As the holiday season continues to march on and 2016 steadily approaches, I was thinking back to IRONMAN 70.3 San Juan, one of the first races I covered for this new adventure in working at ColoradoTriathlete.com. I had no idea what to expect as I covered each weekend of races and solicited quotes and pictures from Colorado’s pro triathletes, most of them probably asking … [Read more...] about Athletes at Altitude: ‘Twas a Wonderful Season
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Athletes at Altitude: Man vs. Nature for our Pros
Evoe Outlasts in Ixtapa We have been pretty spoiled as far as Colorado weather goes, even in the late fall, but our pros have learned that they have to race in whatever conditions occur on race day. That’s just sports! A couple of weeks ago, Colorado pros Davide Giardini, Patrick Evoe, and Guilherme Campos traveled to Mexico for Challenge Ixtapa half iron distance race where … [Read more...] about Athletes at Altitude: Man vs. Nature for our Pros
Athletes at Altitude: Amazing Austin 70.3 Performances
Seymour is Sensational in Lone Star State This summer I got the chance to act as the camp director for Lovato Performance, led by coach and former pro, Michael Lovato. When the camp begin, I recognized one of the “campers” from a social gathering in Boulder and couldn’t help but think as I rolled by her while driving the SAG Wagon, “Wow, she’s really good.” Little did I know, … [Read more...] about Athletes at Altitude: Amazing Austin 70.3 Performances
Athletes at Altitude: Pros Leave a Mark in Mexico and Miami
Hadley Crushes Los Cabos Course Sometimes you can feel it coming. There is something in the air. The anticipation begins to brew and suddenly...you have that breakout performance that has been trapped inside of you all this time. That couldn’t describe James Hadley’s IRONMAN 70.3 Los Cabos performance any better this past weekend. The last two years have included an injury, … [Read more...] about Athletes at Altitude: Pros Leave a Mark in Mexico and Miami
Athletes at Altitude: Big Island Breakdown
An exciting weekend on the Big Island wrapped up a couple of weeks ago, but everyone's still talking about what went down on race day. As much as I planned on getting personal stories from our Colorado pros, I realized that most of them are on much-deserved vacations and enjoying a quick bout of downtime. Knowing this, I finally decided to briefly recap what happened both from … [Read more...] about Athletes at Altitude: Big Island Breakdown