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Spooky: The perfect Halloween drink for the frightful chilly night

 
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The ultimate car for green triathletes

Let's just be very clear.

Nissan has pretty much already sold out of the 2011 all-electric Leafs.

They have over 10,000 reservations on their books and tens of thousands of more people have expressed interest in buying the eco friendly zero emission car.

So the question is not will the Leaf sell?

The top 8 weird words that will make you swim like Andy Potts (part 2)

I've created a few simple phrases that I can learn the meaning of when I'm outside the pool, then, then when I'm swimming, I can simply pull these phrases into my head without having to focus too much on big sentence and paragraph-based swimming cues. So, without further ado, here are weird words that will make you swim faster!

* You can read part 1 HERE.

Swim Faster #5 - Puppet Elbow:

Imagine that your elbow is attached to a puppet string that is pulling it straight out of the water in the recovery phase of the stroke. A full elbow recovery is very important, especially in choppy, open-water swimming, where a partially submerged arm in the recovery phase will quickly tire you out because of increased drag.

Atkinson and Steffen win Australia's Noosa Triathlon

Australian Olympian Courtney Atkinson made it three in a row today as he won the annual Noosa Triathlon.

Atkinson beat a hard the hard charging New Zealander Kris Gemmell and as well as Peter Kerr for the top podium position.

Europeans dominate a hot and humid Rohto Ironman 70.3 Miami

France's Sylvain Sudrie and England's Leanda Cave both lead from start to finish to win the 2010 Rohto Ironman 70.3 Miami under very hot and humid conditions.

On a hot and muggy day Frances Sylvain Sudrie braved strong water currents to take the win in a time of 4:00:41 over Great Britain's Paul Amey.

"It was difficult for me because I just arrived [Friday] from France," said Sudrie, who nonetheless led after each leg of the race. "The run was very hard with the heat."

The top 8 weird words that will make you swim like Andy Potts (part 1)

As you've probably realized, your IQ drops when you exercise, and nowhere is this more true than when you're trying to swim faster. So while reading a treatise on the biomechanics of a proper swim stroke may be simple when you're sitting at the kitchen table, once you've jumped in the water and are huffing and puffing, you can barely remember anything you read or learned. This is where some weird words come in handy.

I've created a few simple phrases that I can learn the meaning of when I'm outside the pool, then, then when I'm swimming, I can simply pull these phrases into my head without having to focus too much on big sentence and paragraph-based swimming cues. So, without further ado, here are weird words that will make you swim faster!

17 Hours---The Trailer

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Everyman Endurance Podcast with American ITU pro Jarrod Shoemaker

Jarrod Shoemaker is a professional triathlete first and a big baseball fan second.

Of course as a triathlete he spends much more time in the pool, on his bike and out on the roads than he does at the ballpark.

Click HERE to listen now.

Shoemaker is one of America's most successful ITU triathletes and that means he has a grueling flight schedule traveling from country to country and race to race.

Of course the one place that Jarrod really wants to be is London in 2012.

He has set his sights on a repeat appearance at the Olympics, and with London just two years away it means he's got his work cut out for him.

Roman Mica recently had a chance to chat with Jarrod about this current year of racing and how he plans to qualify for a ticket to London.

Psst: The big secret that Ironman doesn't want you to know

Psst:

Please come close.

Just a bit closer because we have a huge secret that the World Triathlon Corporation (the folks who run the Ironman race series) don't want you to know.

We'll whisper it to.

Ready?

OK, here it is...the world triathlon corporation doesn't own the Ironman brand.

Dave Scott among three new triathletes selected to the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Six-time Ironman champion Dave Scott, one of the most recognizable names in triathlon history, standout age group triathlete Susan Bradley-Cox and legendary race director Dave McGillivray have been selected as the third class of the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame, which will be honored at a January 2011 banquet in Colorado Springs.
 
The third annual USA Triathlon Hall of Fame banquet will be held in conjunction with the 2011 USA Triathlon Race Director Symposium on Jan. 15, 2011, at The Broadmoor. The festivities will run from 6-9 p.m., and tickets are on sale now online for $50. The event, which has sold out in each of the past two years, will be limited to around 200 attendees.

"USA Triathlon is thrilled to welcome this well-deserving and diverse class into our hall of fame. Susan Bradley-Cox, Dave McGillivray and Dave Scott are outstanding representatives of the multisport lifestyle, and we are incredibly grateful for their contributions to our sport," said Chuck Graziano, chair of the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame Committee. "The hall of fame banquet has become a must-attend event on the multisport calendar, and we look forward to another full house this year."
 
The USA Triathlon Hall of Fame was founded in 2008, and this year's class will bring the total number of inductees to 13.

About the 2010 inductees:

Video: CEO of World Triathlon Corporation apologizes for Ironman Access and cancels program

Ben Fertic is the President and CEO of World Triathlon Corporation.

We suspect he's also the guy taking much of the heat for the recently announced and now suddenly canceled Ironman Access.

In this video (see below) released today by Ironman, Fertic explains and aplogizes for the debacle that was Ironman Access.

Rumor du jour: Lance Armstrong to race 2011 Ironman World Championships

Full disclosure: were sort of guilty for starting today's rumor from our 2009 Kona video (see below).

Here's the scoop as best as we can figure out...a number of web sites today including the official Team Radioshack News web site used the video below were Chris Carmichael speaking to us back in 2009 before the IM World Championships says about Lanca Armstrong, “2011, [Lance Armstrong] will be here. He’s super psyched and I think he wants to do more than win his age group.”

Which of course begs the question if the editors at the Team RadioShack Cycling News web site know something new that we don't know about Lance's 2011 plans.

As far as we can officially report (this year) Armstrongs has only officially committed to racing the Tour Down Under (next year) as an international farewell appearance.

But if you want a wild ass rumor we'll be happy to pass one along.

American pro triathlete Hilary Biscay is set to got long...very long

Ironman professional triathlete Hilary Biscay is set to got long...very long...by taking on the ultimate triathlon...The Ultraman.

“I’ve been intrigued by the idea of Ultraman for some time and I was looking for a new challenge this year,” says the Tuscon, Arizona based Biscay. “I had the chance to check out the Ultraman course following a summer training camp in Kona and decided I didn’t want to wait any longer to have a crack at this race.”

Is Ironman Access the straw that broke the IM camels back?

As of today, you can sign-up for Ironman races before the rest of the world. It's called Ironman Access and the benefits (listed HERE) include a second chance a Kona lottery slot.

Awesome you say?  Well, it comes at a price.  For one year it will lighten your wallet by $1000.00.  Yes, not $100.00, but add a zero to get $1000.00.

Would you pay $1000 to early register for your next Ironman?

The World Triathlon Corporation today announced a new program called Ironman Access that allows menbers early registration for Ironman races.

According to Ironman: "In addition to other member benefits, the program will offer advance registration for Ironman events worldwide before entries open to the general public.  Membership into Ironman Access is on a first-come, first-served basis and will close once it reaches capacity."

The catch?

EMT exclusive videos featuring the 2010 Ironman World Championships: The men's & women's race

By now you probably know that Chrissie Wellington and Craig Alexander didn't repeat as the 2010 Ironman World Champions.

But what exactly happened on race day to crown one new and one returning IM champion?

Don't worry as we've got your exclusive up close and personal tickets to the race. In case you missed it on EMT after the race we've got you covered today.

So why wait until December when the race is shown on NBC when you can watch the professional men, women and amateur athletes race right here and right now.