Race Coverage

Raking in the Reals...

Monday, 06 April 2015 00:10

LATIN AMERICA 70.3 CHAMPIONSHIPS - BRASILIA - The season is young and most Minnesotans won't start racing for another month. Still, three of our state's fastest women are already kicking serious buttocks. A few weeks back, Lisa Lendway's half IM debut resulted in a runaway victory. That same weekend Lisa's sister, Heather, rocked a 2nd place pro finish ($3000 payday) at Las Olas International.

Yesterday, Ruth Brennan Morrey, in spite of a nine-minute deficit coming out of the water, rode like a banshee (2:17:19!) and ran even banshee-er (1:22:27!) en route to the podium, a 3rd place finish in a sizzing 4:18:16 at the Brasila Latin America 70.3 Championships.

The Top Two places were earned by Danish superstar Helle Fredericksen (4:04:16), whose 2014 victories included HyVee Elite Cup, Lanzarote 70.3 and Challenge Bahrain (Triathlon's richest race!), and Belgium's Sofie Goos (4:17:15), a sub-9-hour Ironman with a 70.3 PR of 4:06....

Beginning her third season as a professional, Brennan Morrey has one win and six other podiums against international competition. On Sunday, she beat a long list of credentialed women, including Rachel Joyce (GBR - 9th - 4:29:16), Kristin Moeller (GER - 5th - 4:22:47), Ricara Lisk (GER - 6th - 4:26:13) and Valentina Carvalho (CHI - 8th - 4:28:14).

We don't know how much money (Brasilian Reals) Ruth made yesterday, but we hope it was a lot. RESULTS