Year: 2016

Duathlon S de la citadelle Rodemack [FRA]

On Sunday Oct 2nd, Claire Metzdorff, Carlo Feltes and Guy Theissen were at the start of the Sprint Duathlon 5-25-3 km in the picturesque medieval town of Rodemack (F). On a fresh and windy autumn day 71 athletes turned up at the starting line despite heavy rain showers preceding the event. On a beautiful but […]

Walfer Vollekslaf 12km/6.5km

During today’s ’41. Walfer Vollekslaf’ over 12km, Emiliano Laruccia showed the best performance of the X3M runners. He finished in 48:21min net allowing him to take 70th rank overall. In the kid’s race over the long 6.5km distance, 12y old Maya Proess finished on excellent 2nd age group rank in WUE (born 2004) category. Congratulations! […]

Hot Route du vin 2016!

Gavin Hodgson

The runners of the 55th edition of the Route du vin half marathon suffered a lot today due to high running temperatures above 24°C. Chris Doyle showed the best X3M performance today with a net end time of 1:25:44 and a final 65th rank out of 1546 finishers. Gavin Hodgson took 130th rank overall in […]

Challenge Allures Libre de Gaume in Tintigny

On Sunday Sep 18th, Guy Theissen and Marc Matgen ran the short distance 8.6 km race counting for the Challenge Allures Libre de Gaume in Tintigny. On a lovely day runners were confronted with a hilly and mixed terrain (road/fields/forest). Guy crossed the finish line ranked 25th out of 309 finishers in 39 minutes 10 […]

Eislek-(Tri)Duathlon

Due to the recent mass outbreaks of cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae, in the water of the Haute-Sûre reservoir, the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure has recommended against bathing in the reservoir water. Therefore, the first edition of the Eislek-Triathlon was changed to a Duathlon with a 5km running loop instead of the 1.9km […]

Hard day @ Gerardmer Triathlon XL

Jean-Claude Schmitz and Fabrice Coste raced the difficult and hilly middle distance triathlon XL in Gerardmer [France]. A hilly 3x 31.5km bike course (1900m altitude difference) through the well-known ‘ballon des vosges’ and a 3-loop running course around the lake of Gerardmer made it a hard day for everyone. Jean-Claude finished, exhausted and partly walking […]

Chris Doyle = Powerman Vice World Champion M50

Extraordinary result from Chris Doyle today at the traditional POWERMAN Zofingen in Switzerland, counting for the Powerman World Championships in long distance duathlon. On this hard and demanding course over 10-150-30km, Chris Doyle took the 2nd age group rank in M50 resulting in a vice world championship title!!! Especially his running performance with a fast 1st […]

CCC (Courmayeur – Champex – Chamonix)

Antoine Lallier took part to the CCC (Courmayeur – Champex – Chamonix), the little sister of the famous UTMB (Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc). It is a real mountain trail, 101km long, with 6,100 m of ascent and numerous passages in altitude. For a first try on such  distance and with very hot weather, Antoine ran cautiously from the first kilometers. He was in good […]

AL Gaume Rachecourt

On Sunday Aug 21st, Guy Theissen ran the short distance 5 km counting for the Challenge Allures Libre de Gaume in Rachecourt. On a quite fresh morning (13 degrees) runners were confronted with hilly and mixed terrain (road/fields). Guy crossed the finish line ranked 12th out of 270 finishers in 19 minutes 54 sec. Results […]

AL Gaume Torgny

On Monday Aug 15th, Guy Theissen ran the short distance (5,8Km) of the Allures Libre de Gaume in the picturesque village of Torgny (aka petite Provence belge). Under a blue clear sky, the athletes had to deal with a difficult (hilly) and mixed terrain (road/fields/forest). Guy crossed the finish line ranked 7th overall out of […]

2. City-Triathlon Merzig [GER]

Massive X3M participation at the 2nd edition of the olympic distance triathlon in Merzig [GER]. Besides a ‘Jedermann’-Triathlon over 300m-20km-5km, the organizer offered 3 races over the OD distance due to the integration of the ‘Saarland’ championships and races for the RTV national league 1 and 2. More than 500 participants showed up on sunday […]

