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Living the Dream

Many often wonder if their dreams will become reality. This triathlete proves that anything is possible if you want it bad enough.

9-Year-Old Completes Triathlon, Helps Raise More Than $100,000 for Prostate Cancer

Joined by World Champion Triathletes, Young Girl from Michigan Honors Her Father’s Struggle with Cancer

UCLA Launches First Scholarship for Triathlon in the US

UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) is proud to announce the launch of the first ever scholarship program for Triathlon in the USA. This program provides support, resources and expertise to talented Triathletes who wish to develop their athletic ability to its maximum while completing a first class education.

The Highest Point

Richard Bolt remembers the cowbells. He heard them in Switzerland, racing the dawn to the top of a 6,000-foot ridge where he and a friend hoped to watch the sunrise. He was in the country as a coach for the U.S. Mountain Running Team, competing that week in the World Mountain Running Championships. But for the moment, he and his friend were lost in their own world.
Photo Credit: Sean Fouts

Ultrarunning’s Young Guns

When Marco Olmo won last year’s Ultra Trail Tour du Mont Blanc, one of the most prestigious ultra-marathon races in the world, it was hardly a surprise. It was, in fact, his second consecutive victory in the 150K race, and he handily beat a triad of American ultra stars: Scott Jurek, Hal Koerner and Karl Meltzer.

Swami’s: The Gurus of Cycling

The introduction to road racing that most entry-level bike racers get is unsparingly short at best, and bloodily tough at worst.

Full Speed Ahead

David Bailey and Ricky James are side-by-side and the wind is howling. They are on their handcycles and both of these athletes certainly understand the ups and downs of life more than most.

Surviving the Jungle

It’s 6:30 a.m. and the humidity is building by the minute as our team prepares to board a small twin-engine prop plane, which will be taking us over the Owen Stanley Range and dropping us off in the remote jungle of Papua New Guinea. Our one-hour private charter is flying from Port Moresby to Kokoda and the start of the famous Kokoda Trail – considered by many to be the hardest 100K (60 miles) of sea-level walking on the planet.
photo credit: Adventure 35

Jumping for Joy

A tall woman, dressed in black, eyes the high-jump bar. She leans back, steps forward, leans back, steps forward, visualizing her strides toward a bar set at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials opening height of 5 feet, 10.5 inches.

SoCal Cycling League Launched

The Northern California High School Mountain Bike Racing League (NorCal League) will launch the Southern California Interscholastic Cycling League (SoCal League), in the 2009 academic year, with grant support from the Easton Sports Development Foundation II (ESDF II).