May. 7, 2008
Deployed Manas Couple Trains for Ironman
5/7/2008 - MANAS AIR BASE, KYRGYZSTAN -- One of the first things KC-135 Stratotanker pilots 1st Lts. Craig and Catherine Christ packed when coming here were their running shoes. The second was their stationary bikes.
While not everyone thinks of ...
May. 6, 2008
SMACKDOWN!
This week, TC posed the question: "Should USA Triathlon enact rules to force green lifestyles and races for the long-term survival of the sport? That is, no planet, no clean air, no clean water, no triathlon in the 22nd century?" The wily Henderson ...
May. 3, 2008
From the Diary of Greg Remaly
April 24, 2008
You never really know what to expect as a pro triathlete. Sometimes everything seems to be going wrong but then you realize you're actually doing pretty well. Other times, everything seems to be going along perfectly and then your ...
May. 1, 2008
Making the Team
We've all been the newbies on borrowed bikes, the pie-eyed on the receiving end of veteran advice, and through it all we've learned what our sport is really all about. Triathlon may be an individual endeavor, but it doesn't take long before you ...
Apr. 30, 2008
Giddyup Wildflower!For many triathletes, the Wildflower Triathlon festival weekend has served as the exciting and competitive start of the summer triathlon season for over 25 years. This year marks the 26th annual offering of the popular Central California race ...
Apr. 30, 2008
The Russians are Coming!
Gentlemen, start your calculators!
Just when you thought it was safe to await the Hy-Vee shootout at Des Moines between Hunter Kemper and Andy Potts for the third and final place on the U.S. men’s 2008 Olympic team, the International Triathlon ...
Apr. 29, 2008
Thompson TalksAfter finishing one of my favorite races of the season, a feeling of malaise came over me. I should have been excited to win one the biggest duathlons in the U.S., but the troubling lack of professionals in the field seemed to indicate the ...
Apr. 26, 2008
Of Bagels and HBO
This morning I paid just over $6 for my breakfast of a bagel with veggie light cream cheese and can of ice tea. That seemed like a lot for pretty small breakfast.
I asked Steve, the breakfast shop manager about the sudden increase in his menu and ...
Apr. 24, 2008
Q&A with Canadian Phenom Kirsten Sweetland
Kirsten Sweetland, aka “Sweets,” who was raised on Vancouver Island, primarily in Nanaimo and Victoria, is about to take on the world.
Well, she has already taken on the world and has come out on top, with some bumps and scrapes along the ...
Apr. 23, 2008
The Tri-Ness of Everything
I thought triathlon had reached critical mass in the wider culture a long time ago. If not with the Barry McDermott article on Tom Warren’s win at the 1979 Ironman in Sports Illustrated, the Julie Moss moment on ABC’s Wide World of ...
Apr. 17, 2008
Let the Games Begin!
SITTING PRETTY
Laura Bennett, 32, North Palm Beach, Florida; Boulder, Colorado
Four-time ITU world championship medalist; four-time ITU World Cup winner
ITU world ranking: 2005 (4), 2006 (4), 2007 (7)
Bennett was ranked No.3 in the ...
Apr. 16, 2008
Q&A with Greg Bennett after selection to his second Australian Olympic team
With a 5th place at the Mooloolaba World Cup, Australia’s Greg Bennett convinced Triathlon Australia selectors that he was the best man for the third and final Australian men’s 2008 Olympic Triathlon team. Although three-time ITU World Champion ...
