Boulder's Timothy O'Donnell stopped the clock in 7 hours, 59 minutes, 40 seconds — the fastest finish ever for an American at the IRONMAN World Championship, and his first sub-eight-hour performance on the infamous course. Jan Frodeno (GER) claimed victory in 7:51:13 and Sebastian Kienle (GER) rounded out the men's podium in 8:02:04. Ben Hoffman (Boulder, Colo.) finished … [Read more...]

Photos from this year's Ironman 70.3 Boulder. Men's podium: Chris Leiferman, Tyler Butterfield, and Kennett Peterson. Women's podium: Skye Moench, Lesley Smith, and Meredith Kessler. … [Read more...]

Local pro triathlete, Chris Leiferman, won the 2018 Ironman Boulder to complete his journey back from injury and illness. Leiferman set a new time to beat on the redesigned course, stopping the clock in 8:07:55. Boulder's Joe Gambles took second in 8:13:16, Patrick McKeon third in 8:20:48, Kevin Collington fourth in 8:26:16, and Sam Long fifth in 8:29:56. In the women’s … [Read more...]

Photos by Kristen McFarland Read more about the Colorado athletes in Kona and view their results. Kailua-Kona, Hawaii -- Daniela Ryf of Switzerland was the women’s champion for the third consecutive year in 8:50:47, joining Great Britain’s Chrissie Wellington, Switzerland’s Natascha Badmann and the United States’ Paula Newby-Fraser as the only women in history to win at … [Read more...]