Issue #4 Dec 1999 / Jan 2000

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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 certainly pleased to have his star player, Luc Van Lierde, come up with the big win. Inside Triathlon editor Tim Carlson (Lafayette) was reporter and photographer on the scene of course, and IT’s special events coordinator 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 outstanding 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 photographer 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 therapist 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?

Workin’ It Area tri-business people at IRONMAN Hawaii 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 ❂

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Intervals Along The Way The Millenium of Diversity For the sport of triathlon, entering the new millenium has an additional special significance, as the year 2000 also represents the debut of the event at the Olympics in Sydney. There has been, and will continue to be, a great deal of controversy, politics, and power brokering surrounding the initiation into the international Olympic program. But despite all of the negatives, you can be sure that at least a majority of the best short-distance triathletes in the world will be assembled there on the Opera House steps in September to take the plunge. And if everything goes well, some of us will start dreaming of the addition of an IRONMAN distance race as well, … sometime. Hey, Track and Field has a 10K and a marathon, right? This inclusion of triathon is important on a number of levels. Millions of people around the world will learn what triathlon is for the very first time. If history repeats itself in the usual fashion, several young future Olympians will witness the coverage and embark on a journey that will bring them to that same stage in 2016 or 2020. Just think of that. More collegiate teams will start. More races will spring up. More sponsors will sit up and take notice. There is a chance that these are pipe dreams, but probably not. This wave has been building for 25 years, and it is about to crest and crash upon the shores of the sporting world.

Where we stand now, at the beginning of a new year, century, and millenium, there are a multiplicity of distances, formats, and series to contend with. The World Triathlon Corporation IRONMAN races doubled their number of participants last year, the US Triathlon Series is enjoying a srong resurgence, the XTERRA Off-road Triathon Series is growing phenomenally, and the ITU is leading the way into the Olympics. All are different. All are thriving. There are those who would like to standardize everything, for both good and bad reasons, but diversity is the way of the world and it is only getting more so. In every walk of life we are finding that people are unique and excel at and enjoy a wide variety of endeavors. We accept this as a given in all the other aspects of our lives.

Should triathlon be any different?

Race volunteer overheard in Kona on race morning: “How many triathletes does it take to change a light bulb?” “Only one, but they need three volunteers to direct traffic.” PHOTO : JUDYMARTIN

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Bruckners DU It Again at Worlds Boulder’s premier duathlon family put in a couple of stellar performances, as usual, as they placed one (women’s) - two (men’s) in the last race of the Dannon series in Naperville, Illinois in September and then were off to this year’s World Duathlon Championships held in Huntersville, North Carolina on October 16th. It was the first world’s held in the US in six years. Andy Bruckner was the first-placed American and 10th overall with a time of 1:45:49, and his older sister Kim finished in 12th place (second American) with a 2:02:26. Eric Schwartz, founder of duathlon.com, came in 60th in the elite division (1:57:55). Two age group medals were won by Boulder residents. Andrew Ames won a silver medal in the 35-39 division (1:42:22) and Betty Skip won the 70-74 gold medal (3:44:08). The race consisted of a 10K run, 40K bike, and 5K run.

Kemper Honored The United States Olympic Committee has named Hunter Kemper the male Triathlete of the Year. Kemper, a member of the national resident team based in Colorado Springs, had a stellar year including wins at the 1999 Pro National Championships (Mrs. T’s in Chicago) and the ITU North American Regional Championships, a silver medal at the Pan Am Games, and top American at the ITU World Championships (8th). Cancun World Cup Race Draws 7 Colorado Pros The bulk of the US men’s team from Colorado turned out for the ITU’s showcase race on the Yucatan penninsula on October 10th. The site was host to the 1995 ITU World Championships and has put in a bid to do so again in the future. In a hotly competitive race for big ITU points in the home stretch towards olympic trials, the first 60 men exited the water within 60 seconds of each other. Colorado results are listed below:

Marcel Vifian wins Grand Chase Regional ITU Marcel Vifian, recently having moved to Boulder from Colorado Springs after a year on the resident team, won the St. Martin’s race put on by the “Friendly Island Triathlon Association” on November 7th. With ITU points and a total elite prize purse of $10,000, it drew a good field of international athletes. Age group winners received 4 nights at the Oyster wind sprints Susan Bartholomew of Littleton and Doug Friman of Colorado Springs cashed in on the last opportunity to win ITU points this year in Ixtapa, Mexico on November 13th. After an early season of recovering from a frightening pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lung), Bartholomew continued on her roll of top placings in the late season races with a big win in Mexico. She had finished second just one week before at the ITU race in St. Martin’s, and 10th three weeks before that at the more competitive World Cup race in Cancun. This places her 18th in the ITU international rankings and fourth among the US women on the ITU circuit . Friman, completing his second year of training as a resident in the Springs, had never won a race as a professional. However, he has done well in enough ITU races to be ranked 100th in the world after this regional race win. Considering that he missed several points races at the beginning of the season because of a knee injury, this win confirms for him as well as Susan that they are back to one hundred percent.

