Category: RACEREPORTS

Noa @ the Challenge Tageblatt

Good performances of one of our youngest team members – 11 years old Noa Langer. She participated at the Challenge Tageblatt event in Dudelange on Saturday, a multi-sports athletics events for kids born from 2003 to 2006. Over 800m, Noa finished 8th (out of 25) in 3’19″50 – on the long jump, she set a […]

39. Tour de Dudelange 10km

The next 10km road race in the FLA calendar was held in Dudelange this afternoon under great, sunny weather conditions. 201 runners finished this traditional 39th edition through the center of Dudelange. Best X3M performance goes to Jérôme Barthels, who finished on 25th rank overall (3rd in M30) in a new personal best time of […]

Triathlon Worldcup in New Plymouth (NZL)

WELTKLASSELEISTUNG VON BOB HALLER beim Triathlon Worldcup in New Plymouth (NZL) Grosse und positive Überraschung beim Weltcup in Neuseeland. PLATZ 9 / 70 Athleten am Start. (750/20/5) Die harten Trainingswochen in Australien und in Neuseeland haben ihre Früchte gezeigt. Dank einer Weltklasse-Laufleistung (12. Laufzeit/14’53”) konnte Bob zahlreiche Top Ahlteten und Rio Kandidaten in die Schranken […]

Sprint Trail Lluc (Mallorca)

On saturday, Guy Theissen raced the Lluc 12km (600 M+) Sprint Trail in the Serra Tramuntana on the island of Mallorca. It turned out to be a tough but beautiful race on muddy and slippery single tracks and rocks on the outskirts of the old Lluc Abbey. Guy crossed the finish line ranked 144th out […]

38. Ouschterlaf Grevenmacher

Several athletes participated at the 38th edition of the ‘Ouschterlaf’ in Grevenmacher on easter monday. Here are the results of the different races : Benjamines 2007/2008 (800m) Emmi Duhautpas wins the female category and took 3rd overall over 800m. WELL DONE! 5km race (net times) – 44 runners  – RESULTS 6. Carlo Feltes  21:20min  [1st […]

Cross-Duathlon Belvaux

First Duathlon race for 2016 in Luxembourg in Belvaux today with a good participation of our athletes. In the combined ‘Kids B&C race 2007-2010 ‘ (500-1100-250m), Ben Langer finished 5th overall in 7:03min, only 26sec down to first rank. In the ‘Youth C&Kids A category 2003-2006 ‘ (800-2400-800m), Jil Langer finished 8th overall and won […]

Foyer Nordstadsemi & 10km Diekirch

Yves Koch smashed his personal best time on the half marathon distance today in Diekirch. By finishing 20th overall, Yves ran 1:24:19 net and improved his personal time by 5 minutes!!! Congratulations. Pierre Rossler finished 80th with an end time of 1:36:22 out of 288 finishers. Well done! RESULTS – Nordstadsemi Diekirch On the 10km […]

3. LTC Laf Limpertsberg

Second personal club record on 10km for Gavin Hodgson within 5 days!!! At the third edition of the 10km LTC run at the Limpertsberg/Luxembourg-City, Gavin lowered his ‘club record’ to 35:17min, which allowed him to finish 4th overall out of 145 runners on the 10km. Well done and congratulations for this performance! [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.x3m.lu/wp-content/uploads/results_ltc-laf_ltc.pdf”]

Bob Haller 45th at ITU World Cup Mooloolaba

This weekend, Bob Haller raced over the sprint distance (750-20-5km) in Mooloolaba. He had a strong swim (18th), even there were strong waves. He only needed a half round to catch up the leading group on the bike. The bike race was quite fast and 55 of 71 athletes dropped off the bike at the […]

Postlaf 2016

New participation record, perfect weather conditions and temperatures around 5°C – more than 3000 runners aligned for the 21st edition of the traditional season opener at the Postlaf in Gasperich. Amongst all of those runners, 13 X3M-athletes used this first road race of the season to check their personal shape. Some new personal best times […]

Olivier Godart wins WTS ITU LD Triathlon Abu Dhabi [UAE]

Abu Dhabi’s iconic Corniche came alive on sunday with the sight of thousands of ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi age group participants and spectators, for one of the world’s most exciting and picturesque triathlon events. Over 2,000 athletes raced the multisport swim, bike, run course overlooking the UAE Capital’s beautiful coastline in perfect weather conditions, […]

