Triathlete Magazine Article on REV3

6/9/2009 - By Jay Prasuhn

A tough course reveals the toughest on the day as Matt Reed and Mirinda Carfrae each take top honors and the $16,000 first prize.

The inaugural REVOLUTION3 Triathlon, held Sunday under warm, sunny skies, was touted as one of the toughest new half Iron-distance events in the country. And it didn’t disappoint, with the relentless hills on the bike and run breaking some athletes and dashing their hopes. Speed would not be the sole ally—at REV3, you have to have power. It’s this difficulty that earned the race the unofficial title of the “Wildflower of the East” even before its first run. Pretty lofty expectations—but the race didn’t disappoint.

“This race certainly sorts out the weak from the strong,” said pre-race hopeful Leanda Cave. “This one goes up there as one of the hardest races I’ve done.” It was a sentiment echoed by most every athlete who competed; if you had speed but no power, your day was done.

Yet American Matty Reed and Aussie Mirinda Carfrae proved that that power delivery comes in very different packages (Carfrae in her pixie 5’3” frame and Reed in his towering 6’5” build). The pair each netted 16-grand of the $100,000 prize purse as the debut victors in Middleton, Conn.

“I really didn’t feel like I had any speed while I was out there,” Reed said. “It was just constant work, climbing, descending and cornering at a pace I could control. You really had no chance to rest out there on the bike. But man, I tell you, it’s a great win.” READ THE FULL STORY HERE>

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