Bartholomew, Friman Victorious at Ixtapa, Mexico ITU Regional Points Race Congratulations to newlywed triathletes Susan Bartholomew and Tim Williams of Littleton

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Bay Beach Resort on the island, a nice enticement to return to the race the following year.

Lindley races well at Noosa, to stay in Australia for the winter season The final race of the 1999 ITU World Cup Series was held in Queensland, Australia on November 7th. The Noosa Festival is a truly amazing week of multi-sport with many different events including an aquathlon (run, swim, run). There were more than 6000 athletes attending. Siri Lindley of Boulder placed a strong 4th (1:56:40) and Jill Newman (Colorado Springs) came in 7th (1:58:16). Victor Plata, Nick Radkewich, and Joshua Dapice (all Colorado Springs) finished 20th (1:47:40), 28th (1:48:58), and 31st (1:50:49), respectively. Lindley will be remaining in Australia to compete in the fast-paced Formula One Series and to prepare for the first of two qualifiers for the US Olympic Triathlon Team, which will be held in Sydney in April.

The XTERRA Off-road Triathlon World Championships were held on Maui, Hawaii, on Halloween, but the competition wasn’t too scary for Durango’s Ned Overend or Evergreen’s Kerstin Weule who both specialize in the mountain bike version of the sport. The 44-year-old Overend won the race for the second year in a row and ended the series in fourth place. Weule, who dominated the series with eight wins, was unable to take the championship, but handily completed the series in first for the big $10,000 prize.

Other Colorado pros competing in the series include Pat Brown, closing it out at 12th place, and Glynde Mangum in 17th. Dillon’s Danelle Ballangee races in six events to come in 12th in the final standings.

Of special note is University of Colorado Triathlon Team member Kerry Barnholt. The 25- 29 age-grouper won the overall amatuer women’s division, ninth including the pros. XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OCTOBER 31, 1999, MAUI, HAWAII

RESULTS FROM www.XTERRA.net XTERRA SUCCESSES FOR OVEREND AND WEULE

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The first Boulder marathon in twenty years, the Boulder Backroads Marathon and 1/2 Marathon, took place on Sunday, Sept. 26 at the Boulder Resevoir, thanks mainly to the efforts of Leslie Kinder. Among the 1518 entrants (1110 in the half and 408 in the full) were several dozen triathletes trying to hone their running skills. Some of the triathletes could be identified by the Speedos they sported (“to keep their parts together” as one triathlete remarked).

It was a cold morning start at 8:00 A.M. and the first leg was a 1 mile loop to the boat marina and back, a stately procession as the runners defrosted. The course then headed North over mostly dirt roads with the first six miles common to both the full and half-marathoners Slower runners could see the leaders zipping back on the other side of the road. The marathoners split east at Oxford Road and headed for the primordial backroads which few suspected of existing. This is a land of spitting llamas and horses eagerly awaiting their massages. The only appreciable extent of hard-paved road and frantic cars was the loop around the antenna fields, a two mile stretch of Nelson Road past the spot where a triathlete was killed in a race some dozen years ago. The marathon route eventually rejoined the half-marathon route and wound its way back to the Rez for the post race rites of survival.

The support during the race was at top level, thanks to the efforts of the volunteers. For those bringing up the rear, the support staff in the trucks boomed out the message “According to our extrapolations, you will not finish within the cutoff time.” It is reassuring that these practioners of Norton Weiner’s cybernetics could give prognostications which left the runner with the choice of inishing without water or being hauled ignominiously back in a support vehicle. (They later relented, gave out maps so the runners could practice their orienteering and left cups of water scattered randomly at some of the two mile intervals designated as watering holes.)

