It is tough to do a race in Tennessee or Alabama which isn’t either organized by Team Magic or touched in another way by them. We wanted to know more about Team Magic and had a few words with Faye Yates, one of the owners.
by Herbert Krabel, October 21, 2008
For a guy who says he does not enjoy the physical toll of running, United States Navy SEAL David Goggins sure does a good job of fooling those of us watching from the sidelines.
Injuries left the most reliable racer at Kona (2nd, 5th, 4th from 2003 through 2005) off the map. While virtually nobody knows it, Rutger is back and he’s dangerous
Some people think Potts can, like Luc van Lierde in 1996, win in his debut at Kona. Other people wonder if the tall, talented former University of Michigan NCAA swimmer is serious – or if this is just a scouting expedition.
Time off leaves America’s latest two-time Hawaii winner recharged, relaxed and reinvigorated. But the Kona dream will have to wait another year.
The 5-time World Champion who bestrode the world of triathlon in the 1990s like a Colossus, will race his last race as a pro at Austin 70.3
2008 has been a very magical year for Stephen Bayliss with Ironman wins in South Africa and UK, and a bunch of other very fine results. He is currently getting ready for Kona and has even bigger plans for late November.
Alex Wassmann is a good man to know, as he manages the technical relationships with SRAM sponsored teams and athletes in the triathlon, road & cyclo cross disciplines. Slowtwitch.com had a few words with him.
The 2-time Ironman World Champion Normann Stadler is one of the pre-race favorites going into the upcoming 30th anniversary event, and he talked to slowtwitch.com about his state of readiness, his team and the middle of the year sponsorship change.
Many eyes in Kona will be on Chris McCormack to see if he can repeat his Ironman World Championship title. Slowtwitch.com talked to the outspoken Aussie talked to find out what we can expect in Kona from him.
The image of Max Longrée devouring a huge hamburger at the finish line of Ironman Louisville made quite an impression on people who followed the race on Ironmanlive.com. We talked to the Ironman Louisville champion from Germany.
When Chrissie Wellington stormed to her Ironman Hawaii World Championship title last year, many people were asking the question “Chrissie who?” This year she’ll be surely on everybody’s radar and she checked in with Slowtwitch pre Kona.
Justin Daerr finished the 2001 Ironman California in 12:55 and just 2 years later he recorded a 9:20 finish at Ironman Florida. A couple weeks ago he was 5th overall at Ironman Canada in a time of 8:37 and we had a talk with him.
