Brock Baker of Chapel Hill and Kerri Lyons of Durham won the Male and Female Open Division at the Wells Fargo Tar Heel 10 Miler Presented by CEP on April 21st.  For Baker, who finished in 52:18, the win moved him into a first place tie with David Jankowski in Endurance Magazine’s NC-USATF Long Distance Running Championship Series.  Lyons gained a one point lead on Alissa McKaig with her 59:44 effort.  The Masters Division saw another victory by Chad Newton of Pisgah Forest.  His 56:28 finish gave him a four point lead in the Masters Division.  Joan Mabe of Carrboro won in Women’s Masters with a 1:09:02, moving her into a first place tie with Alicia Parr.  

More than 4,200 runners were signed up to participate in the 5th annual Wells Fargo Tar Heel 10 Miler Presented by CEP Compression Sportswear, featuring the Fleet Feet Sports 4+ Mile Run.  2012 US Marathon Olympic Trials Champion, Meb Keflezighi was the Official Starter for the landmark event. 

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When training for Ironman Florida in 2006, it wasn’t unusual for me to roll into my driveway, transition from my bike to my house like it was T2, change clothes while my wife loaded the kids in the car, and hop in the driver’s seat before she finished buckling them in. That’s how lunch was done in 2006. Salt my food? No thanks, I’ll just shake it off my brow. I laugh now when I think of how many restaurants I had been to for lunch with the salt of dried sweat still on my face.

Looking back, it wasn’t exactly the most balanced life. Since then, I’ve taken a more holistic approach to training that places overall health and well-being as primary goals rather than medals or increasingly longer and longer events, which in our crazy lifestyle, seem to be never-ending (did you know there’s actually a “deca Ironman”?). It wasn’t easy dialing down my training and purposefully postponing Ironman attempts in my near future but, the rewards have been great: less stress at work, improved health (I finally got my cholesterol under control by eliminating the monstrous cravings caused by 6-hour bike rides), and more time with my family.

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ENDURANCE EXCLUSIVE—The Lance Armstrong Interview

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Girl’s Fight With Cancer Inspired His Comeback

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Our 2010 Event Guide is your road map for the upcoming season.  From walks to ultramarathons to iron-distance triathlons and open water swims, we have packed more than 800 events into the current 2010 Endurance Magazine event guide.  We thank all of those race directors who were able to submit their events to SPORToften.com to be listed in this guide.  Not all events for 2010 are listed, as many race dates were still to be determined when we went to press with the print issue.  Remember to watch for newly added events as well as possible date or location changes in upcoming issues of Endurance Magazine and at our event registration site SPORToften.com - the premiere regional event community resource.

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