When Sullivan Middaugh’s confidence is up, it doesn’t manifest itself in pre-race bulletin board material. It comes out on the race course. After defending his XTERRA USA title on Aug. 26 defeating three-time XTERRA.
After winning his first XTERRA USA title last summer, Sullivan Middaugh’s encore performance Saturday proved the 19-year-old Vail product can hang with the world’s very best off-road triathletes especially when the competition is in.
Thirty-five Eagle County triathletes, including the defending U.S. champions Sullivan Middaugh and Suzie Snyder, will dive into Nottingham Lake Saturday morning as XTERRA Beaver Creek competitors. The sprint (750-meter swim, 14-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run) begins.
Hollywood couldn’t have scripted a better XTERRA pro debut for Sullivan Middaugh. The EagleVail born-and-raised Battle Mountain alumnus sprinting through Beaver Creek’s fan-lined corridors last July en route to taking the XTERRA USA title torch.
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