Colorado Triathlete

The Ultraman World Record holder, Dede Griesbauer, has officially joined Team UCAN. Dede, at age 49, broke the world record at Ultraman Florida 2020 by over an hour with a time of 22 hours 48 minutes and 31 seconds and won the women’s race by nearly 4 hours. Dede had been holding onto the overall lead for over 300 miles and stunned the world by taking 2nd overall in a … [Read more...]

Chris Leiferman of Longmont blasted the bike en route to victory at Ironman Florida. His time of 7 hours 52 minutes 44 seconds was just over two minutes ahead of runner-up Bradley Weiss of South Africa. Sam Long of Boulder took third in 7:55:33. In the women’s race, Katrina Matthews of Great Britain posted a time of 8:40:50 for the win, followed by Americans Skye Moench and … [Read more...]

Chris Leiferman (Longmont) and Jeanni Seymour (Boulder) won the 30th Great Floridian Triathlon against a competitive pro field. Leiferman posted the fastest bike split of the day and second-fastest run to finish in 2 hours 34 minutes 42 seconds – with a scant 14 seconds to spare to the next finisher, Bradley Weiss of South Africa. Ben Kanute of Phoenix rounded out the men’s … [Read more...]

Colorado’s Sam Long finished 51 seconds ahead of Tyler Butterfield of Bermuda to claim the top podium spot at Ironman 70.3 Cozumel. Mauricio Mendez Cruz of Mexico took third in the men’s race. On the women’s side, Holly Lawrence of Great Britain bested Romina Biagioli of Agentina and Cecilia Perez of Mexico for the win. Read more... … [Read more...]

PTO comes through to support another last-minute pro field. At long last, a pro race happened in the U.S. And how it happened was as much a story as the race itself, which certainly dished out a challenge to match the year.  In the fall of 2019 a group of top level current and retired pro triathletes got together and formed the Professional Triathletes Organization … [Read more...]