Articles by Herbert Krabel

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The pool of Conrad Stoltz

3-time XTERRA World Champion Conrad Stoltz recently completed his "swimming pool in the backyard" project.

by Herbert Krabel, March 22, 2009

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The East Coast threat Jeff Devlin

In the late 80's Jeff Devlin was known as a duathlete, but he quickly added swimming to his repertoire. In 1991 and 1994 he managed 3rd place finishes in Kona and was a threat to win pretty much any race he entered.

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What We Have Noticed: 3T, Lunocet, Lemond…

We did notice new TT bars from 3T, a monofin from Lunocet, a trainer from Lemond Fitness, a scale from Tanita and a bag from Manhattan Portage.

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K·Swiss partners with WTC

The World Triathlon Corporation announced that it has finalized a long-term partnership with performance footwear and sportswear brand K·Swiss, to provide Ironman performance and lifestyle footwear and apparel.

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The athlete Jimmy Riccitello

Many know Jimmy Riccitello as an Ironman cycling official, but he also has a very impressive athletic resume. He is an XTERRA World Champion, won St. Croix twice, plus he also won 70.3 Buffalo Springs and several USTS events.

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The always steady Jo Lawn

Jo Lawn had won Ironman New Zealand 6 years in a row before she finally had to "settle" for the runner-up spot in 2009. She talked to slowtwitch about Taupo, Kona, training, rules and few other things.

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Miami wins for Reed and Peterson

Matty Reed repeated his title at the 2009 Miami International Triathlon in a new record time of 1:47:22 and narrowly held off Andy Potts. The women's crown went to Jillian Peterson in a time of 2:00:21.

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What We Have Noticed: blueseventy, HED, Lynskey…

A look at new goggles from blueseventy, a neat gadget from HED, an inexpensive ti frame from Lynskey Performance, a tri suit from Pearl Izumi and a tri suit from TYR.

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Opening ITU World Championship event moves

Economic difficulties and time constraints caused Singapore to step down as the host of the 2009 World Championship series opener. Tongyeong, Korea stepped up instead and the event will now take place a week earlier than originally scheduled.

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Smith and Dussault win XTERRA winter worlds

Brian Smith led from start to finish at the 2009 XTERRA Winter Worlds and repeated his title from 2008. Rebecca Dussault had an almost 15 minute margin to take the women's title.

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What We Have Noticed: D2, DeSoto, NormaTec …

We recently noticed custom triathlon shoes from D2, a light vest from DeSoto, compression technology from NormaTec, warmup oil from Sixtus and a quirky line of glasses from Donkey Products.

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A Simon Whitfield update

Since his silver medal win at the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing, Simon Whitfield has been a very busy man. Speaking engagements, a coaching change, a training camp in Maui and some longer races on the horizon. But he had time to talk to slowtwitch.

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What to do – TRIFEST

This coming weekend Tucson, Arizona will be the place to be as the 2nd annual TRIFEST will be happening then. A triathlon expo, group rides and runs, a raffle, clinics and several pros highlight the 3 day extravaganza.