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April 23, 2008
Registration for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon is Near Capacity
from CoolRunning…
If you’ve been thinking about running the 2006 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, register soon: The marathon now has 30,000 participants registered and is expected to hit its capacity of 40,000 runners in record time. At its current rate, registration will close during the first week of June, more than a month in advance of the mark set in 2005.
April 23, 2008
Wheaties Honors Triathlete Jarrod Shoemaker
Jarrod Shoemaker is being honored by Wheaties, “The Breakfast of Champions,” with a new, limited-edition package featuring the 25-year old triathlete from Sudbury, Mass. The Breakfast of Champions(R) continues its tradition of honoring elite athletes and celebrates Shoemaker’s outstanding triathlon achievements, adding yet another honor to his impressive list of accomplishments.
Shoemaker is a fierce competitor and credits his amazing success in triathlon to a combination of raw talent and personal drive. He turned professional after competing in just four triathlons in 2003. Within two years Jarrod had won the Under 23 Nationals and World Championship. He qualified for the USA Triathlon’s National Elite Team in 2006 and has racked up nine top 10 finishes in the past two years. In the fall of 2007 Shoemaker completed an even more amazing feat by becoming the first member of the USA Triathlon Men’s Team competing in the games in Beijing this summer. Now his sights are set on the Hy-Vee ITU World Cup in Des Moines, Iowa this June - the largest prize purse in professional triathlon competition.
Shoemaker was a runner while attending Dartmouth College and credits his time on the track team for teaching him what it takes to be a top athlete. During his last two seasons of college, Jarrod added riding and swimming to his work-out regimen and when he graduated in 2004, he left his running career and began to focus on the triathlon. Excellence in all three triathlon events - swimming, cycling, and running - has made Shoemaker one of the most well-rounded athletes in the sport.
“It’s a great honor for me to be on the cover of the Wheaties box and to join the remarkable list of great athletes who have appeared on the package,” Shoemaker said. “Every athlete dreams about one day seeing themselves on the cover of the ‘Breakfast of Champions’ package.”
“He is truly one of the brightest stars in the triathlon today, and the sky is the limit for how good he can become,” said Dan Stangler, Wheaties marketing. “His addition to the Wheaties family continues our rich tradition of honoring great athletes.”
The new 15.6-ounce Wheaties package is now available regionally in Iowa and Boston. This marks the first time Shoemaker has appeared on a Wheaties box, and the second time a triathlete has appeared. Hunter Kemper was featured on the box in 2007.
April 22, 2008
World Marathon Majors Update
from WorldMarathonMajors…
BOSTON – The 2008 World Marathon Majors (WMM) series continued today with the crowing of the men’s and women’s champions at the 112th running of the Boston Marathon. The inaugural WMM men’s champion Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot of Kenya moved into second place in the 2007-08 series championship in becoming the youngest four-time Boston Marathon champion. Ethiopia’s Dire Tune added her name to the series leaderboard in the closest women’s finish in the history of the race.
Martin Lel of Kenya and Irina Mikitenko of Germany both earned 25 points in winning last week’s Flora London Marathon, the first of six races in the series in 2008. The next points races in the 2007-08 series will be the Olympic Marathons this August in Beijing. At the conclusion of the two-year series this fall, the male and female point leaders will each be awarded $500,000.
Cheruiyot closed the gap in winning the Boston Marathon for the second time in the 2007-08 WMM series, earning 25 points for the victory. Lel sits atop the standings with 75 points, while his fellow countryman Cheruiyot moves within 20 points of first-place with 55 overall. Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco drops to third place with 30 points.
The top three in the women’s standings remains the same following today’s race, as 2006-07 WMM women’s champion Gete Wami remains in the lead with a total 65 points. Mikitenko remains in a tie for second in the 2007-08 series with China’s Zhou Chunxiu as each woman has accumulated 40 total points.
April 22, 2008
Lance Armstrong finishes Boston Marathon in 2:50:58
from BikeRadar…
Seven times Tour de France champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong finished the 112th Boston Marathon in 2:50:58, placing 488th out of more than 25,000 Monday.
