What makes a race subversive? The refusal to play by the rules. Ironman was subversive in 1980 because it was outrageous and ungovernable.

When you read Clarence King’s Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, it feels like extreme and endurance sports undertaken on the boss’s dime.

A man who’s been a member for about three years began a thread. He repented and quickly deleted this post, so only a few saw what he wrote. But I did.

My long tenure in endurance sport isn’t constancy unless a marooned sailor adrift at sea shows constancy by not quitting his lifeboat.

Some memorable words during a year of the sublime and ridiculous, inspirational and contemptible, tumult and shouting in the world of swim, bike and run.

There is still time to shop for loved ones and yourself, and in case you ran out of ideas we share a few gift suggestions that hopefully find you well.

Does the ITU value the AGer only by the entry fee paid, which funds an elite race? Does it comprehend the need for integrity in the races contested under its purview? We’ll see.

The institutional change we need to make is the adoption of intent into the rulebook, allowing officials to make calls based on intent.

Our new winter sports editor examines the controversy behind the IOC selection process for the 2022 Olympics, which ultimately ended with Beijing being chosen to host the winter games just 14 years after hosting the summer games.

Bill Katovsky, the creator of Triathlete Magazine, passed away a few days ago, and his friend Roy M. Wallack shared a very heartfelt tribute with us.

An athlete may not subordinate his/her race ambitions solely for the benefit of another athletes race ambitions. (Ironman Elite rule Article 2.0.2)

Will there be another German Kona triumph? Or will a member of the Spanish or the Belgian commandos prevail? What about a North American man?