Earlier this week we spoke to New Zealand’s Kyle Smithahead of his first appearance at an IRONMAN World Championship, coming up on May 7 in St George. Fit, healthy, confident and relaxed, at just 24 years on age Smith is more than happy to be ‘so far under the radar’. That might be a touch … Read more
Hot on the heels of Lucy Charles-Barclay’s injury, the news was confirmed on Thursday the three-time and defending IRONMAN World Champion, Jan Frodenois OUT of the delayed 2021 IRONMAN World Championship, set to take place in St George, Utah on May 7. An athlete that many consider the greatest triathlete of all-time, the absence of … Read more
Simply the best? There are plenty that believe Jan Frodeno is the greatest triathlete to have ever trod the Earth. With Olympic gold, three Ironman world titles and a string of record-breaking performances, it’s quite hard to argue against the suggestion… Who is Jan Frodeno? Born in Germany but raised in South Africa, Jan Frodeno … Read more
Who finished #8 on the 2018 Ultramarathon Runners of the Year?: Sabrina Stanley and Mark Hammond. (Here’s our ep with Sabrina.) More on the 90 yo old cyclist who tested positive for doping:He’s over it. I’ve avoided this list but suppose I need to deal with: Sports Illustrated’s Most Fit Athletes of 2018. The impossible … Read more
Look back: The top 25 most influentialrunners in the ultramarathon/trail scene from 2014, according to the guys at Ultra 168. And here’s my (US-centric) list from the same year, based on clicks. Speaking of influential, the Influential Women shirt from rabbit is on their website right here. Very cool! I hope you’re watching this: Jasmin … Read more
Adharanand interviewed Jasmin Paris yesterday after her Spine blowout win. Near the start of a trail half marathon in Canada (or Alabama?), Ludivine the two and a half year old Bloodhound was let outside to pee, but instead wandered over to the start. He took off with the runners, frolicked with cattle, sniffed a dead … Read more
Justin/IRF runs down all the results from the trail and ultramarathon events from this past weekend. And not an ultra, but worthy of a mention: From the excellent Fast Women Newsletter by Alison Wade: Competing against professional runners, Katelyn Tuohy broke the high school indoor 3,000m record on Saturday, running 9:01.81 at the Dr. Sander … Read more
UROY Countdown: Brittany Peterson and Tim Tollefson roll in at #6. And here are the FKTOY awards for #5, 4, and 3. Toni Reavis: Toni has some interesting ideas for updating athletics. While his recommendations focus on field events, I’m curious what changes he’s propose for running events. Only one I can think of recently … Read more
IRF TWIR: Justin lays down the results from this past weekends ultramarathon and trail races. Hot takes: Drew Holmen was a surprise to me, but in hindsight shouldn’t have been. Dude’s solid and looks like he put on quite a show in the last mile! Ailsa MacDonald (URP interview) is an absolute beast and despite … Read more
Fegy writes a loooong and detailed post about his trail shoe choices over the years, and how he never quite found the perfect shoe…until now. Not sponsored, not an ambassador, just an honest opinion from a guy who knows a little thing about the trails.These are also shoes Ben and I have been raving about … Read more