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Teavigo Duathlon Series 2007

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

So I messed up a little and got my dates wrong. I was planning to go and watch the first leg of the Teavigo Duathlon Series at Maropeng but somehow thought that it was going to be held on Sunday, April 22, 2007 when in fact it was held the day before. Did I ever [...]

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New half-marathon world record (Sammy Wanjiru 58:53)

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

Yesterday (9th February, 2007) it paid off for Ras al-Khaimah a small part of UAE, to offer a prize purse of 155.000 USD for a half-marathon. It has been all over the news for last 48 hours since Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) reclaimed his half-marathon world record winning Ras al-Khaimah International Half-marathon. He covered the 21.1km [...]

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700.000 USD prize money!

Friday, February 9th, 2007

In my last post I mentioned how outrageously silly it is to offer R3000 prize money for a first PRO place in Xterra Gauteng. Here is something that is on the other side of the extreme: Hy-Vee Triathlon is offering a 700.000 USD prize purse in their standard distance triathlon. This is the biggest prize [...]

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