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I like to climb on the bike and the course looks fast and flowing. The USA XTERRA Championship course is well designed for me. I have made some huge progress on the bike since then and I’m feeling excited about seeing how that transfers to the race.
He just coached Anton Cooper to win the under 23 Cross country world champs. I took on a new mountain bike coach three weeks ago. Here he explains how his build-up to Utah has been… Since finishing third behind Middaugh and Ben Hoffman at the Mountain Championship in July, Currie placed 2nd to Tim Don at 70.3 Ecuador, was top 10 at Timberman a week later. He proved he could race with and even go faster than Middaugh in a thrilling toe-to-toe race he won at the Southeast Championship in Pelham, Alabama earlier this season.
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This should be exciting racing all around.”įor Currie, a Red Bull sponsored athlete that made a name for himself as one of the biggest stars in adventure racing, the goal from day one this year was to win the XTERRA USA Title, Pro Series, and World Championship in that order.
I am also excited to see Brian Smith back in the mix and the wildcard will definitely be the Olympian and National Champion mountain biker Todd Wells. There is a group of about five or six strong Americans that all have a shot at the podium. “Braden Currie is always a tough competitor and self-proclaimed that one of his goals was to win the US series. “The USA Championship always draws people out of the woodwork and I am excited to see a very strong start list,” said Middaugh. To repeat that performance he’ll have to get past a determined Kiwi named Braden Currie, a world-class mountain biker named Todd Wells, and the top six ranked men in the Pro Series. Since Nationals moved to Utah in 2009 Middaugh has been in the top three at every race and took the title outright in 2012. Pro Series, and winner of the last two regionals at the East Championship in Richmond and Mountain Championship at Beaver Creek. He enters the race as the points leader and two-time defending champ of the U.S. for more than a decade now and has 10 XTERRA National Championships to prove it. He has been the grimacing face of XTERRA in the U.S. The headliner in the men’s race is Josiah “Beast Mode” Middaugh, a 36-year-old from Eagle-Vail, Colorado. TRIATHLON ELITE RACE PREVIEW: There is a lot to be excited about for off-road triathlon fans with compelling match-ups in both the men’s and women’s elite races.
In addition to the races, XTERRA will host an expo in downtown Ogden with free kids races, vendor booths, a Paul Mitchell hair cut-a-thon for charity, and evening dinner parties. Simultaneously, Ogden hosts its 14th annual Harvest Moon Celebration with a wealth of family-friendly activities planned for all ages including live music, great food, and kid’s activities. Both events will be filmed for nationally syndicated TV programs exposing the beauty of Utah to millions. 20, accompanied by 5K and 10K trail runs. The XTERRA Trail Run Nationals half-marathon is Sunday, Sept.
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19, along with full and half-distance XTERRA Utah races open to everyone. The off-road tri Nationals is Saturday, Sept. to Utah to battle for the title of XTERRA National Champion.
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The two events attract more than one-thousand of the nation’s very best amateur and professional triathletes and trail runners from nearly every state in the U.S.
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Ogden, Utah, will once again transform into “XTERRA Title Town USA” as the nation’s leading off-road triathlon and trail running series host XTERRA USA Championship races on back-to-back days on September 19-20.
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