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The shining courage of Jim MacLaren
An appreciation of Jim MacLaren, the man for whom the Challenged Athletes Foundation was created, and co-recipient of the 2005 Arthur Ashe Courage Award, who died August 30 at age 47.
A visit to the 2010 Eurobike Demo Day
We arrived this morning in Europe and after a quick lunch headed straight over to the 2010 Eurobike Demo Day in the very beautiful Württembergischen Allgäu. Here is what we noticed today.
Aussies win in Louisville
Paul Ambrose earned his first Ironman title with a win at the 2010 Ironman Louisville today. In the women's race Rebekah Keat followed up her win at the Challenge Copenhagen race a few weeks ago ...
Collins, Hoogland win SF Tri at Alcatraz
Ben Collins and Tenille Hoogland repeated their wins at Treasure Island with victories at the inaugural San Francisco Triathlon at Alcatraz; Collins' bike tops Kyle Leto and Hoogland's run edges ...
Fretta, Haskins take Chicago Tri
Mark Fretta took a fine win at the 2010 Lifetime Fitness Chicago Triathlon, while Toyota Cup points leader Matty Reed failed to finish in the top five. Sarah Haskins grabbed the women's title with a ...
Zyemtsev, Kessler in Canada
At the 2010 Subaru Ironman Canada Victor Zyemtsev ran down a long time race leader to take the win, just as he had done several times before. In the women's race Meredith Kessler followed up her ...
Jacobs, Tisseyre take Philippines 70.3
Australian Pete Jacobs outruns Terenzo Bozzone and Magali Tisseyre of Canada outruns Michellie Jones in wilting heat to win Philippines 70.3
Potts, Wellington win again
Andy Potts led from start to finish as he won 70.3 Timberman three straight times now. Chrissie Wellington also never trailed in this triathlon as she took the title for the third time in as many ...
Swiss repeat at ITU Team Worlds
Daniela Ryf, Ruedi Wild, Nicola Sprig and Sven Riederer teamed up for a back-to-back ITU Team Relay World Championship home country victory for the Swiss, who beat France by 40 seconds; USA 8th.
Brownlee, Norden take ITU Sprint World Championships
Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) stepped up to the plate and won his first world championship title at the inaugural ITU Sprint World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. Lisa Norden (SWE) got away from ...
Pschebizin, Brenn rule Inferno Tri
While Germans Marc Pschebizin and Andreas Wolpert managed to take the top spots at the ultra tough Swiss 2010 Inferno Triathlon, Swiss Nina Brenn grabbed the win in the women's category followed by a ...
What We Have Noticed: Gaerne, Gyst, Kenk and Squeezy
We noticed new triathlon shoes from Gaerne, a new bag concept from Gyst, the recently released book about the life and times of Igor Kenk and a tomato flavored energy gel from Squeezy. Good times.
Berkel, Keat take Copenhagen
Tim Berkel won his second Ironman distance event with a PB 8:07:39 and Rebekah Keat won her first Ironman distance race since 2007 with an impressive 8:54:36 at the inaugural Challenge Copenhagen.
Findlay does it again Kitzbühel
Paula Findlay followed up her win in London with another victory at the ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series triathlon in Kitzbühel, Austria and thus became the first woman in 2010 to take two ...
Gambles defends & McQuaid conquers the pavement at Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens
Joe Gambles announced loud & clear that he's back and fast as ever as he successfully defended his title. Melanie McQuaid took her first 70.3 win, continuing a strong season of cross-over racing.
Raelert, Van Vlerken in Wiesbaden
70.3 World Champion Michael Raelert added the European title to his resume with a record breaking win at the 2010 Ironman 70.3 Germany. Yvonne Van Vlerken also grabbed a new course record as she ...
Zamora and Macel survive Embrunman
Marcel Zamora and Tereza Macel won the grueling Embrunman iron-distance race in France, where an unusually strong field added to the difficulty of one - if not the single - most punishing 112mi/180km ...
Hayes superb in Kitzbühel
Stuart Hayes took his best win to date at the ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series triathlon in Kitzbühel, Austria. After getting in a break of five on the bike, Hayes ran away from the ...
What We Have Noticed: Craft, Cranksports ...
With the temperatures still super hot in the Northern Hemisphere we look at the cool layer from Craft, a sodium rich gel from Cranksports, new wheels from Mavic, a cool triathlon image and a new ...
Your bike flies assembled to Kona
Tri Bike Transport, the company known for transporting bikes to races in trucks, is introducing a new twist: It'll fly your bike fully assembled to Kona for the Ironman.
Goldberg arrested for grand larceny
Jason Goldberg, former bike retail employee turned team manager and pro athlete agent, has been arrested in New York.
Boulder 70.3 wins for Potts, Dibens
After his recent win at Ironman Coeur D'Alene Andy Potts showed that he can still go fast at half that distance with an impressive win at Boulder 70.3. Julie Dibens grabbed the win in the women's ...
Colucci, Sapunova in Hungary
Reinaldo Colucci won the ITU World Cup in Tiszaujvaros, Hungary and with it earned his first World Cup title. For women's winner Yuliya Sapunova this victory was also her first World Cup success.
Graves, Ficker win in Estonia
Philip Graves won the 2010 TriStar111 Estonia after a battle on the bike with Bjorn Andersson. Desiree Ficker also found the 1k swim, 100k bike and 10k run event distances to her liking and ...
Oftedal, Buckenlei take Norseman
Henrik Oftedal battled defending champion Tom Remman most of the day to win the 2010 edition of the Norseman Extreme Triathlon. Defending champion Susanne Buckenlei also had quite a tough challenge ...
