LAKE PLACID — After hosting a handful of Ironman Canada triathlons in the 1990s, Canadian Graham Fraser decided it was time to expand to the United States. The 1985 Ironman World Championship finisher and his team had a list of places in the Northeast that they wanted to check out. But on ...

LAKE PLACID — Legendary announcer Mike Reilly — “The Voice of Ironman” — is coming out of retirement to call one more Ironman Lake Placid triathlon on Sunday, July 21. He called every Ironman race in this village from 1999 to 2022. “They asked me to come back to the 25th ...

LAKE PLACID — By the time the Ironman Lake Placid triathlon kicks off in the early hours of Sunday, July 21, a select group of people — experts considered the best in their trade — will have already put in a week of work on the event. Though the athletes are undeniably elite, it’s ...

LAKE PLACID — Sam Boese of Saranac Lake and Elizabeth Izzo of Lake Placid recorded their third High Peaks Cyclery Mini Triathlon race of the season on Monday, July 15. It the fourth race of the mini triathlon series. Boese won the men’s overall title in 59 minutes, 19 seconds. Izzo ...

MIDWAY, Utah — Mike Gibson has assumed the newly-created position of senior team coach, the U.S. Biathlon recently announced. Gibson, a retired professional biathlete has built a career as a biathlon coach, as well as a designer and inventor. “I’m honored to take on the role of senior ...