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Asia-Pacific Ironman Championship in Melbourne Sells Out

It must of been Craig Alexander's best time (7:57:44) at the this month's edition of the Melbourne Ironman that had people jumping for a crack at next year's race on the fast course. Race officials reported that the 2013 IM Melbourne to be held March 24 sold out in a record 4 minutes 57 seconds. 

The women's race in Australia also produced lightning fast times with winner Caroline Steffen falling 1 minute short of the world record.

Compared to the States, triathletes down unders sold out the Melbourne race twice as fast as Ironman US Championship in New York, which was full in 11 minutes.

Photo: WTC

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What's New - Six Nutrition, Supplements for Active Men

In 1941, a handful of scientists got together to create what is known as the Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA). These were considered to be sufficient to meet the requirements of 97–98% of healthy individuals in every demographic in the United States. But the reality is that active males need more than what the government of 1941 thought was adequate. Hence SIX for MEN, a vitamin supplement pack from SIX Nutrition designed specifically for highly active men.  

Booby Trap Puts Denver Cyclist in Trauma Unit

(March 28) Denver - A local TV station reported that a 62-year-old cyclist suffered a serious accident after he was upended by fishing line strung across the popular Platte River bike trail near Mile High Stadium. 

Is chocolate the new secret weapon for triathletes?

(March 27) A Wall Street Journal story from Jennifer Corbett Dooren about a corelation between thinness and chocolate swirling around the Internets yesterday has endurance athletes and coaches touting the benefits of this ancient super food.

The article cites a study in Southern California that surveyed 1,000 adults about their eating habits and discovered that people who ate a little of the sweet stuff mutiple times a week were skinnier than those who don't. Here's the weird part: the cocoa eaters actually consumed more calories per week than those who didn't. 

The findings suggest that staying trim is not just a factor of calories in, calories out, but also depends on the type of calories eaten--in this case a high-fat, high-calorie dose of antioxidant rich dark chocolate.

Here's the key information from the story:

Chrissie Wellington calls BBC Sports Personality of the Year list 'Disgraceful'

It seems that Great Britain has no worthy female athletes this year...as least non that make the BBC's annual BBC Sports Personality top 10 list.

Every year sports writers in Britain nominated and vote for their Top Ten Sports Personalities of the year.

This year athletes like cycling's Mark Cavendish, and running's Mo Farah were selected into the BBC's top ten list.

BTW: You can see  the entire list HERE.

What do they all have in common?

Driver fined $42 for hitting and killing a cyclist in Kirkland Washington

An 18-year-old driver was fined $42 for hitting and killing a cyclist in Kirkland, Washington by local authorities.

John Przychodzen was riding his bike from work when he was struck by an 18-year-old driver of a pickup truck who veered sharply onto the shoulder of the road.

Kirkland police investigating the case concluded that the accident was a tragic accident, but an attorny for the victim's family says the teen driver struck Przychodzen twice.

"In fact, one of the witnesses claims after he was hit, he immediately yelled out, 'What the' -- before the truck struck him again and then ran over him," said, said Chris Davis, an attorney for Przychodzen's family.

Video of the day: Why Cyclocross may not be the best triathlon cross training sport

BTW: The video is entitled Joey's OK....so we really hope he's OK. More details on Joey and the race right HERE.

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Video: Three women injured cycling outside of Boulder, CO on U.S. 36 by SUV

Three female cyclist were injured yesterday morning cycling just outside of Boulder, Colorado on North bound U.S. 36...which is a very popular route for local triathlons such at the Ironman Boulder 70.3.

The women were riding in a line when a black SUV crossed the centerline from the Southbound lane and swerved into them.

According to the Boulder Daily Camera, "Albert Gehorsam, 52, of Boulder, was driving a Ford Escape southbound, toward Boulder, when he swerved across the oncoming lane into the shoulder, hitting all three cyclists, Cobler said.

Master Trooper S.S. Schwanke, who was at the accident scene, said it appeared that another southbound vehicle slowed down to turn right into a private drive, at which point Gehorsam swerved around that vehicle."

"We were just going out for a nice morning bike ride," she said 47-year-old Jane McConnell who was injured in the accident. "We were riding a road that is very popular with cyclists, and we were all in single file, well within the right shoulder.

