November, 2007 - More Heavy Fallout from Racing With The Stars
Chris was recently pictured with arch-nemesis (ha!) Ironman World Champion Chris McCormack in this month's issue of Triathlete Magazine for his win at the Malibu Triathlon. Not much can be said about this race that hasn't already been said, except that it now appears obvious that Chris is in bad need of a haircut. No surprise there. Click here to view the article.

 Donate to The Prostate Cancer  Foundation and See Chris Race -  Cancelled
Chris was recently invited to compete in the VeloDeux Indoor Duathlon in December at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. The format for this event will be a 5k bike on the banked track followed by 1 mile on the infield. Only 16 men and 16 will be competing, and they will race in heats of four until there are only four left standing for the finals.

Since the mile was Chris' event indoors at Penn State, it should prove to be quite the show. The race will be free to spectators and will start at 12pm for the heats, 4pm for the semis, and finals will be at 5:30.

Be sure to bring your rally caps and your oversized foam fingers!

As this race is to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation, please help Chris raise money by donating at this link. His goal is raise over $1,500!

 September 16, 2007 - Fast Times and Blazing Competition in
 The 'Bu
Always being the brave trooper that he is, Chris once again put his life on the line for the love of sport and raced in one of the most dangerous areas in the world: Malibu.  Once again, unrelentingly cruel weather conditions (65 degrees, windless, calm surf) made it a real battle to survive.  
 
All of that aside, World Champion and multiple Ironman winner Chris "Macca" McCormack made the trip out to Malibu to race in what ended up being a very strong pro field.  After exiting the water at the head of the front pack with McCormack, Chris headed onto the bike only a little behind the leaders out of transition.  At the turnaround, Chris had made up time and was right with McCormack and Brazilian pro Fabio Carvalho (as well as an unusual amount of moto TV cameras).  Losing a little bit of time in transition, Chris caught back up to the pair at the 1 mile mark.  Soon after, Carvalho dropped off the pace, leaving McCormack and Chris alone (except for a low-flying news helicopter following their every move).  With one mile to go, Chris showed his hand and put on a miler-like acceleration. The jump seemed to work, and Chris broke the tape in first place to a cheering Malibu crowd.
 
So now he's got that going for him.  Which is nice.

Chris was mentioned in Inside Triathlon and Triathlete Magazine.

 September 9, 2007 - In the City...The City of LA
Chris had yet another long, grueling trip in order to get to the starting line for the LA Triathlon. After rolling out of bed while most of the other pros were drinking Slim Fast on the 4:30AM shuttle from downtown, Chris slowly wandered down to the beach start four blocks from his apartment. The toughest part of Chris’ trip was being sure not to snap an ankle on the 40s still rolling around on the boardwalk. Exiting the swim mid-pack, Chris cranked through the bike course that ran through gorgeous Hollywood. Cheered on by a hometown crowd of mostly confused junkies and hungover, out of work actors, Chris ran his way to a second-best 10k time of the day (31:40). As the 2nd American across the line, Chris finished 9th out of roughly 3,000 racers. Chris was mentioned in the Daily News and the next day in numerous street performers’ monologues.

 

 June 26, 2007 - Stayin' Classy In San Diego
Braving notoriously San-Diegan conditions--pleasant water, zero wind, perfect temperatures--Chris rose above the challenges of this haggard climate to take first place at the San Diego International Triathlon. Chris fared very well against a good pro field, staying focused even in the face of Michellie Jones' mind-numbing pink kit. Passing runner-up Michael Simpson in only the last half mile, Chris clocked a race-best 30:53 10k split. Chris' overall time gives him the 3rd fastest time ever on the course. High fives all around. Chris was also mentioned in articles in the San Diego Union-Tribune and the North County Times.

 May 12, 2007 - Chris Is Now Officially Ranked.
Chris is now ranked on the ITU International points list and PATCO ITU points list. 

 May 4, 2007 - Accelerade Is Here!
Look for Chris on the new Accelerade bottles and powder containers. Click here  to see Zoolander in action.

 April 29, 2007 - Chris Wins PossAbilities Tri!
After word got out about a big prize purse in Loma Linda a good number of pros  en route to Wildflower showed up to play. Chris proved the ole' adage true,  "Swim for show, run for dough." Below is Chris showing off his 'Happy Gilmore'  check.
 
 
 So...do you think this will fit through the bank teller's window?

 April 22, 2007 - Chris Wins Local Sprint Tri
Click here to read the Daily Pilot article about the race.