Three triathlon websites to kill time on

The Obsessed Triathlete

www.obstri.com

The name couldn’t be more on point here. Obstri is the absolute best consolidation of Ironman and Ironman 70.3 results on the internet. With more details breakdowns of splits and rankings, as well as statistics on a whole race scale like DNF, average times, it can be easy to lose hours looking at years of results for your target race or results stalking your competitors and friends. Obstri is everything we wish the results page on Ironman’s own website looked like. There are a few drawbacks though, as obstri only has Ironman branded race results and as of this past year you can only view results from the past year if you are a paid member. At $30 a year though, the premium service is totally worth it if you like numbers.

Best Bike Split

www.bestbikesplit.com

Best bike split is another freemium service for those that love bike data. It’s core feature, predicting times and giving a power plan for a given course based on user given data, is available for free with other features being added at a cost. While best bike split isn’t going to perfectly predict your time, it can be a great indicator of what kind of times you can expect to ride and how to pace yourself for an upcoming race. It’s also fun to use the sliders to see how much a change in power or weight would affect you on a given course. It takes a little while to get used to the UI but it really is a great tool to see how different elements can affect your bike splits.

TriRig

www.tririg.com

While most people know of TriRig because of their top of the line products like the Omega X brake, the site run by Nick Salazar also has loads of articles and photo albums going years back. With dozens of albums full of high quality photos of top professionals, it can be easy to inspect each photo meticulously to get an idea of how each racer sets up their bike. As a player in the bike industry himself, Nick also provides valuable commentary on what he thinks each racer is doing well and could be doing better with their bike setups. In addition to these race albums, Nick reviews a bunch of triathlon related products including recovery tools and bikes other than his own. Even the old articles are a blast to look through and see how the sport has changed over the year. Oh, did I mention Summer and I may appear on that site somewhere?