Following his win last weekend at XTERRA Mexico, Josiah Middaugh set his sights on earning the XTERRA Dominican Republic championships after missing out on the inaugural win last year after he was plagued by a comedy of mechanical errors. In his second attempt, Middaugh proved unbeatable and managed to avoid mechanical issues to claim the […]
Josiah Middaugh won the eighth stop of the XTERRA PanAmerican series in Mexico this past weekend, his 4th win of the series this year. This year the day ended with a much better outcome for Middaugh than his previous year attempt. Having won the race in 2015, Middaugh returned in 2016 but fell ill prior […]
Jeanni Seymour and Tim Don added to their successes this season, running their way to decisive wins at IRONMAN 70.3 Boulder. While Seymour is South African and Don is from the UK, they both reside and train in Boulder and for both, it was their first time winning the event. While Seymour had a decent […]
While the team of Heather and Trevor Wurtele showed their formidable bike handling skills and strength on the demanding course and fierce Icelandic elements, Jeanni Seymour and boyfriend Justin Metzler proved their ability to run down the competition to earn top spots on the podium for the day. On race day, The Bay of Whales, […]
An Olympic distance race consisting of a swim in the Hudson River, a hilly bike on the Westside Highway and a rolling run through the city finishing in Central Park, the NYC Triathlon has a unique equalizing timer format where they set the pro men off to chase the pro women for an additional cash […]
As the 2015 XTERRA World Champion with 4 back to back wins in his home town race, the pressure was on for Josiah Middaugh to repeat, as the reigning world champion and a deep field of athletes looked for a way to dethrone him at the 7th stop of the XTERRA Pan American Series. Rising […]
Boulder resident Cam Dye was one of 13 local pros in the 18-man strong field racing for top honors in the return of the Boulder Peak Tri Olympic distance race. Excited to be able to throw down in his back yard and to race for the first time in front of his kids, Dye said […]
On the heels of his 2nd place podium at Challenge Heilbronn two weeks prior, Trevor Wurtele fought to the finish to claim his first win of the season in an epic battle on the run course at Challenge Geraardsbergen. Having spent the latter part of May and all of June training and competing in Europe, […]
by Matt Hansen EdD In February of 2013, the First Endurance blog covered an important topic: ‘The Facts About Protein.’ You can find the full post HERE. At that point in time, whey protein easily rises to the top as the superior protein source to use for supplementation purposes. Since the original posting of this […]
First Endurance rider Trixi Worrack (Canyon-SRAM) has stormed home to win a tightly contested individual time trial today at the German national championships. Worrack defended her title, winning by two seconds over teammate Lisa Brennauer, and twelve seconds from Stephanie Pohl (CBT). Worrack averaged 45.6km/hr for the out and back 31.2km course. “I did have […]
