First half marathon in 2017 in luxembourgish racecalendar today in Diekirch, unfortunately under poor weather conditions with strong winds. Yves Koch finished on 28th rank overall in 1:28:47. First half marathon for Charlotte de Groote who finished side by side to Mariette Brosius in 2:02:12 on 35th and 36th female rank. Gavin Hodgson ran the […]
22. Postlaf Gasperich 10km
Traditional season opening at the 22nd Postlaf in Gasperich this sunday morning – approx. 3000 runners raced the 10km road race under perfect weather conditions. Best performance of a X3M runner goes to Brice Faucheux, who set a new personal best time in 35:08min allowing him to finish on an excellent 21st rank overall. Congratulations! […]
Vitality North London Half Marathon
On Sunday morning March 12th, Guy Theissen and Marc Matgen raced the Vitality North London Half Marathon. Approximately 6000 runners were engaged on a hilly course, that went Stadium to Stadium from the iconic Wembley to Saracens Rugby Allianz Park at the half-way point and back to Wembley to an epic stadium finish. Guy crossed […]
Triathlon WC Mooloolaba [AUS] – DNF for Bob Haller
Etant en stage depuis mercredi dernier en Australie afin de préparer la manche de Coupe du Monde en sprint du 1er avril à New Plymouth, Bob Haller s’est décidé sur place de participer samedi dernier également à l’épreuve de la Coupe du Monde sur la distance olympique de Mooloolaba. (1500 m de nage ; 40 km […]
ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi 2017
Lux. Cross-Country championships
Bob Haller took an excellent 2nd rank at the national cross-country championships today in Diekirch. Under very poor weather conditions with a lot of rain and muddy ground, Bob was only beaten by Pol Mellina (Celtic). As he came back from a training camp in South-Africa, his legs were not fresh, but nevertheless he was […]
Spiridon Bëschlaf 10km
4 runners of our team raced the 10km ‘Spiridon Bëschlaf’ through the woods and surroundings of Kokelscheuer, luckily under perfect sunny conditions. The new 1-loop lap was quite hilly (+135m) and runners had to face a strong head wind going towards Leudelange. Best result of the day goes to Yves Koch who finished in strong […]
Triathlon Worldcup Capetown [RSA]
ALG Fouches – Roger Clesse 44th
X-Trail des Ardennes Wiltz
On Sunday morning around 250 runners were engaged on the 3 different courses enjoying 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 20th out of 44 finishers in 49:04min. Guy Theissen ran the 14km middle distance trail in 1h16:24 finishing […]
Race report : Emiliano Laruccia @IM70.3 Dubai
Olivier Godart best age grouper @IM70.3 Dubai
Another smashing performance by Olivier Godart at the IM70.3 Dubai on friday. After having quit the PRO-field by end of 2016, Olivier ran his first Ironman-flagged race as an age grouper. Nonetheless, Olivier managed to keep the professionals’ pace and ranked finally on a very strong 23rd rank overall out of 1425 athletes – and […]
Allures Libres de Gaume à Virton
Roger Clesse raced the ALG in Virton [BEL] over the short 4.6km distance and classified on 50th position overall out of 364 runners, his final time was 21:10min. Carlo Feltes finished on 19th rank overall in 19:20min and took 2nd in V2-categorie. Claire Metzdorff won the category A2 and finished on rank 76 overall in […]
Olivier Godart takes the win in Doha/Qatar
Aquathlon Coque 2017
On sunday, several athletes from X3M signed in at the 5th EES Aquathlon in the Olympic Pool & Arena at Kirchberg. Carlo Feltes was eliminated after 1st round in the Elite field after a 250m swim and 1km run in the arena. Gavin Hodgson and Antoine de Groote cancelled their participation and helped out FLTRI […]
X3M becomes member of IRONMAN TriClub Community
Our club X3M Triathlon Mersch has been approved by IRONMAN! The next step is to help us get to know who our participating club members are. Please go onto IRONMAN.com and create your athlete profiles. As a member of X3M Triathlon Mersch, you can select the TriClub by clicking on the “My Athlete Profile” tab […]
Silvesterlauf Trier
Very impressive performances by Bob Haller and Gavin Hodgson at the Silvesterlauf Trier on this saturday. Besides some professional african runners in the elite field named ‘8km Lauf der Asse’, Bob Haller showed his improved running performance by setting up a very good end time of 24:47min allowing him to rank on 22nd position overall. […]
33. Sylvesterlaf Rambrouch
Last race of the year in Rambrouch – several X3Mers raced this 10km race to burn some calories prior to new year’s eve festivities… 😉 Under cool but sunny conditions, Claude Lucas showed a very good performance by finishing on 24th rank overall in 38:17min. Claire Metzdorff finished in 51:26min, Tom Peiffer finished on 278th […]
33. Corrida de la Knippchen in Arlon
On monday night, 3 runners from our team participated at the traditional ‘Corrida de la Knippchen’ in Arlon [BEL]. Carlo Feltes finished 44th out of 263 runners on the short 3.6km distance, his end time was 15 min 33 sec. Chris Weyland, Guy Theissen, and guess … yes Carlo Feltes (not having enough from the […]
Olivier Godart leaves the IM PRO circuit
Weekend running races
On saturday, Carlo Feltes ran the 6km at the 13th ‘Déifferdenger Chrëschtlaf’ – he finished on an excellent 9th rank overall out of 42 runners. (his end time : 24:08) In addition, he won his age group M50. RESULTS – 13. Déifferdenger Chrëschtlaf The 4th stage of the cross-country challenge 2016/2017 was organized by CAB […]
3. Cross CSL Baambësch
XTRAIL series Houffalize [BEL]
On Sunday Dec 11th, Guy Theissen ran the 17 km trail (17,7 Km/527 M+) of the XTrails trailrun series in Houffalize (B). As it is often the case, trail running in Houffalize, means having to deal with difficult terrain and long single tracks including some very steep climbs. The rain showers preceding the race didn’t […]
IRONMAN 70.3 Middle East Championship Bahrain
Olivier Godart raced the IM70.3 regional middle east championships in Bahrain on saturday as a professional athlete. In a strong field with a couple of former IM winners, Olivier showed a steady performance throughout the whole race by finishing on an excellent 22nd PRO rank and 31st overall rank in 4:11:49. His split times :
3. Freelander’s Trail Mersch-Hollenfels Report & Results
The 3. Freelander’s X3M Trail Mersch-Hollenfels was a record-breaking edition – 3 new course records and a massive participation increase made this year’s event memorable. L-DISTANCE 18.1km (505m altitude difference) – 206 finishers Francois Reding [BEL] set the pace right from the start to take an easy win in 1:12:16, breaking last year’s course record […]