Luke Dragstra in Challenge Copenhagen

We promised you charismatic starters in Challenge Copenhagen, and they don’t get more charismatic than Luke Dragstra from Canada! Nobody knows how old – The Dragster or Drags as he is also called – is. His birthday is June 24th, but the year remains a secret. All we now is that he is fast!

This year wasn’t the best of years for Luke until July 12th. At that date Luke raced Challenge Roth and set a PB with 8:13:51 and finished 9th in the strongest field of the entire year. With that time he impressed everybody much more then his pink hair could have done alone. Now everybody is waiting for, what he can do next year, and we are extremely happy that we will find out in Copenhagen!

Situated in Crailsheim (on Team Sport Magicfood.de) near Roth, Luke is a good friend of the Challenge Family. We had a chance to meet him several times this year, and we can guarantee that smiles will be upon every face when he is near, before, during and after the race.

One thing is still uncertain about Luke’s participation in Challenge Copenhagen, which colour will the hair be August 15th 2010?  We hope it will be pink, so it will match his bike.
Luke told us that one of the best things about being a pro triathletes, is that he gets to visit so many interesting places around the world. Copenhagen, and the Challenge Copenhagen course will with out a doubt become another favourite. We are really looking forward to welcoming the flamboyant triathlete to Copenhagen in August!

I realized it is time to stop playing journeyman and make a real attack on achieving my career goals. In order to do that you got to be 100% on the start line. The way I have been racing the past years on the road, and doing 4-5-6 IM distance a year, you are always at 85-90% and that is the difference between fighting for wins or trudging in for 5th to 10th or WORSE!

It seems like we can expect a lot more from Luke in 2010 and for Challenge Copenhagen. We are excited to see a 100% fit Luke at the start line in Copenhagen!

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