I’m going to tell you today, now, here, what others won’t. Triathlon as an industry, company by company, has been flat or declining in the U.S. for the past 2 years, maybe 3 years.
by Dan Empfield, March 5, 2014
Erik Seedhouse joined the elite 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, earned a PhD in space medicine and wrote a gripping memoir about his successes, failures and survival in some very tough ultradistance events.
This week the final roster for the Sochi Winter Olympics Games was officially announced. For everyone involved, it was a life-changing experience. But the most fascinating stories of the Games are often never told: the stories of not making the Olympic team.
The Competitor Group announced today that Inside Triathlon magazine will no longer be published and will focus these resources instead to the sister publication Triathlete and the corresponding digital outlet.
In Chattanooga, TN a cyclist was harassed by folks in a pickup truck and then hunted down again by them in a different vehicle. They even used pepper spray but now the cyclist is accused of being the aggressor.
Some of Timothy Carlson’s favorite rants, soliloquies, meditations and one liners to be found in blogs, newspapers, magazines and online comments directed at triathlon in 2013.
I got a voice message from WTC’s CEO, Andrew Messick, and it was not business as usual. It was about typhoon Haiyan, and in this case the heart was riding shotgun and EBITDA took a back seat.
WTC’s domestic Ironman for foreigners was invaded by an entourage from one of the world’s richest families. Who knew Bahrain was Ironcrazy? And they want an Iron race of their own.
Spain’s Victor Del Corral won IM Florida this past weekend with a superb 7:53:12. Now he faces a DQ because he wore the same helmet Frederick Van Lierde wore in Kona.
With two very big marketing campaigns in Kona it is not surprising to see Rudy Project leading the helmet count, but they are in fact part of an apparent trend that less is enough.
The 18th edition of the fabulous XTERRA Worlds in Maui offers a deep roster of fierce competitors vying to take the elite crowns as the top off road triathletes on the planet.
No dominant force, a few key players missing, some usual favorites battling physical woes and many talented contenders make the Ironman World Championship women’s elite race maddeningly difficult to pick
Taking on the impossible task of Ironman World Championship predictions once again, this humble prognosticator thinks that Eneko Llanos, Pete Jacobs and Andreas Raelert will go 1-2-3 atop the talented men’s pro field.
