2002 IRONMAN Utah By Kristen McFarland ISSUE #16, June/July 2002 - The inaugural IRONMAN Utah race in Provo, Utah on Saturday, June 8th, had a very tragic start and ended up not being an IRONMAN at all. The waters of Lake Utah had turned very choppy overnight as a stiff wind kicked up in the valley from a weather front moving in. The course was an out and back loop around a … [Read more...] about The IRONMAN That Wasn’t: Tragedy Hits Utah
Joyfully Overcoming Adversity
Triathletes sure are tough. An obvious statement, you say? Well, of course. Nothing exemplifies this statement more, however, than when a triathlete faces a physical challenge that threatens to take them out of the game, and end their racing days. Karen Smyers has arguably had the most successful career of any female professional in the sport's history. She won the ITU World … [Read more...] about Joyfully Overcoming Adversity
XTERRA World Championships
October 2001 - Maui Story and photos by Kristen McFarland South Africans dominate ISSUE #14, Winter 2002 - This year's Xterra World Championship was won on the bike leg in both the men's and the women's races, as Conrad Stoltz and Anke Erlank of South Africa clocked splits over three minutes faster than their nearest competitor. After a good swim and a quick transition, … [Read more...] about XTERRA World Championships
Wind Sprints
Issue #13, October/November 2001 ColoradoTriathlete.com Pro Nationals in NYC Nearly a thousand age group athletes turned out to race in the new New York City Triathlon that served as this year's U.S. Elite Championships as well. Several of the top pros from Colorado headed east to race on the course that is very similar to that of the Goodwill Games a couple of years ago, with … [Read more...] about Wind Sprints
Victory at Last!
Tim DeBoom Wins the 2001 IRONMAN World Championship Story and Photos by Kristen McFarland ISSUE #13, October/November 2001 - This year the field was deep at IRONMAN Hawaii, very deep. There were probably a dozen athletes who could have won the race and a few who had before. But the time had come for the patient Tim DeBoom. It was his ninth time here, and his seventh year as a … [Read more...] about Victory at Last!