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Colorado Multisport in Boulder, Colorado hosting wildfire relief event

Editor's Note: We just received this email from our friends at Colorado Multisport in Boulder. As you know thousands of people have been forced to flee the Fourmile Canyon wildfire with perhaps hundreds of them losing their homes to the savage fire. Please help if you can, the important "how" and "when" info is below.

All of us at Colorado Multisport are shocked and saddened by the wildfire still burning in the foothills just west of Boulder.  Our hearts go out to the entire community that is affected by this tragedy, and we are in awe of the brave men and women who are risking their lives to fight the blaze. We are reaching out to you, our awesome community of athletes and fans, our family, to bring donations by tomorrow, Thursday night from 4-8pm. 

Eastern Europeans dominate ITU Aquathlon World Championships

Budapest, Hungary, 8 September 2010 - Slovakia's Richard Varga and Hungary's Margit Vanek took home top honours at the 2010 ITU Aquathlon World Championship in Budapest, each using a strong swim leg to pull away from the field. The fast and furious event, which consisted of a 1,000-meter swim followed by a 2.5-km run, was the first race of this year's Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Grand Final. This Saturday and Sunday, ITU World Champions will also be crowned in the Age Group, Junior, U23, Paratriathlon and Elite categories.

In the men's Elite Aquathlon, Varga was the only man to finish the swim in under 12 minutes, doing so in 11:26. Great Britain's Daniel Halksworth exited the chilly swim in the Danube River 35 seconds later, with a small group of men right on his heels. By the time the rest of the field got onto the run course, Varga was too far up the road and he strode the easy win in 20:27. Halksworth hung on for second, finishing in 20:48. Hungary's Attila Fecskovics delighted the crowd by finishing third, using the day's second-best run to finish in 20:57.

The excitement for the Hungarian fans continued in the women's contest, with Hungary pulling off the one-two punch. Italy's Gaia Person took the early lead out of the swim, finishing in 12:46, but Vanek was only four seconds behind. The pair headed out onto the run neck-and-neck, but it wasn't long before Vanek pulled away. Vanek broke the tape with a run split of 8:36, as teammate Szandra Szalay pulled up to second at the finish, coming in 40 seconds later. Peron held on for third, finishing just five seconds back of Szalay.

Ironman Wisconsin's infamous claim to fame

The city of Madison, Wisconsin has a claim to fame that goes much beyond hosting this weekend's Ironman race.

For it was here, in the waters of Lake Monona, where the 2.4 mile swim takes place, that soul legend Otis Redding, along with the pilot, Redding's manager, and three members of his backing band, the Bar-Kays lost their lives in a deadly plane crash on December 10, 1967.

American & Canadian win XTERRA Canada Championship in Whistler

September 6, 2010 (Whistler, B.C., Canada) - Josiah Middaugh and Melanie McQuaid won the men's and women's pro titles at the XTERRA Canada Championship in Whistler, B.C. this weekend.

There was a definite chill in the air  as the sun tried to come out from behind the clouds at Alta Lake for the 9am start of the XTERRA Canada Championship.  The swim was two laps of 750-meters with a short sprint in between, and was led by young stud Jordan Bryden with Christine “Big Fish” Jeffrey only seconds behind. 

Hot on their heels was three-time world champ Conrad Stoltz and U.S pro Branden Rakita.  Canada’s first XTERRA Champion, Mike Vine was a minute back with fellow Canadian Karsten Madsen, and another 30-seconds behind was Colorado’s Josiah Middaugh.  Three-time world champ, Melanie McQuaid, exited the swim 3 minutes behind Jeffrey and new mom Danelle Kabush over 5 minutes back from the leader.

Then came what everyone had been waiting for - 19km over two laps of what may arguably be XTERRA’s toughest bike course followed by 11km of up and down trail running, with a little pavement providing welcome relief from the roots, rocks, slipping and sliding.

