Did you know there is a Black Sea Riviera? Bulgaria and Romania each have great beaches there. And triathlons. Here’s Bulgaria’s Lion Heart Tri.
by Dan Empfield, April 12, 2017
Sam Appleton secured the win with a race-best run split; Annabel Luxford’s women’s-best swim and bike splits conquered Challenge Melbourne half.
Reigning XTERRA Pan America Champions Josiah Middaugh and Suzie Snyder won the fourth annual XTERRA Costa Rica.
A week ago triathlete and ultrarunner John Kelly became the 15th person since 1986 to conquer the infamous Barkley Marathons – a ultra difficult 100 mile trail race in the Frozen Head State Park in TN. This humble Every Man Jack athlete talked to us about that experience and more.
Mario Mola emerged from a fierce run duel with Richard Murray to win his second straight WTS Gold Coast victory.
Andrea Hewitt followed her win at Abu Dhabi with a dominant performance at Gold Coast and her second straight victory on the WTS circuit.
Sam Osborne did it with race-best bike and run splits and Jacqui Allen won with a dominating mountain bike split at XTERRA New Zealand.
Matt Russell has raced in every edition of Ironman Texas and this year he thinks it will require a sub-8 hour performance to win the Ironman North American Championship event taking place in The Woodlands on April 22nd.
Oceanside 70.3 winner Lionel Sanders was disappointed he did not get a full rematch with Jan Frodeno. But he’s delighted with his improved swim.
The inaugural ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Hvar took place in Croatia yesterday and a Swedish team captured the overall title and the golden bibs in a stunning and challenging setting.
Current XTERRA World Champion Mendez ran down Timothy O’Donnell while Kimberley Morrison won it on the bike to take Ironman 70.3 Texas elite titles.
Ben Hoffman finished in 7:58:40 with a 50 seconds margin on Nils Frommhold and Daniela Ryf won in 8:47:02 at IM South Africa.