The inaugural Ironman St. George kicked off this morning with ideal conditions at the Sand Hallow Reservoir. Nearly 2000 athletes took to the 58-degree waters to see if they could complete the course that has been touted as one of the toughest Ironmans in the world. In the end, Austria’s Michael Weiss and Canada’s Heather Wurtele walked away with the titles.
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South Africa’s Conrad Stoltz and the United States’ Shonny Vanlandingham sit atop the Xterra standings thanks to victories at today’s Xterra West Championship race in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The inaugural Ironman 70.3 U.S. Pro Championship saw a Canadian and a New Zealander take home the titles. Terenzo Bozzone (NZL) and Samantha McGlone (CAN) beat out some of the sport’s top athletes. The championship took place in correlation with today’s Ironman 70.3 Texas race.
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More than 300 athletes—including off-road triathlon’s top pros—are headed to Lake Las Vegas in the southern Nevada desert for the first championship race of the 2010 Xterra America Tour.
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Check out all the best shots from a fun and exciting day in Big D.
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Keating takes home his third consecutive half marathon win.
Written By: Dan Cruz
The inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon, benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure, held this morning on a clear sunny day, was highlighted by 28-year-old Texan Westly Keating’s 1:03:31 victory and Kansas City’s Melissa Todd’s championship in the women’s field.
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Rise Across Texas made its way to Austin at noon on Wednesday. Rise riders were joined by local supporters and celebrities for lunch, before continuing on their way. See below for images of today’s ride.
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On a mission. Riders join the Rise Across Texas campaign for Rise Schools.
Austin greeted day five of the 850-mile, two-week Rise Across Texas fund-raising bike ride with a Texas embrace that extended from warm sunshine to lunch plates heaped with steaming barbecue. After riding 34 miles from Bastrom to Austin in the morning, Rise Across Texas riders were joined by Governor Rick Perry, six-time Tour de France rider Kevin Livingston, and local radio and TV personalities J.B. Hager, and Bob Cole plus nearly 150 local cyclists for a 16-mile ride from the Rise School in southwest Austin through the Hill Country to the Salt Lick restaurant in Driftwood.
The Rise Across Texas ride is generating funds for a three-million-dollar campaign to build a permanent home for the Rise School in Austin, which is currently housed at the Austin’s First Evangelical Free Church.
After enjoying a carnival-like party with face-painting, balloons, cotton candy and a barbecue hosted by Salt Lick restaurant at the First Evangelical Free Church, riders clutched their helmets to their chests for the national anthem, waved good by to a University of Texas cheerleading squad and UT’s fierce-looking longhorn mascot Bevo and headed out into 78-degree sunshine. Spring was definitely in the offing today in Austin.
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Cyclists will ride across Texas, from east to west, to raise money for Rise Schools. Photo: Courtesy Rise Across Texas
Texas is big. How big? You could drive from Texarkana in northeast Texas to Chicago, Illinois on the shores of the Great Lakes in about the same time it would take you to get from Texarkana to El Paso, on Texas’ southwestern corner.
So when organizers designed the Rise Across Texas Challenge bike ride, they naturally had to give it Texas-sized dimensions. Starting Saturday, March 6 in the east Texas town of Orange and ending two weeks and 850-miles later in Presido in southwest Texas, ride participants are raising funds for a three-million dollar capital campaign to build a permanent home for the Rise School of Austin.
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Every year we ask you to make some serious choices. In your opinion, what are the best local bike shops and running stores? Which short- and long-distance running, triathlon and cycling events give you the best bang for your buck?
Below is Competitor Magazine’s Best of 2009 for the Texas region. Thank you for taking the time and for your feedback!
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I’m just going to come right out there and say it: I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect at Friday’s Tri Expo. Sure, I knew top names like Dean Karnazes and Craig Alexander were going to be on hand giving talks about race preparation and competition, but don’t most people have to work on Fridays?
Well, either secretaries around Southern California were bombarded with “I’m out sick today” phone messages or there is some sort of federal holiday nobody bothered to tell me about because Competitor Group’s first annual Tri Expo was officially a hit.
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Competitor.com’s Sean McKeon met up with Simon Bairu after his exciting victory at the 2010 P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Half Marathon. Bairu defeated Amerian record holder Ryan Hall and in turn set a new personal best of 1:02:47. Learn a little more about this Canadian star and what his plans are for the remainder of 2010.
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Competitor.com’s Sean McKeon caught up with 2010 P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon champion Deena Kastor after her impressive 1:09:46 performance. See what Deena had to say about her race and what is means for her marathon plans this spring in London.
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Three course records set and eight runners qualify for Olympic trials.
Written By: Dan Cruz
American record holder and Olympic Bronze medalist Deena Kastor returned to the winner’s circle for the first time in ten months today at the seventh annual P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Half Marathon. Kastor set a new Arizona state record with a time of 1:09:43, ending the longest dry spell of her now-legendary career.
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Records Tumble, Vega Surprises In Houston
Written By: David Monti
(c) 2010 Race Results Weekly, used with permission.
HOUSTON (17-Jan) — Three of the four open course records of the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half-Marathon fell here today, made possible by strong fields, beautifully cool and sunny weather and a more than $200,000 prize money purse.
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