2008 was a very good year for Eneko Llanos, but if he has his way in 2009 he’ll be a spot higher at a couple of events, including the Ironman World Championships. Eneko talked to slowtwitch.
by Herbert Krabel, April 14, 2009
If the 1981 Ironman results are correct, it’s not Dave Scott. It’s a 19-year-old community college cross country runner from Bloomington, Minnesota who never did another triathlon before or after his 2:59:48 run at Kona.
Lothar Leder virtually disappeared from the triathlon scene after being involved in a blood value controversy prior to Ironman Germany in June of 2007. He spoke to slowtwitch about the incident and his plan to return to racing.
This week we look at running socks from Balega, trainers from Newton, compression socks from SLS3, a teaser from Scott USA and flip flops from Havaianas. If it were not for Scott USA, we could have called this one “the foot issue.”
Business is tough. The expression of that was felt last week by Zoot employees, about half of whom have lost or will lose their jobs. Sales management, customer service, finance, warehousing, will move to K2’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington.
Sandra Wallenhorst was a relative unknown in triathlon until she stormed to a record breaking win at Ironman Austria and a 3rd place in Kona in 2008. And this all happened after she had a baby.
Chrissie Wellington’s 8:57:10 tops Rebecca Keat by 24 minutes and places her 13th overall; Patrick Vernay takes third straight Ironman Oz crown
Bevan Docherty takes second straight Oceania Cup win, while Kirsten Sweetland, back in top form after 2008 injury, follows Mooloolaba World Cup triumph with another win at New Plymouth
Marino Vanhoenacker put on a very strong performance at the 2009 Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa and won in course record time. Lucie Zelenkova also broke the course record as she cruised to victory.
Canadian ITU and XTERRA racer Brent McMahon ran down the 2007 Ironman World Champion Chris McCormack to win the inaugural 70.3 New Orleans. In the women’s race Swiss Miss Natascha Badmann showed that she is finally back after endless battles with injuries stemming from the 2007 Ironman World Championships.
Matty Reed used a monster 1:11 run to take the 2009 70.3 California event ahead of Andy Potts. Mirinda Carfrae had to come from behind to catch late leader Sarah Groff less than a mile before the finish.
2008 has been a magical year for Ronnie Schildknecht with his wins at Ironman Switzerland, 70.3 Switzerland and the European Duathlon Championships, and a 4th place in Hawaii. He starts his 09 season in Oceanside at 70.3 California.
A quick look at the new waterproof Garmin 310XT and a velocity measuring device from SwiMetrics.
