Olympics are done for another 4 years.  So I guess the question on every ones mind is, who is the LMS athlete for the week?  Who elevated their game to new heights?  Who exceeded expectations and pushed the limits to new frontiers? 
 
Could it be Phelps with his 8 gold medals and plethora of world records?  [...]

26th Annual Subaru Ironman Canada event sees winners from down under

from Ironman.com

Bryan Rhodes and Belinda Granger won the 26th running of Subaru Ironman Canada in Penticton, British Columbia today. Rhodes had to dig deep during the marathon to claim his fourth Ironman title, while Granger cruised to her third Ironman win of this year.
For Rhodes [...]

from Triathlon Canada website
Less then 24 hours after the completion of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games triathlon, the International Triathlon Union announced on August 20 an innovative new platform for the sport by establishing a pioneering new series that will take triathlon to new heights.

“This is a great step forward for triathlon and it is exciting [...]

Like any other major stage race, we showed up at breakfast in a relaxed
mode. The last day usually shows this with every team, and even with the
organization. We discussed how everyone was feeling and even some possible
ways of making back those 43 seconds separating Cameron Evans to the
leader’s jersey. We then headed down to the [...]

Hey all. Things are progressing nicely behind-the-scenes with regard to the club.  We’ve met with a few consultants and advisors which are very supporting and extremely helpful.  With their input and advice, we will get this club going soon.  LMS members can expect to get many benefits from the club, including:

- group training sessions
- personal swim coach [...]

Nothing much happened in stage 7. After 3 hard days in the mountains,
everyone was more then happy to ride in the group for the whole day (160
km). For us especially, this day was more than welcome after all the work we
had done in the previous days. The only unfortunate incident happened when,
2 km from the [...]

Another day, another plan; That’s the way we need to roll around here. On
stage 4, we controlled the race, but we also lost 7 minutes. According to
the locals and the media, this was a major accomplishment for Cam to still
be in yellow, but the time bomb was on. It was simply a matter of time [...]

By Liz Applegate, Ph.D.
Runner’s World via Active.com
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2.SWAP IN Dark beer SWAP OUT Light beer
Darker brews may have a few more calories per bottle than lighter versions, [...]

Well, the cat’s finally out of the hat. Columbian climber Flober Pena Pena
showed the rest of the pack what he was capable of after hiding for four
days. Today’s stage 4 marked the entry in the real mountains. Not to say the
event had been ridden over flat and easy roads since its beginning, but
today, and until [...]