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CONTENTS No. 287

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DEPARTMENTS

TRAINING

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LAB RABBIT | 147 B Y M AT T F I T Z G E R A L D

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”DRAFTING?”

LANE LINES | 152

BY ROBERT MURPHY

“ANTICIPATION”

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THE BIG RING | 154

BY ROBERT MURPHY

B Y L AW R E N C E M I Z E

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ON THE RUN | 158

B Y M I T C H T H R OW E R

BY ALISTER RUSSELL

EDITOR’S NOTE | 20

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MAIL CALL | 22 CHECKING IN | 27

COLUMNS

News report; IndusTri; Medically speaking; Second take; Training tip; Reality check; 70.3 series; Review; Selection; Beijing countdown; Point-counterpoint; Pro bike; Gatorade athlete; On the Web; Industry profile; Cadence Kona Challenge; NA Sports; College scene; Club profile; Travel talk; Looking back

XTERRA ZONE | 178 B Y J O S I A H M I D DA U G H

TRIATHLETE’S GARAGE | 180 B Y J AY P R A S U H N

AT THE RACES | 186

GEAR BAG | 182

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RACE CALENDAR | 188 TINLEY TALKS | 200 BY SCOTT TINLEY COVER: KARENA DAWN PHOTO BY JOHN SEGESTA

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SPEED LAB | 160

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TECH SUPPORT | 170 BY IAN BUCHANAN

DEAR COACH | 172 B Y R O C H F R E Y & PA U L H U D D L E

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TRAINING FEATURE | 174 B Y DAV E S C O T T

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CONTENTS No. 287

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FEATURES NORTH AMERICAN EVENT GUIDE | 49

Plan your season with our 2008 multisport race calendar BY THE EDITORS

TRIATHLETE’S ANNUAL WETSUIT REVIEW | 98 The top suits for your 2008 racing season B Y B R A D C U L P A N D J AY P R A S U H N

A GLOBAL PHENOMENON | 116 Experiencing Ironman 70.3 Singapore style S T O RY A N D P H O T O S B Y J O H N S E G E S TA

PUMPING UP | 120 Targeted strength training designed especially for triathletes BY JIMMY ARCHER

RACING AROUND THE GLOBE | 129 The top news, racing and training info from the tri scene in Australia

ON THE COVER 12 KEY STRENGTH EXERCISES | 120

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Drafting? By Robert Murphy/bluecreekphotography.com A racer tenderly navigates the bike leg of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carino Health Spa triathlon on Nevis Island in the West Indies of the Caribbean. For winter-bound triathletes wanting to get a jump on warmer weather, the 2008 event will be held on March 18. T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

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Anticipation By Robert Murphy/bluecreekphotography.com An athlete quietly prepares for the long road ahead at the Ford Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Clearwater, Fla., in November. T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

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Board of Directors Mitch Thrower Matthew Barger Russ Crabs John Duke Jean Claude Garot Steven E. Gintowt Bill Walbert Publisher John Duke Chief Executive Officer John Duke Associate Publisher Heather Gordon VP, Sales & Marketing Sean Watkins Chief Financial Officer Steven E. Gintowt Editor-in-Chief T.J. Murphy, tjmurphy@triathletemag.com Managing Editor/Interactive Brand Manager Cameron Elford, cam@triathletemag.com Senior Editor Jay Prasuhn, jay@triathletemag.com Assistant Managing Editor Rebecca Roozen, rebecca@triathletemag.com Photo Editor John Segesta, johns@triathletemag.com Associate & Interactive Editor Brad Culp, brad@triathletemag.com International Editor Shane Smith, shane@triathletemag.com Graphic Designer Oliver Baker, oliver@triathletemag.com Contributing Writers Matt Fitzgerald, Roch Frey, Paul Huddle, Tim Mickleborough, Scott Tinleyf Contributing Photographers Delly Carr Robert Murphy Medical Advisory Board Jordan Metzl, M.D., Krishna Polu, M.D., Jeff Sankoff, M.D. Advertising Director John Duke, johnduke@triathletemag.com Production/Circulation Manager Heather Gordon, heather@triathletemag.com Customer Service Linda Marlowe

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“She’s pregnant!” I heard someone exclaim as they pointed to a very animated woman ripping it up on the dance floor with her husband at the LA Tri Club annual party. “When is she due?” I asked, noticing that she did seem quite pregnant. “Her name is Maroela,” replied Liz Oakes, the club’s managing director, “And she’s due today.” I also remember meeting an athlete last year who had arranged for the medical tent in Lake Placid to be prepared to deliver a baby because his wife was due on the Saturday before Ironman, and they decided they could not miss the race for something as simple as childbirth. A close friend and his wife even decided to induce delivery, nudging it along because the due date came and went and Ironman was the next weekend. Then there was the case of the pro triathlete in the mid-1990s. She had qualified for Ironman Hawaii, found herself pregnant, yet decided to start Kona and see how she felt after the swim. When things got too hot on the bike, she withdrew. Was this a case of crazy excess or a healthy, self-aware, adventurous woman refusing to be assigned a passive role in life? Today, her daughter is well loved, healthy and has a strong sense of purpose and self-confidence. Consider the children being born into the arms of triathlete parents. They find themselves seeing the world from a baby jogger, and they receive swimming diapers for their birthdays along with a Big Wheel with aero bars. Silly? Maybe a little, but when you follow your dreams and stop worrying about what other people might joke or whisper about you, it’s all better. And face it, triathlete parents are typically very, very organized. This sport’s prerequisite is compulsive organization, and when you add the responsibilities and complexity of parenthood to the mix, organization is your only hope. In a way, we are all parents. Not just in the lives of our biological children but also to the new triathletes who surround us. Every triathlon club has its share of newborn triathletes. They won’t be running around in diapers, but they will have a million questions about workouts, running shoes, wetsuits, nutrition and tapering. What kind of a triathlete newbie parent are you? Have you actively every tried to convince a friend to do a triathlon? If not, you should, because once they complete their first race that you inspired or cajoled Train Smart, them to do they will thank you. This season, find someone and inspire them to become a triathlete. Inspiration and triathlon are gifts you can give to someone that will change Mitch Thrower their life and the lives of those around them. mthrower@triathletemag.com

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Planning for success By Jay Prasuhn

Welcome to Triathlete magazine’s 2008 Event Guide, a visual buffet of events in the coming race season. It highlights events large and small, across the country and in your back yard. From the big Ironman events to the local sprint, it’s carefully assembled by U.S. Multi-Sport Directory creators Hubie Krawczyk and Warren Knoll, two of the hardest working men in the tri business—even down to Hubie’s James Brown-esque bouffant. Regardless what part of the country you’re in, there’re events at nearly every distance, each with new chances to earn PRs, raise funds for cancer research, beat a co-worker and claim office superiority, justify the post-race pizza pigout or just have fun. Whatever your pleasure, there’s a date to circle on the calendar. If you’re like me, this is the time to sit back, grab a pen and start making a hit list for your ’08 campaign while circling your A races, B races and doing-it-withmy-brother-for-fun races. Planning is part of the fun. 20

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But how to set up the year? Maybe you’re considering a season of “-man” events. Start with a Tinman (in Tucson, Ariz.), then move on to Graniteman (in Pleasant Lake, Minn.), Mooseman (in Newfound Lake, N.H.), Wildman (in Orlando, Fla.), Cornman (in Gladbrook, Iowa), Cajunman (in Lafayette, La.), Pigman (in Palo, Iowa), Powerman (in Birmingham, Ala.), Mulletman (in Pensacola, Fla. . . . no word on free entries for rockin’ a Wisconsin Waterfall) then an Ironman or Ironman 70.3. If you’re up for a different kind of challenge, there’s always the Best of the U.S. series. Series organizer Jerry MacNeil established one event in each state to serve as a state championship and national-championship qualifier. At the national championship, which this year will be hosted by the SOMA Quarterman in Tempe, Ariz., in October, the 50 male and 50 female state champions go head-to-head at an Olympic-distance event, with awards going to the top 10 and Waterford Crystal trophies to the top three. No age groups, no looking at calves to see how you stand. “We’re in love with a concept of a winner-take-all championship, one which ultimately makes good athletes better and helps define the top strata of American amateur athletes,” says MacNeil. “And we love seeing amateurs who take so much pride in their region and state,” MacNeil says. The series is also a great place to spot up-and-coming talent. Last year’s Arizona state champ, Katie Ellis, took the national title in Florida and is now a young star on the rise, pro bound. Hawaii’s Bree Wee, who cut her teeth in the Best of the U.S. Series, went on to set an age-group record at the Hawaii Ironman last year. One thing’s for certain: The sport has never been healthier or more popular. “As a microcosm of the sport, look at the Life Time Fitness Triathlon, which last year brought a minimum of 600 new triathletes to the start lime. Many, many more are coming in than going out,” MacNeil says. “You can no longer call it a renaissance.” Get your pens out, relax on your sofa and start planning.

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MAIL CALL Humility at its best

In our endeavor to integrate the glorious pursuit of athletic excellence with ordinary life, lessons of humility are extremely valuable to us. Mail Call has provided us with two great ones recently. The first began with Charlie Yu’s assertion of what constitutes an Ironman, followed by the rash of responses, as well as Charlie’s apology. The latest lesson in humility began with Chris Jannuzzi’s response to an apparent act of sabotage of his transition area at Vineman 70.3. Cindy DeMarco’s explanation of the circumstances that caused the disruption for Chris really drives home the point of these lessons: Things are not always as we perceive them; therefore, it’s best if we disengage from our judgments and patiently approach each situation and each other with compassion and an open mind. Humility is our capacity to do exactly that. Shane Eversfield Lake Placid, N.Y.

Here’s to chocolate milk

I had to laugh when I read about chocolate milk as the hot new recovery drink. I’ve been using it for several years and recommending it to anyone who will listen. In my first year in the sport, I got home from a long ride and needed to refuel but was out of the Endurox I had been using. Looking at the empty can it was pretty clear that I needed some carbs, some protein and some fluid. That’s when the chocolate syrup came out. On days when I know I’ll feel it in my legs if I skip a recovery drink, chocolate milk helps me get back to full strength. Rich Friedeman North Branch, Minn.

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The Deca Iron Challenge

I’m writing to let you know how happy I was with the Deca Iron Challenge coverage by Steve Kirby on triathletemag.com. His writing is superb with so much humanity. The coverage itself was way more than I ever would have expected. Alexandre Luna Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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I wanted to let you know you have an awesome magazine. I am not yet a triathlete competitor but have been following the sport for many years. I have major respect for all levels of these athletes. I compete in the sport of beach volleyball semi-professionally and wanted to let you know how terrific the article “Hard Knock Life” by Jay Prasuhn was. It really struck home with me. I can totally relate to these triathletes attempting to secure sponsorships. I have been securing individual sponsorships from companies since 1996, and it is very daunting, to say the least. It is, however, a lot of fun building relationships with these companies to secure your future in whatever sport you compete in. My current sponsors are companies involved in triathlon, and they took a chance on me and ventured outside triathlon to support me in beach volleyball. The one athlete spoke of a shoe company sending him one pair of shoes and then expecting him to represent the company for an entire season. My answer is “Yep, you have to do that to build your future as a pro.” Be an ambassador to that company that first year or two, work trade shows, volunteer at expos when you’re not racing, whatever it takes. When your contract is up then you negotiate for additional products/money in your renewal. For whatever this is worth to the up and comers in triathlon out there, just know we have all been there. Heck, some of us are still there. All in all though, I would not trade anything for the relationships and friendships I have made with my sponsors. Thanks again for a great magazine every month. Paul Madau Rochester, N.Y.

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My physician asked me if my daughter, who had just been diagnosed with cancer, would be his sponsor for his Team in Training fundraiser. I expressed interest in joining this organization, as I too wanted to do something for her and others suffering from that dreaded disease. 22

After attending my first TNT meeting I was persuaded I could complete a triathlon while raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I thought I could swim; I exercised on the elliptical machine a couple times a week; and I know how to ride a bike. In reality, I would have drowned after my first lap in the pool if my feet didn’t touch the bottom; I couldn’t finish a 15-minute mile on the treadmill; and locking my feet to the pedals was scary restrictive. Knowing what my daughter was going through made my 5 a.m. swim sessions more bearable. TNT turned me from an over-the-hill man to a run-back-up-the-hill triathlete. On race day, as my team huddled together, my motivation was the news that my daughter was in complete remission. It felt as if my feet weren’t even touching the ground as I ran across the finish line with my entire family cheering me along. I cannot fully express here the myriad of uplifting feelings, but let it be said I immediately began looking forward to my next race. Through the generosity of my friends and my company’s double match, I raised $63,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Not bad for a little swim, bike and run.

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Swim skins: Ironman tested, FINA approved By Jay Prasuhn

Normann Stadler’s 2006 win at the Hawaii Ironman was all about the bike, but it was a fast swim that took him out of the water with the leaders and into the race lead. Much credit for that swim was given to the swim skin he donned over his race kit. While swim skins were a rarity in 2006, Blue Seventy counted 599 athletes in their pointzero3 suit at the 2007 Hawaii Ironman. While swim skins are making athletes—from age groupers to pros—faster swimmers, there are critics of the technology. First, what are these suits? Like wetsuits, swim skins are thin, rubbery, pocket-less suits worn over a normal race out28

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fit then removed after the swim. But unlike wetsuits, they have crushed neoprene sandwiched between coated rubber skins, which theoretically offer no buoyancy (governing bodies perform tests to determine buoyancy). Instead, the benefit comes from the slick skin’s low drag coefficient. Yet with the surface resistant to water the inside doesn’t waterlog and thus is lighter (and perhaps more buoyant) than any traditional material. While the suits are legal for non-wetsuit swims at WTC and USA Triathlon events, they are still not legal for use in International Triathlon Union events, which includes the triathlon to be held in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. ITU rules deem that any suit designed to be removed after the swim is illegal. But at the 2007 Hawaii Ironman just about every pro and many age groupers donned what is being dubbed the non-wetsuit-swim wetsuit. The suits are usually knee-length

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sleeveless unitards, and a handful of top companies—Blue Seventy, Orca, Zoot, XTERRA and Nineteen, to name a few— already manufacture them. Why do elite swimmers want in on them? A fairly definitive vote of confidence came in early November when Blue Seventy’s pointzero3 swim skin became the first swim skin approved for use in international swimming events by FINA, swimming’s international governing body. So while the ITU may ban them, swimmers may use them, particularly in the Olympics, where an openwater 10K swim will debut in Beijing. Many age groupers and pros looking for an edge and a new swim PR are praising the arrival of swim skins. “I’m surprised it didn’t come along quicker,” says Australian pro Kate Major. “I think they’re great—they’re fast, even against older-style Lycra speed-suits. They don’t absorb as much water as the Lycra ones did, so it feels like you get a little buoyancy, which means less drag. Plus they’re slick, they keep things compact and you really don’t get hot in them. It’s a great progression of technology.” But not all are fond of them. At best, the suits change the visual look of a race, especially one as storied as the Hawaii Ironman, with rubber-clad athletes superseding Speedos charging out of Kailua Bay. And at worst? “I understand that technology is good, but it should favor everybody. The advantage isn’t there for everyone, it’s there for the slower swimmers to get up to the faster ones,” says 2007 Hawaii Ironman runner-up Craig Alexander. “If you have a non-wetsuit swim, it should be without swim aids, and this is a swim aid. This changes the race, and honestly, I’m surprised FINA approved it.” Alexander adds: “It contributes to the drafting as well; the suits make the swim pack bigger so a bigger group gets out of the water together. Plus it hurts the spirit of an event like Kona . . . Swimming should just be swimming.” Major understands the controversy but contends you can’t stop progress. “I think they make a difference, but it’s either everyone can wear them or nobody can. It’s like clip-in pedals; they effectively make you a better cyclist, but people resisted them at first.” With FINA’s stamp of approval, swim skins don’t look like they’re going away anytime soon, which simply begs the question for those warm-water swims: How fast do you want to go?

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Tri-California announces its 2008 race calendar

SCOTT sponsors 2008 Ironman Switzerland

Avia Wildflower: May 2-4, 2008 Escape from Alcatraz: June 8, 2008 The Triathlon at Pacific Grove: Sept. 12-14, 2008 Scott Tinley’s Adventures: Oct. 3-5, 2008 The San Francisco Triathlon: Nov. 8-9, 2008 More information on 2008 TriCalifornia events available at tricalifornia.com.

SCOTT will sponsor the 2008 Ironman Switzerland event, which will take place on July 13 in Zurich. SCOTT will have its triathlon bikes and accessories on-site for review. Zurich will also be the city in which SCOTT launches its new running-shoe line, which will become available in late fall of this year.

Bali set for second annual triathlon

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The second annual Bali International Triathlon will be held on Bali on June 29, 2008. The Olympic-distance course features a 1.5km swim in the warm waters of Jimbaran Bay, a 40km bike through the Nusa Dua area of the island and a 10km run with a beach finish. Athletes can compete in individual age-groups or on threeperson relay teams. Four Seasons at Jimbaran Bay is offering a prize package consisting of a six-night stay in one of its luxury villas for both the first male and first female finishers. For more information, go to balitriathlon.com or call 310-570-9501.

Fuhr inducted into Triathlete Hall of Fame Triathlete magazine has announced former Hawaii Ironman world champion Heather Fuhr as its 2008 inductee into the Triathlete Hall of Fame.

The effects of triathlon on reproductive health By Dr. Jeffrey Sankoff, MD, FACEP, FRCP(C) John Segesta/wahoomedia.com

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Spring is in the air and triathletes are getting outdoors for training. But spring also heralds another, older instinct: to reproduce. What are the effects of triathlon training and racing on reproductive health? I’ll focus on women this month and men in the May issue. For non-pregnant women, the effects of exercise on reproductive health are seen primarily in those who train and race at a very high level. Amenorrhea refers to the absence of normal menstrual cycles. Primary amenorrhea means

One of the most prolific Ironmandistance racers in the history of the sport, Fuhr owns 12 Ironman titles, including her win at the 1997 Ironman World Championship. Fuhr’s 2:51 run split at Ironman Switzerland is the second-fastest Ironman marathon by a woman. With her induction into the Triathlete Hall of Fame, Fuhr joins the likes of Tom Warren, Bill Shanahan, Dave Scott, John Collins, John Howard, Julie Moss, Scott Tinley, Carl Thomas, Scott Molina and Greg Welch.

Get on the fast track to improvement at the Boulder running camp

Zoot launches first triathlon-specific shoes Zoot Sports has introduced the first triathlon-specific footwear line— the ULTRA Footwear Collection. Based on athlete feedback and multiple focus groups, Zoot Sports identified— and designed the shoe to counteract— four inherent footwear problems specific to triathletes: speed of entry, sockless wear, water retention and biomechanics. The ULTRA Footwear line will be in stores around the world this spring. Visit zootsports.com for more info on the footwear line.

CEO Challenges has teamed up with Simon Lessing (a five-time triathlon world champion) and Darren De Reuck (coach of Olympian Colleen De Reuck and many others) to offer a running camp from April 4-7 in Boulder, Colo. For more information, visit ceochallenges.com.

MEDICALLY SPEAKING that menstrual cycles never started while secondary amenorrhea refers to a cessation of cycles after a period of time with normal menstruation. Primary or secondary amenorrhea is seen in 5 to 25 percent of women who exercise regularly, with the determining factors being the type and intensity of exercise. Competitive runners are the most likely to develop secondary amenorrhea. It is related primarily to restrictive caloric intake and high-vol-

ume exercise. With the loss of body weight and fat, changes in the hypothalamus cause a depletion of hormonal levels needed for maintaining menstrual cycles. For the most part, however, this does not pose a health risk. But one important caveat relates to skeletal changes. Over time (in a process similar to that which occurs during menopause), bone demineralization may occur due to the lack of hormones. Women who develop secondary amenorrhea should have their bone density assessed periodically. Note, however, that secondary amenorrhea is almost always reversible. With a diminution of training levels and increased caloric intake the body recovers and menstruation begins anew. Train hard, train healthy.

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Lori Deschamps of Anchorage, Alaska, checks out past champions as she heads out of Cypress Gardens at the Best of the U.S. National Championships in Winter Haven, Fla., on Oct. 6, 2007.

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Five questions for Marcus George of the USAT Collegiate Commission By Aaron Kamnetz

Marcus George has been active in the growth and development of collegiate triathlon, helping to found the UCLA Triathlon Team, the UCLA IronBruin Triathlon and the West Coast Collegiate Triathlon Conference. He is currently a representative for USAT Collegiate Commission, an assistant coach with UCLA Triathlon and a USAT-certified race director. Triathlete recently chatted with George about collegiate triathlon. How large of a role do you see conferences playing in the future of collegiate triathlon?

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The last two years have seen the grassroots emergence of collegiate conferences across the nation. Previously, collegiate triathletes simply did not have the opportunity to experience the passion, team spirit and rivalry found in intercollegiate athletics. These conferences provide a structured environment for athletes to compete against their peers in a series of races in which both individuals and teams are ranked over the course of the season. In the future, conferences will encourage schools to host their own races, which will foster the intercollegiate spirit and is a good source of fundraising. How important is collegiate triathlon to the overall growth of the sport?

Collegiate triathlon teams will be the largest recruiters of athletes age 1825. In California alone there are several teams with more than 100 members. The atmosphere of living with teammates, training together as a group every day and competing together in the name of school pride provides a motivating and enjoyable introduction to the multisport lifestyle. How large of a role has USAT played in the development of the conferences to this point?

The amazing thing is all of the existing conferences were established by students and are run by students. Where USAT has played a vital role is in kick-

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starting a unified collegiate vision by bringing a number of collegiate leaders from across the country to a planning meeting in October of 2006. I would personally call on USAT to sit down with the Collegiate Commission to establish a national collegiate constitution. How are the conferences funded?

Conferences currently receive no official funding from USAT or any other organization. Some conferences have applied for and received small grants from their regions. Other conferences, like the WCCTC in California, charge teams $20 to help cover costs. One of the biggest hurdles to the continued development of collegiate triathlon is a lack of funding. Anyone interested in supporting the collegiate program should contact his [or her] regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Collegiate Commission member. There are rumors that conferences will serve as a means for qualifying to the collegiate nationals race as early as 2009. Is this true?

Collegiate nationals already sells out each year. If participation in collegiate nationals continues to grow at its current pace [roughly 535 in 2005, 645 in 2006 and 833 in 2007] it is possible that at some point qualification criteria could be implemented. In the near term, limits will simply be placed on the number of athletes each team can bring to nationals, a policy which has been in effect since last year.

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Research shows that downhill run training can reduce DOMS as well as enhance running speeds overall. It’s important to integrate downhill training sessions into your weekly program in a careful manner so you avoid injury and overtraining. After a good warmup, start with a set of four to six reps of downhill running at around 85 percent of your maximum speed on a 4- to 6-percent grade for up to 80 to 100 meters. After each rep, jog back up the hill as part of your recovery and then repeat. Over three or four weeks, increase your reps gradually to 10; your distance up to 200 meters; and your speed to almost 100 percent. At most, experienced athletes should repeat this workout twice a week but most will get maximum results from one workout a week.

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Does downhill run training improve performance? By Troy Jacobson

Experienced runners know downhill running is hard on the body and creates excessive stress on joints, muscles and connective tissues. After a race with plenty of downhill sections, they experience significant debilitating DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, or damage caused to the muscle by extreme eccentric muscle contractions), which can have a negative impact on recovery and training.

Aging up

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Eric Yatko

CHANDLER, ARIZ. By Marni Rakes Eric Yatko is no stranger to his competition. With a second-place finish at the 2006 IronKids National Championship, Eric not only exemplifies talent as a triathlete but his humbleness and carefree attitude are strongly respected among his peers. With a fierce competitive attitude, Eric often competes quietly as he demonstrates his real enthusiasm for the sport. “I really enjoy playing soccer, but I also like running and biking with my dad,” Eric says. “Now I love triathlons.” With a love for fixed-gear riding, climbing mountains and road racing, Eric also looks up to his grandfather, who set the

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As triathlon matures, more experienced athletes are aging up, making the older age groups more competitive. As endurance athletes age, there needs to be a slight shift in their approach to training. Aspects like resistance training, highintensity training and recovery become more important to maximize performance. Research shows that a key component to maintaining strength and muscle mass in older adults is high-intensity training. With regular endurance training, the aging athlete’s muscles maintain oxidative enzymes, capillary density and muscle-fiber composition, but declining factors tend to be the athlete’s ability to produce power and speed. These athletes need to incorporate a steady diet of higher-intensity interval training and resistance training. At the same time, they should be especially mindful of their greater need for recovery and rest for adaptation and growth to occur. The old adage, “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it,” is especially true for the competitive masters endurance athletes. Where most training plans incorporate a traditional seven-day micro-cycle, masters athletes may want to experiment with a 10-day micro-cycle, allowing for longer rest periods between high-intensity interval sessions and other hard workouts.

age-group record (at the age of 51) as a recumbent rider in RAAM. It is no surprise Eric is an exceptionally strong biker, and typical training rides may involve 2000-plus feet of climbing. Eric currently races for the Phoenix Tri Club elite team. But academics inspire Eric as much as triathlon. “I’d like to be an engineer or do something in pharmaceuticals,” he says. “I also want to be a professional triathlete.”

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One more 70.3 for 2008

Austin to host Ironman’s newest event

By Brad Culp

Austin, Texas, has it all: Since 2000, it’s been the third fastest-growing city in the U.S., Money magazine selected it as the second-best place to live in 2006 and

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MSN has declared it the Greenest City in America, for the city’s commitment to sustainable living. And now, Austin has its own Ironman 70.3 race. The inaugural Longhorn Ironman 70.3 (formally the Longhorn Triathlon) will take place Oct. 5, 2008. The folks at Ironman were so sure Austin would be a perfect fit for an event that they began talking with race director Keith Jordan about adding his

race before the inaugural event even took place in 2007. Last year’s race was a success, even if the temps did climb to near 100 degrees. “The weather was strange last year,” Jordan said. “Austin is never that hot in October; we just got a bad day.” Provided last year’s weather was a fluke and not a sign of global warming, athletes can expect temperatures this year to hold closer to 80 degrees, with relatively dry air. Moderate temperatures will be welcomed as the course is anything but a walk in the park. “After last year’s race I had a lot of people saying it was the hardest halfIronman they’ve ever done,” Jordan said. “But I think that had more to do with the heat than the hills . . . it’s really not that bad.” Both the bike and run courses can best be described as rolling, with a few significant climbs on each one. Last year’s winning times were 4:30:40 for the men and 5:13:12 for the women, but those are sure to come down with more mild mercury and 50 Clearwater slots on the line. Registration is now open at longhornironman.com.

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Second Ford Ironman race for Arizona in 2008 North America Sports is pleased to announce the addition of a second Ford Ironman Arizona race to its 2008 event schedule. The city of Tempe and the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community will again partner with NA Sports to host a Ford Ironman Arizona event on Nov. 23, 2008. The fall event will become the permanent date for this event going forward. Some of the reasons for the change include avoiding the gusty winds and hot weather that have challenged athletes in the first three years of the race and alleviating scheduling issues. The event will be held the weekend before Thanksgiving in the future. North America Sports will be holding events on both dates

in 2008 to insert the fall date into race and community calendars. The fall date will allow NA Sports to offer 2009 Ford Ironman World Championship qualifying slots and will permit athletes living in colder climates a chance to compete in this event. Race director for both 2008 Tempe events Paul Huddle said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The transition of the Ford Ironman Arizona to November is a testament to the commitment of all parties involved in finding it a permanent home in the calendar. Hosting two Ironman events in a year is a big undertaking, and the enthusiasm of the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community and the City of Tempe is huge vote of confidence.â&#x20AC;? The April 2008 Ford Ironman Arizona event is sold out, and entry for the November 2008 race is expected to open to strong demand. For further information about the events or to volunteer, please visit ironmanarizona.com.

