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Melissa Rollison To Race Abu…

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:04:15 +0000

New Australian triathlon star Melissa Rollison will expand her racing experience this year as she further explores her vast potential in the sport. Rollison wants to gauge her abilities over longer and shorter distances as she looks at racing the Hawaiian Ironman and possibly trying to make the triathlon team for the 2016 Olympics. The 28-year-old from Brisbane has been a triathlon revelation over the past two years since a succession of injuries forced her to give away international track running. She has focused on long-course triathlons, winning last year’s world 70.3 title. Rollison is the favourite for Saturday’s women’s race at the Australian Long Course Championships (2/80/20) at Falls Creek in alpine Victoria, Australia, her first race of the season. She has been training at the ski resort to prepare for the March 3 Abu Dhabi triathlon, which she is using as a potential stepping stone to the Hawaiian Ironman. Abu Dhabi features a 3km swim, a 200km cycle and 20km run – on the way to the brutal Ironman distance. At the other end of the racing spectrum, Rollison will also contest two big Olympic-distance events in the United States this year to see if it might be feasible to target the 2016 Olympics. Read more: Ninemsn.com.au

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Chrissie Wellington Finishes…

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:48:42 +0000

Four-time Ironman world champion finished third at the 35th edition of the Empire State Building Run-Up with a time of 13:15. Wellington announced yesterday that she would be competing in the race . By David Monti (c) 2012 Race Results Weekly , all rights reserved. Used with permission. Thomas Dold of Germany and Melissa Moon of New Zealand won the 35th edition of the Empire State Building Run-Up here last night. This was the first time the race was held at night, and athletes were greeted by a moderate snow squall when they emerged into the cold air outside on the 86th floor observation deck of this city’s tallest building. Dold, 27, from Stuttgart, won the race for a record seventh time. He climbed the 1576 steps in 10 minutes and 28 seconds, eight seconds ahead of Christian Riedl, a 31 year-old German from Erlangen. Third place went to Mark Bourne, a 38 year-old Australian from Canberra, in 10:55. Former Australian road running star, Darren Wilson of Adelaide, finished fourth. Dold is now holds more Run-Up victories than anyone, but did not come close to the event record of 9 minutes and 33 seconds set by Australia’s Paul Crake in 2003. Crake, a five-time winner of the event, was paralyzed in 2006 after a cycling accident. In the women’s contest, Moon won here for the second time (she also won in 2010). The 42 year-old two-time world mountain running champion from Wellington, clocked 12 minutes and 39 seconds, handily beating second place Suzy Walsham, a 38 year-old former middle distance runner from Australia who won this race three times. Walsham, who lives in Singapore, stopped the clock at 13:08. Three-time Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington of England finished third in her first attempt at the race, and was timed in 13:15. Wellington had only entered the race yesterday morning. Read more: Competitor.com RELATED – A Conversation With Chrissie: The Decision To Take Time Away

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ITU, Xterra Form Partnership…

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:36:33 +0000

The 2012 Xterra Southeast Championship in Pelham, Alabama will host the 2012 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships. See the complete press release below: The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is pleased to announce the 2012 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships will be held in Pelham, Alabama, on May 19 in a partnership with the Xterra Southeast Championship. The event will feature $20,000 USD in prize money for elite athletes, who will compete over a 1.5km swim, 30km mountain bike and 10km trail run. Under23, junior, age-group and paratriathlon races will also be contested in Pelham. Marisol Casado, ITU President & IOC Member: “The triathlon and multisport family is extensive and far reaching and ITU is delighted to form a partnership with Xterra for our 2012 Cross Triathlon World Championships. We are confident the strong race organization and dynamic course will continue to push Cross Triathlon to a new level.” Dave Nicholas, Race Director, Xterra Southeast Championships “TEAM unlimited is excited about bringing the ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship to the USA. By combining the Xterra series with ITU we are reaching new heights in cooperation between directors and the federations. Oak Mountain and Shelby County are the perfect place to host this event.” The course at Oak Mountain State Park in Shelby County, located in the southernmost part of the Appalachian Chain, is praised by competitors as being one of the most fun, fast, scenic and difficult on the Xterra schedule. Pelham will mark the second ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships, following last year’s successful event in Extremadura, Spain won by Canadian Melanie McQuaid and South Africa’s Conrad Stoltz. Both McQuaid and Stoltz are also the defending champions in Pelham. 2013 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships ITU has also awarded the 2013 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships to Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands. The event is slated for July 13, 2013 and will offer 35,000 EUR in prize money for elite athletes and will also hold under23, junior age-group and paratriathlon categories. In preparation for the event, the city will host the European Cross Triathlon Championships this year.

