Articles by Tim Carlson

Offered for your reading pleasure, the Weekend Box presents bravura Pan American Games triathlons from Canada, an XTERRA from Sweden and a California wine country 70.3.

2012 Olympic champion Nicola Spirig of Switzerland and Davis Hauss of France won the ETU Triathlon European Championship elite titles on a sunny day in Switzerland.

In 2013 Luis Alvarez completed his 100th Ironman and this June he climbed 20,320 foot Denali, his sixth of the seven highest mountain summits in each of the seven continents.

Ritchie Nicholls’ race-best run trumped Markus Thomschke’s fastest bike split and Eva Wutti ran away from defending champion Susie Cheetham to win Ironman 70.3 Haugesund

With Fourth of July weekend fireworks and hot dog eating in the U.S., we present a 70.3 and a Challenge in Canada, an XTERRA in France and an ETU sprint in Holland.

Mary Beth Ellis was discouraged after a disappointing Kona and a less than stellar start to 2015. A change of scenery and a new/old coach led to her first World title.

Dede Griesbauer was within range of earning a place on the Kona start line when she was struck by a truck at Ironman Coeur d’Alene; now she faces another longshot comeback.

Marino Vanhoenacker won his 7th Ironman Austria with a course record bike split and a large margin of victory while Eva Wutti gave an equally dominating performance to prevail at Klagenfurt.

The Weekend Box presents triathlon action from an Ironman in France, an XTERRA in Switzerland, a 70.3 in Texas, and a duathlon in Philly.

Andy Potts and Heather Jackson used dominating bike and run splits to break away from their rivals on a sizzling hot day out west at Ironman Coeur d’Alene.

Lionel Sanders led a 1-2 Canadian sweep of the men’s podium and Meredith Kessler ran away from Holly Lawrence at Ironman 70.3 Mt. Tremblant.

Manuel Kueng of Switzerland edged out Bas Diederen of Netherlands by 1:28 and Julia Gajer of Germany led the women wire-to-wire to win Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg.