Articles by Slowman

News

Gerard Vroomen a part of 3T

Gerard Vroomen left Cervelo. Now (like Jack Nicholson in The Shining?) he's baaaack! As parter/owner with Rene Wiertz, the 3T brand absorbs a formidable asset into the braintrust.

by Slowman, February 25, 2015

News

Registrant’s Bill of Rights

By the 2016 season the "rights" listed here should be our reasonable expectations at the portal of entry for any event or membership taken by a registration company.

News

Saint Active

Active Network catches blame it righteously deserves. It's also the pincushion for arrows that should be aimed at the RD.

News

Registration or Waterboarding?

We asked 40 race directors what they value when choosing among the 16(!) platforms represented in this cohort, and how their values clash with what consumers want.

News

Active’s Stealth Auto-Renew

Nobody disagrees with the concept of multi-year or auto-renew deals. In Active Network's case there is disagreement with some RDs on the term of the agreement they're in.

News

Online Registration

Some of the 82 race registration companies appeal to RDs, others are built with the end-user in mind. Is the industry shifting, and is Active still fit to rule?

News

RD Takeaways at TBI ’15

One of our TBI Conference panelists scared the living Jeebus out of listeners and rightly so. Here's a smattering of what race directors heard at TBI '15.

News

Felix’s Grand Opening

Imagine a big heart, with a head, leg and arms protruding. Valerie Silk was all heart and Felix Walchshöfer is the male version; he's what makes it a fair fight between Challenge and Ironman.

News

What’s the deal between Ironman and Life Time Fitness?

Ironman realizes its brand leverages down to 70.3. Life Time admits its brand leverages up to Olympic distance. But it's much more than that.

Running

Hoka Bondi 4

Waiting for the Bondi 4 was like crossing a desert. My canteens were filled with the Bondi 2, bought at closeout. Is the Bondi 4 the oasis I hoped to find?

News

Slowtwitch/TBI 50 Announced

Here are the top-50 specialty stores in the U.S. serving the community of triathletes during 2014, according to Slowtwitch's polling of vendors and customers.

Industry

Real Men Ride the Rollers

Before stationary trainers were rollers. Wyatt Earp rode the rollers. As did Jeremiah Johnson. Are you man enough to ride the rollers?

Industry

Dumb Trainers

We call them dumb not to disparage but to differentiate them from smart trainers. To any offended trainers, we apologize. And we also explain how to smarten them up.