Clayton Fettell and Carrie Lester won the men’s and women’s titles in hard-fought contests at Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie
by Tim Carlson, November 5, 2011
XTERRA’s 16th World Championship concluded with a traditional Halloween party at the Ritz Carlton – just 8 days before the real thing. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.
WTC outlines changes to the 2012 Kona Lottery — 100 Legacy athletes will have increased odds of being chosen while 100 more general age group athletes will also be chosen
He’s only been on the job four months, but Andrew Messick is stamping his imprimatur on triathlon’s marquis brand. Here he chats with us about Kona, Las Vegas, the pros, Tampa, and the new way the lottery works.
Sebastian Kienle earned his win over Michael Raelert with a sizzling 2:01:54 bike split while Leanda Cave won wire-to-wire with race-best splits to take the 2011 Rohto Ironman 70.3 Miami.
David Dellow topped Paul Matthews by 25 seconds and sensational new pro Melissa Rollison edged ITU regular Emma Jackson by 44 seconds to win Noosa.
$134 buys a bicycle for a child in Africa. We’re trying to send 320 of them. What’s in it for you? Some pretty sweet giveaways from NormaTec, SRAM, Zipp, Highway 12 Winery, and many more…
Nick Warren is another age grouper we recently met in a random manner. Like many others, he is very focused on family and job and works out when he finds time – but his day job is quite unique.
Greg Billington recently recorded a 4th place at the U23 World Championships in Beijing, China and the Wake Forest University grad has some other fine results on his resume. Sal Farruggia had a few words with him.
The 16th XTERRA World Championship debuted a rugged new course at Kapalua which provided thrills, spills and drama. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.
We present the top 15 female Ironman World Championship finishers on the bike and look closer at their gear. Fastest bike split this year belonged again to Karin Thuerig who cranked out a course record 4:44:20.
Here is a closer look at the top 15 men at the Ironman World Championships aboard their bikes. Want to know what they were using in terms of frames and components? Look no further.
Michael Weiss won it on the bike and Lesley Paterson did it with a fearsome run to take their first World titles on a hot day on a tough new course at XTERRA Maui.
2011 XTERRA World Championship on Maui moved from Makena to Kapalua and pre race action was hot for the 675 entries. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson
Michael Raelert stormed to the title at Ironman 70.3 Austin with a 1:11:05 run and recorded a 3:47:48 winning time. Jessica Meyers took the win in the women’s race in 4:29:15.
Reinaldo Colucci broke away late in the run to take the Gold for Brazil at the 2011 PanAm Games triathlon. American Sarah Haskins took charge during the swim and bike and earned the women’s title.
Cody Westheimer is an age grouper who got to the Ironman World Championships with a lottery slot and his video diary of his day in Kona touched many of us. We had a few words with this very creative man.
If Josiah Middaugh had not flatted and carried his bike some of the last mile at Ogden, he might have won XTERRA USA Nationals. His take on the strong men’s field at Kapalua.
Ironman sponsor K-Swiss throws a casual celebration at Huggo’s on the Rocks after the Ironman World Championship awards ceremony. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.
We have added a new sub website to slowtwitch called We Noticed and there you are actually able to directly contribute images and videos. Have a look.
We are starting a new interview series on slowtwitch where we chat with random age groupers and Bob Schloegel from Kansas City is our very first guest along those lines. Bob races in M45-49 and actually happens to be quite fast.
Who’s the best selling author among all triathletes ever to grace Kona’s pro podium? If we’re right, it’s probably not who you think. It’s the fellow who wrote the book reviewed herein.
We again present the top male 15 athletes overall finishers during the run and talk about their running shoes. Fastest runner again was Aussie Pete Jacobs who managed a marathon time of 2:42:29 and finished in 2nd place.
French age grouper Nicolas Hemet went 9:03:11 in Kona and was 45th overall, but in the strong M30-34 age group that meant 8th place. But Nicolas still seems to be in a content place.
The Newton MV2 is Newton’s first zero-drop shoe. At 5.8oz it’s a pure racer. It’s a shoe for the select few, the most efficient among us. Even for Newton it’s a departure from the norm.
