Cory Foulk’s barefoot beach cruiser ride at Kona, his fixed gear Ironman 13 years later, and how hip resurfacing enabled him to reach 47 Ironmans, 21 Ultramans – and go for more.
by Tim Carlson, April 5, 2011
Bahram Akradi, CEO of Life Time Fitness, built the Life Time Fitness triathlon, and the Race to the Toyota Cup, for U.S. pros. He’s building Leadman Tri for himself.
After a disappointing 70.3 California Mac Brown put up a very hard note to himself on his blog. It was not meant to garner attention or sympathy, but he was kind enough to let us share it.
How did Heather Jackson come from Princeton ice hockey star and teaching in Thailand to dueling with Mirinda Carfrae for the win at Oceanside? The 26-year-old explains it all for you.
At the recent Mooloolaba ITU World Cup Brendan Sexton grabbed the runner-up spot behind fellow Aussie Brad Kahlefeldt and recorded his finest result to date. But we can expect to hear more from him.
In this week’s installment of our weekly Q&A column focusing on personal sports electronics, Ray discusses taking your Garmin Forerunner to the pool, the best watch that measures altitude for trail running, and some discussion about how autopause can impact a race file.
Sidi’s carbon-soled T2 Silver Snake. You can debate about the silver snakeskin upper on this wider-than-average Sidi, but I kind of liked it. It makes a statement.
A gallery of images taken during the bike segment of the 2011 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California. A very deep field competed for $50,000 in Oceanside.
Great field, hot racing, the exultation, the struggle at Oceanside with Mirinda Carfrae and Andy Potts the 2011 champions. Photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.
Andrew Yoder blitzed the bike course Kemah, TX in 52:55 and grabbed the win at the 2011 Kemah Triathlon. Bike prowess also helped Angela Naeth on her way to the women’s title.
Andy Potts pulled away from Rasmus Henning late in the run to take the 2011 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California. Mirinda Carfrae overcame a 4:45 gap after the bike with a 1:18:25 half marathon to take her 3rd title in Oceanside.
We can quibble over the 20-year wait, or we can celebrate the fact that iconic component maker Campagnolo has at long last introduced the necessary elements of its gruppo specific to timed racing.
Commensurate with the launch of Campagnolo’s TT group, the Italian component maker announces, along with Felt, the launch of its triathlon-legal seat tube motor.
The Rohto Ironman 70.3 California pros stayed cool and calm on a sunny day on the eve of battle at Oceanside. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson
Gwen Jorgensen swam and ran for the University of Wisconsin and was introduced to triathlon by Barb Lindquist and USAT. Fast forward a year and Jorgensen is now racing ITU World Cup events.
American Matt Chrabot has positioned himself well for London 2012. He finished 2010 ranked 12th in the world and as the highest ranking American. More recently, Matt took the gold at the Miami International Triathlon.
The 2011 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California has one of the best early season fields in the sport. Michael Raelert isn’t defending so the men’s race is wide open for top talent.
Mirinda Carfrae is the prohibitive favorite to execute a three-peat at the 2011 Rohto Ironman 70.3 California women’s race this Saturday. But Kelly Williamson, Linsey Corbin, Kate Major and Magali Tisseyre will dispute.
In 1996, Cory Foulk finished Ironman Hawaii riding a 61-pound beach cruiser. Today, after a hip resurfacing operation, he’s totaled 47 Ironman and 21 Ultraman events and still thinks the hard way is more fun.
Ryan Giuliano won wire to wire with the three best splits, and Michelle Parsons sandwiched a race-best bike between third–best and second-best runs to triumph at Powerman Alabama.
Aussie Pro Courtney Atkinson had a video camera mounted under the handlebars during the ITU Mooloolaba World Cup to share an inside perspective of the bike segment of an ITU race.
New Zealand’s Nicky Samuels won her first ITU World Cup at Mooloolaba thanks to a bike breakaway, and held off World Champion Emma Moffatt’s 2nd-best run. Riveros-Diaz finished third.
Pavel Andreev and Borghild Lovset won elite titles at the ITU Winter Triathlon Worlds — the USA’s Brian Smith and Emma Garrard both finished 7th
Tereza Macel announced that she is stepping away from the professional triathlon racing circuit and the announcement came as quite a surprise. Tez talked with slowtwitch about the decision and what might be next.
