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		<title>Ironman Arizona 2011 Race Report by Mark Arenal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 20 plus years of aspiring to do an Ironman event, November 20, 2011 was my day. After first becoming involved with the sport of triathlon in 1989 and traveling to Kona to spectate with my wife Corinne and 1 year old daughter Michelle in 1990 I have aspired to complete the “Big Daddy” of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ironman Hawaii 2011 &#8211; Sherry Rennard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KONA 2011 RACE REPORT by Sherry Rennard I have had one week now to reflect on my experience at Kona, and since everyone else is filing their race reports, being the competitor that I am, I realized it was time to get busy. The Ironman World Championships is definitely all it is cracked up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ironman Hawaii 2011- Larry Davidson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have now completed: 9 Ironman races 2 of them in Kona at the World Championships. All 9 have been done between 10h42&#8242; and 11h36&#8242; In those races I have swam a total of 21.6 miles, biked 1008 miles, and run 235.8 miles. I have logged in countless hours in the pool, on my bike, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Camp Pendleton Sprint Triathlon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living in southern California means not having a lot of places to ride your bike without a bunch of cars, stop signs and traffic lights. One of the few places around is the ride south of San Clemente through the park and on the base at Camp Pendleton. Every time I ride through Camp Pendleton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race Report:  Vineman 70.3, Paul Nelson</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, after months of preparation and training, I competed in the Vineman 70.3 Half Ironman today. Other than exhaustion, I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment as this was my first 70.3. While finishing a 70.3 was never a concern, I wanted to be able to put in as many training hours as I could. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race Report:  San Diego International Triathlon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Saetemoe If you’re a competitive triathlete keep this in mind: how you place may have everything to do with who shows up on race day! As a competitive M55-59 age-grouper I’m used to finishing on the podium (most races this is 1st – 3rd, but some races have podium spots up to 5th). That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buffalo Springs &#8211; Ironman 70.3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Race: Buffalo Springs-Ironman 70.3 (aka Half Ironman) Lubbock Texas &#8211; June 26, 2011 Athlete: Larry Davidson I had given myself two shots at qualifying for the 2011 Hawaii Ironman earlier this year. In both cases I came up short. On the strong push of my friend Gary C., I got into the Buffalo Springs Long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race Report:  Ironman Hawaii 70.3 (Honu)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Race Report: Ironman 70.3 Honu Athlete: Ron Saetermoe As promised, I’m making an attempt at getting caught up on my race reports. Last newsletter I reported on my Ironman St. George race. I DNF’d at that race – my first ever! It was a calculated DNF, however, as if I couldn’t qualify for Kona I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What happened at St. George?, Ron Saetermoe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This race report is long overdue. I’m going to try to get caught up on my race reports but you know how it goes . . . I had no business racing Ironman St. George. This course goes totally against my strengths . . . again; maybe that’s why I did it. My pal Larry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race Report &#8211; Ironman St. George, Larry Davidson</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/race-report-ironman-st-george-larry-davidson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 05:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ironman St. George &#8211; May 7, 2011 Ironman number 8 is in the books, and I continue to be thankful to participate in these events.  I never imagined 6 years ago that I would ever even do an Ironman, as the distances seemed kind of ridiculous. This was my 2nd time at Ironman St. George, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race Report &#8211; Ironman 70.3 California, Larry Davidson</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/race-report-ironman-california-70-3-larry-davidson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The California 70.3, held in Oceanside is a race I have now done 5 times. It is a triathlon that I participate in that is basically in my backyard. I get to sleep in my own bed the night before, and it only takes 25-30 minutes to drive to the start on race morning. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race Report – Ironman 70.3 California, Ron Saetermoe</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/ironman-california-70-3-ron-saetermoe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I gave myself four chances to qualify for the Ironman World Championships in 2011. My first opportunity was Ironman Arizona in November last year. Ironman 70.3 California would be my second. Qualifying at Cal would be tough. I took second last year but I also had the race of my life! There were two really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race Report &#8211; Desert Triathlon</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/race-report-desert-triathlon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.triathica.com/?p=1288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Personally, I love to race. I love the preparation for the race, the excitement just before the gun goes off, the fitness I gain from it and the camaraderie with my pals. My Olympic distance race on Sunday, March 6th would exceed all my expectations. I had very mixed emotions going into this race. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Dieguito Half Marathon</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/san-dieguito-half-marathon-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to race fast you’ve got to train fast. No, I didn’t make that up but I do believe it’s true. All of my training these days is focused on Ironman but whether you’re training for a sprint distance triathlon or an Ironman you should be incorporating some speedwork with your other training. