What’s In & What’s Out: Triathlon 2016
Welcome to 2016! You’ve already set your goals, hired your coach, fired your coach, hired a different coach, and locked in your race schedule. What’s…
Analysis
“Performance Blood Testing”: Secret to Success or Waste of Money?
An increasing number of companies are popping up offering to test your blood for all sorts of things – food sensitivities, hormones, vitamin levels, and…
Women’s Triathlon is an NCAA Emerging Sport — So, Now What?
This weekend, 80 women will compete in Clermont, Florida in the women’s collegiate national championships. The race can not yet be called the NCAA championships,…
What is Major League Triathlon Anyway?
Short answer: No one exactly knows yet. Now, here’s the long answer: Major League Triathlon is a new race series launching next year, with four…
Elliptical Chain Rings Don’t Work (Because You Won’t Let Them)
New research shows how biomechanics trump bike mechanics Depending on how you feel about elliptical chain rings, a new study on them will either sound…
35 Years of Ironman Statistics Part VIII: Putting It All Together (Women)
We begin our women’s edition of the “holistic Kona analysis” with swim trivia. The women’s champion hasn’t come out of the water any better than…
Pro Triathlon Money List: WTS + Kona Points Season Wrap-up
Do or die. Go big or go home. To the victor goes the spoils. Whatever your favorite winner-takes-all cliché, it describes pro triathlon’s lack of…
35 Years of Ironman Statistics Part VII: Putting It All Together (Men)
We have broken Kona down year-by-year and split-by-split. We’ve looked at the trends, found a few nuggets of wisdom, and picked at a few whys…
Why Do So Many High Performance Athletes Meditate?
“We all meditate. When I first went to an actual meditation class… the same feeling that you have when you want to stop in a…
The Macca TRS Feud: A Complete History
Since my feud with Chris McCormack has now made it’s way onto the Slowtwitch forum, and I am unable to comment there due to the fact that…