It was here that the battle for XTERRA Canada champion came down to a contest between Mike Vine and Colorado’s Josiah Middaugh (pictured here at the XTERRA Mountain Champs in July).  The two pulled almost identical bike splits with Josiah taking fastest bike by only one tenth of a second.  “I like going uphill and the technical stuff was OK” said Middaugh, “but Mike Vine was awesome - he was whaling that stuff – it was crazy.  I was trying to keep it close, but he would put 40 seconds on me on the descent. 

EverymanTri "sponsors" Colorado State University Triathlon Team

Editor's Note: OK, so we are not really "sponsoring" the CSU Triathlon team but we always like to help out as much as we can...so here you go Danny. Go Luck and raise the needed $$$ so you can swim, bike and run your way to collegiate victory.

My name is Danny Harper.  I'm the president of the CSU Triathlon Team up here in Fort Collins, Colorado.  I've been going to EverymanTri for a long time now, and was wondering if you would consider "sponsoring" us with a shoutout to the triathlon community about our upcoming Halloween 5K leaving from the CSU (Colorado State University) Campus.  This is our main fundraiser for the Fall. 

Video: Carfrae vs. Dibens in Boulder CO swimming smack-down

Professional triathlete and 2009 Kona Ironman Champ runner-up Julie Dibens is very fast both in and out of the water...but especially in the water.

So who do you think would win a 100 meter swim race: Dibens or 2007 Ironman 70.3 Champion Mirinda Carfrae?

The answer is probably obvious it would be Dibens, especially given her strong swimming background.

But what if Dibens swam the 100 meter backstroke and Carfrae swam it freestyle?

Video: Massive Boulder Colorado wildfire rages out of control as hundreds are evacuated

Editor's Note: As many of you know Boulder, Colorado (our home town) is the mecca of triathlon. The roads and foothills around Boulder offer some of the most beautiful training the runs and rides in the West that draw hundreds of amateur and pro triathletes. Today a massive wildfire fire threatens many people and homes just West of Boulder. The story is below.

A wildfire that erupted this morning just West of Boulder, Colorado has engulfed at least 3000 acres and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people.

According to local officials several hundred people have already been evacuated and numerous structures including homes have burned down to the ground. Huge plumes of smoke from the massive fire can be seen from as far away as Denver, Colorado.

Wealing, Corona win XTERRA Mexico Championship

September 5, 2010 (Valle de Bravo, Mexico) - American Seth Wealing defended his title at the XTERRA Mexico Championship in Valle de Bravo this morning while Mexico's own Fabiola Corona took the women's title.

Here's a look at the podium; with Wealing and Corona on the top step; Dan Hugo and Shonny Vanlandingham in 2nd; and Francisco Serrano and Daniela Campuzano in third.
The managing director of the XTERRA World Tour, "Kahuna Dave" Nicholas, was on-site and brings us this report and these photos:

The forecast was rain.  At the race briefing last night, I promised the crowd that I had brought Hawaiian weather to this fabulous place just outside Mexico City and Toluca – and I kept my promise.

On cue at 0815 Saturday morning, the sun popped up over the mountains and sunshine covered the area.  It was good it happened as we had a huge thunderstorm Friday evening that left everything soaking wet.  Transition, which was on a rather steep slope, became a quagmire with people slipping and sliding all morning. 

Morrison, Aernouts top of podium at Duathlon World Titles in Edinburgh

Edinburgh, Scotland, 5 September 2010 - Scotland's Catriona Morrison thrilled the crowd on hand to watch the 2010 ITU Duathlon World Championship in Edinburgh today, winning on home soil to take the fourth ITU Duathlon World Title of her illustrious career. Morrison won the ITU Long Distance Duathlon World Championship in 2007 and 2008, after winning Duathlon Worlds at the standard distance in 2006.

