The life of a professional sports photographer appears absolutely thrilling and exciting and we spent time with Rich Cruse to find out what it is really like to be in the middle of the action at various historical triathlon events.
by Herbert Krabel, December 30, 2009
Chrissie Wellington’s record-smashing and Alistair Brownlee’s perfection gave 2009 some of its bright shining greatness. But there were clearly more amazing triathlon items in 2009.
We have noticed a few high-end mountain bikes which would certainly make great XTERRA, XC or marathon racing rigs. Look closer at the Trek Top Fuel 9.9 SSL, Santa Cruz Blur XC, Specialized S-Works Epic, Niner Air 9 C, Pivot Mach 429 and Scott Scale RC.
Triathlon execs gain Olympic-related posts, USAT Hall of Fame athletes still all women, 16-year-old triathlete wins Foot Locker XC Nationals, Challenge Wanaka sells out, Vegas ‘burb gains ITU LD Worlds, IMG postpones San Diego debut
In August age grouper Wim Van De Wielle lost his wife Kristel in a terrible hit and run accident and his life was turned upside down. A few months later Van De Wielle won his age group at Ford Ironman Florida and finished 13th overall.
Saturday the race site needs to rise from the earth, and each athlete has approximately thirty questions they would like to ask, preferably now. But as my wife often tells me, I signed up for the job.
I’m always drawn to that place in a company’s lineup where the company’s bean counters wince as they look at how much money they’re not making. Here’s the bean-counter’s nightmare.
You’re nearing the end. You’re probably ready to race now. So, it’s mostly a case of hitting your taper, not getting injured, improving here and there, and staying enthused.
This 2010 Seduza is a singular example of this American company with a Mexican name’s resurgence. It’s a full-carbon monocoque chassis with all the sex features.
Headed for greatness after five Ironman distance wins in her first two years as a professional, the part time Christchurch Symphony violinist endured some rough times in 2009.
Do you still need any last minute gift ideas of friends and family? We noticed SRAM R2C shifters, Garmin 500 Edge computer, Craft hat, Trigger Point Grid roller, Coffees of Hawaii gift tin, CEP compression socks, Asics running gloves and a Trix Gear t-shirt.
The Day 3 double marathon takes runners from Hawi to the old Airport at Kailua-Kona. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson
Fiona Docherty, 2003 Powerman Zofingen Duathlon world champ, and Heather Fuhr, 1997 Ironman World Champion, finished 1-3 at the 2009 XTERRA Trail Running Worlds. Max King took the men’s title.
The 171.4-mile bike on Day 2 of the Ultraman goes from Volcanoes via the 3,600-foot Kohalas to Hawi. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson
Attention budding race directors: Here’s yet another attempt at quantifying how much it costs to put on a triathlon, and what it breaks down to by line item.
In today’s What We Have Noticed we feature a few stocking stuffer / inexpensive Christmas gift ideas. Hand warmers from LL Bean, a yoga mat from Gaiam, a funky transition towel from Target, a water bottle from Kor and a book about racing weight.
Your long swim week under your best (you did do this, didn’t you?), how ’bout let’s try switching to another event, and we’ll try to make some progress on the bike?
Patrick Vernay wins the 2009 Ironman Western Australia in Busselton and takes the title back from Timothy Berkel. Gina Ferguson repeats in the women’s race after also having won that event in 2008.
The 25th triathletic circumnavigation of the Big Island of Hawaii day 1 gallery. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson
Aid stations can be cost centers, profit centers, or neutral centers. No matter of the size of your race, they can be done well, and cheaply. I like to think of them as stationary parade floats.
People come and people go, but there’s always a story within each beating heart of the folks that tackle the 320 daunting miles of the Ultraman trail.
This is, of course, Asics answer to its own Kayano 15, and, no, it’s not the same shoe as the 15; it’s more to your liking, or less, depending on your foot and ankle structure.
Have you ever considered where bike racks come from? I hadn’t, until I decided to run a triathlon. Now I suddenly need a million of them, and sadly they don’t show up in the Sears catalog.
Asics is shipping some 2010 product out to stores like ours, and we availed ourselves of the chance to run in next year’s version of the famous Asics GT-series.
Swimming is a big fat hassle, until you’re good in the pool, and then swimming is the easiest leg of the triathlon, and when I say easy, I mean by far it’s the easiest.