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On the road again

Specialized Knee Warmers

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At the 2006 Ironman Wisconsin, plenty of athletes were unprepared for the chill that greeted them on race day. In T1, many racers were seen struggling to pull arm warmers over their legs in desperate hope of shielding their working muscles from the cold. Don’t be that guy. Pick up a pair of Specialized knee warmers. They’re the warmest we’ve put on, thanks to increased thermal fabric on the leading side. specialized.com

Five new products to help you take on the cold

By Brad Culp

Winter should be in the rear-view mirror soon enough. Until then, you’ll need to bundle up if you want to get a jumpstart on the 2008 season. If you’re sick of the indoor trainer and treadmill, pick up one of these products, stay warm and get on the road.

Pearl Izumi Syncroseek2 GTX

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Your local trail is soaking wet, full of mud and ice, but you really want to get outside. If you’ve ever had this impulse, try a pair of Pearl’s new Syncrosseek2 trail runners and get wet. The carbon-rubber perimeter will keep your feet completely dry in water up to two inches deep. pearlizumi.com

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At the Ford Ironman California 70.3 in 2006, Zoot athlete Luke Bell cut the neck off of a turtleneck top to give him just the right amount of warmth and comfort. Inspired by Bell’s tailoring, Zoot created the XOtherm top with a midcut neck and brushed knit fabric to keep you comfortable when you need just a little added warmth. They also built in a friction-free zone in the underarm gusset to prevent chaffing on the run. zootsports.com

2XU Membrane Cycle Jacket $195

A unisex jacket that actually looks cool on males and females. The Membrane is waterproof and even has a special pocket to keep your MP3 player and cell phone dry and within reach. 2xu.com

Bowerman and the Men of Oregon $18 (paperback) By Brad Culp

Legendary University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman never coached a triathlete. Even so, he’s due some credit for helping ignite the triathlon boom. Prior to Bowerman writing extensively on the benefits of jogging, endurance sports were viewed as ridiculous by mainstream culture. Look around any suburban street nowadays and you’ll notice that view has clearly changed. In Bowerman and the Men of Oregon, one of the coach’s brightest pupils, Kenny Moore, spends 415 pages recalling his experiences with the man who helped him qualify for two Olympic teams. Along the way, the reader is treated to first-hand tales of Steve Prefontaine, the founding of Nike and a look at a man who was so obsessed with running that he spent his free time making shoe soles out of a waffle iron. It’s a must-read for any student of endurance sports or anyone who wants to dig up the nostalgia of their own favorite coach. 36

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U.S. men and women battle for final Olympic slots

After the 2004 Olympics it appeared Andy Potts and Hunter Kemper would be locked in for the ’08 games: The pair has been dominant on the World Cup circuit for the better part of a decade. While Kemper struggled with injuries throughout most of 2007, Potts was on fire and was the heavy favorite to grab the first American slot at the Beijing World Cup in August. However, in Beijing, Jarrod Shoemaker stunned the top American men and ran his way to the first spot on the team. The women’s race wasn’t nearly as surprising, as Laura Bennett was the first American across the line and secured her spot in this summer’s games. Those athletes still clinging to Olympic aspirations will have two more chances: one in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on April 20 and the other after the Hy-Vee World Cup in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 22 (based on the USAT points leaders after

the race). Potts and Kemper are the easy picks to grab the final spots, but there are plenty of dark horses to look out for on both the men and women’s sides.

of second-place finishes at Ixtapa and Geneva last year, but he was relegated to the second pack at World Cup events.

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Sarah Haskins: Haskins had a stellar 2007, so she’s not a true dark horse, but she’s not a lock for the Olympic team. Haskins recorded seven topfive finishes in ’07 and showed she can run with the best women in the world. If she can summon the run speed she had at Honolulu last year, she’ll have a shot at making the team. Julie Ertel: She’s an all-or-nothing athlete who guns for the podium at every race. Ertel came on strong at the end of 2007, winning in Cancun and San Francisco. She also kicked off the year with a win in Honolulu, and she’ll no doubt look to do the same in Tuscaloosa and Des Moines in 2008. Sarah Groff: Groff had tremendous success on the Pan American circuit, but in 2007 she struggled at World Cup events. Groff’s wins at Geneva and the Aquathlon World Championship demonstrated she has the run speed to out-kick the rest of the women.

Matt Reed: Reed may have been the most consistent American on the circuit last year. He picked up a pair of top-five finishes at Vancouver and Honolulu, but his most impressive race came at the Hamburg World Championship, where the Kiwiturned-American dictated the pace for most of the bike leg and then hung on to finish 14th. Brian Fleischmann: Aside from Potts, he’s probably the best swimmer among the American men, which typically sets him up nicely for the bike leg. His solid swim-run combination earned him a spot on the podium at Honolulu last year, but if he wants to step up to the next level, he’ll have to separate himself from the faster runners early on. Doug Friman: The veteran has been consistent, but he has yet to have that breakthrough race on the World Cup level. Friman took a pair Delly Carr/triathlon.org

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Lake Logan Triathlon

Date: Aug. 2, 2008 Distance: 1500m swim, 40km bike, 10km run Company: Glory Hound Events Web site: setupevents.com Canton, NC’s Lake Logan in the Appalachian Mountains has cool water temperatures—a refreshing break from the heat and humidity of lower elevations. The bike and run courses are mostly flat with a little uphill work on the run. The race is close to the Blue Ridge parkway, where the scenery is fantastic.

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American Birkebeiner Cross-country Ski Race

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The event starts from the Telemark resort in Hayward, Wis., where you’ll be fully immersed in the geekdom of the sport. (I didn't know you could wax your skis in so many ways.) The Birkie (51km) is not for the meek. If the 51km isn't your cup of tea, try the Kortelopet (23km). Dust off those skis and give it a try.

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Date: Oct. 18, 2008 Distance: 1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run; .75km swim, 20km bike, 5km run; 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike, 13.1-mile run Company: BBSC Endurance Sports Web site: bbscendurancesports.com The Pumpkinman Triathlon, in Lake Mead National Recreational Area and Boulder City, Nev., will be home of the USA Triathlon Halfmax National Championship this year. Give it a try, because this is Vegas, baby!

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The Life Time Fitness Triathlon takes place in the beautiful urban setting of Minnesota lakes, parks and the majestic Mississippi River. Location: Minneapolis, Minn. Date: July 12, 2008 Distances: Olympic and sprint Participants: 3,200 Registration is now open Web site: ltftriathlon.com

Nautica New York City Triathlon

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Accenture Chicago Triathlon

The world's largest triathlon, staged along Chicago's beautiful downtown lakefront with the finish in the heart of Grant Park, just over a block from the Hilton Chicago Towers on Michigan Avenue. Location: Chicago, Ill. Date: Aug. 22-24, 2008 Distance: Olympic and sprint Participants: 8,500 Registration is now open Web site: chicagotriathlon.com

The Nautica New York City Triathlon consists of a 1500meter Hudson River swim—the fastest triathlon swim in the world—a single loop, 40km bike on the challenging Henry Hudson Highway and a scenic 10km run that finishes in Central Park. Location: New York, N.Y. Date: July 20, 2008 Distance: Olympic Participants: 5,500 Registration is now open Web site: nyctri.com

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The LA Triathlon is a virtual tour of the city. Starting at Venice Beach and finishing at Staples Center, you will see the icons of the city. Location: Los Angeles, Calif. Date: Sept. 7, 2008 Distance: Olympic and sprint Participants: 3,200 Registration is now open Web site: latriathlon.com

Toyota U.S. Open Triathlon

The first U.S. Open in the sport of triathlon, this event serves as the culmination of the Life Time Fitness Triathlon Series. Location: Dallas, Texas Date: Oct. 5, 2008 Distances: Olympic and sprint Participants: 2,000 Registration is now open Web site: usopentriathlon.com Also, “Tri It Inside” with Life Time Fitness Indoor Triathlons at select Life Time Fitness locations nationwide.

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Triathlete magazine’s 25th anniversary

Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon

International editor Michaela Findeis wrote the Starting Lines column for the September issue in 1996, describing a barrier within triathlon akin to the role a sub-four-minute mile played in track and field during the 1950s. “Jürgen Zäck fiercely believed he could do it, and so did Paui Kiuru. Mark Allen thought it was possible in 1994, but failed. Rainer Müller-Hörner prepared himself with the most accurate methodology but was struck down by the heat and hit the wall. Thomas Hellriegel attempted to do almost as much mileage as a Tour de France rider, but his body went on strike only a few days before. And Christian Bustos, like so many others, probably had a dream that he would not voice out loud: Break the record; be the first man to finish an Ironman in fewer than eight hours.” Findeis went on to report how Lothar Leder, a 25-year-old German, was not even a favorite at Ironman Germany that year, which, at the time, was held in Roth (no longer a WTC event, it is now called the Quelle Challenge) on July 14. The men’s race was expected to be a battle between Zäck, Hellriegel and MüllerHörner, and Leder was not missed when he didn’t show up for the pre-race press

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conference. Leder, an exceptionally strong runner, swam 2.4 miles in 49:33 and biked 4:24:06 to place him in a perfect position for the marathon. Who was with him? Müller-Hörner was, but Zäck had quit with 20km left in the bike—he lost five minutes on the swim and couldn’t climb back into it. Hellriegel hadn’t even started: Legendary for his monstrous training schedule, this is the year he contracted shingles and withdrew from the event beforehand. Müller-Hörner would tell Triathlete’s Lisa Park that he knew “from the moment we got off the bike the record would be broken today.” The 80-degree heat zapped him, but not Leder, who would record a 2:43:23 run to crack the eight-hour mark with a 7:57:02, besting the previous record for an Ironman-distance race, held by Dave Scott—8:01:11 in the 1989 Ironman Japan. How did he do it? Low-tech was his answer. “I didn’t wear a watch; I just went by how I felt,” Leder said. “Rainer was with me until 5k into the run, but he looked at his watch and we were both shocked to realize we’d done that distance in 18 minutes.” Rainer slowed down, and Leder ran his way into the history books as the first man under eight hours.

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At issue: Are Speedos and neon greens The Grateful Dead just a blast from the past, or do they should be deserve to rear their (some may say, ugly) By Jay Prasuhn heads in our sport again?

Honoring our glory days By Brad Culp

Flip the radio on to any station worth listening to and you’re guaranteed to hear at least one classic ’80s song every hour. Go to a wedding and you know the DJ will get the party started with “Mr. Roboto.” The ’80s are still alive almost everywhere you go. Everywhere, that is, except triathlon. And that’s a shame. The ’80s will forever be the glory days of our sport. Not just because we witnessed athletes like Dave Scott, Mark Allen, Scott Tinley and Scott Molina duking it out in on the Queen K, but because they did so in such fine fashion . . . literally. Glow sticks weren’t needed after the

sun set in Kona, because every athlete was decked out in some neon hue. Green, yellow, pink, stripes, polka dots, whatever. Nothing exudes more confidence than prancing around a small town in a fluorescent Speedo and a top so small a 9year-old girl couldn’t squeeze into it. Now, Jay is going to try to tell you the new conservative look of triathlon is good for the sport. But deep down he’s longing to bust out that purple Speedo he rocked in 1987. He still listens to “Thriller” to get pumped up before his tough workouts (which consist of 45 minutes of riding and an hour of complaining). He still chooses “Who’s the Boss?” reruns over “Family Guy” every night of the week. I am dedicated to bringing back the old-school look. Sure, I may not have been alive for a good chunk of the ’80s, but that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate a good pair of jorts (jean shorts) or neon Lycra. I eBayed a supply of green and purple Speedos, and that’ll be my race kit of choice in 2008. As triathletes, we work hard for our figures, so why cover that up with long-sleeve tops and bottoms. Jay will tell you he doesn’t like Speedos because of the chaffing and discomfort, but that’s a lie. He just knows his legs are scrawny, and he’s ashamed. Not me. I’m dedicated to making 2008 the year the Speedo makes a comeback. So dig around your attic, go to a thrift shop or scroll through the pages of eBay. Find the most ridiculous Speedo and tightest top you can and be part of the revolution.

triathletemag.com forums Triathletemag.com recently launched a pair of online discussion forums for all things multisport. There is a general discussion forum where readers are free to post information on training, racing or any other news they’d like to share. Also at triathletemag.com, you’ll find a coaches’ forum, where you can post any training inquiries you may have, or share tips with other readers. We have enlisted the expert coaches at Cadence Cycling & Multisport

When Oakley launched the new Radar, with its high-tech hydrophobic lens and killer shape, it was the 21st century at its best. When they decided to do a limited run of retro Radars with a limegreen frame, I winced as ’80s flashbacks came pouring into my mind: striped unitards, neon pinks and greens. So why would anyone want to rock it retro? Do you think the marketing experts are going say, “Gee, this kid Brad has point—he didn’t get to live the era of Pac Man, Frogskins and “Miami Vice,” so let’s bring it back for him, see our sales spiral and give him his look-at-howretro-core-I-am moment. I would like to think our tech-savvy athletes are forward thinkers. I would think the fact that a former Calvin Klein designer does the colors and lines for 2XU would mean something about how much better designed and better looking the apparel is today. Never mind the technology that goes into it. The only retro apparel I’ve bought recently was pair of reissued Nike waffle racers. They aren’t for my upcoming season; they’re much better for wearing to a casual party. But run in them? I’ll stick to my new Pearl Izumi racers. Brad, while you are drawn to the allure of the olden days, it doesn’t mean the market has to go back to relive it for you. Maybe it’ll get out of your system if I set you up with an old Journey, Flock of Seagulls and Run DMC mix tape for your cassette player to get you psyched up for your race. If that does it for you, then great. But know everyone will be laughing at you.

ON THE WEB Centers to help answer your questions, as well as post regular workouts, which you can adapt to your own training program. So, if there’s something on your mind, or you need a little training advice, click on the links on triathletemag.com.

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For a world-renowned road-racing legend, France’s Laurent Jalabert is a hell of a triathlete. After qualifying for Kona at Ironman Switzerland, Jalabert—one of a recent spate of roadies retiring to tri, including Kai Hundertmark, Udo Bolts, Massimo Cigana and Rolf Aldag—made his Hawaii Ironman debut last year. After a 1:15 swim, he reeled off a quick 4:45:49 bike—26th best for the day. And he backed that bike with a 3:10:09 marathon for a 76th place overall finish in 9:19:58. Finishing 12th in the super-deep 35-39 age group, Jalabert’s the real deal. Jalabert rides the LOOK 496, the French brand he’s amassed some key wins on and consulted with after his retirement in 2002. Turning pro as a cyclist in 1989 with Toshiba and riding with ONCE and CSC, he made a career of winning races from the 42

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1995 Vuelta a Espana and several Tour de France stages to one-day classics including Paris-Nice, Fleche-Wallone, Milan-San Remo and the Classica San Sebastian, as well as a world time-trial championship title in ’97. Jalabert’s 496 Tri takes no chances, going with stock offerings including a standard Zipp 808 wheel set. His wildest accoutrements are the Shimano-made PRO Missile aerobar and a massive 56tooth big blade, obscuring the 44-tooth small ring. His position is certainly not rearward UCI-mandated, running about a 76-degree seat angle on his frame. As 2007 Kona winner Chris McCormack did in Hawaii, Jalabert ran a mountainbiking saddle, the Selle San Marco Aspide K-Protek. A B C D

Frame LOOK 496 Tri, size medium Fork LOOK Monoblade integrated Aerobar PRO Missile Groupset Shimano Dura-Ace 10-

speed, 11-23 cassette E Chainring Shimano Dura-Ace, 56-44 F Wheels Zipp 404 front, 808 rear G Tires Continental Competition, 700 x 22mm tubulars H Pedals LOOK KeO Carbon Ironman I Hydration VO2 Max Technology carbon bottle cages J Saddle Selle San Marco Aspide KProtek

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CADENCE CYCLING

Coaching tip By Chad Butts

A proper bike fit is the most overlooked factor in cycling performance and one of the easiest ways to increase speed. Determining correct positioning is a function of cycling experience, previous injuries, body size, flexibility, and technique. Cycling experience is a crucial factor because it’s important to know how long an athlete has been riding in a certain position: It’s possible to ride a saddle two inches below optimal position, but you will not activate the hamstring and gluteal muscles correctly, and this will limit the amount of power generated. Previous injuries can have a huge impact on your cycling position. A broken ankle from 15 years ago can change riding symmetry and result in imbalances. Many imbalances can be corrected or reduced by shimming, tiling, offsetting, etc. Ultimately, determining correct cycling position is a matter of arranging three contact points between the rider and bike: 1. The feet and the pedals 2. The sit bones and their contact with the saddle 3. The hands/elbows and how the rider grasps the handlebars The cleats are the only contact point locked into position, and changes here can influence the action of the entire leg.

Seat height and fore/aft position influence the transfer of power between the legs and the pedals. Aerobar height determines comfort and aerodynamics, but be careful—bars that are too low can decrease power production.

CATCHING UP WITH THE CADENCE KONA CHALLENGE WINNERS After only two months of base training, our six Cadence Kona Challenge winners are getting fit and ready for the workouts that are to come. This month, the athletes checked in to share their training highlights from the past few weeks. Scott Sharpe: The highlight of the month was a swim workout that included 900 meters of warm-up and a main set of 2 x 1000m time trials, with a cool down of 300 meters. My longest swim before I started training with Cadence was only 1000 meters. I made it through and actually dropped three minutes off my time in the second 1000-meter time trial. James Pearson: I was in Philly getting fit for my new bike, and I went for a onehour endurance run. I ended up running alongside a perfectly smooth Schuylkill River at night, which was absolutely beautiful and fulfilled one of my lifetime ambitions by running up the Art Museum steps a la Rocky. The run was smooth and steady, and the miles drifted by. I did, for once, feel like I was absorbing the workout rather than pushing just to finish.

CHECKING IN Randy Christofferson: This month was a transitional time for me. After a week of recovering from Ironman Florida, I did an easy workout or two each day—mostly running and mountain biking. This was purposefully unplanned and unstructured to give me a break before I begin the 2008 campaign next month. Kate Conklin: I did a short brick workout consisting of a 3:30 bike and a 20-minute run. Any time I do a brick I am proud. It’s really hard for my body to adjust, and I always twist my ankle on the run because of the sandals I have to wear. Then again, that is why I love bricks— they are a challenge. Elizabeth Wittmaack: Learning to use wattage versus speed as a gauge of effort has certainly benefited my cycling. By experimenting with different pedal stokes and watching the numbers, I’ve been able to find a spin that generates far more power than before. Furthermore, by focusing my training sessions on addressing a particular wattage threshold, I’ve been able to advance my lactate threshold and enhance my intensity for longer durations. Mary Lou Hoffman: Coaching has added discipline and focus to my otherwise haphazard workout and training routine. Rather than just riding and spinning and occasional running, I’m forced to be more specific and deliberate in my training. This not only includes those things I used to avoid, like swimming and strength training, but it also provides targeted workouts for every session. I’ve really enjoyed the new routine.

Courtesy Achilles Tri Club

CLUB PROFILE

Achilles Tri Club New York, N.Y.

The Achilles Tri Club in New York

City is one of the only clubs in the country that races and volunteers at the same time. The club is made up of 20 individuals, half of whom are disabled athletes and

half of whom are volunteers who help the athletes reach their triathlon goals. The club was started two years ago as an offshoot of the renowned Achilles Track Club. Team captain Eddie Montanez and a group of friends put a small team together, and numbers have grown significantly in the first two years. For the most part, the team competes in sprint triathlons around the New York City area, but this year, many of the athletes decided to tackle the New York City Triathlon as their first Olympic-distance event. Two athletes, Crista Earl and George Gallego, qualified for and raced the physically challenged world championship in Germany this past summer. If you’re interested in becoming a member, contact Montanez at eddie.montanez@verizon.net.

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INDUSTRY PROFILE

Art & science

Montreal-based Guru crafts high-tech products one frame at a time

By Cameron Elford

It is a story now so often repeated that it has become almost cliché: small company sets up shop in a garage, hits upon a winning formula and grows into an innovative category leader. Think Trek or Google or Microsoft. And while Guru, a bike manufacturer based in Montreal, Canada, remains a relative niche player within the bicycle industry, the company has defined itself as one of the leading custom-frame manufacturers, producing high-quality road and tri bikes ridden by some of the sport’s top athletes. Begun by now-president Tony Giannascoli, a McGill-educated engineer, in 1994, Guru today produces over 2500 hand-crafted bikes per year in its Montreal-based facility, with more than 30 employees managing every step of the production process from taking dealer orders (based on customer measurements and preferences) to cutting and laying up the carbon fiber (or welding ti or aluminum) to painting and finishing the final product—a vertically integrated production process relatively unheard of in the bike industry, which now relies heavily on off-shoring production to Asia to take advantage of the region’s low-cost labor environment—but giving up a degree of control over production in the process. Giannascoli built frames for himself and his friends in the early to mid-1990s before formally launching the brand as a going concern, only to receive a quick, bru44

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tal lesson in marketplace dynamics. “By 1997 it was clear that the company wasn’t sustainable out of a garage,” says Giannascoli. “But we lost shirts after our first year. We were going to file for bankruptcy, but we had a great second year.” Then, in 2000, the still relatively obscure brand hit the big time when Canadian Simon Whitfield rode a Guru to a gold medal in triathlon’s first Olympic appearance, in Sydney, Australia. Although tri bikes now take up 50 percent of Guru’s production capacity and the brand is well known within the sport, with its small-batch production process the company remains focused on the high-end market with no desire to go head to head with industry titans Trek, Cannondale and Specialized, who have much deeper pockets and broader product lines but largely ignore the custom segment Guru targets. “All our bikes are handmade one at a time,” says Guru director of marketing Rob Rossi. “This creates a natural cap on production volume. The essence of the company is to make bikes here and keep control over quality and leverage the custom platform. The fact that it’s all done here means I don’t have to wait for six weeks for a sample to come from China. I can go downstairs and see if a concept is working.” For the consumer, however, this means no instant gratification and a higher perceived degree of risk, with no tangible product to quickly bundle into the car. Still, once you’ve ridden a demo bike and a dealer has sent your specs to Guru, you’ll receive your custom frame within just four weeks—a quicker turnaround than many athletes are used to for backordered stock products, let alone a complete custom bike.

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Often, businesses fail as a result of their inability to articulate a corporate strategy—a collective sense of vision that takes into account the organization’s competitive advantages and market opportunities—or a company can flounder if its strategy doesn’t filter down to (or is inconsistent with) its structure, its operations, its distribution, its marketing and communications efforts and its culture—or if the message is viewed as contrived or inauthentic by the marketplace. Think Sony, whose successful corporate strategy is that of a fast follower, allowing other companies to forge the bleeding edge in terms of product-line innovation or market expansion but then quickly rushing in with high-quality products if the venture appears successful. On the other end of the spectrum think AOL, a media behemoth whose rapid growth and short-term strategic focus undermined its ability to foresee or react to a changing marketplace in which users became increasing Web-savvy and broadband connectivity was quickly supplanting dial-up. In Guru’s case, the relatively small company has developed a surprisingly robust strategic focus that considers not only the organization’s competitive advantages: North American production, customizable products and a nimble, innovative culture; but which also identifies the strengths and weaknesses of its competitors while aligning its design, production and marketing efforts and dealer base to efficiently deliver high-end custom bikes to the consumer—and partnering only with those athletes Guru feels represent the brand’s values and commitment to continuous improvement. Athletes including Joanna Zeiger, TJ Tollakson, Gina Kehr and Desiree Ficker. “The mistake a lot of people make is to bet on a horse they hope is going to win,” says Rossi. You need to align yourself with those athletes who represent your brand story well. We want people who are picky and offer feedback. We listen and we keep listening, but we also have conviction about where we want to go. You can’t create a brand by running a daily referendum.” “We’re about honesty and transparency, not smoke and mirrors,” echoes Giannascoli. “And about providing the right bike for every individual, something that fits and performs. We can’t deviate from that, and we will never produce stock bikes; it goes against everything we believe.”

Courtesy Guru

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2008 NORTH AMERICAN EVENT GUIDE 2008 marks Triathlete’s 25th year of publication—and a great deal has changed within the sport over the past quarter century. Most notably, perhaps, has been the dramatic increase in the number of events each season. Now, we enjoy the ability to race—often locally—practically every weekend from April through October, and as the number of events has skyrocketed so has their quality, with professional race organizers providing hundreds of safe, challenging, unique events every season—think Escape from Alcatraz, or the New York City Triathlon, or Ironman Coeur d’Alene, or Wildflower or any one of dozens upon dozens of iconic races that continue to shape and grow the sport. In the following pages we provide a comprehensive listing of 2008 multisport events throughout North America, compiled by U.S. Multi-Sport. Dig in, and best of luck planning your upcoming season. We hope you’ll bring us along for the ride and keep in touch with us through triathletemag.com.

ABOUT THE 2008 US MULTI-SPORT PRINT DIRECTORY

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The 2008 US Multi-Sport Print Directory is the most comprehensive manual for multisport, listing 2,500 events for 2008. The directory features triathlons and duathlons, marathons and ultra-marathons, adventure races, biking events, cyclo-cross, winter events, bike stores, coaches and camps, travel editorial and fun facts about travel and events.

