On saturday morning, X3M in association with CAEG organized an openwater swim training followed by a bike&run around the camping of Rosport. Several kids were present and enjoyed the fresh water of the ‘Sauer’ river, followed by a short bike segment on the cycle path and a 1km run. For security reasons, the kids were […]
World Cup de Cagliari, le 4 juin 2017. Bob HALLER toujours en recherche de constance… Être déçu d’une 28e place (parmi 59 participants et 51 classés à l’arrivée) dans une manche de la Coupe du Monde serait assurément un tantinet exagéré. Et pourtant on l’est, et notre champion national en premier lieu. Il était dépité […]
5 athletes raced the sprint triathlon in Schaumberg Tholey [GER] on sunday, covering the sprint distance over 300m-22km-4.6km. The swim part was held in the indoor pool (Erlebnisbad Schaumberg) with 12 lanes of 25m. The bike course over 22km was quite hilly and the run course included a steep hill of 800m towards Schaumberg. Carlo […]
Running a marathon or a 1/2 marathon under tropical conditions of 30 degrees – not an easy challenge on saturday evening!!! Nearly 15000 runners were present at the LuxExpo in Kirchberg to run the 42.1km or 21.1km through the outskirts of Luxembourg-city. Yves Koch (forgotten timing chip) and Claude Lucas, who ran together the whole […]
On sunday, several athletes took part at the sprint triathlon in Grevenmacher organized by CAEG. 4 members of our team offered some help in the organisation of this event. (race marshalls and registration) Under perfect sunny weather, Claude Lucas showed an impressive result by leaving T1 in the leading pack, and finally finishing on very […]
Chris Doyle and Carlo Feltes took part at the ETU Powerman Middle Distance Duathlon European Championships in Sankt Wendel [GER] today. The official distance for the Powerman European Championship was 10 km RUN / 60 km BIKE / 10 km RUN (for elites and open to amateur athletes) Chris took the opportunity to become european […]
Noa and Ben Langer took part at the 3rd stage of the Challenge Tageblatt in Dudelange on saturday. Noa Langer : Ball throwing scolaires 2005 – 28.50m 3rd out of 26 800m scolaires 2005 – 3:10:43min 18th out of 26 Ben Langer : 50m sprint débutants 2007 – 9:03sec 16th out of 25 Ball throwing débutants […]
Emiliano Laruccia finished on good 22nd rank overall at the 10km LTC run in Limpertsberg on saturday. Under perfect weather conditions, Emiliano finished in 40:43min and classified on 5th rank in M40. In the female category, Sandra Dümeland finished 4th in W35 in 52:31min, Marina Massari took 3rd in W45 in 55:47min. RESULTS – 10km […]
A bunch of 6 X3M athletes were at the starting grid yesterday at the IM70.3 Aix-en-Provence. Best result goes to Christian Weyland who showed a very strong bike split and finished on good 103rd rank overall out of 2102 athletes. Please find attached the results of our athletes with the corresponding split times :
During the 10th edition of the ‘Berdorferlaf’ in the east of Luxembourg, Gavin Hodgson ran the side event of 5km and took 2nd rank overall in 17’11”. Pascal Duhautpas, who just came back from a training camp, finished on 54th rank at the 10km race out of 331 finishers. Emmi Duhautpas finished 6th overall in […]
Very exciting and promising results at the national duathlon championships in Ehlerange this sunday. On a very demanding race course (10-40-5.5km) with strong winds and moderate heat, our athletes showed very good performances throughout the day with some podium appearances and national age group titles. Best performance in the Elite field goes to Claude Lucas […]
Claude Wurth raced the 34km ‘La Grand-Ducale’, the longest run during this year’s DKV Urban Trail in Luxembourg-City. Claude finished 90th overall on this very demanding but beautiful run through the city centre and the outskirts of Luxembourg-city. Francois Genesteix finished 160th, Sandra Dümeland finished on 201st rank overall. 254 runners finished the 34km race. […]
Roger Clesse raced the sprint triathlon in Bertrix [BEL] today. He finished on 152nd rank out of 249 finishers. Here are his split times : Swim 750m 00:13:27 T1 00:01:05 Bike 19km 00:38:26 T2 00:00:48 Run 5km 00:25:30 Total 01:19:16
Simon Smallbone finished the London Marathon for the Kick4Life project in 4:49:41h, here you’ll find his after-race statement : London Marathon complete for the third time. My slowest ever marathon but who cares as £2000 raised for Kick4Life. Now off to the airport! Thanks to everyone that donated. It’s really appreciated! If you want to […]
Good performance by Yves Koch at the Hamburg Marathon this sunday. Yves managed to run at a steady pace despite some hale storms in the early stage of the marathon. Passing at the half distance in 01:33:28, Yves kept the pace constant to finish in a good net time of 3:06:02 allowing him to finish […]
Maria Elisa Peiretti raced the half-marathon in Madrid on sunday and finished on 128th female rank out of 3781 runners, 25th in age group. Her final time of 1:45:53 was only slightly slower than her PB time. Well done!
