Austin’s Capitol of Texas Triathlon is honoring Memorial Day with gallons of sweat. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson
by Tim Carlson, June 1, 2010
Nathan White took the lead from James Bales at the 5 mile mark of the run and Sierra Snyder led wire-to-wire on a hot day in Austin to capture the 20th Cap Tex Triathlon.
Ironman distance events whose courses take over the heart of historic world capitals such as Frankfurt and Zurich are rare. In August, the Challenge organization will debut a full ironman distance race that takes over the elegant streets of Copenhagen
Greg Bennett, one of the most decorated Australian triathletes of all time, plans to race for the USA and is aiming at showing up on the starting line at the London Olympics wearing the red white and blue.
Andrew Yoder, still age 20, smoked Tim O’Donnell and the rest of the field at Columbia Triathlon; Laurel Wassner defeated Margaret Shapiro by 20 seconds.
Conrad Stoltz tops Josiah Middaugh by 3:05 and Renate Bucher wins by 2:15 over Shonny Vanlandingham at XTERRA Waco
Eneko Llanos set a race record, but Catriona Morrison made a miracle comeback, overcoming a 35-minute stop to fix a broken chain, to win Ironman Lanzarote by 1:28 over age grouper Louise Collins.
Hunter Kemper fought off a sacroiliac joint injury and a hernia to make his third Olympic team, capped off with a 7th at Beijing; a recurring SI joint injury left him off the radar for nine months until an Alcatraz win.
Doug McCard edged into the waters of Kissimmee’s Lake Mary Jane as he had “thousands of times before,” training for a summer Ironman. When he felt the teeth of an 8-foot long gator chomp on his torso, he started swinging.
France’s Sylvain Sudrie did it with a sizzling 1:56:04 bike and Finland’s Tiina Boman aced it on the run to win the Half Challenge Barcelona-Maresme
Timothy O’Donnell took his first win of 2010 by 1:21 over Viktor Zyemtsev; Leanda Cave followed Escape From Alcatraz with another win over Amanda Stevens.
Six members of the Saint-Lambert Triathlon Club training for Ironman Lake Placid were hit by a pickup truck on Highway 112 east of Montreal on May 14; three are dead and three were seriously injured
Jenna Shoemaker absorbed a big shock this spring when coach Darren Smith let her go; but the 26-year-old showed grit and resilience when she finished a close second at Escape from Alcatraz
