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It's the Norwegians' world. We're just living in it.

Like never before, the 2024 Ironman World Championship saw pros taking huge risks on tech, nutrition, pacing, and even chainring size: But just like always, big risk can carry big consequences.

"Call us masochists, I suppose. But boy, do we love to do hard things."

As the women took center stage outside of the U.S. for the first time ever, editor-in-chief Chris Foster explains why the 2024 Ironman World Championship pro results ended up spread out all over the French countryside.

Shaved legs or au naturel? Sprint in the finisher's chute or jog it in? And which is more impressive: Winning the Olympics or the Ironman World Championship?

European correspondent Tim Heming with a tale literally unfolding in the Seine's undercurrent.

"I’m in awe of the athletic accomplishments of the pros and elite athletes at the front of the race. But I’m blown away by the effort that goes into working for 16-plus hours to cross a finish line."

Way-in-advance prep? Check. Overkill training? Check. Race-day simulation? Check. Taylor Swift may not be a triathlete, but she’s one of us.

When it comes to simplicity, silliness, and sincerity on the internet, Strava is all we have left.

Some could say the excitement was gone from this year’s men’s pro race, but don’t blame the course—blame how damn good the men are now.

Four-time world champion Leanda Cave writes to fast-rising star Taylor Knibb—revealing Cave’s own highs and lows and how Knibb (or any triathlete) can learn from her life in tri.

We look at the big tri picture after a huge weekend of seven major pro events.

From anti-drafting to anti-doping and Olympians to underdogs, last weekend's races in Ibiza and St. George had a few takeaways for fans of triathlon.

Though the heyday of women’s-only events may have come and gone, there’s a resurgence of female events on the horizon. But why?

"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."

The announcement of new technology from Race Ranger could drastically reduce drafting and better punish offenders. But does tri even want to rehab its drafting addiction?