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...Admission Test. “We stayed up all night and ate pizza and I slept on her couch that night,” Rekas said. “Shirin’s absence leaves me with a huge hole in my heart.” Rekas, a frequent triathlon competitor, said that she was participating in the Ironman, considered the most grueling of triathlons, in July, and that she will dedicate this race to her. “Over the 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run, I will celebrate her life and her memory...
Given that it's crowded with surfers and home to the Ford Ironman Triathlon World Championship, it's safe to assume that there are lots of hungry folk in the town of Kailua-Kona, on the island of Hawaii. But you don't have to swim across 3.8 km of ocean, cycle for another 180 km and then run a marathon-like the triathletes do-in order to work up an appetite. Merely spending a day on the beach or doing a spot of fishing will suffice. And when the hunger pangs strike, there are lots of friendly eateries...
Given that it's crowded with surfers and home to the Ford Ironman Triathlon World Championship, it's safe to assume that there are lots of hungry folk in the town of Kailua-Kona on the island of Hawaii. But you don't have to swim across 3.8 km of ocean, cycle for another 180 km and then run a marathon - like the triathletes do - in order to work up an appetite. Merely spending a day on the beach or doing a spot of fishing will suffice. And when the hunger pangs strike, there are lots of friendly eateries...
...ready to graduate from treadmill to triathlon, consider Carmichael Training Systems (CTS). Run by Chris Carmichael, Lance Armstrong's coach, CTS offers hard-core online regimens and personal coaching via phone and e-mail. First, the center's trainers assess your fitness level and goals, preferably in person. Then they provide nutritional advice and guide you remotely through every workout. Clients log in to trainright.com to track progress. This type of lite coaching doesn't come cheap. Depending on the level of supervision, the cost ranges from $39 to $1,500 a month...
...opted for modesty, letting Paris's Olympic merits speak for themselves. The failure of that approach in the face of full-court lobbying by the British left him bitter. "What made us lose was fair play," Delanoe said from Singapore. In Paris, Pascal Bildstein, vice president of the French Triathlon Federation, was more explicit: "When Princess Anne promises all the IOC members an audience with the Queen, it's just not ethical. This was a victory for Anglo-Saxon lobbying, and a loss for real Olympic values...