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Photos: USA Triathlon Winter…

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Kelly Williamson Wins 3M Half…

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:32:08 +0000

Professional triathletes go one-two in the women’s race at the 3M Half Marathon in Austin, Texas. Photo: Nick Salazar Austin’s Kelly Williamson passed up Jess Barton of Amonate, Va., to take first in 1:14:42. Barton, who’s been training in Boulder, Colo., was second in 1:15:53, while Austin’s Chris Kimbrough took third in 1:16:20. “I’m ecstatic, because my fastest half marathon time before today was 1:17,” said Williamson, who earned $1,500 for her victory Sunday, as did Rantall. Barton set a 5:40 pace from the start, while Williamson was content to hang back, running with Kimbrough. At about the halfway mark, though, Williamson seized the lead and never gave it back. “I kept her in sight, maybe about 10 seconds ahead,” Barton said, “but then the downhills took their toll on my quads, and that was it.” Said Williamson, who will compete in the Ironman 70.3 Triathlon in Panama in two weeks: “I tried not to worry about her running right behind me. I just wanted to run my race and my pace. I knew I had a pretty good lead by mile 10, so at that point, I was mainly shooting for a fast time.” Read more: Statesman.com

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Wolfe, Dussault Claim USAT…

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:23:40 +0000

Photo: Tom Robertson/USA Triathlon Mike Wolfe and Rebecca Dussault took advantage of near-perfect conditions Sunday to claim national titles at USA Triathlon’s Winter Triathlon National Championship at Homestake Lodge. Wolfe (Helena, Mont.) covered the 5-kilometer run, 10-kilometer mountain bike and 5-kilometer cross-country ski course in 1 hour, 10 minutes, 20 seconds to outdistance the field by more than three minutes. Joining Wolfe on the men’s podium were fellow Montana athletes Matt Seeley (Polson, Mont.) and Landon Beckner (Helena, Mont.), who finished in 1:13:31 and 1:13:34, respectively. On the women’s side, Dussault (Gunnison, Colo.) claimed her third USA Triathlon Winter Triathlon National Championship title in the last four years in 1:16:10. The 2010 winter triathlon world champion also finished fifth overall – regardless of gender – to earn the women’s title by more than five minutes. Last year’s women’s national champion Emma Garrard (Park City, Utah) was second in 1:21:22, while Nicole Freedman (Jamaica, Mass.) grabbed third in 1:25:13. Wolfe and Dussault got off to strong starts by posting the day’s fastest run splits en route to their victories. The top three overall finishers earned the right to represent the U.S. in the elite race at the 2012 ITU Winter Triathlon World Championships in Jämijärvi, Finland, on March 24-25. Additionally, the top three competitors in each age group qualified for Team USA for Winter Worlds. Held in conjunction with the fourth annual Powder Hound Winter Triathlon, Sunday’s Winter Nationals event was contested under bright sunshine with temperatures in the mid 40s. The USA Triathlon Winter Triathlon National Championship was originally slated for the Gunstock Winter Triathlon on Jan. 22 in Gilford, N.H., but USA Triathlon was forced to relocate Winter Nationals in late December 2011 due to a lack of snow on the East Coast. 2012 USA Triathlon Winter Triathlon National Championship (Powderhound Winter Triathlon, Butte, Mont.) 5k run, 10k mountain bike, 5k cross-country ski Men’s Top-10 Finishers 1. Mike Wolfe (Helena, Mont.), 1:10:20 ($750) 2. Matt Seeley (Polson, Mont.), 1:13:31 ($450) 3. Landon Beckner (Helena, Mont.), 1:13:34 ($300) 4. Ryan Scott (Bozeman, Mont.), 1:15:13 5. Cory Soulliard (Hamilton, Mont.), 1:16:45 6. Chuck Dumke (Missoula, Mont.), 1:18:15 7. Michael Stearns (Bozeman, Mont.), 1:18:40 8. David Hoffman (Bozeman, Mont.), 1:21:16 9. Wesley Furlong (Missoula, Mont.), 1:25:48 10. Ted Wood (Bozeman, Mont.), 1:26:17 Women’s Top-10 Finishers 1. Rebecca Dussault (Gunnison, Colo.), 1:16:10 ($750) 2. Emma Garrard (Park City, Utah), 1:21:22 ($400) 3. Nicole Freedman (Jamaica, Mass.), 1:25:13 ($350) 4. Julie Zickovich (Bozeman, Mont.), 1:31:38 5. Darcy Foley (Sturbride, Mass.), 1:32:47 6. Ingrid Lovitt (Missoula, Mont.), 1:41:14 7. Kathryn Babbin (Bozeman, Mont.), 1:45:08 8. Kaylee Uibel (Kalispell, Mont.), 1:47:42 9. Rebecca Duffy (Bartlett, Ill.), 1:56:13 10. Becky Hochstein (Bozeman, Mont.), 2:00:27 Race report provided by USA Triathlon .

