Streak to End at 45 Years

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drghfx
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Streak to End at 45 Years

Postby drghfx » Sun Jul 21, 2013 2:21 pm

http://espn.go.com/sports/endurance/sto ... ily-streak

Quite impressive!
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Re: Streak to End at 45 Years

Postby Weak Willed » Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:10 pm

Commitment and Consistency.

Obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe The Dedicated

Thanks for Posting this.
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Re: Streak to End at 45 Years

Postby jamix » Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:04 pm

Amazing story; I didn't know these kind of statistics (people who've run daily for specific time spans) was recorded.
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- Compete in the "Early Bird Sprint Triathlon" in May
- Run a 5km pb during the "Bushtukah Canada Day Road Race"
- Complete an Olympic distance triathlon
- Cycle > 33 km / hr during the cycle portion of a Sprint Triathlon.
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April 28th: Manotick 10km (40:16)
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Re: Streak to End at 45 Years

Postby HCcD » Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:20 pm

And, now our very own Derrick Spafford may be one of the people to have the current Canadian streak going .... :shifty: :wink:
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Re: Streak to End at 45 Years

Postby Run26.2 » Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:33 pm

Interesting. Thanks for posting.
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