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–By Kathy Braginton In it’s 33rd year running, the Clark Lake Triathlon, was boasted as being revitalized. Under new race management, I was anxious to see the changes Run Toledo would bring to the event. Some of the fun the new offerings were race number tattoos and nice number decals -
–By Sawyer Shafer Race etiquette is a tricky subject. We all know to be respectful to other riders, call out passes, and ask a fallen participant if he or she is okay. But during the heat of the battle, do we all do this? This past weekend I competed in the
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By Brian Reynolds “Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up.” Sylvester Sallone On September 12th, 2016 I was anxiously waiting in the Ironman World Championships slot allocation room at Ironman Wisconsin to find out how many slots would be given to my age group. When they
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–By Aric Dershem Newton’s 1st Law of Physics: An object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. My brain is in shock as I try to determine where the noise is coming from. It takes me a
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-By Kaitlyn Patterson My first year of medical school has come to a close and it has left me a lot of things to think about. Besides doing a lot of necessary thinking about anatomy, physiology and disease processes, medical school has made me think critically about priorities- my own
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–By Elizabeth Kayfish The Grand Rapids Triathlon was this past Sunday (June 11th) in Ada, Michigan. For those who raced it, they would probably agree with me and say it was quite a challenging race day. The temperatures were in the 90’s , the wind was brutal, and the sun was
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–By Lindsey Lilley My husband and I are expecting our first child in November and we couldn’t be more excited. This change has also brought a new aspect into training, training while pregnant. This is my first pregnancy so I had NO IDEA what to expect or how my body
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–By Danielle Nye After wrapping up the tri season last fall I decided I would try a marathon this year. Many of my experienced running friends and teammates recommended the Bayshore Marathon. I signed up as soon as the registration opened and set out to start building my running endurance
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