Posted: May 25, 2004

Triathlon: PCH News - Lessing Wins Ironman Half Florida

Simon Lessing’s “debut” at long distance was a learning experience for him and a confirming experience for his competition. While Simon learned pacing, his result confirmed that he is, indeed, a serious challenger at the Ironman distance.

Lessing, who led out of the water, dismounted his bike 6 minutes down on Bjorn Anderson. “After so many years of short distance racing I’m conditioned to not let anyone get away on the bike,” commented Simon. “It was hard to let Bjorn [Andersson] and Chris [Lieto] go. I rode too hard in the opening miles and paid for it toward the end of the bike. It was gratifying that I could get myself back together again for a solid run.”

Lessing’s run was a little better than “solid” – it was the best of the day despite having little to push for after he took the lead at 8 miles. Simon raced the Nice Triathlon twice in the mid-1990’s (winning once) but hasn’t done a race longer than two and a half hours since. Lessing’s full-distance Ironman debut will be at Ironman USA in July.

Heather Fuhr dropped in yet another strong Ironman performance finishing third.

Florida Half Ironman at WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort Race Results - May 23, 2004

Men
1.Simon Lessing, Great Britain, 3:52:02 (25:10\2:11:03\1:13:21)  
2.Chris Lieto, Danville, Calif., 3:54:19 (25:42\2:07:01\1:19:04)  
3.Mike Lovato, Boulder, Colo., 3:55:06 (25:45\2:10:38\1:16:26)  
4.Bjorn Andersson, Sweden, 3:55:23
5.Uwe Widman, Germany, 3:56:39
6.Cameron Brown, New Zealand, 3:57:51
7.Victor Zyemstev, Ukraine, 4:01:10
8.Spencer Smith, Great Britain, 4:02:14
9.Matt Seeley, Polson, Mont., 4:02:34
10.Swen Sundberg, Germany, 4:03:39

Women
1.Lisa Bentley, Canada, 4:22:04 (29:50\2:28:16\1:21:29)  
2.Heather Gollnick, Hartford, Wisc., 4:26:10 (28:49\2:29:20\1:25:30)  
3.Heather Fuhr, Canada, 4:27:41 (30:53\2:32:30\1:21:37)  
4.Lara Shaw, Tampa, Fla., 4:28:00
5.Andrea Fisher, Austin, Texas, 4:28:49
6.Katja Schumacher, Germany, 4:31:17
7.Kim Loeffler, Colchester, Vt., 4:31:35
8.Lauren Jensen, New Berlin, Wisc., 4:32:44
9.Amanda Gillam, Boulder, Colo., 4:36:16
10.Ute Mueckel, Germany, 4:37:47

Peter Reid Wins Columbia Triathlon

Peter Reid took a break from two weeks of “major Ironman training” to test his legs at the Columbia Triathlon. He pulled away on the run to win a time that was just outside a minute from Hunter Kemper’s course record.

Columbia Triathlon - (Swim 1.5k * Bike 41k * Run 10k), Sunday, May 23, 2004 - Columbia Maryland

 
1 Reid Peter CAN 1:56:50  (18:13\1:01:37\35:01)        
2 Cooke Matthew USA 1:57:43  19:01\1:01:00\36:04) 
3 Kuhl Travis USA 1:58:57  20:03\1:00:55\36:03)  

Bowden & Bell Sign On With Infinit Nutrition

Out in the lava fields nutrition is everything. Lori Bowden knows it – she’s won two Ironman World Championships. Luke Bell is a quick study – he was 5th in Kona last year at age 24. Both have signed primary sponsorship agreements with InfinIT Nutrition, a new company on the sports nutrition scene out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

InfinIT provides athletes of all stripes with a custom-blended sports drink alternative. InfinIT understands that no two athletes have the same nutritional needs and has developed a truly custom-blended drink supplement system for athletes ranging from weekend warriors to the leader in the lava fields.

InfinIT’s web site (www.infinitnutrition.com ) will provide a simple, easy platform for athletes to determine their nutritional needs for both racing and training and then create their own supplements based on their individual requirements and taste. “This is not an ‘our powder is better than your powder’, said Michael Folan, President of InfinIT Nutrition. “At InfinIT, our powder is your powder and we will make it especially for you based on your order. “

”Getting just the right drink mixture out on the race course has always been a problem” commented Lori Bowden. “Now I can get a drink mixed to my specification based on the distance, conditions and my individual tolerance.”

“I’m still trying to get my Ironman nutrition just right and InfinIT is providing me with the tools to determine my needs and experiment with slightly different formulations until I find the taste and nutrients that are just right for me not some lab rat or average user”, said Luke Bell.

From: www.pchsports.com.