In her third season in the sport, she is aiming at an ITU paratriathlon world title.
by Tim Carlson, July 5, 2012
We had a chance to chat with age grouper Sean Bartlett who like many of us juggles a very busy job, caring for a loving family and trying to stay in shape. He is our random age grouper this week.
Liz Blatchford has decided to move away from ITU racing and pursue longer distances after missing out on 3 Olympics now. But it appears that the most recent non-selection stung the most.
World Bicycle Relief has so far organized more than 105,000 bicycles for people in underdeveloped countries to provide access to independence and livelihood through “The Power of Bicycles.” We talked to Rebecca Much of WBR.
German Anne Haug earned herself a coveted spot for her country’s Olympic triathlon team under the guidance of coach Darren Smith and with a super gutsy performance at the ITU Madrid World Triathlon Series event.
Lieutenant Junior Grade Derek Oskutis detects and disposes improvised explosive devices as part of his military task, but has is also a very gifted triathlete with a solid race resume.
Bjorn Andersson has quite some trying times behind him and hopes to jump start this year at a race where he holds the course record. Bjorn will return to Norseman – a race he won in 2005 under very difficult conditions.
Lauren Goss is getting ready for the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon and should feel reasonably confident after a second place at Rev3 Knoxville and a 4th place at Nautica South Beach Triathlon in Miami.
When Will Clarke found out that he won’t be competing at the London Olympic Games he was stunned and disappointed, but now has a new focus. We had a chat with him about the selection process and moving on.
After 12 years of attempting to get selected for the Olympic Games, Stuart Hayes has finally made it. After a round of appeals the British Triathlon Federation recently announced that Hayes will indeed join the Brownlee brothers in London.
Former ITU Pro David Dellow recently won the 2012 Ironman Cairns with quite a bit of panache and late last year he took the win in Noosa, showing that he is fast and dangerous at all distances.
Representing a small island with a green history in triathlon, Gavin Noble talked with slowtwitch about representing his country in London this summer and competing solo at the world’s most competitive triathlon series.
Austin, Texas amateur triathlete Joe Thorne had the second fastest run last year at Ironman Hawaii. Now he is trying to add a top rank swim and bike to compete with the best in the world.