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American riders won five, including three golds. at the 2010 Pan American Road and Track Championships this weekend in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Ben King (Trek-Livestrong) won both the U23 men’s time trial and road race while Shelley Evans (Peanut Butter & Co. Twenty12) won the elite women’s road race.
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Just a day after nearly everything went right for Garmin-Transitions, capped by Tyler Farrar’s stage victory Sunday, nearly everything went wrong less than 24 hours later.
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On Sunday, May 9 ultra-distance triathletes Richard Roll and Jason Lester started their fourth of five Ironman-distance triathlons with a Mother’s-Day morning flight from Molokai to Maui.
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Mary Keitany wins the Berlin BIG 25 in world-record time. Photo: Victah Sailer@PhotoRun.
If the standards were “soft” before, they aren’t any more.
Kenyans Mary Keitany and Sammy Kosgei broke the women’s and men’s 25 km world records, respectively, in winning the BIG 25 road race in Berlin Sunday. Kosgei ran 1:11:50, bettering by 55 seconds the mark of 1:12:45 set by Paul Kosgei in the same race six years ago. Keitany did her countryman one better, as her 1:19:53 clocking lopped 2:20 off the record of 1:22:13 set by Japan’s Mizuki Noguchi. That time was a split from the Berlin Marathon, however.
Do you have no idea what a good 25 km time is? This will put it into perspective: Kosgei passed the half-marathon mark in 1:00:42, then continued on for another 4 km, while Keitany passed through 10 km at 31:58.
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Hydration during running is not as complicated as you may have been led to believe.
When you run, you sweat. The more you sweat, the more your blood volume decreases. The more your blood volume decreases, the harder your heart has to work to deliver oxygen to your working muscles. Sounds dangerous, but it’s really not. Runners almost never experience dehydration levels sufficient to cause major health consequences. But normal levels of dehydration will make you feel uncomfortable and cause you to slow down.
Drinking while you run will limit these negative effects of dehydration. But what should you drink, how much, and when? Keep reading and you will soon know.
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News-breaking New York Times article focuses on friendship between Kara and fellow expecting mother Paula Radcliffe.
Competitor.com blogger and 2008 Olympian Kara Goucher and her husband and fellow elite runner Adam are expecting their first child in September. Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe is expecting her second child on the same day. The New York Times broke the news of Kara’s pregnancy on Mother’s Day.
The main focus of the article, a period of three months earlier this year when Radcliffe and Kara trained together in Portland, OR, is old news to reader of Kara’s blog.
For More: New York Times
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After taking an unplanned day off to recharge and a recover from a day on Oahu marred by bike problems and a 1 a.m. marathon finish, EPIC5 triathletes Richard Roll and Jason Lester charged into their third Ironman-distance triathlon on Saturday on Molokai.
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Matt Reed and Julie Dibens turned in strong performances against tough fields at the Inaugural Rev3 Knoxville Triathlon. Triathlete Photo Editor Nils Nilsen was on hand to catch all of the Olympic-distance action.
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Cadel Evans (BMC) is back in the pink jersey for the first time since he held it late in the 2002 Giro d’Italia. Evans was a relative newcomer to the road scene when he took the maglia rosa back then, only to lose it the next day in an infamous collapse in stage 17 to Folgaria. Racing the Giro for the first time since then, Evans says he’s now a different rider.
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Garmin-Transitions scored a huge victory Sunday with Tyler Farrar’s victory in the second stage at the Giro d’Italia. Not only did Farrar prove yet again he’s a world-caliber sprinter, it also confirmed the team’s commitment to building a stronger team around the 25-year-old’s growing confidence.
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The United States’ Matt Reed and Great Britain’s Julie Dibens took the first race of the Revolution3 Triathlon Series in Knoxville, Tenn. The pair will have the opportunity to take the next step towards the $125,000 series’ bonus on June 6 at the half-Ironman distance race in Connecticut.
After completing their second of five Ironman triathlons at 1 a.m. in Honolulu on Saturday, May 8, Richard Roll and Jason Lester faced a few hours sleep before rising at dawn to catch a flight to Molokai for their third Ironman. It wasn’t a pretty prospect.
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Pro bikes get all the attention but some amateurs arm themselves with gear that rivals anything on the pro rack. These are some of the most eye-catching rides from Rev3 Knoxville. Images by Triathlete Magazine Photo Editor Nils Nilsen.
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Some of the sport’s top names gathered less than 24 hours before race time in Knoxville, Tennessee. The athletes will be vying for a portion of the $50,000 Rev3 prize purse at tomorrow’s Olympic-distance race. See what some of the professionals had to say below.
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Terenzo Bozzone of New Zealand has had a busy few weeks. Bozzone raced his way to a second place finish at Ironman 70.3 New Orleans (April 18) and wins at Ironman 70.3 Texas (April 25) and Ironman 70.3 St. Croix (May 2) all in the last three weeks. Competitor.com caught up with Bozzone in Knoxville, Tenn. to talk about his recent success, his opinion on the controversial new rule from the World Triathlon Corporation, and how he expects to fair against a tough field at tomorrow’s Rev3 Knoxville Triathlon.
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