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Workin' It Area Tri-Business People at Ironman Hawaii DEPARTMENTS: Intervals Along The Way Letter from the editor Ironman Hawaii by Kristen McFarland...........................................5 DeBoom Top American Again at Ironman World Championships Around The Mountains by Kristen McFarland..............................17 Carving Out a New Name For Himself Age Groupers Race Hawaii...................2 by Melissa Emmer Mangum.............................12 Work Week in Kona.................................4 Colorado Results....................................16 Wind Sprints ITU Cancun, St. Martin’s, Noosa US Triathon Series USOC Honors Kemper Wraps Up In California World Duathlon Championships.........6 Victor Plata wins championship race and Nicole Ah, Wilderness! DeBoom finishes second in pro standings.......11 Triathletes try Boulder’s new marathon and half marathon Down in the Sinkhole by Professor D. Meritus.........................................................8 Clermont hosts the 9th annual Great Floridian iroman distance triathlon Colorado Results: by Professor D. Meritus......................................................10 Age Group Nationals.....................15 Susan Bartholomew and Doug Ironman Susan Bartholomew and Doug Florida..........................14 Friman Take First at Ixtapa Great ITU Regional Race....................................6 Floridian.......................10 Hawaii Ironman World Championships..........16 Xterra World Championships Xterra Maui...................7 Durango’s Overend wins Maui, Kerstin Weule second, and wins Open Forum, Xterra Series Mail, ..............7 Bulletin Board, and Classified’s information......9 Club Contact List............................11 Workin’ It Area tri-business people at Ironman Hawaii As usual this year, the Hawaii Ironman did not only have a large contingient of athletes and their friends and family from Colorado. It also drew quite a few triathlon industry folks from the state. Saucony’s Dan Schorr was certain- ly pleased to have his star player, Luc Van Lierde, come up with the big win. Inside Triathlon editor Tim Carlson (Lafayette) was reporter and pho- tographer on the scene of course, and IT’s special events coordi- nator Lorraine Gruber organized the magazine’s Science of Speed seminar and expo booth. Dave Scott (Boulder) was there to host the seminar, as well as be available for various media interviews and Saucony functions. Nederland’s Ray Browning (1990 Ironman Canada winner) conducted an out- standing lecture at the annual Ironman Sports Medicine Conference on bike fit and the many orthopedic issues that can arise from and/or be solved by it. The Colorado Triathlete magazine pho- tographer Jamie Janover (Boulder) was there to capture the moments o n film, and managing editor Kristen McFarland (Nederland) performed magazine duties in addition to working with sever- al athletes as a massage ther- apist and attend- ing the Sports Medicine Conference. Schwinn sent Ironman Marketing Representative Ginger Whalen, also of Nederland. Ironman week in Kona is a busy one. There are many events to attend and cover, and plans to make for race day. In a way it has the excitement and feel of some sort of international long-distance triathlon convention. And even if there is alot of work to get done, it’s still Hawaii right? ❂ Photos from top: CTM photographer Jamie Janover takes a vacation day at the southern most point of the U.S., the bottom tip of the Big Island; Inside Triathlon’s Tim Carlson works the finish line; CTM editor Kristen McFarland as DeBoom comes in first American again; Dave Scott gets interviewed by Mark Allen during the swim leg; Saucony’s Dan Schorr greets a victorious Luc Van Lierde. Photos : Jamie Janover, except Tim Carlson and Scott/Allen photos by K. McFarland The Colorado Triathlete Intervals Along The Way www.coloradotriathlete.com 1906 13th St., Suite 206 The Millenium of Diversity beginning of a new year, centu- Boulder,Colorado 80302 For the sport of triathlon, ry, and millenium, there are a 303.443.3371 entering the new millenium has multiplicity of distances, for- 888.443.3371 an additional special signifi- mats, and series to contend kmcfarland@ cance, as the year 2000 also rep- with. The World Triathlon coloradotriathlete.com resents the debut of the event at Corporation Ironman races the Olympics in Sydney. There doubled their number of partic- Our Staff: has been, and will continue to ipants last year, the US Triathlon be, a great deal of controversy, Series is enjoying a srong resur- Managing Editor politics, and power brokering gence, the Xterra Off-road Kristen McFarland surrounding the initiation into Triathon Series is growing phe- Photographic Editor the international Olympic pro- nomenally, and the ITU is lead- Frank Crawford gram. But despite all of the neg- ing the way into the Olympics. Advertising Director atives, you can be