The life of a professional sports photographer appears absolutely thrilling and exciting and we spent time with Rich Cruse to find out what it is really like to be in the middle of the action at various historical triathlon events.
by Herbert Krabel, December 30, 2009We have noticed a few high-end mountain bikes which would certainly make great XTERRA, XC or marathon racing rigs. Look closer at the Trek Top Fuel 9.9 SSL, Santa Cruz Blur XC, Specialized S-Works Epic, Niner Air 9 C, Pivot Mach 429 and Scott Scale RC.
In August age grouper Wim Van De Wielle lost his wife Kristel in a terrible hit and run accident and his life was turned upside down. A few months later Van De Wielle won his age group at Ford Ironman Florida and finished 13th overall.
Do you still need any last minute gift ideas of friends and family? We noticed SRAM R2C shifters, Garmin 500 Edge computer, Craft hat, Trigger Point Grid roller, Coffees of Hawaii gift tin, CEP compression socks, Asics running gloves and a Trix Gear t-shirt.
In today’s What We Have Noticed we feature a few stocking stuffer / inexpensive Christmas gift ideas. Hand warmers from LL Bean, a yoga mat from Gaiam, a funky transition towel from Target, a water bottle from Kor and a book about racing weight.
Patrick Vernay wins the 2009 Ironman Western Australia in Busselton and takes the title back from Timothy Berkel. Gina Ferguson repeats in the women’s race after also having won that event in 2008.
With Thanksgiving behind us we can now think about gifts for friends, family and ourselves. Along those lines we noticed a Capo Forma jersey, Überhund aero bars, Bontrager tri shoes and a couple of interesting books.
Jordan Rapp used a course record bike split and a course record overall winning time to take the 2009 Ford Ironman Arizona. Samantha McGlone came back from a slow swim with a sub 5 hour bike split and a superb run to take her first Ironman win, also in record time.
We are in the middle of the 2009/2010 cross season and today we are featuring mostly cross bikes / frames we have recently noticed. Enjoy the Giant Composite Cross, Cannondale Cyclocross 6, Scott Addict CX RC, Stevens Carbon Team and the Workerman Peace Wheel.
Silvia Balbach had the second fastest female age group run split and finished as the fourth overall fastest female amateur in Kona this year. A chance encounter prior to the race led to this interview with the speedy German.
Michael Raelert won the 2009 Foster Grant World Championships with a superb performance, a 1:09:06 half marathon and a final time of 3:34:04. In the women’s race, Julie Dibens went sub 4 hours and took the title in 3:59:33.
In a time when many companies cut budgets and take away perks, the Rev3 group is stepping up to the plate in a different way. They announced $125,000 of additional prize money for the 3 Rev3 events.
The fastest age group bike split in Kona belonged to Stefan Werner from Germany. But more importantly, he also was the age group World Champion in M30-34 and the second fastest overall amateur.