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Here in a cool and overcast Hamburg, Germany for the next stop on the ITU Triathlon World Championship Series. We have a slightly smaller US team due to some last minute drops due to injury. It seems that weather continues to be a factor in the race series. A traditionally hot Madrid race in May [...]

The second stop on the ITU WCS Triathlon comes to Madrid this weekend. I arrived today from San Diego as part of the USA Triathlon medical and support staff. This is my second visit to Madrid with the US team and this is one of my favorite cities on the WCS triathlon series. We have [...]

The risk of dying in a triathlon may be higher that when running a marathon, but what’s the real risk overall?

Shoulder injuries are common complaints in triathletes especially those that are new to the sport, or are trying to increase to a longer distance triathlon such as half Ironman or Ironman. Many shoulder injuries that I see as a sports medicine doctor are related to overuse (too much swimming volume) and/or poor swim technique. There’s [...]

Finally in Sydney Australia with the USA Triathlon team for the first stop on the WCS (World Championship Series) ITU Triathlon race #1. We’ve brought a big team for this race with 7 men and 6 women racing on Sunday. The first day was really just getting settled and helping athletes get into their race [...]

Well, the 2010 medical coverage for USA Triathlon has been figured out and looks like right now I’ll be headed to Sydney, Australia for the first race of the 2010 ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series as the medical physician. Later in September, I’ll be the team physican for Team USA age group athletes competing [...]

Sitting here at the top of the climb on the bike course for the ITU triathlon race in Kitzbuhel Austria. The men’s race is about to start. Found along on Twitter with our updates http://Twitter.com/coastalsports

The trip to Madrid for the ITU Triathlon World Championship Series wound up last night with the post-race celebration hosted at the Parque de Atracciones in Madrid’s Caso de Campo city park. The race organizers and the Park obviously knew how to feed hungry triathletes and their support staff with huge plates of ribs and fish [...]

  The American women demonstrated how strong their team is with stellar showing at the second stop of the ITU Triathlon World Championship Series in Madrid Spain this Sunday. Olympian Sarah Haskins finished 5th in a sprint finish for the top five spots.  Sarah Groff hung on for a ninth place finish and second place [...]

It’s the final day of race-prep and rest for the triathletes before tomorrow’s triathlon in Madrid – the second stop of eight on the ITU World Championship Series Tour this season. We’re staying at the host hotel with most of the other national teams and its amazing to suddenly realize that the woman carrying her [...]