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If you live in San Diego, next week professional triathlete Lesley Paterson is offering a triathlon camp in which athletes can stay at home and not have to use up any precious vacation days.

The newly minted sub-4:00 miler is making a temporary return to triathlon.

Who currently sits on the outside looking in when it comes to Kona qualification? We fill you in on this episode of TriCenter.

Age grouper Arthur Aghajanyan, 26, passed away this weekend during the Ironman 70.3 Antwerp. He crashed while descending on the bike course and suffered trauma to the head.

Great Britain's Harry Wiltshire has been suspended for six months for blocking world champ Javier Gomez during the ETU European Championships.

The pros came out in fine form at the second-oldest Ironman in North America.

It was a rainy, chilly day in Frankfurt, Germany (51 degrees) as dozens of top pros gathered for the Frankfurter Sparkasse Ironman European Championships Sunday morning

The second oldest Ironman in North America will take more than 2,500 athletes through Mirror Lake and the Adirondacks with a finish on the Olympic speed skating oval.

The International Triathlon Union's goal to have Team Triathlon included in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games took a significant step forward after the format was added to the 2014 Incheon Asian Games last week.

Those triathletes looking for an epic ride, look no further. Registration is open for the 2011 Sea to Stars cycling expedition on the Kohala Coast, Hawaii on Saturday, August 13, 2011, which is called “the hardest hill climb in the world.”

Monday’s announcement of the new HITS Triathlon race series instantly introduced athletes to 12 new race options starting in December.

The world’s largest iron distance triathlon, Challenge Roth, has sold out in record time since entries opened this week.

Germany's Michael Raelert will not race in this weekend's Ironman European Championships, due to a hip injury that has plagued him on and off throughout the year.

When Australian Melissa Rollison won Muncie 70.3 two weeks ago, we thought, “hmm, interesting.” But when she went 4:09 at Vineman 70.3 to beat a stacked field including Leanda Cave and Mirinda Carfrae we thought, “wait, who the hell is this girl?”

Danish pro Rasmus Henning, a two-time Olympian and the winner of the 2010 Challenge Roth, will now be coached by San Francisco-based Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness. Henning and his coach of 12 years Michael Krüger parted ways amicably.

If you’re racing Ironman Louisville, Wisconsin, Florida or Arizona this year and have a good story to tell, you could win a training weekend with Chris Lieto and coach Troy Jacobson.

After her threepeat win at the Life Time Fitness Triathlon in Minneapolis on Saturday, American Sarah Haskins, one of the top ITU racers gunning for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team shares why she likes racing non-drafting races, how things are different in an Olympic-qualifying year and how she’s preparing for racing at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series race in London on Aug. 6.

Emma Moffatt, Snowsill and Jackson put Australia back on the map in a breakthrough race for the country.

Josiah Middaugh and Shonny Vanlandingham lived up to their reputations as great climbers in the thin air of the Rockies by winning the XTERRA Mountain Championship on a beautiful blue sky day at Beaver Creek Resort in Avon, Colo.

WCS Hamburg is marked by a day of breakthroughs, including that of Chris McCormack

Sunday's Vineman Ironman 70.3 event features one of the strongest pro fields of the year. Who's your pick to take the women's race?

The Xterra Mountain Championship takes place this Saturday at Beaver Creek Resort in Avon, the last of six regionals in the Xterra America Tour. Up for grabs: $10,500 in prize money for pros and 41 amateur qualifying spots into October’s Xterra World Championship in Maui.

You can expect the return of some familiar 70.3 series faces for the 2011 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, but don’t count out some Ironman-focused pros who will race this year’s 70.3 worlds in lead up to Kona.

Canada's Melanie McQuaid is taking the challenge to a unique level by competing in two very difficult races: the XTERRA Mountain Championships in Colorado on Saturday (July 16) and the Vineman Ironman 70.3 triathlon in California on Sunday (July 17).

Follow Andreas Raelert as he races to a Challenge Roth victory and a new world record.

The ITU’s premier Dextro Energy World Championship Series could see some shakeups in its rankings this weekend, as some of the biggest names in the sport are choosing to sit Hamburg out.

