Massimo Cigana smashed the bike to top Alberto Cassadei by 4:05 and Radka Vodickova of the Czech Republic outran Belinda Granger of Australia to win the Laguna Phuket Triathlon.
by Tim Carlson, November 28, 2011
Ultraman starts with a 10 kilometer swim from Kailua pier to Keauhou, and finishes with a 90-mile bike to Volcanoes National Monument. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.
When Jonas Colting dropped out with a leg injury, Alexandre Ribeiro outpaced Michael Coughlin on the Day 3 double marathon for his 5th Ultraman title; defending women’s champ Amber Monforte won her second title wire-to-wire by a wide margin
On a day of wild winds over the Kohala Mountain pass, Jonas Colting held on to a dwindling men’s lead and Amber Monforte charged to 5th overall –with a 2-hour 18-minute women’s race margin.
Jonas Colting of Sweden led Canada’s Michael Coughlin and women’s race record holder Amber Monforte of Reno, Nevada led Alice Robb of Australia on Day 1 of the 27th Ultraman World Championship,
Eneko Llanos and Leanda Cave talk about what their wins at Ford Ironman Arizona meant to them: Llanos broke 8 hours, Cave won her first Ironman, broke 9 hours and ran sub-3 hours.
Amidst the cacti, Eneko Llanos set a race record, broke 8 hours and outdueled duathlon king Paul Amey; Leanda Cave and Linsey Corbin went 1-2 while smashing the 9 hour barrier. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.
Emma-Kate Lidbury of Oxford, England had a breakthrough year in 2011 with wins at 70.3 races in Mallorca, UK, and Augusta. Her introduction to the sport came on a 2005 assignment for the Oxford Mail and Times – and she’s still a working journalist!
Leon Griffin won it with a race-best 1:15:01 half marathon and Samantha Warriner back came from a 5-minute deficit after the bike to win Ironman 70.3 Shepparton Sunday.
She’s part of a wave of great British women long course triathletes. After winning the ITU Long Distance World Championship, Rachel Joyce is coming into her own. An interview by Timothy Carlson.
Massive mudslides shorten Guatape World Cup to sprint distance, French competitors Etienne Diemunsch and Carole Peon take the wins in Colombia.
Jordan Rapp talked with Timothy Carlson about winning his first world title, the 2011 ITU Long Distance World Championships, which occurred on Saturday in Henderson, Nevada.
Jordan Rapp and Rachel Joyce won the 2011 ITU Long Distance World Championship on a cold day in Henderson, Nevada in which the swim was canceled and challenging hills made a tough day.