BOULDER — New Zealand native Callum Millward last won a 70.3 Ironman triathlon in 2012, and that took a dramatic sprint finish.
Saturday at the Boulder Reservoir, he skipped the drama and separated from the field to win the Ironman 70.3 Boulder in 3:46:47.
“It was good to win one by myself,” Millward said. “It’s just funny how some days it’s really hard and some days it just kind of clicks. I didn’t feel like I extended myself (Saturday), but I kept it pretty consistent throughout.”
His competition including three-time British Olympian Tim Don and Colorado’s Ben Hoffman, who placed second at the 2014 Ironman World Championships.
Millward pulled away from Don and Hoffman early in the run portion of the triathlon, which featured a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run. At the 12K mark of the run, Millward passed countryman Mark Bowstead, who ended up third with a time of 3:48:34, and then cruised to the championship.
In the women’s race, 32-year-old Alicia Kaye won with a time of 4:13:10. The Clermont, Fla., native, in Boulder to train this summer, pulled away with a strong push on the bike ride.
“I’m not always going to have a cushion like this, but I had a special day,” Kaye said. “I just got on the bike and I never looked back.”