Two-time Ironman world champion Normann Stadler underwent heart surgery on July 4 in Heidelberg, Germany, according to a press release from Team Commerzbank.

Next weekend’s Avia Vineman Ironman 70.3 race has a stellar lineup of pros—with world champions among them.

A participant passed away while competing in Sunday's Challenge Roth Triathlon in Roth, Germany.

You only have until Friday, July 15 to enter to win the custom Trek Speed Concept 9.9 featured on the cover of the 2011 Triathlete Buyer's Guide.

On this episode of TriCenter, Ann Wessling recaps a record-breaking day at the 10th anniversary of the Challenge Roth Triathlon.

Great Britain’s Chrissie Wellington earned her third-straight victory at Challenge Roth in the same way she’s done in each of the last two years, with a new world record.

Third place finisher at the 2010 Ironman 70.3 World Championship, Magali Tisseyre, cinched her fourth 70.3 win while dentist and pro triathlete, David Kahn, took the men’s title, despite having added the race to his schedule only a few weeks ago.

Swiss athletes Ronnie Schildknecht and Karin Thürig turned in fast marathons to take the victories at their home race of Ironman Switzerland.

Since Roth, Germany, started hosting iron-distance events in 1988, both male and female pros have broken eight hours nine times on Roth’s course. Make that ten; both Andreas Raelert and Chrissie Wellington set new world records today, at 7:41:33 and 8:18:13 respectively.

Great Britain's Chrissie Wellington earned her third-straight victory at Challenge Roth in the same way she's done in each of the last two years, with a new world record.

Germany's Andreas Raelert made his Challenge Roth debut by breaking the world record for fastest iron-distance race. His time of 7:41:33 came thanks to a 46:18 swim, a 4:11:43 bike and a 2:40:52 run.

Americans Ben Hoffman and Melissa Rollison took the titles at today’s Ironman 70.3 Muncie race in Muncie, Ind.

Americans Matt Reed and Sarah Haskins win in Minneapolis for the third year in a row.

Visually impaired professional triathlete Aaron Scheidies has been nominated for a 2011 ESPY in the Best Male Athlete with a Disability category.

CNN Fit Nation 6 Pack team member Kas Seerla joins Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his show to talk about the challenges of tackling open-water swimming.

Chris McCormack appeared on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” last month to discuss the notion of pushing the body to the limits with Dr. Oz. In the interview, host Bob Ley asks Macca about the mindset of “if you’re not injured, you’re not training hard enough.”

A memorial 5K is taking place in Tempe, Ariz. on Saturday, Dec. 10. All proceeds will benefit the Sally Meyerhoff Foundation—an organization dedicated to providing shoes and clothing for the less fortunate.

"The world’s largest iron-distance triathlon” is celebrating its 10th anniversary this weekend. Challenge Roth will take place on July 10th, 2011 with over 3,300 athletes and 600 relay teams from 61 countries.

Set your DVRs to record these Ironman events this month.

On this episode of TriCenter we look forward to this weekend's Challenge Roth triathlon, which is set to feature Chrissie Wellington and Andreas Raelert.

Ann Wessling keeps you up-to-date on the latest in triathlon news. This week we look back on Marino Vanhoenacker's historic performance and get a quick glance at the pro field for the Ironman World Championship 70.3 race.

With the recent additions of Ironman Mont-Tremblant and Ironman U.S. Championship (aka IMNYC) to the northeast area, rumors have been circulating that the close-by Ironman Lake Placid may cease to exist after 2012.

Rasmus Petraeus pulled off a small upset at the inaugural KMD Challenge Aarhus today.

Belgium’s Marino Vanhoenacker crushed the record for fastest Ironman by going 7:56:58 at today’s Ironman Austria triathlon.

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Lukas Verzbicas to compete in the Junior World Championships in honor of his good friend, elite triathlete Kevin McDowell, who is battling Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Flying to a triathlon next month? Good news: In celebration of the 2011 Tour de France, all bike fees will be waived on JetBlue flights for the month of July.