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The United States’ Tim O’Donnell and Great Britain’s Leanda Cave turned in fast performances to win today’s Ironman 70.3 Florida triathlon on the grounds of Walt Disney World.
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Seven-time Tour champ admits nothing is guaranteed, but adds that he believes he can win in July
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Season-opener in Doha features nine world-leading performances.
The IAAF Diamond League debuted in Doha last night, and the inaugural installment of this new summer series definitely didn’t disappoint.
Nine world-leading performances highlighted the competition in the Quatari capital, led by Kenyans David Rudisha, Nancy Langat, Eliud Kipchoge and Ezekiel Kemboi in the distance races. Rudisha won the men’s 800 meters in meet-record time, crossing the finish line in 1:43.00 to outdistance countryman Asbel Kiprop. In the women’s 1,500 meters, the Olympic champion Langat topped the field 4:01.63, also a meet record. Kipchoge got his season off to a solid start in the men’s 5,000 meters, winning in a personal best 12:51.21, while Kemboi took the win in the men’s steeplechase in 8:06.28.
For more: IAAF.org
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Three triathletes were struck and killed by a pickup truck near Montreal, Quebec on Friday, May 14. Three others were critically injured in an accident that officials described as, “a tragedy, incomprehensible, a disaster.”
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Flanked by compatriots Lance Armstrong and Dave Zabriskie, RadioShack’s three-time Amgen Tour of California champion Levi Leipheimer sat front and center at a pre-race press conference Friday afternoon in Sacramento, stating that he was prepared to defend his title against a world-class field competing in America’s biggest race.
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The ultramarathon legend eclipses Godale’s mark by over three miles.
Scott Jurek, a Seattle physical therapist and ultramarathoner, broke the American record in the IAU 24-Hour World Championship run Friday in Brive, France, by covering 165.7 miles in the one-day run.
Jurek, 36, broke the previous U.S. mark of 162.46 miles set by Mark Godale of Aurora, Ohio, in 1999.
For more: seattlepi.com
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In 2006 Dean Karnazes ran 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states. When Martin Franklin, the 45-year old CEO of a 2.76 billion dollar conglomerate called the Jarden Company, told his son about Karnazes’ mad running feat, they boy responded, “You know, you should do that with your company.”
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British Triathlon, up against a strong opposition from the England & Wales Cricket Board, Premier League, Premier Rugby, Rugby Football Union and UKA impressed the judging panel with the way in which the organization approached 2009. The group was given the Sport Governing Body of the Year Award in Great Britain.
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Professional Andy Potts joins us to talk about TYR’s new line of wetsuits. Potts was a part of the design of the wetsuits, and even has a signature wetsuit with his name on it.
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Roes, Kimball victorious at Bear Mountain 50 Miler; Rusiecki, Lane add to their ultrarunning resumes.
Written by: Byron Powell
Left-to-right: Geoff Roes, Brian Rusiecki and Leigh Schmitt share the podium with Dean Karnazes. Photo: Byron Powell
The North Face Endurance Challenge Championship in San Francisco has grown to be one of the most competitive ultramarathons in the country. It’s no surprise, then, that over the past few years the North Face Endurance Challenge regional races have become nearly as competitive.
Most recently, at The Bear Mountain Endurance Challenge in Bear Mountain, New York on May 8th, there were nine men on the starting line that possessed the tools to win a competitive 50 mile race. The women’s field, while not as deep, was not lacking in talent, either. In the end, however, it was no shock that Geoff Roes and Nikki Kimball won their respective races on the rocky course. Roes crossed the finish line in 7:06:04, while Kimball broke the tape in 9:26:56.
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The top contenders are all 24 years old or younger.
The 99th Bay to Breakers 12K road race will take place Sunday in San Francisco. More than 60,000 runners are expected to participate. Ninety-nine years. Sixty thousand runners. Those are some big numbers!
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Pierce pulls away in final 200 meters to win the women’s race.
MINNEAPOLIS – David Torrence of Oakland, California successfully defended his title as Anna Pierce of the Mammoth Track Club took the women’s crown at the USA 1 Mile Road Championships Thursday night in Minneapolis. Torrence ran 4:04.0 and Pierce was timed in 4:33.9.
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Bekele, Bolt, Richards-Ross all out of the series’ season-opener.
Written by: Mario Fraioli
With a whole host of big names set to take to the track on Friday at the IAAF Diamond League debut in Doha, the biggest news out of Quatar is who isn’t going to be attending the series’ first meeting.
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A long-term outlook and the right relationships help define the distance runner everyone’s talking about.
Interview by: Duncan Larkin
By now, most of the running world has heard of Chris Solinsky. He’s that big, broad-shouldered guy who shattered the American record at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in early May, running the first sub-27-minute 10,000 in the world this year. The former University of Wisconsin standout — who now lives in Portland, Oregon and still trains under former Badger coach Jerry Schumacher as member of the Oregon Track Club — has always been considered more of a middle-distance runner than someone who might possibly threaten the Africans for a medal in a long-distance race at the 2012 Olympics. But there’s more to Chris than just the “fatty” stereotypes and the conjured-up images of an aw-shucks Wisconsinite out to make his mark on the world.
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Michael Raelert is on a tear and the world’s fastest 70.3 athletes can’t seem to slow him down. He won the Ironman 70.3 world championship in Clearwater last November. He won Ironman 70.3 Oceanside. He won the Wildflower long course. Raelert is best known for his run but he has cemented his 70.3 dominance this year by pulling away from the field atop this Trek Speed Concept.
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