It was a bit chilly this morning as the athletes began to gather at the start area on Coronado Island. The chill would quickly turn to above-average temperatures as soon as the sun came up. Everywhere you looked athletes were stretching, warming up, or talking with friends as they prepared for the start.
This half marathon [...]

The Silverman Full- and Half-Distance Triathlon completed its 4th annual running southeast of Las Vegas in Henderson, Nevada. It blows me away that there were less than 200 people that lined up at the starting line for the full-distance race. But this race is not known for being simple and painless.  The Silverman course has [...]

Frank G. Bonelli park was the location of the Muddy Buddy: Los Angeles ride and run. The event was the last for the year in a series of events across the country in eight other cities. Muddy Buddy is an event raced in teams where participants and their buddies take turns riding a mountain bike [...]

Whether you are new to endurance sports or not you have probably never seen a Renegade Sprint race. That’s because this Sunday October 19th, 2008 was only the second ever race of this type. Now, the idea is not entirely new and other events are like it but this one has it’s own twists. Start [...]

Tens of thousands of participants and spectators descended upon the waterfront in Long Beach near the Convention Center this morning for the Long Beach International City Bank Marathon. In addition to the marathon there was a half marathon, a 5k run, a 1k kids run, a wheelchair race, a handcycle race, and a recreational bike [...]

Today marked the celebration of the first modern day triathlon with the annual Mission Bay Triathlon in San Diego, California. The original race was held on Fiesta Island in 1974 by the San Diego Track Club as a way to break up the daily training grind. The original event consisted of 5-plus miles [...]

September 28th, 2008 was the inaugural Orange County Triathlon in Mission Viejo. The city has a long history of hosting endurance events. The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics saw the road race hosted there and the OCPAC triathlon called Mission Viejo home for nearly two decades. This morning a dense fog descended over the entire region [...]