Olympic silver medalist Javier Gomez ran away from the field with a race-best 1:11:49 half marathon that gave him a 6:05 winning margin in his half Ironman distance debut at the Challenge Barcelona Half
by Tim Carlson, May 19, 2013
Three-time ITU Duathlon World champion Paul Amey won his very first Ironman at the age of 39 and Rachel Joyce broke Mary Beth Ellis’s course record and dominated the women’s field to win Ironman Texas in 8:49:14.
Faris Al-Sultan of Germany won by 9:48 over Miquel Blanchart of Spain and Kristin Möller of Germany took control on the bike and finished with a sizzling 2:58:37 run to win Ironman Lanzarote.
Josiah Middaugh stopped Conrad Stoltz’s 6-race streak and Lesley Paterson beat Melanie McQuaid to capture the XTERRA Southeast Championship in Shelby County, Alabama.
Julie Dibens will be racing the Tour of California invitational women’s time trial today in San Jose 18 months after her last triathlon and 14 months after a major operation to address foot and knee injuries.
On the eve of Wednesday’s 10th annual Ride of Silence dedicated to cyclists killed on the road, Sara McLarty recalls her father Brent McLarty, struck and killed by a van while cycling near his Deland, Florida home in 2011.
Eneko Llanos of Spain outran Bart Aernouts of Belgium by 18 seconds to win Ironman 70.3 Mallorca. In the women’s race Lisa Hütthaler of Austria passed fellow Austria resident Yvonne Van Vlerken late in the run to take the win.
Kat Baker has come back from so many injuries, she has lost count. The undaunted 26-year-old Australian has been in triathlon for 8 years, has very few miles on her legs and she is now fueled by a 2nd at Wildflower.
ITU star Brad Kahlefeldt ran away from the long course specialists with a dazzling 1:10:35 run while Liz Blatchford held off Kate Bevilaqua to win the men’s and women’s pro titles at Ironman 70.3 Busselton.
Jesse Thomas outran Australian Leon Griffin to take his third straight win at Wildflower long course; Heather Jackson earned her 2nd straight Wildflower victory passing Kat Baker on the run.
They call it the Woodstock of Triathlon. It began 31 years ago and since then the long course has become a legendary half Ironman distance test of greatness. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson
Now in its 31st year, Tri-California’s Wildflower Triathlon festival gets ready for another showdown in its classic elite long course event Saturday at Lake San Antonio. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.
Ben Allen of Australia won his 5th XTERRA World Tour event of the season in a hard fought duel with Dan Hugo of South Africa; Renata Bucher of Switzerland dominated the women’s field at XTERRA Malaysia.