What a weekend for watching triathlon!
First up, for night owls or early risers (depending on your time zone), is the live webcast of the ITU's BG Eilat World Cup men's and women's races. It's the final World Cup race of 2007, an...
First off the bike was Denmark's Torbjorn Sindballe (below) in 5 hours, 20 minutes, 40 seconds. Just under two minutes later, American Chris Lieto came through. Lieto would pass Sindballe within the first five miles of the run but Aussie Chris McCorm...
Before the sun came up, they were lining the roads toward the pier. Athletes, fans, friends and volunteers intermingled in pre-dawn Kona. They applied sunscreen in the dark, stretched the early-morning stiffness out of muscles and waited patiently to...
"You are an Ironman." To many triathletes, those words conclude a months-long journey of hard work, sweat, sacrifice and determination.
"A lot of times, I meet somebody on race week and they tell me how they've been training for eight m...
Upon crossing the finish line in first place last year, Normann Stadler had a wreath put on his head and a lei put around his neck. Excited, but more importantly exhausted, Stadler took the wreath off and, depending on how the story is told, dropped ...
We're less than a week away from the big day on the Big Island. Athletes are tapering and more and more will arrive in Hawaii each day. The week-long festivities will kick off with a 5K and 10K fun run on Sunday.
This weekend also sound...