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Winning the 105-109 Age Group...

jaring-timmerman.gifFrom SwimmingWorldMagazine.com

WINNIPEG, Canada, January 25. - THE hundreds of swimmers and fans in the Pan Am Pool yesterday in Winnipeg were treated to a major moment in Masters swimming history, a moment not likely to be repeated or bettered for many years.

Jaring Timmerman became the first person --- man or woman -- to compete in the 105-109 Masters swimming age group, and therefore set world records in the 50 backstroke and 50 freestyle at the Catherine Kerr Short Course Meters Pentathlon....

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Confidence & Personality...

Richard-Sherman.gifBy Devon Palmer

Posted on January 22, 2014 by palmertri
A football player gave very enthusiastic answers to questions after he made a great play. I guess it made some people uncomfortable. I didn’t see the game, because I don’t watch that sport where heavyset millionaires aggressively hug one another, but it was a whole big thing and everyone had a strong opinion about the vigor of his answers to those questions. I chatted with someone Monday morning about it at masters...

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Brutal Fun...

SE1---jonnyj.gifBy Bonnie Flagellate
 
hom * i * cide
 
1. the killing of one human being by another.
 
2. a person who kills another; murderer.
 
3. Coach jonnyj
 
It's not that my Coach wants to outright kill me (although there may be those days as well), it's just that he wants to see how close he can get without actually being charged for homicide. He made me do running hill repeats on Buck Hill last summer; not so many that the average ultra maniac would smile greedily, but enough to make the average couch potatoe molt. You may have noticed me as you drove by on I-35; your attention demanded when the ground started rumbling beneath your speeding tires. Terrified and sure an earthquake was about to...

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Stuff About Snowshoeing...

snowshoe.gifBy Tim Edwards (usatriathlon.org)

Runners and triathletes are always looking to increase their strength during the offseason so they can improve their performance during the competition season. One of the best ways to do so is to strap on a pair of snowshoes.  Many different training intensity zones can be worked while on snowshoes and you will be building strength the whole time. Since snowshoeing uses the same leg muscles as running, it is definitely applicable when it comes time to hit the trail or the road. Tackling hills and surging the pace while running are based on the amount of strength you have in your legs. Courses that have many twists and turns also require strength to accelerate out of the corners and get back up to speed.
Snowshoeing is easy to gear up for. For about a hundred dollars, you can get a fully functional set of snowshoes. Racing style snowshoes are more expensive but are...

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Cooking Shows & SpongeBob...

spngeBob.gifrestaurant-impossibe.gifA few days ago we posted a story about the musical preferences of some of our state's prominent triathetes. Today, we reveal the TV watching preferences of five triathletes from Rochester.

- BILL NEVALA - Bill's into a show called "Restaurant Impossible." We've never heard of it (we have Basic Cable), so we Googled it. Appropriately, it's on the Food Network and is hosted by a muscular guy named Robert Irvine, like the city in Orange County, California. His recipe for Pumpkin Lasagna ...

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