The World's Largest Triathlon is in Chicago and is part of the Race to the Toyota Cup series.  This weekend, young Aussie Stephen Hackett will take the start line against some of the best short coursers in the world including Matty Reed and David Thompson.   Hackett is fresh off one of his best performances ever at the Ironman Boulder 70.3 triathlon a few weeks ago. 

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The Pearl Izumi team's Leon Griffin returned to action this past weekend in the Philippines after being sidelined with injury the past 3 months.  The Cobra Ironman Philippines 70.3, which takes place in the Camarines Sur area of the beautiful Southeast Asian country, once again attracted a strong mens field including returning champion Terenzo Bozzone, Kiwi Cameron Brown and Pete Jacobs.  Leon posted the fastest bike split of the day and was with the leaders until about 10k to go where he eventually faded to 4th place.  Griffin is prepping for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships this season.  You can find more info on Leon at www.leongriffin.com