Going back to my post on the Disney Endurance Series of endurance fitness events, this weekend features a two-for-one weekend at the Walt Disney World Resort with the Danskin Sprint Triathlon and the Muddy Buddy. I really wanted to give the Muddy Buddy a shot this year, but it was sold out before I found [...]

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White Lake Sprint Race Report: May 4, 2008 White Lake, North Carolina 750 meter swim/ 14mile bike/ 3mile run The White Lake, North Carolina race weekend is one of the most popular race weekends in the NCTS series. Set-up does a Half-Ironman on Saturday and a Sprint on Sunday. Each day they have a full [...]

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Kinetic Half-Ironman Race Report: April 19th, 2008 Lake Anna State Park, VA Weather Conditions: Perfect for race conditions: mid-50’s in the morning, 80 at end of race, light wind, sunny This race is one of the first Half-Ironman races in the southeast. It is a good test to see how your early season condition/training has [...]

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The organizers of the London Marathon are considering a ban on iPods, as noted in the Guardian. Also noted in the article is that a controversial ban on iPods has already been implemented here in the US. Jill Geer, spokeswoman for USA Track & Field, said: “Being able to hear is a fundamental part of [...]

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Inside Out Half Marathon Race Report: March 30, 2008 Cary, North Carolina Weather conditions: 42 degrees, cloudy, 16 mph wind, and 38 degrees with wind-chill The race started in front of the Inside Out store location in Cary, North Carolina. Inside Out is probably the most well-known triathlon store in the country. They are the [...]

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Starting today, we will have a new guest blogger from time to time.  His name Thane and he will be posting about endurance racing, such as Ironman triathlons, half-Ironmans, marathons, half-marathons, and so on.  This guy does an insane amount of these types of events and I thought it would be great to get a [...]

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You may have noticed that I’ve added a new sign-up form in the right sidebar for a newsletter.  This is the Gator Outdoor and Travel Newsletter that we will be sending out periodically with fitness tips, outdoors news, adventure travel, camping tips, and on and on.  Just for signing up, you get a free camping [...]

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Here’s hoping everyone has a Happy Easter and gets outside to enjoy the spring weather (whatever it may be)!

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So, my wife ran/walked (long story, maybe for another post) the Gate River Run in Jacksonville, FL, today. When she registered, yesterday, she learned about Disney’s Endurance Series of races. We were familiar with the Disney Marathon and the Florida 1/2 Ironman, but we learned about a couple others from the Endurance series rep at [...]

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