CNN broadcast an overview of triathlon tips from two top-ranked brothers - Alistar and Jonathan Brownlee from Great Britain. Alistair is a two-time triathlon world champion and one of the favorites heading into the 2012 London Olympics. Alistar's younger brother Jonathan, finished second to him at the 2011 world championships in 2011. Similar to the fast
From the perspective of the open water swimming world, a look at triathlons gives strong visual hints that its organizers have obviously know their sport inside and out. Their experience, knowledge and passion enables the event organizers to market the sport extremely effectively to their audience, athletes and consumers. There are lessons to be
Among the fastest open water swimmers in the world, especially among the female gender, there is plenty of physical contact in the 5K and 10K races around the turn buoys or by the feeding stations - and many place in between. Granted most of the physical contact is incidental and unintentional. The conflict is simply caused by too many athletes swimming
The sport of triathlon impresses us for two important facts: (1) it is a tough sport, and (2) it remains focused on the masses, even during its greatest spectacle.Open water swimmers occasionally snicker at triathletes who wear wetsuits in water under 20°C (68°F) or as they whiz by their multi-sport colleagues in a pool, but after watching triathletes of all
