No offense meant to any of the fabulous female Triathletes who post here, but I felt compelled to post this photo of Lokelani McMichael (sorry, PG-rated only). My sister pulled it from Elle magazine and was thrilled to save it for me. There is also a multi-page article for those who don’t care about the photos (all 2 of you ;-).
http://cib.cnchost.com/PEZ/Lokelani.jpg
Keith
HOLY COW!!!
Now that’s a nice bike ; )
Those shoes just make it ridiculous. She’s an attractive young lady and a fine athlete. Not my type though.
Holy Sizzling Hot Tri-babe!! Would sure love to see this shot from the pool side! Get aload of those calves!
What month’s issue of Elle is that in??
if it’s a past issue that will be tough to obtain can you also post the article!
thanks again,
you made MY day! (and my month!) (hell, you made my YEAR!)
Tim
Don’t forget, this is from a fashion mag, and not a Tri mag, so even though the shoes are odd, for this mag they are probably not.
The article might be from the July '00 Elle according to this…
“WE’VE written about **Lokelani McMichael, **a five-time Ironman triathlete who appears on the current cover of Esquire as “One of America’s 10 Sexiest Athletes.” She was profiled last night on “Extra,” the TV magazine show seen locally on K-5, but on WNBC in New York and KNBC in L.A. The Hawaii athlete also appears in the July issues of Elle and Self magazines, and she’ll be doing her sixth straight Kona Ironman at the grand old age of 23 in October, and will doubtless get world-wide coverage both for her and the race itself …”
Good point. Great photography and nice art direction. It is nice to see athletes- male and female- depicted as fit and strong as well as attractive. The low perspective of this photo conveys that.
Actually, I think it’s from the current Vogue. I’ll check at home.
I know Loki and she is one of the sweetest people in the world. Just a very genuine, nice person.
clm
Looks like she spilled a little ProLink on herself while lubing the chain.
Bet she could get her fair share of offers to help wipe it off. Retouched photo or not. She just looks athletic…beach volleyball athletic and I think that she does tris is fantastic. Can’t speak for her personality but I’ve met very few people in the sport that I didn’t like…and if Cathy says she’s cool then who am I to argue. Sure is hard to get past her looks though (easier by the fact that she’d kick my ass so bad on the course that I’d only ever see her when she was on her way back).
I’ve seen Francois in real life AND seen him in pictures and he is Butt-Ugly in both!
Lokelani, on the other hand, is really as beautiful in real life as that picture shows!
and Cathy is right, she’s a super nice person too!
Tim
Quick…what kind of beer were you drinking that night? And she does look pretty even without retouching…so does Loke;-)
HAHAHA. Probably Tui, or maybe Specht. Skid was double-fisted that evening, if I recall. And really…I WAS BLINKING IN THIS PICTURE! Not to mention, this was a scant week prior to major surgery. 
Hey Tom, the shoes might be ridiculous but are they compatible with the pedals?
blinking…and a week away from surgery…suuuuuuurrrrre. I believe you…if for no other reason no one else on the forum has a picture of them with Loke.
Cathy, you were right…my sister says it is the April issue of ‘Vogue’.
Keith
CLM, you know everyone in this sport on a first name basis. You should quite your day job and become an agent for pro triathletes with all your connections 
Actually, those shoes are fully SPD compatible and are used to enhance the famous Antequil ankling technique.