As we continue a close examination of 09 tri bikes and components, we’ll pause for a commentary on house brands, and ask what we ought to expect from Bontrager, Devox, Body Geometry and the like.
by Dan Empfield, March 2, 2009
A review of Roy Wallack’s Run for Life: The Anti-Aging, Super-Fitness Plan to Keep You Running to 100. Skyhorse Publishing. 2009. USA paperback. Price $14.95.
The USOC’s self-appointment as Michael Phelps’ mentor and confessor—after exercising its role as judge in an affair over which it has debatable jurisdiction—demonstrates that its approach to sports governance is reminiscent of the era of the AAU and Olan Cassell.
In 2008, triathlon may or may not have had its best moments in history, but it had two very different epic performances at the Olympics, giants retired and passed from the scene, youth and age shined bright. Plus there were moments of comedy and perfidy as well.
Inside Triathlon returns as a coffee table book, every other month. It’s exceptionally well done, and Competitor Group’s risky gambit may prove out.
Chrissie Wellington, the new Empress of Kona, shrugs off a flat, smashes the field, and weeps with joy.
Outguessing Madame Pele on Ironman Day is a fool’s errand. But here we go again.
Last year, Chrissie Wellington was an unkown dark horse and her shocking victory was the biggest upset in Kona history. hius year, it will be the biggest upset in Kona history if she doesn’t win.
Why did the Gills family sell the Ironman? Why did Providence Equity Partners, a private equity company, buy it? What does it all mean to you and me?
Witnesses are sworn in and asked to identify the guilty party in a lineup of Olympic athletic catastrophes. Roll tape. One by one, they watch a series of mind boggling disasters.
Hurricane Bob is a popular triathlon columnist… for another publication. We love to read him on Xtri.com, and we love it when he visits here. He recently posted to an Ironwidow thread, and we asked if we could publish his post as an OpEd.
Nat King Cole didn’t sing about this kind of Summer. You know you’ve got an air quality problem in your state when you can’t find blue sky two miles above the sea.
Jay Prasuhn has established a reputation for competence, fairness and for being exceptionally well-informed. He’s one of triathlon’s wordsmiths and as our new Senior Editor we’re glad to report he’ll be smithing his words here.
