Table of Contents
FEATURES
18 | STRENGTH: QUICK ROUTINES FOR THE TIME-STRAPPED TRIATHLETE
No time to hit the gym? Add quick strength to your training with 20-minute workouts that focus on the areas you need to strengthen as a multisport athlete.
28 | A PARTICIPANT’S GUIDE TO SAFETY
Safety in the sport is a shared responsibility among athletes, race directors and USA Triathlon. Learn about your role.
34 | BACK TO BOSTON FOR NICOLE GROSS AND FAMILY
USA Triathlon Certified Coach Nicole Gross has fought to regain strength after she and her sister were seriously injured last April near the Boston Marathon finish line. The sisters, along with Nicole’s husband, will return to Boston in April to support their mom as she attempts to finish what she started in 2013.
36 | AGE-GROUP PROFILE: ATHENA LESLIE BATTLE
As one of the Athena racing category’s most recognizable and passionate advocates, Leslie Battle brings women together on and off the race course.
38 | KEEP ON RACING TRIATHLON FOR CHASE
The family of Newtown victim Chase Kowalski wants other children to experience the joy Chase found participating in triathlon. The Kowalskis started Race4Chase to introduce triathlon to kids in Connecticut.
ON THE COVER
52 | ATHLETES OF THE YEAR & RANKINGS
In our annual Athlete of the Year and Rankings issue, we honor the top multisport athletes — age-groupers and elites — of 2013.
SECTIONS
13 YOUTH
18 TRAINING
41 AT THE RACES
42 NEWS & NOTES
48 REGIONS
52 AOY/RANKINGS
IN THIS ISSUE
12 What’s Online
14 From the Editor/Mailbag
16 From the CEO
40 ITU World Triathlon Chicago
45 Product Reviews
78 Big Question
79 Rudy Project Caption Contest
80 The Lowdown
on the cover
Ross Dettman photographed age-group athletes Dan Stubleski (Washington, Mich.) and Susanne Davis (Carlsbad, Calif.) in Chicago.
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