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Stoltz, Van Huyssteen Set To…

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:59:10 +0000

Photo: Xterra/Oakpics.com Reigning individual men’s and women’s champions, Conrad Stoltz and Carla Van Huyssteen will both be gunning for gold when they return to Buffelspoort Dam (North West Province, South Africa) to take on the Xterra Buffelspoort next Saturday, Jan. 28. Read the race preview from Xterra below: The picture of Stoltz’ running in front of the Dam at last year’s race shown above (courtesy Oakpics.com) captures the spirit of this event. According to Stoltz, he was pleasantly surprised by the huge field of athletes that took part at Xterra Buffelspoort in 2011. “It was heart warming to see Xterra growing so quickly in South Africa. Xterra Buffelspoort 2011 was my first local Xterra other than Xterra Grabouw. I came straight from my holiday on my parents’ farm, so I wasn’t that well prepared, since there is no swimming pool in Lydenburg. I did, however, manage to get wet a few times in a nearby dam. I rode the bike course blind (not having seen it before) which is always a little unsettling, but fortunately I had good legs and made 6 or 7 minutes on Dan Hugo. The run course was quite scenic around the dam wall area and I was happy to start the season off with a win. Xterra Buffelspoort’s mountain bike course is mostly flat to undulating, so high speeds abound which makes for some fun cornering in a few places. The run course is 2 laps, and quite hilly. Some stairs up and down the dam wall with some boulder climbing thrown in. There are also a few river crossings to cool you down and make sure your shoes stay heavy. I love racing and will always look for an excuse to race,” says Stoltz. Van Huyssteen will be celebrating her third appearance at Xterra Buffelspoort. “I am expecting a hard day out as always. The route was really challenging last year, with every aspect delivering its own technical, but exciting parts. The 2011 run discipline was spectacular, running across the dam wall and climbing up the big waist high stairs was hard, but super. The start of the mountain bike discipline is quite technical, so if you are a good technical rider you can definitely gain a bit of time there. The rocky area, steep short climbs and rocky downs can make or break you. The run was tough as nails. You start off fast on a flattish section, adrenalin pumping over the wall and up the stairs. The slog up the other side of the hill is hard. Just when you think you can’t go any further you’re welcomed by a bit of single track or a downhill that gives you hope again! Every discipline has a tough part, the back straight of the one lap swim is always tough, the lameness in my legs the first 20 minutes and the sandy drags on the bike and the hills of the run all add up to a serious ouch! My Xterra schedule for the year will include Xterra Grabouw in February, this is a definite highlight. I am also hoping to race the European Series again starting with Xterra Sardinia in May and then Xterra France, Czech, Germany and finally Xterra Switzerland in September. I would also love to go to the Xterra World Champs in Maui this year,” said Van Huyssteen.

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Andrea Hewitt, Laurent Vidal…

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:58:27 +0000

Andrea Hewitt won the ITU World Series Yokohama race at the end of 2011. Photo: Delly Carr/Triathlon.org New Zealand’s Andrea Hewitt and her French boyfriend Laurent Vidal proved too strong in Wanaka, taking out the women’s and men’s triathlon events in the lakeside town. Coming back down from the New Zealand high-performance team’s altitude camp at nearby Snow Farm in the Cardrona Valley, Hewitt belied her tired legs to outsprint Rachel Klamer of Holland. The pair were part of a four-woman breakaway on the bike which included fellow New Zealander Debbie Tanner and Holland’s Danne Boterenbrood. A strong onshore wind pushed up significant swells on Lake Wanaka, and Hewitt – who opted to swim without goggles – had problems picking out the buoy. Despite that the Olympics-bound athlete looked comfortable on the bike and then was able to fend off Klamer up the finishing chute after the Dutchwoman worked hard to catch her on the run. Tanner came in third. The men’s race featured a big breakaway of riders which included the strong New Zealand trio of Wanaka local Tony Dodds, Kris Gemmell and Ryan Sissons. Read more: Stuff.co.nz

