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For Haru. For Her Father. For Herself.
A friend who ran beside her. A father who waited patiently. A husband who brought home a bike without being asked. Hotaru has never moved forward alone.
Challenge Roth: What to Know Before You Enter the World's Fastest Long-Course Triathlon
Challenge Roth runs through a small Bavarian town with roughly 250,000 spectators lining a course that has produced some of the fastest long-course times in the sport's history. The lottery fills in hours. Here is what the race actually delivers and whether the trip is worth building your season around.
Open Water Sighting and Drift Currents: How Triathletes Lose 90 Seconds Without Knowing
The fastest swimmer in the field can still lose two minutes in a triathlon swim by sighting badly or failing to read the current. Sighting and current management are the two most underrated technical skills in open water — and they are learnable in a single weekend of focused practice.
From Pool to Ocean: Building Open Water Swimming Skills That Actually Transfer
Pool fitness and ocean racing share a stroke and very little else. The navigation, cold water, pack dynamics, and variable conditions of open water events require specific preparation that lap-swimming alone cannot provide.
Pamplona for Destination Athletes: Navarra's Medieval Training Grounds
The T100 Spain's new Pamplona venue reveals a training region that most destination athletes have overlooked — rolling Navarra farmland for the bike, mountain Pyrenean cols an hour away, and the Camino de Santiago through the city for long runs. The practical guide.
Taylor-Brown Ends the Wait in Pamplona: First T100 Win After Years at the Threshold
Georgia Taylor-Brown ran down Julie Derron on the streets of Pamplona on May 23 for her first career T100 victory — breaking through after a 2025 season of near-misses to win Race 2 of the 2026 T100 World Tour in front of a packed Plaza del Castillo finish.
Flying with a Bike: How to Navigate Airlines, Fees, and Arrive Race-Ready
Airlines treat oversized sports equipment with varying enthusiasm, their policies change without notice, and the difference between a correctly packed bike and a casually packed one shows up at race-day bike check. Here is how to do it without drama.
Racing Hot: Heat Acclimatization Strategies for Ironman Athletes
Athletes who train in cool climates and race in Kona, Lanzarote, or Cairns face a thermal stress gap that race-day willpower cannot close. This is what the science says about closing it before the start gun goes.