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 [...]

As a new feature on AmateurEndurance.com, on occasion we will be providing a weekly race spotlight for races in different disciplines that may be coming up in your area. We believe it is a very important part of the endurance athletics community to get out and support your local races even when you aren’t competing. [...]

Think twice the next time you put on all those Ironman pieces…
You all know them. You’ve seen them many, many times before, several of them in fact. Some of them are more offensive than others.They are the Ironman Apparelmen and, to be fair, Apparelwomen. But, to make things easier, let’s simply bunch up the genders [...]