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 ...
Apr. 16, 2008
Let the Games Begin!
In the shadows of the University of Alabama's legendary Crimson Tide football stadium, American Olympic Triathlon hopes will be on the line Saturday. Where football legends from Don Hutson to Joe Namath started their careers, American triathletes ...
Apr. 15, 2008
The Epic Journey: Part 2
Top XTERRA pros Greg Krause and Josiah Middaugh spent the past few weeks battling the wild of South Africa in the multi-day mountain bike stage race, Absa Cape Epic. We followed the boys through their winter of training, racing and gearing up for ...
Apr. 12, 2008
Surviving Cape Epic: Part 1
Top XTERRA pros Greg Krause and Josiah Middaugh spent the past few weeks battling the wild of South Africa in the multi-day mountain bike stage race, Absa Cape Epic. We followed the boys through their winter of training. Now Greg tells alll about ...
Apr. 11, 2008
Top-Notch Pros Will Join Beginners Tomorrow at Iron Girl Lake Las Vegas Triathlon
All-women’s triathlons have been one of the most powerful engines driving up the numbers as the sport of triathlon experiences runaway growth. Part of the allure is that camaraderie factor as women cheer one another to have the best, most life ...
Apr. 8, 2008
Let My People Go (Without Wetsuits)
Triathlon is supposed to be the pure, untainted pursuit of excellence by the individual in isolation. One man, against the clock, over a prescribed course of set distance. So why do we give out awards?
Seriously. Awards rank people, fastest to ...