Several athletes aligned at the 3rd cross-country race in Baambësch on sunday. X3M athletes achieved very good performances though. In the main race over 6980m, Bob Haller showed a very strong performance by taking 3rd rank overall, only 4sec to winner Charel Grethen (CSL) and only 2sec behind ethopian Yonas Kinde (CELTIC). Bob was even […]
Despite having not trained much for this event, Pascal Duhautpas aligned at the KMD Ironman Copenhagen on this chilly and windy sunday morning. After a decent 3.8km swim at the ‘Amager Strand’ in 1h06:24, Pascal tried to finish the 180km with a steady and controlled pace. In face of an energy drop between km120-140, he […]
TRILUX organized the 30th edition of the international triathlon in Echternach last saturday. The weather wasn’t dignified for this event as it was raining cats and dogs the whole afternoon making the roads very slippery. Despite a bike crash on a slippery crosswalk, Bob Haller finished the luxemburgish championships on a well-deserved 3rd rank behind […]
Emmi Duhautpas, our youngest member in the club, won the Aquathlon at the IRONKIDS Rapperswil/Switzerland on Saturday, May 31st, 2014. This so called Aquathlon consists of the two disciplines: 50m swimming and 300m running. First out of the water, she ran comfortably to her age group win in the so called ‘Fischli‘-category (boys&girls born in […]
Short race report from IM Cozumel After a shortened swim (3.2km only) due to strong current in stormy but crystal clear carribean sea in 47:21min , I took my time to look after my broken toe in T1. After 5min, I was on the bike chasing the athletes in front of me. After 110km with […]
Heavy rain and cold temperatures had changed the Ironman 70.3 Switzerland event in Rapperswil, Switzerland to a duathlon, but a landslide and a falling tree early on during the bike segment forced organizers to stop the race and abort the event. Samuel Nilles, David Claerebout and Pascal Duhautpas were on the bike course when the […]