2016 Wildflower Long Course Triathlon

Americans Jesse Thomas and Liz Lyles were impressive at the 34th running of the Wildflower Long Course Triathlon.

Photo: Kaori Funahashi

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American Jesse Thomas earned his sixth-straight win, while fellow American Liz Lyles started a streak of her own by defending her 2015 title at the 34th running of the Wildflower Long Course Triathlon.

Thomas managed a 26:14 swim, a 2:18:27 bike, and a race-best 1:17:01 combined run split. Lyles came out of the swim at 29:41, had the fastest bike split for the women at 2:41:13, and backed it up with a combined 1:27:21 run (which also happened to be the fastest in the women’s field).

Read the race recap here.

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