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Lesley Paterson Overcame…

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:13:44 +0000

Xterra world champion Lesley Paterson was plagued with fear of failure before finding success in the sport. Photo: Xterra When Lesley Paterson was four she would imagine she was Zola Budd and having gone on to become a world champion, she has proved dreams can come true. She is the best in the world at Xterra, an extreme triathlon, which includes a 1.5km swim in the ocean, 30km mountain biking and 11km trail run. She is also a coach, an actress and film producer. The journey to be such an all-round success has been hard and she has been plagued by such terrible self-doubt she feared it would crush her. But when Lesley, 31, falls she just picks herself back up. She was always a tomboy and was never drawn to traditional female sports. She grew up in Stirling and played rugby in a boys’ team from the age of seven. “I was always really sporty as a kid. I remember watching Zola Budd when I was four and I used to practise in a nearby field, running around barefoot in the grass,” said Lesley. RELATED PHOTOS: Lesley Paterson She played for Stirling County Rugby Club until she was 12 – the only girl in Scotland playing rugby, and with 250 boys in the club. “The boys either wanted to tackle me extra hard or were too scared to come near.” Her father Alistair was sporty and got her into fell running when she gave up rugby. She said: “I always loved to do anything that was muddy, gritty and adventurous. I loved the scenery, they were some of my best times. It is a very primal thing when you are running over the Scottish hills.” When Alistair helped found the Stirling Triathlon Club, he roped in his daughter. Read more: Dailyrecord.co.uk

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WTC Announces Ironman 70.3…

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:33:31 +0000

The Aug. 5, 2012 event will be first-ever Ironman 70.3 in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. See the press release from WTC below: World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) and local race organizers, Washington Sports & Event Management LLC (WSEM), today announced the inaugural Ironman 70.3 National Harbor triathlon, scheduled for Aug. 5, 2012, at National Harbor in Prince George’s County, Maryland. This will be the first-ever Ironman 70.3 triathlon in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. “We are thrilled to introduce Ironman 70.3 National Harbor to our 2012 schedule,” said Steve Meckfessel, Chief Operations Officer for WTC. “We continue to see demand for new Ironman 70.3 events in the mid-Atlantic region and this will be the perfect addition to our global series. National Harbor and the surrounding Prince George’s County and Charles County are a spectacular venue, making for an excellent event experience for our athletes.” Rocell Viniard, Vice President, Director of Marketing for National Harbor added, “With its waterfront hotels, restaurants and shops all within walking distance of each other National Harbor is the ultimate destination for athletes and their families.” Ironman 70.3 National Harbor will lead athletes on a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1-mile run along a course that takes advantage of the beautiful terrain and rolling hills of Prince George’s and Charles Counties and the cool shade of Henson Creek Stream Valley Park. The swim is athlete and spectator friendly with an in-water, wave-based start that passes all three spectator Piers at National Harbor and Gaylord Resort. The single-loop bike utilizes a rolling-hill route through Maryland’s beautiful countryside with a challenging 1K climb-out near the transition area. Athletes will finish with a run along the Henson Creek Trail, which is mostly flat and fast, ending in downtown National Harbor in The National Harbor Plaza. “We are honored to be chosen by WTC to produce the newest addition to the Ironman 70.3 Series,” said Charles L. “Chuck” Brodsky, CEO of WSEM, owners and producers of The Nation’s Triathlo and The Washington DC Triathlon. “As the home of the largest concentration of triathletes in the country, the mid-Atlantic area is a natural choice for one of the sport’s premier events.” One of nearly 60 events in the global Ironman 70.3 Series, Ironman 70.3 National Harbor will offer a professional prize purse of $15,000. Athletes will also have the chance to compete for 35 age group qualifying slots to the 2012 Ironman World Championship 70.3, taking place on Sept. 9 at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nev. Registration for the 2012 Ironman 70.3 National Harbor opens on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at noon EST at Ironmannationalharbor.com .

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