This weekend wasn’t an especially flashy race weekend, but it did shake up the women’s Ironman Pro Series points and involve an impressive win by 37 minutes.
Rain was a factor in most races this weekend, with one race favorite wiping out on the bike.
New names stood atop the podiums at Ironman 70.3 Venice-Jesolo and Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie while fan favorites brought home the win at XTERRA Weston Park.
For its 30th anniversary, the XTERRA World Championship will return to the USA - but not Maui.
Last weekend’s racing saw familiar pro names doing familiar pro things from Italy to Ibiza, and back to China.
Laura Siddall checks in on the final off-road stop before XTERRA World Championships in September, as the action in the XTERRA world series heats up.
Patrick Lange, one of the fastest runners in the sport (ever) is outsplit and outraced by a historic performance from Mexico's Tomas Rodriguez in Texas, Kat Matthews makes it two, and some directionally challenged triathletes shake up results in Taiwan and Greece.
We look at the big tri picture after a huge weekend of seven major pro events.
Plus, Sebastian Kienle "loses it" during Challenge St. Polten.
The only triathlete to ever successfully defend an Olympic title decided to have a crack at XTERRA in Staffordshire’s Weston Park in the U.K. last weekend. Turns out he's pretty good at off-road triathlon, too.
Fifteen-time US XTERRA champion Josiah Middaugh is a bona fide legend of off-road racing. His teenage son, Sullivan, has now decided it’s time to grab the torch - no matter how hot it is.
From 1974 to today, these races shaped the sport of triathlon.
Triathlete’s guide to all of this year’s most exciting races—and how to stream them.
We’re throwing it back to the first-ever XTERRA off-road triathlon in 1996.
Get off-road and get dirty with our guide to XTERRA and off-road triathlon.
Your guide to transitioning from road to trail.
After an off-road multisport career that has spanned nearly two decades, XTERRA legend Josiah Middaugh is finally ready to transition away from racing.
It was the Olympic and now many-time world champ's first world title.
Today we check in with the United States' Suzie Snyder.
As restrictions begin to lift and temperatures (finally) begin to rise, people will surely hit the roads and bike paths en masse. Avoid the crowds and point your toes off road with the best trail shoes to take you there in spring 2020.
The story of Anita Coyle is heartbreaking, inspiring, and shows the limitless bounds of human resilience and will.
Bradley Weiss from South Africa and Flora Duffy from Bermuda captured the 24th XTERRA World Championship off-road triathlon elite titles on a beautiful day at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua on Maui’s northwest coast Sunday morning.
Sam Osborne from New Zealand and Lesley Paterson from Scotland captured the XTERRA Pan American Championship off-road triathlon elite titles on a beautiful day at Snowbasin Resort.
Sam Osborne and Suzie Snyder won the 14th annual XTERRA Oak Mountain off-road triathlon elite titles at Oak Mountain State Park in Shelby County, Alabama.
XTERRA is synonymous with off-road tri. Here’s the nutty story of how the 21-year-old series got its start.
There was more than 4,000 feet of combined climbing on the technical bike and run courses, which were muddy and slippery due to recent rainstorms on Maui’s northwest coast.
Rom Akerson and Lesley Paterson captured the 23rd annual XTERRA World Championship titles on a sunny but muddy day in Kapalua, Maui.
The XTERRA World Tour ends in Maui again this year for an international showdown of the dirt’s best.
More than 30 elites from around the world are scheduled to compete at the XTERRA Pan American/USA Championship race in Ogden, Utah this Saturday.
Josiah Middaugh and Lesley Paterson captured the 13th annual XTERRA Oak Mountain off-road triathlon elite titles
Kieran McPherson and Sabrina Gobbo captured the 14th annual XTERRA Brazil elite titles on the island of Ilhabela.
Hometown hero Bradley Weiss and Austrian Carina Wasle captured the 15th annual Fedhealth XTERRA South Africa Championship elite titles.
The main event, the first of 35 majors on the 2018 XTERRA World Tour, combines a 1.5-kilometer swim, 26K mountain bike, and 12K trail run.
Bradley Weiss (RSA) and Flora Duffy (BER) claimed the victories on a beautiful day of racing in Maui.
Bradley Weiss (RSA) and Flora Duffy (BER) captured the 22nd XTERRA World Championship off-road triathlon elite titles on a warm, sunny day in Kapalua, Maui.
Know the key players getting ready to race one of the most insane world championships in triathlon.
This weekend will mark the 22nd edition of the prestigious XTERRA World Championship on Maui.
Mauricio Mendez from Mexico and Lesley Paterson from Scotland captured the XTERRA Pan America Championship titles.
If you want to experience the off-road race of a lifetime—swimming with turtles, biking and running among pineapples—here’s what you gotta do to nab one of the approximately 750 spots.
If you're ready to trade the pavement for the trails, study up on these three nutritional differences.
The best “bang for your buck” training for long-course athletes making the switch to dirt is lactate tolerance training.
More than 350 triathletes from 12 countries and 42 U.S. states traveled to Shelby County, Ala. for the 12th annual XTERRA Oak Mountain Championship race.
A poorly marked course led to a show of solidarity.
For Flora Duffy, XTERRA racing is a big part of her success as an ITU competitor, and vice versa.
Olympians Richard Murray and Flora Duffy captured the 14th annual Fedhealth XTERRA South Africa Championship on a magnificent Saturday morning.
Mauricio Mendez and Flora Duffy captured the XTERRA World Championships on Sunday in Maui.
It was a wild, windy and muddy day in Kapalua, Maui.