Maria da Fé Albuquerque raced the 10km side event at the traditional ’20km de Lausanne’ in Switzerland. She managed to finish in a good end time of 49:48min and ranked on 260th overall female position out of 4219 finishers. RESULTS : https://services.datasport.com/2017/lauf/km20/#Marke4
Le triathlon club X3M Mersch a été invité au ‘Schoulsportdaag’ de l’ école fondamentale de Berbourg le 07 avril pour promouvoir le triathlon/duathlon et de proposer des ateliers course-à-pied et VTT aux enfants des cycles 2.2. et 3.1. En raison de notre collaboration avec la section triathlon du CAEG, Pascal Duhautpas a eu le soutien […]
Good results at the kids’ Debutant(e)s race (2006/2007) in Grevenmacher today during the 39. Ouschterlaaf. Emmi Duhautpas finished 12th overall and 2nd in age group W10 in 2:59min for the 800m. Leopold Strauss finished at one step to the podium on 4th rank overall in 2:49. Well done! RESULTS – 39. Ousterlaf Grevenmacher – Kinderlauf […]
Cette fois, il a été épargné par la malchance ! Cette fois, il a pu exprimer ses qualités sans accroc ! Le verdict final de l’épreuve du Queensland correspond à son potentiel du moment : besogneux à la nage ; fort à vélo ; peut et doit mieux faire en course à pied…. Face à […]
Coupe du monde à New Plymouth (Nouvelle-Zélande) Bob HALLER décu et amer! „J’aurais pu et dû faire mieux » Il serait vain de nier l’évidence : 21e (sur 42 partants et 34 arrivants) à 2’31’’ du vainqueur Richard Murray (No 4 mondial, victorieux pour la troisième fois consécutive sur la côte est de l’Île du Nord de […]
During the Ironman South Africa this sunday, Olivier Godart showed once again a tremendous performance in all 3 disciplines allowing him to win the age group M40 and become best non-professional athlete of this race. After a good swim in 56:47min, Olivier worked his way up in the standings with a very fast bike slit […]
First seasonal cross duathlon in Belvaux today with a lot of mud, deep ground and windy conditions – all you need to have fun! The national championships were integrated in this race. Best X3M result and national cross duathlon title 2017 goes to Noa and Jil Langer, who resp. won their age group categories YouthC […]
First half marathon in 2017 in luxembourgish racecalendar today in Diekirch, unfortunately under poor weather conditions with strong winds. Yves Koch finished on 28th rank overall in 1:28:47. First half marathon for Charlotte de Groote who finished side by side to Mariette Brosius in 2:02:12 on 35th and 36th female rank. Gavin Hodgson ran the […]
Traditional season opening at the 22nd Postlaf in Gasperich this sunday morning – approx. 3000 runners raced the 10km road race under perfect weather conditions. Best performance of a X3M runner goes to Brice Faucheux, who set a new personal best time in 35:08min allowing him to finish on an excellent 21st rank overall. Congratulations! […]