Endurance sports and especially triathlon didn't get off to a good start this year. Two men died in US triathlons just this past weekend. An off-duty Philly firefighter,  Dennis McDaniels, died in the Escape the Cape triathlon at Cape May, New Jersey triathlon; Another triathlete, Scott Beatse, 59, of Elkhorn, Wisconsin died at The Janesville ( Read more... )

is always news, because it is news, and because it happens so infrequently. Last weekend saw at least two deaths in races, the most prominent was the death of 75-year-old Jim Hix in the USA Nationals. Jim had to be rescued from the swim and subsequently pronounced dead. At the time of writing, no cause of death has been established.

The other death ( Read more... )