Racing

A successful ITU athlete, 26-year old Jason West tried his hand at his first 70.3 race last weekend. The aspiring Olympian found instant success in his first attempt, winning IRONMAN 70.3 Santa Cruz. Second out of the water (3-seconds behind the swim leader Matt...

By Annie Weiss MS RD I woke up on September 29, 2018 with 80 miles left to complete my multiday running adventure. Three weeks prior, I set out to complete the entire Ice Age Trail, a National Scenic Trail that winds 1200 miles throughout Wisconsin. Working toward...

IRONMAN 70.3 Xiamen was a race of redemption for Kevin Collington who had a very successful 2017 season with three 70.3 victories, one IRONMAN win and numerous other top results. The First Endurance athlete struggled with some setbacks in 2018  explaining “It's been a...

Lesley Paterson of Scotland has been a force on the triathlon scene for years – a two time and reigning ITU Cross World Champion as well as a two time XTERRA World Champion. Having suffered from Lymes disease in recent years, Paterson seems to have her health battles...

With colors of fall blanketing Snowbasin Resort, hot temperatures and windy conditions prevailed on race day in the mountains of Uah for the Pan Am Series Final. The XTERRA Pan American Championship race was primed to be hotly contested with the reigning XTERRA World...

With wins in 2015 and 2017, Josiah Middaugh was back to defend his title at the 10th stop on the Pan Am Tour – XTERRA Mexico – lining up alongside a top notch field that included the top 5 overall in the Pan Am Tour standings. Racing in the event for his 4th year in a...

A small principality located between Spain and France in the Pyrenees, Andorra is host to an ultra trail running event with six different race distances. Darcy Piceu was the 1st woman and 9th overall to finish the 170km Ronda Dels Cims ultra race at the Andorra Ultra....

IRONMAN North American Champion Matt Hanson put together one of his best swims, a solid bike and a blistering show stopper of a run in defense of his IRONMAN 70.3 Coeur d’Alene title. Hanson won this race in 2017 and holds a strong connection to the small Idaho town...

After spending a significant portion of last season racing in Europe with much success, the Wurtele’s returned for last weekend’s Challenge Championship race and followed that up with Challenge Geraardsbergen, a race that Trevor Wurtele won last year and Heather put...

Heading into IRONMAN Texas as a 2-time and current North American Champion, Matt Hanson was a man with a target on his back. His third victory at the Championships proved to be his most difficult win yet, ending in an exciting foot race where Hanson was able to...

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A competitive field of 14 professional women lined up to battle it out in the historic city of Cartagena, Colombia on a notably hot & humid day. The six top women finished the swim with a little over a 1-minute spread of one another with First Endurance athletes...

First Endurance rider Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon SRAM) won the Subaru Australian Open Women's Noosa Criterium in Noosa. The Australian rider won the race after being part of a four-rider breakaway that formed midway into the race. Cromwell outsprinted Katrin Garfoot...

Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) won the Gold medal in the individual time-trial at the Rio Olympics.  This is Fabian's second Olympic Gold medal.  He also won the individual time-trial at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  He rode the  hilly, rain-slicked course along the...

Sponsored First Endurance rider Kiel Reijnen (Trek-Segafredo) motored to the finish ahead of everyone to claim victory on stage 5 of the Tour of Utah. Kiel was in contention to win stage 1 but suffered a late mechanical that took him out of the sprint finish and...

First Endurance sprinter Travis McCabe wins stage 4 of the Tour of Utah. McCabe credited the victory to team tactics. Holowesko-Citadel had a rider in potential move throughout the day. “Trek did a lot of work. Rally did a lot of work,” McCabe noted. “We stayed out of...

First Endurance rider Robin Carpenter (Holowesko-Citadel) rode away from his breakaway companion to win Stage 2 of the Tour of Utah. Robin is also leading the overall general classification after the stage. First Endurance rider Travis McCabe ( Holowesko | Citadel...

First Endurance rider Elena Cecchini (CANYON-SRAM) has today taken her career biggest tour victory by winning the general classification at Thüringen Rundfahrt. Elena finished the final stage in the peloton to secure the win by almost three minutes from Amanda Spratt...

First Endurance rider Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) is in 2nd overall at the Tour de France after stage 16. Bauke has had a flawless Tour so far and commented that he had his best time-trial ever on stage 13. "To beat Froome will be really hard, he is the big...

Lovere, Italy – First Endurance rider Tiffany Cromwell (CANYON/SRAM) sprinted to victory today on stage four of the Giro Rosa in Lovere. Tiffany took the win after an incredible lead out from her team mates, taking also the first UCI Women's WorldTour win for the...

First Endurance rider Jasper Stuyven (TREK Segafredo Professional Cycling Team) put on a thrilling performance in stage two of the Tour de France as he valiantly tried to hold off the peloton in the closing kilometers only to be caught 450 meters from the line. "I...

First Endurance rider Elena Cecchini (CANYON//SRAM Racing) is only the second woman in Italian history to win three Italian National Championship road race titles. Cecchini crossed the line solo 30 seconds ahead of Elisa Longo Borghini (WHT) and over one minute to...

Three months ago, First Endurance rider Trixi Worrack (CANYON-SRAM) had emergency surgery to remove her left kidney. Today, she was crowned German individual time trial champion after she stormed around the 26.2km course in 36 minutes and 47 seconds. Following a crash...

First Endurance rider Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo ) is now the 2016 Italian Road Race Champion after a dramatic sprint victory last Sunday. "Today the race was crazy, I had a lot of friends here cheering for me," exclaimed a jubilant Nizzolo. "I have to give a big...

The Quicksilver trail running race is a 33-year old classic event in the world of Ultras. Starting out as a 50-mile race that later expanded to the 100K distance to coincide with the Western States qualifying standard. Having taken a hiatus from racing to focus her...

First Endurance riders Alena Amialiusik won the stage while team mate Elena Cecchini took second in the first stage of Grácia Orlov.  Going in as pre-race favourite, Amialiusik wasn't fussed with the attention before the stage. "No, I just will do my best today and we...

First Endurance rider Lisa Brennauer (Canyon-SRAM Professional Cycling Team) displayed an impressive performance tonight to take the win in the Omloop van Borsele time trial. The former world champion stormed around the 19.9km course in 26 minutes and 22 seconds....