After so many positive responses to our 2011 Norseman features we decided to share another gallery of images from this year’s event. All images courtesy of NXTRI.
by Herbert Krabel, August 10, 2011
After a superb victory by Helen Jenkins yesterday, Alistair Brownlee took a dominant win in London after a brave bike breakaway. Alexander Bryukhankov from Russia finished second to prevent another Brownlee top two spot sweep.
Ben Collins took the win at the 2011 Nautica New York City Triathlon ahead of Greg Bennett and Tim Reed. In the women’s race, defending champion Rebeccah Wassner reeled in Jenna Parker on the run to take the victory.
Joe Gambles recorded the fastest bike and run splits on his way to the title at the 2011 ROHTO Ironman 70.3 Boulder in 3:45:35. Angela Naeth crushed the bike and then held on during the run to take the women’s race.
Markus Fachbach took the win at the 2011 Ironman Regensburg in Southern Germany and with it his first Ironman title in 8:29:16. Mary Beth Ellis continued with her stellar form and took the women’s title in 9:18:55.
Tim DeBoom considers his race experience at Norseman to be one of the toughest to date, but he came away as the 2011 Norseman Champion and the coveted black t-shirt.
Brit Helen Jenkins took the win at the big Olympic test at the Dextro Energy WCS race in London, UK thus earned her Olympic ticket. American Gwn Jorgensen was the surprising runner-up and German Anja Dittmer finished third.
Tim DeBoom won the 2011 Norseman Extreme Triathlon in 11:18:47 and with a relatively comfortable margin over Markus Stierli. Susanne Buckenlei grabbed her 3rd title in course record time despite the distance being longer.
Timothy DeBoom and Susanne Buckenlei grabbed the 2011 Norseman Extreme Triathlon titles but this unique event is about so much more. A photo gallery by Eric Wynn.
We also had a few words with Americans Matt Chrabot and Greg Bennett about the big race on the calendar. With Olympic spots on the line this race in London is huge.
The 2012 cyclo-cross season isn’t very far away, but in all reality it is never a bad time to swing your leg over one these fun rides. Today we look closer at the 2012 Ridley XFire.
With the 2011 Norseman Extreme Triathlon almost upon us we share a few clips of Tim DeBoom during his last few days of training on the stunning course in Norway.
On the way back from the 2011 Dealer Camp we stopped by ENVE Composites in Ogden, Utah to take a tour of the facility where the wheels are crafted.