Jodie Stimpson is glad that 2016 is over and this gritty Brit has her focus now set on 2017 and beyond. She started her season in Abu Dhabi and was narrowly beaten by Andrea Hewitt. But there are no regrets.

Week three of the Slowtwitch Road Show Tour took the ice cream truck to Texas for a stop at Tri Shop.

A snapshot look at how endurance sports changed my life for the better.

Staffan Björkland is very close to nature as an avid and accomplished climber, skier, adventure racer and Swimrun athlete. He won the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Championships in the mixed division with Marika Wagner in 2015 but he is not simply defined by that result. He will soon race an XTERRA triathlon and who knows what will be next after that.

Linda Lines was the significant other invited to a training vacation, except now it’s her training vacation. Non-swimmer to this in 3 weeks.

2016 Olympian Joe Maloy recently decided to walk away from professional triathlon instead of trying to battle for another Olympic start and he talked openly about this decision and much more.

Inspired by Finnish entrepreneur Sami Inkinen, a Slowtwitch staffer attempts to hack-an-Ironman.

San Diego’s Mission Bay was the birthplace of triathlon and over 40 years later hosted the first swimrun event in the country.

The case is lower (small b), but the quality is high. blueseventy is one of the top 3 or 4 wetsuit brands that matter most in triathlon.

A number of wetsuit makers rediscovered the art of glue & blindstitch patternmaking, and went further in neck and back design. ROKA is a case in point.

TYR makes great wetsuits! But it’s had a horrible return policy. Happily the return policy is changing, making this wetsuit purchase-worthy.

Jordan Bryden is a professional triathlete from Canada who finished 3rd at Challenge Penticton in 2016 behind Jeff Symonds and Drew Scott. He is also a gifted graphic designer and passionate photographer.