Joe Maloy ran down Cameron Dye in the final mile and rising British 70.3 star Holly Lawrence took charge on the bike to win Escape From Alcatraz.
by Tim Carlson, June 12, 2016
The classic Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon featured the 1.5 mile swim from the old Federal prison to Marina Green, a hilly and curvy 18-mile bike and a rugged 8-mile run.
Joe Gambles won his 5th Ironman 70.3 Boulder .and Ellie Salthouse fought off a late race surge by Jeanni Seymour to win this Rocky Mountain classic.
Tommy Zaferes edged Davide Giardini after a race-long duel and Julie Ertel ran away from Emily Cocks to win the elite titles at The Triathlon at Pacific Grove.
After Eric Lagerstrom failed in his Olympic quest he was faced with the question, what’s next? Find out in this episode of Eric’s video series entitled Viking Life.
The Slowtwitch Road Show gypsy caravan rolled into the Midwestern tri-Mecca of Minneapolis to join host NOW Bikes and the Twin Cities tri enthusiasts in a celebration of tech.
Matt Russell’s 2:03:01 bike split trumped James Hadley’s better swim and run and Lauren Barnett ran down Meredith Kessler to win Ironman 70.3 Raleigh.
Tine Deckers won her 5th Nice title with a 5:05:03 bike split and Victor Del Corral edged James Cunnama thanks to a 2:42:28 run at Ironman France.
Erika Csomor of Hungary edged Martina Dogana of Italy by 42 seconds and Dirk Wijnalda of Netherlands dominated the men at the inaugural Challenge Venice.
Boris Stein ran away from Sebastian Kienle and Anja Beranek led wire to wire to capture the pro titles at Ironman 70.3 Kraichgau.
Nils Frommhold’s better swim and bike outweighed Ruedi Wild’s better run and Daniela Ryf demolished the women’s field at Ironman 70.3 Switzerland.
Emma Pallant and Richard Murray ran away from their closest challengers on the final 5k run leg to win the elite titles at the ITU Duathlon Worlds.
Thankfully rainstorms and widespread flooding missed the Austin, Texas Slowtwitch Road Show hosted by Austin Tri-Cyclist.