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Payne Pops a 4:02....

gaby.gif9th LIBERTY HALF - Despite challenging weather, Matthew Payne managed to blast his own course record, dropping his 4:07 in '13 to 4:02:46. His Winners Circle mate was 2013 Rookie of the Year Nicole Heininger. Words and photography on Tuesday. RESULTS

10th LIBERTY OLYMPIC - Gaby Bunten (photo )recorded her first career victory, Pring in 2:18. The men's winner was 2012 Champ David Holden. More words and a a pic or two on Tuesday. RESULTS

NEW BRI TRI - We haven't seen results yet. Words and a results should be posted Sunday afternoon.

BOB POWERS NEWS - We received this email today from Kevin O'Coonor about our favorite nine-o-genarian triathlete: ...

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Stuff About Winter Running...

winter-runners.gifED. Sure, we should have posted this last month. The reason we're doing so now is because yesterday the Groundhog saw his shadow AGAIN.

By Marty Munson (triathlon.competitor.com)

Winter running breeds some interesting misconceptions, so we decided to get the straight story. We enlisted the help of one of the key scientists studying cold-weather workouts: John Castellani, Ph.D., research physiologist at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Mass. See if you can separate the truths from the lies below—and stay warm and fit all winter.

Winter running burns more calories.
True or False.
Sorry, put the French fries down. Unless you’re running through snow or mud, you’re not...

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Busting Myths...

bikegraph.gifBike Weight and the Myth of Fast Bikes

By Jim Gourley

In my new book FASTER, I reveal the science underlying our beloved swim, bike, run sports and show how triathletes can find free speed with a little know-how. I also debunk myths and misunderstandings about gear that can save you thousands of dollars so you can spend your hard-earned cash on those gear and technique upgrades that actually make you faster.

Here, I’ll bust the myth of weight savings and reveal the truth about so-called “fast” bikes. To keep it quick, I’ll skip over some of the details that make FASTER a really interesting book.

First, let’s clear something up. There is no such thing as a “fast bike.” Bikes are neither fast nor slow. Bikes are shiny or expensive. Bikes...

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The Greatest Endurance Athlete Ever...

mark-finish.gifBy Dan Empfield (slowtwitch.com)

I’ve seen a lot of endurance athletes leveraging overwhelming talent through great strength of will. It’s been my pleasure and good fortune to see these athlete because of an accident of chronology: Most of the athletes you’d place on a “best ever” list have been racing during my 45 or so years of involvement in endurance sports. Who was the best ever, among the men who raced? I could not blame anyone for saying it was Greg Lemond, Hicham El Gerrouj, Miguel Indurain, Haile Gebrselassie. Maybe Michael Phelps or Jim Ryun.

But the best I ever saw was Mark Allen. You might find fault with this choice because Mark did none of the three sports as well as any individual sport athlete. But neither did Jackie Joyner Kersey, or Daley Thompson. And, by the way, I'm in good company. ESPN asked this very question last year, and they also chose Mark, ahead of 2nd place vote getter Bjorn Daehlie...

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