Articles by Tim Carlson

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Jamie’s Choice: Risk for freedom

Third of a four-part oral history how Xterra legend Jamie Whitmore is fighting back from cancer and making choices to maintain the maximum physical freedom and maximum ability to share her talents with the world.

by Tim Carlson, June 16, 2009

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Kansas 70.3 Photo Gallery

The second Ironman Kansas 70.3 featured surprisingly tough hills, and dominant wins by Chrissie Wellington and Luke Bell - and a Wizard of Oz finish line.

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Jamie Whitmore fights cancer

Second of a four-part series on how one of Xterra’s greatest stars was struck down in her prime by a devastating cancer and battled back to survive, rebuild her life with an unquenchable spirit and transcend the limits of her disease

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Bell, Wellington top Kansas 70.3

Bell turns a 1:10 deficit into a 1:09 margin of victory with a final surge on the run to top Tim O’Donnell at Kansas Ironman 70.3; Chrissie Wellington shows she’s mastered the CO2 canister and then topped Pip Taylor by 4:50 at Lawrence.

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Jamie Whitmore’s greatest victory

First of a four-part series on how one of Xterra’s greatest stars was struck down in her prime by a devastating cancer and battled back to survive, rebuild her life with an unquenchable spirit and transcend the limits of her disease.

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Schildknecht, Schutz win Ironman 70.3 Switzerland

Led by a blazing 2:08:24 bike, Ronnie Schildknecht defends his title, while fellow Swiss Sara Schutz tops Erika Csomor with a race-best 1:24:52 run to win Ironman 70.3 Switzerland

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Reed, Carfrae take Rev 3 wins

Matt Reed held off Joe Gambles by 1:35 for the $16,000 Rev 3 win in 3:59:28. Mirinda Carfrae took the lead at mile 7 and ran 1:23:07 to outpace Rebeccah Wassner by 52 seconds for the women's title.

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McCormack, Keat win Niederbronn-les-Bains

1997 ITU Short Course World Champ (Macca) out hoofs 2000 ITU short course World Champ (Olivier Marceau) to take Challenge Niederbronn-les-Bains; Rebekah Keat out bikes Louison, Ferguson on tough Challenge course.

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Brownlee stuns Madrid WCS field

The current Under 23 World Champion’s blazing 30:30 10km run blew away the field at the second round of the ITU World Championship Series in Madrid; Courtney Atkinson outsprints home country favorite Javier Gomez for silver.

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Hewitt out sprints Norden

Kiwi Andrea Hewitt out sprints Lisa Norden of Sweden and Jessica Harrison of France to win Madrid ITU World Championship Series Round Two at Madrid. Sarah Haskins of USA is 5th.

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Granger, Alexander top Honu 70.3

Craig Alexander’s race-record run tops Chris Lieto’s race-record bike; Belinda Granger's second-best-ever-Honu bike staves off Samantha McGlone’s comeback at Honu 70.3

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Water blamed for intestinal woes in Oklahoma

Fecal coliform pollution following heavy rains the night before the race blamed for diarrhea, vomiting and fever afflicting about 20 competitors at the Oklahoma City Boathouse International Triathlon May 16

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Mckernan, Schumacher win Half Challenge Barcelona

Clemente Alonso Mckernan of Spain outruns Timo Bracht of Germany to win Half Challenge Barcelona-Maresme; Germany’s Katja Schumacher out swims Yvonne Van Vlerken and holds off the Dutch star on bike and run.