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The Joy of Running...
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Thursday, 14 October 2010 06:00
Isn't this a totally cool photo? It is a euphoric Cathy Yndestad gliding smoothly and briskly along the Kona coastline
in a brand-spanking-new pair of K-Swiss Keahou (pronounced "Kay-ah-Hoe") trainers. Endorphins are coursing through her flabless physiology, her hair is streaming like a flag in a hurricane and she smiles uncontrollably.
She had not intended to run this fast. And she feels like she can run forever.
Quoting former middle-distance Aussie superstar Herb Elliot, Cathy "is full of running."
There's nothing like a great run, is there?....
Finish, Surf, S.W.A.T....
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Friday, 08 October 2010 05:00
MTN's Darin Wieneke interviewed (via e-mail) several Kona-bound Minnesotans. Each day this week we have featured one of those electronic dialogues. Yesterday, he e-spoke with Jmatt Keil.
Today's Kona Q & A, the final e-interview in the series, is with the lovely Jen Lenarz.
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Bonnie's Birthmark...
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Monday, 04 October 2010 05:00
Winston Churchill (photo) was a famous fat guy. Like most truly obese dudes, be had "man boobs." Or as they
are more contemporarily known: Moobs.
Legend has it that hidden in the fold beneath his left moob was a birthmark shaped precisely like his beloved Great Britain. Moreover, the mark was
Cool Running Stuff...
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Friday, 01 October 2010 09:30
Wanna see what smooth, fast running looks like? Former Minnesota Master Triathlete of the Year and total hoot, Heidi Keller-Miler sent us a link to the MDRA website which features a video of this year's Victory 5K & 10K. It was videographicated by super triathlete and truly tall person Curt Wood. Curt is already 7'4" but on Rollerblades, he shoots up to 8'2". Inexpertly rolling around the course with expensive videographical equipment stuck to his face and looking like a hairless, drunken sasquatch, he was able to totally freak out many of the runners, several of whom were forced to DNF....