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1/20/08 1/26/08 2/2/08 2/3/08 2/3/08

Ironman 70.3 Pucon Weston Winter Triathlon Groundhog Day Duathlon Max Performance Triathlon #1 State of Mind Tri & Du

Buffalo City, South Africa Pucon, Chile Weston Baton Rouge Shelbyville Waldo

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Ironman 70.3 Australia Triathlon Season Opener UC Irvine Zot Trot Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Texas Motor Speedway Duathlon Ironman Malaysia Give it a Tri Sprint Indoor Triathlon TriSports.com Desert Classic Duathlon

Geelong, Australia Coconut Creek Irvine Warrenville Fort. Worth Langkawi, Malaysia Duncan Phoenix

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Davis CA Dublin OH Cinco Ranch TX Gilbert AZ Chanhassen MN Monticello UT Taupo, New Zealand I Winthrop WA Pembroke Pines FL Pleasant Prairie WI

3/2/08 3/2/08 3/2/08 3/8/08 3/8/08 3/8/08 3/8/08 3/8/08 3/9/08 3/9/08 3/9/08 3/9/08 3/9/08

Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Triathlon Terra de Bujama Azalea Festival Triathlon Midwest Indoor Tri-Classic Series Orange County International Duathlon Pasadena Triathlon XTERRA Saipan Championship Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon, Blue Norther’’ Duathlon Florida’s Great Escape Triathlon YMCA of the Northwoods Indoor Triathlon

Centreville North Austin Lima, Peru Wilmington Glen Ellyn Lake Forest Pasadena Saipan, CNMI Plymouth Scottsdale Seguin Clermont Rhinelander

VA TX I NC IL CA CA I MN AZ TX FL WI

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Chanoko MTB Duathlon # 3 Parris Island Triathlon XTERRA Argentina Championship Miami International Triathlon Tucson Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Belleayre Mountain Triathlon Cal Poly’s March Triathlon Series Lake Havasu Triathlon March in Motion Olympic Triathlon

Granite Bay Parris Island Bariloche, Patagonia Miami Tucson Lakeville Old Orchard Parker Pine Hill San Luis Obispo Lake Havasu City San Luis Obispo

CA SC I FL AZ MN IL CO NY CA AZ CA

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Prospect Park Spring Duathlon Lonestar Triathlon Festival, Sprint Distance Lonestar Triathlon Festival, Quarter Iron Distance Ford Ironman 70.3 California Haymed.org Triathlon MAP Triathlon Smithfield Sprint Triathlon Iroquois Point Triathlon Lonestar Triathlon Festival, Half Iron Distance Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon, Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon, Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon, Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon, XTERRA Miami

Prospect Park Galveston Island

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Galveston Island

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lonestartri.com

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Oceanside Canton Huntersville Smithfield Ewa Beach, Oahu Galveston Island

CA NC NC VA HI TX

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303-442-9097

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AZ MI TX IN MN FL

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Miami Miami

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5k Run, 30k Bike, 5k Run 1.5k Swim, 30k Bike, 10k Run; 750-meter Swim, 15k Bike, 5k Run

multirace.com multirace.com

954-433-3475 954-433-3475

3/30/08 4/5/08 4/5/08 4/6/08 4/6/08

XTERRA Miami Duathlon XTERRA Miami Long & Short Course Triathlon XTERRA REAL Indoor Triathlon Wilmington Athletic Club Triathlon Fast and Furious F-1 Duathlon Great Clermont Triathlon

Granite Bay Perrysburg Wilmington Grand Prairie Clermont

CA OH NC TX FL

tbfracing.com eliteendeavors.com setupevents.com ironheadrp.com triamerica.com

916-774-3488

4/6/08 4/6/08 4/6/08 4/6/08 4/6/08

Hammer Duathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon

Lenoir City Shelby, MI San Antonio Alpharetta South Austin

TN MI TX GA TX

1/2-mile Swim, 16-mile MTB, 3.75-mile trail Run 15-minute Swim, 15-minute Bike, 15-minute Run 300-yard Swim, 11.5-mile Bike, 5k Run 2.1-mile Run, 11-mile Bike, 2.1-mile Run 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run; 750-meter Swim, 14.3-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 3-mile Run, 15-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 10-min pool swim, 30-min stationary bike, 20-min treadmill run @ 2% incline 10-min pool swim, 30-min stationary bike, 20-min treadmill run @ 2% incline 10-min pool swim, 30-min stationary bike, 20-min treadmill run @ 2% incline 10-min pool swim, 30-min stationary bike, 20-min treadmill run @ 2% incline

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Ironman Australia

4/6/08 4/6/08 4/6/08 4/12/08 4/12/08 4/12/08 4/12/08 4/12/08

Lavaman Triathlon SUPERFROG Triathlon T-Gator Series Triathlon #1 3 Sports Duathlon Escape from Fort DeSoto Triathlon Granite Bay Duathlon Iron Girl triathlon Playtri Festival day #1

4/12/08 4/13/08

Valdese Triathlon 16th Annual Florida Atlantic University Wellness Triathlon Angels Race VA Ice Breaker Triathlon Ironman Arizona Ironman South Africa

4/13/08 4/13/08 4/13/08 4/13/08

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Port MacQuarie, Australia Waikoloa Coronado Lake Charles Richmond St. Petersburg Granite Bay Lake Las Vegas Resort Irving

2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run

ironmanoz.com

HI CA LA VA FL CA NV TX

Valdese Boca Raton

NC FL

1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run lavamantriathlon.com 1.2-mile Swim, 54-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run superfrogtriathlon.com 400-meter Swim, 10-mile Bike, 2-mile Run lakecharlestriathletes.com 2.85-mile Run, 18-mile Bike, 2.85-mile Run setupevents.com 1/2-mile Swim, 10-mile Bike, 4-mile Run escapefromftdesoto.com 4-mile Run, 14-mile Bike, 4-mile Run tbfracing.com 500-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5K Run; 1500-meter Swim, 40K Bike, 10K Run sunsetracing.com 500-meter Swim, 10-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; 300-meter Swim, 10-mile Bike, playtri.com 2-mile Run; Du: 2-mile Run, 10-mile Bike, 2-mile Run; Kids 7-10: .5-mile Run, 2.5-mile Bike, .5-mile Run 250-meter pool Swim, 9-mile Bike, 5k Run setupevents.com .5-mile ocean Swim, 10-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run shs.fau.edu/today/triathlon

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300-meter Swim, 25k Bike, 5k Run 1/2-mile Swim, 14-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run

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916-774-3488 208-462-2320 214-592-9721

561-297-3615

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Lynchburg Granite Bay Tempe Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Columbia Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Woodbury Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Burr Ridge Nautica South Beach Triathlon Miami Beach Powerman Alabama Duathlon Birmingham Spring Thaw Duathlon I Spokane Whistlestop Duathlon Birmingham NTC Lake Louisa Sprint Triathlon # 1 Clermont Eco-Quest Off-Road Triathlon Bloomsburg Foster Friends Triathlon Stokesdale Kinetic Half Lake Anna Louisiana Triathlon New Roads Miami University Triathlon Oxford Mini-Mighty-Man Triathlon East Meadow Mullet Man Triathlon Perdido Key RAGE 5 TRIATHLONS Lake Mead National Recreation Area USAT Collegiate National Championship Tuscaloosa XTERRA South Africa Championship Grabouw, W. Cape 9th annual Toyota Desert International Lake Cahuilla, Triathlon Ironman and 70.3 China Haikou, China

4/20/08 4/20/08 4/20/08 4/20/08 4/20/08

Kring and Chung Newport Beach Triathlon Newport Beach Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Allen Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Willowbrook Splash, Flash & Dash Carmel Tri for the Cure Arizona Chandler

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4/20/08 4/26/08

Trideltathon Beach Blast I Tri & Du

Knoxville Mexico Beach

TN FL

4/26/08 4/26/08 4/26/08 4/26/08

John Tanner State Park Triathlon Langley Pond International Triathlon Lisbon International Triathlon Meek and Mighty Triathlon

Carrollton Aiken Lisbon, Portugal St. Petersburg

GA SC I FL

4/26/08 4/26/08 4/26/08 4/27/08

SaguaroMan Triathlon XTERRA Arizona Extreme XTERRA Fort Yargo Atomicman Duathlon

Tempe Mesa Winder White Rock

AZ AZ GA NM

4/27/08

Indian Valley Y Youth Triathlon

Harleysville

4/27/08 4/27/08 4/27/08

Los Angeles Tri Express #1 Los Angeles Triathlon Championship #1 Mount Ranier Duathlon

San Dimas San Dimas Enumclaw

CA CA WA

4/27/08

NebraskaLand National Bank’s James O’Rourke Memorial Fitness Triathlon Pensacola Beach Triathlon Scenic City Triathlon St. Anthony’s Triathlon Sullivan Blue Dolphins Youth Triathlon Tri-Historic McKinney Sprint Winter Begone! Duathlon

North Platte

10-min pool swim, 30-min stationary bike, 20-min treadmill run @ 2% incline lifetimefitness.com\events 952-947-0000 10-min pool swim, 30-min stationary bike, 20-min treadmill run @ 2% incline lifetimefitness.com\events 952-947-0000 10-min pool swim, 30-min stationary bike, 20-min treadmill run @ 2% incline lifetimefitness.com\events 952-947-0000 1/2-mile Swim, 18-mile Bike, 4-mile Run southbeachtri.com 818-707-8867 8k Run, 53k Bike, 8k Run team-magic.com 615-460-9927 2.2-mile Run, 9.6-mile Bike, 2.2-mile Run emdesports.com 509-326-6983 4k Run, 27.5k Bike, 4k Run team-magic.com 615-460-9927 1/4-mile Swim, 7-mile Bike, 1.5-mile Run usat-ntc.com 352-241-7144 2.5-mile paddle, 5-mile Run, 10-mile Bike quest.bloomu.edu/ecoquest.cfm 750-meter Swim, 13-mile Bike, 5k Run setupevents.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1 Run setupevents.com 800-meter Swim, 18.6-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run lawired.com/latri.htm 225-296-7490 500-meter pool Swim, 17-mile Bike, 5k Run hfpracing.com 440-350-1708 400-meter Swim, 6-mile Bike, 2-mile Run eventpowerli.com 631-283-7400 400-yard Swim, 16.2-mile Bike, 4-mile Run florabama.com 850-492-0611 .75k Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run; 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 1.2-mile Swim, bbscendurancesports.com 702-401-6044 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run; USAT SW Regional Championship Intermediate Distance Triathlon team-magic.com 615-460-9927 1.5K Swim, 30K Bike, 10K Run xterraplanet.com 877-751-8880 .75-mile Swim, 24-mile Bike, 6-mile Run; 500-meter Swim, 14-mile Bike, kleinclarksports.com 760-324-7069 3-mile Run 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run; 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, ironmanchina.com 13.1-mile Run .5-mile Swim, 12-mile Bike, 5k Run pacificsportsllc.com 714-978-1528 10-min pool swim, 30-min stationary bike, 20-min treadmill run @ 2% incline lifetimefitness.com\events 952-947-0000 10-min pool swim, 30-min stationary bike, 20-min treadmill run @ 2% incline lifetimefitness.com\events 952-947-0000 400-meter Swim, 10-mile Bike, 5k Run carmelswimclub.org 317-575-8244 400-meter Swim, 9-mile Bike, 2-mile Run (womens); Duathlon: 1-mile Run, triforthecureaz.com 9-mile Bike, 2-mile Run; Kids: 150-meter Swim, 3-mile Bike, .5-mile Run 400-meter Swim, 6-mile Bike, 3-mile Run racedayevents.net 865-250-3618 Triathlon: 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run; Sprint: .45-mile Swim, TheBeachBlast.com 850-867-0117 15-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; Duathlon: 3.1-mile Run, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run; Sprint: 1.2-mile Run, 15-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 600-meter Swim, 11.2-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run tribluesky.com 678-237-0308 1500-meter Swim, 24-mile Bike, 10k Run setupevents.com s4aonline.com Age 7-10: 1-mile Run, 3.6-mile Bike, 100-yard pool Swim; 11 & Over: 1-mile Run, satriathlon.com 727-825-1271 5.4-mile Bike, 200-yard pool Swim; Adult: 1-mile Run, 5.4-mile Bike, 200-yard Swim Olympic and Sprint distances dcbadventures.com 480-460-5052 1-mile Swim, 18.6-mile Bike,5.5-mile Run dcbadventures.com 480-460-5052 .5-mile Swim, 10-mile MTB, 5-mile trail Run goneriding.com 352-873-9279 6.2-mile Run, 24.9-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; 2.4-mile Run, triatomics.org/duathlon 505-577-4353 9.3-mile Bike, 2.4-mile Run 7-10: 75-yard Pool Swim, 1-mile Bike, .5-mile Run; 11-14: 175-yard Pool Swim, piranha-sports.com 302-893-1997 3-mile Bike, 1-mile Run 200-yard Swim, 7-mile Bike, 5k Run trievents.com 626-331-0169 500-yard Swim, 24k Bike, 5k Run trievents.com 626-331-0169 1.6-mile Run, 14.4-mile Bike, 3.8-mile Run; 5.1-mile Run, buduracing.com 253-833-8866 28.8-mile Bike, 3.8-mile Run 500-yard Swim, 14-mile Bike, 5K Run/walk orourketriathlon.org 308-535-6772

Pensacola Beach Chattanooga St. Petersburg Sullivan McKinney Oronoco

FL TN FL IL TX MN

1.5K Swim, 40K Bike, 10K Run 600-meter Swim, 14-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run Distances determined by age 300-yard pool Swim, 15.8-mile Bike, 5k Run 3.1-mile Run, 18.6-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run; 2-mile Run, 12-mile Bike, 2-mile Run

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setupevents.com tbfracing.com ironmanarizona.com ironmansouthafrica.com

808-937-1917

916-774-3488

racepensacola.com

850-549-5454

satriathlon.com sullivanil.us/triathlon.htm ironheadrp.com winterbegoneduathlon.com

727-825-1271 217-728-4541 817-707-0500 507-367-2335

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Avia Wildflower Triathlon Festival Alabama Coastal Triathlon Las Palomas Triathlon

Lake San Antonio Gulf Shores Rocky Point, Mexico

CA AL I

5/3/08 5/3/08 5/3/08 5/3/08 5/4/08

Napa Valley Vintage 1/2 iron Triathlon Turtle Crawl Triathlon White Lake Half XTERRA Gator Terra Bay Islands Triathlon

CA GA NC LA I

5/4/08

Bay Islands Triathlon

5/4/08 5/4/08 5/4/08

Mankato Campus Recreation Triathlon Napa Valley Sprint Triathlon New Jersey Devilman Triathlon

Napa Jekyll Island White Lake Ruston West Bay Beach, Bay Islands, Honduras Roatan, Bay Island, Honduras Mankato Lake Berryessa Cumberland County

5/4/08 5/4/08

Race for Sight Triathlon St. Croix Ironman 70.3

5/4/08

I MN CA NJ MO I

The Big O Triathlon & Duathlon

Columbia St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Olathe

5/4/08 5/4/08 5/4/08 5/8/08 5/10/08

Tri For Your Cause Tri-Benbrook Triathlon XTERRA Uwharrie NTC Lake Louisa Sprint Triathlon # 2 Big Rock Olympic Distance Triathlon

Boulder Grand Prairie Uwharrie Clermont Perris

CO TX NC FL CA

5/10/08 5/10/08 5/10/08 5/10/08

City of Gold Triathlon Clemson Triathlon Gulf Coast Triathlon Muddy Buddy

Oroville Clemson Panama City Beach Orlando

CA SC FL FL

5/10/08 5/10/08

Newport Sprint Triathlon SGTRI

Newport St. George

OR UT

5/10/08 5/11/08

Tempe Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Only Sprint Triathlon Benbrook Kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Triathlon

Tempe Benbrook

AZ TX

5/11/08 5/11/08

Carl Hart Mothers Day Duathlon Cultus Lake Triathlon

Long Island Cultus Lake, BC, Canada Virginia Run Sprint Tri Centreville Encinitas Sprint & Super Sprint Triathlons Encinitas

NY I

Yellowstone Taylorsville

WY KY

5/17/08 5/17/08 5/17/08 5/18/08

Get Down and Get ditry Headfirst Performance Triathlon & Aquabike Honolulu Kids Triathlon Statesville YMCA Triathlon Whiskeytown Duathlon Auburn Triathlon

Honolulu Statesville Whiskeytown Auburn

HI NC CA CA

5/18/08 5/18/08 5/18/08

Buffman and Squeaky Columbia Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon

Lubbock Elliot City Colleyville

TX MD TX

5/18/08 5/18/08 5/18/08 5/18/08 5/18/08 5/18/08 5/18/08 5/18/08

Gear West Duathlon Honolulu Sprint Triathlon Honolulu Triathlon Ironman 70.3 Florida Land Between the Lakes Triathlon Little Pepper Triathlon Memphis in May Triathlon Ocean City Triathlon

Orono Honolulu Honolulu Lake Buena Vista Albert Lea Culpeper Memphis Ocean City

MN HI HI FL MN VA TN NJ

5/18/08 5/18/08 5/18/08 5/18/08 5/18/08 5/18/08

Summer Open Sprint Triathlon Tempe International Triathlon UVAS South Bay Triathlon XTERRA Dirty XTERRA Calaoosahatchee XTERRA King of the Hill Off Road Triathlon & Duathlon XTERRA Last Stand XTERRA West Championship Buffalo Trails Triathlon and Duathlon

Longmont Tempe Morgan Hill Canyon Lakes Fort Meyers Lebanon

CO AZ CA TX FL NJ

Battlecreek Temecula Maysville

MI CA KY

5/11/08 5/17/08 5/17/08 5/17/08

5/18/08 5/18/08 5/24/08

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VA CA

Half Iron, Olympic, Off Road Sprint 1000-yard Swim, 19.5-mile Bike, 4.5-mile Run 1000-meter Swim, 24.5-mile Bike, 10k Run; 400-meter Swim, 10-mile Bike, 5k Run; 10k open Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run .5-mile Swim, 10-mile MTB, 3.5-mile trail Run Sprint and Olympic distance races

tricalifornia.com team-magic.com redrocktriathlon.com

831-373-0678 615-460-9927 480-226-4729

envirosports.com/events gamultisports.com setupevents.com dltmultisport.com bayislandstriathlon.com

415-868-1829 770-926-2367 870-246-6686 803-957-3347

Sprint and Olympic distance triathlon

bayislandstriathlon.com

803-960-9970

800-yard pool Swim, 14-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 1/2-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run; .45-mile Swim, 23.5-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 440-yard Swim, 14-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run

mnsu.edu/campusrec/triathlon07.html envirosports.com/events 415-868-1829 piranha-sports.com 302-893-1997

1.2-mile Swim, 51.1-mile Bike, 12.6-mile Run; Duathlon: 1-mile Run, 51.1-mile Bike, 12.6-mile Run; 750-meter Swim, 11.5-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 500-meter Swim, 17-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 300-yard Swim, 13.8-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run .62-mile Swim, 14.9-mile MTB, 6.2-mile trail Run 1/4-mile Swim, 7-mile Bike, 1.5-mile Run 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run; 800-yard Swim, 12-mile Bike, 3-mile Run .5-mile Swim, 12-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 750-meter Swim, 11-mile Bike, 5k Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run Teams of 2 take on a 6-mile course, alternating between running and mountain biking. Along the way you will encounter obstacles 500-meter Swim, 5-mile Bike, 3-mile Run; Kids Race: Distances vary 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run; 700-yard Swim, 14-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 400-meter Swim, 12-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; 5k open Run 100-meter Swim, 2.5-mile Bike, 1-mile Run; 200-meter Swim, 5-mile Bike, 1.5-mile Run 2-mile Run, 10.5-mile Bike, 2-mile Run Sprint, International & Relays

ultramaxtri.com stcroixtriathlon.com thebigohalf.com triforyourcause.com ironheadrp.com middleringcycles.com usat-ntc.com sawsportsproductions.com

303-955-4135 817-707-0500 704-322-3559 352-241-7144 949-888-5797

cityofgoldtri.com setupevents.com gulfcoasttriathlon.com muddybuddy.com

530-966-3241

newportswimteam.com bbscendurancesports.com

541-270-1298 702-401-6044

redrocktriathlon.com ironheadrp.com

480-226-4729 817-707-0500

eventpowerli.com outbackevents.ca

631-283-7400 250-764-3204

250-meter Swim, 12-mile Bike, 5k Run finswheelsfeet.com .75k Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run; .375k Swim, 10k Bike, 2.5k Run; Duathlon: 1-mile encinitasrace.com Run, 10k Bike, 2.5k Run 100-yard Swim in a mud bog, 2-mile swamp ride, 1-mile Run in mud up to the neck dirtydogmanracing.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run; AquaBike: 1.2-mile Swim, headfirstperformance.com 56-mile Bike Distance determined by age honolulutriathlon.com 300-yard Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run setupevents.com 3-mile Run, 8-mile Bike, 3-mile Run sweatrc.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run; 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, auburntriathlon.com 6.2-mile Run; 1.9-mile Run, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run buffalospringslaketriathlon.com 1500-meter Swim, 25.5-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run tricolumbia.org 10-min pool swim, 30-min stationary bike, 20-min treadmill run lifetimefitness.com\events @ 2% incline 2.5-mile Run, 19-mile Bike, 3-mile Run gearwest.com 400-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run honolulutriathlon.com 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run honolulutriathlon.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run floridahalfironman.com .25-mile Swim, 19.8-mile Bike, 4.2-mile Run albertleatri.com 750-meter Swim, 15-mile Bike, 5k Run setupevents.com 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run s2fevents.com 1/4-mile Swim, 2-mile Run, 16-mile Bike, 2-mile Run; Kids: 1/8-mile Swim, ocnj.us 8-mile Bike, 1-mile Run 1/2-mile Swim, 12.4-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run withoutlimitsproductions.weebly.com 400-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run; 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run tucsonracing.com 3/4-mile Swim, 16-mile Bike, 5-mile Run japroductions.com .93-mile Swim, 14-mile MTB, 6.2-mile trail Run xterraplanet.com .5-mile Swim, 13-mile MTB, 4-mile trail Run xterraplanet.com .5-mile Swim, 12-mile MTB, 3.1-mile trail Run; 2-mile Run, 11-mile MTB, greenbrookracing.com 2-mile Run 1/2-mile Swim, 12-mile MTB, 4-mile trail Run eliteendeavors.com 1.5k Swim, 30k MTB, 10k Run xterraplanet.com .5-mile Swim, 22-mile Bike, 3-mile Run; 2.45-mile Run, 22-mile Bike, 3-mile Run buffalotrailsraces.com/site

T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

573-443-7036 340-773-4470

850-235-0720

760-634-4100 764-992-9293 502-834-9942 866-454-6561 530-221-8268 530-888-9911 877-719-4957 410-964-1246 952-947-0000

866-454-6561 866-454-6561 303-442-9097

901-274-2202

303-408-1195 928-214-0456 208-762-1003 512-426-4267 877-751-8880 732-841-2558 419-829-2398 877-751-8880 606-564-5534

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Combat Sprint Triathlon Du the Pointes Iron Horse Duathlon and 5K Ironman 70.3 Austria Ironman Lanzarote

Texas City Grosse Pointe Parsons St. Polten, Austria Canary Islands, lanzarote, Spain Tempe Frederick Birmingham Florianopolis, Brasil New York Shreveport Fort Bragg Maryville

TX MI KS I I

300-yard pool Swim, 15-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 5k Run, 20k Bike, 5k Run 1-mile Run, 10-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; 5K Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run

ontheruntx.com 3disciplines.com katydays.com ironmanaustria.com ironmanlanzarote.com

5/24/08 5/24/08 5/24/08 5/25/08 5/25/08 5/25/08 5/25/08 5/26/08

Spring Splash & Dash Series Tri-To-Win Kids Triathlon Y Tri Triathlon Brasil Ironman Liberty to Liberty Triathlon Sunrise Triathlon #2 XTERRA Smith Lake Foothills Sprint 1/10th Iron & Kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Triathlon Nashville GJCC Triathlon Capital of Texas Triathlon

AZ MD AL I NY LA NC TN

Distances to be determined 100-yard Swim, 2.1-mile Bike, 3/4-mile Run 200-yard Swim, 8.5-mile Bike, 2-mile Run 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run 1.3-mile Swim, 91-mile Bike, 10k Run 450-yard Swim, 14-mile Bike, 2.5-mile Run .62-mile Swim, 18-mile MTB, 4.5-mile trail Run 350-meter Swim, 10-mile Bike, 4k Run

dcbadventures.com 480-460-5052 racinemultisports.com 301-991-0461 team-magic.com 615-460-9927 ironmanbrasil.com.br/eng/default.asp envirosports.com/events 415-868-1829 sportspectrumusa.com 318-798-1241 fortbraggmwr.com 910-396-5979 racedayevents.net 865-250-3618

Nashville Austin

TN TX

Macon

5/31/08

Coliseum Rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;N Rollman Half Iron Distance Deuces Wild Triathlon Festival

Show Low

5/31/08

Emerald Coast Tri, Du & AquaBike #2

Panama City

5/31/08 6/1/08

Ironman 70.3 Hawaii American Red Cross Flint Hills Triathlon

Kohala Coast Manhattan

HI KS

6/1/08 6/1/08

Belleplain Triathlon and Duathlon Black Bear Triathlon

Belleplain State Forest NJ Beltsville State Park PA

6/1/08 6/1/08 6/1/08 6/1/08

Norfolk Dunedin Lansing Miami

VA FL MI FL

6/1/08 6/1/08 6/1/08 6/1/08 6/1/08 6/1/08

Breezy Point Triathlon Dunedin Triathlon Hawk Island Triathlon International Distance Classic: Miami Beach Ironman 70.3 Boise Ironman 70.3 Switzerland Louisiana Red River Triathlon Oliver Half Iron Pigman Sprint Triathlon Seahorse Challenge Triathlon & Duathlon

Boise Switzerland Shreveport Oliver, B.C. , Canada Palo Kalamazoo

ID I LA I IA MI

6/1/08 6/1/08 6/1/08 6/1/08

Tri Little Rock Super Sprint Tri Ridgefield XTERRA Deuces Wild XTERRA Italy Championship

North Little Rock Ridgefield Show Low Cala Ginepro, Sardinia

AR CT AZ I

200-meter Swim, 8.5-mile Bike, 2-mile Run team-magic.com 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run; 750-meter Swim, 12.4-mile captextri.com/site Bike, 3.1-mile Run; 400-meter Swim, 6.2-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run Southeast Regional Long Course Championship: 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, gamultisports.com 13.1-mile Run 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, trisportsracing.com 13.1-mile Run; XTERRA Off road Triathlon: 800-meter Swim, 24k Bike, 8k trail Run 1/3-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; 3.1-mile emeraldcoastevents.org/contact.html Run, 15-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; 1/3-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run ironman703hawaii.com 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 500-meter Swim, 10-mile Bike, flinthillstri.com 3.1-mile Run 1/4-mile Swim, 15.2-mile Bike, 5k Run; 2-mile Run, 15.2-mile Bike, 5k Run dqtridu.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run; 750-meter Swim, 18-mile Bike, cgiracing.com 3.1-mile Run 1000-meter Swim, 12.4-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run breezypointtri.com 1/4-mile Swim, 12-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run dunedintriathlon.com 400-meter Swim, 10-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run hawk-i-tri.com 1500-meter Swim, 24.8-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run; 6.2-mile endurancenation.com Run, 24.8-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run. 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run ironmanboise.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run ironman.ch 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run.;500-yard Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run sportspectrumusa.com Half-Iron Distance outbackevents.ca .3-mile Swim, 15.5-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run pigmantri.com 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 500-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run; 5k Run, 3disciplines.com 20k Bike, 5k Run 400-yard Swim, 9.8-mile Bike, 2.5-mile Run dltmultisport.com .5-mile Swim, 14-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run triridgefield.com .5-mile Swim, 14.9-mile MTB, 4.9-mile trail Run trisportsracing.com 1.5K Swim, 30K Bike, 10K Run xterraplanet.com

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T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

832-673-0600 810-714-5768 434-635-0965

615-460-9927

770-926-2367 888-293-3934 850-784-9542 808-329-0063 785-357-2180 609-509-0987 856-468-0925 757-227-5046 517-374-5700 561-241-3801 727-942-4767 318-798-1241 250-764-3204 319-373-0741 810-714-5768 870-246-6686 888-293-3934 877-751-8880

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Mooseman Triathlon Festival, International Distance Big Sky Duathlon Granite Man Tri & Du Historic Badin Triathlon Mighty Montauk Olympic Distance Moses Lake Family Triathlon

Bristol

1.5k swim, 44K bike, 10K run

moosemantriathlon.com

603-293-8353

Golden Jacksonville Badin Montauk Moses Lake

CO OR NC NY WA

4k Run, 25k Bike, 4k Run .75-mile Swim, 13-mile MTB, 5-mile trail Run; 13-mile MTB, 5-mile trail Run 750-meter Swim, 11.4-mile Bike, 5k Run 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run 1/2-mile Swim, 12-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; 1/4-mile Swim, 11-mile ride, 3.1-mile Run 1000-meter Swim, 22-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run 2008 World Sprint Championship 1/2-mile Swim, 16-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 600-yard Swim, 13-mile Bike, 5k Run Olympic-distance Triathlon World Championship 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 1/4-mile Swim, 9-mile Bike, 3-mile Run

racingunderground.com roguemultisport.com setupevents.com eventpowerli.com buduracing.com

303-642-7917 503-327-5531 631-283-7400 253-833-8866

6/7/08 6/7/08 6/7/08 6/7/08 6/7/08 6/7/08 6/7/08

Richard Russell State Park Triathlon Elberton GA Sprint Triathlon World Championship (ITU) Vancouver, BC. Canada I Tri For Fun #1 Sacramento CA Tri-Shark Triathlon Classic LeRoy IL Triathlon World Championship (ITU) Vancouver, BC. Canada I VikingMan Burley ID Vineman Showdown at Sundown San Rafael CA

tribluesky.com triathlon.org tbfracing.com tri-shark.org triathlon.org vikingman.org vineman.com

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XTERRA Eureka Springs XTERRA Four Corners Zoot Sprint Triathlon Ann Arbor Tri & Du

Eureka Springs Farmington Anthem Pinckney

AR NM AZ MI

6/8/08 6/8/08 6/8/08 6/8/08 6/8/08 6/8/08 6/8/08

Eagle River Triathlon Escape from Alcatraz Escape from School Youth Triathlon Festival of Flowers Triathlon Green Bay Triathlon Ironman 70.3 Eagleman Keuka Lake Triathlon

