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Women's Triathlon Well, there’s no question that we’re in the heart of the North American triathlon season now. I know we’ve talked about busy days in the past, but over...

True story. When I was in grade school, we had to memorize two passages and recite them every other Thursday in class. The first time we did this, I stayed up the night before and practiced.

There’s a term in baseball called “Around the Horn”. This is the practice of throwing the ball from one in-fielder to the other after a strike out with no base...

 

 

Endurance sports demands toughness. As we saw with last week’s performances, we are fortunate to have girls on our Coeur team that are tough cookies. They exemplify what we stand for and we’re constantly amazed at their efforts. Even with this level of teammate steel, we have one lady on our team who sets the standard for Heart and Courage.

At first, she was a rival of mine, someone I had the utmost respect for as a competitor. Then she became a friend, as happens in this sport. We had a couple of great races together where I would come off the bike and try to ward her off on the run, with varying degrees of success. She beat me at Ironman Louisville and then I snuck in ahead of her at Kona in 2010. No matter the outcome, she always inspired and motivated people (including me for sure) with her work ethic, her sportsmanship and her ever present smile.

It's Andrea week and here's a little recap of her first triathlon My first tri was the 2007 Mission Bay sprint. I loved it! I loved the challenge and excitement...