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Our editors' picks for the most important triathlon content this week.
You've trained for months. You're mid-race, running your best bike split ever — and then: hiss. A flat. The right repair kit means the difference between a DNF and crossing that finish line. Here are the 8 best flat repair kits for triathletes in 2026.
These platforms promise to adapt your plan in real-time using HRV and fatigue data. We cut through the marketing noise and ask the real question: do they actually make you faster, or are you just paying a subscription to feel high-tech?
The science of triathlon training evolves constantly. These are the shifts being discussed at the highest levels of the sport — and what they mean for your training.
After years of HIIT dominance, top coaches are returning to high-volume, low-intensity training as the foundation for endurance performance.
Coros and Garmin have both integrated running power metrics into their platforms, giving runners the same precision cyclists have enjoyed for decades.
Major brands are finally investing in gender-specific wetsuit construction — with buoyancy panels positioned for female anatomy rather than male bodies with pink paint.
New research challenges the fasted training trend. Performance-focused coaches are shifting back to fuelled sessions for high-intensity days.
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When your brain says stop, your body has significantly more to give. Understanding this principle transforms how you approach the final run kilometers.
Analyzing data from 2,000 age-grouper races reveals that swim performance has the lowest correlation to overall finish time of all three disciplines.
You can't outrun bad bike nutrition. The research on how fuelling on the bike affects run performance is both clear and consistently ignored.
Real triathletes, real stories — from age-group podiums to bucket-list finishes.
Age-grouper turned professional, Kona podium finisher
"The beauty of triathlon is that you get three chances to succeed — and three disciplines to hide in. Most age-groupers never truly optimize all three. That's where the biggest gains are."
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We tested and researched the top energy gels on the market — GU Roctane, Maurten, SIS Beta Fuel, Precision Fuel, Huma, and Neversecond — so you can stop guessing and start fueling like a pro.
Your race number needs a home — and safety pins are so 2010. We reviewed the best triathlon race belts for 2026 so you can transition faster and stop destroying your kit.
Foggy goggles have wrecked more open-water swims than rogue jellyfish and mystery currents combined. Here's the actual science behind why lenses fog — and what actually works to stop it.
Every second counts in T2 — the right elastic laces can slash your transition time and keep your feet comfortable through the entire run. Here are the 6 best elastic shoelaces for triathlon in 2026.
Your run leg doesn't have to be where races go to die. We tested and ranked the six best triathlon running shoes of 2026 — with real data, Reddit receipts, and zero gear-snob fluff.
Course records fell like autumn leaves at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside today as Taylor Knibb and Kristian Blummenfelt turned one of triathlon's most stacked fields into a masterclass in how to absolutely obliterate the competition.
First-timers make the same five mistakes, race after race. Going out too hard, skipping bricks, blowing T2, bonking on the bike, and racing in new gear. Here's how to avoid all of them.
You don't need $8,000 to race on a proper tri setup. Here's how to build a genuinely race-ready bike for under $1,500 — what to buy used, what to splurge on, and what's just marketing noise.
Most triathletes train too hard, too often -- and it's destroying their fitness. The polarized training model says go easy 80% of the time. The science is brutally clear.