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Solveig Løvseth Jumped Over a Paddle Board to Win the 2025 Ironman World Championship

Løvseth is the fourth Norwegian to win this race on her debut, and that’s not a coincidence, she says. Here’s why.

Abby LeveneOctober 12, 2025

News

Our Favorite Triathlete Stories of All Time

From old-school Tinley Talks to modern-day revelations, our editors and contributors pick the stories they loved reading and writing.

Susan LackeOctober 2, 2025

Culture

All of Ironman World Championship Racing Has Been Changed by Three Men (and One Country)

It's the Norwegians' world. We're just living in it.

Chris FosterSeptember 14, 2025

News

Interview: Casper Stornes Learned from the (Literal) Best to Win His IMWC Debut

The 28-year-old Norwegian knew his teammates Gustav Iden and Kristian Blummenfelt would be his biggest competition. Turns out, they were also his biggest strength.

Abby LeveneSeptember 14, 2025

News

Solveig Løvseth’s Journey From Olympic Disappointment to Ironman Dominance

Norway’s latest triathlon star didn’t set out to conquer long-course triathlon, but that’s exactly what she’s doing. Could she follow in the footsteps of Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden and pick up a win in Kona?

Jordan BlancoJuly 22, 2025

Training

The Norwegians Are Self-Coaching Their Way to Winning. Can You?

Kristian Blummenfelt won Ironman Texas entirely self-coached. Triathlon coach Matt Fitzgerald explains how to build a training routine while pushing yourself to new heights.

Matt FitzgeraldJune 26, 2025

News

Why Kristian Blummenfelt Counts Calories

Using a hyper-detailed approach, Olav Bu and his superhuman Norwegian charges, Gustav Iden and Kristian Blummenfelt, are upending everything we know about fueling.

Tim HemingJanuary 22, 20251

Ironman World Championship 2024 Kona

The Norwegian Method (for Trash Talking), According to Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden

The Norwegian superstars leave no stone unturned when it comes to poking fun at each other before the 2024 Kona Ironman World Championship.

Abby LeveneOctober 27, 2024

Training

Training Absorption Sounds Deceptively Simple, but It’s the Key to Unlimited Improvement

What if you measured a workout’s success not by if you hit the times or not, but rather how close all of the intervals were to the target? Olav Bu explains how training absorption tracking can make triathletes infinitely better.

Nick BuscaJuly 11, 2024

Training

How to Train Like A Norwegian (Without The Blood)

The "Norwegian Training Method” has become a fascination amongst triathletes, but with its reliance on near-constant blood lactate testing, it can be dauntingly impractical. We look at how everyday triathletes can try it without a blood lactate meter or 35-hour training weeks.

Zach NehrSeptember 18, 2023

Tech & Wearables

There’s a New Reason for Athletes to Consider Muscle-Oxygen Sensors

The latest research suggests that muscle oxygen can detect exercise thresholds, with no blood required

Alex HutchinsonJuly 10, 2025

Culture

The Very Human Way Coach Olav Bu Builds Norwegian Triathlon Machines

The mastermind coach of the current reigning Ironman world and Olympic champions covers topics that range from personal tragedy to doping, and lifts the lid on why the Norwegians are just so damn good.

Tim HemingMarch 2, 2023

Culture

Is Bergen, Norway the Most Important Place in Triathlon You've Never Heard Of?

Kristian Blummenfelt, Gustav Iden, and the up-and-coming Norwegian squad all came out of the country's second biggest city. We take a visit.

Brad CulpJuly 20, 2022

Training

Train Like a Norwegian: How It Started, How It's Going...

Here's the latest installment from our Norwegian training experiment, including lactate testing data and sample workouts.

Emma-Kate LidburyMay 12, 2022

Training

What Does It Mean to 'Train Like A Norwegian?'

With the help of high-performance coach Alan Couzens, our managing editor finds out exactly what the Nordic approach entails—and tests it herself.

Emma-Kate Lidbury, Alan CouzensMay 2, 2022

Training

We Put the Norwegian Training Methods to the Test

Double threshold workout days, long slow runs, and lactate tests galore: What happens when you try to train like a Norwegian?

Emma-Kate LidburyMay 2, 2022

Norwegian training

Latest Stories

Solveig Løvseth Jumped Over a Paddle Board to Win the 2025 Ironman World Championship

Our Favorite Triathlete Stories of All Time

All of Ironman World Championship Racing Has Been Changed by Three Men (and One Country)

Interview: Casper Stornes Learned from the (Literal) Best to Win His IMWC Debut

Solveig Løvseth’s Journey From Olympic Disappointment to Ironman Dominance

The Norwegians Are Self-Coaching Their Way to Winning. Can You?

Why Kristian Blummenfelt Counts Calories

The Norwegian Method (for Trash Talking), According to Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden

Training Absorption Sounds Deceptively Simple, but It’s the Key to Unlimited Improvement

How to Train Like A Norwegian (Without The Blood)

There’s a New Reason for Athletes to Consider Muscle-Oxygen Sensors

The Very Human Way Coach Olav Bu Builds Norwegian Triathlon Machines

Is Bergen, Norway the Most Important Place in Triathlon You've Never Heard Of?

Train Like a Norwegian: How It Started, How It's Going...

What Does It Mean to 'Train Like A Norwegian?'

We Put the Norwegian Training Methods to the Test

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