In early May we hung out a day with Jan Frodeno in Germany and shared a picture gallery of that outing. Jan though spends quite a bit of time in Stellenbosch, South Africa and here is a video day feature of him there.
by Herbert Krabel, July 7, 2011
Dave Salazar has been involved with the Aerodyn / A2 wind tunnel for quite some time now but with the recent departure of Mike Giraud he stepped up to handle the bike program.
Maik Twelsiek has proven a few times what a threat he is on a bike and his run is getting quicker too. He just recorded a 4:29:10 in Coeur D’Alene but got run down by 2-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander for the win.
Marino Vanhoenacker smashed the all-time Ironman record of 7:50:27 set by Luc Van Lierde in 1997 and recorded a stunning 7:45:58 at the 2011 Kärnten Ironman Austria. Mary Beth Ellis took the women’s title in 8:43:34.
Commerzbank, the main sponsor of the very successful Commerzbank Triathlon Team announced that they would not extend the sponsorship past 2011 and would focus on soccer instead.
After an accident in 2009 John Carson was destined to be wheelchair bound but he was determined to walk again. He has since finished Ironman Lake Placid, the Boston Marathon and Ironman Coeur D’Alene, but that one was his swan song of sorts.
Boulder, CO based amateur Doug MacLean was the top age grouper at Ironman Coeur D’Alene and managed to break into the top 10 overall. Moving forward though he’ll be starting with a Pro card and much tougher competition.
We stumbled upon the new Cervelo S5 aero road bike, the Zerod Vanguard wetsuit, the Leg Lube shaving gel, the Headsweats visibility hat, the Butterfinger Buzz bar and funky cufflinks from Gotham Smith.
Liz Blatchford took a convincing win at the recent 5i50 Liverpool Triathlon and was quite happy with her performance there. She also raced the Rev3 Quassy but still has aspirations to make the British Olympic team.
2011 Abu Dhabi Triathlon champion Frederik Van Lierde added an Ironman title to his resume with a superb performance at Ironman France. German Pro Silvia Felt also won her first Ironman title in Nice.
Craig Alexander came, saw and conquered the 2011 Ironman Coeur D’Alene in course record time but had a tough battle with Maik Twelsiek all day. Julie Dibens took the women’s title in record time despite a bit of a struggle at the end.
Andy Potts and Rebeccah Wassner won the 7th running of the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon and here is a gallery from that day in the City of Brotherly Love in 2011.
For this early summer edition we have noticed Nuun Strawberry Lemonade, The Fit Shall Inherit the Earth, Profile Design UCM, Panache Arm Screens, Road ID Slim and Smith Optics Tenet.