Recently returned from Colorado where my daughter Ciara "Pepper" Hopkins, age 11, was competing in the USA Triathlon Youth National Championship in Colorado Springs. She was defending her National title from 2007, but it was not to be. This year she was the 2nd youngest athlete in her division and placed 5th overall and was the 1st eleven year old across the finish line. She would have taken 3rd but made a wrong turn on the bike course...some lessons are difficult to learn. Congrats...
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Well its my last week before my 'A' race.  How am I feeling?  Well all things considered not bad.  Taper seems to be going okay although everytime I sit down anywhere comfortable I fall asleep... My swim at Aberfeldy went well which was good as my swim confidence was decreasing rapidly - I'm still not as quick as I hoped I would be at this point but I figure I'm still quicker than I've ever been.  Bike and run have been going okay too.  I'...
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Well here we are 1/2 way into our training for the florida challenge/ epic challenge event. Last week was our third group get together for a 40 min open water swim and 1.25 min run. Thought the swim was going to be a challenge... 40 mins straight with no turns or rest... got to the end suprisingly fresh and ready to run. Felt great on the first 3/4 of the run then it got hot, so backed off a touch. The training is definately showing, just need to start stretching as its something I am not con...
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