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The news from around the multisport world this week.

Meet the woman behind the biggest year ever of Ironman brand world championship races.

The last episode of our special run podcast.

Plus, Sid Talks on the PTO Board, Couples Championships, and the Esports Tri World Champs.

40 schools have signed on.

World Triathlon has partnered with Super League Triathlon to bring us the first-ever esports World Championship Series. Here’s what athletes and fans can expect.

When this athlete felt uninspired by the lack of local races in her area, she decided to take matters into her own hands.

A new Couples Championship aims to answer the most important tri-love question.

The news from around the multisport world this week.

Founding father Harald Johnson digs into the magazine and sport's roots and origin story.

While the focus has recently turned to young pro triathlon couples, tri romances have long dominated the podiums and the headlines.

“I’ve seen the numbers of those who have won Hawaii – and [Gomez] is a lot better.”

Sam Long has already done plenty to showcase his talent and potential—but there's a lot more where that came from in 2022.

What does it take to win Paralympic medals in three sports?

James Elvery and his company Race Ranger aim to change the way triathlon enforces its rules by adapting space-age technology to multisport.

This tropical destination offers amazing swimming, biking and running amidst a biodiverse costal paradise.

And they could be added to the Olympic line-up.

While triathlon has a long history in Japan, it's been growing in the region in recent years.

Stef & Phil are joined by the Olympic champ, Flora Duffy.

The news from around the multisport world this week.

Check out Emma-Kate Lidbury's author page.

Balancing work, training, and family can sometimes feel hard for triathletes. A sports psychologist gives us his expert insights on how to figure out the right combo for you.

Two coaches have teamed up to spread the endurance sports knowledge.

Her two rules for racing.

Since the age of 35, he's set at least one new PR every year. The Boston-born fighter is now 50 and faster than ever.

After a dedicated campaign that included triathletes from bike-safety advocacy group It Could Be Me, federal transportation officials announced a plan to to protect vulnerable road users.

As only one of four female presidents of an international federation, World Triathlon leader Marisol Casado is paving the way for both women and tri in the Olympics.

The news from around the multisport world this week.

"It's too hard not to be myself."

These 2022 Movers and Shakers are helping triathletes think critically about how our sport can do more and be better when it comes to issues of race, gender, and disability.

Got a little voice in your head wondering just how far you can ride your bike? Listen to it. Triathlete-turned-adventure cyclist Erick Cedeño shares his tales from the road.

Hockey to triathlon? A look at a few of the pros who moved from winter to summer sports.

The two-day Ironman world championship event will see the men's field split over Thursday and Saturday.

Exclusive: Experience the highs and lows of pros and inspirational age-groupers as they tackle one of the toughest 70.3 courses.

The first openly autistic athlete to compete at a world championship. Watch his story in the 70.3 World Championship show airing Jan. 27.

He says: It's not a problem.

It's like off-road triathlon—but different.

The changes the body undergoes in 12 hours of extreme exertion are similar to some that occur over 20 years on inactivity.

The British women are fast. How fast are they? Only six of the top 10 women in the world right now AREN'T British.

Watch Brown's inspiring story at the world premiere of the 2021 Ironman 70.3 World Championships on Jan. 27.

The news from around the multisport world this week.

The six-time Ironman world champ thinks it'll be hard (if not impossible) to win both IM titles this year.

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

While his son might be more well-known as a world champion athlete, Verne helped shape the sport in the U.S.

Columnist Taren Gesell goes back in time to share a few words of wisdom to his "young, optimistic, naive, beginner triathlete self."

There's no break like a pro break.

The first-ever Ironman event in the African interior could grow the sport there.

“I want to have World Triathlon value our elite paratriathletes as much as they value elite athletes, for races to make it possible for athletes with disabilities to be a part without obstacles. That’s what it really boils down to in my mind.”

We check in with some of last year's award winners.

We're back!

Pay it forward, she says.

Here are the people to keep your eye on in the coming year.

This week's multisport news roundup.

“If you can do this workout, then what else can you do? You can get your health back in order. You can go back to school and get that degree you always wanted. You can be who you always wanted to be. Go get it. Whatever it is, go get it.”

The strange origin story of how an unlikely race found an unlikely home—thanks to some of the biggest names in the sport.

Ironman pioneer John Collins found the place to put on the triathlon of his original dreams: in the geographical treasure cache of the storied waters and tropical rainforests of Portobelo, Panama.

What's next?

Dan Lorang is excited to see what the reigning 70.3 world champion can do in short- and long-course racing.

Your kid wants to try triathlon. Great! Now how do you find the right youth tri group for them?

Using an elite athlete’s body as inspiration for your own physique goals is not only superficial, but self-defeating.

Inspired by her previous club of multisport women, Michelle McGuinness was determined to bring that to her new town—with the guidance of the women who came before her.

All the news from around the multisport world this week.

With winter looming large throughout most of the northern hemisphere, it’s fun to fantasize about traveling to warm islands for a race (or, for any occasion, really). This week, we take you to the U.S. Virgin Islands, for a look back at the splashy start of one of the longest-running triathlons around.

Three triathletes share their weight loss journeys and the nutritional tools that helped them reach their goals.

The economics of triathlon are complicated—and the pandemic has thrown everything into flux.

"The man went under before he even passed the start line...I had just clanged the big cowbell for the start of the novice wave of the sprint race, sending hundreds of swimmers churning into the depths of Seneca Lake...He stepped from the shallows and immediately sank."

"I’m down more than 40 pounds and feel stronger every day. More importantly, I’m in a season of re-discovering myself."

The news from around the multisport world this week.

The offbeat way to log winter miles, meet people, and jumpstart your motivation to move.

Check out a free sampling of the top ten stories our members loved and read in 2021.

A lookback at the Mountain Man Triathlon, the wild winter endurance event that drew big names in the '80s and '90s. 

Endurance athletes may be at greater risk for alcohol use disorder. Why?

On the verge of burnout, Camille Baptiste found a new love for the sport by injecting life into her own local race scene.

Brad Culp joins Stef & Phil to debate the future of the sport.

The 2022 WADA prohibited list includes several changes to substances and treatments, including commonly-prescribed medications for asthma.

What a year! We take a look back at the most popular stories of 2021.

It turns out there will be some upsides to post-pandemic life after all—when we finally get there.

Yes, some Ironman and 70.3 courses are simply faster (or slower) due to the course itself. But that's not the whole story. Take a deep dive into the data from 2021 Ironman and 70.3 races.

After years of ignoring her ulcerative colitis diagnosis, Lee-Ann Watanabe (and her ostomy) now race to show how health and fitness comes in many forms.

The Chilean race will kick-off the 2022 season.

And he isn't slowing down.

Phil & Stef on what they want to see in the future of the sport.

And who didn't fare as well—and why.

While any physical activity has stress-relieving benefits, triathlon offers additional life skills.

Plus, $100,000 for youth programs and 2022 winter tri world champs. The news from around the multisport world this week.

She’s had one of the biggest breakthrough years we’ve seen from an athlete for some time, but how did she do it? Taylor Knibb’s coach Ian O’Brien lifts the lid on the training, mindset, and tactics they used to crack a stellar season.

Three-time world champion Karen Smyers reflects on the wackiest race of her career: An indoor super-sprint tri in Paris.

In this special pop-up podcast, Crowie join our hosts Stef & Phil for an intro and breakdown of how the sport has changed.