Carfrae, Sanders prevail at Los Cabos
Mirinda Carfrae outruns pro women, Lionel Sanders dominates men at Ironman 70.3 Los Cabos.
by Tim Carlson, November 3, 2019Mirinda Carfrae outruns pro women, Lionel Sanders dominates men at Ironman 70.3 Los Cabos.
by Tim Carlson, November 3, 2019Joe Skipper finishes in 7:46:28 with 2:01 margin of victory over Ben Hoffman.
The 2019 SwimRun NC was delayed by 30 minutes because of pending thunderstorms, but the sun came out and participants were treated to a challenging and memorable adventure. It was a great day for female and mixed teams, as the top 3 female teams were in places 5, 6 and 7 overall, and 6 mixed teams were among the top 15 overall, including 3rd place.
Jackie Hering tops Jeannie Seymour by 2 minutes and Sam Appleton bests Andrew Starykowicz by 4:29 at Waco 70.3
Kevin Maurel of France and Lisa Hütthaler of Austria win Ironman 70.3 Marrakech
Flora Duffy of Bermuda and Bradley Weiss of South Africa won the elite titles at the 24th XTERRA World Championship
Matt McElroy takes 2nd straight World Cup gold, Eli Hemming takes silver at Miyazaki.
All four women reached the Kona podium in their respective age groups but the road was anything but straight.
Wattie Ink’s Josh Amberger crushed the swim in Kona but his race did not unfold as he would have liked and did not reflect his potential. But his Kona race report was superb and we had a chat with him.
Ruth Purbrook’s season almost ended after a collision with a car earlier this summer, but with grit and determination she came back to grab the top overall female age group spot at the IRONMAN World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.
Filipe Azevedo edges Cam Brown by 33 seconds; Kelsey Withrow tops Frankie Sanjana by 47 seconds.
Vincent Luis of France and Katie Zaferes of the U.S. took top honors at the Super League Triathlon event.
Sandra Dodet of France sprinted away from Ai Ueda of Japan in the final meters to win at Tongyeong.