EVENTS 
Time is running out to register for the eighth annual Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon, presented by SunTrust, before the entry fee increases. Runners and walkers planning to participate in Virginia Beach’s premier running event on August 31, 2008 are encouraged to register by May 15 for the $90 entry fee. After May 15, the entry fee increases to $105 until the event is sold out. The half marathon is limited to 20,000 entries.
The Youth Olympic Games will include triathlon as part of the official programme in its debut in Singapore, 2010. At the general assembly of ANOC (Association of National Olympic Committees) in Beijing, China the programme for the first Youth Olympic Games was confirmed and will encompass all 26 sports on the program of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, with a limited number of disciplines and events.
Making her debut at 10,000 meters, Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.)
smashed the American record by 17 seconds, running 30:34.49 Sunday at
the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.
There are 21 California Missions, stretching from Sonoma—just north of San Francisco—to San Diego. The Missions were strategically built at a distance of one day's travel on horseback (or three days on foot) between each. In a time before freeways, traffic, road rage, and global warming, vital information and supplies flowed to each mission via hoof or foot.
Aided by ideal, clear and mild running
conditions, Juan Ramirez, 39, of Santa Ana, Calif., and Maureen Ackerly,
38, of Richmond, Virginia, registered victories today at the 30th Annual
Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon. The two overall winners led a
charge of 2,300 registrants (a race sellout) and 1,757 finishers in the
largest turnout ever for the race.
Best in the World
After winning her third Ironman in eight months, England’s Chrissie Wellington is an IronWoman on a roll.
An e-ticket Ride
We arrive in the mountains east of San Diego and unload our beasts. It is our usual threesome: Larry White, king of the flats and the downhills; 70-year-old Jack Wilson, king of the mountains; and yours truly, the king of lunch and hanging on for dear life.
Nutrition Tips for Tri Newbies
While triathlon is officially defined as a three-discipline sport, it is important that you combine your swim-bike-run training with proper nutrition (the fourth leg of triathlon) to fuel your performance. Below, are nutrition essentials that will help you feel and perform your best as you prepare for race day.
Multi-Sport Adventures: Training, Packing & Proper Fueling
I found myself standing atop a 400-FOOT WATERFALL listening to the cheers of encouragement from my fellow teammates as I got set to repel down into a narrow canyon where I could barely see the ground below me. This was just one of the obstacles presented to me on my latest multi-sport adventure.