Anchorage San Francisco Bear Greenwood Green Bay Cambridge Keuka Park

AK CA DE SC WI MD NY

6/8/08 6/8/08 6/8/08

Lancaster Bristol Monroe

MA NH MI

6/8/08 6/8/08 6/8/08 6/8/08 6/8/08 6/8/08 6/9/08 6/11/08 6/11/08

Lancaster Half Iron Triathlon Mooseman Triathlon, Half Iron Distance Racing for Recovery Half Iron/ Sprint Triathlons San Jose International Triathlon South Shore Sprint Triathlon Tejas Triathlon Wendyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Triathlon XTERRA Southeast Championship Yorktown Sprint Triathlon New England Youth Triathlon HVTC Summer Tri-Series #1 Richards Bay Triathlon

CA WI TX OH AL VA MA NY I

6/11/08 6/14/08 6/14/08

Youthathlon River City Triathlon 5 Mile Lake Triathlon

San Jose Cudahy Sugar Land Columbus Pelham Yorktown Worcester Mt. Tremper Richards Bay, South Africa Cudahy Logansport Federal Way

6/14/08 6/14/08 6/14/08 6/14/08 6/14/08 6/14/08 6/14/08 6/14/08

Battle at Midway Triathlon Capital City Biathlon Dragonfly Triathlon NTC Lake Louisa Sprint Triathlon # 3 Oklahoma City Super Sprint Triathlon Quad Cities Triathlon Sunrise Beach Biathlon Topeka Tinman Triathlon

Midway Springfield Sardis Clermont Oklahoma City Davenport St. Petersburg Topeka

UT IL MS FL OK IA FL KS

6/14/08 6/14/08 6/14/08 6/15/08 6/15/08 6/15/08 6/15/08 6/15/08

Tri Latta Triathlon (Sat) Utah Summer Games Triathlon Wolf Creek Sprint Triathlon XTERRA East Championship 5430 Sprint Triathlon Ashland Lions Triathlon Charleston Sprint Triathlon Series #1 Fairmont Triathlon

Charlotte St. George Windsor Richmond Boulder Ashland Charleston Fairmont

NC UT IL VA CO MA SC MN

6/15/08

Gold Coast Tri/ Duathlon

Pt. Washington

6/15/08 6/15/08

Ironman 70.3 Kansas Ironman 70.3 United Kingdom

KS I

6/15/08

Maumee Bay Triathlon and Duathlon

Lawrence Wimbleball, United Kingdom Oregon

6/15/08

MotorCity Triathlon

Belle Isle

6/15/08 6/18/08 6/21/08 6/21/08 6/21/08 6/21/08 6/21/08 6/21/08 6/21/08 6/21/08

Kalispell Washington Coker Birmingham Warm Springs Buffalo Creek Buffalo Creek Hyrum Calgary, Canada Buffalo Creek

MT CT AL AL VA CO CO UT I CO

6/21/08 6/21/08 6/21/08

Summer Solstice Tri and Duathlon Lake Waramaug Sprint and Relay Black Warrior Triathlon Alabama Sports Festival Triathlon Bath County Triathlon Buffalo Creek Aquabikayak Buffalo Creek Short Course Triathlon Cache Valley Triathlon Chinook Half Iron Distance Triathlon Colorado Off-Road Triathlon Youth Championships Dawg Dayz Off-Road Triathlon Health Net Triathlon Hy-Vee Kids Triathlon

North Little Rock Shelton Des Moines

AR CT IA

6/21/08 6/21/08

Janet Clarkson Memorial Triathlon Johanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s TriFest

West Yellowstone Hopkins

MT MI

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1/2-mile Swim, 13-mile MTB, 5-mile trail Run .5-mile Swim, 17-mile Bike, 5-mile trail Run 1000-meter Swim, 23k Bike, 5k Run 1/2-mile Swim, 14-mile Bike, 5-mile trail Run; 2-mile Run, 14-mile Bike, 5-mile trail Run 500-yard pool Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run 1.5-mile Swim, 18-mile Bike, 8-mile Run 100-yard Swim, 2.4-mile Bike, .4-mile Run 1500-meter Swim, 24-mile Bike, 10k Run 400-yard Swim, 15-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; .75k Swim, 22k Bike, 5k Run; Sprint Du/relay: 5k Run, 22k Bike, 5k Run; AquaBike: .75k Swim, 22k Bike 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13-mile Run 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike, 13.1-mile run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run; 500-meter Swim, 14-mile Bike, 5k Run 1.25k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run 300-yard Swim, 12-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 1/2-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 1/2-mile Swim, 16-mile Bike, 5k Run 1.5k Swim, 29k Bike, 10k trail Run 650-meter Swim, 12-mile Bike, 5k Run Distance determined by age 1/4-mile Swim, 12-mile Bike, 2-mile Run Olympic Qualifier for Bejing Olympics

500-yard Swim, 14.4-mile Bike, 3.3-mile Run 5k Run, 14-mile Bike, 5k Run; 400-meter Swim, 14-mile Bike, 5k Run 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run 3.1-mile Run, 15-mile Bike 1/2-mile Swim, 18-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 1/4-mile Swim, 7-mile Bike, 1.5-mile Run 500-meter Swim, 12-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 600-yard Swim, 15-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 2-mile Run, 1/2-mile Swim, 1-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run; 1000-yard Swim, 19.5-mile Bike, 7-mile Run 750-meter Swim, 17-mile Bike, 5k Run .75k Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run; 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run 1/4-mile Swim, 10-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 1.5k Swim, 30k MTB, 10k Run 1/2-mile Swim, 17-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 1-mile Swim, 26-mile Bike, 6-mile Run 3/10-mile Swim, 13-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run Oly: 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; Sprint: .43-mile Swim, 12.5-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 0.5-mile Swim, 12-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 3.1-mile Run, 12-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run

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800-429-8044 410-964-1246 716-662-9379

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508-434-0123 603-293-8353 810-714-5768

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208-762-1003 414-481-0076 281-291-7006 614-332-5205

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508-434-0123 845-679-8602

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414-483-4444 547-753-5141 253-833-8866

bamtriathlon.com capitalcitybiathlon.com s2fevents.com usat-ntc.com occc.edu/rcs/Triathlon.html qctriathlon.com sunsetbiathlon.com topekatinman.com

801-450-8477

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087-001-1281

1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 5k Run, 40k Bike, hfpracing.com 10k Run 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 500-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run; 5k Run, 3disciplines.com 20k Bike, 5k Run 1/2-mile Swim, 12.4-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run summithealthcenter.com 1/2-mile Swim, 9.1-mile Bike, 3.3-mile Run endureitmultisports.com 600-yard Swim, 17-mile Bike, 3-mile Run tuscaloosatriathletes.org 400-meter Swim, 15-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run alagames.com/index.php?page=sport_tria 750-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run setupevents.com 1-mile Swim, 20-mile MTB, 2-mile Kayak youtriit.com 1/2-mile Swim, 10-mile MTB, 2 1/2-mile trail Run youtriit.com 750-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run; 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run triutah.com 2k Swim, 96k Bike, 21k Run chinookhalf.com Distance determined by age youtriit.com 800-yard Swim, 11-mile MTB, 3.5-mile trail Run 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run Age 5-8: 50-meter Swim, 1-mile Bike, 1/2-mile Run; Age 9-12: 100-meter Swim, 2-mile Bike, 3/4-mile Run .65 Swim, 13.3-mile Bike, 4.2-mile Run 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run

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Lake Minnetonka Triathlon Philly Sprint Triathlon Swiss Pine Triathlon Tri the Midlands Triathlon XTERRA Buffalo Creek XTERRA Buffalo Creek Triathlon XTERRA Dawg Dayz XTERRA Solstice Triathlon XTERRA Wales Championship Aurora BayCare High Cliff Sprint Triathlon Callaway Garden Sprint Triathlon High Cliff Half Iron Distance Triathlon Ironman Coeur d’Alene Ironman France ITU Hy-Vee World Cup Triathlon Lake Pflugerville Triathlon MetLife Race Around the World Duathlon North Mankato Triathlon Ozark Valley Triathlon Philadelphia Triathlon Sunrise Series Triathlon #3 Tellico Sprint Triathlon Vermont Sun Triathlon # 1 Webster Lake Triathlon Westchester Med. Ctr Bi’Lon XTERRA Torn Shirt Trail Triathlon West River Triathlon 5 mile Lake Women’s Triathlon Deer Creek Triathlon Dragon Triathlon Escape from Fort Delaware Triathlon Groovy Girls Tri 1 Indian Springs State Park Triathlon Iron Girl Women’s Triathlon

Excelsior Philadelphia Spruce Pine North Columbia Buffalo Creek Buffalo Creek North Little Rock LaGrande Neath Valley, Wales Sherwood Pine Mountain Sherwood Coeur d’Alene Nice, France Des Moines Pflugerville Tinley Park North Mankato Fayetteville Philadelphia Shreveport Vonore Branbury State Park Webster Valhalla Brighton Dickinson Federal Way Midway Pekin Delaware City Alexandria Flovilla Atlanta

MN PA NC SC CO CO AR OR I WI GA WI ID I IA TX IL MN AR PA LA TN VT MA NY MI ND WA UT IL DE LA GA GA

.5-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 900-meter Swim, 24k Bike, 5k Run 750-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run 750-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run 1-mile Swim, 20-mile MTB, 5-mile trail Run 1-mile Swim, 20-mile MTB, 5-mile trail Run .5-mile Swim, 10-mile MTB, 3-mile trail Run .62-mile Swim, 12.4-mile MTB, 10k trail Run 1.5K Swim, 30K Bike, 10K Run 1/4-mile Swim, 20-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 1/4-mile shallow Swim, 10-mile Bike, 2-mile Run and 5k Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run 500-meter Swim, 14-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 2-mile Run, 11-mile Bike, 2-mile Run 1/4-mile Swim, 13-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 1,000-yard Swim, 19-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run 500-yard Swim, 15-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 800-meter Swim, 17-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 600-yard Swim, 14-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 1/2-mile Swim, 12-mile Bike 3-mile Run 2-mile Run, 16-mile Bike, 2-mile Run 1/2-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 6-mile trail Run 1/4-mile Swim, 12-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 400-meter Swim, 14-mile Bike, 5k Run 1/2-mile Swim, 7-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 1.5-mile Swim, 20-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run 250-yard pool Swim, 10-mile Bike, 2-mile Run 600-meter Swim, 12.8-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 1/3-mile Swim, 18-mile Bike, 3-mile Run

63.255.227.21 952-474-3067 phillytri.com 215-517-4989 setupevents.com setupevents.com youtriit.com 303-932-1121 youtriit.com 303-932-1121 dltmultisport.com 870-246-6686 solsticetri.com 541-663-1037 xterraplanet.com 877-751-8880 midwestsportsevents.com 800-429-8044 callawaygardens.com 770-565-5208 midwestsportsevents.com 800-429-8044 ironmancda.com 888-280-9097 ironmannice.com hyveetriathlon.com lakepflugervilletri.com 512-415-2523 metlifeduathlon.com geocities.com/nmankatotri/ 507-387-4814 ozarkvalleytriathlon.com 479-521-7766 phillytri.com 215-517-4989 sportspectrumusa.com 318-798-1241 racedayevents.net 865-250-3618 vermontsun.com/triathlon.html 802-388-6888 firm-racing.com 508-434-0123 nytc.org 845-247-0271 eliteendeavors.com 419-829-2398 dickinsonparks.org/specialevents 701-456-2074 buduracing.com 253-833-8866 trailrun.com/deercreektri 801-373-7867 dragonracing.biz/dragontri.htm piranha-sports.com 302-893-1997 runwild.us 318-445-9735 tribluesky.com 678-237-0308 gamultisports.com 770-926-2367

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Loveland Lake to Lake Triathlon McMinnville City Triathlon Prestige 1/2 iron Triathlon Wild Kidz Tri

Loveland CO McMinnville TN Cranbrook, BC, Canada I Alexandria LA

6/28/08

XTERRA Big Blue Adventure

Tahoe City

6/29/08 6/29/08

Buffalo Springs Lake Ironman 70.3 Cincinnati One World Triathlon

Lubbock Cincinnati

TX OH

6/29/08 6/29/08 6/29/08 6/29/08 6/29/08

Kure Beach Double Sprint Triathlon Rochesterfest Triathlon Tri if you Dare Kids Triathlon Tri-Raider Sprint Distance Triathlon Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon

Kure Beach Rochester Seminole Lubbock Tupper Lake

NC MN FL TX NY

6/29/08 6/29/08 7/4/08

XTERRA Race at the Rez XTERRA Trimax Freedom Springs Triathlon

Essex Mifflinburg Marianna

VT PA FL

1500-meter Swim, 30-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run lovelandlaketolake.com 350-meter Swim, 15.3-mile Bike, 3-mile Run team-magic.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run rmevents.com Cubs: 25-yard Swim, .5-mile Bike, .25-mile Run; Cheetahs: 50-yard Swim, 1.5-mile runwild.us Bike, .6-mile Run; Lions: 100-yard Swim, 3-mile Bike, .6-mile Run; Bears: 200-yard Swim, 6-mile Bike, 1.2-mile Run 600-meter Swim, 13-mile MTB, 3-mile Run; 1200-meter Swim, 22-mile MTB, bigblueadventure.com 6-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run buffalospringslaketriathlon.com 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run; 1/4-mile Swim, cincytriathlon.com 12-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 375-meter Swim, 1.5-mile Run, 20k Bike, 1.5-mile Run, 375-meter Swim setupevents.com 1.5K Swim, 40K Bike, 10K Run; 1/4-mile Swim, 10-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run winmultisportevents.com 1-mile Run, 4-mile Bike, 150-yard Swim myseminole.com/tri.htm 500-meter Swim, 17.6-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run buffalospringslaketriathlon.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run; 1/2-mile Swim, 26-mile Bike, tupperlakeinfo.com 6.2-mile Run .75-mile Swim, 10-mile MTB, 4-mile Run xterraplanet.com .7-mile Swim, 12-mile MTB, 3.5-mile Run xterraplanet.com 1/4-mile Swim, 10-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; Kids: 100-yard Swim, 3.1-mile Bike, fst1@embarqmail.com 1-mile Run

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MinneMan Sprint Triathlon Patriot Half Triathlon Rodney Miller-Decatur Lakeside Triathlon The MinneMan Sprint Triathlon Caesar Creek Triathlon and Duathlon City of Philadelphia Woman’s Triathlon Clark Companies A Tri in the Buff Triathlon/Duathlon Cycle & Fitness Firecraker Triathlon Desert Half Iron Triathlon Firecracker Triathlon Holliston Lions Triathlon Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens Ironman Germany Tradewinds Triathlon XTERRA France Championshp XTERRA Lock 4 Blast Ironman Monaco 70.3 Clackamas River Runoff Triathlon Diamond in the Rough Triathlon DQ Tri & Du at Vincentown

Benton Harbor Osoyoos, B.C. Tucson Holliston Lake Stevens Frankfurt, Germany Coconut Creek Auron, France Gallatin Monaco Estacada Perryville Vincentown

MI I AZ MA WA I FL I TN I OR MD NJ

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June Lake Triathlon Lake Michigan Triathlon

June Lake Kenosha

CA WI

7/12/08

Minneapolis

7/12/08 7/12/08 7/12/08

Life Time Fitness Triathlon, Lifetime Fitness Triathlon Series Mini Mossman Kid’s Triathlon Muncie Endurathon Musselman Triathlon

Norwalk Muncie Geneva

CT IN NY

7/12/08 7/12/08

Pewaukee KIDS Triathlon Timberman Triathlon

Pewaukee Grand Rapids

WI MN

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1/3-mile Swim, 13-mile Bike, 3-mile Run midwestevents.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run patriothalf.com .75-mile Swim, 19-mile Bike, 4-mile Run decaturtriathlon.com .3-mile Swim, 13-mile Bike, 3-mile Run minnemantri.com 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 5k Run, 40k Bike, 10k Run hfpracing.com 500-meter Swim, 17-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run cgiracing.com 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run with relay; 750-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run with score-this.com relay; Duathlon: 5k Run, 20k Bike, 5k Run; Try-A-Tri: 200-meter Swim, 10k Bike, 2k Run; Kid’s Tri 1/4-mile Swim, 13-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run firecrackertri.com 2k Swim, 90k Bike, 21k Run outbackevents.ca 750-meter Swim, 12-mile Bike, 3-mile Run tritucson.com 1/2-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 5-mile Run firm-racing.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run lakestevens703.com 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run ironman.de .25-mile Swim, 10-mile Bike, 2.5-mile Run multirace.com 1.5K Swim, 30K Bike, 10K Run xterraplanet.com .5-mile Swim, 12.5-mile MTB, 4.5-mile trail Run thebikerschoice.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run monaco-ironman.com 9.3-mile Bike, 5.6-mile Run, 2.5-mile paddle roguemultisport.com 1-mile Swim, 27-mile Bike, 5-mile Run piranha-sports.com 1/4-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 5k Run; 2-mile Run, 15-mile dqtridu.com Bike, 5k Run Olympic and Sprint Distance highsierratri.org .5-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 5k Run; 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; lakegenevasports.com Duathlon: 3.1-mile Run, 25-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; Adventure: 12-mile Kayak, 10k Run 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run ltftriathlon.com

217-423-7000 440-350-1708 856-468-0925 716-662-9379 269-983-2453 250-764-3204 520-529-9113 508-434-0123 504-454-6561 954-433-3475 877-751-8880 615-822-2512 377-935-0291 503-327-5531 302-893-1997 609-509-0987 760-934-9234 262-248-4323 952-229-7227

Distances determined by age teammossman.com 203-255-8892 1.2-mile Swim,56-mile Bike,13.1-mile Run; 400-yard Swim,12.3-mile Bike,3.1-mile Run muncieendurathon.com 765-759-8778 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run; 1500-meter Swim, 24.9musselmantri.com 315-636-4268 mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run; 1/4-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; Kids: 100-yard Swim, 2-3-mile Bike,.25-.5-mile Run Distance determined by age midwestsportsevents.com 800-429-8044 .3-mile Swim, 11-mile Bike, 3-mile Run; 1-mile Swim, 24-mile Bike, timberman.org 6-mile Run

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XTERRA Ironcreek Mossman Triathlon Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon Culver’s Sprint Triathlon Graham Beasley Half Iron Triathlon, Duathlon & Relay Graniteman Triathlon Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island Ironman Austria Ironman Switzerland Jefferson Heritage Triathlon Metroman Triathlon

Spearfish Norwalk Chattanooga Culver Carleton Place, Ontario Canada St. Cloud Providence Klagenfurt, Austria Zurich, Switzerland Jefferson Asbury Park

MN RI I I TX NJ

Montauk Lighthouse Sprint Triathlon Pewaukee Triathlon Triangle Triathlon XTERRA EX2 Off-Road Triathlon XTERRA Vashon Island Hammerman Triathlon Castle Rock Triathlon City of Santa Fe Triathlon Eppie’s Great Race Evergreen Lake Triathlon Great Lakes Triathlon/ Duathlon Championship J.F. Hurley Formula 1 Sprint Triathlon Lake in the Hills Triathlon MightMite Triathlon The Old Man Deschutes Dash Triathlon West Side Y Tri 28th Annual Tinman Triathlon 3 Sports Triathlon Asheville Triathlon Boulder Peak Triathlon Donner Lake International & Sprint Triathlons Door County Triathlon Iron Girl Texas Ironman 70.3 Vineman Ironman Lake Placid Key Biscayne Tri & Du Trilogy #2

Montauk Pewaukee Raleigh Flintstone Vashon Island Anchorage Friendship Santa Fe Sacramento Hudson Middleville

NY WI NC MD WA AK WI NM CA IL MI

.62-mile Swim, 13.7-mile MTB, 4.9-mile trail Run deadwoodmickelsontrailmarathon.com .5-mile Swim, 12.5-mile Bike, 5k Run teammossman.com 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run team-magic.com 1/4-mile Swim, 10.5-mile Bike, 3-mile Run culver.org 1.9k Swim, 90k Bike, 21.1k Run; 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; somersault.ca Swim/cycle: 1.9k Swim, 90k Bike; 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike 1/3-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run northcrestgym.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run ironmanrhodeisland.com 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run ironmanaustria.com 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run ironman.ch 1/2-mile Swim, 25k Bike, 5k Run sportspectrumusa.com 400-meter Swim, 12.4-mile Bike, 2-mile Run; 1500-meter Swim, 24.4-mile Bike, sunsetracing.com 10K Run 1/2-mile Swim, 14-mile Bike, 5K Run longislandtricoach.com 1/4-mile Swim, 16-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run midwestsportsevents.com 750-meter Swim, 15-mile Bike, 5k Run setupevents.com 3/4-mile Swim, 14-mile MTB, 5-mile trail Run ex2adventures.com 1/2-mile Swim, 12.4-mile MTB, 3.4-mile trail Run buduracing.com .5-mile Swim, 10.9-mile MTB, 3.1-mile trail Run hammermantriathlon.com .25-mile Swim, 16-mile Bike, 3-mile Run adamscountywi.com 400-meter Swim, 16-mile Bike, 2-mile Run tgrande.com 5.82-mile Run, 12.5-mile Bike, 6.35-mile paddle thegreatrace.org 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 5k Run tri-shark.org greatlakestri.com

Salisbury Lake in the Hills Forest City Bend Knoxville Honolulu Richmond Asheville Boulder Truckee

NC IL AR OR TN HI VA NC CO CA

375-meter Swim, 1.35-mile Run, 20k Bike, 1.35-mile Run, 375-meter Swim 1/2-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 1/3-mile Swim, 13-mile Bike, 3-mile Run Olympic-distance triathlon/duathlon; Sprint-distance triathlon/duathlon 350-meter Swim, 8-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 800-meter Swim 40K Bike, 10K Run 300-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run 400-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run 1500-meter Swim, 26-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run 1.5-mile Swim, 40k Bike, 6.5-mile Run; 1/4-mile Swim, 6-mile Bike, 2-mile Run

setupevents.com lith.org s2fevents.com freshairsports.com racedayevents.net tinmanhawaii.com setupevents.com setupevents.com 5430sports.com changeofpace.com

Egg Harbor Irving Windsor Lake Placid Key Biscayne

WI TX CA NY FL

doorcountytriathlon.com irongirltexas.com vineman.com ironmanusa.com multirace.com

920-606-2458 806-829-2407 707-528-1630 888-280-9097 954-433-3475

New York

Half Iron & Sprint distance 500-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run .25-mile Swim, 10-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; 1-mile Run, 10-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run

nyctri.com

212-691-2200

Nautica New York City Triathlon, Lifetime Fitness Triathlon Series Niagara Triathlon and Duathlon

SD CT TN IN I

605-642-2382 203-255-8892 615-460-9927 574-842-8388

727-942-4767 434-635-0965 318-798-1241 208-462-2320 516-520-7223 800-429-8044 571-251-6034 253-833-8866 907-336-0383 608-339-6997 505-256-3625 916-875-6640 309-827-2272 616-822-7968

847-960-7460 901-274-2202 541-318-7388 865-250-3618 808-595-5317

303-442-0041 530-757-2012

Triathlon, Duathlon and Kids Fun Run

trisportcanada.com

905-562-6670

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Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Pittsburgh Triathlon and Adventure Race Pittsburgh Spirit of Racine 1/2 Distance Triathlon Racine Strawberry Fields Duathlon Oxnard Strawberry Fields Triathlon Oxnard Town North YMCA Kids Triathlon Dallas

PA WI CA CA TX

piranha-sports.com hfpracing.com strawberryfieldstri.com strawberryfieldstri.com ironheadrp.com

302-893-1997 440-350-1708 310-901-6398 310-901-6398 817-707-0500

7/20/08 7/20/08 7/20/08 7/26/08 7/26/08 7/26/08 7/26/08 7/26/08 7/27/08 7/27/08

Tri ‘N Du Putnam XTERRA Wild Horse Creek YMCA Happy Trails Triathlon Buckner Mission Man Triathlon Hagerstown Youth Triathlon NTC Lake Louisa Sprint Triathlon # 4 Spudman Triathlon XTERRA New Castle Off-Road Triathlon BMW Greenwich Cup Triathlon Chisago Lakes Area Triathlon

Carmel Bozeman Millford Burlington Hagerstown Clermont Burley New Castle Old Greenwich Chisago Lakes

NY MT MI NC MD FL ID IN CT MN

nytc.org xterraplanet.com 3disciplines.com setupevents.com racinemultisports.com usat-ntc.com burleylions.org/spudman dinoseries.com threadsandtreads.com midwestsportsevents.com

845-247-0271 406-995-7138 810-714-5768

317-336-7553 203-661-0142 800-429-8044

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Hagerstown Sprint Triathlon Ironman Newfoundland 70.3

MD I

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301-991-0461 709-639-2000

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Mountain Man Triathlon Rocky Mountain State Games Triathlon Solana Beach Duathlon Solana Beach Triathlon Stoneman Sprint Triathlon XTERRA Crested Butte Bank Triathlon XTERRA First Coast Off- Road Triathlon Sandy Beach Triathlon Barb’s Race Triathlon

Hagerstown Newfoundland, Canada Flagstaff Colorado Springs San Diego San Diego Springfield Crested Butte Jacksonville Morris Windsor

1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 2-mile paddle, 20k Bike, 3.2 Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 2-mile Run, 11.5-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 1/4-mile Swim, 11.5-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 100-meter Swim, 2.5-mile Bike, .75-mile Run; 200-meter Swim, 5-mile Bike, 1.5-mile Run .3-mile Swim, 14-mile Bike, 3-mile Run .74-mile Swim, 15-mile MTB, 6-mile trail Run .6-mile Swim, 16-mile Bike, 5k Run 750-meter Swim, 15-mile Bike, 5k Run 100-meter Swim, 2-mile Bike, .75-mile Run 1/4-mile Swim, 7-mile Bike, 1.5-mile Run 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run .5-mile Swim, 10 MTB, 4-mile trail Run .5-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 1/4-mile Swim, 20.5-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 300-meter Swim, 11.5-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run

AZ CO CA CA IL CO FL CT CA

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Mountainmanevents.com 520-526-8761 thesportscorp.org 719-634-7333 kozenterprises.com 858-268-1250 kozenterprises.com 858-268-1250 dewthetri.com 217-414-5567 cbbanktri.com 970-349-0170 xterrafirstcoast.com 904-982-3365 active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1488356 vineman.com 707-528-1630

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Block Island Triathlon Full Vineman Triathlon Half Vineman AquaBike Hellgate Challenge Ironfish Kids Triathlon

Block Island Windsor Windsor Grants Pass Shreveport

RI CA CA OR LA

1/4-mile Swim, 12-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike 12k Run, 24-mile Bike, 5-mile Kayak (Guppy) 100-yard Swim, 5k Bike, 1k Run; (Shark) 200-yard Swim, 10k Bike, 2k Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run Olympic Distance 1/4-mile Swim, 10-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run Intermediate, Short and Youth Race Distances

blockislandchamber.com vineman.com vineman.com roguemultisport.com sportspectrumusa.com

8/2/08 8/2/08 8/2/08 8/3/08 8/3/08

Ironman 70.3 Steelhead Lake Logan Triathlon Top Gun Triathlon Antwerp Ironman 70.3 Cayuga Lake Triathlon

MI NC FL I NY

8/3/08 8/3/08 8/3/08 8/3/08

Cleveland Triathlon Culpeper Sprint Triathlon East Fork Triathlon and Duathlon Greenfield Triathlon

Benton Harbor Canton St. Petersburg Beringen, Belgium Taughnnock Falls State Park Cleveland Culpeper Bethel Greenfield

OH VA OH MA

8/3/08 8/3/08

Sandman Triathlon Satsop Olympic & Sprint Triathlon

Santa Cruz Elma

CA WA

8/3/08 8/3/08 8/3/08 8/3/08 8/3/08 8/9/08 8/9/08 8/9/08 8/9/08 8/9/08

Witch City Triathlon XTERRA Appalachia XTERRA Panther Creek Off-Road Triathlon XTERRA Sky High XTERRA Snow Valley Off-Road Triathlon Boulder Kids Triathlon Coeur d’ Alene Triathlon Emmet’s Most Excellent Tri Greater Cleveland Youth Triathlon London Triathlon

