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Posted: Monday, 07 July 2008
Kara Goucher claimed her first national title and Abdi Abdirahman out-dueled an Oregon fan favorite to highlight competition Friday night at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field.

Posted: Monday, 07 July 2008
After a scintellating U.S. Olympic Trials, the USA Swimming team is now set. 
Posted: Monday, 07 July 2008
USA Cycling announced today 21 of its 24 nominees to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, including all 16 men’s athletes across the disciplines of road cycling, track cycling, mountain biking and bicycle motocross (BMX).  Additionally, USA Cycling formally announced five automatic women’s nominees across the four Olympic disciplines of cycling.  
Posted: Monday, 30 June 2008
Characterizing his defenses as “unfounded,” the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday issued a strongly worded dismissal of Floyd Landis's appeal of his suspension for doping at the 2006 Tour de France.

Posted: Thursday, 26 June 2008
The 27th Race Across America (RAAM) 2008 finished in Annapolis, Maryland June 20, 2008. This year's race was another winning installment in this one-of-a-kind, epic ultra-endurance bicycle race.

Posted: Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Team Garmin-Chipotle presented by H30 today announced its much-anticipated Tour de France roster, which features three of only four Americans in the entire Tour peloton.Photo by Graham Watson
Posted: Monday, 23 June 2008
USA Track & Field will heighten anti-doping education initiatives at its three youth national championships in 2008 and will begin in-competition drug testing at the 2009 championship events. The programs are a partnership with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and are tied to USATF's Zero Tolerance anti-doping initiative and Win With Integrity youth outreach program.
Posted: Wednesday, 18 June 2008
The nation’s leading voice for the national parks, the nonprofit National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), announced it is launching a new website, Do Your Part for Climate Friendly Parks, which empowers national park visitors to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and helps national parks nationwide become leaders in combating global warming.
Posted: Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Theberge Will Use Win to Help Inspire Fellow Amputees and Other Challenged Athletes.
Posted: Monday, 09 June 2008
Backpacker Magazine’s Summit for Someone, the benefit climb program supporting Big City Mountaineers, announces several celebrity climb options for 2008.

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  • Ultramarathon Man Conquering World’s Deserts

    Posted: 04.14.2008
    The word “athlete” seems to take on a new definition when you’re talking about ultramarathoners. Dean Karnazes rose to prominence in 2006 by running 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days.  This year, he is attempting to complete the world’s five major desert foot races in a single calendar year. 
  • 3 Simple Steps to Avoid Drowning in Liquid Calories

    Posted: 05.13.2008
    For all the counting, measuring, weighing, fussing and fretting most Americans do to watch calories, we often allow liquid calories to sneak in. Almost one-quarter of the calories Americans consume come from beverages. Shockingly, sodas and other sweet drinks are the single largest calorie contributors to the American diet and to America’s ballooning waistline.

  • Got Fat?

    Posted: 05.27.2008

    Endurance athletes can eat their fat and burn it too, here’s how. 

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  • 15 Essential Tips to Pursing your First Marathon

    Posted: 01.16.2008
    In her new book, Run Your First Marathon,Grete Waitz, nine-time winner of the New York City marathon, points out one of the wonderful draws of the marathon. “No matter who we are,” she writes, “at some point we are all first-time marathoners. All of us share that. That’s the beauty of the race — Olympians and all-comers share the same event.”
  • Products We Like: Skins Performance Tights

    Posted: 01.15.2008
    I’ll never forget when Lance Peters, chucking convention out the window, showed up for high school track practice one day wearing bright silver-colored running tights. The silence as he walked onto the track was deafening. In this Midwestern, early-1980s era, our lower-body clothing options were limited to two: shorts or baggy gray sweat pants.
  • New Year... New Look - A guided Tour

    Posted: 01.16.2008
    We want this to you be your home for Endurance Sports news, events and resources. We've been working hard over the past two months to redesign our websites to bring you more of what you've been asking for... News, Events and Resources.  Check out this guided tour of our new websites and it's features.

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  • Marion Jones Will Serve Prison Time

    Posted: 01.15.2008 -- 3 comments
    U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas had no choice. Only a few months after Marion Jones admitted that she lied to prosecutors about steroid use and her involvement in a check fraud scandal, she pleaded before the federal court to be spared from prison. In the end, the judge sentenced her to 6 months.
  • Keweenaw Trail Running Festival

    Posted: 05.27.2008 -- 2 comments

    Speed. Strength. Endurance. You’ll need all three if you’re going to tackle the Keweenaw Trail Running Festival.

  • The HIp Chronicles - Part 10

    Posted: 01.14.2008 -- 1 comments
    As most know, Scott Tinley was one of the most prolific triathletes of all time, competing in and winning hundreds of triathlons all over the globe. Scott has been suffering through hip problems for a number of years and recently decided to have his hip resurfaced on Thursday, December 13th in Wisconsin. Scott is providing an exclusive diary for Competitor so that our readers can follow his journey to recovery.
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Running in Circles

Just yesterday, my friend Greg told me he likes to draw an imaginary circle around himself and every person with whom he has a relationship.

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Running for a Greener Planet

Small steps can make a big difference.

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Hit the Trails

Speed. Strength. Endurance. You’ll need all three if you’re going to tackle the Keweenaw Trail Running Festival.

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Got Fat?

Endurance athletes can eat their fat and burn it too, here’s how.

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