More than 70 of the fastest XTERRA racers on earth will line up this Sunday for the $100,000 showdown in Maui.
Josiah Middaugh and Suzie Snyder took the wins and secured the elite XTERRA Pan Am Pro Series titles.
Josiah Middaugh claimed the victory in the closest finish in XTERRA history.
Four of the top five ranked men and six of the top nine elite women in the Pan Am Pro Series face off in the mountains of Tapalpa, Jalisco.
2015 XTERRA world champion Josiah Middaugh shares his 12 tips for getting to the finish line in one piece—and with a smile on your face.
Braden Currie and Lizzie Orchard captured the third annual XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship race on an unseasonably cool and windy day.
Braden Currie defended his title and Lizzie Orchard got her first big win in her home country at the 14th annual XTERRA New Zealand Champs.
The 14th annual Paymark XTERRA New Zealand Championship race will take place Saturday at Blue Lake in Rotorua.
The second race of the XTERRA Pan American Series took place over the weekend.
The United States' Josiah Middaugh and France's Myriam Guillot-Boisset captured the elite titles at XTERRA Argentina in San Juan.
Karl Shaw from Great Britain and Myriam Guillot-Boisset from France won the elite races in Costa Rica.
The inaugural XTERRA Pan American Tour gets underway on the beautiful beaches of Guanacaste this Sunday, March 20.
Bradley Weiss and Flora Duffy won the 12th annual Fedhealth XTERRA South African Championship.
Brad Weiss wins again and is 2-for-2 to start the season in South Africa, while Carla Van Huyssteen takes women's title.
More than 800 endurance athletes from 43 countries participated in 2015 XTERRA World Championships in Maui on Sunday, Nov. 1.
Images from an exciting day of racing in Maui.
The Olympian from Bermuda defended her XTERRA world title to cap off a breakthrough season.
In his 15th Maui start, Middaugh captured the top spot on the podium and became the first American since 2000 to win the world title.
Flora Duffy defends, Josiah Middaugh brings the XTERRA world crown back to the USA after 15 years.
American Josiah Middaugh won the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series for the third straight year, and was runner-up in the world championship two of past three years. He comes to Maui this year with the confidence from a late-season winning streak: "I feel stronger than last year; I think I can do it."
American Emma Garrard won the XTERRA USA Championship and the U.S. Pro Series this year. She was 4th in Maui in 2014, missing the podium by less than 30 seconds. The Park City resident has been the top American woman in Maui the past two years, and was 5th in 2013. Garrard talks about her consistent season, the rewards of the XTERRA lifestyle, and the pressures as a top American performer in Maui.
After overcoming some significant adversity these past couple of seasons, including a Lyme disease diagnosis, depression and a broken wrist and shoulder from crashes, the "Scottish Rocket" is back in Maui after missing the 2014 race to contend for the XTERRA world title. Despite the challenges thrown at her, the two-time XTERRA world champ (2011-12) won XTERRA Costa Rica (after getting through the swim using only one arm), as well as the West and Southeast Championship races in addition to the European Championship in England this season.
The reigning world champ from Spain has won an unprecedented 15 straight XTERRA majors since winning his first world title in 2013. The former pro mountain biker also just won his second straight ITU Cross World title. Ruzafa has won every time he's started in Maui (2008, 2013, 2014).
The two-time Olympian from Bermuda is the woman to beat.
The 2013-2014 XTERRA world championship 3rd place finisher from Australia on the importance of mental toughness; self-belief; and racing as a well-rounded person, not just as a competitor. Plus: tips for athletes taking on the brutal Maui course.
Could this be the first year that we see repeat winners for the men and women at the XTERRA World Champs?
More than 700 racers from 41 states took on the grueling XTERRA USA Championships course at Snowbasin Resort.
The 15th annual XTERRA USA Championship triathlon took place at Snowbasin Resort today.
The best off-road triathletes from across the country will be racing for the title of XTERRA national champion and U.S. Pro Series winner.
American Todd Wells, multi-time U.S. national cross-country and cyclocross champion, will take the start at the XTERRA USA National Championship.
Ruben Ruzafa edged Conrad “The Caveman” Stoltz in dramatic fashion, while Lesley Paterson chased down Jacqui Slack and Renata Bucher.
South Africa's Conrad Stoltz has announced that this Sunday's XTERRA European Championships will be his last race on the circuit.
Josiah Middaugh and Flora Duffy captured the seventh annual XTERRA Mountain Championship off-road triathlon pro race titles.
The United States' Josiah Middaugh and Bermuda's Flora Duffy highlight the XTERRA Mountain Championship in Avon, Colo.
Josiah Middaugh and Suzie Snyder captured the 17th annual 2015 XTERRA East Championship titles in Virginia.
Americans Josiah Middaugh and Suzie Snyder were impressive to earn the victories at Sunday's XTERRA East Championships.
Braden Currie and Lesley Paterson won the 10th annual XTERRA Southeast Championship.
Braden Currie from Wanaka, New Zealand and Lesley Paterson from Sterling, Scotland won the 10th annual XTERRA Southeast Championship.
This Saturday marks the 10th running of the XTERRA Southeast Championship at Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, Ala.
XTERRA Brazil celebrated its 10th anniversary over the weekend in beautiful and exotic Ilhabela.
Francisco Serrano and Lesley Paterson won the 2015 XTERRA U.S. Pro Series opener on Saturday in Nevada.
Thirty-two elites representing 10 states plus Canada, Australia, Mexico and Scotland will toe the start line at the XTERRA West Championship.