The full-distance Norseman Triathlon is widely considered one of the hardest triathlon races in the world. But in recent years, there's been something even harder than the freezing-cold swim, ...

When Norwegian WRC driver Andreas Mikkelsen decided to tackle his first elite triathlon, he picked the one of the toughest. Here he relives the pain to tell us about his epic Norseman challenge. After ...

Endurance athletes like to throw around words like "epic" or "legendary" when it comes to their races – any races – but when it comes to XTRI, "extreme" is no exaggeration. The race format originated ...

Last year, Anne Ahern Moore went to the Isklar Norseman Xtreme Triathlon in Norway as a coach. While there, she realized she wanted to do it herself. So last fall Moore applied to get in the ...

Ramstad: Minnesotan who completed world’s hardest triathlon says we all ‘have capacity to do great things’ Norseman finisher Susanne Blazek, a behavioral scientist in Pine Island, Minn., has learned ...

Hårek Stranheim envisioned a triathlon in which “the experience would be more important than the finish time.” The nightmare dream came to life in 2003. The triathlon starts at 5 a.m. after a ferry ...

Despite winter-like conditions — especially for a South Carolina resident in early August — a Mount Pleasant woman managed to finish one of the toughest triathlons in the world this past weekend. Anne ...

What makes Isklar Norseman Xtreme Triathlon one of the most difficult endurance races today? The annual race happens in the wilderness of Western Norway. After swimming almost four kilometers in ...

Go to the home page of the Norseman Extreme Triathlon and you’ll get a hint why Will Ross — one of Alaska’s premier triathletes — was hesitant to enter Saturday’s race in Norway. Under a photo of ...

The telephone rings. It's my friend Alan. "Do you want the bad news or the really bad news?" he asks. With a week to go until we tackle the Norseman, the world's toughest long-distance triathlon, I'm ...