Posted: Thursday, 08 May 2008 |  Julie Swail Ertel, who won a silver medal in water polo at the 2000 Olympics, is going back to the Games - this time as a triathlete - with a goal of winning a second Olympic medal. In April, she won the Olympic Trials in Tuscaloosa, Ala., joining Laura Bennett on Team USA.
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Posted: Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |  The Youth Olympic Games will include triathlon as part of the official programme in its debut in Singapore, 2010. At the general assembly of ANOC (Association of National Olympic Committees) in Beijing, China the programme for the first Youth Olympic Games was confirmed and will encompass all 26 sports on the program of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, with a limited number of disciplines and events.
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Posted: Monday, 05 May 2008 | Mark Warkentin edged out the competition in a grueling test of mental
and physical toughness this weekend in Seville, Spain to earn a chance
to compete in the first ever Open Water Swimming 10k race at the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games. As the first American in History, Mark navigated
the daunting 10k course in the Seville rowing basin with precision –
clinching the only American position for the final Olympic event with a
time 1:53:37.80.
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Posted: Friday, 02 May 2008 |  GENR8, an evidence-based performance nutrition company, announced the certification of all versions of its first performance nutrition product, Vitargo®S2™, as being free of banned substances. The certifying organization orchestrating the analyses on each of the Vitargo S2 products, Banned Substances Control Group (http://www.bscg.org/GENR8.php), uses a laboratory certified by CAP (The College of American Pathologists) and CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments), and is a World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) experienced laboratory.
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Posted: Thursday, 24 April 2008 |  Professional Triathlete Chris Lieto announced today the launch of Base Performance Nutrition. Base Performance Nutrition provides premiere nutritional supplements for endurance athletes.
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Posted: Monday, 14 April 2008 |  The word “athlete” seems to take on a new definition when you’re talking about ultramarathoners. Dean Karnazes rose to prominence in 2006 by running 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days. This year, he is attempting to complete the world’s five major desert foot races in a single calendar year.
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After winning her third Ironman in eight months, England’s Chrissie Wellington is an IronWoman on a roll. 
Hammer Nutrition, LTD. Sued by Endurance Athletes
Awaiting His Comeback
Photos by Rich Cruse
Universal No Headphones Icon Unveiled for Event Director Use for
As race directors struggle with the RRCA guideline against the use of headphones in RRCA insured events along with the USATF ban on headphones at sanctioned events, the RRCA is encouraging race directors to adopt the new universal NO HEADPHONES symbol on race entry forms and race materials. Created by veteran race director, Jim Gerweck, the goal of this universal symbol is to send the message that event directors are serious about the headphone ban at the events they manage.