At the recent Rev3 Quassy race, Kelly Williamson finished second to Mirinda Carfrae and is seemingly ready to step it up even more. We had a few words with the Austin, TX transplant who was formerly known as Kelly Handel.
by Herbert Krabel, June 10, 2010
The World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) announced a $100,000 contribution to the oil spill relief effort in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday and the first $25,000 will go to the Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans.
On Saturday, June 5th while on the way to a wedding in Indianapolis, long time Zipp employee Jim Douglas lost his life when the bridal van he was traveling in was involved in a crash.
Aussie Chris Macca McCormack grabbed the win at the 2010 TriStar111 Germany with its 1k swim, 100k bike and 10k run distances. The women’s title in Worms, Germany went to Swiss Pro Michaela Giger.
Timothy DeBoom ran down Matt Lieto and Luke Bell to win the 2010 Rohto Ironman 70.3 Hawaii. Belinda Granger took the women’s title with a very solid performance all day.
We recently noticed the very beautiful black and white images of German photographer Timm Kölln. With a passion for cycling and soccer, Kölln mostly shoots in black and white, but he of course also dabbles in color.
Franky Batelier won the XTERRA European Championships in Sardinia, Italy by a very narrow margin over Olivier Marceau. Melanie McQuaid grabbed the women’s title and her first win of the season.
Filip Ospaly used a course record time of 3:46:02 to defeat a stellar field at the 2010 Ironman 70.3 Austria in St. Pölten. Yvonne Van Vlerken also broke the course record, but had to out-sprint Erika Csomor by 0.2 seconds to take the win.
Aussie Luke McKenzie led from start to finish at the 2010 Ironman Brasil Florianopolis to win his 5th Ironman title in record time. Tereza Macel won her 4th title, but had to fight Dede Griesbauer until late in the run.
In the aftermath of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California we look closer at the Scott Plasma 3, the 2011 Felt DA, a cool bicycle inspired art poster show and a book on how to date a triathlete.
A new partnership between WTC and Nestlé Performance Nutrition means that the new Powerbar PERFORM drink will be at many Ironman and 70.3 aid stations instead of Gatorade, and that is true for Kona and Clearwater too.
Late last summer John Carson was out for a training ride when he got hit by a SUV from behind. His world changed when he was told he would most likely be wheelchair bound for the rest of his life. But John Carson had another idea about that.
3-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington will also be at the start line of the Amgen Tour of California stage 7 time trial and that adds an interesting twist to the event. After all, she finished 2nd overall at the 2008 Alpe D’Huez triathlon.
