Ryan Hall has had an amazing 12 months. Last April he broke the American record in his marathon debut, in November he won the US Olympic Marathon Trials and then a few weeks ago he ran an awesome 2:06:17 in his second attempt in London.
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Julie Swail Ertel took home an Olympic silver medal as a water polo player in 2000. The furthest the water polo players ran was a cool quarter mile to and from the pool each day. So after water polo Ertel fell into the sport of triathlon, became a runner and cyclist, and is now is an Olympian once again.
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In his career Mark Whitehead won 137 criteriums, 200 track events and made the 1984 Olympic Team. In this wide ranging discussion he fills us in on racing with the legends of cycling, Greg LeMond and Davis Phinney, being married to another cycling legend, Rebecca Twigg, and what led to his decision to blood dope for the 1984 Olympics.
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Navy Seal David Goggins is simply indestructible. He came on with us after winning a 150 mile ultramarathon in lovely Pekin, Illinois.
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Julius Achon is a great runner from Uganda. But that is only the beginning of this amazing story of a young man who was kidnapped from his village when he was 12 years old and forced to become a soldier. He now lives in Oregon, helps Alberto Salazar with his running program and is the sole support for eleven orphans back home in Uganda.
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teeplechase will be in the Olympics for women for the very first time in Beijing. One of America’s brightest hopes in that event is Kassi Andersen
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Davis Phinney, one of America’s cycling legends and one of our all-time favorite guests, came on with us while recuperating from brain surgery. The wide ranging conversation covered everything from his surgery, dealing with Parkinson’s Disease and the excitement around his son, Taylor Phinney, making the US Olympic team at the age of 17.”"
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Scott Zagarino is a long time friend of THE COMPETITORS and the man behind Prostate Cancer’s involvement In the wonderful world of endurance sports. That’s not a surprise since he was the founder of the Pioneer Pro Triathlon Team way back in the early days of the sport. His latest endeavor is a one day Spinathon called Spinning Nation where a number of charities will benefit from the event that will happen all over the country on Saturday June 28th.

The website is www.spinningnation.org.
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