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Sunday, 04 December 2016 23:10

By Timothy Carlson (slowtwitch.com)

In 2010, Ruth Brennan Morrey was 35 and coming off a 10 year hiatus from sports - an elite soccer and marathon career interrupted by many things including the birth of three children and acquiring a PhD - when she decided to try triathlon and became a pro. First step: learn to swim.

One year later, the Rochester, Minnesota mother of three was the women’s overall age group champion of the ITU Long Distance Worlds in Henderson, Nevada. In 2013, she scored the fastest run splits at three 70.3s – all under 1:20 – while finishing 5th, 6th and 12th overall woman. In her most impressive performance, she was racing second overall woman, five minutes behind leader Eva Nystrom during the 150 kilometer bike segment at the 2013 ITU Long Distance World Championship in ...

Zofingen. On a steep, wet downhill, a car pulled in front of her and she crashed heavily. The bike was severely twisted, and she lost five minutes kicking the tire back into the frame and filling the flat with a CO2 cartridge. She rejoined the race in 9th place and pushed hard. She passed the 3rd place woman with a finish line sprint to earn the bronze.

In 2014, Brennan Morrey scored the fastest bike (2:21:31) and run (1:20:50) splits with an overall win at Kansas 70.3, 57 seconds ahead of Rachel Joyce. That same year she posted the fastest women’s run at the Ironman 70.3 Worlds in Mt. Tremblant while finishing 15th.

Great Photo - Nick Morales / TriJuice.com