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In a Non-Draft Pro Race: 12, 16, or 20 Meters? Or Should We Care?

When IRONMAN began in 1978, the race promised individual racing – in other words, non-drafting. Until 2015, the draft zone at triathlon races varied based on each country’s federation rules,...

by Eric Wynn, January 9, 2026

Triathlon

Five Triathlon Lessons From a Vacation in Hawaii

The Wednesday after the women’s IRONMAN World Championship took place, my wife and I boarded a flight in Oregon, bound for the Hawaiian Islands. As I wrote in our forum...

Running

When Does a Product Need a New Name?

A question I keep asking myself while running in the latest HOKA Clifton.

Triathlon

5 Takeaways From the 2025 70.3 Worlds

We did it, everybody — the 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series is in the books. The eight month long season has crowned four extremely worthy world champions at our respective distances,...

Triathlon

Six Freezing Cold Takes for the 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship

It’s time to wrap up the 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series and award the last IM World titles of the year — it’s 70.3 World Championship weekend. There are over 6,000...

Triathlon

An Alternative Way Forward for Kona Slots

The current system isn’t perfect – it never was going to be right out of the gate, but the principle behind it has potential to be able to achieve what we want out of a qualification system.

Triathlon

Race Rewind: The Tactics That Led Casper Stornes to an IRONMAN World Title

Casper Stornes is the male 2025 IRONMAN World Champion, prevailing out of a pack of five men that left T2 all together to start the marathon on Sunday. Marten Van...

Triathlon

Five Freezing Cold Takes for the Men’s 2025 IRONMAN World Championship

Who is going to win the final full-distance world championship in Nice? Some bold predictions.

Triathlon

5 Triathlon Rules I Wish Would Change

“Smokey, this is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.“ So says John Goodman’s character, Walter Sobchak, as Smokey commits the cardinal sin of going over the line while...

Triathlon

Last Learnings from T100 London

It has the opportunity to be the model path forward for T100 -- but will it be?

Triathlon

IRONMAN Mostly Got it Right with New Kona Qualification Method

But it will re-introduce gamesmanship on race choice, especially for its most populous age groups.

Triathlon

Did Officials Go Overboard in Frankfurt?

Whenever there’s a major sporting event, going hand-in-hand with it are complaints about officials. Whether we’re talking about appropriate time penalties or grid drops in Formula1, balls and strikes in...

Triathlon

A Love Letter to the Full Distance Triathlon

Well, at least for professional triathlon, anyways.