Determined athletes from all over the world swam 3.4 km in the cold Loch Shieldaig, rode 202 km on gritty Highland roads and then tackled very hilly hilly 42 km of running and we have beautiful images via Kai-Otto Melau.
by Herbert Krabel, June 17, 2019
The ÖtillÖ SwimRun Isles of Scilly on the coast of Cornwall is the third stop of the World Series, and for the first time an American mixed team managed a podium spot, and an American male team also featured well.
Wes Hobson retired from racing as a professional triathlete in 2001, and he however might be best known for the CLIF Bar swim start simulation ad that still is shared very frequently and gets great responses.
Austin, TX resident Colin Strickland surprised quite a few folks with his dominating performance at the Dirty Kanza 200, and here is a closer look at his sweet blue Allied Cycle Works Able, a gravel bike that was just recently unveiled.
Today the Swedish crew behind the ÖtillÖ Swimrun World Series announced their first USA based World Series event and with Santa Catalina Island they may have hit a home run.
The new Ceepo Shadow series surprised many folks and several Pros jumped on board with this brand. Miquel Blanchart is getting ready for Ironman Lanzarote and we were able to get up close with his bike.
Maryland resident Suzy McCulloch Serpico recently completed the EPIC5 event in Hawaii – 5 Iron distance events in 5 days on 5 different islands, and we had a chat with her about it.
Canadian pro Nathan Killam is not just a one trick pony, he is thinking and racing outside the box and we had a chat with this man who also fights fires.
German age grouper Axel Reusch traveled far to race 70.3 St. George, but when he witnessed an athlete who had fallen during the bike segment he stopped to assist, while others did not.
Patrik Nilsson decided late to race IRONMAN Texas and he then stormed to a big win there. We chatted with the fast long haired Swede about this race and much more.
With great sadness we learned of the death of Chris Stirling, a passionate triathlete who was especially fond of extreme events and loved the mountains.
The Swimrun season in North America started in early April. Here is a SwimRun ranking update plus a calendar of the biggest races in North America.
SwimRun Lake James is now an ÖtillÖ merit race and thus the competition was fierce. Compared to 2018 the water temperature was reasonably comfortable, but the air temperature decided to drop hard that day and thus tested the mettle of all the athletes and volunteers.
