Petr Vabrousek has finished 138 Ironman distance races and in the past few years has averaged 14 of them a year. At age 41, this indestructible Czech Republic athlete seems ageless and happy.
by Tim Carlson, January 31, 2014
Axel Zeebroek and Dirk Bockel gained fame during their breakaway in the Beijing Olympics, but that is not the only connection. Now they are reunited at team UPlace-BMC.
Jodie Stimpson had a great 2013 season with a win at Kitzbuehel and 2nd place overall in the ITU World Triathlon Series. She is currently gearing up for 2014 in California.
Kiwi cyclocross champion Alexander Revell is known in Belgium for his mustache and many simply call him “de snor” – Flemish for mustache. Now meet de snor.
In 2012 Dan Stubleski was the top age grouper at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas but he was pretty much an unknown. Since then the Michigan native has shown that the Vegas result wasn’t a fluke.
In her second try at the Ultraman World Championship, 63-time Iron-distance finisher Hillary Biscay smashed the women’s field, took 3rd overall and came within 48 minutes 44 seconds of a victory over all men.
Tyler Butterfield had a tough fight to get into Kona this year but performed very well there. More recently this Pro from Bermuda finished second at Ironman Cozumel – a race he had planned to simply participate in.
Ben Allen and Jacqui Slack reflect on the inspiration the love and support of their families has had on their pursuit of their dreams of XTERRA success around the globe.
When we bumped into Christoph on a seawall in Kona we planned to feature him as a random age grouper, but in his first Ironman World Championship start he finished in 9:03 and the runner-up spot in M18-24.
British age grouper and medical student Catherine Faux had a super impressive performance at the 2013 GoPro Ironman World Championships with a 9:15:16 time and she thus took the overall female age group title.
Scott Poteet recently finished the GoPro Ironman World Championships in a very respectable 9:38, but when he is on his day job he can move as fast as Mach 2.
24-year old Portland, Oregon resident Eric Lagerstrom has really stepped it up late this year with several fine results and we had a few words with him to understand how this all came together. Now watch out.
We selected Gus Ellison as a random age grouper because he happened to match a specific fashion rule we had determined earlier. Now you can meet this triathlete who came to Kona with his wife and very young son.
