Wall Street Journal Personal Journal Article Features RunTri.com

RunTri.com's Analysis is featured in the Wall Street Journal's Personal Journal Sports section on October 9, 2013, in the article: The Slowest Generation Strikes Back, by Kevin Helliker. Our analysis, in response to an earlier article of Helliker's suggesting an increase in younger athlete participation was possibly leading to slower finishing times in endurance events, Our featured analysis of Chicago Triathlon results 2002 to 2013 helped counter Helliker's original hypothesis, as Chicago Triathlon finish times had improved by 15 minutes over that period. Helliker's article can be read on the Wall Street Journal site, or by clicking any of the images below.

Peapod.com's Mobile Technology Breakthroughs Featured by New York Times

Peapod.com, the world's largest ecommerce grocery shopping and delivery company, has earned well-
deserved praise from the New York Times.

In its 10/8/13 issue, the Times featured Peapod's breakthrough innovations to simplify shopping and increase order conversion on its mobile devices. 

At WinSight eCommerce Strategy, we are proud to have served as a mobile strategy consultant and partner with Peapod on it's increasingly impressive journey to unprecedented mobile commerce revenue growth. 

To read the complete New York Times article, click http://bit.ly/PeapodNYTimes or on the article excerpt below. (Update, further to the right: Peapod Feature among NY Times' Most emailed Articles.

How Many Triathletes? 175,000 Entrants, 110 Ironman, Half Ironman 70.3, and 5150 Events in 2012

In the last year, about 175,000 triathletes have entered or finished one of 110 triathlons managed by World Triathlon Corporation, the owner of Ironman and Ironman brand events.

• Ironman: 30 Events, 65,000 entrants, average 2,167 per event
• Ironman 70.3: 62 Events, 95,000 Entrants, average 1,532 per event
• 5150 Olympic/International Distance: 18 Events, 15,000 Entrants, average 833 per event

The actual number of registered entrants varies widely, from more than 3,000 at Ironman Canada and 5150 St. Anthony's to a low of 219 at Ironman 70.3 Sri Lanka. Chart data is sorted in approximate calendar order. 

What do 110 races with 175,000 entrants look like on a single page? It's a bit overwhelming, when you think about WTC managing each race individually, as location, participants, rules, schedules, dates, volunteers, website, results and more tende to vary from event to event.