MA PA TN NY CA CO ID ID OH I

8/9/08 8/9/08 8/9/08

Mountain Lakes Triathlon Oshkosh Kids Triathlon Sylvania Super Kid’s Triathlon

Salem Indiana Morristown Grafton Running Springs Boulder Coeur d’ Alene Emmett Mentor London, United Kingdom Guntersville Winneconne Sylvania

1.5k Swim, 24-mile Bike, 10k Run pacificsportsllc.com 750-meter Swim, 15-mile Bike, 5k Run setupevents.com 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 5k Run, 40k Bike, 10k Run hfpracing.com .31-mile Swim, 15.2-mile Bike, 3-mile Run; .63-mile Swim, 30.4-mile Bike, greenfield-triathlon.com 7.2-mile Run 1/2-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 4.2-mile Run scsla.org 1500-meter Swim, 25-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run; 500-meter Swim, 12-mile Bike, buduracing.com 3.1-mile Run 1/2-mile Swim, 13-mile Bike, 3-mile Run firm-racing.com .5-mile Swim, 11-mile MTB, 4-mile Run americanadventuresports.com .5-mile Swim, 15-mile MTB, 4.5-mile trail Run riversportsadventures.com .6-mile Swim, 12-mile MTB, 4-mile trail Run skyhighadventures.com .62-mile Swim, 11-mile MTB, 4-mile trail Run Mountainmultisport.com Distances determined by age 5430sports.com 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 5k Run, 40k Bike, 10k Run cdatriathlon.com 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 500-meter Swim, 12.4-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run emmetttri.com 7-10: 100-yard Swim,3-mile Bike,1/2-mile Run; 11-14: 200-yard Swim,6-mile Bike,1-mile RunNCMultisports.com Olympic and Sprint distances theblenheimtriathlon.com

AL WI OH

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team-magic.com midwestsportsevents.com eliteendeavors.com

707-528-1630 707-528-1630 503-327-5531 318-798-1241 773-404-2372 828-400-5868 321-145-9928

714-978-1528 440-350-1708

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Utah Half Iron 5430 Long Course Triathlon Alcatraz Escape from the Rock Triathlon Camp Whitcomb Mason Central Park Triathlon Folsom International Triathlon Greater Cleveland Triathlon

Provo City Boulder San Francisco Hartland Central Park Folsom Mentor

UT CO CA WI NY CA OH

8/10/08 8/10/08 8/10/08 8/10/08 8/10/08 8/10/08

Green Lake Sprint Triathlon Ironman 70.3 Germany IRP Wool Capital Triathlon Northern Columbia Triathlon Park City Mossman Triathlon Hansgrohe Acworth Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sprint Triathlon XTERRA Iron Will XC Triathlon XTERRA STOAKED Off-Road Triathlon Waupaca Area KIDS Triathlon

Spicer Wiesbaden, Germany San Angelo Canaan Bridgeport Acworth

MN I TX NY CT GA

Jonesboro Hanover Waupaca

AR NH WI

Bayside YMCA Triathlon CATS Half Iron tri & Aqua Bike HiWAAY Huntsville Sprint Triathlon MattoonMan Triathlon NTC Lake Louisa Sprint Triathlon # 5 Seeley Lake Challenge Triathlon Three Rivers Triathlon Tri-Arkansas Triathlon Waupaca Area Triathlon XTERRA DINO Logansport Off-Road Triathlon XTERRA Mountain Championship 7th Annual Kids Triathlon

Barrington Arkadelphia Huntsville Neoga Clermont Seeley Lake Three Rivers Arkadelphia Waupaca Logansport Ogden Davis

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Umpqua Ultimate Sprint & XTERRA Japan Championship Greater Bowling Green Sprint Triathlon Louisville Ironman Oregon Trout City of Portland Triathlon XTERRA Onteora Great Basin Youth and Family Triathlon Akron Kids Triathlon and Duathlon Akron Women’s Triathlon Alan’s Elite Race Anthem Evening Triathlon Great IIIini Challenge Triathlon

Sutherlin Marunuma, Japan Bowling Green Louisville Portland Livingston Manor Murray Akron Akron Akron Anthem Neoga

OR I KY KY OR NY UT OH OH OH AZ IL

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Hickory Nut Gorge Triathlon Lake Geneva Triathlon

Lake Lure Lake Geneva

NC WI

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Old Hickory Lake Triathlon Reeds Lake Triathlon Square Lake Triathlon YMCA Kids Triathlon Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon Big Kahuna Triathlon Buckman Sprint Distance Delaware Diamondman Traithlon

Hendersonville East Grand Rapids Stillwater Shreveport Los Angeles Eagan Santa Cruz Lebanon Bear

TN MI MN LA CA MN CA NJ DE

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Ironman 70.3 Singapore Ironman United Kingdom

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Ironman Wisconsin Michigan’s Triathlon/ Duathlon Championship Midwest Meltdown

Singapore Dorset, United Kingdom Madison White Lake

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.75k Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run; 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run roguemultisport.com 1.5K Swim,30K Bike, 10K Run xterraplanet.com 400-meter pool Swim, 23.6k Bike, 5k Run bglob.com/index.php 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run ironmanlouisville.com 1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run portlandtri.com 1/2-mile Swim, 11-mile MTB, 3.1-mile trail Run triandduit.com 150-yard Swim, 4.6-mile Bike, 1.5-mile Run agegroupsports.com/gbc/Races/youthfamilyrace.htm 200-yard Swim, 7-mile Bike, 1-mile Run; 1/2-mile Run, 7-mile Bike, 1-mile Run hfpracing.com 250-meter Swim, 7-mile Bike, 2-mile Run hfpracing.com 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run 5k Run, 40k Bike, 10k Run hfpracing.com 5k Run, 22k Bike, 400-meter pool Swim dcbadventures.com 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run; 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, mattoonbeachtri.com 13.1-mile Run 500-meter Swim, 25k Bike, 5k Run racedayevents.net Short: .5-mile Swim, 17-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run; Olympic: .9-mile Swim, 25-mile lakegenevasports.com Bike, 6.2-mile Run; Half Ironman: 1/2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 400-yard Swim, 1.5-mile Run, 12-mile Bike, 1.5-mile Run team-magic.com 1/2-mile Swim, 17.2-mile Bike, 4.9-mile Run eastgr.org 1/2-mile Swim, 18-mile Bike, 5-mile Run vacationsports.com Distances determined by age sportspectrumusa.com 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run pacificsportsllc.com 10-min pool swim, 30-min stationary bike, 20-min treadmill run @ 2% incline lifetimefitness.com\events 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run firstwave-events.com 1/2-mile Swim, 17-mile Bike, 5k Run greenbrookracing.com Half: 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run; Sprint: .6-mile Swim, 17.5-mile piranha-sports.com Bike, 2-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run ironman703singapore.com 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run ironmanuk.com 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run ironmanwisconsin.com 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 500-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run; 5k Run, 3disciplines.com 40k Bike, 5k Run Long: 1.5k Swim, 17.14-mile Bike, 5.81-mile Run; Sprint: .75k Swim, 15.53-mile midwestmultisportraces.com Bike, 3.56-mile Run; Duathlon: 1.68-mile Run, 15.53-mile Bike, 3.56-mile Run

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Monmouth County Park System Sprint New York City Biathlon Patriot’s International & Sprint Prairieman Long Course Triathlon Seattle Escape From The Rock Triathlon Westport Kiwanis Minuteman Triathlon The Triathlon at Pacific Grove Lobsterman Triathlon 5 Star Triathlon Flowing Lake Triathlon The Grand Columbian Tugaloo Triathlon Watauga Lake Triathlon XTERRA Germany Championship Angels-NC Triathlon CATS Sprint Triathlon Duke Liver Center Half Harvest Moon Long Course Triathlon Ironman 70.3 Muskoka

NJ NY VA TX WA CT CA ME MA WA WA GA NC I NC AR NC CO I

1/4-mile Swim, 10-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 2-mile Run, 12-mile Bike, 2-mile Run 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 750-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run 500-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run; 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run .5-mile Swim, 12-mile Bike, 2.5-mile Run .5-mile Swim, 5.5-mile Bike, 2.2-mile Run 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run 1/4-mile Swim, 11-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 400-meter Swim, 14-mile Bike, 1.9-mile Run 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run 1500-meter Swim, 26.1-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 100-meter Swim, 35K Bike, 8K Run 1.5k Swim, 30k MTB, 10k trail Run 300-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run 500-yard Swim, 13-mile Bike, 3.2-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run

Mighty Hamptons Music City Triathlon Tawas Triathlon Festival 12 Hours of Endurance Duathlon Big Lick Triathlon Dension Dash Triathlon Kokopelli Triathlon Redman Triathlon

Long Branch Central Park Williamsburg Grand Prairie Mercer Island Westport Lake San Antonio Wellesley Douglas Snohomish Grand Coulee Dam Lavonia Boone Titisee Winston-Salem Conway Raleigh Aurora Huntsville, Ontario, Canada Long Island Nashville East Tawas Flintstone Huddleston Denison St. George Oklahoma City

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monmouthcountyparks.com 732-542-1642 nytc.org 845-247-0271 setupevents.com ironheadrp.com 817-707-0500 envirosports.com/events 415-868-1829 westportkiwanis.org/triathlon.html tricalifornia.com 831-373-0678 tri-maine.com 617-513-5521 firm-racing.com 508-434-0123 buduracing.com 253-833-8866 thegrandcolumbian.com 360-325-0715 gamultisports.com 770-926-2367 wataugalaketriathlon.com 828-265-8652 xterraplanet.com 877-751-8880 setupevents.com dltmultisport.com 870-246-6686 setupevents.com racingunderground.com 303-642-7917 ironmanmuskoka.com 905-562-6670

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XTERRA England Championship Boulder Tri Babes Sprint Triathlon D.W. Field Triathlon Dover-Sherborn Boosters Traithlon Ironman 70.3 Cancun

Cumbria, England Longmont Brockton Dover Cancun, Mexico

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1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run eventpowerli.com 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run team-magic.com Half Iron, Olympic, and Sprint distances 3disciplines.com MTB/Trail Run Relay (12 Hours) ex2adventures.com 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run setupevents.com 300-meter Swim, 15.2-mile Bike, 3-mile Run ironheadrp.com .75k Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run; 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run bbscendurancesports.com AquaBike: 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike; 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile redmantriathlon.com Run; 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run 1.5K Swim, 30K MTB, 10K Run xterraplanet.com 1/2-mile Swim, 12.4-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run (women only) withoutlimitsproductions.weebly.com 14.5-mile Bike, 1-mile Canoe, 10k Run dwftriathlon.org 1/4-mile Swim, 14.8-mile Bike, 3.2-mile Run doversherbornboosterstriathlon.com 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run cancunironman.com

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Long Beach Triathlon Mary M. Gooley Finger Lakes Triathlon Meat Pie Triathlon ChesapeakeMan Ultra Triathlon Duathlon World Championship (ITU) See Jane Tri (Women Only) Atomic Man Half Iron Triathlon Cape Henlopen Triathlon & Duathlon

Long beach Canandaguia Natchitoches Cambridge Remini, ITA Pleasanton Vonore Lewes

CA NY LA MD I CA TN DE

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Kickapoo Valley Reserve Dam Challenge Monmouth Park Timberbrook Triathlon Pinehurst Triathlon Sprint Mighty Man XTERRA Nevada Emerald Pointe Triathlon Bassman Half-Distance Triathlon Central Park Biathlon

La Farge Howell Pinehurst Montauk Lake Tahoe Lake Lanier Island Bass River Central Park

WI NJ NC NY NV GA NJ NY

1500-meter Swim, 24.9-mile Bike, 6.2-mile Run 1.5k river Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run Triathlon: 800-meter Swim, 18-mile Bike, 4-mile Run; Duathlon: 2-mile Run, 18-mile Bike, 2-mile Run 7-mile Canoe, 14-mile Bike, 3-mile XC Run 3-mile Run, 2-mile Canoe/Kayak, 5-mile MTB 1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run 500-meter Swim, 17k Bike, 5k Run 750-meter Swim, 32k MTB, 5k Run 400-yard Swim, 13-mile Bike, 3.1-mile Run 1.2-mile Swim, 58-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 2-mile Run, 12-mile Bike, 2-mile Run T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

Mountainmanevents.com richmondmultisports.com triforsight.com

520-526-8761 804-389-0588 859-396-3220

kvr.state.wi.us/ monmouthcountyparks.com setupevents.com eventpowerli.com xterraplanet.com gamultisports.com citytri.com nytc.org

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FL NY CA FL NV TX

1.5k Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run 1.2-mile Swim, 56-mile Bike, 13.1-mile Run 500-meter Swim, 15k Bike, 5k Run 1.5K Swim, 40K Bike, 10K Run 1.5k Swim 30k MTB, 10k Run 1500-meter Swim, 40k Bike, 10k Run; 800-meter Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run

escapetomiamitriathlon.com eventpowerli.com kozenterprises.com escapetomiamitriathlon.com xterraplanet.com usopentriathlon.com

Neoga Kailua-Kona Granite Bay Napa Midlothian Austin Tucson Hungry sharks Cove

IL HI CA CA VA TX AZ MS

5-mile Run, 40-mile Bike, 5-mile Run 2.4-mile Swim, 112-mile Bike, 26.2-mile Run 1/2-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 1/2-mile Swim, 15-mile Bike, 4-mile Run 400-meter pool Swim, 20k Bike, 5k Run 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike, 13.1-mile run 825-yard Swim, 12-mile Bike, 3-mile Run 20-mile beach Run, 40-mile beach MTB, 5-mile Swim

mattoonbeachtri.com 217-895-3035 ironman.com/worldchampionship808-329-0063 tbfracing.com 916-774-3488 envirosports.comevents 415-868-1829 richmondmultisports.com 804-389-0588 www.ironmanlonghorn.com 512-535-5224 tritucson.com 520-529-9113 dirtydogmanracing.com 764-992-9293

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Escape to Miami Triathlon Mightyman Montauk Triathlon Mission Bay Triathlon Publix Escape to Miami Triathlon XTERRA USA Championship Toyota US Open Triathlon Lifetime Fitness Series Championship Eagle Creek Long Course Duathlon Ironman World Championship Golden State Triathlon His Tri (Men’s Tri) Richmond Sprint Triathlon Longhorn Ironman 70.3 Austin Tinfoilman Triathlon Xtreme Kittty (Chasing the Rat Triathlon Series # 7 Chilli Challenge PumpkinMan Triathlon

Washingtonville Boulder City

PA NV

chillichallenge.com bbscendurancesports.com

702-401-6044

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Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon

White Bear Lake

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952-947-0000

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Atomic Duathlon Rocktoberfest Triathlon, Sprint Distance Rocktoberfest Triathlon Suncoast Triathlon Soma Triathlon Half & Quarterman

Lenoir City Galveston Galveston St. Petersburg Tempe

TN TX TX FL AZ

racedayevents.net www.rocktoberfesttri.com www.rocktoberfesttri.com suncoasttri.com redrocktriathlon.com

865-250-3618 512-535-5224 512-535-5224

10/26/08 11/1/08

XTERRA World Championship Beach2Battleship Full & Half

Maui Wilmington

HI NC

11/1/08 11/2/08

Ironman Florida Lifetime Fitness Indoor Triathlon

Panama City Crosstown

FL MN

11/8/08

Catalina Island Triathlon

Catalina Island

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WETSUIT The top suits for your 2008 racing season

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REVIEW In our sport’s more formative years, a so-called “triathlon” wetsuit was nothing more than a hunk of neoprene that athletes picked up at their local surf shop. Nowadays, wetsuit manufacturers spend as much time researching new technology as bike builders, and the result has been the introduction of some very high-tech suits over the past decade or so. Here, we present our 2008 round up of the top suits for triathletes.

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ORCA APEX 2 $525

XTERRA WETSUITS VECTOR PRO X2 $550

QUINTANA ROO SUPERFULL $550

If you’re the kind who thinks all wetsuits look alike, take a quick look at the Orca Apex 2 and you’ll notice something very different from other suits on the market. Orca’s bubbled 5mm chest panel features tiny air cavities throughout the front of the suit, which increase buoyancy. We also enjoyed the super-tight, second-skin fit, which provides solid flexibility and prevents water from building up underneath the suit. Also available: For Ironman-distance events or races in warmer water, try the new Apex 3.8, with porous panels in the underarm to help excess heat escape.

When Keith Simmons at XTERRA Wetsuits told us his new Vector Pro suit was the fastest in the world, we were of course a bit skeptical so we put it to the test at Ironman Florida. The result? First overall age grouper out of the water and a new swim PR. Now, we can’t give all the credit to the suit, but there’s something to it. XTERRA’s Flex-Span Inner Liner delivers unmatched freedom of movement and feels as though you’re wearing nothing at all. Coming soon: The XTERRA Vendetta is in the works and should be available later this year. It utilizes Air-Dome technology (similar to the Orca Apex) to maximize buoyancy.

If you’re like most triathletes, you’ve probably spent countless hours in the pool trying to get your hips on top of the water. Stop trying. QR’s Superfull suit utilizes Virtual Pull Buoy (VPB) technology to keep your hips riding high and reduce frontal drag. VPB technology also helps make side-toside hip rotation smoother, which helps increase reach and reduce stroke count.

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AQUAMAN GOLD CELL $630

PROFILE DESIGN BIONIK BY AQUAMAN $465

ROCKET SCIENCE SPORTS ROCKET XP $500

According to Aquaman USA’s Emmanuel Millet, the Gold Cell is the Cadillac of wetsuits. We disagree. It’s more like a Ferrari. While it’s a bit pricier than just about every other wetsuit on the planet, there’s a good reason for it: The Gold Cell is the only wetsuit in the world with premium neoprene on both the inside and outside. Since neoprene has zero absorption, water isn’t able to build up inside the suit and slow you down. The result is an extremely comfortable suit that feels light and buoyant throughout the entire race.

The guys at Profile have extended their reach beyond bike components and are now branding a select line of Aquaman wetsuits. The GIGA #40 neoprene on the neck and shoulders provides an uninterrupted range of motion, while the SCS coating on the neoprene means water flows right off the suit. With Profile Design’s Bionik you can save yourself a few hundred bucks and still make it to T1 way faster than you ever thought possible.

Darren Zielinski at Rocket Science Sports assured us that seamless design makes the Rocket XP the toughest wetsuit on the market. We took that as meaning we had an open invitation to beat the crap out of the suit, and we did. The suit truly stood up to the test. Aside from being able to withstand any amount of tugging and pulling without splitting, the seamless suit fits extremely well and optimizes range of motion through the arms and shoulders.

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MAYSTORM TWO PIECE CUSTOM $618

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Flexibility where you want it and flotation where you need it. The Zenith features 2mm Yamamoto neoprene throughout the suit, plus an additional 3mm where you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need as much freedom of movement. The result is a suit with the mobility of a 2mm suit and the flotation of a 5mm suit. Your swim times are sure to drop, just ask super-swimmer Luke Bell, if you can catch him.

Japan-based Maystorm Wetsuits builds fully custom suits using 27 measurements. You even get to choose the thickness of the neoprene in every part of the suit. If you want extra buoyancy, pump the torso up to 5mm. If you want freedom of motion, use only 1mm in the arms. Every purchase includes one bottom and two tops (full sleeve and sleeveless. You also get your choice of zip tops or a pullover. Once you place your order, it should take no more than four weeks for your suit to arrive.

With the top-end Frequency, Nineteen has officially arrived as a first-string wetsuit brand addressing the must-haves: a contoured cut (and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-specific cuts as well), a low neckline and a thin 2mm rear calf panel for a quick exit at the rack. They even have a unique silicone inner seal at the wrist to prevent flushing. The biggest draw for us? An unrestricted overhead reach, thanks to a 1.5mm panel stretching from underarm gusset to just above the hip and across the lower lumbar. Nineteen will still offer a pinkaccented Frequency (swiminpink.com), with $20 of each sale going toward breast cancer research.

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DESOTO FIRST WAVE BIBJOHN ($270) AND PULLOVER ($220)

2XU V:1 VELOCITY $575

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New graphics highlight the two-piece ’08 First Wave, and the innovative design offers a few key benefits. The first: fit versatility. Got a barrel chest and scrawny legs? Get a bigger top. Got massive tree trunks and a slight upper body? Buy a larger bottom. Other attractive aspects? Unrestricted motion plus a new, lighter zipper and a lower neckline, add more comfort to an already fast suit.

We have to give 2XU the award for technical innovation. We equate the V:1 to the legal equivalent of wearing paddles and fins. The Rollbar for proper body position remains from past models, and the new vertical strakes running down the long axis of the chest channel water and inhibit lateral body motion in rough water. Plus, the propulsion panels on the shins make for a flatter kicking surface, and the forearm catch panel makes for a flat, paddle-like surface. Whether a pull-dominant swimmer or bubble machine, the V:1 literally feels like you’ve gone into the race with an advantage.

The FluidDrive always finds its way in as one of our top-value suits. No, it doesn’t have the ultra-expensive rubber, but at half the price of many brands here it features a low neckline, a forearm catch panel and Smoothskin. It also has stuff the other guys don’t, like calf zippers, making the suit a breeze to exit at the transition rack. Plus, with 5mm rubber down the legs and across the chest the suit boasts some of the best floatation and warmth among the suits tested. The FluidDrive also offers something nobody else does: internal pockets on the quadriceps, into which users can slide variable-thickness neoprene panels for added floatation.

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BLUESEVENTY HELIX $550

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One of our 2007 favorites (and apparently, the fave of many top pros, who use it by choice, not endorsement) gets a boost in ’08. Its unreal reach (thanks to the figureeight blue rubber that that crosses over the shoulder, under the arms and across the back) has been the suit’s calling card, effectively isolating the arms from the torso and making for a resistance-free swim. The ’08 version improves on this, adding black SCS 40 rubber at the underarm gusset (they call it Torsional Stretch Technology) for even greater stretch and mobility. The new ribbed 3mm panels behind the knee give the suit a greater fit, and the up-release zipper that debuted last year makes it easy to remove.

The Sprint uses super-stretchy, coated Speed Skin neoprene (an exclusive to Neosport, given their 45-year tenure in the dive-wetsuit business). The 5mm thick rubber across the front offers warmth and floatation, and 2mm rubber through the shoulder and underarm provides reach. For the entry-level to midpack triathlete, the Sprint may be your pick: It’s easy on the wallet and has the flexibility you’ll appreciate as your swim stroke improves over the season.

AquaSphere, known for their goggles, made a foray into wetsuits a couple of years ago. Then they created the XP, a suit that’s the real deal. It’s real enough for one of Ironman’s top swimmers—Faris Al Sultan—to endorse, and one that came to as a pleasant surprise. The XP uses Yamomoto SCScoated rubber throughout (except along the shin), paired with an athletic cut and fit. The silver neck collar was a feature we loved (no neck hickies), with matching silver material at the forearm catch area. And the 1mm of thin rubber under the arm made for a free, open swim stroke.

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Taking hydrodynamic technology to a whole new level, wetsuit manufacturers have rolled out the speedsuit category. When warm waters mean you won’t have the advantage of an ultra-buoyant wetsuit, a speedsuit is the next-best bet. Using thinner neoprene, nylon and lycra, these suits have near-neutral buoyancy and almost no water absorption.

SPEEDO FS-PRO HI NECK BODYSKIN $340

BLUESEVENTY POINTZERO3 $200

ORCA RS1 SWIMSKIN $229

It’s hard to argue with statistics. At the last swimming world championships this suit set records and won titles in just about every event. It’s the choice of Michael Phelps (even though he could set records in blue jeans), and although it’s made for the pool it’s fast in open water as well. Due to the full length of the legs, it takes a few seconds longer to get out of than other speedsuits, but you’re likely to make up that time and more in the water thanks to the ultra-fine nylon thread, the most water-resistant fabric on the planet.

The PointZero3 arrived in Kona mere days before the 2006 Ford Ironman World Championship. The guys at BlueSeventy hurried to get it on the shoulders of their athletes, and the results speak for themselves. In 2006 the PointZero3 was worn by the top overall male and female swimmers, as well as world champ Normann Stadler, who destroyed his previous swim PR. The suit gets its name from its minimal .032 drag coefficient.

Like everything else Orca makes, the RS1 is proven fast. It was the choice of superstars Craig Alexander and Cameron Brown in Kona, along with a slew of top agegroup athletes. Orca utilizes their exclusive Biolite SCS neoprene to create a neutrally buoyant suit and then adds anti-friction coating to sheer water away from the body.

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LOUIS GARNEAU SHARKSKIN RACE SUIT $250

DESOTO LIFTFOIL $170

XTERRA unleashed the new Velocity at Kona in 2007, and the results couldn’t have been more impressive. The suit was worn by five out of the top eight overall swimmers, including Mark Van Akkeren, who posted the fastest overall swim (49:50). It’s the only suit with 100 percent Nano-SCS rubber, which has a drag coefficient of 0.02 (hence the name).

Made with premium Yamamoto rubber, the Louis Garneau Sharkskin suit provides almost neutral buoyancy. It's constructed to provide the perfect mix of compression and comfort to keep you streamlined and fast.

In addition to its regular speedsuit, DeSoto also offers a women’s-specific suit. Both the men’s and women’s suits are super-slippery and compress your skin as you swim, which reduces passive drag and acts as a foil to lift the body at the water surface.

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AQUAMAN AQUASUIT $145

2XU KONA FUSION $295

As with their wetsuits, Zoot doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t skimp on anything. The entire SpeedZoot is coated with Yamamoto SCS to ensure the suit moves quickly through the water. The suit also uses BIOwrap technology to hold your muscles in place and keep you moving forward.

Non-absorbent and fast-drying, the Aquaman Aquasuit is manufactured out of Polyamide and Elastane. Male- and female-specific models are available and come with a race-sleek, quick-drying chamois.

No stitches mean lots of comfort. The Kona Fusion is constructed with a single front panel and three back panels, all of which are fused together. The suit is built out of 0.3mm neoprene (keeping it just below the legal limit), and the entire suit is SCS coated, bringing the drag all the way down to .04 (way lower than human skin). Available in both male- and female-specific designs.

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A GLOBAL PHENOMENON Experiencing Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore Story and photos by John Segesta

SINGAPORE INTRODUCED A NEW IRONMAN 70.3 EVENT LAST SEPTEMBER, BRINGING THE EVER-POPULAR FORMAT TO A COUNTRY THAT’S OFTEN CALLED A GLOBAL CROSSROADS. Situated at the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore is home to the world’s busiest port, which has enjoyed maritime prominence for centuries and today is complemented by an airport served by nearly 70 airlines. Over 125 banks are also centered there, along with one of the world’s major oil-refining and distribution centers. The Ritz-Carlton Millenia—the official race hotel—is a stunning property, celebrated among hospitality critics worldAthletes make their way past Singapore’s modern steel-and-glass skyscrapers at the Ironman 70.3 race.

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wide. The Ritz sits across the water and opposite the cityscape of Singapore. The point-to-point Ironman 70.3 course finishes on a massive floating platform at the foot of the hotel. Due to Singapore’s proximity to the equator, race-day conditions are warm and humid but not oppressive. Average temperatures range from 75-88 degrees Fahrenheit. The race’s inaugural year, 2007, saw some 1300 competitors from 45 countries in a race won by Brazil’s Reinaldo Colucci and Australia’s Belinda Granger. This year’s race, on Sept. 7, will cap at 1500 entries and afford 75 slots to the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Clearwater, Fla. Race registration is still open, but the Ritz Carlton is fully booked.

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English is the most widely spoken language, but Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil. The city is a shopping mecca. Orchard Road is the center of the action but malls sprawl throughout the city. United States and Canadian passport holders do not require visas for stays of fewer than 30 days, but passports must be valid for at least six months beyond the date of intended travel. Singapore Airlines flies non-stop from New York and Los Angeles. Other carriers include British Airways, Lufthansa, Cathay Pacific, Northwest and United. Many flights to Singapore connect in Tokyo. For a surcharge of about 100 bucks you can lay over for 24-plus hours. Narita International Airport is a solid haul from downtown Tokyo, but the transfer

is easy and economical via a regular curbside bus system. If you’re a Sofia Coppola fan, check in at the Park Hyatt Tokyo (parkhyatttokyo.com), the set for the film Lost in Translation. For more information on the event, visit ironman703singapore.com.