Most triathletes opted for the halfmarathon. About two triathletes tried the marathon, among them Troy Theodos who finished 17th with a time of 3:10:15. In the half-marathon, pro Cameron Widoff whizzed in fifth (1:15:37) and legend Dave Scott was 15th (1:18:53). Jinger Gottschall, headed for IRONMAN Hawaii just a few weeks later, completed the half-marathon together with about a dozen members of the CU Triathlon Team. A total of 1100 finished the halfmarathon and 371 got through the marathon. A special reception was given to the last marathon finisher who was inundated with gifts - four race shirts, organically grown melons, boxes of fruit, enough bananas to give a chimpanzee an orgasm and unlimited magnetic therapy so the runner could degauss.

Next year, according to Leslie, the number of entrants will be capped so that sufficient support can be arranged well before the race. One obvious improvement would be to have the Boulder Philharmonic play Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony to start the race in the proper mood. Even if this does not come to pass, the event is bound to become a classic. Boulder was long waiting for this to happen.

A A h h , , W W i i l l d d e e r r n n e e s s ! !

Triathletes race in the new Boulder Marathon and Half-marathon by Professor D. Meritus ❂

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AS WELL! contacting us October Another year has passed And I’m in Kona again Time to look forward And to see where I’ve been One more year gone Just too hard to ignore Its funny to feel So at home on this shore It’ll soon be my birthday How many years will that be? Sure feel a lot older Than this face lets you see Swimming through the ocean Clears the haze from my mind With the waves crashing over me There’s something new that I find If you let them just take you Through their gentle rise and fall You can slice right through them With no effort at all Its when you try too hard That you start to feel their wrath They’ll push you around And make you lose your your path It seems thats how life is Like swimming in the sea Your perspective determines How easy it will be In so many ways This is a magical place An awesome setting For an incredible race Here you gather together Lay your guts on the line Burn every drop of energy Success measured with time But when the fanfare is over And the cheering is done It is only ourselves That really know what we’ve won. -K.M.

OPEN FORUM CORRECTIONS In the October-November issue on page 4, triathlete Steve Roberts is listed as Rogers. Sorry Steve! We would also like to apologize for those missing from the IRONMAN USA results listings. ❂

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The ninth annual Great Floridian IRONMAN distance race took place on Oct. 23rd, the same day as IRONMAN Hawaii, in the usual Clermont venue - the future home of the USA Triathlon headquarters and training center and outskirt of DisneyWorld .

Surprisingly, the course is touted to be one of the most difficult of the IRONMAN distance races. Flat Florida is pocketed with negative mountains called sinkholes where the land collapses into underground voids. The course goes relentlessly up and down these craters which, more often than not, are cauldrons of heat and humidity. This year the temperatures were relatively mild but the wind was its usual pesky presence. No one has ever finished this race in under nine hours with the current record at 9:16:20.

The number of starters was a little over 600 with 26 Colorado entrants. Last year there was a record 1,100 participants. This drop was attributed to the IRONMAN Florida race only two weeks and 300 miles away on a flat course. The defections to this new IRONMAN qualifier caused consternation to race director Fred Sommer and his staff who heaped sundry imprecations on the traitors going to Panama City. The swim part of the race was in the netherworld of Lake Minneola. This year it consisted of two loops (commercialism for the benefit of the spectators) around a rectangular course marked by unusual polyhedral shaped fluorescent markers. A small sign on the shore read “Beware of Alligators, Snakes and other Vermin” but one spectator remarked that there were no snakes since they had been eaten by the alligators. Few wanted elaboration as to the nature of the vermin. The bike course is in the notorious hills formingthe sides of the sink holes, culminat- ing with the dreaded Sugar Loaf hill. After the first fifty miles the course flattens somewhat and opens up to the winds. The route wends its way through homes with architec- ture of mortuary style. People, like lemmings to the sea, come here to die and go to the great Disney World in the sky. Fittingly enough, the Orlando region was host to the senior Olympics which would have its triathlon a few days after the Great Floridian. The run was a three looped course around Lake Minneola and begins with an unpleasant climb.

The winner of the race, as expected, was William Magagna (rhymes with lasagna) whose official time was 9:29:48. He alone was misdirected on the run course, did an extra mile and a half and cursed out the race officials by shouting “Gee Willikers”. He was also penalized six minutes for discarding equipment, whatever that means. Without these adversities, he would have established a course record of 9:07:33. One racer collided with a car which turned into his path. He doggedly climbed back on his bike and finished the race. Among the 20 Colorado finishers, Victor Selenow of Buena Vista was the fastest and 7th overall with a 10:20:20. Michelle Orgill from Castle Rock was 2nd in the 25-29 women’s age group (12:53:54).