Gavin Hodgson 3rd at the ‘Spiridon Bëschlaf’

Our trainer and athlete Gavin Hodgson showed his great running abilities by finishing 3rd at the Spiridon Bëschlaf over 10km. On this hilly and muddy running track, Gavin managed to finish in very good 37:30min, only 2min down to ethiopian runner Yonas Kinde. Chris Doyle finished on 22nd rank overall and 1st in M50 in […]

9. International X-Duathlon Trier

Christopher Bernard and Claude Lucas showed very good results at the traditional 9. International X-Duathlon Trier over the sprint distance ‘Cross der Asse‘ [5-25-5km]. Chris took 9th rank overall in 1:39:02, only 7min behind Boris Stein (winner IM France 2015 and 10th IM Hawaii). Claude Lucas finished in 1:49:45 on 29th rank overall out of […]

Allure Libre de Gaume Differt [BEL]

Marc Matgen and Guy Theissen raced once again a stage of the ALG in Belgium – this weekend, it was the 11km in Differt which turned out to be a rather difficult circuit as is often the case in a ALG race. Guy finished 48th in 55:15min, Marc took 61:49min to finish on 141st position […]

Bob Haller 3rd over 3000m

On Saturday, Bob Haller ran the national indoor championships over 3000m. Bob ran a steady race by finishing in excellent 8’48″88 – this time allowed him to get 3rd in the national championships. National champ title goes to Pol Mellina (Celtic) in 8’28″34 followed by Andrea Baratte (CAS) in 8’41″62.

Olivier Godart 11th at the YAS Triathlon Abu Dhabi

Olivier Godart raced the YAS Olympic Triathlon Abu Dhabi this weekend. Swim the Yas Marina, transition the Grand Prix pits, Cycle the 5.5K track and Run through the Yas Marina to finish this 6th edition of the region’s only day to night triathlon. Despite having some stomach problems during the run part, Olivier managed to […]

Allure Libre de Gaume Nobressart

Marc Mathgen and Guy Theissen ran the Bosses de Nobressart, a 13,1 Km nature run, counting for the Allures Libres de Gaume Challenge. Guy crossed the finish line ranked 38th overall and Marc 94th out of 292 participants on what turned out to be yet another windy and rainy day. Results http://www.acdampicourt.be

CROSS-Challenge Diekirch & Euro-Trail

A lot of our athletes participated the 13km Euro-Trail or in the several races at the 7th stage of the Cross-Challenge in Diekirch today. Gavin Hodgson finished on excellent 5th rank overall at the Euro-Trail out of 154 finishers. The underground was very muddy and deep today, so his race time of 53:56min is very […]

Bob Haller 4th in Troutbeck [ZIM]

Bob Haller opened his ITU triathlon season with a very good 4th rank at the 2016 Troutbeck ATU Triathlon African Cup in Zimbabwe. Bob left the water on 8th rank and managed to integrate the main bike group with a quick transistion. He showed the strongest performance on the bike overall allowing him to leave […]

Allure libre de Gaume Fouches [BEL]

On valentine’s day, Marc Matgen and Guy Theissen ran the ‘Allure Libre de Gaumes de Fouches’, a 10,8 Km event on a muddy and difficult track, counting for the A.L.G. Challenge. Guy crossed the finish line ranked 64th overall in 48:36min and Marc finished 168th out of 535 participants in an end time of 53:58min. […]

XTERRA X-Trail Wiltz

Very impressive performances by our runners on sunday at the XTERRA X-Trail des Ardennes in Wiltz. Around 300 runners on the 3 different courses ‘enjoyed’ bright sunshine, mild temperatures but a lot of mud on the track to make it a difficult race for everyone. Carlo Feltes ran the 7.5km short distance trail finishing on […]

Olivier Godart 10th overall at the IM70.3 Dubai

Once again, very impressive result from Dubai-based athlete Olivier Godart at the inaugural IM70.3 event in Dubai. Olivier, who raced under his professional licence, managed to take a 10th rank overall in a world-class field. The race was won by Jan Frodeno, current Ironman Hawaii world champion 2015. After a reduced swim part due to […]