After watching the Tour de France and the Olympics, it finally dawned on me what the real challenge in international sports competition is: Staying one step ahead of the drug testers. Doing chemicals to improve performance isn't actually illegal. After all, athletes take a lot of substances to improve performance, like carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Some of it is available in food, and if you don't happen to like some of those dishes, or if you'd have to eat like a Sumo wrestler to get enough of the essential ingredient, you just hop on down to the local GNC and buy it in pill form. If you ever saw the medicine cabinet or refrigerator of a serious athlete, you'd swear you just stumbled onto the loading dock of a Rite-Aid.  Read the story »

This week, Ironmanlife is coming one day early since it is that oh-so-important day in the United States, Thanksgiving, a weekend that is a wonderful time of family celbration and a chance to give thanks. It is not, however, a great weekend to be a turkey.  Read the story »

Entries for next weekend's Ironman Western Australia have now closed, and event organisers IMG are thrilled to report a record field for the event's fifth anniversary! With 1,171 individuals and 73 teams at close of entries, the scene is set for a spectacular event in Busselton on Sunday, December 7.  Read the story »