Finishers, electrifying the air with frisson, were greeted by the usual group including catchers who donned surgical gloves to receive the battered, sweaty and soggy bodies. A variety of comments were offered by the finishers as they crossed the finish line, such as: “I’m going to puke.”

“I’m perfect.” (He was then carried to the medical tent.)

“I’m ready to go to Disney Land.” “I feel like shit.”

“Don’t tell me what to do.” (After being asked if he needed help.) “I feel great.” (She also went to triage.) Many finishers went to triage in Jenkin’s auditorium which soon looked like a scene from a World War I battleground. All finishers received the customary finisher’s medal although it would have been here appropriate to also award each a Mickey Mouse hat with ears.

One contestant had a unique denouement. After proving his reproductive prowess by finishing the race in a little over 16 hours, he fell on his knees and proposed marriage to his girlfriend who, alone among a gaggle of family members, was unaware of this planned finale.

This race will celebrate its tenth anniversary next year, is well organized and supported, serves as a plebeian alternative to the hoopla of Hawaii and has much to recommend itself, especially if you like Disney World. Old Louisville Inn Finest Lunch and Dinner Beautiful Antique Bar Guiness On Tap Live Music: Thursdays and Fridays (Irish on Thursdays) 740 Front Street, Louisville 303-666-9982 (owned by triathletes!) D O W N I N T H E S I N K H O L E b y T h e E x t i nguished Profe s s o r D .

Meritus T h e G r e at Flor idia n Great Floridian Results: Oct. 23, 1999, Clermont, Florida, IRONMAN Distance

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The United States Triathlon Series ended its 12 race circuit with the National Championship race in Oceanside, California on October 10th. The 12 races included 4 olympic distance no-drafting races, 4 olympic distance draft legal races, and 4 sprint (half olympic distance) races with no prize money. The tour started again in 1998 after a 6 year absence and its return has been welcomed by many US and international pros. “It’s all in the States and it’s much cheaper to get to the races,” said 1st-year pro Nicole DeBoom, who participated in 7 of the events, adding, “They’re friendly races with a friendly atmosphere.” The Bally Total Fitness and Isuzu sponsors teamed with Suacony/Quitana Roo to come up with a $175,000 total prize purse, including two SUV’s from Isuzu that went to the Series winners, those with the most total points after all the races. Nicole DeBoom finished in second overall.

The championship race favored the very strongest swimmers, as a Pacific storm had caused the surf to rise, greeting the athletes with 8 foot waves on race morning. Colorado Springs’ Victor Plata had been a beach lifeguard in the past, and was not daunted by the swells at all as he took the lead early and went on to win the race with a nice kick in the last quarter mile to lose his closest competitor. After 9 second and third places this year, the victory was especially important. Nicole DeBoom came out of the water in 3rd place and ended up playing catch-up throughout the bike, breaking away from the chase pack at one point and forsaking the drafting advantage to move up to the leaders. The push paid off, as she finished in second in the race and ended the series in second as well.

USTS SERIES TOP TEN FINAL STANDINGS 2. VICTOR PLATA 7. TIM DEBOOM 2. NICOLE DEBOOM ❂

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Carving Out a New Name For Himself There is a new triathlete in Boulder, Andy Johnson. Andy recently moved to Boulder from Portland, Oregon, where he had been working as an architect. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon, with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree.

He now works for Arcadea Inc., an architectural firm in downtown Boulder, specializing in residential and retail architecture.

Andy’s interest lies with environmental issues in architecture and how these play out in today’s changing and growing world. Along with architecture he also works in the letter arts and has his own business which he calls Symbol Design. His focus is in graphic design and in unique calligraphy that he refers to as “a true art form.” When asked about his greatest aspiration in life, he answers, “When I am 70 years old, I’d like to be carving letters into stone.” If you would like to check out Andy’s work, you can contact him at symboldesign@mindspring.com. He is hoping to have a website set up in the near future. Andy and his girlfriend moved here together. She is pursuing a degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology at the Naropa Institute.

Andy, 29, grew up in Omaha, Nebraska where he is one of two children. His other sibling, Jennifer, is also competitive in the sport of triathlon and lives in Evergreen, Colorado.

