picture from ironman.com
Jonathon Blais, ‘The Warrior Poet’, who made the log-roll finish famous and brought attention to the plight of those suffering with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s finally succumbed to the disease on Sunday evening.

There seems to be growing dissension amongst the ranks of professional athletes to the ITU’s decision to change the format of the Long Distance World Champs to a double Olympic distance triathlon.

Well 2006 is almost over and I am doing that retrospective thing we all do at this time of the year.
For someone who started triathlon as a dare from a friend, it has been a pretty good year. This time last year I was your average joe that went to the gym 2-3 times a [...]

Torbjorn Sindballe and Bella Comerford are world champions.
Robin Frankland, one of the authors on this awesome blog :), is 102nd.
I am sure he will write a nice review when he is back in his home in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Bravo Robin!
Here are the overall results.

Unlike the men’s race, the women’s race appears to be all about one women – Bella Comerford.
With recent wins at Ironman Florida and the Spanish Long Course Championships, she is in great form and should run away with the victory.
The only competition is likely to come from Lisbeth Kristensen but the race is definitely Bella’s [...]