We’re glad to announce you that Sam Peters will be able to cover the swim training sessions on wednesdays for the next 3 weeks until end of october. (beginning of school holidays) This means that we can access the pool at the Campus Geesseknaeppchen on wednesdays and fridays from 18h00-20h00 starting of this week. X3M […]
52. Route du vin Remich [Lux. championships]
5 X3M-runners took the start at the 52nd edition of the ‘BIL Route du vin’ half marathon in Remich [LUX]. Our youngest contestant, Emmi Duhautpas, raced the kids-run over 700m and finished happily with hundreds of other kids. Well done! In the main race, counting for the luxemburgish half marathon championships, David Claerebout placed himself […]
Circuit-Run Goodyear 10km
3 of our members participated in this year’s circuit run on the Goodyear test track in Colmar-Berg/Luxembourg. David Claerebout finished 18th with a personal best time of 36:53min. Carlo Feltes finished 49th in 42:36min and Davide Verga 59th in 44:03min.
Jungfrau-Marathon [SUI]
Nathalie Bart took part at the famous ‘Jungfrau-Marathon’ in Interlaken/Switzerland. This very hard marathon has its finishline at the Eiger north-face at approx. 2000m altitude. Nathalie had some hard times but she managed to finish in about 5h10min on 262nd female rank overall. Strong performance Nathalie!
IRONMAN 70.3 LUXEMBOURG
RESULTS
Triathlon XL Gerardmer
Our new belgian athlete Francois Reding raced the triathlon XL in Gerardmer, a middle distance triathlon known for the demanding bike and run courses. He did very well and finished 32nd out of 1300 finishers!!! Very impressive result, congratulations from the committee and the team members. RESULTS
Carglass Cologne Triathlon Weekend
Chris Doyle impressed on the olympic distance by winning his age group TM50 and placing himself on 14th rank overall out of 600 finishers!!! 27:58swim 1:02:00bike 37:40 run! Chris’ statement after the race : “The run is shocking, I never thought I could run under 40min in an OD but yesterday I had wings, maybe […]
Overall win by Francois Reding in St. Leger
Francois Reding won the promotional duathlon in St.Leger [BEL] by more than 4min!!! Impressive result from our newest athlete @ X3M!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! RESULTS ARTICLE DE PRESSE – L’AVENIR [BEL]
15. Erdgas Power Triathlon Illingen [GER]
Carlo Feltes and Sven Goergen took part in the 15th edition of the sprint triathlon in Illingen/Germany, covering a distance of 300m/20km/5km. Both enjoyed the good ambiance at this triathlon. Sven left the 25m pool in first position of his head and finished strongly on 29th position overall. Carlo Feltes finished on 53rd position overall […]
3 national titles at the Triathlon Weiswampach
Strong performances once again from our athletes at the triathlon weekend in Weiswampach, counting for the luxemburgish triathlon championships in all categories. Best performance of the day goes to ANNETTE JAFFKE who took her 2nd national triathlon elite title after 2011!!! Finishing 2nd overall, she won the title by leading Sophie Margue and Elise Maes […]
David Claerebout runs the ‘Enclavienne’
During his trainingcamp in the Provence/South of France, David Claerebout took part in the ‘Enclavienne’, a 16km road race in Valreas. He finished on 18th rank overall out of 90 finishers. RESULTS
Ostseeman Triathlon Glücksburg [GER]
Very promising results from Chris Doyle and Carlo Feltes this weekend at the ironman-distance triathlon OSTSEEMAN in Glücksburg/Germany. Chris Doyle managed to set a new personal record over the long distance with a final time of 10:08:22, reaching a 3rd age group rank in M50. He classified 50th overall out of 367 finishers. After a […]
G. Sardain and A. Jaffke at the Sprint Triathlon Eupen
Very impressive results on Saturday from Annette Jaffke and Gabriel Sardain at the sprint triathlon in Eupen [BEL]. Gabriel finished 22nd overall and won his age group H18. In addition, he had the best swim time of all 414 athletes – he swam 500m in 6’59” !!! Annette reached the women’s podium on 3rd rank, […]
