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Written by Trey Street
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
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I have been a vegetarian for about the last 20 years and no matter the conversation on the topic, it always seems to digress to “Why are you a vegetarian?” This column will attempt to answer this question and do so with absolutely no moral or ethical angles. I bet at this point I just got your attention for the whole article. |
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Driven Team Talk: Down and Dirty with Journeymen Racing |
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Written by Terie Box
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
A new jersey has been showing up at the multisport and off-road biking events around town – and you may have seen their pop-up tent and banner at the Los Locos Duathlon or the Wolfpack Triathlon this spring, but if you haven’t seen them yet, don’t worry, you will.
The Journeymen Racing team is comprised of about 20 people from all types of backgrounds; some of them run, some of them ride, and a lot of them tri. These fun-loving guys got their official start in March of 2009, but two of the four founding members actually met the year before at a Wolfpack Triathlon Training Day run by the Terrapin Racing team. Shawn McKinney (“SMACK”), 25, and Charles Flanigan (“Shakey”), 36, were both training for their first triathlon when they met, and decided to start training together. Enter Brad Hopper (“BHopper”), 32, who they met on a Friday night “beer ride” with some of the Stanky Creek Cycling riders, and Adam Eisan (“Memphis Buckeye”), 31, also a Stanky Creek rider. These four guys were quickly united by their love of riding the trails. |
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Once Around: The Story of a 3-Person Relay Team and their 2010 Swim Around the Island of Key West |
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Written by Bruce Fetterman, Sami Sarkardei & Bruce Fetterman
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
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The residents of Key West call it “Paradise,” a place to leave your worries behind, grab a drink, and head out on a charter fishing trip or sunset cruise. It’s a tropical island of laid back water-lovers, and the perfect place, we thought, for a small group of swimmers to try out open water distance swimming for the first time. The Florida Keys Community College Swim Around Key West takes place every year in June, the date varying in accordance with the arrival of cruise ships and other ocean-related obstacles. The 12.5 mile swim literally circles the island, going clockwise around it under bridges, through boat mooring fields, and around piers. The water is hot and the sun is hotter, but there’s nothing cooler than a finisher’s medal, right? |
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Sweatin’ It Out: carbo-loading for endurance |
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Written by Erin Grills
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
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Carbohydrate loading is a method that has been used for at least 20 years by marathon runners and other endurance athletes. Maybe you’re training for a marathon or triathlon. Or maybe you’re a long-distance swimmer or cyclist. Whatever your sport, if you plan to complete 90 minutes or more of high-intensity exercise, carbo-loading may improve your performance. |
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Pickin’ Up The Pace: A Driven Salute to Memphis Masters Runners |
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Written by Terie Box
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 |
Gone are the days when every podium winner was a strapping young college kid; nowadays local races are chock full of ferocious over-50 competitors, some of them finishing 5 and 10K’s in astonishing times.
Once considered an age group that ought to be slowing down and putting less stress on their bodies, Masters runners have defied such old-school logic and are taking the road racing world by storm. It makes sense that an entire generation of competitive Masters has emerged, since many of today’s Grand Masters are the actual originators of the sport. Those who caught the “running fever” that originated in the 1960s are the same people still pounding the pavement in the heat of summer, grinding out the miles with nothing but experience and determination on their faces.
As anyone who has ever trained for a footrace knows, running is hard. It’s arguably one of the hardest things the body can be forced to do. Every muscle strains, the cardiovascular system is taxed to its limits, the mind is conquered, and many emotions must be subdued in order to gain speed over distance while training. Perhaps that’s why years and years of serious running almost inevitably add up to a superior runner.
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