Kemper's Seventh Leads U.S. Men in Triathlon at Beijing Olympic Games
August 19, 2008 from press release (BEIJING, China) The U.S. men's triathlon team will be coming home from their third Olympics with no medals in tow after Tuesday's race at the Ming Tombs Reservoir at the Beijing Olympic Games. Hunter Kemper (Longwood, FL / Colorado Springs, CO) finished seventh in a time of 1:49:48, improving on his ninth place finish from Athens four years ago.
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Regional Race Report: America's Finest City Half Marathon (CA)
August 18, 2008 By Patrice Malloy from Running USA wire (SAN DIEGO CA) For the first time since 1987, an American male has claimed the overall victory at the 31st America's Finest City Half Marathon Presented by Nissan held this Sunday morning in San Diego. Justin Young of Colo. put his training regime to the test, winning in 1 hour, 5 minutes and 46 seconds. Defending women's champion, Hiromi Ominami , of Japan duplicated her 2007 victory finishing in 1:12:47, two seconds faster than her 2007 effort. Both earned $1500 for their victories with Ominami pocketing a $500 bonus for being a past champion.
Triathletes Bennett finishes 4th, Haskins 11th, Ertel 19th at Olympic Games
August 18, 2008 from press release (BEIJING, China) If it weren't for a bit of cramping on the run, U.S. triathlete Laura Bennett (N. Palm Beach, FL/ Boulder, CO) may have found her place on the Olympic Games medal stand.
2008 U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team Quotes from Saturday Press Conference
August 17, 2008 from press release (BEIJING CHINA) Julie Ertel (Irvine CA/Placantia CA) On the Olympics experience: The Olympics are an opportunity to highlight our sport to people who might not otherwise watch it. It's a huge sense of pride. There are only a few times where you get to where your country's uniform.
Regional Race Report: La Sportiva 10K (CO)
August 14, 2008 from press release (VAIL, CO) As runners gathered at the base of Vail Mountain on August 10, for a ride to the summit for the fourth event in the La Sportiva Vail Mountain Trail Running series, the La Sportiva 10k at 10,000 feet, skies were overcast and clouds were rolling in. However, it wasn’t until race start that a damp mist started to fall which turned into a steady rain midway through the event . . . Race winner, Bernie Boettcher, 45, Silt, CO, out sprinted Vail local Jonny Stevens, 18, to the finish line in a time of 40:46 and then went back out on course to cheer the other runners.
SPECIAL Coverage: Beijing Olympic Games
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Beijing Olympics Official site: http://en.beijing2008.cn
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Who Is Your Inspiration?
By Richard Ferguson, PhD/Running Journal - June 2008 / Maybe you’ve been running for a couple or years of maybe you’ve been running for 20. No matter how long you’ve been a “runner,” think back to when you first got involved in the sport. Was there one particular individual that you really admired and served as a type of role model to get you started running?
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