sure that at All are different. All are thriv- Nicole DeBoom least a majority of the best ing. There are those who would short-distance triathletes in the like to standardize everything, Contributing Writers: world will be assembled there for both good and bad reasons, Nicole DeBoom on the Opera House steps in but diversity is the way of the Wes Hobson September to take the plunge. world and it is only getting Neal Henderson And if everything goes well, more so. In every walk of life we Timothy DeBoom some of us will start dreaming are finding that people are Melissa Emmer of the addition of an ironman unique and excel at and enjoy a Professor D. Meritus distance race as well,.....some- wide variety of endeavors. We Contributing Photographers: time. Hey, Track and Field has a accept this PHOTO: JUDY MARTIN Jamie Janover 10K and a marathon, right? as a given Kristen McFarland This inclusion of triathon is in all the Larry Higgins important on a number of lev- other Web Site Developement: els. Millions of people around aspects of Tridigital Consulting: the world will learn what our lives. triathlon is for the very first Should Sherry Smith, principal time. If history repeats itself in triathlon Courtney Elmendorf, designer the usual fashion, several young be any future Olympians will witness different? We welcome and encourage the coverage and embark on a submissions of all kinds! journey that will bring them to (Electronic is preferred.) that same stage in 2016 or 2020. Contact us at the address Just think of that. More colle- shown above. giate teams will start. More races will spring up. More spon- Copyright 1999. All rights sors will sit up and take notice. reserved. No part of this magazine There is a chance that these are may be reproduced without the pipe dreams, but probably not. Race volunteer overheard written permission of the publish- This wave has been building for in Kona on race morning: er. The Colorado Triathlete is a 25 years, and it is about to crest “How many triathletes does it take registered trademark of COTRI, and crash upon the shores of the to change a light bulb?” “Only one, but they need three vol- LLC. sporting world. unteers to direct traffic.” Where we stand now, at the wwiinndd sspprriinnttss Bruckners DU It Again at Cancun World Cup Race 24. Tony DeBoom 1:50:25 Worlds Draws 7 Colorado Pros 37. Joshua Dapice 1:51:40 Boulder’s premier duathlon The bulk of the US men’s team 39. Wes Hobson 1:51:49 family put in a couple of stellar from Colorado turned out for the 49. Michael Smedley 1:53:15 performances, as usual, as they ITU’s showcase race on the 10. Susan Bartholomew2:00:28 placed one (women’s) - two Yucatan penninsula on October Marcel Vifian wins (men’s) in the last race of the 10th. The site was host to the Grand Chase Regional ITU Dannon series in Naperville, 1995 ITU World Championships Marcel Vifian, recently having Illinois in September and then and has put in a bid to do so moved to Boulder from again in the future. In a hotly were off to this year’s World Colorado Springs after a year on competitive race for big ITU Duathlon Championships held the resident team, won the St. points in the home stretch Martin’s race put on by the in Huntersville, North Carolina towards olympic trials, the first “Friendly Island Triathlon on October 16th. It was the first 60 men exited the water within Association” on November 7th. world’s held in the US in six 60 seconds of each other. With ITU points and a total elite years. Andy Bruckner was the Colorado results are listed prize purse of $10,000, it drew a first-placed American and 10th below: good field of international ath- overall with a time of 1:45:49, 7. Nick Radkewich 1:48:40 letes. Age group winners and his older sister Kim finished 23. Hunter Kemper 1:50:19 received 4 nights at the Oyster in 12th place (second American) with a 2:02:26. Eric Schwartz, founder of duathlon.com, came Bartholomew, Friman Victorious at in 60th in the elite division Ixtapa, Mexico ITU Regional Points Race (1:57:55). Two age group medals Susan Bartholomew of Littleton and Doug Friman of Colorado were won by Boulder residents. Springs cashed in on the last opportunity to win ITU points this year Andrew Ames won a silver in Ixtapa, Mexico on November 13th. After an early season of recover- medal in the 35-39 division ing from a frightening pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lung), (1:42:22) and Betty Skip won the Bartholomew continued on her roll of top placings in the late season 70-74 gold medal (3:44:08). The races with a big win in Mexico. She had finished second just one week race consisted of a 10K run, 40K before at the ITU race in St. Martin’s, and 10th three weeks before that bike, and 5K run. at the more competitive World Cup race in Cancun. This places her 18th in the ITU international rankings and fourth among the US Kemper Honored women on the ITU circuit .
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