Framed by Singapore’s port traffic, athletes round a buoy on the onelap 1.9km ocean swim.

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11 key strength exercises to improve your racing this season By Jimmy Archer // Photos by John Segesta Why should I strength train? I’m a triathlete. I don’t need big beefy pecs, and besides, I do enough already. How is lifting going to help me? This is a sentiment I hear often, and, frankly, I can relate. After fitting swimming, biking and running into your life, why (and how) should you try to cram another, extra, non-essential element into your training? First, don’t think of strength training as non-essential. Strength training is not simply another workout; it is an excellent way to vastly improve your efficiency in all three sports and greatly decrease your risk of injury while giving you ancillary benefits such as increased bone density, improved joint health, increased tendon elasticity and decreased risk of osteoporosis. Not to sound too much like an infomercial, but all these benefits can be gained with minimal time commitment. With just two workouts of one hour per week in the off-season and only one session during the racing season, strength training can be just what you need to get to that next level or prevent frustrating injuries. The following 11 exercises represent a full-body, triathlonspecific strength session that should take around an hour to complete.

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THE EXERCISES Below are the key exercises for triathletes to include in their weight-training program.

1. SINGLE-LEG PRESS Begin by positioning your foot toward the top of the foot plate, and don’t let your knee cap pass the plane of your toe when you are at the fully flexed portion of the movement (i.e. don’t allow your knee to bend much more than 90 degrees when fully flexed). This will keep you from putting too much torque on your patellar tendon and protect your knees under load. Be sure not to lock out your knee at the top of the movement; this will also protect your knees from injury under load. Lastly, as you execute the movement focus on keeping your toe, knee and hip in line; don’t allow your knee to bow inward or outward. Single-leg press benefits both the pedal stroke and running stride. This exercise works the entire leg (quads, hamstring, glutes and calves) and will show you what your personal weakness is as one muscle group will inevitably fatigue earlier than the others. Be sure to do this as a single-leg exercise to promote symmetrical strength.

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2. STANDING LAT PULL This one is a bit unusual and might get you some odd looks in the gym. Normally the lat pull is done as a seated exercise; however, when done standing you will notice you work your swimming muscles much more (the rear deltoid and upper lat) and have to use your abs to maintain the proper standing posture. For this exercise you want to use the standard lat pull machine. Begin facing the machine with your arms horizontal to the ground and slightly wider than shoulder-width, elbows bent as if in the mid-pull of your swim stroke and hands open with your palms resting on the bar. Rotate your shoulder to pull the bar downward without dropping or bending your elbows and without bending at the waist; this is not a pull but a rotation. It will be awkward at first, but if you are doing it right you will feel it in your lats, and it will feel very much like swimming. This exercise is very swimspecific but will also benefit your posture on the bike and run as well your running arm swing.

3. BEND-KNEE DEAD LIFT

Be careful with this exercise. If done wrong or with too much weight it is very easy to hurt your back. I strongly suggest using a mirror or spotter to make sure you are in the correct position. That said, this is an excellent exercise for the back ache we all tend to feel after several hours in the aerobars. Begin by standing, holding the bar at hip height with your feet slightly wider than your shoulders. Pick a spot at eye level to focus on during the exercise. This will help you keep your head up and maintain proper back alignment during the exercise. With a very slight bend in your knees, bend over at the hip, keeping your chest out and your back flat. Keep the bar close to your legs and bend over to a point no farther than parallel with the ground; do not bend over as far as you can or till you touch the ground. As you rise back up, continue to keep the bar close to your legs and your knees slightly bent. Rise up to a standing position with your shoulders back and chest out. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to arch your back, but stand in a tall position. Be very conservative starting out on this exercise. Use low weight and never go past parallel to the ground with your back. T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

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and your body, from shoulders to knees, in one level plane. Also, keep your feet together; this will make you less stable, and you will have to use more core muscles to maintain balance. Begin with the dumbbells in outstretched arms directly above your shoulders, bend at the elbows and lower the dumbbells until your elbow is at 90 degrees or slightly more. Focus on keeping your hands wide at the bottom of the exercise and your forearm vertical and perpendicular to the ground. Press the weights back up and together at the top of the exercise. This will work not only your shoulders and chest but also your core, glutes and lower back while improving your balance by using a ball rather than a bench.

5. SINGLE-LEG HAMSTRING CURL Regardless the type of machine you use (some work the hamstrings while you are in a seated position; others put you in a prone position, as pictured above), perform this exercise with one leg at a time, work through the full range of motion and do not jerk the weight to generate momentum as this puts a tremendous stress on the tendons and ligaments of the knee. This exercise will benefit your running; however, as most athletes’ quads are disproportionately stronger than their hamstrings, this exercise is also useful for preventing cramping.

6. SEATED ROW Like the dead lift, this is a posture-specific exercise. Begin by sitting tall with your chest out. Pull the handle in a horizontal plane toward your chest with a pinch of your shoulder blades at the top of the exercise. Be sure not to cheat by using your gravity to lean back as you pull. Keep your torso still and tall and don’t allow any movement from your hips. This exercise works swim muscles plus the running and cycling postural muscles.

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This is the exercise that will help get your swim coach to quit yelling at you to finish your stroke. Ideally, use the rope attachment to the machine as it will allow for more range of motion. Begin with your arms fully flexed. Pull straight down to full extension and control the recovery back to the top of the exercise. As you begin the second rep don’t lower the weight completely; be sure to keep your arms weighted through the entire exercise.

8. QUADRICEPS EXTENSION The quadriceps extension will help to balance out the firing of the quadriceps muscles and alleviate some of the pressure on the quadriceps and patellar tendons. Always do this as a high-rep low-weight exercise: This exercise is for maintenance, not strength building. 3 x 20 will be your standard set for the quad extension. You may also want to do this exercise single-leg for symmetry.

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Begin seated with the pivot of the machine in the same plane as your knee joint and your knee bent at 90 degrees. Extend your leg to its fullest extension, then slowly lower the weight back to the starting point. Don’t let the lighter weight allow you to lose control. This exercise should be slow and controlled, not jerky and fast.

9. ROTATOR CUFF/STANDING SHOULDER ROTATIONS This is an excellent exercise for preventing rotator-cuff fatigue and soreness from swimming. But it is a prevention exercise, which means it needs to be done before you start feeling pain or soreness in the rotator cuff. Using a stretch cord or thera-band attached to something stationary at hip height. Begin by holding your arm at your side with a 90-degree elbow bend with your shoulder rotated so your forearm is across your stomach. Keeping your elbow tightly pressed against your side, rotate your shoulder as far as you can. You will feel this exercise on the small muscles on top of your shoulder blade. Be sure to keep your elbow glued to your side, and don’t use your elbow to help pull the rotation through. Do these with good resistance, but don’t focus on the resistance; instead, execute the exercise with perfect form. 3 x 15 reps is a good set.

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Phase 3 1.Begin by standing tall with your arms at your sides, hands holding the dumbbells. In phase 1, raise your arms forward to a height no higher than your shoulders. Do this for 10 reps. 2.Move immediately into phase 2 without resting. For phase 2, raise your arms laterally to a point no higher than your shoulder for 10 reps. 3.In phase 3, bend at the waist so your back is flat and parallel with the ground and your arms are hanging toward the ground. Lift you arms laterally to a point no higher than your shoulder so your back and arms form a T for 10 reps. In total, this will be 30 reps. Do 2-3 sets total. 126

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This can be done with a machine, exercise step or even just a stair. Most important is to be sure to get as much range of motion as possible. Begin with your foot flexed and your calf stretched. Press up onto your toe as far as possible, and lower back down again slowly to a point where your calf is fully extended and stretched. This exercise will benefit your run and bike. Keep in mind not every gym will have identical equipment. However, most gyms should have the machines or equipment to execute the above routine. Be sure to start with moderate to light weights, particularly if you have not been strength training prior to beginning this program. It will take four to six weeks to notice significant strength changes, so be patient and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rush. Strength training can offer many benefits, but done wrong it can cause intense soreness or injury.

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RACING AROUND THE GLOBE

International editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note International editor Lisa Pringle writes about triathlonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s media exposure Down Under | 130

News from Down Under Triathlete magazine takes a look at all the news from Australia | 132

Fast times in Busselton, Western Australia 14 age-group records are smashed! Patrick Vernay wins his second Ironman in a year in Australia and Charlotte Paul wins her first Ironman ever in just over nine hours. Things happen fast in old Busselton Town | 133

At the races A round up of the Australian racing scene from the past month | 138

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Training Down Under How do you ride 180km fast? Luke Bell lets us in on his secret to pumping out a PB on the Ironman bike course | 140

Off the back New Ironman Western Australia champion Charlotte Paul talks about how life changes once you win an Ironman. | 142

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Is it fair to compare? By Lisa Pringle

The issue of just how much media exposure triathlon receives, as opposed to what it deserves, has been raised often as the sport has continued its recent growth. Australia has been blessed with a wealth of triathlon success that has spanned generations. No doubt the 1990s produced the biggest boom period for triathlon in Australia, and the sport deservedly lapped up unheralded media attention like never before. The new-millennium media is highly Olympic focused, and events like Noosa Triathlon and Ironman Australia have had to work hard for every inch of ink they receive. It’s not good enough to put on a race and just hope the media will come. Races build their media strategy to make sure the media want to be there. Putting it into perspective, when you consider we are a nation of sports fanatics, and triathlon is up against a myriad of other high-profile sports including swimming, three codes of football, golf, basketball, motor racing, horse racing and much more, pound for pound of editorial space, triathlon holds its own. Triathlon in Australia can be divided into four eras: the Early Era competitors, the Olympic Hopefuls, the Olympians and the Neo-Olympians. These categories span triathlon’s history here and reflect the evolution and rapid development the sport of triathlon has seen. The Early Era paved the way for the sport, but the 1990s saw an explosion of colour, and larger-than-life characters pushed the sport into mainstream media through the Formula 1 style of racing. Then, in the latter half of the decade, triathlon rode the wave of a sport surging toward the 2000 Olympic Games in 130

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Sydney. This period changed the style and face of triathlon from traditional out-and-back courses to the fast-and-furious looped ones to make the sport more spectator and media friendly. Race performances were amped up—the athletes were going faster, no doubt, but what they brought that was essential to triathlon’s growing stature was their charisma. Greg Welch, Miles Stewart, Brad Beven, Jackie Gallagher, Loretta Harrop, Nicky Hackett, Emma Carney and the fabulous Michellie Jones had star appeal, and the sport of triathlon benefited greatly. The media lapped up these immensely talented and flamboyant figures. They captured the imagination of the public and are largely responsible for putting the sport on the map and attracting unprecedented media attention. It was the era of the Olympic Hopefuls, a time triathlon went boom with exposure due to the glitz and glamour of its Olympic potential. Emma Snowsill has picked up where Harrop left off: both golden girls of the sport and loved by the public and media alike. Snowsill now belongs to the Neo-Olympians era of triathlon, but, along with Felicity Abram, neither has been to an Olympics but surely will. Brad Kahlefeldt has put the men into the media spotlight with his sensational 2007 form and Commonwealth Games gold medal. The athletes of this era have grown up in the media, so they are more media-savvy. The media attention has not waned, however, just changed. Like any sport, we must keep moving and adapting to survive. We are spoilt for triathlon talent, and there are a passionate few who work tirelessly to make sure we remain in the media focus. Here’s to the next era of triathlon, and the next wave of its stars—who will have big shoes to fill. Lisa Pringle International Editor

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Illness boosts Kahlefeldt’s Olympic dream Brad Kahlefeldt is determined to turn a battle with serious illness into a stepping-stone to an Olympic gold. “This will not stop me, if anything it will make me stronger,” the 28-year-old said about a severe flu bug, which developed into pneumonia. “I developed flu symptoms, headaches, felt hot and cold and my temperature went to over 39,” said Kahlefeldt. “Things started to get pretty serious toward the end. My girlfriend [Austrian triathlete Irina Kirchler] actually dragged me to the doctor. By then I was pretty sick and knew that was the right thing to do. To have this hiccup is disappointing, but I am pumped up and I am sure it will not affect my preparations for Beijing at all,” he added. Just days after being discharged from the hospital Kahlefeldt headed to Darwin, the capital city of Australia’s Northern Territory, to check out Triathlon Australia’s potential pre-Olympic training base. Kahlefeldt will scale down his racing just slightly in 2008 as a lead to the Olympics. “I will still do Mooloolaba and the Luke Harrop race. From April I will base myself in France in the Pyrenees at an altitude training camp,” he said. “I will fly back to Darwin a couple of weeks before the Games for the similar temperature and time zone.”

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Major goes short for the long haul Australian Kate Major has secured her first victory on home soil in race No. 3 of the Gatorade Queensland Tri Series. Major, the talented 2007 Ford Ironman World Championship bronze medallist, easily accounted for her opposition over the 750m swim, 20km bike and 5km run course. “It’s great to be back home and competing in these local races. They’re a lot of fun,” she said. Major will target a few more local Queensland races in the lead up to the Panthers Ironman Australia on April 6 in Port Macquarie.

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Fast times in Busselton

Vernay, Paul top the field at IM Western Australia

By IMG Media // Photos by Delly Carr Fourteen age-group records were broken, and an 8:06 menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winning time and nine-hour winning time for the women showed the Ironman Western Australia, on Dec. 2, lived up to its reputation as one of the fastest courses in the world.

There was not a hill in sight, and the cloud cover and slight winds all assisted the athletes in their pursuit of fast times. The new hot-mix road that took athletes through the protected Tuart Forrest also aided their quest, but it was the excitement of the crowd and the 1300 volunteers that pushed Patrick Vernay and Charlotte Paul to victories in extraordinary times. New Caledoniaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vernay topped off his 2007 season with another win on Australian soil, adding to his April victory at Ironman Australia in Port Macquarie. Vernay was just outside T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

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the course-record time when he crossed the line in 8:06:11 to a thunderous crowd. “It was a very nice course. I would prefer more sun because I like it when it is very hot, but it was a good course,’’ Vernay said. “I didn’t expect to win. I was pretty happy after Hawaii, and when I finished there I was invited to race here. I love racing in Australia.” “I tried not to let Mitch Anderson and Raynard Tissink get too far away on the bike because I was sure I could do something on the run,”Vernay added. He shaved 15 minutes off his previous personal-best time of 8:21. 134

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On the run leg, Vernay pulled away from 2005 Ironman Western Australia champion Anderson and South African Tissink. Tissink finished second some six minutes behind Vernay, and just three minutes ahead of third-placed Victorian Anderson. “I never really enjoy flat courses as they don’t suit my style of racing, but I never gave up and I thought Patrick Vernay would struggle on the run with Hawaii [only seven weeks ago], but he refused to slow down,” Tissink said. “I have to be happy though. I did a personal-best time.”

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Anderson, too, responded to the challenge. “This was my best race ever. I shaved five minutes off my personal best,” he said. “This was a great confidence boost for me to sign up as a full-time athlete next year. I hope I become as much of an institution here as this race.” Hundreds of fans lined the finishing chute to welcome home the top three, followed by Australian Craig McKenzie and the UK’s Stephen Bayliss. Defending 136

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champion Jason Shortis said he was disappointed he couldn’t match last year’s winning effort, but he struggled to make up lost time from the bike leg where he served a stint in the penalty box for drafting. Women’s winner Charlotte Paul was rewarded for her domination of the 42.2km run, crossing the finish line in 9:00:55—a course record. “I could see Gina Ferguson coming, and that was scary,” Paul said.“At one point

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she was gaining on me.” Paul added that she made the switch to a time-trial bike, which made a big difference to her race. New Zealand’s Ferguson took the second spot after a consistent race. Ferguson said she didn’t have a great swim and enjoys hillier terrain than the Busselton course but still had a good result. “I’m not strong on the flat course, which is why I came here, to work on that so I can be an all-rounder,” Ferguson said. The UK’s Bella Comerford powered her way into the top three in the run leg, followed by Ali Fitch from the Northern Territory, who led the entire bike leg. T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

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Erin Densham and Brendan Sexton won the second race of the Queensland triathlon series at Elwood, with a 500m swim, 20km Male bike and 5km run. 1. Brendan Sexton 53:03 Densham, 22, will now target ITU 2. Kristian McCartney 53:16 races in Mooloolaba, New Plymouth 3. Tim Porter 53:42 and Ishigaki as she strives for Olympic Female selection. 1. Erin Densham 1:00:58 World under-23 silver medalist 2. Meg Russell 1:01:48 Brendan Sexton charged home on the 3. Kelly Jarrett 1:02:25 run to catch Kristian McCartney and Tim Porter.

Junior stars emerge at Elwood

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Maeder, Trims claim Queensland opener Defending Gatorade Queensland Tri Series champion Melissa Trims made a winning start to her 2008 campaign by claiming the opening round of the popular six-race series over a 400m swim, 15km bike, 4km run course. Josh Maeder, 19, stepped up from a second place last year in this event to claim the men’s category.

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The Elwood event was a day for the junior athletes to shine as well over a 400m swim, 15km bike and 4km run course. Emma Jackson took out the women’s division while Anthony McSweeney took out the men’s junior category. But Jackson’s impres- Male sive race-day effort was overshad- 1 Anthony McSweeney 43:47 owed by Ashleigh Gentle, the 2007 2. Marc Widmer 43:56 ITU world junior silver medallist, 3. Chris Rawling 43:59 who finished five seconds faster than Female Jackson; however, Gentle chose to 1. Emma Jackson 48:42 compete in her age group (16-19) to 2. Courtney Gilfillan 49:24 score points for her school. 3. Carrie Lester 50:25

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180km in the fast lane 3 tips for riding away from the competition at Ironman

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By Luke Bell

One-hundred-and-eighty kilometres or 112 miles, either way it is a long time to be sitting on a bike seat pedalling your heart out. But in addition to the training required to ride 180km to your potential, you need to structure all of your workouts in each of the three sports such that you can get off the bike and survive the marathon. Here are a few key aspects to consider as you schedule your training. Watch your fuel level: I was once told you are like a gas tank: At the start line you are full and ready to go, but as the day goes on the gas in the tank drops. Taking this into account, you need to realize the swim is going to take the gas out of the tank before you start riding. This means you are not starting fresh on the bike, as you may in training, so do not expect initially to feel as good or go as fast as you may do in some sessions. Realizing this, you need to understand that the harder you go or more energy you spend early, the less gas in the tank you will have for later. Maintain a balanced effort: This brings us to the next key point in trying to ride a fast Ironman. Evenly paced races are the key. You should try to balance your effort out so the first half of the ride is equal to the second half, or even try to negative-split the ride. If you look at history, personal-best times have nearly always come from a hard, steady effort rather than a fluctuating pace. Look at the current crop of supercyclists such as Torbjorn Sinballe or Chris Lieto. These guys are riding just as fast at the end of the bike leg as they do out of T1. Evenly pacing the ride has become easier to do over the past decade due to the advancements in the sport and aids such as power meters and heart-rate monitors. With these tools it is possible to keep check on how the body is responding to different situations, which can prevent you from getting carried away and falling into the trap of going too hard too early. During your training, on your longer tempo or race-pace efforts, take note of your watts or average heart rate to help you keep a check on where you are on race day. Consider your cadence: Controlling your cadence can also have a large effect on your cycling and running. There was the Lance Armstrong era, where everyone was riding around at a cadence of 120 and spinning their legs offâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which is fine if you have trained to ride like that. But numerous studies have shown a strong correlation between cycling and running cadence and have suggested an optimal (depending on the individual) cycling cadence of around 90-95. In essence, the larger the gear you push the more energy is required to turn it over (at least when compared to pushing a smaller gear with a higher cadence). Go out on a training ride and give it a go: Put your bike into 53/13 and try and ride around 30km/hr; then put it in 53/19 and do the same. Despite only that small gear change you will notice a huge difference and will begin to understand the torque required to turn different gears. By thinking about a few of these key points during your racing and training, you can ride a more even-paced and faster Ironman while still being able to get off and run to your potential. Having a few aspects to concentrate on also helps you maintain focus on the job at hand. But there is one thing for sure: To ride fast you need to do the training, so buckle up and get out the door. T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

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I now believe Racing an Ironman can be a life-changing experience

By Charlotte Paul

Charlotte Paul is the winter of the 2007 Ironman Western Australia. Below, she recounts her experiences at the event. —Ed. The finish was surreal. I was smiling and yet totally shattered. It was a mixture of happiness in winning and wanting a shoulder to cry on because it hurt so much. I ran the entire 142

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marathon with such focus that it was almost hard to switch off at the end. I pushed myself harder than ever before, and that took so much concentration. I really thought that I was going to be caught, so the relief coming down the finish was enormous. On the run I usually smile, nod or even give a little thumbs up, but not this time. With my eyes looking up the road, I was focusing on each and every step. The crazy thing was that I was trying to break the nine-hour mark, and missing out on that was actually disappointing, yet there I was with my firstever victory. With about 200 meters to go, I saw the clock tick past nine hours. With that race over, I just let myself take it all in and enjoy the win. I crossed the finish line in a daze. I had always imagined that I would be jumping up and down if I won an Ironman. But I just raised my arms and then stood there, stunned. I was in shock that I had won and how fast I had gone. I was so happy, but the enormity of it all really hadn’t even begun to sink in. My husband Kristian soon crossed the finish line. He was going nuts as he had just broken nine hours (age-group athletes start 15 minutes prior to the professionals), and as my coach and biggest fan he was over the moon with my win. At 34 years of age, I am no spring chicken. I started the sport at 29, so unlike some other athletes who have risen quickly to the top, I have had to step on every rung of the ladder. Apart from the physical readiness, I have needed the time to prepare myself mentally. In fact Kristian was worried that perhaps last year I might have self-sabotaged due to a fear of success. But thankfully I have changed. As I have improved, so have people’s expectations of me, as well as my own, so my confidence has soared. Many people came up to me before the race and said that this one was mine and that I deserved it. This didn’t make me nervous or add any pressure. It just affirmed what I was already thinking, and if they were thinking it too, then it had to be true. Last year I was embarrassed to tell people that I wanted to win, but this year I told anyone who asked. This year I only told close friends that I wanted top 10 in Kona. In 2008, I’ll have the confidence to tell anyone who wants to know. I feel like the bar has just been raised. My goal of one day winning the Hawaii Ironman doesn’t seem so pie-in-the-sky anymore. I am even thinking of having a crack at the world record, which would have seemed ludicrous a week ago. As every professional starting out knows, it’s a struggle financially. I feel like I have just cracked the code and the doors of opportunity have swung open. Invitations to races have started to arrive. With my Kona ticket tucked away, I have freedom of choice. It is a fantastic feeling. I am very excited about my future in the sport. I am so happy that I don’t have to pick myself up this time. This year has been all about pushing the boundaries of my perceived limits. With this success those limits will be given another nudge. That’s what I love about this sport. I have so much more growing and learning to do as a person and as an athlete. I never sleep the night after an Ironman. Usually my mind is abuzz with the race. This time it was, “Jeepers, what am I going to say in my speech?” My journey in triathlon has been life-changing, and I am a different person from the one who took up the sport five years ago. Then, I couldn’t have given a speech in front of 3000 people; now I believe in myself. I have achieved something that I want to share. It still scared the living daylights out of me, but I did it.

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Don’t run amok this season Weeks 1-4 or your 12-week run-focus phase

By Matt F itzgerald

Okay folks, after the 12-week swim- and bike-focus phases that ran in the August 2007 through January 2008 issues of Triathlete (visit triathletemag.com and click the link on the left-hand menu to order a back issue), your swimming is coming along nicely and you’re riding the bike well. But you’re running like an astronaut who just returned to earth after six months in the space station. In other words, not well. There’s no need to be ashamed. You’re not alone. Running is (or becomes) a weakness for many triathletes, whether it’s due to the wrong genes, winter weight gain or slacking off their run training. The days are getting longer as we march toward spring, and the coming summer’s triathlons seem more and more real. If you want to achieve the goals you’ve set for these events, you’d better do something to improve your running now. A 12-week period of increased run training is what you need to replace your atrophied astronaut legs with thoroughbred horse legs—or at least something better than atrophied astronaut legs.

There is more than one way to approach a run-focus training period: You can increase the frequency of your run training, you can substitute the runs you’re currently doing with runs that are likely to stimulate greater fitness gains or you can do some combination of both. I believe the best way for most triathletes to improve their running performance is to maintain the current frequency of run training and substitute their current workouts with better ones. There are three reasons for this: 1.Adding more runs to your weekly workout schedule would likely force you to eliminate one or more swims and/or rides, which could cause your performance in these disciplines to decline as your running performance increased. 2.There is a great deal of room for improvement in the quality of run workouts for most triathletes. It always makes more sense to improve the quality of the workouts you’re already doing before you think about increasing the quantity of your training. 3.It’s not enough just to do high-quality runs. You need to regularly do them in a relatively rested state so you can perform well in these workouts and get the most out of them. Adding another run to your weekly schedule would likely reduce your freshness for many of your running workouts. The training plan I provide in this 12-week three-part runfocus phase will feature three run workouts per week. That’s plenty for most triathletes. Doing short transition runs after some of your bike rides is advisable, but these sessions are not included in my plan. If you currently run four times a week, it’s okay to continue doing so, but that fourth run should be an easy recovery run. T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

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LAB RABBIT workouts to stimulate metabolic and cardiovascular adaptations that will help you sustain faster pace levels down the road. The definition of an appropriately challenging speed or endurance workout depends on your current fitness level and the type of triathlon you plan to race next. For the purposes of putting together this 12-week run-focus training plan I have assumed an athlete who is currently capable of running 10 miles without difficulty and is preparing for an Olympic-distance triathlon. If you are more or less fit than this hypothetical runner and/or you’re training for a longer or shorter triathlon, use your common sense to scale the workouts you see here appropriately. Your fitness level should carry more weight than your triathlon distance in making these adjustments, and here’s why. In an effort to maximally boost the endurance part of your running fitness foundation, I am prescribing some rather long endurance runs in this plan—longer than I might prescribe for an Olympic-distance John Segesta/wahoomedia.com

The secret to boosting your running performance is twofold. One half of the secret is training hard. You need to get out on the roads and the track and suffer. What’s holding your running performance back now is that you fatigue too quickly and at too slow a pace. To push back the wall of fatigue you need to regularly subject yourself to severe fatigue at a variety of pace levels in workouts. The second half of the secret to boosting your running performance is building a solid foundation of running fitness. The foundation of running fitness is itself twofold: It is one part speed and one part endurance. For those whose running performance is currently weak, it is important to work on developing each of these two components independently. You need to run really fast in some of your workouts to stimulate neuromuscular adaptations that will enable you to extend your speed over distance later. You also need to run really long in some of your

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triathlete who came from a strong running background and had already established this foundation. Because they’re so long, these workouts are also a pretty good fit for triathletes training for longer triathlons. And it’s not necessary to do more than one long run per week, even if you’re training for an Ironman, so the other workouts are a pretty good fit across a range of race distances as well. SESSION 1

Here are the first four weeks of the 12-week plan. Fit these three below weekly workouts in around your swim and bike training, but try to schedule the runs for times when you will be reasonably fresh so you can focus on these sessions. Next month I will say more about the running fitness foundation-building process and present weeks 5-8 of the training plan. SESSION 2

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Base Run + Hill Sprint • 5 miles easy • 1 x 8-second hill sprint during the run

Fartlek Run • 6 miles easy with 4 x 30-second pick-ups @ 1-mile race pace

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Fartlek Run • 6.5 miles easy with 6 x 30-second pick-ups @ 1-mile race pace

Long Progression Run • 9 miles easy • 1 mile moderate* (uphill if possible)

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Keep it real

Spruce up your swim leg with time-trial workouts

By Matt F itzgerald

You are training for a long-distance triathlon later this spring. You know your swim training is going well because your times in your 50-meter sprint sets keep coming down. This is a sure sign your performance potential for the swim leg of your upcoming race is headed in the right direction, right? Not necessarily. While any type of improvement in workouts is usually a good sign, improved performance in short sprints is not always a reliable indicator of increasing performance potential in a long open-water swim. For real evidence, you should regularly perform workouts in the pool that look more like a real triathlon swim leg than a set of 50-meter sprints. That’s where time-trial workouts come in. A time-trial swim workout serves the dual function of giving you a race-specific training stimulus and letting you know whether the rest of your training is actually serving to increase your race-specific fitness. The idea is to do one such workout every two to four weeks. If you see a satisfactory degree of improvement, you know your training is on track. If your level of improvement is disappointing, or if you fail to improve at all, you know your swim training needs to change. Always do your swim time-trial workouts when you are well recovered from recent swim sessions. Warm up with at least 200 meters of easy lap swimming plus a few short (25-meter) sprints 152

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to prime the nervous system. Swim the designated distance as fast as you can (but evenly paced), record your time and cool down. The length of your time trials depends on the distance of your next triathlon. However, I recommend increasing the distance of your time trials from one session to the next, starting at 800 meters and building from there. If you’re training for a sprint triathlon, you need not progress beyond 1,000 meters, whereas if you’re training for an Iron-distance event, your longest time trial should be about two miles. Why not make all of your time trials about two miles if you’re training for an Iron-distance race? First, your performance in time trials of gradually increasing distance will tell you as much about your race-specific swim-fitness development as a sequence of long time trials. You just have to interpret the data somewhat differently. Naturally, you should not expect to swim at a faster pace in a 1,500-meter time trial you do today than you swam in a 1,000-meter time trial performed three weeks earlier. However, you should be able to hold nearly the same pace over the longer distance. Secondly, in the early stages of training for an Iron-distance triathlon, most of us lack the endurance to perform decently in a long-swim time trial. You would overtax yourself only to learn what you already know. Another reason to start with shorter time trials is that the progression from shorter to longer time trials fits with the way your overall swim training should progress. The goal of your training is to extend speed over distance. You achieve this objective by focusing on faster efforts exceeding race pace early in the training process and then gradually extending the efforts and slowing the pace toward race pace. Thus, the early period of your training for an Iron-distance triathlon should look similar to peak training for

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a sprint triathlon. So it makes sense to make your first swim time trial equal in distance to a sprint-triathlon swim leg. As mentioned above, if your degree of improvement from one time trial to the next is disappointing, you should modify your swim training to address the problem. The specific modification you make depends on the specific limiter you identify (that is, the apparent cause of your disappointing performance). If you found the pace of your time trial manageable but you bonked toward the end, you were probably limited by your endurance and should increase the distance of your longest swim-training efforts. If you started to feel uncomfortable at the pace you felt you should be able to sustain early in your time trial, then one of two factors is probably limiting you: insufficient speed or lack of specific endurance (or fatigue resistance at race intensity). If your sprint performance has been satisfactory in your other swim workouts, then lack of specific endurance is probably the issue and you should add some longer (200- to 400-meter) intervals to your subsequent training. If you have generally neglected sprint work, then lack of speed is probably holding you back and you need to add some shorter (25- to 100-meter), maximum-intensity intervals to your subsequent training. The tables below present suggested swim time-trial workout progressions for each of four triathlon race distances.