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race Report, SoCal ½ Marathon, Ron Saetermoe</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/race-report-socal-%c2%bd-marathon-ron-saetermoe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.triathica.com/race-report-socal-%c2%bd-marathon-ron-saetermoe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time of the year is great for shaking off the cobwebs and getting out there and doing some running. The ½ marathon is my favorite distance to race because it allows me to go fast while improving my endurance. And while a lot of people enjoy doing marathons I find that it takes me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ironman Arizona 2010 Race Report &#8211; Ron Saetermoe</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/ironman-arizona-2010-race-report-ron-saetermoe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.triathica.com/ironman-arizona-2010-race-report-ron-saetermoe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.triathica.com/?p=1084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Background Ironman Arizona has been my “A” race all year. I’ve been training hard for it for a year and have had some great success in the run-up to the race. In April I took second at Ironman 70.3 California (half Ironman) only a little over a minute back from first place. Then in June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ron’s 2010 Ironman World Championship Race Report</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/2010-ironman-world-championship-race-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn’t help but think that it was a force greater than me, pulling me toward the finish line of the 2010 Ironman World Championship. It was like gravity . . . or perhaps delirium. It was nothing less than a 27 year dream to do that race and it seemed so big, but yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ironman Canada, Art Sosa</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/ironman-canada-art-sosa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.triathica.com/ironman-canada-art-sosa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pre race: Well the night before my friend Jeff and I were talking about our expected finish times, we kept on going over what we thought we could do at this race. I told him I didn’t see how I could go slower than 9:50(but that was assuming normal conditions). I figured I could swim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pacific Coast Triathlon</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/pacific-coast-triathlon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pacific Coast Triathlon is one of the best run races around, and one of my favorites. The venue is great and you can always count on some great competitors showing up. This year was no exception. The difference this year is that the pressure was on because of a bet I had with Russ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race Report, Lake Las Vegas Triathlon</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/race-report-lake-las-vegas-triathlon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve never been there, Lake Las Vegas is really a great venue for a triathlon. The lake appears to be an offshoot of Lake Mead and is surrounded by two great hotels and a wide range of homes. Silverman will be held there on November 7th. The hotels are the Lowes and Aston (used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sprint Triathlon National Championships</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/sprint-triathlon-national-championships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here’s the Race report from the National Sprint Qualifier for Worlds in Iowa! 2010 Quad Cities Sprint Tri on June 18th was the national qualifying race for anyone wanting to be on Team USA for ITU Sprint World Championships in Budapest September 12th. This is a changeover year in that USAT made the race [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ironman 70.3 Hawaii</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/ironman-70-3-hawaii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve been keeping up with your Triathica Weekly reading you’ll know that I just competed in the Ironman 70.3 Hawaii on Saturday, June 5th. I didn’t have this race on my schedule but when I took second at the Ironman 70.3 California I thought I’d better seize the opportunity to try to qualify for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OC Half Marathon</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/oc-half-marathon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the ½ marathon. For me, there is no better run preparation for the full or ½ Ironman. It’s long enough to help you with your run endurance but short enough for you to recover from it in a couple days. Sunday, May 1st was the 2010 OC Marathon and Half Marathon. I did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ironman St. George</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/ironman-st-george/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This race report was written on Tuesday May 4th, 3 days after IMSG. Before I describe the race, I would like to talk about the build-up, because it seems like the build-up should give one an indication about performance expectations. This is only my 3rd IM, the previous two being at IMAZ in April 07 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Build Up</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/the-big-build-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m just about two weeks away from my first “A” race of the season: Ironman 70.3 Hawaii. I didn’t have this race on my original schedule but since I did so well at the Ironman 70.3 California I figured I’d add this race to try to qualify for Kona. So this is the “big build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OC Duathlon</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/oc-duathlon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve never been a big fan of the duathlon because my strongest event has always been the swim. But just to give it a shot I did the OC Duathlon last year just for kicks, and training. Getting on the bike AFTER a RUN was something I never practiced for (I have since, however) so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Ironman 70.3</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/california-ironman-70-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last June I took my wife and twin 15 year-old boys to Grand Cayman for our annual family vacation. While we were there we participated in the Cayman Island Mile swim. It is a yearly race on the island that brings competitors from as far as Australia. In addition to my family, some friends