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A life changing experience

 In August age grouper Wim Van De Wielle lost his wife Kristel in a terrible hit and run accident and his life was turned upside down. A few months later Van De Wielle won his age group at Ford Ironman Florida and finished 13th overall.
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What We Have Noticed: SRAM, Garmin, Craft …

 Do you still need any last minute gift ideas of friends and family? We noticed SRAM R2C shifters, Garmin 500 Edge computer, Craft hat, Trigger Point Grid roller, Coffees of Hawaii gift tin, CEP compression socks, Asics running gloves and a Trix Gear t-shirt.
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What We Have Noticed: LL Bean, Gaiam, Kor …

 In today’s What We Have Noticed we feature a few stocking stuffer / inexpensive Christmas gift ideas. Hand warmers from LL Bean, a yoga mat from Gaiam, a funky transition towel from Target, a water bottle from Kor and a book about racing weight.
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What We Have Noticed: Capo Forma, Überhund…

 With Thanksgiving behind us we can now think about gifts for friends, family and ourselves. Along those lines we noticed a Capo Forma jersey, Überhund aero bars, Bontrager tri shoes and a couple of interesting books.
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Rapp and McGlone take Arizona

 Jordan Rapp used a course record bike split and a course record overall winning time to take the 2009 Ford Ironman Arizona. Samantha McGlone came back from a slow swim with a sub 5 hour bike split and a superb run to take her first Ironman win, also in record time.
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What We Have Noticed: Giant, Cannondale, Scott …

 We are in the middle of the 2009/2010 cross season and today we are featuring mostly cross bikes / frames we have recently noticed. Enjoy the Giant Composite Cross, Cannondale Cyclocross 6, Scott Addict CX RC, Stevens Carbon Team and the Workerman Peace Wheel.
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Watch out for Silvia Balbach

 Silvia Balbach had the second fastest female age group run split and finished as the fourth overall fastest female amateur in Kona this year. A chance encounter prior to the race led to this interview with the speedy German.
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Growing Rev3 prize purse

 In a time when many companies cut budgets and take away perks, the Rev3 group is stepping up to the plate in a different way. They announced $125,000 of additional prize money for the 3 Rev3 events.
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Bike split monster Stefan Werner

 The fastest age group bike split in Kona belonged to Stefan Werner from Germany. But more importantly, he also was the age group World Champion in M30-34 and the second fastest overall amateur.
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Putting it all in perspective

 When we train for a big event we sometimes forget the world around us. But sometimes the world catches up with us when we least expect it, and that was especially true for 2 athletes who raced in this weekend’s Ironman Florida in Panama City Beach.
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Abu Dhabi Triathlon unveiled

 For a couple months now there have been rumors about a new triathlon in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and today the race was finally unveiled. Race date is March 13, 2010 and two unique distances can be conquered on that day in a very unique location.