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The first Sunday in November, New York houses the largest marathon in the world which injects millions of dollars into the tourism economy each year. As a charity runner in the 2021 NYC Marathon, I clearly was not an elite going for the prize purse. My goals still included having a fun vacation as well.…
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The New York City Marathon is BACK! After the heartbreaking year that was 2020 for so many athletes, the New York Road Runners were able to put on the iconic 50th running of the NYC Marathon this fall 2021. Historically the largest road race in the world at 50,000 runners per year, COVID protocols reduced…
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The weather has started to change here in Dallas, and we are finally starting to get a glimmer of hope for the fall and winter running weather. With the air starting to crisp up in the mid-October timeframe, 30,000 runners are looking to the first Sunday in November for the 50th anniversary of the New…
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Back for another year, the annual Cedar Hill Open Water Swim Challenge and Aquathon was ready to roll post-COVID. This is a unique event for the Dallas – Fort Worth area, as swim race options are limited to Swim Across America and…..that is it. Those interested in improving their open water swimming or who just…
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Early April, hoards of athletes head down to Galveston, TX to race the Ironman Texas 70.3. Millions of dollars are brought into the island and surge pricing for accommodations takes over. Galveston is a pretty low key trip for us, with the main purpose of racing and seeing friends based in Houston. This year we…
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After the ill-fated Ironman Texas 70.3 of 2019, and the global pandemic of 2020 I was not sure we would race at all in April of 2021. I signed up for the 2019 Ironman on July 25 of 2018. It has been a longggg time coming to race a 70.3 to completion. In 2019 very…
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What to wear for your upcoming triathlon The first question every triathlete gets is “so wait, how long and how many sports is that?” and the second is usually “so what do you wear for something like that?” and thankfully there is an entire industry dedicated to outfitting you in the swim bike run tri…
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