Category: RACEREPORTS

Bob Haller wins ‘Int. Silvesterlauf Wien’ [german]

BOB HALLER gewinnt mit einer taktischen Meisterleistung den internationalen Silvesterlauf in Wien. 4500 Läufer- und Läuferinnen waren am Start. Es war klirrend kalt bei minus 6 Grad (aber trocken). Am Start war u.a. der dreifache Sieger Dieter Pratschner (AUT), der mit 16’11” die bisher drittschnellste Zeit auf den 5.325 km lief. Vom Start weg bildete […]

11. Deifferdenger Crëschtlaf

Several athletes participated at one of the oldest christmas runs in Luxembourg – the 11th edition of the ‘Crëschtlaf’ in Differdange. Runners could choose between the ‘shorty’ version of 6km or the traditional ‘Enduro’ version of 10km. Carlo Feltes finished in 42:07 and took 25th overall position. Marc Matgen ran 47:23 and placed himself onto […]

Sam Peters wins in Zell/Mosel

Very impressive start of season for Sam Peters! Sam raced the traditional 5km ‘Geniesser-Lauf’ in Zell/Mosel [GER] – with a strong and steady run in 19:25min on this hilly curvaceous track, he won this race. Congratulations! Our training team mate, Patrick Thill from CAB, finished in good 23:33min.

3-Länner-Trail Lieler/Clervaux

Under hibernal conditions with a slight film of snow, 3 athletes aligned at the 5th edition of the ‘3-Länner Trail Klierf Naturpark Our’. Best result goes to Yves Koch who ran the middle distance trail covering 17km – it took him 1h34 to reach the finish line on very good 21st position overall. Marc Matgen […]

Excellent result from Bahrain

In one of the best and strongest fields ever in a triathlon, Olivier Godart performed extraordinary well reaching 20th rank overall out of more than 850 finishers. The Kingdom of Bahrain turned on perfect race conditions for the 1000 plus athletes in the first international triathlon, all agreed it was an enormous success. Besides some […]

4. Nikloslaf Esch/Alzette

Good results from our athletes at the 4. Nikloslaf in Esch/Alzette this morning. Mariette Brosius finished 22nd on the 6km in her first race as a X3M member. Well done Mariette! Chris Doyle finished 8th overall in 23:13 and Jean-Claude Schmitz came in on 11th rank overall in 24:10.

10km DEULUX Run Langsur [GER]

Great Job to all X3M’s @ 10,150km Run Langsur Deulux-Lauf Here are the Results: Peters Sam 39’01 Christopher Doyle-tri 39’03 Jean-Claude Schmitz 39’52 Yves Koch 39’58 Carlo Feltes 40’01 Sven Goergen 43’42 Cyril Henricot 44’13 Marc Matgen 46’32 Patrick Thill 50’28 Nora Oliboni 55’23 Nina Gorges 57’22 Mariette Brosius 1’01’22”

Excellent results from the Emirates

Our 2 PRO-members of the team, Olivier Godart (new recrutee from the last transfer period) and David Claerebout, aligned at the inaugural triathlon in Dubai [UAE] covering the middle distance of 1.9-90-21km. The swim was held in calm water off the Atlantis. The cycling portion of the event went along Hessa Street to Dubai Sports […]

Marathon Frankfurt & 10km Ettelbruck

Christopher Bernard finished on excellent 5th rank @ the 10km raod race in Ettelbruck. He finished 1st in his Age Group MHK with an end time of 35:02min. RESULTS – 10km GP Ettelbruck Carlo Feltes ran the Marathon Frankfurt this sunday. His end time was a bit slower than expected – with 4:17:16, he finished […]

Masters-Swimming in Verviers and Luxembourg

Carole Kettenmeyer-Reuland performed very good, once again, in 2 Masters swimming weekends in Verviers [BEL] and at the Lux Master Open. Results in Verviers (25m): 50m Butterfly 35″57 100m Freestyle 1’09″14 200m Butterfly 2’58″11 Results at the Lux Master Open : 50m Breaststroke 41″73 50m Backstroke 37″31 -> new lux. Masters-Record W35-39 100m Freestyle 1’08″77 […]