Bob Haller 11th in Montreal [CAN]

french bulletin BOB HALLER a terminé la Coupe du Monde de Montéal à la très bonne 11e place. Malheureusement il a raté le premier groupe à vélo (8 athlètes) de justesse. Après 500 mètres en natation BOB occupait encore la 8e place. Mais à la 3e bouée la bagarre était rude et Bob était la victime de […]

Elis Gaudron @ Frankfurt City Triathlon

Elisabeth Gaudron participated at the sprint triathlon in Frankfurt and finished on good 33rd rank overall out of 130 female athletes. After the 750m swim in 20:15min, Elis showed some good performances on the 28km bike loop in 53:20min and especially on the 5km run, where she ran a 25:19min split. Well done Elis!

Olivier Godart 2nd at Slovakman 226

Tremendous result once again by our professional athlete Olivier Godart at the SLOVAKMAN 226 in Piešťany [SLO], a race over the Ironman distance 3.8-180-42.2km. He crossed the finishline on 2nd rank overall in 8:43:16, the fastest time of a X3M-athlete ever on this distance. Congratulations for this excellent result. Olivier was leading the race after a […]

Stéphane Schroeder completed IM70.3 Budapest

Stéphane Schroeder completed the IM70.3 Budapest [HUN] under hot weather conditions making it a tough day for all competitors. Stéphane covered the 1.9km one lap swim course, located in the protected Kopaszi bay of the river Danube at the Buda (west) side of the river in 32:40min [1:43/100m]. The bike course consisted of a two loop-course that […]

TRI EXPERT TRIPrague

Olivier Godart raced the middle distance 70.3 TRIEXPERT triathlon in Prague [CZE] on sunday. He led the race after a good swim and an excellent bike split until km12 on the run course, but due to the warm and humid weather conditions, Olivier had to slow down a bit so he finished the race on 10th […]

Allure Libre de Gaumes Athus

On Sunday July 24th,  Guy Theissen ran the ‘Allure Libre de Gaumes Athus’, a 11Km event on a muddy and difficult terrain (due to heavy rainfalls on the previous night), counting for the A.L.G. Challenge. Guy crossed the finish line ranked 34th overall out of 254 participants. Results : www.acdampicourt.be

4. Trail Römische Weinstrasse Leiwen

Claude Wurth raced the 4th ‘Trail Römische Weinstrasse’ in Leiwen/Germany, a very demanding trail race over 30km and with an altitude gain of approx. 1000m. Claude did very well by finishing on 45th rank overall out of 155 classified runners, his end time was 3h21:15 for the 30km. RESULTS – Trail Römische Weinstraße  

Jedermann-Sprint Triathlon in St. Ingbert/Germany

Carlo Feltes , Guy Theissen and Claire Metzdorff raced the ‘Jedermann’-Sprint Triathlon in St. Ingbert/Germany. Carlo did quite well by finishing on a 5th place overall out of 76 finishers and 2nd rank in AG M50. Guy Theissen finished on 28th position. Claire Metzdorff finished on 51st rank. In the kids’ races, Jil Langer (2003/2004) […]

2016 ITU World Triathlon Hamburg

Bob Haller raced the 2016 ITU World Sprint Triathlon in Hamburg on sunday in rainy conditions. After a fairly good swim (750m in 9:11min), Bob entered a 2nd big bike group. With a lot of efforts, this group managed to close the gap allowing Bob to start the 5km run on excellent 11th rank overall. Unfortunately, Bob […]

National title for Bob Haller in Echternach

Excellent results were achieved at the traditional triathlon in Echternach (1.5-40-10km – 111 finisher) counting for the national triathlon OD championships in 2016. Several new personal best times, some first attempts on this distance and a few national triathlon championship titles for our members!! Congratulations to all of you!! Best performance of the day goes […]

2 X3Mers finished Frankfurt IM

Cyril Henricot aligned at the Ironman Frankfurt on sunday for his 1st IM ever. He showed a steady performance in all 3 disciplines allowing him to finish in 12:29:24 on 354th rank in M35-39. Difficult day for Carlo Feltes though. The weather changed during the day from cloudy and warmish temperatures to rainy and chilly […]