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I run because…
While I was driving up to Truckee yesterday for a mountain bike ride I was trying to come up with a perfect and eloquent answer as to why I run for Global Running Day. After searching and searching I just couldn’t come up with something I liked and then I realized it...
Freeplay Rio Rush: Olympic Trials Q&A with Sara Slattery
Sara Slattery has had a highly decorated (and fascinating) running career. She was two time NCAA champion while at Colorado University (indoor 5k in 2003, outdoor 10k in 2005). After college she was the 2007 Pan Am champ in the 10k, and the alt for the USA Olympic...
Freeplay Magazine Women’s SoCal Mountain Bike Ride and Clinic
Let's Ride...in the dirt! Freeplay heads south for some mountain bike fun! Join us Sunday, June 12 for a women's only off-road ride and clinic on the Lake Calavera Trail in Carlsbad. The terrain is sandy chaparral, with curvy singletrack, some fun downhill sections...
8 Women…31 Ironmans
Eight women; 31 Ironman distance triathlons. This equates to a lot of race experience - 74.4 miles of swimming, 3,472 miles of time trialing and 812.2 miles of running off the bike to be exact. These numbers do not even take into account the countless hours of...
Final Team USA Rosters Set for 2016 BolderBOULDER
After last minute additions and replacements men’s and women’s teams stronger than ever BOULDER, CO – After a few late adjustments, the rosters for the Men’s and Women’s Team USA in the 2016 BolderBOULDER – America’s All-Time Best 10K `according to Runner’s World –...
The XTERRA Pan America Pro Series takes shape this weekend at Oak Mountain State Park in Shelby County, Alabama
It’s race number four of 10 in the inaugural XTERRA Pan Am Tour, and the first of three on American soil. In the women's race Sabrina Gobbo, the cross triathlon queen of Brazil, takes on a roster full of established and up-and-coming American racers to include former...
Gold Rush 50k: 5 Things I Got and 10 Things I Learned
The Gold Rush 50k is done and dusted! Despite being an exhausting (and long) day I look back on this adventure with a sense of pride and accomplishment. Not only did I get to check my first 50k of my bucket list I also got these 5 fun items over the course of training...
Race, Recover Then Race Again: The Wildflower-St. George Double
The Wildflower triathlon is on my schedule every season. This year was the first time Wildflower and St. George 70.3 were not on the same day. I have never done two half ironmans seven days apart and I was motivated to attempt it on two challenging courses. Lake San...
Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank Powers Peleton at Gila
Lauren Stephens almost singlehandely reels in the breakaway during the final stage in New Mexico Silicon Valley, California — Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank drove the final stage of the Tour of the Gila to the line Sunday despite climbs, crosswinds and determined...