Kenyan Robert Cheruiyot won the men’s race in 2:07:46, missing the course record he set by just 32 seconds. He became the fourth man to win Boston four times, joining American great Bill Rogers.
Armstrong, running together with 50 Livestrong ‘teammates,’ is raising funds and awareness for his Lance Armstrong Foundation, known around the world as Livestrong. This was Armstrong’s first Boston Marathon; he’s finished the New York City Marathon twice. Participants in that race raised more than US$500,000 in November 2007.
April 22, 2008
Final 2008 Triathlon Olympic team slot determination
With the wins this weekend of Matt Reed and Julie Ertel, the 1st and 2nd slots on both the men’s and women’s Olympic teams have been filled (Shoemaker and Bennett took the first slots late last year). The third and final slots will be determined at the Hy-Vee Triathlon on June 22 in Des Moines based on the best record overall in the three race selection series..
For the women, it’s pretty straightforward…if Sarah Groff is the top American at Hy-Vee, she earns the slot. If she isn’t the top American, Sarah Haskins takes the 3rd spot on the team.
The slot for the men’s team is a bit more dicey… Andy Potts and Hunter Kemper each have second and third-place results in the first two races - so in theory whoever comes out ahead in race three is in. However, if Hunter or Andy finish third or lower, it could open the door for Brian Fleischmann or Doug Friman, provided they win in Des Moines.
April 22, 2008
Tour de Georgia - Stage One Results
from VeloNews…
The sixth Tour de Georgia began Monday with a short and — for Toyota-United — sweet stage from Tybee Island into Savannah. Ivan Dominguez battled his way through the well-orchestrated lead-outs of Gerolsteiner and High Road to take a commanding sprint win on the 70.4-mile flat stage ahead of Jelly Belly’s Nic Sanderson and Gerolsteiner’s Robert Förster.
“With 2K to go I had my guys in front of me: [Ivan] Stevic, Henk [Vogels] and Dominque [Rollin],” Dominguez said. “I was telling them to keep it calm, that we go at the right time. At 1K Henk went, and at the same time [George] Hincapie went. So Henk got right on his wheel. At 500 meters Dominque went, and I was on him. He was going so fast I thought I would have a hard time coming around.
April 22, 2008
Registration opens for 2009 Ironman 70.3 California
from NASports…
Boulder, CO - North America Sports is pleased to announce that the entry process is open for the 2009 Ironman 70.3 California. Athletes may enter this event on-line, through the www.ironmancalifornia.com website.
In a new feature for 2009, N A Sports is pleased to partner with Multisports to provide athletes with a specially designed training program. The Ironman 70.3 California Training Program is an extremely detailed training program setup specifically for the final 8-weeks leading up to the Ironman 70.3 California event. This event is early in the race year, and has a course that lends itself to athletes preparing for a challenging ride, followed by a flatter terrain run course. The program assumes a level of fitness coming into these weeks which are focused on key workouts that will prepare you for the event, and a complete taper right up to race day. The Ironman 70.3 California Training Program has been created by Paula Newby-Fraser on the Active Trainer platform. Athlete may sign-up online at active.com
The 2009 Ironman 70.3 California will take place in Oceanside, CA for the eighth time on April 4, 2009. Athletes will compete for a $30,000 pro prize purse as well as 20 entry spots for the 2009 Ford Ironman World Championships in Hawaii and 50 entry spots for the 2009 Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Clearwater. FL. For more information, please log onto www.ironmancalifornia.com
April 21, 2008
Race Results: 2008 Boston Marathon
from TheFinalSprint…
Men’s Race
Cheruiyot Wins 112th Boston Marathon; Matches Bill Rodgers with 4 Boston Wins!
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot has won the 112th Boston Marathon in a blistering time of 2:07:46. It is his third consecutive Boston victory and fourth overall. Cheruiyot challenged his course record of 2:07:12 with an incredible surge in the Newton Hills, but ultimately settled for a historic victory in a still remarkable time.
Morocco’s Abderrahime Bouramdane also had a spectacular day, finishing second in 2:09:03.
