Boulder Peak Tri 2009

Many athletes who competed in the 2009 Lifetime Fitness Triathlon in Minneapolis, MN on Saturday, hustled to Boulder, CO later that day to race the 2009 Boulder Peak triathlon on Sunday. For many pros though that just meant to return home immediately after Saturday's event to the big Boulder triathlete town. Timothy O'Donnell won the men's race and Mary Beth Ellis took the women's title.

All images © Eric Wynn
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The calm before the storm

Friendly chit chat before the gun goes off

Now it is time to avoid flying elbows and kicking feet

Erin O'Hara exits the water

Timothy O'Donnell on his way to first place in the men's race

Head down and go for Mary Beth Ellis

Joanna Zeiger didn't quite have the day she wanted

The bar tape matches the paint scheme nicely on Julie Dibens' bike

The pain of the effort is on the face of Timothy O'Donnell

Bryan Rhodes on his way to 10th place

Interesting water juggling skills are displayed by Brooke Davison

Timothy O'Donnell runs side by side with Julie Dibens

A bit of stalking the prey action by Joe Gambles as he pursues Ryan Ignatz

Mary Beth Ellis not hat far away from the finish line and the win

But boy was that a tough race

2nd place finisher Paul Matthews is exhausted on the ground with 3rd place finisher Joe Gambles in the foreground

The podium with the top women

Paul Matthews is in deep thought as Joe Gambles and Timothy O'Donnell share a little laugh