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Interview: Corinne Abraham - ‘I want to race against the best’
Corinne Abraham, the long distance multi-sport specialist, had a great race in Ironman Galveston 70.3 at the weekend. She finished 17th Pro lady in a very talented field, which was her first WTC event of the season on the way to (hopefully) Kona qualification.
I caught up with Corinne to find out what her 2012 plans are and what it was like racing in Texas at the weekend.
Interview: Rich Allen - ‘The main goal is to make Kona’
Rich Allen is one of our most decorated triathletes and this year is on the WTC circuit chasing Kona.
Following last weekends DNF at Ironman Texas 70.3, I got in touch to find out what had happened and what impact this will have on his plans for 2012.
Ironman Galveston 70.3: Brit’s in action
OK - you might have noticed that Lance Armstrong was in this race. It’s kind off what every triathlon site and news feed focussed on in the build up - but the reality is there was so much more to this race in both the men’s and the ladies fields. Being the American WTC Championships, Ironman Galveston 70.3 attracted the cream of the crop in American racers. In the men’s race, Timothy O’Donnell was first place, holding off Sebastien Kienle (2nd) and Ronnie Schildknecht (3rd). The race was a speedy affair with a predictable thrash-fest being conducted on the bike leg.
The ladies race was dominated by Kelly Williamson from USA, who started as pre-race favourite and lived up to that billing. She was followed over the line (after a 5:20 second margin) by Yvonne Van Vlerken and Amy Marsh.
There were representatives from Great Britain and Ireland here - and not all made it to the finish line. Read more for how our Brit’s got on in Texas.
Weekend Preview: Ironman Texas 70.3 & Ironman California 70.3
Updated: 26th March - Amey has withdrawn
You might be forgiven for not noticing later in the week, as Lance-fever will surely descend, but there will be two races on the Ironman 70.3 circuit this weekend.
Ironman 70.3 Texas is on Sunday and is bound to get the attention of not only the tri press but also the mainstream as a certain Lance Armstrong continues his venture towards Kona. But before then we have Ironman 70.3 California on the Saturday. There is Brit interest in both races.