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Zoning Out With Devon...

Tuesday, 18 January 2011 04:20

By Darin Wieneke

Every athlete has a certain look when they are in the zone. By zone, I mean the metaphysical space you can get to when you are playing with beauty, flow. Michael Jordan stuck his tongue out when making a critical basketball shot. Chrissie Wellington smiles as she rockets past the professional (women and men) triathlon field. And Devon Palmer does.....whatever it is that is depicted in the photograph here. His look was captured as he was "in the zone" in route to an 18th overall place at Ironman Arizona in November.

As Devon just wrapped up his first season as a professional triathlete, MTN thought that we would catch up with him to see how he thought his inaugural season went (and to chuckle a bit as Devon has a good sense of humor). Devon did not disappoint with his responses to the Q&A we posed to him.

MTN: How did the 2010 triathlon season go for you?....