Women’s Race
In the closest race in the 112 year history of the Boston marathon, 22-yr old Dire Tune of Ethiopia defeated Russia’s 25-yr old stallion Alevtina Bikitimrova. Tune crossed the line in 2:25:21 and became the youngest Boston champion since 21-yr old American Joan Benoit Samuelson won the race in 1979.
Tune and Biktimirova traded the lead in dramatic fashion throughout the final 800m; each matching then other’s surge just when you thought they would be down and out. Tune ultimately proved to be too strong; taking off with 100m to go, finishing 2 seconds ahead of Biktimrova and collapsing the the after breaking the tape.
April 21, 2008
Race Results: 2008 Ironman China
from InsideTriathlon…
Keeping with the recent Ironman trend, the inaugural Ironman China proved to be one of the hottest on record, with temperatures soaring into the 90’s and athletes dropping like flies. As with last weekend’s Ford Ironman Arizona, the race in China was transformed into a war of attrition and the two left standing at day’s end were Germany’s Olaf Sabatschus and Aussie Belinda Granger.
Sabatschus, known as one of triathlon’s elite “super-bikers”, actually won the race on the run, a rare feat for the German. At the start of the day Sabatschus had some serious time to make up after the swim, exiting the water over five minutes behind swim-leaders Mathieu O’Halloran of Canada and Matthew Clark of Australia.
As the top men began rolling through the hills of Hainan Island, huge gaps were forming among the top ten, with Clark leading the charge. McDonald, the pre-race favorite, suffered his first of two flat tires just before the turnaround and was relegated to almost 20 minutes behind Clark. McDonald fell victim to a second flat tire with over ten miles left on the bike and actually rode to transition with a flat. Instead of surging to the front on the bike, Sabatschus chose to be conservative on the bike and entered transition two minutes behind American Timothy Marr, who overtook the lead on the second half of the bike leg.
As the men made their way onto the sun-baked run course, it became clear that Sabatschus was the most prepared for the heat. Halfway through the marathon the German had already amassed a seven-minute lead and behind him the leaderboard was changing rapidly. By the time he hit the finish line in 8:52:14, Sabatschus had a 21-minute cushion on would-be runner-up Byung Hoon Park of South Korea. Marr, who was clearly suffering toward the end of the run, hung on for third, one minute back of Park.
Like Sabatschus, Granger had some serious work to do after the 2.4-mile swim. The Aussie exited the water in just under an hour, six minutes behind race leader Ute Mueckel of Germany. Granger began stalking the German from the moment she got on the bike and reeled her in by the halfway point. Granger, who prefers racing from the front, began pulling away from Mueckel and the rest of the field the moment she took the lead.
Granger hit T2 with a comfortable gap on Mueckel, which quickly grew on the early miles of the run. As with the men’s race, the leaderboard on the women’s side was turned upside down once the athletes began the run. Canadian Donna Phelan, who trains with Granger under Brett Sutton in the Philippines, proved that the Team TBB girls can really handle the heat, as she moved into second in the later stages of the run. Granger continued her stroll to the finish, crossing the line in 10:08:37, over 28 minutes ahead of Phelan. Britain’s Abigail Bayley also made up huge chunks of time on the run, finishing third in 10:43:11. It was the seventh Ironman win of Granger’s career and her second already this season (she won Ironman Malaysia as well).
April 21, 2008
New road goodies from SRAM
from Bikeradar…
SRAM has taken some of the features introduced on its range-topping Red road component group and trickled it down to the less-expensive Rival and Force groups, the company announced at the Sea Otter Classic this weekend.
Nearly all of the upgrades have been applied to DoubleTap levers across the board. Force and Rival now get the same shift paddle and brake lever blade shaping as Red , plus independently adjustable reach for both. Both lever bodies will also offer dual-position cable routing for the derailleur housing. The front shifter has been enhanced with new Zero Loss internals and a big ring trim position which supersedes the original inner ring trim. Rival also gets a carbon fiber brake lever blade.
Rival receives the most attention from SRAM this year as the rest of the group has been freshened, too. As well as the lever changes, the crankarms get an upgrade to the the lighter and stiffer OCT hollow-forged technology and all components will be covered in a gloss black finish.
