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The Greatest Performance in Apple History......
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Monday, 26 May 2014 03:10
By Tyler Buckintine (sctimes.com)
Training sometimes takes up an average of 15 hours of his week and he spends a lot of time on the road competing at duathlons and triathlons around the nation.
"My profession is being a professional triathlete and I basically started racing pro right after grad school," Thompson said. "I just race and I travel a lot. It's a lot of training. It flexible but there's no days off. I also do daddy daycare."
Thompson hadn't participated in the Apple Duathlon since 2010, the last year of his four-year win streak. He also won the race in 2004 and 2005....
Buffalo XI Predictions...
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Sunday, 25 May 2014 06:10
Photo - We found this cool art on the Buffalo Triathlon's Facebook page.We had to post it.
RACE PREVIEW - The popular Buffalo Triathlon will enter its second decade next Sunday. Brett Oden has ambitiously crafted an awesome event which consistently lures 1500 participants to beautiful Sturges Park. Though this year's registration is down slightly, thanks largely to our relentless and endless winter, we predict that the current trend of summer-like weather and the fact that Buffalo Lake has been warming up like a banshee will cause a nice bump in the enrollment over the final days leading up to the event.
Yes, we think it will ultimately field 1500 folks. (Help us make this happen, okay!)
Let's make some more predictions:
- Jon Balabuck (Thunder Bay, ONT) and Matthew Payne own the two fastest amateur times at TriBuff. Jon's CR is a 1:56:06, set in 2011. Matt's 1:56:40 was alo posted in '11. Jon and Matt are returning and we believe that they will duke it out for the Top Spot in the men's results. A win for Payne would keep his undefeated streak (in 2014) alive. We think he'll prevail....
Long & Waterless...
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Sunday, 25 May 2014 00:10
USA Triathlon Web Release (usatriathlon.org):
CARY, N.C. — Amateur multisport athletes Albert Harrison and Laura Kline bested a field of more than 400 competitors to claim the overall titles at Saturday’s USA Triathlon Long Course Duathlon National Championships, held in conjunction with the Cary Du Classic presented by the Happy Tooth.
Harrison (Boone, N.C.) finished the 5-mile run, 32-mile bike, 5-mile run course in 2 hours, 14 minutes, 21 seconds to win the overall and men’s 25-29 age group title. Jeff Wilson (Copley, Ohio), also in the men’s 25-29 age group, was second in 2:14:44, and Marc Warner (Crozier, Va.) was third overall, winning the men’s 45-49 title in 2:15:24. Patrick Parish (Bloomington, Minn.) posted the fastest time of the day in 2:13:00, but as an elite (professional) athlete does not qualify for age-group awards or national titles.
Kline (New Paltz, N.Y.) was the top finisher on the women’s side, earning the overall title as well as the women’s 35-39 division title in a time of 2:28:53. Diane Hankee (Lino Lakes, Minn.) finished in 2:29:09 for second overall and in the women’s 35-39 division, and Hannah Hanson (Frederick, Md.) claimed the women’s 34-39 title, rounding out the overall podium in 2:29:33....
Awesome Apple...
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Saturday, 24 May 2014 02:00
The 32nd Apple Duathlon was nothing short of awesome. It was won for the seventh time by pro David Thompson. Brooks Grossinger finished 4th and claimed the amateur men's title.
Pro Ruth Brennan Morrey nuked her 2012 CR and former Rochesterarian Dani Fischer (photo L) was Top amateur in the 4th fastest time in race history (1:32:43). James Hannon (55-59M) and Pam Stevens (60-64W) rewrote their AG's course records. Words and photos are coming soon. RESULTS
Devon's Double...
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Saturday, 24 May 2014 00:10
By Devon Palmer (palmertri.wordpress.com)
RACE REPORTAGE - It was a mixed weekend. After Falls Duathlon and another du the weekend after I took a full week to train. This weekend I tried a double, racing a sprint tri Saturday and the Gear West Duathlon Sunday. In the past the only double weekends I’ve done were with the Firehouse 50 team time trial on Saturday then a tri on Sunday. That went poorly the first year I tried it in 09 and fine the second year in 2010. The double was a nice push and I felt really strong a couple weeks later both times.
Saturday the sprint tri was fun but frigid. The swim was 51 degrees. That’s brisk. I felt like throwing up the first few minutes. The rest of the swim I just wanted to get the heck out of the water. I did not swim well at all. Heather...