SPRINT TRIATHLON 8 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 6 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 4 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 2 WEEKS BEFORE RACE

800 meters 800 meters 1000 meters 1000 meters

OLYMPIC-DISTANCE TRIATHLON 11 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 8 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 5 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 2 WEEKS BEFORE RACE

800 meters 1000 meters 1200 meters 1500 meters

HALF-IRONMAN TRIATHLON 14 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 11 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 8 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 5 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 2 WEEKS BEFORE RACE

800 meters 1000 meters 1500 meters 1 mile 1.2 miles

IRONMAN-DISTANCE TRIATHLON 17 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 14 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 11 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 8 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 5 WEEKS BEFORE RACE 2 WEEKS BEFORE RACE

800 meters 1000 meters 1500 meters 1 mile 1.2 miles 2 miles

Take-home message A time-trial swim workout serves the dual function of giving you a race-specific training stimulus and letting you know whether the rest of your training is actually serving to increase your race-specific fitness. Do one such workout every two to four weeks. If you see a satisfactory degree of improvement, you know your training is on track. If your level of improvement is disappointing, or if you fail to improve at all, you know your swim training needs to change. T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

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Bang for your buck Boost your bike speed with steady-state intervals

By Lawrence Mize

Spring is right around the corner. Yes, that means race season is almost here, but it also means spring cleaning, the kids’ baseball practices and mowing the grass. With these competing priorities, how do you get the biggest bang for your buck in your cycling training? It’s simple. The cornerstone workout for triathlon performance is steady-state intervals; focus on these early in the year and you’ll have a great 2008 season. Steady-state intervals are a triathlete’s secret weapon because these moderately long efforts allow you to accumulate a lot of time very close to your lactate-threshold (LT) intensity. Easier efforts tax your aerobic engine, and maximum efforts are great for producing speed and the ability to repeat all-out efforts, but time near LT is what gives you a faster bike split in a triathlon. Coaches have been using intervals like these for a long time, and now research confirms what athletes and coaches have known for years. Studies have examined the effects of replacing 154

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around 15 percent of a cyclist’s base training with high-intensity interval training (at intensities similar to those of steady-state intervals). One study in particular (Dennis et al, 1996) found that time to fatigue at peak sustainable power increased by 8.3 percent and 40km time-trial speed increased by 3.5 percent. In this study, the interval workouts replaced six base-training days during a 28-day period. Anecdotally, the coaches at Carmichael Training Systems and I have observed even greater performance gains with age-group and elite athletes who incorporate such intervals more frequently.

DETERMINING INTENSITY Time at target intensity is the key to successful steady-state intervals, and the right intensity is between 92 percent and 94 percent of your average heart rate, or between 86 percent and 90 percent of your average power, as measured during an eight-minute all-out cycling field test. Ideally, you should complete two eight-minute tests, separated by 10 minutes of easy recovery, and then use the higher of the two average heart rates or power outputs for your calculations. The intensity is below your lactate-threshold power output, which means you’ll be able to sustain the efforts long enough to stimulate big improvements in your cycling pace.

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FREQUENCY Cycling, like swimming, is a non-weight-bearing activity, so even performing high-intensity intervals causes less soreness and fatigue than a hard run. This means you can incorporate steady-state intervals up to three times in the same week. However, they are difficult efforts, so you have to carefully incorporate them into your overall triathlon training program. By placing these intervals before or after rest days or swim sessions, you can maximize your ability to perform these workouts while also preserving the quality of your running days.

I N T E R V A L LENGTH There are a few other details to consider as well. You want to accumulate as much time at steady-state intensity as possible, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to do this with fewer, longer intervals. You might start out with three eightminute intervals. Then progress to 10-, 12- and 15minute intervals as you get stronger. Athletes using power meters can also look at past race data, particularly the kilojoules of work accumulated during the cycling leg. You want your intervals to sum to this amount or higher as you get stronger.

REST The rest between efforts is one of the most overlooked parts of performing intervals. Start out with a one-to-one ratio,

Take-home message Time near LT is what gives you a faster bike split in a triathlon Steady-state intervals are a triathleteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secret weapon because these moderately long efforts allow you to accumulate a lot of time very close to your lactate-threshold (LT) intensity One study found that time to fatigue at peak sustainable power increased by 8.3 percent and 40km time-trial speed increased by 3.5 percent when athletes incorporated regular steady-state intervals into their training

meaning if your interval times are eight minutes long then your rest between intervals should be eight minutes long during week one. If this seems easy you can reduce the amount of time by 25 percent, giving you six minutes of rest for an eight-minute interval.

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with eight-minute work intervals with one-to-one recovery and then reducing the recovery each week by 25 percent until it is four minutes or two-to-one recovery. Then progress to 10-minute intervals at one-to-one recovery and progressively lower the recovery time. Be sure to include 15 to 30 minutes of spinning before and after the steady-state work intervals listed below.

REFERENCES Dennis, S.C., Hawley, J.A., Lindsay, F.H., Myburgh, K.H., Noakes, T.D., & Schomer, H.H. (1996). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Improved athletic performance in highly trained cyclists after interval training.â&#x20AC;? Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise, 28, 1427-1434.

Lawrence Mize is a coach for Carmichael Training Systems and works with triathletes, cyclists and runners of all ability levels. To find out what CTS can do for you, visit trainright.com.

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Tech talk

Striking a balance between old- and newschool run training

By Alister Russell

About 2700 years ago, the Greeks held the first Olympic Games. They didn’t know how far they ran; they just ran as fast as they could to the stake in the ground that served as a finish line. Since Victorian times running performance has been measured by stopwatches. The Victorians kept records and standardized many of the distances we now run. Thirty years ago, ordinary distance runners ran 70-100 miles each week with little feedback other than their own perception of effort and the time on the watch at the end. At that time there was some structure to run training: The Lydiard method and its variants were king. These methods emphasized aerobic development, and they must have worked as many records were broken. However, an objective means to monitor intensity and recovery had not been developed, so overtraining was common. These days, however, we have far more precise training tools available, from heart-rate monitors to GPS units. So which is better: old or new school? Certainly knowledge is power, and technology gives us the knowledge on which to base our training. Here are six tips to help you get the most from your training, whether you are an early adopter of technology or a retrogrouch: • Create a simple periodized plan that emphasises aerobic development • Work with your body and learn how it feels to run at various intensities and paces. Monitor and record your heart rate at these intensities • Use your heart-rate monitor to gauge recovery • Spend some time running just because you can. Don’t worry about time or distance • Use your GPS to measure standardized courses and run them regularly to gauge your progress • Use a training group for support. Not every group workout has to be a weekly word championship. Decide on the purpose of the workout before you start in order to stay on task throughout the session

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OLD VS. NEW During the late base phase, an Olympic-distance athlete may be looking to improve upon higher-end speed. Triathletes do not need to have top-end sprint speed, but they do need to be strong and able to operate at a high percentage of their VO2 max. The two workouts below are designed to boost aerobic capacity; however, each workout comes at this objective from a different angle, depending upon your degree of technical aptitude and the training resources you have available. WORKOUT 1: KICKING IT OLD SCHOOL AT THE TRACK

This would typically be a group workout where the aim is to hit a set time for each repetition: Warm-up: • 2-mile jog • 10 minutes static stretching • 6 x 100m strides at 85 percent of max pace Main set: • 10 x 400 with 30 seconds recovery. Aim to hold 3,000m race pace Cool-down: • 2-mile jog WORKOUT 2: HIGH-TECH TRAINING SESSION

An athlete could do this workout on his or her own. A track is not necessary as the GPS unit worries about time, distance and pace. This workout incorporates elements of biomechanics and psychology in addition to energy-system development. It is also much more precise as it has the athlete work at a specific intensity based on test results and uses the GPS to monitor pace. Warm-up: • 15 minutes jogging, starting at zone 1 and building to zone 2-3 • 5 minutes dynamic flexibility • 5-10 minutes running drills focusing on balance, coordination and neural activation. • 4 x 100m focusing on maintaining a cadence of 90-plus Main set: • 10 x 90 seconds at vVO2 pace (your run pace at VO2 max) using the GPS pacing function to maintain pace • Recovery is 90 seconds jogging at 50 percent of vVO2 pace. Use mental cues to help maintain cadence and form, especially during the second half of the session Cool-down: • 15 minutes jogging, starting at zone 3 heart rate for 5 minutes, 5 minutes at zone 2 and 5 minutes at zone 1

For the last 20 years, LifeSport coach Alister Russell has been coaching endurance athletes. Alister is a Level 4 track (endurance) coach and has coached athletes from beginner to world champion at all distances. Visit lifesport.ca or e-mail coach@lifesport.ca for coaching enquiries.

Take-home message Thirty years ago, ordinary distance runners ran 70-100 miles each week with little feedback other than their own perception of effort and the time on the watch at the end These methods emphasized aerobic development, however, an objective means to monitor intensity and recovery had not been developed, so overtraining was common These days, however, we have far more precise training tools available, from heart-rate monitors to GPS units

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Matters of the heart

Measuring, training in and pushing your HR zones

By Tim Mickleborough

DEAR SPEED LAB, I am 40 years old and have been competing in triathlons for about 10 years. I have some questions concerning heart rate, anaerobic threshold, cardiovascular drift and training. First, I am not quite sure what an anaerobic-threshold heart rate represents: If you have a high or low number what does this mean? Is a high number good and a low number not so good? Second, what is the best way to measure heart rate? Should I take the highest number I have recorded in my hard workouts or just use the 220 minus my age formula? Third, as I understand it, in hot weather your heart rate increases. So how does this work if you are trying to keep your HR in a certain training zone? Should you slow down and attempt to keep your HR in the zone or just ignore the HR? Regards, Kevin Austin, Texas

DEAR KEVIN,

Thanks for the question. It is important to understand what exactly the anaerobic threshold (AT) represents. Wasserman defines the AT as “the level of exercise oxygen consumption (VO2) above which aerobic energy production is supplemented by anaerobic mechanisms.” This means training or competing above this demarcation point results in the accumulation of lactic acid, resulting in fatigue and a subsequent decrement in performance. In an exercise-physiology laboratory, AT can be determined using gas-exchange indices. More commonly, however, fingertip blood samples are taken at various speeds on a treadmill or power outputs on a stationary bike. Blood lactate is then graphed against heart rate, and a blood-lactate deflection point identified; this point is termed the anaerobic (or lactate) threshold. As an athlete becomes fitter, his AT moves closer to his maximum HR. For most recreational athletes, AT occurs at 80-85 percent their maximum HR, while elite athletes may have an AT 160

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at 90-93 percent of their maximum HR. You should not compare your AT with other athletes, since it depends on training status (it will shift during the year). In addition, some athletes have genetically high and low maximum HRs. Since you have not told me what your maximum HR is, I cannot comment on whether your AT is high or low. The 220 minus your age formula is an extremely inaccurate method of determining maximum HR. Since you have access to a laboratory, have an exercise physiologist determine your maximum HR by exercising you to volitional fatigue on a treadmill or bike. Alternatively, you could complete a series of hill repeats during the course of a 90-minute run, steadily increasing your pace until you achieve an all-out effort. Monitor your HR at the end of each hill repeat. The highest HR achieved is likely your maximum HR. Cardiac drift is a physiological phenomenon that occurs when an athlete trains or competes in a hot environment. In order for the body to transfer heat generated in the muscles to the surface of the body, where the heat can then be transferred to the environment, a large part of the cardiac output must be shared by the skin and working muscles. Therefore, in a hot environment your body dilates superficial blood vessels to push more of the warm blood to the body’s surface. This restricts the amount of blood available to the active muscles. Therefore, stroke volume (amount of blood pumped out of the heart per beat) decreases. However, the heart must maintain a constant cardiac output. How does it accomplish this? It increases heart rate. So, the gradual upward drift in heart rate compensates for the decrease in stroke volume; this phenomenon is termed cardiac drift. If you’re training in a specific HR zone in the heat, you need to slow your pace as your HR begins to drift up. Not only is more blood being shunted to the skin to offload the excess heat but also your plasma volume will start to decrease due to dehydration, which also causes a reduction in stroke volume. REFERENCE: 1. Wasserman, K. “The anaerobic threshold measurement to evaluate exercise performance.” American Review of Respiratory Disease. 129, (suppl): S25-40, 1984.

DEAR SPEED LAB, Could you please explain why different coaches present us with such a variation in HR training zones? For example, for steady-state/tempo workouts I have seen 70-75 percent, 80-85 percent and even 85-92 percent. I realize coaches/athletes will have a difference of opinion regarding HR training zones, but surely not a 22-percent difference. Tom Boston, Md.

DEAR TOM,

Thanks for the question. I completely agree with you that it would seem there should be some general agreement among coaches and exercise physiologists regarding heart-rate zones. However, there is indeed some difference of opinion regarding these zones. Let’s use the example in your question. For the steady-state/tempo zone I use 78-82 percent of max HR and stress that this zone is to be used for one-hour runs or rides and when introducing interval sessions during the base-training phase. To better understand heart-rate zones, I recommend reading The Lore of Running (4th Edition) by Timothy Noakes, MD (ISBN: 0-87322-959-2).

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Carbon primer

Part 1 of a 3-part series on the esoteric world of carbon

By Ian Buchanan

DEAR TECH SUPPORT, I want to buy a new carbon bike and am wondering how price relates to what I get? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen $800 frames and $7000 frames both made of carbon. Being the same material, how different can they really be? I am just looking for a good value and want to take advantage of all that carbon can offer. Allen Via e-mail

The common perception is that frames and parts built of the same material are all pretty similar. However, carbon fiber is arguably the most quality-dependent material of all the materials commonly used for frame building. There are two general manufacturing methods used in carbon frame construction: BLADDER AND FOAM-CORE MOLDING. Bladder molding consists of taking carbon and resin substrate, putting it into a preset mold (usually made of aluminum or steel), exerting pressure from the inside with an inflatable bladder (like blowing up a balloon in a jar) and curing. During curing, the carbon and resin harden and hold the shape of the mold. Foam-core molding uses a similar process, but heat-activated foam applies the internal molding pressure instead of a rubber bladder. Some form of molding can be found in almost every frame on the market. Many mass-produced frames use a monocoque bladder mold where the entire frame is molded at once. Other designs use a combination of molded lugs that are bonded or wrapped with other molded, roll-wrapped or filament-wound tubes (see below) to create a frame. The primary benefits of molding are that any shape and carbon lay-up an engineer designs can be built, and, once the molds are paid for, production costs are minimal. Mass production is feasible as bladder molding is much like baking a cake: You mix the ingredients (lay-up the matrix), put it in the oven (the mold) and bake (pressurize and cure). The primary drawbacks to onepiece monocoque-molded frames are the shape and geometry of the frame cannot be changed once the mold is made and it can be difficult to apply consistent pressure to the entire structure during molding. Inconsistent pressure can lead to weak areas of uneven carbon-fiber compaction known as voids. ROLL-WRAPPING AND FILAMENT-WOUND CONSTRUCTION. While rollwrapping and filament-wound construction are different processes, they are often used to construct similar structures. In each case, carbon fiber is rolled or wound around a steel or aluminum mandrel in the shape of the end product. The carbon is wrapped with heat-shrinking tape to create pressure and is then cured (pressurized and heated until hard). Once cured, the tape is removed and the hardened part can be sanded to its final diameter and shape. Once wound or rolled tubes are created, they are often bonded and/or compression molded to bladder-molded or wrapped lugs to create a frame. This is similar to how metal frames are built, but rather than metal and torches, carbon fiber, pressure and heat are used. Roll wrapping and filament winding are more time consuming than bladder molding and can be difficult to use for mass production. However, when done properly, they allow for great 170

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tunability and customization in both ride quality and frame geometry while minimizing voids.

MATERIAL AND PROCESS QUALITY COUNTS The care and skill applied during the engineering and assembly of the frame, in combination with the quality of the carbon fiber used, are crucial to the end result. Like all ingredients, carbon needs to be stored and maintained properly to maintain quality. When it comes to raw materials, a very small percentage of bike builders use an RTM-based (Resin Transfer Mold) system where dry carbon fiber is injected with resin during the actual molding process. However, most builders use pre-preg carbon. In its raw form, prepreg is carbon fiber that has been pre-impregnated with resin and is stored in sheets ready for the builder to cut, lay-up, shape and cure into the end product. Prior to use, pre-preg carbon fiber needs to be stored in a controlled environment below 0 degrees Celsius to prevent premature curing of the resin. In addition to proper storage, if the assembler does not use care to keep the work area, cut-

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ting tools and molds contamination-free, the final product will be compromised. Carbon structures only achieve their potential when the resin and carbon fiber are layed-up and cured properly. It is quicker and less expensive to minimize engineering and limit heat and pressure treatment. While a rideable frame may still result, a poorly engineered frame that is improperly treated will not be as strong or ride the same as a frame that is well engineered and properly treated. Frequently, part of what you pay for in a higher-grade carbon frame is not only better-grade materials but also the assurance the frame was engineered and manufactured using refined and proven processes that minimize contamination and maximize the integrity and ride quality of the materials.

In the end, an aerospace-grade frame only results if aerospace-grade materials, aerospace-grade engineering and aerospace-grade assembly processes are all used simultaneously. In the next article, we will bite into carbon-fiber quality, grading methods and the murky marketing that often surrounds the subject.

Ian Buchanan is co-owner of Fit Werx. Fit Werx has locations in Waitsfield, Vt., and Peabody, Mass., and offers cycling and triathlon products, specialty fitting and analysis services, consultation and technology research. Fit Werx can be reached in Vermont at 802-496-7570, in Massachusetts at 978-532-7348 or through the Web at fitwerx.com.

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Going big Long commutes and longer run mileage

By Paul Huddle and Roch Frey COACHES, I’ll be doing an Ironman and my usual assortment of shorter triathlons in the coming year. Right now, I commute 22 miles, roundtrip, on a hilly route, three to four days a week on my bike. I prefer using my commuter (hybrid) with a pannier, but I’ve started using my road bike with a messenger bag to try and get more time on that geometry. I really hate the bag on my back, but there are no holes to mount a rack on the road bike. Does it matter which bike I use? Anonymous

We’re jealous. We love the fact that you are commuting on your bike. Everyone should be so lucky to be able to use work travel time to add to their fitness and take another car off the road during rush hour. First, we’d suggest that it’s not absolutely positively necessary to forego the commuter bike. Cycling is cycling, and as long as your saddle height is the same, you’re not really going to lose that much by not being on your road or tri bike, especially during the off- and preseason. It’s interesting to note that Australian long-course star Luke Bell spent a couple of months in ’06 in San Diego training and pretty much spent all his time outside of racing on a mountain or cyclocross bike . . . and he won all the races he did during that stretch of time. Interestingly, this was in the middle of the season. Don’t get us wrong: It will become important as you get into the final 10 to 12 weeks before your key event to make sure you do your long rides and at least one other ride each week on your chosen race bike to ensure your body can handle the position. You need to know if there’s an issue before race day. 172

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There is definitely a difference between your commuter bike-riding position and an aggressive aero position with a forward seat post, etc. But you knew that already—otherwise you wouldn’t have bothered to ask your question. Also, there are bike racks out there that attach to the seat post and allow you to carry panniers without connecting to the seat or chain stays; though this might only work for a bag (pannier) that mounts on top of the rack instead of one that mounts on the side of the rack. Just think, not only could this mean rides to work on your tri bike but it might also allow you to carry a lot of cool stuff during your races. When was the last time you wanted to take along a breakfast burrito and a bottle of mouthwash but just didn’t have room in your Bento Box? With one of these seat post-mounted racks you could pack a tent and sleeping bag (just in case) and still have room for your favorite book of positive affirmations to get you through the rough spots. Ride on, Paul and Roch

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with and, if they do, running probably isn’t their weakness. One hundred miles a week is a level that is typically arrived at after five to 10 years of consistent running and is typically aimed at a very specific competitive goal. We don’t feel it’s necessary to do this level of mileage to optimize your triathlon running, even at the Ironman distance and even at the professional level. Then again, who ever said anything we do as endurance athletes is logical or optimal? The late-winter months are a great time to focus on running for many people because of the shorter days and bad weather. A simple, time-efficient sport like running is perfect for this time of year. Again (and we can’t emphasize this enough), if you’re going to go this route, make sure you’re truly focusing on a weakness and providing yourself with an activity that is a positive break from triathlon. Focusing on running shouldn’t consist entirely on increasing training volume. If you want to improve in running, or any other discipline, for that matter, we suggest picking a defined race distance and trying to improve your time. In the case of running, consider 5K or 10K or even a half-marathon. If you want to improve running endurance, volume will help, but most triathletes we know can go forever but can’t necessarily go as fast as they’d like to. So keep the weekly long-run progression intact but make sure there’s a day for some racespecific intensity—and maybe even a day off. What about a day off? If you’re pursuing 100 miles a week it’s tough to take a day off and still meet this level of mileage. It’s also tough to sustain a consistent level of training without the requisite recovery. A day off can be a boon to your body’s ability to renew and recharge for the coming season. If your buddies are under the age of 25, they probably won’t need a day off. If, however, they’re getting well past 30, a day off might just be the difference between chronic injury and/or illness and consistent health. Let your buddies manically train seven days a week, then you can look like a guru when they start falling off the precipice of over-training while you smoothly transition back into the regular season.

Are you kidding us? One hundred miles per week? That’s not a run focus. That’s too much coffee while reading Arthur Lydiard. I have some tri buddies who are doing a run focus. They have been putting in 100 miles per week over many weeks during the off- and early seasons, saying it will improve their endurance. I told them they should schedule at least one rest day per week. Is this type of training okay? Ben

BEN,

That’s not a run focus. That’s too much coffee while reading Arthur Lydiard. Are you kidding us? One hundred miles? These people don’t hold real jobs, do they? They do? As what, sleep models for mattress companies? Please. Focusing on one of the three disciplines during the off- or early season is a common strategy and one that we often use for our athletes to improve a weak discipline. However, we’re not sure of the wisdom of running 100 miles per week if the athlete in question doesn’t have some significant running background to begin

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Spring cleaning 4 pre-season fitness tips

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load after a winter of base training, and this higher workload will heighten muscle recruitment. The end result will be a faster engine, a concurrent loss of body fat, an increase in lean body weight, a daily dose of higher levels of growth hormone (GH) and a more economical engine leading into the competitive season. Following are four key training practices you should implement over the next few weeks as you transition away from the base phase of training.

ON THE BIKE: HILL REPEATS

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• 6-12 repeats of 20 seconds to 1 minute. Rest interval is three times the length of the hill climb. • Odd repeats: Stand throughout, and begin the reps in a lower gear, steadily shifting into more challenging gears over the course of the workout. Keep your weight over each down stroke and your hips over the top of the saddle. Slowest cadence should be between 52 and 58 near the end of each repeat. This increases fast-twitch muscle recruitment and, due to the large workload, the hips, glutes, quads, calves and abs are all innervated. • Even repeats: Start in a low gear and maintain a lower gear throughout each climb. Keep your cadence between 74 and 88. Practice holding your upper body in an aero position to maximize the load on your quads, mid- and low back. While the aero position is not recommended for steep climbs, conditioning the entire body to hold the aero form will enhance your timetrialing ability. • As your fitness improves, increase the number of hill repeats (to a total of 18-24 minutes of climbing, with each interval between 40 seconds and one minute). These repeats will increase your ability to clear lactic acid. As you come down the hill, don’t just soft pedal; instead, maintain a high cadence of between 88-110.

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IN THE POOL: TECHNIQUE FOCUS Practice increasing your cadence or turnover by maintaining a high elbow. The purpose of developing a higher turnover is to increase your sustained strength and power output without compromising your mechanics. Include the below freestyle drill set once per week during a regular workout to help improve your technique. • Swim 16-20 x 25, resting for 15 seconds after each 25 as:

• Start with a totally flat stroke with no shoulder roll. • Your hand should enter the water in line with your shoulder, not the top of your head, and at a point midway between a fully stretchedout arm and the top of your shoulder: Your elbow angle upon hand entry should be 150 degrees. • Don’t rush your catch. As your hand enters the water, flex your wrist, then keep the hand four to six inches under the surface of the water. Hold the elbow high. • Your arm should stay in the highelbow position as your hand passes under your shoulder line. Imagine you are on a stiff surfboard with a bed of coral underneath. Hands are wide and shallow. • Practice with a short pull phase, beginning your recovery just before your hand reaches your hips.

