This week we came across the Saucony Hattori racing flats, the Oakley Pitbull shades, the Powerbar Beta Alenine, the Stomach of Anger Hoogerland t-shirt and the Gama Go Karate Chopper.
by Herbert Krabel, July 14, 2011
Double Ironman World Champion Normann Stadler underwent heart surgery at the Heidelberg University Hospital on July 4th to repair a failing heart valve and a nearby aortic aneurysm.
Dirk Bockel finished 8th at the 2010 Ironman World Championships and wants to move up a few more places this year. So tunnel time it is for the Luxembourger.
Janelle Morrison was badly injured in a head-on collision in late November of 2010 when another car turned right in front of her. The road to recovery has not been easy, but Morrison has a lot of determination.
Graham O’Grady and Meredith Kessler were the 2011 Rev3 Portland champions and Eric Wynn was there to capture a stunning gallery of images.
Andreas Raelert stormed to an amazing 7:41:33 at the 2011 Challenge Roth in Germany and Chrissie Wellington went 8:18:13, finishing well clear of all other females and 5th overall. Both athletes went well faster than the previous best times for this distance.
Graham O’Grady led from start to finish to win the 2011 Rev33 Portland race just ahead of Richie Cunningham and Jordan Rapp. Meredith Kessler put together a great race after a couple DNFs to win the women’s title.
Ronnie Schildknecht reeled in Mathias Hecht and held off a hard charging Alonso Clemente to win the 2011 Ironman Switzerland for the 5th time. Karin Thürig also defended her title and now looks to close out her career in Kona.
Timothy O’Donnell and Annabel Luxford took the top spots at the 2011 Boulder Peak 5i50 race. Results and an image gallery by Randy Sadler.
Alistair Brownlee took the win at the GP Lyonnaise des Eaux in Paris just ahead of his younger brother Jonathan. Emma Moffatt and Emma Jackson took the top two spots in the women’s race.
Ben Hoffman crushed the bike with a 2:01:11 split and stormed to a win at the 2011 Ironman 70.3 Muncie. Melissa Rollison passed longtime leader Leanda Cave on the run to take the win.
Matty Reed and Sarah Haskins were the champions of the 2011 Life Time Fitness Triathlon in Minneapolis and Eric Wynn captured images from the happenings there.
An unmarked Mercedes Sprinter van loaded with custom blueseventy Helix wetsuits and various other items was stolen after the British Gas Great Swim in London and has disappeared.