Andy’s background is in running. He was inspired by his father growing up and excelled in Cross-Country and Track and Field. While still in middle school at the age of 14, he competed at the high school level. He favors the 10K race distance, which made for an easy transition into the Olympic distance triathlon format. Andy not only grew up running but was involved in swimming as well. At the age of 15, Andy decided to compete in his first triathon, a sprint distance race, and laughs as he remarks, "My mom even held my bike for me during it.” Up until three and a half years ago Andy pursued the three disciplines of triathlon separate from each other. He got interested in triathlon after he had an opportunity to visit his cousin who was stationed in the Peace Corps in Southern Africa. When Andy arrived he and his cousin purchased bikes and cycled throughout rural areas, from Zimbabwe to Kenya, for three months. "We were a novelty, these grungy Americans on bikes.” He found the African people to be very friendly during their travels but also alludes to an incident in Mozambique where they were held at gunpoint.

Obviously surviving, he remembers Around The Mountains by Melissa Emmer Mangum

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the trip as "overall a great adventure with good training time on the bike". He returned fifteen pounds lighter with an increased fitness level and ready for the challenging arena’s within triathlon racing.

In 1996 Andy experienced his first personal breakthrough with his top 20 finish at the Hagg Lake Classic in Oregon. Since then he has claimed a total of nine victories, one of which came at the Rocky Mountain Regional Championships, qualifying him to compete in Montreal, Canada, at the 1 9 9 9 ITUWorld Championships. Andy finished 11th in his age group (25-29) and was the third American across the line. Another one of this year’s highlights included a 9th place overall finish (4th in his age group) at the USAT National AgeGroup Championships. These impressive results, coupled with his desire to take on new challenges, have led Andy to compete as a professional in the year 2000. Andy has employed a coach, Nate Llerandi, a former US pro triathlete based in Louisville, Colorado. Nate has made a business coaching athletes. (You can contact, Nate, at: Llerandi3@aol.com). Andy is excited with the prospects of having a coach and is currently using a training schedule created specifically to his personal needs. His average training week is around twenty hours a week, and admits the "altitude" to be one of the toughest hurdles he has had to overcome since moving here from Oregon. He looks forward to the benefits all of this will bring him. He is pleasantly surprised with the regularity of sunny skies and Boulder’s warm climate in comparison to the dreary wet days he has left behind in Portland.

Andy is aiming at his first race as a pro, which will take place at St. Anthony’s in April. The rest of 2000’s race schedule will evolve from there. Currently Andy is sponsored by Cliff bar. "Cliff bar is an excellent company", he says with enthusiasm. "Their ethical values and emphasis on all natural nutrition are important to me, and easy to be excited about.” Promotion wet- suits is another of his sponsors, which is a grass - roots c o m - pany outof Hood River , Oregon. He presently races on a bike that he won in a raffle that is made by Titanium sports (Sandvik) of Redmond, Washington.

Some of Andy’s other interests are in cooking, sketching, and Nordic skiing and “anything that gets me out into the wilderness.” He is also an aspiring wheel builder as he currently builds all his own wheels.

You may bump into Andy, hopefully not literally, at masters swim practice or out on a ride. He encourages you to introduce yourself as you may find yourself a new training partner or rival.

We wish Andy all t h e best as he prepares for the year 2000. We are excited to have him here training and in his prospects as a professional triathlete in the new millenium.

Best of luck Andy!!!

Contributing writer Melissa Emmer Mangum is a massage therapist in Boulder, works with the triathlete community, and is the wife of pro triathlete Glynde Mangum. Photography by Jamie Janover ❂

