As triathletes, we can certainly appreciate extreme endurance efforts. Two New York-based swimmers will make the brave stroke across the mighty English Channel this August. Inside Triathlon contributor Amy Wu caught up with Channel-aspirant Willy ...

We caught all the hot and steamy action from the classic Colorado race! Click on each image for a full-sized view.

On March 29, 2008, I completed the greatest experience of my life. No it was not an Ironman (that ranks No. 2 on my list)—I cycled across the country. Along the way, I was hit by a car, had a short bout with hypothermia, faced headwinds up to 60 ...

There was a stretch of time (for a couple of years) where on occasion, while running around some local lakes, a runner would approach at an alarming speed. I could instantly deduce who she was even as a mere spot in the distance. Her form was so ...

Our skin, or integument, is the largest organ of the human body. Dermatologists just love to remind us that skin is also our most visible organ and therefore our main method of socio-sexual communication. And let’s face it: that is the main reason ...

With the hot weeks of summer stretching out before them, triathletes are paying closer attention to their sodium replacement strategies during training and racing. Sodium replacement during training can prevent hyponatremia or lowered blood sodium ...

June 22, 2008 - Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon I love Philadelphia right now. My plane is delayed and I might not make my connection, which means I could be sleeping at the Milwaukee airport tonight. But I don’t care. Somehow, winning ...

In any other year, pre-race speculation about the Hy-Vee Triathlon BG World Cup in West Des Moines would center on which international stars were likely to win the $200,000 top prize for men and women. With ITU World Cup dominator Vanessa ...

Triathlon is tough! It requires long vigorous hours, microscopic attention to diet, expensive equipment and a mental focus that teeters on obsession. Not only is that toughness reflective of race performance, it also affects those closest to us: ...

Mirinda Carfrae started her triathlon career with great success at the Olympic distance, scoring silver medals at the Olympic-distance Under-23 world championships in 2002 and 2003 and earning a silver medal at the 2003 Salford World Cup. But in ...

All’s well that ends well for Matt Reed and the U.S. men in their quest for priceless 2008 Olympic slots. After his thrilling finish-line sprint that edged out 2000 Olympic champion Simon Whitfield for fifth place at last weekend’s ...

Pro|fes|sion|al - n. 1 a person who makes a business or trade of something that others do for pleasure, such as triathlon. 2 somebody whose occupation requires extensive education or specialized training. So ...

Kate Allen knows exactly how a split second can change everything. In one short, horrible moment, the 38-year-old’s preparations for her Olympic triathlon title defense were jeopardised by a high-speed crash during the bike leg at the ...

A lot of people ask me how things have changed for me since I turned professional. I still love what I get to do everyday. I love to race and still get the same butterflies I did 4 years ago in my first race as an amateur. But this year I think I ...

We know you're used to a good mano a mano on the issues pressing the triathlon world. Well, Jeffy has a few major multisport races to orchestrate this summer, so we've let him off the hook for a while. But that doesn't mean ol' TC isn't ...

Terenzo Bozzone, the 23-year-old New Zealand prodigy who made a big splash in the sport when he smashed the course record with a sensational 3:53:43 at Wildflower two years ago, is starting a new chapter in his career at the inaugural Ironman 70.3 ...

The 2004 International Triathlon Union World Champion, three time World Cup winner and two-time triathlon Olympian (2000 and 2004) who retired from triathlon late in 2005 after a farewell silver medal at the very first Beijing World Cup did not fall ...

With the Beijing Olympics rapidly approaching, many athletes will be still trying to qualify for Team Great Britain and book their ticket to China. It's no different for British triathlete Tim Don, who's trying to make his country's the squad for ...

When Janis Luby agreed to coach Northwestern University’s triathlon team, there were only 26 returning members. Five months later, she was coaching a team that had grown to 54 athletes. “I knew I was going to have a variety of ...

Triathlon enters the U.S. presidential race “Mr. Wright, Senator Barack Obama’s former pastor, was cocky, defiant, declamatory, inflammatory and mischievous, but most of all, he was all over the place, performing a television ...

All the fear and shock and worldwide media attention in the aftermath of his death by a great white shark attack April 5 in Solana Beach was really quite far from the kind, quiet essence of Dave Martin. Bit by bit, as family and friends and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...