Xterra Alabama
4th
2:08:07 - 3min40 behind winner Conrad Stoltz
Conrad Stoltz has lived in Bend, the small Oregon town where Steve Larsen was based; trained and dined with him and his family; worked a business relationship with Larsen; and had raced each other many times. It was an emotional dedication to a man leaving such a profound [...]
Xterra Czech 2008: Hluboka nad Vltavou.
DNF: Puncture (Another)
(Getting set for the start on a soccer field to a castle back drop)
Xterra Wales Race Report
After catching up with good friend Piet Wehmeyer and his British misses Charlie in a fine drizzle, who’d done the effort to travel in support of my event, I tip toed down to the water edge, went two feet in, and waited there…
Rich Cruse was kind in sending me a photo taken on the swim exit of last year’s event here in Alabama. Kind in that it’s a reminder of the paddling bulk I’ve managed to cull off over the past 12months, and that I am in better form this time round…
(Swim exit at Xterra South East [...]
I got race number 369 scribbled on my arm and leg at registration this morning, and seems that must be my lucky one. I had a cracker second outing at Shongweni, to win my third local DueSouth Xterra, with Kent Horner in second, and Fraser Cartmell rounding out the podium of a picture perfect venue capped by stunning weather.
(Running [...]
As mentioned in my Midmar Multisport Festival report, I’d won my first triathlon nationals at Midmar Dam ten years ago. Yesterday morning I got to keep my head above the famous ‘Midmar Mile‘ water for the first time with a 15km paddle to start my Duel Ultra Triathlon. Two options to start the day, a 2km swim or [...]
Starting the run, out through Pietermaritzburg - By Firetree
Going into the race last weekend in Sun City I realised the psychological importance of the race, with the Powerade Triple Challenge being a week later in Natal, and that Iain would probably be the main to beat in these two of the biggest multisport races on the South African calender.
I knew also that I was [...]
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