Ben Allen of Australia, former surf lifesaving star, adventure racer, ITU Olympic distance up and comer, just won the XTERRA Asian Triple Crown in three tough duels with Olivier Marceau.
by Tim Carlson, March 26, 2012
Kelly Williamson is back to her racing template of excellent swim, lose time on the bike and kill them on the run. She took 2nd at Panama 70.3 and a win at San Juan 70.3, but watch out.
Emily Passini stumbled upon triathlon in 2002 and that experience left her with the intention to run the other way. But what a difference 7 years make and Emily is our featured random age grouper.
A year ago, Greg Bennett committed to chasing the dream of the London Olympics and took Kona off his bucket list. In a twist of fate, he’s an extremely long shot at London but a short course win at Hy-Vee re-opened the door to Kona.
At the fairly young age of 18, William Huffman already has a resume many professionals might be jealous of. He chose to forgo the junior elite route and went straight to the professional ranks.
Christine Anderson had planned to turn Pro in 2011, but a freak accident threw a wrench in her plans. But now she has her Pro card and can test herself at the big dance.
We bumped into Christian B-Côté at the bike check-in at the Abu Dhabi Triathlon and this world traveler and first time triathlete became this week’s random age grouper interviewee.
The CEO of the Challenge Family of triathlons, Felix Walchshofer, talks to Slowtwitch about events surrounding the purchase by WTC of one of its licensees, impacting a popular race in Cairns, Australia.
Daniel Brienza is not only a fast racing age grouper, this team Timex athlete runs the triathlon business side of Life Time Fitness and makes sure that he spends ample quality time with his family.
Against an internationally acclaimed field, former professional cyclist Nikki Butterfield went for the kill with her ace and held on with a third-best run for a breakthrough $50,000 win at Abu Dhabi.
After his stunning 7:52:36 performance winning Roth in 2010, Rasmus Henning has been bedeviled by mysterious cramps and contemplated retirement. His Abu Dhabi win revived his high expectations and Kona ambitions.
In just his third year as a pro, Brian Lamar has moved up the ITU point list and appears to become a prominent racer. Largely unnoticed in prior years, Brian won the Panama City Continental Cup.
Doug Casa is in charge of the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut and knows quite a bit about sudden death in sport. We had a few words with Doug after the 2012 Team Timex Camp.