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Check out these great shots from the first few days of competition at this week’s European Track & Field Championships being held in Barcelona, Spain, where Great Britain’s Mo Farah and Chris Thompson went 1-2 in the men’s 10,000 meters and Turkey’s Elvan Abeylegesse dominated the women’s race. Images courtesy of our partners at PhotoRun.net.
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Reigning women’s world champion uses last-lap sprint to claim victory.
Putting the pedal to the medal over the final 400 meters, Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot sprinted away from Ethiopians Meseret Defar and Sentayehu Ejigu to claim victory in the women’s 5,000 meters at the African Championships held in Nairobi Thursday night.
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Racing Weight author Matt Fitzgerald says it’s okay to gain a little weight–a little–in the off-season.
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Almost every triathlete has experienced back pain at one time or another. Whether it is a chronic ache in the neck following a long ride, tightness between the shoulder blades with swimming or sharp pain in the low back during a run, pain inhibits our training, limits our performance and frustrates us—and probably any family member or friend friend who is within close range.
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Dobson, Lucas headline 15K Championships in Spokane.
Former Stanford cross country and track athletes Ian Dobson and his wife Julia Lucas will make rare off-road appearances this weekend at the first U.S. 15K Trail Championships on Saturday in Spokane, Washington.
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Ethiopian-born Turk wins women’s 10,000 meters convincingly.
Written by: David Monti
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Elvan Abeylegesse is used to winning medals in track and cross country, just not gold.
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Former Ironman World Champion Faris Al-Sultan of Germany highlights a large field made mostly of Europeans at this weekend’s Inaugural Ironman Regensburg triathlon in Germany.
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Sarah W. Flynn, editor of Competitor New York magazine, was on hand in Central Park Wednesday when Real Housewives of New York City star Kelly Killoren Bensimon took part in a training session with professional triathlete twins Laurel and Rebeccah Wassner, who went 1-2 at the Nautica NYC Triathlon on July 18. Bensimon is part of a star-studded celebrity lineup expected to participate in Sunday’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Half Marathon Benefiting the American Cancer Society. Click here to check out the images from Bensimon’s training session yesterday.
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Reality TV star Kelly Bensimon, center, runs with professional triathlon twins Laurel and Rebeccah Wassner in Central Park recently.
Star of Real Housewives of NYC brings a taste of the Big Apple to the Chicago Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon.
Written by: Sarah W. Flynn
The Real Housewives of New York City star Kelly Killoren Bensimon may be better known for racking up tabloid headlines than racking up miles, but that’s not stopping her from hitting the streets of the Windy City this weekend for the Rock ‘n‘Roll Chicago Half Marathon benefiting the American Cancer Society. And who better to guide her through some pre-race prep than fellow New Yorkers—and professional triathletes—Laurel and Rebeccah Wassner?
The trio met in Central Park just days before Bensimon toes the line on Sunday as part of a star-studded celebrity lineup (Giuliana Rancic of E! News and former Bachelor Jake Pavelka, amongst others, are also slated to run). The 42-year-old model and writer gleaned tips from the Wassner twins, which touched on everything from when to eat a gel pack (“about halfway through,” advised Rebeccah) to finish line poses (Laurel suggested to “make sure to finish with a smile.”)
After taking her through their typical pre-race drills, the Wassners led Bensimon on a three-mile loop of the park, dodging photographers eager to snap a shot of the paparazzi-magnet. The chatty, chipper mom of two spoke of her excitement about returning to her home state (she grew up in Rockford, Ill.) as well as her hopes to inspire her fans—including 40,000 followers on Twitter—to get off the couch, turn off the TV, and get running.
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Jake Pavelka
Jake Pavelka set to run this weekend’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in the Windy City.
Written by: Mario Fraioli
Twenty-five thousand runners and walkers will take to the streets of Chicago this weekend for the second annual Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Half Marathon benefiting the American Cancer Society, including a whole host of celebrities who are expected to lace up their running shoes and wind their way through the Windy City.
Among the big names expected to be on the starting line Sunday is Jake Pavelka, the star of ABC’s season 14 of The Bachelor, who has been in the center of the celebrity spotlight recently after his much ballyhooed breakup with Vienna Girardi. Pavelka, a 32-year-old commercial pilot, also took part in the tenth season of ABC’s Dancing With The Stars.
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Photo: Victah Sailer @PhotoRun.
Illinois native Tera Moody aims to succeed Kara Goucher as the Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Half Marathon Champion.
Interview by: Matt Fitzgerald
Tera Moody, 29, an Illinois native now living in Colorado Springs, Colo., is the runaway favorite to win Sunday’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Half Marathon benefiting the American Cancer Society. Moody has a half marathon personal best of 1:12:52 and a marathon PR of 2:32:59 set in Chicago last year. A graduate of the University of Colorado now working part-time as a real estate agent, Moody placed fifth in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Women’s Marathon. She spoke to us shortly before making the trip “home” for Sunday’s race, which she is approaching as an early tune-up for the Chicago Marathon in October.
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We’ve nabbed fifteen women from the hundreds of submissions for this month’s model search.
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Ryan Sutter is best known for being chosen by Trista Rehn (now Sutter) in the first season of ABC’s “The Bachelorette” in 2003, but he’s not relying on that fame in his quest to raise money for an organization close to his heart. Sutter is taking on the grueling challenge of competing in 10 endurance events in 2010. The goal? To inspire 10,000 people to donate $10 in honor of First Descents’ 10th-year anniversary.
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In the May/June issue of Inside Triathlon, Senior Editor Matt Fitzgerald asked a few of triathlon’s greats how they would train Lance Armstrong for the Ironman World Championships in Kona. Here’s Chris Carmichael’s take on the cyclist’s return to multisport.
Despite the progress in the clean up of the oil spill, several race directors of triathlons have continued to keep a watchful eye on the spill and its possible effect on fall triathlons.
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