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Great Britain’s Alistair Brownlee made it three out of three with victory at the Kitzbühel Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series in Austria. See a recap video below.
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The two reigning XTERRA European Tour Champions, Frenchman Nicolas Lebrun and Swiss sensation Renata Bucher, won the inaugural XTERRA Northeast Cup on a muddy yet magnificent course at Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont today.
For Lebrun, who has been in the U.S. since the Cup Series started with the ultimate goal of adding an American Series crown to his resume (which includes 3 XTERRA European Tour titles and the 2005 XTERRA World Championship), the victory is his first of the year, moves him into 3rd place in the standings, and keeps the mathematic possibility of taking the overall title alive.
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Robert Cheruiyot winning the 2008 Frankfort Marathon. Photo: PhotoRun.net
Defending champion Robert Cheruiyot up against Wilfred Kigen and Günther Weidlinger will chase 23 year-old Austrian record.
This year’s Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon will be highlighted by a duel between those two Kenyans who have shared winning the race during the last four occasions: Wilfred Kigen was the winner from 2005 to 2007 while Robert Cheruiyot took Germany’s oldest city marathon in 2008, causing a major upset to the favourites. But this year’s men’s race will also see one of the most promising European athletes in the marathon: Günther Weidlinger. The Austrian will chase the 23 year-old Austrian record.
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PhotoRun.net documented the third ÅF Golden League meeting that took place in Rome, Italy. The Golden Gala featured some of the top track and field athletes from around the world.
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Tyson Gay after he tied his 100m PR of 9.77. Photo: Victah Sailer
Time to digest the weekend’s running news.
The ÅF Golden League is half-way complete and the buzz leading up to the IAAF World Track and Field Championships is growing. Although the news should be focused on the great times being put up this summer, it is hard to avoid a story involving another Olympic gold medalist getting busted for drugs.
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While many of Boulder’s best triathletes were off racing at big races around the world, the Boulder Peak Triathlon still managed to form a strong pro field. Americans Timothy O’Donnell and Mary Beth Ellis walked away with the wins.
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Vancouver’s beautiful Spanish Banks were a flurry of endurance activity as over 600 triathletes,
of all ages and abilities, hailing from 10 countries competed at the 3rd annual Subaru
Vancouver International Triathlon today.
Victah Sailer was on the scene in London for the 2009 Asics British London 10K. Catherine Ndereba and brother Cyrus took the titles on the streets of London.
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John "The Penguin" Bingham
Famed running aficionado John “The Penguin” Bingham has twenty tips for happy training. In part-one, The Penguin outlines the first five tips to get you on the road to more enjoyable running.
1. In the beginning, there was you
It would be great if we could pick the body that we want to train. It would be great if we could start with a body that weighed a little less, was a little more fit, or a little more like what we think an athlete’s body is.
You are going to walk or run the race. The same you that’s starting today will come across the finish line. There’s no need to worry about it. You are all you’ll ever need.
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Cyrus and Catherine Ndereba won the 2009 Asics British London 10K. Photo: Victah Sailer
Written By Victah Sailer
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Ndereba Times Two
A familiar name took both titles in the Asics British London 10K earlier today in London. Newcomer Cyrus Ndereba shared the winner’s honors with his older, more famous sister Catherine.
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Jenny Barringer took some time to meet up with Shanna Sparkes to talk about her recent 1500m success and how her training for the steeplechase has helped her reach new hights in her flat events.
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Ironman world champ Chrissie Wellington continued her dominance of the Ironman distance by posting a time of 8:31:59, and taking down the women’s record for the distance. Triathlete senior editor and photographer Jay Prasuhn was there to catch all of the action.
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Two triathlon veterans, Aussie Michellie Jones and American Michael Lovato, earned victories in Providence in the second race of the Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island triathlon. Photographer Larry Rosa shares his photos from the race day. Photos updated on July 13, 2009.
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Emma Moffatt stopped the clock in 1:54:37 to register her third straight victory following wins at the Washington, DC leg of the series and the Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup in Des Moines, Iowa, where she pocketed $200,000.
The race started with a bang as Hayley Piersol from the USA laid down an awesome 1500m swim to exit the lake over a minute ahead of the next athlete. Her brother, Aaron, is a five time Olympic gold medallist in the pool and recently set two world records at the United States national championships.
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Until a year ago, Paula Newby Fraser’s Ironman-distance record time of eight hours, 50 minutes, 53 seconds was the stuff of lore, a record time. Then, last year on two separate weekends, three women beat the record, the best time earned by Dutch triathlete Yvonne Van Vlerken, who smashed the record with an 8:45:48 at the Quelle Roth Challenge.
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