Strongman Run Differdange

Out of 2232 athletes at the starting grid, Samuel Nilles managed to finish this muddy, hilly, wet, slippy,… track in 2:11:16 on 123rd rank overall. Exhausted but happy! Of about 3,000 registered runners 2,232 dared to run, of which were 1,809 men and 423 women. © Picture by Val Wagner/RTL.lu  

4 athletes at the Haard Trail Dudelange

4 members of our team raced the 4th edition of the 13.8km Haard-Trail in Dudelange. Best performance goes to Jean-Claude Schmitz who reached 15th rank overall in 59:33min. Sam Peters finished on 18th rank, followed by our newest member Yves Koch who finished 23rd. Carlo Feltes took 1:07:46 to finish on 49th position out of […]

Walfer Vollekslaf 2014

Very good performance of Christopher Bernard, who finished 8th overall at the Vollekslaf Walfer over 12km. Please find below the results of our athletes : 1. Yonas Kinde (CAB) 0:39:27 … 8. Christopher Bernard 0:42:48 70. Carlo Feltes 0:48:26 227. Claude Wurth 0:55:14 293. Sam Peters 0:56:59 RESULTS – Vollekslaf Walfer 2014 – MEN RESULTS […]

53. Route du vin Remich

Good performances by our athletes at the traditional Route du Vin in Remich. Best result of the day goes to David Claerebout who reached 35th rank overall in 1:19:25h net. Carlo Feltes and Cyril Henricot finished together in 1:36:23 (212th) resp. 1:36:24 for Cyril (213th). Claude Wurth ran on 492nd rank in 1:46:42 and Maria […]

IM70.3 Lanzarote

Good performance of Emiliano Laruccia, who participated at the Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote this saturday. He finished 6th in his AG and 61st overall. With this result, Emiliano qualified for the 70.3 World Championships in Zell-am-See/Austria in September 2015. Congratulations from the team.

Carglass® Cologne Triathlon Weekend 2014

5 athletes from our club participated in the several triathlons offered during the Carglass® Cologne Triathlon Weekend 2014, going from Smart Sprint triathlon to Long distance triathlon. Best performance of the weekend goes to Chris Doyle – he managed to stay below the 10h-barrier for the first time by breaking his personal best time by […]

Challenge Almere-Amsterdam

Race report from Jean-Claude Schmitz : ‘Yes, I am an Ironman, but… Today’s race was amazing: i had a really good swim, an entered T1 after 1:07:00. I took my time to put on warm clothes, becauses it was really chilly. The bike was extremely hard because of the strong headwinds blowing on the coast, […]

Nathalie Bart at the Jungfrau Marathon

Nathalie Bart participated at the 22nd edition of the wellknown Jungfrau Marathon in Interlaken/Switzerland, one of the world’s most beautiful marathon courses! A scenery which you can’t find anywhere else. The course starts in Interlaken and goes into the Jungfrau Region via Lauterbrunnen, Wengen up to the Kleine Scheidegg with its famous mountains Eiger, Mönch […]

IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship

David Claerebout raced the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships in Mont-Tremblant [Canada] after having qualified at Aix-en-Provence in May. After a very fast swim in 29:04 and a hard bike ride in 2:20:19, David managed to run a 1:22:13 on half marathon to finish on excellent 29th rank in AG25-29 and 129th rank overall out of […]

Bob Haller 17th in Edmonton/Canada

At the triathlon World Championships in Edmonton/Canada, Bob Haller reached a very impressive 17th place in U23, only 2 minutes and 27 seconds back from french athlete Dorian Coninx. After the 1.5km swim in 18:01, he was only 24 seconds behind the first group. Once on the bike, he closed the gap to even lead […]