Emma-Kate Lidbury is back on track after a suffering some tough breaks in 2012; she credits purplepatch coach Matt Dixon, swim coach Gerry Rodrigues and a move to Santa Monica
by Tim Carlson, June 19, 2013
Mike Gadzinski finished 11th overall and 2nd in his age group at Ironman 70.3 Eagleman in Cambridge, MD. With a Kona slot and a Vegas slot earned, he made a decision that made his family and another athlete happy.
Kevin Metcalfe has been trying to go sub-50 for a 40k TT for more than 20 years now, and finally at age 52 he stormed to a record breaking 49:29 in the Northern California / Nevada TT Championships.
Jano Soto is a triathlete who lives in Kailua-Kona, but he and his wife are currently on a 4-month European adventure and he will race 70.3 Berlin and Challenge Roth among other things. We checked in with him in Berlin.
Age grouper Sami Inkinen was the fastest age grouper at Ironman 70.3 Eagleman last weekend, but that is not a unique experience for this fast and smart athlete who grew up in Finland. We had a chat with him.
Axel Merckx recently competed in the Oliver Half triathlon and finished 4th overall in 4:28:33. For a man who is busy with many other obligations that is not shabby considering this was his first and possibly only triathlon attempt.
Bree Wee was leading her home town race, Ironman 70.3 Hawaii, by a defensible margin when she took a wrong turn off the run course, backtracked, and fell from 1st to 3rd in a heartbreaking twist of fate.
South African Dan Hugo is best known for his XTERRA exploits, but he also has done a few road events. He is currently getting ready for XTERRA Richmond.
Hillary Biscay recently finished her 60th Ironman and she has been quite busy otherwise too with a new business venture and being relatively newly married.
Kevin and Nikki Garwood were inspired by Dick and Rick Hoyt and they recently finished the spec-savers Ironman South Africa together.
Aussie coach Darren Smith had a few words with slowtwitch to discuss the current state of affairs, a new addition to the squad and a pending big move.
Australia often has quite a bit of young talent in the sport of triathlon and among them these days is 21-year old James Hodge. He recently finished third at 70.3 Busselton but now he is back to studying and preparing for tests.
Julie Dibens will be racing the Tour of California invitational women’s time trial today in San Jose 18 months after her last triathlon and 14 months after a major operation to address foot and knee injuries.
