In its 5th year, Hy-Vee’s commitment to the sport of triathlon, the respect it shows its elite athletes with its Million Dollar purse, make it as important as a world championship
by Tim Carlson, September 2, 2011
In case you weren’t in Penticton over the weekend, a race took place, two winners prevailed, and one of them provided us the text of the speech he gave at the award ceremony
When does the digital airbrushing of a pro athlete image go too far? Is it okay to delete the logo off an athlete’s race uniform, and to remove down tube decals, and the stickers from helmets and wheels with a few keystrokes?
Slowtwitch analyzes the acquisition of one of cycling’s premier online sites by one of the world’s premier online retailers, and explains why this purchase might foretell a megatrend in the world of cycling.
The London World Championship Series Triathlon this weekend is an Olympic preview event. It’s the first race where U.S. triathletes can qualify for the 2012 Olympics – if they can crack the top 9.
I read Cyclingnews.com with vigor. I do so every morning. A cup of coffee, a muffin, and that site starts things off right for me. It was during one of my forays over to Cyclingnews, reading Tour coverage, that I saw an ad for Cenegenics.
ITU racing is compelling, the athletes are superb, it’s good, hard, clinical, scrubbed, white bread, racing. Until this past weekend, when it finally, happily, developed an edge.
AS AEG’s Andrew Messick moves across to WTC, what is Providence Equity Partners’ strategy, and what does this mean for Ben Fertic? Here’s what Slowtwitch thinks of the recent hire.
This week we again look at rules we’ve tried to parse before: What’s unauthorized assistance exactly; and what happens when an official’s commands collide with our own best sense?
Let’s wrap up the past week’s look at age-group drug testing. Maybe we can see a way forward and, perhaps, prevail upon those charged with keeping our sport clean to consider some ideas not currently on their radar.
With Michael Raelert not on the start list, the men’s contest is wide open; and with defending women’s champ Julie Dibens not starting either, keep your eyes on a talented and hungry women’s field.
After a disappointing 70.3 California Mac Brown put up a very hard note to himself on his blog. It was not meant to garner attention or sympathy, but he was kind enough to let us share it.
Mirinda Carfrae is the prohibitive favorite to execute a three-peat at the 2011 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California women’s race this Saturday. But Kelly Williamson, Linsey Corbin, Kate Major and Magali Tisseyre will dispute.
