Ken Glah had 10 Top 10 finishes, including a 3rd, two 4ths and two 5ths – but his greatest achievement may be the sheer endurance and consistency it took to finish 30 straight times at Ironman Hawaii.
by Tim Carlson, October 17, 2013
Frederick Van Lierde joins his coach and not-related namesake Luc Van Lierde as Belgium’s Ironman World Champions. This Van Lierde did it with a well-balanced attack and quiet confidence.
Australian Luke McKenzie has won six Ironman races at places like Malaysia, Brazil and China. On Saturday he had the race of his life on the sport’s biggest stage, leading until Mile 16 at Kona.
James Cunnama and Jodie Swallow have an excellent relationship at the races and away – and they both are highly rated coming to the 37th Ironman World Championship this Saturday at Kona.
Haley Chura is likely going to be the first female out of the water, but unlike in previous years she is now a Pro and many more eyes and cameras will be on that fast Team Dynamo Atlanta super fish.
Jessie Donavan is in Kona to race the Ironman World Championships for the first time. The 2013 Ironman South Africa champion though appears to be calm and collected and has her family with her for support.
Czech Pro Radka Vodičková has spent most of the summer in North America and has now quite a few titles to her name. Slowtwitch.com checked in with this nomadic traveling Pro to see what she is up to.
Guy Crawford is about to head to Kona where he will be busy with various promotional activities, including but not limited to the Coffees of Hawaii boat blueseventy representation. We checked in with the man who is known as Captain Awesome.
Meredith Novack was looking for a personal challenge and found it with a quest to break a record for a round trip Lanai-Maui swim.
Aussie Melissa Hauschildt proved in Las Vegas that the long course women could hold off the assault of the ITU short course racers and that she has the strongest bike and run in the Ironman 70.3 business.
Sebastian Kienle should have been a prohibitive favorite defending his Ironman 70.3 World Championship at distance and on a course that suits him perfectly. But injuries and illness left him just hoping for a top 10.
Three-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander and Olympic silver medalist Lisa Norden discuss their 2013 coach-athlete relationship and Norden’s quest for the Ironman 70.3 World title.
After he returned to racing full time in 2012, Leon Griffin had six runner-up finishes at half Ironman and 70.3 races through Wildflower this May. After a gluteus tear set him back for months, Griffin won Rev3 Maine.
