September 12, 2010 8 AM Art Museum Steps Bike Philly is a morning of relaxed biking on certified car-free Philadelphia streets. Bring friends to celebrate with thousands of bicyclists of all ages. This once a year event is family-friendly, featuring a car-free 10 and 20 mile loop and a challenging 35 mile option on shared [...]
Admit it. You’ve done it before running. While cycling. After getting out of the pool. Thrown out an energy bar wrapper, that is. What else could you do? You probably stowed it away in your pocket, which is better than tossing it wherever you were. Unfortunately, not everybody is like you, and that leads to [...]
If you’ve got a lot of hair on the top of your head, you’ve got a problem: how to keep it out of your face. Hats and bandanas might work, but they also trap heat on top of your head as the temperature creeps up. Personally? I rely on the sun to highlight my hair. [...]
USA Triathlon National Team member Sarah Haskins (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Mark Fretta (Portland, Ore.) of USAT’s Project 2012 program were victorious Sunday at the Chicago Triathlon. Project 2012′s Jillian Petersen (St. Louis, Mo.) and Kevin Collington (Orlando, Fla.) each finished second to give USAT’s National Team Program four athletes on the podium. Haskins covered [...]
Great Britain’s Paul Ambrose celebrated his first Ironman win, while Australia’s Rebekah Keat captured her second, at the fourth-annual Ford Ironman Louisville Triathlon. Ambrose, who has seen podium finishes at Ironman 70.3 Cancun and Ironman 70.3 California, took the title more than 11 minutes ahead of the second male, Martin Jensen (DNK). His winning time was 8:29:59. Keat, the 2007 Ironman Australia winner, crossed the finish line with more than an 11-minute lead over second-place finisher, Kim Loeffler (USA). Keat’s official time was 9:33:15.
Great Britain’s Paul Ambrose celebrated his first Ironman win, while Australia’s Rebekah Keat captured her second, at the fourth-annual Ford Ironman Louisville Triathlon. Ambrose, who has seen podium finishes at Ironman 70.3 Cancun and Ironman 70.3 California, took the title more than 11 minutes ahead of the second male, Martin Jensen (DNK). His winning time was 8:29:59. Keat, the 2007 Ironman Australia winner, crossed the finish line with more than an 11-minute lead over second-place finisher, Kim Loeffler (USA). Keat’s official time was 9:33:15.
More than 250 Americans – ranging from elites to age-groupers to paraduathletes – are scheduled to represent the United States at the 2010 ITU Duathlon World Championships on Sept. 3-5 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The U.S. contingent will face the world’s best elite and age group competitors at Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park to compete for six world [...]
USA Triathlon’s signature events -the 2010 Age Group, Elite and Sprint National Championships – will once againbe held in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Sept. 25-26. This year’s two-day event marksthe fourth consecutive year that a major triathlon championship has been heldin the city. Successful USAT Collegiate National Championships in 2007 and 2008, the2008 U.S. Olympic Trials [...]
USA Triathlon has finalized its selection procedures for the 2012 U.S. Olympic TriathlonTeam, which will compete in the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London from July27-Aug. 12, 2012, pending final approval by the USOC Chief Executive Officer.Additionally, USAT has set its selection procedures for the 2011 Pan AmericanGames set for October 2011 in Guadalajara, [...]
Bike Share Philadelphia is sponsoring bike-sharing demonstrations: Thursday, August 26th at 36th & Walnut Streets, 10 am to 6 pm, in front of the Penn Bookstore in University City in cooperation with the University of Pennsylvania. Friday August 27th at Love Park (JFK Plaza) – 15th & JFK Blvd, 10 am to 6 pm, in [...]
