In this Weekend Box we cover the final Rev3 race of 2013, the Ironman 70.3 Australian Champs in Mandurah, the WBR Mobilize Me campaign and a very sad image gallery.
by Herbert Krabel, November 10, 2013
Andrew Starykowicz and Meredith Kessler won the 2013 Rev3Tri in Venice Gardens, Florida and here is an image gallery from the action – slowtwitch friendly.
We selected Gus Ellison as a random age grouper because he happened to match a specific fashion rule we had determined earlier. Now you can meet this triathlete who came to Kona with his wife and very young son.
Amos Gollach now resides in Australia, but this M18-24 GoPro Ironman World Champion was born and grew up in Zimbabwe. Gollach recorded a 9:01:15 – a 46 minute improvement over his previous Kona effort.
Samantha Morrison won the F18-24 age group at the 2013 GoPro Ironman World Championships with a massive margin, and we expect to see much more from this talented Air Force 2nd Lieutenant.
Pedro Gomes followed up his Kona race with a start at Ironman Florida and the fast Portuguese finished 5th in 8:08:34. Here now are his numbers.
That name may not sound familiar to many, but should. Lubos Bilek is the coach of Sebastian Kienle and this Czech born German resident also coaches Svenja Bazlen and Andi Böcherer. Meet the man.
We stumbled upon our first random age grouper in Kona at Lava Java and you now get to meet Aussie Christine Lefeaux who qualified for the GoPro Ironman World Championships at Ironman Melbourne.
Boulder resident Cameron Dye snagged the 2013 Life Time Fitness triathlon series title again, but this time aboard a Fuji Norcom Straight.
Aussie Hayden Armstrong finally managed to go sub-9 at the GoPro Ironman World Championships in Kona, but in his very strong age group that meant 8th place. We had a few words with him.
Tyler, Texas resident Clay Emge won the M25-29 category at the 2013 GoPro World Championships in Kona with a 58:11 swim, 4:43:01 bike and 3:00:33 run and a total time of 8:47:36.
After an ankle operation age grouper Ali Rowatt started her 2013 season gingerly, but closed it out with a big bang and a runner-up finish at the GoPro Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.
Brit Liz Blatchford had a superb rookie race in Kona with a 9:03:45 and stormed to third place. This feat is not easily done and we had a few words with her about her race and the Kona experience in general.