Leading sports nutritionist and top AG triathlete Asker Jeukendrup was just named Global Senior Director of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute. We slowed him up a little, to ask him a few questions.
by Dan Empfield, June 22, 2011
After 5 years as the Bicycle Expert at the A2 Wind Tunnel working with tons of different brands and athletes Mike Giraud is going to work for Blue Competition Cycles as as the Product Development Specialist.
Brian Fleischmann has been racing as a professional for over a decade and raced the ITU WC Series, 70.3 Worlds, Rev3 events and the new 5150 series. Here he discusses his past, present and future.
Doug Martin is the North American Director of Marketing for Felt Bicycles and he is a very busy man. He doesn’t really like to be in the limelight but we cornered him and asked him a few questions.
Matty White took second place at Challenge Cairns and also earned the runner-up spot at 70.3 Busselton and Ironman Western Australia. But it appears that the blond Aussie firefighter is ready to move up one more step.
A few days ago Brazilian race car driver Vitor Meira raced the Indy 500 and has quite a few other IndyCar races to tackle this season. But when Meira is not in a fast car he loves to swim, bike and run.
Lukas Verzbicas just ran a stunning 8:29:46 at the 2-mile distance at the Prefontane Classic, smashing the High School record. But before Verzbicas competes in college this fall he has some unfinished business in triathlon.
Before finding the passion and speed in the triathlon world AJ Baucco was a drummer for a punk rock band. More recently he was the fastest amateur at 70.3 Florida and he had a few words with slowtwitch.
The 7-time ITU World Championship medalist from Scotland just won 70.3s at Galveston and St Croix and took her second Ironman win at Texas. Now the fleet-footed 34-year-old is aiming at breaking her jinx at Kona.
Jared Woodford is not your typical athlete with an Elite license. When he isn’t racing or training, he is working full time as a commercial pilot. We talked to him about racing Pro, working full time and living his dream.
2x Ironman World Champion Tim DeBoom has a busy summer ahead of him and on his schedule are the Norseman Extreme Triathlon and the Alpe D’Huez Triathlon. Slowtwitch had a few words with him.
Angela Naeth had 6 second place finishes at Ironman 70.3 races last year. After two more 70.3 runners-up and a win at Leadman 250 this year, she wants a win to shed her rep as the Susan Lucci of 70.3s
The McCormack family recently had an addition and Macca talked to slowtwitch about family, health, racing, Kona, qualifying for the Olympics and his new book “I’m here to win.”