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120 10:08:33 GOMEZ, JAMES LAFAYETTE CO USA 43/307 M30-34 527 122 468 1:06:58 1:46 6:40 62 182 5:15:15 21.3 5:39 31 101 3:34:02 8:11 207 10:26:47 TIMM, DANIEL VAIL CO USA 35/265 M35-39 736 113 649 1:10:00 1:51 6:23 39 224 5:17:51 21.1 6:38 41 195 3:45:57 8:38 208 10:26:48 SYKES, GREG PAGOSA SPRIN CO USA 36/265 M35-39 910 158 891 1:14:12 1:58 5:10 28 176 5:14:48 21.3 5:14 43 204 3:47:26 8:41 234 10:31:21 BECKER, JOHN LITTLETON CO USA 75/307 M30-34 528 48 199 1:02:22 1:39 6:56 71 228 5:18:12 21.1 5:05 84 317 3:58:49 9:07 274 10:37:59 FARRIS, WILLIAM BAILEY CO USA 54/265 M35-39 793 57 336 1:05:42 1:44 7:25 69 361 5:25:57 20.6 3:51 54 272 3:55:06 8:59 278 10:39:05 RICCI, MICHAEL BOULDER CO USA 83/307 M30-34 459 83 304 1:04:28 1:42 5:00 135 503 5:34:50 20.1 4:10 65 229 3:50:39 8:49 306 10:44:10 JOHNSON, ROBERT PAGOSA SPRIN CO USA 38/215 M40-44 1092 30 256 1:03:33 1:41 5:00 8 79 5:07:17 21.9 3:04 95 666 4:25:18 10:08 384 10:58:13 GUILLOT, RON DENVER CO USA 109/307 M30-34 526 181 748 1:11:51 1:54 6:22 101 363 5:26:04 20.6 5:25 109 446 4:08:33 9:30 533 11:21:00 CONNORS, MATT EDWARDS CO USA 95/212 M25-29 184 77 359 1:05:57 1:45 7:15 113 634 5:42:11 19.6 6:39 89 569 4:18:59 9:54 547 11:23:27 KUSTER, BEN LONGMONT CO USA 106/265 M35-39 735 147 842 1:13:30 1:57 7:34 103 532 5:36:15 20.0 5:46 112 593 4:20:24 9:57 548 11:23:33 QUINTERO, CISCO ERIE CO USA 80/215 M40-44 1228 74 570 1:08:36 1:49 6:15 79 541 5:37:23 19.9 3:44 101 694 4:27:38 10:13 558 11:24:50 ORGILL, LARRY CASTLE ROCK CO USA 81/215 M40-44 1032 97 684 1:10:23 1:52 3:30 73 483 5:33:26 20.2 4:51 108 749 4:32:41 10:25 610 11:30:56 WILSON, BRUCE BOULDER CO USA 10/67 M50-54 1454 12 691 1:10:29 1:52 6:36 20 759 5:49:51 19.2 3:29 14 597 4:20:34 9:57 626 11:33:02 LEAHY, MIKE COLORADO SPR CO USA 11/67 M50-54 1853 5 542 1:08:12 1:48 5:24 7 302 5:22:29 20.8 4:57 35 971 4:52:02 11:09 643 11:35:55 GAVACH, MARK BOULDER CO USA 126/265 M35-39 794 50 302 1:04:22 1:42 7:59 130 659 5:43:23 19.6 5:28 139 778 4:34:45 10:30 647 11:36:11 FULLER, JIM GREELEY CO USA 40/111 M45-49 1327 16 436 1:06:33 1:46 7:53 65 1084 6:14:37 17.9 6:15 18 345 4:00:55 9:12 648 11:36:19 WEILAND, DANIEL VAIL CO USA 33/63 M18-24 132 55 1159 1:20:36 2:08 8:27 36 811 5:53:38 19.0 5:18 21 443 4:08:22 9:29 681 11:39:50 PFANNENSTIEL, DAN ARVADA CO USA 155/307 M30-34 733 124 476 1:07:08 1:46 7:46 181 741 5:48:53 19.3 3:59 160 742 4:32:06 10:24 682 11:39:50 KEITH, WAYNE ENGLEWOOD CO USA 136/265 M35-39 911 180 1012 1:16:44 2:02 7:28 126 642 5:42:35 19.6 4:52 127 701 4:28:13 10:15 687 CL 11:40:14 KIRWIN, STEPHEN BOULDER CO USA 156/307 M30-34 525 55 215 1:02:28 1:39 6:07 116 407 5:28:45 20.4 6:12 212 1015 4:56:44 11:20 729 CL 11:47:21 MCBRIDE, TODD LOUISVILLE CO USA 164/307 M30-34 663 206 907 1:14:28 1:58 7:33 185 776 5:50:59 19.1 5:50 150 706 4:28:32 10:15 739 11:49:56 KAISER, DENNIS DILLON CO USA 18/67 M50-54 1422 54 1368 1:28:19 2:20 5:36 11 544 5:37:28 19.9 4:23 27 770 4:34:13 10:28 749 11:50:48 LINDSLEY, BRIAN BOULDER CO USA 169/307 M30-34 461 53 209 1:02:24 1:39 6:26 100 347 5:25:13 20.7 7:59 226 1113 5:08:48 11:48 762 11:52:50 SEEBOHAR, BOB FORT COLLINS CO USA 122/212 M25-29 266 177 1210 1:21:58 2:10 7:12 147 942 6:03:01 18.5 4:51 84 531 4:15:50 9:46 824 12:04:33 WEISER, STEVEN DENVER CO USA 182/307 M30-34 462 212 938 1:15:03 1:59 11:43 224 1001 6:07:34 18.3 7:32 139 629 4:22:44 10:02 891 12:17:01 RINEHART, M. DUNCAN BOULDER CO USA 57/111 M45-49 1326 82 1249 1:23:28 2:12 7:49 49 806 5:53:22 19.0 7:10 56 889 4:45:15 10:54 936 12:25:40 HORTON, JOHN BOULDER CO USA 137/212 M25-29 265 203 1432 1:34:34 2:30 7:46 140 859 5:56:54 18.8 6:58 122 830 4:39:29 10:41 976 12:31:48 BUXMAN, ERIC FORT COLLINS CO USA 209/307 M30-34 395 200 876 1:14:03 1:57 8:16 245 1109 6:16:47 17.8 7:08 189 895 4:45:37 10:55 1049 12:48:51 LATIMER, JOHN P. HIGHLANDS RA CO USA 62/111 M45-49 1328 49 886 1:14:09 1:58 10:37 71 1165 6:24:04 17.5 10:14 61 946 4:49:48 11:04 1078 12:54:08 GARTH, JOHN EAGLE CO USA 159/215 M40-44 1091 151 1033 1:17:24 2:03 6:50 165 1107 6:16:34 17.8 9:18 157 1077 5:04:04 11:37 1153 13:16:07 ORGILL, MICHELLE CASTLE ROCK CO USA 30/38 W25-29 1537 25 1013 1:16:45 2:02 5:45 29 1254 6:34:14 17.0 5:44 28 1145 5:13:41 11:59 1192 13:29:58 COOKE, COLLEEN FORT COLLINS CO USA 32/38 W25-29 1533 29 1137 1:20:12 2:07 6:05 31 1280 6:37:59 16.9 5:55 31 1188 5:19:49 12:13 1395 14:46:57 BURKE, SUSAN BOULDER CO USA 27/31 W40-44 1705 29 1470 1:38:26 2:36 6:10 24 1402 6:59:34 16.0 7:53 26 1355 5:54:57 13:33 PLACE TIME NAME CITY STATE COUNTRY CAT/PLACE CAT # SWIM SPLITS BIKE SPLITS RUN SPLITS CAT/PL TIME /100M T1 CAT/PL TIME MPH T2 CAT/PL TIME MIN/MI I R O N M A N F L O R I D A N o v. 6 , 1 9 9 9 , PananmaCityBeach , Florida , RESU LT SSOURCE : W W W. IRONMANFLORIDA . C O M

