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Race news, gear reviews and training guides from the endurance world.

Open Water Drafting: Save Your Legs for the Run
Drafting is legal in the swim. Learn the feet vs hip positions, how much energy each saves, and how to catch and hold a draft in a race.

Garmin Edge 1060: The First AI Bike Computer, Maybe
A new Garmin Edge has cleared regulatory certification. Here is what is confirmed and what is still speculation.

Round Bottles Are a Parachute on Your Time Trial Bike
Wind-tunnel data on where to mount bottles for 70.3 and full-distance racing, plus three picks from Decathlon.

On Cloudboom Strike 2 LightSpray: 158g and Zero Laces
On’s robot-sprayed racing shoe weighs 158g and skips laces entirely. What that means for durability, fit, and a triathlete’s T2.

Alpe d’Huez 2026: Steger Wins, Siffert Completes Hat Trick
Thomas Steger wins Alpe d’Huez as Alanis Siffert completes a hat trick, breaking her own course record for the third straight year.

Lactate gels from the Tour de France: what research shows
Enervit and From Lab to Field are testing lactate gels at the Tour. Here is what the actual research confirms, and what is still just marketing.

Zwift 2026: Level Cap Removed, Four Challenge Tiers
Zwift removed its level 100 cycling cap, added AI-style workout suggestions, and launched a four-tier indoor/outdoor challenge running through September 2026.

AI in Triathlon: Do Training Apps Understand Your Data?
Strava launched an official Claude connector for training data. A look at it alongside Triathlify, TriDot and Athletica.ai, with pricing.

IRONMAN 70.3 Kraków 2026: Stępniak defends by 20 seconds
Stępniak defended his IRONMAN 70.3 Kraków title by 20 seconds. Bartlett left the water 1:41 down and still won the women’s race.

Sunderji Wins Ironman Ottawa at Tenth Attempt
Kiyan Sunderji took his first Ironman win in 8:26:53 in Ottawa, while Ariane Lalancette won the women’s race on her full-distance debut.

Ultra Baltic Swim 2026: Kubkowski swims Sweden to Poland
Bartlomiej Kubkowski is the first person to swim the Baltic from Sweden to Poland: about 160 km in nearly 55 hours, at his fifth attempt.

World Cup Rio: Legg and Michalickova Win It by a Second
Braxton Legg and Zuzana Michalickova won sprint titles at the World Triathlon Cup in Rio, both by one second, as Slovakia claimed its first-ever Cup win.