who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mulholland Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/mulholland-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, April 10, 2010. While most people are sleeping and dreaming whatever it is they dream about, eight stupid guys were up at between 3:30 and 4:00 a.m. getting ready to go to the parking lot in front of the Starbucks at the corner of El Toro and Bake to meet up so that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LA Tri Series, Championship Distance</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/la-tri-series-championship-distance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.triathica.com/la-tri-series-championship-distance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve seen a lot of emails flying around about the quality of the lake water out at Bonelli Lake in San Dimas. Coming from the “land of lakes, “ Michigan (or is it Wisconsin), I have personally swum in over 100 lakes in my lifetime and I can tell you 99 of them had dirty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ironman California 70.3</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/ironman-california-70-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ironman California 70.3 was a “B” race for me, which simply means it was important, but not my most important race of the season. It wasn’t my most important race because I had calculated that Ironman Arizona would be my best chance all year to punch my ticket to Kona. It was going to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Desert Triathlon</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/desert-triathlon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We knew the rain was coming but we were hoping that the mountains that surround Lake Cahuilla would push the clouds away. They didn’t. In fact, the rain started just as we made our way to the starting line. The Desert Triathlon on Sunday, March 7th would be my first International distance race of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Dieguito Half Marathon</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/san-dieguito-half-marathon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until a couple weeks ago I’d never heard of the San Dieguito Half Marathon. That’s the problem with living in paradise – there are so many great options. As you know, I’m into my Ironman training now, and as part of that I love the half marathon race distance. The distance really seems to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SoCal Half Marathon</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/socal-half-maratho/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early season racing is always tough. You’ve probably been overeating and under-training for at least a month. That’s exactly where I was when I did the 2010 SoCal Half Marathon on Sunday, January 9th. I’m one of those people that like to reward myself when I work especially hard. And since I worked my tail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ironman Arizona &#8211; 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/ironman-arizona-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was nice to have Jarrett accompany me this year to Arizona. We had the chance to talk triathlon until we were blue in the face and get to know each other a little better. Friday was very busy with driving out to Tempe, checking into the race, athlete dinner and athlete’s meeting. I felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orange County Triathlon</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/orange-county-triathlon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Orange County Triathlon in 2008 was my first ever triathlon, so I was excited to see how I have improved over the last year. This would be my first time ever repeating a race in my young triathlon career. My training was anything but consistent over the last year, but I was confident that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic Mountain Man 1/2 Iron Distance Triathlon</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/magic-mountain-man-12-iron-distance-triathlon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.triathica.com/magic-mountain-man-12-iron-distance-triathlon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My “A” race this year is Ironman Arizona on Sunday, November 22nd so I really wasn’t planning on beating myself up too much before then, but my good friend Larry (Lar Dog) Davidson talked me into competing in the inaugural Magic Mountain Man ½ Iron distance on Saturday, October 10th. Since I’d be doing a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tour de Palm Springs</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/tour-de-palm-springs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This “race” report is coming to you later than I had planned. I had no clue that recovery would take as long as it did. A little over a week ago, my husband and I found ourselves at the start line for the Tour de Palm Springs. We have never been to Palm Springs, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship &#8211; Julia</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/itu-sprint-triathlon-world-championship-julia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.triathica.com/itu-sprint-triathlon-world-championship-julia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Julia Juliusson, and I am at the end of my third year of competition in Triathlon. I compete in age group 40-44 for women. I am now 44 yrs old and have the pleasure of competing against all the young ones in my age group. This year has been the greatest year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long Beach Sprint Triathlon &#8211; 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/long-beach-sprint-triathlon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I’ve written before, I really enjoy doing the same races year after year. Some may get bored with that but I like it so I can see if I’ve improved over the years. Generally, I have. I’m in the throes of training for Ironman Arizona now so I can’t afford to miss any of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ITU Sprint Triathlon Word Championship</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/itu-sprint-triathlon-word-championship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I arrived in Australia I was in a state of total disarray. I didn’t know exactly where I was staying, where the heck I was and how I was going to get to the race. I had made a bunch of quasi-plans but nothing very specific, that’s just the kind of traveler I am. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pacific Coast Triathlon, Stuart</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/pacific-coast-triathlon-stuart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I competed in last weekend’s Pacific Coast Triathlon more as a ‘test,’ for fun and bragging rights than to qualify (for the sprint world championships). I am in the middle of training for my first Ironman and was therefore not sure on how this would work. However, with the training methods that you have read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Pacific Coast Tri</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/2009-pacific-coast-tri/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a chilly Sunday morning at Crystal Cove State Park and my dream was about to come true. That is, until I heard the dreaded words, “Run, bike, run. Attention everyone, run, bike, run.” I shouldn’t have been surprised, I had a feeling this would happen. I was competing in the Avia Pacific Coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peters Canyon Trail Run Series</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/peters-canyon-trail-run-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really like trail runs, but they sure can be painful. I had to go to the 3rd and final race in the Peters Canyon Trail Run Series to man the Triathica expo booth. I thought I might as well get a training run in so I signed up right before the race. After speaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Age Group National Championship</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/2009-age-group-national-championship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone has that disappointing race, mine just happened to be at National Championships, not exactly the race you’d pick for everything to go wrong. Everything did seem to go wrong, even flying to Alabama was difficult; I actually think it’s quite funny now that I think about it, but we’ll get to that later. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coeur d&#8217;Alene Ironman 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/coeur-dalene-ironman-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2,153 eager triathletes gathered on the shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene (CDA) to participate in the 7th running of the Ford Ironman CDA ’09 edition. The road to my 5th Ironman was another very enjoyable ride, and one that I will certainly remember for the rest of my life; just like the other four. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Forest 4th of July 5K</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/lake-forest-4th-of-july-5k/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there a better way to celebrate our nation’s birthday than with a quick 5K before lunch on the 4th of July? Besides kicking back a few beverages and barbequing, I don’t think there is. I planned to head down to the Lake Forest 5K on the 4th to market Triathica’s membership specials and hand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peters Canyon Summer Trail Run Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’d heard about the Peters Canyon Summer Trail Run Series put on by Jonathan Pauley of Renegade Racing (renagaderaceseries.com) but had never competed until Thursday, July 9th. If you haven’t done this race, you should. For $30.00 you get a great trail race and either a burger or hot dog meal or a series T-shirt. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vineman 70.3 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I completed my fourth Vineman 70.3 on Sunday, July 19th. The reason I’ve done this race so many times is simply because of the beauty of the course and the friends there. This year a good friend, and Triathica member, Mark Arenal said he was going to step-up his training and do a half Ironman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orange County Half Marathon 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/orange-county-half-marathon-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps it’s because I’m not in my “training mode” yet for Ironman Arizona. Perhaps it’s because I’m not a “runner.” Or, perhaps I’m just lazy. For whatever reason, I didn’t really train for the OC Half Marathon on May 3, 2009. I did, however, go into the race with certain, albeit, unrealistic expectations. Gee, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Half Ironman 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/california-half-ironman-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My plans to be in bed at 7:00 p.m. on Friday so I could get eight hours of sleep before having to wake up at 3:00 a.m. Saturday didn’t exactly work out . . . seldom does. The last time I checked, my clock said it was 11:00 p.m. so I assume I got somewhere [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newport Beach Triathlon 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/newport-beach-triathlon-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My pre-race preparation for the Newport Beach Triathlon on Sunday April 19th, 2009 started the day before the race. This was only my second triathlon ever, so at this point I was a little nervous. On Saturday after I picked up my race packet, I decided to go down and check out the bike course [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H2O Audio Surf Monkey</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/h2o-audio-surf-monkey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was contacted by one of my sponsors, Waterman’s Applied Science; which might I say is the best sunscreen company around, to do a team competition at the Surf Monkey in Oceanside, CA this past weekend.  Surf Monkey is a new event, which attracts a lot of triathletes such as Michellie Jones, Kate Major, Luke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ironman Florida Race Report</title>
		<link>http://www.triathica.com/ironman-florida-race-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What an amazing experience the Ironman was, every emotion possible in the space of 9 ½ hours. The human body is unbelievable. Starting from the swim, or should I say the open water kickboxing free for all, I got nailed in the face within the first minute. It was windy and the waves were about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Rock Tri (Dam Sprint)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There wasn’t a stitch of wind as I watched the sunrise over the Big Rock at Lake Perris. Schools of tiny fish made intersecting circles on the glassy lake as mist rose off the water in mid-40 degree temps. Then I saw something that took my breath away, an enormous fish surfaced through the still [...]]]></description>
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