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OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM IRONMANLIVE.COM RACE NAME AGE CLASS SWIM T1 BIKE MPH T2 RUN PACE TOTAL FINAL SWIM , BIKE , & RUN NUMBER TIME TIME TIME PER MILE TIME (OA, CLASS) RANKINGS

HAWAII IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OCTOBER 23, 1999 COLORADO RESULTS

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It was a relatively temperate day on the Big Island as the final Hawaii IRONMAN World Championship of the century ended with a record 1422 finishers. It was a good day for Coloradans also as 37 of 38 starters completed the race, with two winning their divisions and Tim DeBoom coming in the top American for the second year in a row and taking a big leap forward into third place overall. After a week of heavy rains, everyone was relieved to see the sun on race morning. "It was a great day," said Boulder’s Cam Widoff, "very favorable conditions." Tim DeBoom had high expectations "to do better than the year before, definitely move up from 10th place," he said, adding, "and to finish, that’s always the real goal. I knew the competition was going to be better than before."

With a fast swim and a very quick transition, DeBoom headed up Palani Hill and out onto the Queen K Highway with a good lead. "I was a little surprised that I was out 1st. I didn’t really expect it. I expected to be riding with one of the better swimmers." Age grouper Eric Peterson of Colorado Springs clocked an awesome 48:58 swim to come out of the water 8th and start the bike leg along side the pros with a big smile on his face (see center photo on inside front cover).

Widoff got a bit "stuck behind a couple of guys on the swim," and then finally was able to move around them but "wasn’t able to close the gap" between himself and the leaders. Collegiate National Champion Nick Cady "swam faster than I was hoping," recording a 55:31 split. "The race started off great."

Once on the road to Hawi, DeBoom maintained a lead ranging from one to nearly five minutes at one point. "I kept looking back and kept thinking they would catch me," he said. But it was not to happen until he was almost back to town, past the airport, when Peter Sandvag of Denmark surged. Then Tim’s strategy was to "find out who it was that passed me [and] make a judgement call at that point. If Lothar [Leder] had passed me I would have done everything possible to stay with him." He hadn’t realized that Leder had been disqualified for 2 penalties at that point, but had seen one of them happen. "I saw him draft off the [tv] van. It was very blatant." Widoff, who saw the large contingent of pros behind DeBoom as he was approaching the Hawi turnaround, commented, "that chase group behind Tim was awfully tight." For his own part, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: TIM DEBOOM ACHIEVES BOTH A TOP 5 FINISH AND FIRST AMERICAN AT THE HAWAII IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS by Kristen McFarland, Photography by Jamie Janover Tim DeBoom climbs Palani Hill and begins four and a half hours of leading the race. CONGRA CONGRATULA TULATIONS TIONS TO ALL COLORADO’S IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONSHIP P PAR ARTICIP TICIPANTS!