  Today's race took place in Edinburgh's historic Holyrood Park, which served up one of the most challenging Duathlon World Champs courses of all time. The relentlessly hilly course consisted of a 10K run, followed by a 38.4K bike, and finished with a 5K run.

Morrison, the heavy favourite entering the race, finished the gruelling course in 2:02:47, to top France's Sandra Levenez by 18 seconds. It was the second year in a row that Levenez finished in the runner-up spot at the Duathlon World Championship, having finished second to Czech Vendula Frintova in Concord, North Carolina, USA last season. Australia's Felecity Sheddy-Ryan finished a distant third in her first-ever Duathlon World Champs, rounding out the podium in 2:06:14.

Video: What happens when you park a car on the road during a bike race

American paraduathletes medal to open Duathlon World Championships

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Led by a gold-medal performance from Ben Simmons, all three United States' paraduathletes in action Friday at the 2010 ITU Duathlon World Championships reached the podium in the run-bike-run event at Holyrood Park.  
 
In addition to the victory from Simmons (New York, N.Y.) in the TRI-2 category, Lamar Brown (New York, N.Y.) and David Kyle (Athens, Ala.) captured bronze in the TRI-6 and TRI-3 categories, respectively.

Ask Lauren: Riding more than his bike

Editor's Note:  Lauren is the new EverymanTri social lifestyles contributor and the author of "How to Date a Triathlete". She's writing a monthly column for us dealing with the intricate and sometimes tricky social rules of living the triathlon life. If you have any personal or dating/marriage questions for her just post them in the comments section below, or email them to us Here, and we'll have her answer them in her monthly column Ask Lauren.

Dear “Lauren”

My husband and I have been married for 5 years.  Recently he has decided to challenge himself by getting involved in Triathlons.  He has been spending a lot of time with a particular riding group.  This is a co-ed riding group and they meet at least 3x a week.  Of course after their rides they all have to grab a beer or a coffee together.

I have been very suspicious lately of how much time he has been spending with the people, particularly the women in this group.  I am even more concerned after what I discovered last week.  We were being intimate and I noticed a big red bump “down there.”  It looked almost infected.  I got up and accused him of cheating.  He swears it is from his bike shorts and riding.  I don’t know what to believe.   Is it true, can you get what looks like an STD from a bike?

Sincerely,

Is he riding more than his bike?

Video: Yet another thinly veiled advertisement for the automobile industry

Editor's Note: Recently we've been accused of carrying water for the auto industry. This fun and interesting video is from our sister blog TFLcar.com, and if you watch the video you'll see immediately that it is indeed a thinly veiled advertisement for a four year old Toyota Prius with 140.6 sticker on it. BTW: the sticker is the only triathlon related thing in the entire video.

Like it or not alternative fuel efficient cars are the wave of the future.

So we couldn't help but wonder what's the best (and by best we mean most fuel efficient) way to power a car you can buy and drive today.

Is the future gas, diesel or electric hybrid drive?

Is deep fried beer the ultimate recovery food and drink?

Every year at the Texas State Fair a few deep frying entrepreneurs come up with something goofy, unique, or crazy to fry up and enter into the annual state competition.

Do you recall deep fried coke?

This year the big frying buzz is all about deep friend beer.

Seriously, ask yourself...what has USAT done for me lately?

In the wake of the recent, unexpected firing of USA Triathlon executive director Skip Gilbert we offer one question?

What has USA Triathlon (USAT) done for me lately?

Because you (Mr. and Mrs. amateur triathlete) are the main reason why USAT exists and yet....

R.I.P.: Daily Triathlon shuts cyber doors

Editor's note: We're always sad when yet another triathlon news source goes out of business. It's tough these days making money online so we're always cheering for the little guys but...R.I.P Daily Triathlon.

Sad news from the DT web site today below:

Dear friends and followers,

For the last 3 years we have tried to do our best to bring you a good mix of triathlon related news. During this time we have developed a loyal readership and want to thank you for your support and loyalty.