German XTERRA Pro Felix Schumann took the win at the 5,500 meter (18,800 feet) climbing 2013 Inferno Triathlon in 8:42:47. Sonja Gerster from Switzerland took the women’s title and was the first woman to go sub 10 hours here.
by Herbert Krabel, August 17, 2013
We call a few selected races bucket list events and the Inferno Triathlon is certainly worthy to be among them. Enjoy these impressions from the 2013 event.
We finally got our hands on a set of Enve SES 8.9 carbon clincher wheels and here is a first look at what arrived and out initial measurements.
Quite a few cities in the Southeast were vying to get a new fall Ironman event into their community and when the hype and dust all finally settled today it was announced that there will be an Ironman Chattanooga.
Spain’s Marcel Zamora Pérez had the fastest bike split on the ultra hard Embrunman course and that allowed him to take the win in 9:42:21. Jeanne Collonge from France crushed the women’s field in 10:56:43.
Raleigh, NC resident Thys Wind was the fastest age grouper at Ironman 70.3 Raleigh and is regionally a contender for overall titles. We bumped into him at the Lake Mayo Sprint triathlon – a race where he came away with a big W.
Aussie Joe Gambles has taken quite a few wins recently. This Boulder, CO resident just got his new Trek Speed Concept race bike and Mat Steinmetz dialed it in.
We’ve upgraded our 70.3 Mt Tremblant guide to highlight the major differences that athletes can expect covering twice the distance in each sport on the same course.
German brand Carbon Sports introduced the Lightweight Urgestalt a few weeks before the 2013 Eurobike show, but it is not a new wheel – it is a bike.
Cameron Dye and Lauren Goss grabbed the wins at the 2013 Revolution 3 Wisconsin Dells triathlon. Enjoy this image gallery from the event.
Ritchie Nicholls and Daniela Ryf took the wins at the Finanzgruppen Naspa Ironman 70.3 European Championship and here are images from the event.
Alpe d’Huez champion Ritchie Nicholls had a superb day in Wiesbaden and closed it out with a 1:08:53 run to take the 70.3 European Champs in front of Jan Frodeno. Daniela Ryf ran down Annabel Luxford to take the women’s title in 4:31:34.
Ottawa resident Ryan Cain stepped up to a Pro license in 2011 and most recently finished 5th at Ironman Lake Placid. That may be his finest Pro result to date, but he now is back at his day job for the Canadian Armed Forces.