A day that started a bit rainy turned out to be hot and beautiful in Kona and we now present you images from Wednesday’s activities leading up to the highly anticipated Slowtwitch gathering.
by Herbert Krabel, October 10, 2012
Cameron Dye and Sarah Haskins dominated the U.S. Open event in Dallas, TX and subsequently also took the Lifetime Fitness Race To The Toyota Cup series titles.
Marino Vanhoenacker and Luke McKenzie talk about the 2012 Ironman World Championships in Kona and try to figure out who to watch, what to do with Crowie and who of the two is in better shape.
Another busy day in Kona is almost over and before we check out the Parade of Nations we bring you another set of images from the 2012 Ironman World Championships.
The 2012 myList Ironman World Championships is taking place in a few days, but it is already quite busy in Kona. Here are images from Monday’s activities.
In this special Kona edition of What We Have Noticed we look at the Kona Baby t-shirts, the 2012 Underpants Run, Nootca goggles, TRX and Yoga at the Cytomax house, and a musical evening with Paula Fuga.
A few days ago rookie Pro Beth Walsh from Southern California grabbed the title at the 2012 Superfrog Triathlon, but while she certainly enjoyed the win, it wasn’t the highlight of her season. We had a few words with Beth.
Chris Boardman is well known for his Tour de France prologue wins and the Hour record, but he retired relatively young. He is smart and outspoken when it comes to cycling technology and is passionate about triathlon.
Maxim Kriat had to hold off a hard charging Nick Waninger to win Ironman 70.3 Augusta. Melissa Hauschildt pulled away from defending champion Emma-Kate Lidbury during the run to grab the women’s title.
Jesse Thomas showed supremacy on the bike before closing it out with a fine run to take the win at the Ironman 70.3 Pocono Mountains. Tenille Hoogland took the women’s title with a similar effort.
A race best bike split of 53:38 helped Cameron Dye to grab the win at the 2012 Herbalife LA Triathlon. Alicia Kaye also dominated the bike segment with a 58:26 effort and then ran to the title in the women’s race.
While in Las Vegas we took a closer look at the Cannondale SuperX Disc race bike of American Tim Johnson of the Cannondale / Cyclocrossworld.com team.
Joao Silva from Portugal ran away from Spaniard Javier Gomez late in the race to take the win at the 2012 ITU Yokohama WTS race. Dmitry Polyanskiy from Russia finished third in what proved to be a thrilling finale.