
Dale Basescu Has Died
One of triathlon’s early bright personalities during its formative decade, making a comeback to competition, had died apparently while training.
by Dan Empfield, July 12, 2016One of triathlon’s early bright personalities during its formative decade, making a comeback to competition, had died apparently while training.
by Dan Empfield, July 12, 2016A mixed team from Sweden grabbed the ÖTILLÖ SwimRun Engadin in course record time on the absolutely stunning and brutally hard course in Switzerland.
Life Time Fitness announced that registrants for their Boulder Peak Triathlon canceled due to nearby wildfires would get free entry to a LTF triathlon.
Jodie Swallow of Great Britain and Andreas Dreitz of Germany won the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Jönköping on a cool, windy day in Sweden.
Renee Tomlin of the U.S. outran Yuliya Yelistratova of Ukraine and Russian Dmitry Polyanskiy outran his brother Igor to win the Tiszaujvaros World Cup.
Erin Jones edged Laurel Wassner to earn the top prize of a $7,500 purse for the pro women on a hot day at Rev3 Williamsburg.
Karsten Madsen had the best mountain bike and run splits and Katie Button posted the 2nd-best swim, best mountain bike and 4th-best run to win XTERRA Victoria.
Andy Potts fought off Tim Reed, Craig Alexander and Sam Appleton while Holly Lawrence dominated the women’s field at Ironman 70.3 Vineman.
Like the ÖTILLÖ SwimRun series, Engadin offed a sprint race the day before the main events, giving participants a great opportunity to test the SwimRun waters.
Passionate German SwimRun athlete Markus Rössel shares a detailed race report and superb pics from the 2016 Breca Buttermere SwimRun in the UK.
Velofix is yet another data point in the changing bike industry. It’s got 50 franchisees up and running, the great majority within the past 2 years.
Many unique, tough and scenic events come out of Northern Europe and the Aurlandsfjellet Xtreme Triathlon in Norway delivers along those lines.
Sebastian Kienle edged fellow German Andi Böcherer in a sub-8 hour duel and Australian Melissa Hauschildt won as Daniela Ryf DNF at Ironman Frankfurt.