• Swim 4-10 x 50, resting 15 seconds after each 50, as:

• Repeat all the points above, but this time include shoulder rotation. And here’s the hard part: Don’t roll your hips. Instead, roll or twist at the base of your rib cage. This will use your oblique abs and your pull will be generated by your lats, not your deltoids. • Swim 4-10 x 50, resting 15 seconds after each 50, as:

• Repeat technique outlined above but extend elbow to 170 degrees on entry, with all four fingers entering at the same time. • Practice finishing the stroke below the hips, but don’t concentrate on a quick catch until you are able to effectively hold water at the front part of your stroke. • Swim 4-10 x 50, resting 15 seconds after each 50, as:

• Regular freestyle, focusing on a high elbow at the beginning of the pull phase and getting on top of your pull quickly. Effective freestyle should not have a glide phase with your entry hand. So why do this drill set? Well, the quicker stroke eliminates deceleration and that sinking, low-feet, uphillswimming feeling exacerbated by a stop-start elongated stroke. As you become more efficient your stroke count should go down.

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TRAINING ON THE RUN: HIGH HIPS AND A LIGHT TOUCH

INCREASE YOUR STRENGTH

Triathletes are notorious for sinking on foot strike and allowing their hips to drop: This increases the load in the quads, which are already fatigued from cycling. High-hips running will reduce the load on the quads. Practice keeping your hips high by imagining that your iliac crest (the top of your hip bone) is attached to a string. This string is held by a giant who lightly pulls upwards and slightly forward on each foot strike. Why do this? It will keep your foot strike slightly behind your knee and in a vertical line with your chest. By feeling as though your foot is moving backward on foot strike your braking forces will be reduced. To practice this, find a very slight (1to 2-percent grade) uphill and practice 612 x 10- to 30-second pick-ups. These should be at a fast tempo. A short baby step with a very light heel to mid-foot strike will enhance this drill. After the gradual hill segment, repeat the set on the flats and then again back on the hill.

When you involve exercises that require glutes, hip, back, arms and legs, the release of growth hormone (GH) rises dramatically. So what is the big deal about GH? Elevating GH is beneficial for both men and women. A higher production of GH has a huge positive influence on numerous body functions including: • Higher GH increases fat metabolism. Your body can simply burn more fat with higher GH levels. • GH is naturally high in your 20s and early 30s. If you are older than this, your GH is falling. • GH increases protein synthesis. Endurance athletes need to rebuild muscles, and moderate protein intake (18-25 percent of total calories), or 1.4 to 2.2 grams/kg of bodyweight of protein per day (e.g. 154 pounds = 70kg; 70 x 2.0 grams = 140 grams of protein) enhances GH. High simple-sugar carbohydrate intake lowers GH. • GH reduces muscle breakdown. • REM sleep elevates GH. Intermittent, restless sleep lowers GH. • Running, cycling, swimming produces lower levels of GH than power events or exercises that require fullbody explosive movements. So what can endurance athletes do to boost natural GH levels on a daily basis? Well, here are five exercises to jump-start your GH: 1.Squat, with bar overhead. Hold the bar overhead with a wide grip. Place feet 4-6 inches outside shoulder width. Squat to 90- to 120-degree knee bend and press up with arms straight. 2.Squat, curl, overhead press with dumbbells. With your arms down at your sides, squat, lowering the dumbbells to 6-8 inches off the floor. Keep your head high and hips low. Then stand up, simultaneously performing a biceps curl before pressing the dumbbells overhead to full extension. Lower using same pattern and repeat. 3.Fit-ball knee drops to pike up then push up. In a prone position, place your toes on the fit ball with your arms on the floor in a push-up position. Drop your knees to the floor then pike up, lower your hips back to the flat position and do core push-ups. Repeat.

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4.Stretch-cord full-body twists. Stand with arms extended, clasping the handles of both cords. Keep your hands together and knees slightly bent. Step back and twist torso while pulling the cord. Bend at the waist and twist, with hands lowering to back foot. Stand up and repeat. 5.Double-leg dead lift with bar. Back square, hinge at the hips, not low back. One hand with forward grip, one hand back grip, 4-8 inches outside shoulder width. From a standing position, bend at your hips. Keep your arms straight, and lower the weight to just below your knees. Squeeze glutes and stand up. Repeat. Each exercise should include three sets of 8-12. Rest interval is one minute. This short rest also increases GH. Okay, I hope those four suggestions will invigorate your preseason routine. Each year we should all tweak our routines and look for a plan that can optimize our individual goals and schedules. The suggestions I have made for swim, bike and run can be implemented one time per week for the next eight to 12 weeks. The strength sessions can be included three times per week, but you’ll still reap the benefits with two sessions per week. Dave Scott is a six-time Hawaii Ironman champion and was the first inductee into the Ironman Hall of Fame. Dave offers speaking engagements, sport clinics and race-sponsored activities. He currently coaches several top professional and age-group triathletes and has recently completed a DVD on nutrition called The Art and Science of Fueling, for Pre, During and Post Endurance Training and Racing, available at davescottinc.com. T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

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ground. It is a strength race and definitely takes stability to get a good foot plant and push-off when you are slipping around. SNOWSHOE: The second leg will be a snowshoe race off the beaten path. Expect deep snow and varied terrain. A lightweight snowshoe will be your best choice; I plan on using one that is eight inches wide and 25 inches long. If you thought the run portion was a strength event, try running through powder on snowshoes. The good news is it gets easier the farther back you are because everyone in front of you will be packing down a trail. BIKE: With no rocks or roots in the way, either a full-suspension or a hard-tail mountain bike will do the job. The biggest issue will be rims and tires. A wider rim performs best in the snow, but for most of us a new wheel set is not practical, so go with a wide mountain-bike tire with an aggressive tread. Preferably something knobby. But the most important factor is tire pressure: Run low air pressure (under 20 psi). Imagine you are selecting a tire for a very sandy course: You need floatation and traction. SKI: The ski portion is a mix of cross-country ski, mountaineering, randonnee and alpine touring. Cross-country skis (classic or skate) will work as well as telemark skis. Ski skins—long strips of material with glue on one side that sticks to the ski, and directional “fur” on the other side that allows the ski to slide forward but not backward—are highly recommended. If you don’t feel comfortable on the downhill you can just leave the skins on. If you are more confident in your downhill ability, peel the skins off at the top and ski down. CLOTHING: For winter events, dress with just a little less than you think you need. The non-stop action will heat you up right away. On top, I usually use a thin base layer under a windbreaker. A basic pair of running or cycling tights should do it for the legs. For most winter races a full-fingered cycling glove is usually enough unless it is very cold. Keep in mind that you’ll need some finger dexterity. I recommend either a neoprene sock or a performance wool sock. If it is crazy cold consider cycling booties over your bike shoes and instant hand warmers in your gloves.

The cold-shoulder season A little advice on XTERRA winter worlds

By Josiah Middaugh

Like many XTERRA racers, 29-year-old Josiah Middaugh lives two lives: one in the summer, spent on the off-road circuit, and another in the winter, where he does all kinds of crazy things in the snow. Last summer Middaugh was the top American in the XTERRA Pro Series, and this March 8 he’s aiming to be the inaugural winner of the XTERRA Winter World Championship at Snowbasin Resort in Ogden, Utah. Middaugh’s cold-season credentials include snowshoe titles, quadrathlon championships and a winter triathlon crown. Middaugh gives us an inside look at what to expect in Utah on March 8. The XTERRA Winter World Championship promises to be a true test of endurance and skill for both amateurs and professionals. It includes a 5km run, 5km off-track snowshoe, 10km mountain bike on groomed snow and 8km cross-country ski. Below are some tips on how to tackle each event. RUN: The first event will be a 5km run on groomed and relatively hard-packed snow. The obvious issue is traction, so your choice of footwear is important. I have raced on snow with a racing flat and a cross-country shoe with spikes, and honestly the spikes didn’t help much. Groomed snow is soft, so plan on slipping a little with each step. I’ve found the best approach is to focus on being smooth and consistent over the 178

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The SLC-SL frameset, a road bike with multisport roots, prices at $4,500.

By Jay Prasuhn

Think a road bike can’t win an Ironman? What about when that road bike is designed by a couple of triathletes? Add aero characteristics, give it fit variability that will allow for a steep seat angle and maybe it could be done. At Ironman Korea, a then little-known Briton named Chrissie Wellington (who would go on to bigger fame) proved it can be done by going out and winning aboard a Soloist Carbon road bike. Okay, so when is a road bike not just a road bike? When Cervelo’s Gerard Vroomen and Phil White debuted the aluminum Soloist several years ago, with a reversible seat post and deep aluminum tubes, I remember thinking, “That would make a great road bike doubling as a tri bike.” The carbon Soloist came on its heels, with even deeper carbon tubes. Then, two years ago, came the SLC-SL. My thought? “I need to get one of those.” Today, the Canadian brand is a juggernaut in our sport. When Cervelo debuted the Soloist Carbon-SL, the superlight 180

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version of the Soloist, they aimed at creating the ultimate bike: same aero frame as the Soloist but 200 grams lighter. At about 1,000 grams, the SLC-SL is one of the lightest road framesets in the world. At least on its face it’s a road bike. But a road bike with two key elements that ought to attract triathletes: a) fully aero down tube and seat tube; b) an option for a reversible seat-post head that allows a triathlete to move from a standard 73-degree road seat angle to a more triathlon-friendly 76-degree seat angle. No, it’s not an idealized or pure setup for triathlon, given a tall head tube and steep head angle that makes for a higher, quicker-handling front end in the aerobars. But as Wellington proved, it works very well. We built up the SLC-SL test frameset with a SRAM Force road group and put it to work over in the San Diego winter. With boxy chain stays and a well-designed bottom-bracket shell, the SLC-SL is a stiff-climbing mountain goat, easily one of the lightest bikes with clip-on aerobars affixed we’ve had in the office. The weight savings, as a percentage of the total package,

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TRIATHLETE’S GARAGE is nice, but it’s the watts savings from the aero tubes when hitting the flats where the SLC-SL really shone for us. The SLC-SL came in as one of the finest bikes we’ve ever tested—road or tri. For the triathlete wanting a road bike that does it all—weighs nothing, climbs, sprints for town signs, corners on rails—then does it again with clip-ons for the weekend tri, the SLC-SL is the answer. The singular downfall? Perfection has a price, and at $4,500 for the frameset it’s not a cheap machine. If saving 200

grams is mission critical and the price doesn’t make you wince, go for it. If not, go for the SLC—same bike with the added weight of a half-full water bottle—for $1,700 less for the frameset (or $5,000 complete, kitted with Shimano Dura Ace). Either way, the Soloist is a fast road bike that can perform beyond its road pedigree in any tri. Just ask the reigning Hawaii Ironman world champ. You can find more about the SLC-SL at cervelo.com.

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Considering ’cross? The Felt F1X retails complete at $1,499.

With some bite still in the air we turn our attention to that get-muddy winter cycling discipline: cyclo-cross, a sport that ought to resonate with triathletes, as it features two of our sport’s three disciplines; cycling (duh) and a little bit of running (with some jumping and maybe some stumbling thrown in). But that’s where the similarities end. Because as anyone knows who’s done a well-executed flying remount after a barrier jump, ’cross is a totally different beast. Instead of being an event about pacing and endurance, cyclo-cross is all anaerobic. From the gun it’s full-bore racing for 45 to 60 minutes. Of course if you’re not racing it’s all about fun: splashing through creeks, carrying over fallen branches. Compared to competing brands at a similar price, Felt’s F1X is a great value, especially when looking at the drive train. Felt went with a great mix: Shimano 105 shifters, an Ultegra rear derailleur and FSA Gossamer crankset, with Mavic wheels. The selection is a bump up from many of the other guys, and with the beating components take, the upgrade to slightly lighter,

more durable goods helps extend its life—thus adding to the bike’s value. It’s all hung on a 7005 Superlite aluminum frame with a Felt carbon-fiber fork (gotta have carbon in there somewhere, right?), making for a bike a tick under 21 pounds. On (or off) the road, the F1X was what any triathlete should expect: fun. After a season of straight-line aerobar riding, taking the Felt off the pavement and onto the trails was sheer release. Not only does taking it on the dirt force sharper handling but it also forces quick-thinking gear selection as well. So should a F1X be in your quiver? If learning a seamless flying bike mount for your spring and summer triathlon season, or hanging with the pack during the opening anaerobic 300 meters of the swim is of value, then sure. If you’re new into the sport and just getting a grip on your tri bike as it is, then perhaps not. At very worst, the F1X can be used for double duty as a daily commuter. The upright design and bar-top brake levers make it a great bike for cruising around town, hopping curbs and taking shortcuts through back alleys while making a corner-store run for a loaf of bread. Find more on the F1X at feltracing.com. T R I AT H L E T E M A G . C O M

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Get ready for the season Five new products to get you ready for your first race of 2008

By Brad Culp

Unless you live in Hawaii, Southern California or Florida, Old Man Winter isn’t giving up anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to start thinking about the 2008 season. This month we reviewed five new products that’ll help you get out of the training lull, because that first race will be here before you know it.

Ironman Footwear Kona Running Shoe

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A newcomer to long-distance running shoes, Ironman Footwear has six new shoes for all types of runners. The gem of the new line is the Kona shoe. It has enough support for high-mileage training and is lightweight enough to wear on race day (369g). It’s one of the most responsive shoes we’ve tried, with great flexibility in the forefoot and a very efficient toe-off. ironmanfootwear.com

Coffees of Hawaii Kona Nightingale $14 (8 ounces)

Sure, that crappy cup of Joe you pick up at your local convenience store may say Kona Coffee, but it’s nothing like the real thing. Gas stations typically put less than 5 percent Kona Coffee into their blends. Coffees of Hawaii Kona Nightingale is 100-percent Kona Coffee. You don’t have to be a java connoisseur to taste the difference. Simply put, it’s the best coffee in the world, from our sport’s most famous destination. coffeesofhawaii.com

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BevyTech Gadget Bottle

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If you’re like most triathletes, your jersey pockets are probably filled to the brim during long rides. The new Gadget Bottle gives you an extra place to store whatever you need for the long haul. The straps securely hold a cell phone, mp3 player, camera, energy bar or just about anything else you can think of. On race day, you can use the straps to secure an extra tube or tire and a few CO2 cartridges. bevytech.com

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No flashy decals, no blinding colors, just a functional, comfortable triathlon-specific jersey. What makes the Ajelan jersey different is the use of Zipstream Technology. A small zippered panel on each side of the torso allows you to expand the jersey when you need a little extra room to breathe, or close it up when you want it to be as tight and aero as possible. Available in white or red. ajelan.com

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It was another Italian, Leonardo Ballerini, leading the pro men out of the 1.8km swim in just over 22 minutes. Following Ballerini out of the water were Germany’s Faris Al-Sultan, Kiwi Bryan Rhodes and Aussie Richie Cunningham. On the bike it was all about Cigana. Cigana blazed through the relatively flat 55km bike course in 1:21:05, eclipsing almost all of the time he had given up on the swim. Cunningham, Al-Sultan and

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Rhodes biked about three-and-a-half minutes slower than the Italian, and the group of four headed onto the run course in close proximity. Cigana immediately stamped his authority as the top runner in the field and took over the lead only a few miles into the 12km run. He continued to pull away all the way to the finish and crossed the line with the ceremonial elephant. Cunningham finished two minutes back, with Al-Sultan crossing the line in third, another minute back. Al-Sultan chose Laguna Phuket as his final race of the season after getting sick in Kona and subsequently missing the start. Rhodes capped off a season of ups and downs with a fourthplace finish. In the women’s event, Blatchford took control of the race from the start with a blistering 23:38 swim that topped all but five of the pro men. Over a minute later, the rest of the pro women, including Carfrae, Belinda Granger and Wellington, made their way into T1. Granger and Carfrae decided to make it a race on the bike, as both athletes hammered the pedals and began making up some ground on Blatchford. Granger clocked the day’s best bike split in 1:28:39 and entered T2 mere seconds behind the leader. Onto the run, Blatchford used her shortcourse speed to pull away from Carfrae and Granger, both of whom spent the year training for long-course events. The Brit’s run split of 45:43 bested Carfrae by 90 seconds and she crossed the line with a comfortable twominute advantage. Carfrae was second, with Granger another two minutes back. Wellington demonstrated she recovered quickly from Kona with a fourth-place finish.

LAGUNA PHUKET TRIATHLON Phuket, Thailand

Dec. 2, 2007 1.8km swim, 55km bike, 12km run

Women 1. Liz Blatchford (GBR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:42:24 2. Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:44:01 3. Belinda Granger (AUS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:46:37 4. Chrissie Wellington (GBR). . . . . . . . . . . . 2:47:56 5. Alexandra Louison (FRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:55:08 Men 1. Massimo Cigana (ITA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:31:46 2. Richie Cunningham (AUS) . . . . . . . . . . . 2:33:29 3. Faris Al-Sultan (GER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:34:30 4. Bryan Rhodes (NZL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:35:25 5. Peter Schokman (AUS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:37:15 Amateur women 1. Jocelyn Pollock (AUS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:10:23 Amateur men 1. Clinton Mackevicius (AUS) . . . . . . . . . . . 2:44:01 MARCH 2008

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In 2008, the XTERRA USA and World Championships will each air in more than 80 markets across the U.S., reaching more than four million viewers. Check your local listings to see when the shows are on in your area or visit xterraplanet.com for an updated broadcast schedule for all the award-winning TEAM Unlimited TV productions.

Triathlete endeavors to present the most comprehensive calendar of tris and dus. However,because

event dates are subject to change,please check with race directors to confirm event information before making plans. See Multi-Event Contacts for contact information for promoters that have multiple listings. Listings printed in red indicate Triathlete-sponsored races. USA Triathlon-sanctioned races are designated with a #. Register at active.com for events designated with @. RACE DIRECTORS: For online race listings,please go to triathletemag.com and post your races under our Calendar link. Allow one week for your events to become live. For listing in our print calendar, e-mail your information to rebecca@triathletemag.com or fax it to (760) 634-4110. Entries submitted before Dec. 31 have been included in the March issue. All entries that were submitted after that date will be in the April issue. Please note that most XTERRA global tour events consist of approximately a 1.5K swim, 30K mountain bike and 10K trail run.

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04/13- Miami Beach, FL—Nautica South Beach Triathlon. .5-mile S, 18-mile B, 4-mile R. 04/20- Austin, TX—Cactus Challenge IV. 1.5K S, 40K B, 10K R. 500m S, 20K B, 5K R. 05/11- Orlando, FL—Danskin Women’s Triathlon Walt Disney World. 400yd S, 9mi B, 2mi R. 06/08- Austin, TX—Danskin Women’s Triathlon Austin. .75K S, 20K B, 5K R.

NORTH ATLANTIC

06/01- Poconos Mts., PA—Black Bear Triathlon. CGI Racing. 750m S, 18-mile B, 3.1-mile run. 06/22- Salisbury, VT—Vermont Sun Triathlon. Vermont Sun Triathlon Series. 600y S, 14mi B, 3.1mi R. 07/06- Philadelphia, PA—Philadelphia Women’s Triathlon. CGI Racing. 750m S, 17-mile B, 3.1mile R. 07/13- Salisbury, VT—Vermont Sun Triathlon. Vermont Sun Triathlon Series. 600y S, 14mi B, 3.1mi R. 07/27- West Windsor, NJ—New Jersey State

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Triathlon. CGI Racing. 1.5K S, 40K B, 10K R; 500m S, 13.5-mile B, 5K R. 07/27- Webster, MA—Danskin Women’s Triathlon New England. .75K S, 20K B, 5K R. 08/02- Salisbury, VT—Lake Dunmore Triathlon. Vermont Sun Triathlon Series. .9mi S, 28mi B, 6.2mi R. 08/17- North East, MD—North East Maryland Triathlon. CGI Racing. 1.5K S, 23.2-mile B, 10K R; 750m S, 15.5-mile B, 3.5-mile R. 08/23- Salisbury, VT—Half Vermont Journey. Vermont Sun Triathlon Series. 1.2mi S, 56mi B, 13.1mi R. 09/14- Sandy Hook, NJ—Danskin Women’s Triathlon NY Metro. .75K S, 20K B, 5K R.

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07/13- Pleasant Prairie, WI—Danskin Women’s Triathlon Chicagoland. .75K S, 20K B, 5K R.

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Multi Sports Club. 1.5K S, 40K B, 10K R. 06/14- Midway, UT—Battle at Midway Triathlon. Wasatch Area Race Productions. 1.5K S, 40K B, 10K R. 06/15- Los Angeles, CA—Danskin Women’s Triathlon Southern California. .75K S, 20K B, 5K R. 06/29- Aurora, CO—Danskin Women’s Triathlon Denver. .75K S, 20K B, 5K R. 08/17- Seattle, WA—Danskin Women’s Triathlon Seattle. .75K S, 20K B, 5K R.

Reminder: If a race’s contact information is not listed with the event in the preceding section, refer to the Multi-Event Contacts listings below. There,you will find a list of race organizers who put on either multiple races or series events. For more events and online race registration, be sure to check out triathletemag.com and active.com. Both sites offer up-to-date racing and training information,as well as the most recent news and coverage of triathlon’s most popular events. To list your event in our online calendar, please go to triathletemag.com.

MULTI-EVENT CONTACTS 3 Discliplines Racing: www.3disciplines.com; 866.820.6036 5430 Sports: Barry Siff,1507 North St.,Boulder,CO, barry@5430sports.com, www.5430sports.com; 303.442.0041. AA Sports: 503.644.6822; www.racecenter.com; events@ racecenter.com. Blue Sky Sports, LLC: 678.237.0308; director@ tribluesky.com; www.tribluesky.com. Bradventures LLC. Producer of Auburn International Triathlon.www.auburntriathlon.com; 530-888-9911; info@bradventures.com. By the Beach Productions: 5153 Soquel Dr.,Soquel, CA,831.465.6517; www.bythebeachproductions.com; info@ bythebeachproductions.com. Capri Events: 773.404.2372; www.caprievents.com. CFT Sommer Sports: 838 W. DeSoto St., P.O. Box 121236, Clermont, FL 34712; 352.394.1320 (p); 352.394.1702 (f); info@triflorida.com; http://greatfloridian.com. CGI Racing: 856-308-7522; www.cgiracing.com. Cutting Edge Events: 217.347.3739;

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www.fatrabbitracing.com. Finish Line Productions: 475 Tinker’s Trail, Boulder Creek, CA. 831.419.0883; info@finishlineproduction.com; finishlineproduction.com. FIRM Racing: 66 Bruce Rd., Marlboro, MA 01732; P: (508) 485-5855, F: (508) 229-8394; bill@firm-racing.com, www.firm-racing.com. Firstwave Events: P.O. Box 321269, Los Gatos, CA 95032; P: 408.356.0518; F: 408.356.0534; www.firstwave-events.com.. Georgia Multisport Productions: Jim Rainey, 4180 Liberty Trace, Marietta, GA 30066; 770.926.6993, 770. 928. 9292 (F); jim@gamultisports.com, www.gamultisports.com. Great Smokey Mountains Triathlon Club: www.gsmtc.com; tri2000@dnet.net. Greater Knoxville Triathlon Club: Kevin Mahan, 205 Cross Creek Private Ln., Lenoir City, TN 37771, 865.675.BIKE (2453) (p), 865.988.9250 (f), www.knoxtri.org; kevinmahan@char tertn.net. Green Brook Racing LLC: Joe Patanella,P.O.Box 825, Green Brook, NJ 08812-825, 732.841.2558; greenbrookracing@aol.com,

www.greenbrookracing.com. HFP Racing: P.O. Box 375,Thornville, OH 43076; shannon@hfpracing.com, 740.743.2418; scott@ hfpracing.com, 440. 350.1708; www.hfpracing.com Ironhead Race Productions: Jack Weiss,P.O.Box 1113, Euless, TX 76039-1113; 817.355.1279; ironjack@ironheadrp.com; www.ironheadrp.com. HMA Promotions: 216.752.5151; www.hmapromotions.net Ironman North America: 4999 Pearl East Circle Suite 301, Boulder, CO, 80301; 518.523.2665; 518.523.7542; imanusa@capital. net. J&A Productions: www.japroductions.com; info@japroduc tions.com. JMS Racing Services: P.O.Box 582,Marion,IN 52302, 319.373.0741; www.pigmantri.com/ jmsracing.html; jim@ pigmantri.com; john@pig mantri.com. KOZ Enterprises: San Diego Triathlon Series. P.O. Box 421052, San Diego, CA 92142; 858.268.1250; www.kozenter prises.com; info@ kozenterprises.com. Lake Geneva Extreme Sports: P.O. Box 1134, Lake Geneva, WI 53147, www.lakegenevasports.com; lgsports@lake genevasports.com; 262.275.3577.

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Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow —T. S. Eliot, “The Hollow Men”

There is a period between when the race application is signed, stamped and sent off and when the starting gun is fired. It’s a place where the myths of what might be and the reality that will be have time to discover each other. The relationship dances between every athlete’s head and heart, sometimes in the sweetness and light of anticipation and other times in a dark dread of fear. Some athletes choose to clip the time and sign up the day before or day of the competition. But the weeks and months before still exist, when they try not to think about it but still have to. The first time you decide to venture out of your back yard or your comfort zone, willingly following some primal quest to know just where you stand against others, you enter that place. From Odysseus to some kid next door named Zack, the physical among us have served time wandering and wondering: How will I fair? Will I win? Lose? Gain the prize? Lose something that cannot grow back? It’s enough to both thrill and kill us. But we are in it until the end, which in this case is the beginning of the race. How an athlete locates himself in this oscillating frame between decision and execution defines him nearly as much as the event’s end result. My ageless friend Jimmy Hunter, a life-

long fifth-grade teacher and pop philosopher, can mortgage an entire experience. He is the kind who will project and then live out every possible scenario that could unfold during the event, taking painstaking and pleasurable months to construct the what-ifs and after-thats in his head so by the time the race comes around he might as well sleep late. You know the type— they’ve already imagined the messy breakup before the first date. Then there is Mary Jo. MJ has been known to plan a sprint triathlon 18 months in advance, detailing such items as tidal flow, menstrual cycle and the release of that new compuchipped racing flat. MJ is NASA in a bra top; zero minus 343,000 heartbeats and counting. People love to race. But they love to talk about it even more. The motorcycle sect calls it bench racing, and it forms its own sub-culture. Nobody talks during events. Hell, they barely talk during training. But there is an innate need for us to communicate and convene with like-minded types. This is often practiced after the event, but problematically we are beholden to our specific performances on the day. If you sucked, your tendency is to forget about it. But you can’t. Even if your performance would’ve earned you a podium spot at the 1978 Hawaiian Ironman, if your models of assessment include more Michellie Jones that Maryanne Whatshername, your ego won’t even acknowledge its own reflection. We might remind ourselves that once the folly of failure is exposed all that remains is the folly. Perhaps you’re savvy enough to immediately sign up for another event and thus place yourself back into the shadow, into Eliot’s notion of the space between idea and reality. This is fine so long as you carry on your back what you have learned about yourself and how success and failure are often defined by sources outside our control. Still, there is the immediate question of our pals who’ve rocked the place on the day. They are cracking beers and singing songs and bench racing their way to world titles. You can’t ignore them. The personal juxtaposition is as uncomfortable as the substantial penalties for early withdrawal. All of which leads to the idea that the best place to talk about your sport and your life is in that place before the event, that safe and sane shadow where the sun has not quite found you out. The truth of our training and the truth of our lies can easily be swallowed up by the collapsing umbrella of time. The problem with time though—as in awaiting back surgery or a Christmas morning—is that it moves in relation to how we perceive our forthcoming experience. Long-term commitments are double-edged: They can facilitate us in intricate preparation or wear us out in over-engineering. Short-term applications are just the opposite—there is simply less time to flirt with our own self-realization or destruction. I cannot say there is a middle ground any more than I can relate any advice from my own paradigm of preparation. I was able to enjoy the stasis of going to Hawaii every single October for 20 years straight. And I lived with the fear of pain that rode shotgun. For 20 years straight. There was never balance. Only a mutual détente. But always and already, as soon as I’d licked that stamp, my life became more interesting. And for that I am grateful. —ST

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