Heidi Montag replaces plastic surgery with 14 hours a day of extreme exercise

"I've been working out from, like, 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. for two months now. I've been working out really hard because I had this pool party and I was like, I have to be in shape," reality show star and plastic surgery poster child Heidi Montag recently told Us Weekly.

If you do the math that means that Montag is working out 14 hours per day.

And what form of extreme exercises has she been doing you might be asking yourself now?

"I've been running a lot, and I've been doing weights," she says.

Oldest man ever to attempt to summit Mt. Everest dies at Camp One

82-year-old Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya died yesterday during an attempt to become the oldest person ever to summit Mt. Everest.

The former Nepalese foreign minister died at around 4:00 p.m. Monday at camp one according to government officials.

Fox News is reporting that:

"Upadhyaya had said he wanted to raise awareness about the capabilities of elderly people by scaling the world's highest peak, which has claimed the lives of hundreds of mountaineers.

If he had succeeded, Upadhyaya would have become the oldest person to reach the top of Everest, beating current record holder Min Bahadur Sherchan, who scaled the mountain at the age of 76 three years ago."

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Sudden cardiac arrest a rare but real life threatening concern for runners and triathletes

Although sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) or sudden cardiac death is not common amongst marathon and half marathon runners, a recent cluster in such deaths has attracted considerable media attention and evoked concern over the safety of long distance running and the health benefits associated with it.

Perhaps the most high profile marathon death in recent years was that of top American runner Ryan Shay  who collapsed and died in November 2007 while competing in the US Olympic Trials marathon in Central Park.

His death was particularly shocking as he was an elite runner and marathon veteran, not a first timer or someone who hadn’t trained enough, leaving many people thinking if it could happen to him it could happen to anyone. (Subsequent tests showed Shay died of a heart attack due to a pre existing enlarged heart.

Walking the fine line between divorce and triathlon

Did you ever catch grief from your spouse, kids, family and friends how much you are gone due to your training? It appears you’re not alone!

This latest article from The Wall Street Journal looks into the life of Jordan Waxman, an Ironman triathlete. With 3 kids, a demanding job and an already full life, he lives triathlon and training with any free time he has. He even missed Mother’s Day for a race.

He’s not divorced, yet, but he’s walking a fine line. The article probably touches a nerve for a lot of athletes, whether they are professional, elite or an age grouper. What’s the right balance for your passion of triathlon and family? Some athletes have such a drive for the sport they give up time with loved ones, put their diet under a microscope, and shun their friends in the quest for that sub-10 hour Ironman or top 3 age group placement.

The hard truth: all too often cyclists and runners are moving targets for motorists

No athlete training outdoors wants to think about it, but the cold hard truth is that .

Maybe more inadvertent than intentional, but cars versus cyclists or runner is a no win situation.

On January 8, 2011, in Olathe, KS, a woman was hit by a car and critically injured. She was wearing running clothing and assumingly out for a morning run when she was struck by a car. The police reported they could not identify her at the scene and had to issue alerts to try and contact loved ones. She was reported hit at 8:30am and her identity was reported known by 5:30pm the same day. That’s a time lapse of 9 hours!

In Huntington Beach, CA, on January 9, 2011, a cyclist was hit after two cars crashed. You may think that’s not out of the ordinary for a cycle versus car accident, but the kicker in this story is the two cars crashed, tumbled down an embankment on to a pedestrian and bike trail and hit the cyclists as he happen to be riding by. He was riding on a designated trail and still could not avoid being hit by a car!

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Video: Is the 2011 Ford Fiesta better than a Honda Fit for triathletes?

It's one of the best selling cars in Europe and now you can buy it here as well.

Ford has brought their European Fiesta to a dealership near you.

That's right, pretty much the same car you can buy in Europe...now buy here. But the question that we're curious about is if the new Fiesta is as handy as the best selling Honda Fit from a triathlete's point of view.

With it's unusual folding back seats the Honda Fit has become one of the most popular small cars for cyclist and triathletes because you can slip a bike in the back of the car with ease.

Poll: What races and race results are the most important to you?

This weekend four 70.3 triathlon races were contested around the world...and as you can tell we didn't report the results.

Why?

Because we're not sure that you (our valued readers) really care about the results of so many races.

There are now enough 70.3 races that you could race one for every weekend of the year and still not race all of them.

There are also countless marathons and half marathons being held every weekend in the fall as we once again move into marathon running season.

So in order to better serve you we just want to know what races and results you find important.