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The Hamburg World Cup is an awesome race. Run with German precision, the race is usually quite a spectacle for the people of Hamburg (Hamburgers!). Last year an estimated 300,000 people came out to watch the World Champs and it wasn’t much different at this year’s race where I managed to finish 18th. With that […]
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The Hamburg World Cup starts in just a few hours…you can watch this one live if you want!
Here is the long version: We arrived in Turkey after relatively uneventful travel from the States (I did get upgraded to business class for the Chicago – Frankfurt leg, though, which was awesome). We were greeted by some FISU staff and made preparations to leave for Erdek. We just missed the 12:30 ferry to Erdek
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Here is the short version of what happened at the race this past weekend. I would post the long version but I just arrived in Germany and it’s past my bedtime. In the women’s race Justine Whipple dominated and brought home the USA’s first World University Championship gold medal. She also lead the way to
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Our FISU World University Championship team…if you look 3 people from the left you’ll see Justine Whipple, World University Champion!
It’s time to race again! I’m off to Europe today for three races in as many weeks. It all starts this weekend at the FISU World University Championship in Erdek, Turkey. Both our men’s and women’s teams are very strong and were recently described as the ”strongest team we have ever taken to the FISU
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I got interviewed before the race by IMG – they produce the race coverage that will air on NBC later in the year. My question for the interviewer beforehand: Are you sure you want to interview me?! With a tenth place finish I might have some air time in the race coverage – they especially
Wow, what an awesome race. The course was spectacular with the bay and the Golden Gate Bridge in the backdrop (although I didn’t get to enjoy it too much during the race!). I had a solid day with a tenth place finish – it’s nice to have my name up amongst some great athletes in
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I’m racing in the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon in San Francisco this weekend. I haven’t raced in about 6 weeks so this is a much needed break from training! I don’t know too much about the course as this is the first time I have raced at Alcatraz, but I do know there are lots
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I found out today I’m going to Erdek, Turkey to race in the 2008 World University Triathlon Championship on June 28th!
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