Nick Busca

No one likes to see a low battery warning before they head on on their next training session. Here's what you need to know about your triathlon smartwatch battery life.

Another study touts the benefits of heart rate variability training - here’s what it says.

Well-documented shifts in on-bike nutrition for the pro cycling peloton is likely having a ripple effect in pro triathlon, but how can everyday triathletes capitalize on carbohydrates?

A new study looks at how accurate smartwatches are at detecting swim strokes, measuring run and bike distance, and reading heart-rate data. The results are surprising.

How do you kick back after placing 10th at the 108-mile Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) ultramarathon? If you're Lucy Bartholomew, you have a relaxing day racing the 140.6-mile Ironman World Championship triathlon.

In her first interview with a North American triathlon media outlet after abruptly announcing her retirement two weeks ago, 10-time world champion Daniela Ryf explains why now, what's been going on, and what's next.

Move over FTP and critical power, there’s another training metric that can help you better understand your training and racing effort: W prime or W’.

Melanie McQuaid became the first 50-year-old pro triathlete to race at the Ironman World Championships last year. She shares her secrets to thriving in triathlon past 50.

What if you measured a workout’s success not by if you hit the times or not, but rather how close all of the intervals were to the target? Olav Bu explains how training absorption tracking can make triathletes infinitely better.

We spoke to newly minted 40-year-old Ben Hoffman to get a pro triathlete’s top tips on how to keep training and racing past your fourth decade.

Sam Laidlow’s coach (and father) Richard Laidlow answers a very big question with four answers for four types of long-course triathletes.

One man did - but should you?

Using the existing flashlight and camera on a smartphone to obtain heart-rate variability readings is nothing new, but is it accurate enough for triathletes?

Here's why.

He likes to keep a low profile and fly under the radar, but here we find out more about Dan Lorang...

It’s easy to get swept up in the excitement of a busier race calendar, but is doing two (or more) iron-distance races a good idea?

Low-carb, high-fat diets may be popular, but there’s a lot to know about how LCHF applies to triathlon training and racing. We take a deep dive the delicate risk/reward proposition.

We dig into the science and numbers behind the audacious Sub7/Sub8 project.

Derided by online analysts as a victim to his own running form, the fleet-footed Matt Hanson is firing back at his heel-striking critics with some advice of his own.

This winter get started cross-country skiing (also known as Nordic skiing) to get in a good workout as an alternative to indoor biking.

In a year when most triathletes never set foot on a race course, how did Irene Magdalena Alisjahbana somehow manage to compete in not one, but three long-course events in 2020?

In the last two years, we’ve seen several Kona records broken into pieces. But is the fastest still yet to come?

No stranger to impossible odds, Ain-Alar Juhanson lived through one of the worst maritime disasters in history in 1994; last weekend, he put on the first Ironman during the pandemic.

Earlier this year, the Dutch Anti-Doping Authority raised some questions about the use of ketones in cycling. We break down the facts and give you a primer on the controversial supplement.

A new study says that a subtle, but important, change in the way we test ourselves in the pool and train could reap huge dividends with less yardage in the pool.

North American triathletes might not recognize Dan Lorang’s name, but they’ll recognize the names of his world-title winning athletes: Jan Frodeno and Anne Haug. Our European correspondent profiles the first coach to train both male and female winners of the Ironman World Championship title in the same year.

As technology gets smaller and more advanced, a new wave of bike-fitting systems is getting triathletes in incredibly powerful (and comfortable) positions. We take a close look at three very different approaches.

Good form begets good results.

Counteract the effects of indoor training with this mobility, stability, and strength routine.

A seemingly season-ending injury doesn't mean you have to give up on your goals.