Lionel Sanders secures triathlon worlds victory with race-best 30K run
The professional triathlete clocked 1:45:34 for 30K, the fastest of any run split in the field at the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships
Lionel Sanders ran the 30K leg of the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in a time that would have placed him in the top-15 of the popular Around the Bay road race.
The Windsor, Ont. native, who used to race cross-country and track at the collegiate level, ran 1:45:34 for 30K at the Penticton, B.C. championships, a split that averages out to 3:31 per kilometre. At that pace, his 10K splits averaged out to 35:11, back-to-back-to-back.
The run split came after more than three hours on the course including 40:40 for the 3K swim and 2:51:12 for the 120K bike. His second leg was a challenging one as Sanders sustained a flat tire.
“I was running off of pure anger and you can do a lot of things when you’re pissed off,” he says.
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The 29-year-old formerly competed in varsity for the University of Windsor and later Hamilton-based McMaster University.
