2011 Top-10 Triathletes Of The Year: The Women
- By Sarah Wassner Flynn
- Published Dec 28, 2011
10. Lesley Paterson
The Scottish off-road star showed incredible mettle when she overcame both a flat on the bike and a face-plant on the run to win her first XTERRA World Championship in November. Her 43:45 10K trail run split—faster than all but 12 of the pro men—allowed her to make up more than six-and-a-half minutes on her competition and gave her a victory by more than two minutes. Paterson, 31, also took top honors at Ironman 70.3 Mooseman, the OC International Triathlon, the inaugural XTERRA Pacific Champs, and finished fourth at the St. Croix 70.3.
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