Strong performance by David Claerebout in Marseille
Marseille, 2013 European Capital of Culture, has been chosen to host the first edition of the 5150 olympic distance triathlon. David Claerebout managed to perform very strongly in this race by finishing on 34th position overall out of 800 finishers. After a decent swim in 27’07”, he finished the bike part in 1:08’43” and ran […]
Open Water swim Weiswampach 3km
Chris Doyle swam the 3km Open Water Challenge in Weiswampach and finished the distance in 55’05” at 37th position out of 60 finishers. He missed the age group victory by less than 40″ and finally ranked 3rd in Masters category VE2. Well done Chris! RESULTS
Training Event organized by our TeamOrga
Last saturday, our TeamOrga organized a very nice social training event in Remerschen. Unfortunately at the last moment, Stephane & Christophe Schroeder and his friend Yann didn’t manage to come. Here is a list of those that were in attendance: David Claerebout, Davide Verga, Chris Doyle, Chris Rola, Maria Peiretti (symbolic, she biked on her […]
Triathlon weekend Echternach
Overall victory by Annette Jaffke at the traditional 29th olympic triathlon in Echternach. Under hot weather conditions, she managed to take the lead shortly after the swim to win easily by more than 11min with an end time of 2h15’54”. Congratulations from the whole team and committee! Our 2 newest members, the twins Christophe and […]
Resignation of Paul SARDAIN
Dear Members, As a founding and committee member of X3M Triathlon Mersch, please let me announce that Paul SARDAIN has resigned as Trainer and President of our organisation as of today due to different personal and sportive perceptions about the future focus of the club. Please let me thank Paul in the name of X3M […]
Committee and new TEAMORGA
Dear Members, Please let me introduce the new Committee of X3M Triathlon Mersch and a new group we’ve created called TEAM ORGA. The new committee members are Christian Rola as Vice President and Davide Verga as Technical Director. Both are respectively replacing Jean-Claude Schmitz and Timothee Weber, who left the committee recently due to private […]
No swim at Campus Geesseknaeppchen
As Ermanno is not available the next 2 weeks for the swim training at the Campus Geesseknaeppchen, and the Campus is closed during summer vacation anyway, there will be no swim training at the Campus until mid-september! Paul might send you some invitations for open water sessions or training sessions at the open pool in […]
Sprint Triathlon St. Ingbert – Oliver Gorges 2nd
Oliver Gorges, who raced for his german team RSG Montabaur, placed himself on 2nd rank overall and 2nd in his age group 1998/99 (Youth B). He covered the sprint distance over 0.4-10-2.5km in 33’26”, only 41sec behind a german athlete.
Mittelmosel Triathlon Zell [GER]
Strong performances by our athletes at the Sprint and olympic distance triathlon in Zell [Germany] this sunday. Annette Jaffke finished on 2nd rank overall and won her age group by far. Chris Doyle finished on a good 19th position overall finishing 2nd in the M50 age group and breaking his personal best time on that […]
X3M meets Dirk Bockel
AG wins by Oliver and Nina Gorges at the sprint triathlon in Grevenmacher
Very impressive performance by Oliver Gorges at the mixed Youth B&C age group race (0.2-5.2-1.7km) @ the sprint triathlon in Grevenmacher. Oliver won this age group category with a lead of 2’52”, ranking first in every single discipline!!! Well done! In the main race (elite/masters/Youth A) over the sprint distance of 0.5-20.8-5km, Nina Gorges won […]
ING Half-Marathon Luxembourg
Chris Rola, vice-president of the X3M Triathlon Mersch, raced the ING Night Half-Marathon in Luxembourg and finished on 1007th rank out of nearly 6500 finishers – well done Chris!