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Widoff’s "bike was strong. I felt strong. But I felt out of touch with the lead group." Nick Cady was to encounter trouble on the bike. "I wasn’t going to let my race start until the marathon," he said of his pre-race plan, "but when I flew by Fernanda Keller I got too cocky" and the hard fast push resulted in his back muscles seizing up in spasm. "I had to get off the bike at about mile 70 and stretch for 20 minutes. Teri passed me then and that was a lot of motivation to get back on," he said, referring to Teri Duthie, his girlfriend and the female Collegiate National Champion.

By the time the pros started the marathon, some welcome cloud cover was creeping over the mountain and increased as the afternoon wore on. DeBoom was right on Sandvag’s heels coming out of the transition area, but within a few miles the eventual winner, Luc Van Lierde of Belgium, passed them both on a steep short downhill stretch.

Sandvag faded quickly, though, and DeBoom passed him and held second position for about a third of the run until his friend Peter Reid, of Canada, pulled up beside him just before Palani Road. Tim made a little joke but then Peter said, "don’t talk, save your energy," and then, "get on my feet and let’s go." They ran together a short distance but then DeBoom "didn’t want to run his pace at the time," and had to let Peter go. Reid finished three minutes ahead of DeBoom, but fended off the tv commentator’s questions for a few minutes in favor of leading the cheers for his pal as Tim came down the finish chute. The volume of the crowd’s roar was more than that for the winner, clearly revealing the nationalist sentiments of the home crowd for the top American finisher who led nearly half the race. It Above: Peter Reid pulls up to Tim DeBoom. Below: Tim’s oldest brother, Todd (no, that’s not Tony!) runs along side for a moment at the Energy Lab Perennial top pro Ken Glah of Pennsylvania spent most of the summer training in Boulder this year. Glah finished 16th. Cam Widoff (left) heads towards the Queen K with German Matthias Klumpp close behind.

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was a PR by 13 minutes for DeBoom (8:25:42) who, in his usual reserved fashion, commented that he was "very satisfied" and that it was "a good step for me." His goals for next year? "Well, I still have 2 places to move up."

Out on the course, Cam Widoff was running an excellent marathon (2:56:57) to pull up into 17th place.

"In general my race went really well," he said, and was "happy with my day." Eric Schwartz , Boulder ’ s founder of the popular duathlon.com website, really showedhis duathlon leanings with his 884th place in the swim but 2 3 rdfastest marathon of the day for a 37th place finish overall, beating half the pro men’s field. Nick Cady, still struggling with his back on the run, caught up to girlfriend Teri Duthie about halfway through and crossed the line along side of her. But what was f o r Nick "just one of those days," was Teri’s best (of 3) Hawaii time (10:56:12) and netted her a fifth place age group trophy. Boulder’s Paul Martin won the physically challenged division handily by close to an hour. 50-year-old ultra-runner Diane Ridgway of Arvada took 1st in her age group with a 12:06:33.

Boulder Peak race director Paul Karlsson had completed three other IRONMAN distance races but it was his first Hawaii IRONMAN. "Alii Drive was the second biggest rush of my life," he said, "You see, I got married two weeks before!" He and his new wife Robbi honey mooned in the Hawaiian Islands .

Double congratulations are in order.

“Well, “Well, I still have two places to move up” -Tim DeBoom, when asked of his goals for next year. ❂ Photos this page (clockwise from bottom left): Peter and Tim celebrate; a hug from Tim’s wife, Nicole; entering the finish chute; Reid cheers his friend across the line; Cam Widoff finishes 17th. (top right and bottom left photos: Kristen McFarland)

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Memories of Kona: the famous crooked smile rides back into town; Rick Hoyt says “charge on, Dad!”; first sun on race morning; iron shoulders; T1 ready for action; up in the banyon tree on Alii Drive; fit for a ring; “the med tent is that way!”; munchkin cheering section; Bill Bell racks up another IM finish; getting centered; photography by Jamie Janover