Eric Reid is fairly new to triathlon and will go back to Kona for the second time. But the Army Major and Battalion Executive Officer isn’t just looking for a new personal record in Kona, he is raising money for Wounded Warriors.
by Herbert Krabel, August 13, 2010
Rebekah Keat is ready to break into the winner’s circle at Challenge Copenhagen after three straight runner-up Ironman-distance finishes – and contemplates what it will take to crack the Wellington Inevitability
Slowtwitch shooter Timothy Carlson hit the streets of Copenhagen, site of the inaugural iron-distance Challenge Copenhagen.
With the temperatures still super hot in the Northern Hemisphere we look at the cool layer from Craft, a sodium rich gel from Cranksports, new wheels from Mavic, a cool triathlon image and a new threadless t-shirt.
A win at Miami International and the runner-up spot at Lifetime Fitness Triathlon were quite nice, but qualifying for the 2012 Olympics in London is on the mind of Matt Chrabot and thus the focus on ITU Dextro Energy WCS events.
Tri Bike Transport, the company known for transporting bikes to races in trucks, is introducing a new twist: It’ll fly your bike fully assembled to Kona for the Ironman.
Jason Goldberg, former bike retail employee turned team manager and pro athlete agent, has been arrested in New York.
Andy Potts and Julie Dibens won the 2010 ROHTO 70.3 Boulder triathlon and Eric Wynn followed these athletes all day.
After his recent win at Ironman Coeur D’Alene Andy Potts showed that he can still go fast at half that distance with an impressive win at Boulder 70.3. Julie Dibens grabbed the win in the women’s race after waiting several minutes before the finish line to actually cross.
Reinaldo Colucci won the ITU World Cup in Tiszaujvaros, Hungary and with it earned his first World Cup title. For women’s winner Yuliya Sapunova this victory was also her first World Cup success.
Another Norseman Extreme Triathlon is in the books and we now share some impressions from the event courtesy of nxtri.com.
Philip Graves won the 2010 TriStar111 Estonia after a battle on the bike with Bjorn Andersson. Desiree Ficker also found the 1k swim, 100k bike and 10k run event distances to her liking and dominated the women’s race.