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TRIATHLETE COUPLES

LAURA AND GREG BENNETT, USABOTH STARTING the sport in the 1985-86 season,

the Bennetts have shown that triathlon can be the

basis of a long and happy relationship. “We are very

much a team. Our priority is to each other and our

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as a couple. Triathlon, although a passion, is also our

business. We approach everything we do in the sport

as a business. We make our decisions together:

which events to race; where to locate ourselves for

training and racing; the sponsors we choose to work

with; when we will peak and when we rest or break.

The sport of triathlon has been an unbelievable tool

for us both to experience so much.”

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HOW THIS ICON OF OUR SPORT HAS OVERCOME INCREDIBLE ODDS TO KEEP ON RACING AND WINNING

WORDS Phil Mosley PORTRAITS Stanley Rowin

Smyers was an IT consultant working in Boston when her employers fell on hard times, forcing her to work part-time. She used this new opportunity to train and the following summer she finished fourth at the triathlon World Championships in Avignon, France. It was enough to make her leave the world of computing and seek a new career as an athlete: “After I’d quit my job I knew I could never work nine to five again. Triathlon was my escape route.”

The following year she competed in the World Championships again, this time clinching the gold medal. Her success

World Triathlon Champion and mother of two Karen Smyers is one of the most successful female triathletes of all time. Overwhelming determination and drive have led her to unbelievable success, which has included being inducted into

the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame. Her dramatic career began in 1990 when she left the world of IT to enter professional sport. It ended in 2001 after several debilitating bouts of cancer therapy. In between those times, she was hit by an 18-wheel truck and suffered a bone-shattering bike crash while trying to qualify for the Olympics. Despite this, Smyers remained focused, never letting vicissitude stand in her way. She trained and raced through it all, notching up world class results, including becoming the only female athlete to win both the Ironman Championships and the ITU World Championships in the same year. This is her remarkable story.

“Triathlon was the key to getting me through the hard times. It kept me focused and always looking towards the future”

continued for several years, as she notched up six consecutive US National titles, a silver medal at the 1993 ITU World Championships and a runner-up spot at the Hawaii Ironman in 1994. But it was in 1995 that she reached the pinnacle of her career by winning both the Ironman and the ITU World Triathlon Championships just five weeks apart, becoming the only female athlete to win both in the same year.

Her run of strong performances didn’t end there. A year later she won gold at the

HALL OF FAME KAREN SMYERS

Comeback QueenSee what Karen Smyers went through

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AIM HIGHER IN 2012

WHATEVER YOUR ABILITY, BE INSPIRED TO ACHIEVE YOUR TRIATHLON AMBITIONS IN THIS OLYMPIC YEAR

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WOW! APRIL already. How time flies when you’re training and racing up a storm! April signals Ironman time and rest assured that a whole bunch of you will be in full swing and possibly taper with PE, which is

just around the corner. Good luck to all of you. If you have put the training time in, I have no doubt that you’ll be rewarded on that red carpet come April 22nd. What I do want to encourage is keeping on going after Ironman has come and gone. It takes so much effort to get into the best shape of your life, and then we let it all slip away after the race is done by going into hibernation for a few months. Yes, of course you need the downtime and the recovery process needs to take its course; but once that’s over, the sky’s the limit! Utilise the fitness gains and try some other events after IM. Some of you will be doing Comrades, others might try a duathlon or two. The point is, don’t sit on the couch and wallow through the winter. Keep your fitness levels in relatively good shape and your body will thank you for it when summer eventually comes around again towards September. Apart from the local scene, the international scene is buzzing. We have a lot of athletes who will be travelling to Germany in July for the Roth Challenge. We also have a couple of Elite South Africans on the international tours covering short distance, long distance and Xterra. The world of triathlon is big and if you have some money to travel, then look for a challenge off-shore to keep those fires burning. This issue is RED HOT with the very best in Iron gear, so enjoy the pics! We have a great training zone feature in this issue as well as the normal news, race reports and more that make Triathlon Plus SA number one. I must apologise for the slip-up with our front cover caption last month. We said that the front cover athlete was Andreas Raelert when in fact it was Marino Van Hoenacker. I do appreciate the feedback from my regular readers

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cyclist and now lives and

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faster than the nine-year-olds

who train before him

PAUL NEWSOME A dedicated triathlete and

life-long swimmer, Paul is

founder and head coach of

Swim Smooth. He has an

Olympic distance PB of 1:49:52

and recently completed a

cross-Channel swim

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thousands of bikes for us and

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KAREN SMYERSHOW THIS ICON OF OUR SPORT HAS OVERCOME INCREDIBLE ODDS TO KEEP ON RACING AND WINNING

MEDICAL ADVICEPIRIFORMIS SYNDROME

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48 RACE REPORTS Including The Midlands Ultra

54 SUBSCRIBE AND LOOK COOL Never miss an issue, save money and get yourself some free gear

90 RACE LISTINGS Plan the end of your year with our guide to what’s on

92 COMEBACK TALES Rich Allen explains that you never really lose the racing bug, even when you’ve “retired”

94 TREW STORIES Steve Trew says that true champions use the race conditions to their advantage

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76 OBJECT OF DESIRE Objects every triathlete shouldn’t go without

84 BRAND NEW KIT All the latest kit reviewed

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25 BODY SCIENCE This muscular problem is a real pain in the butt

26 FUEL/REFUEL The best food for your body and how it’s made

30 COMEBACK QUEEN How Karen Smyers overcame incredible odds to keep on racing and winning

36 AIM HIGHER Whatever your ability, be inspired to achieve your triathlon ambitions in this Olympic year

58 RUN A few simple drills will power up your run split in no time at all

60 RIDE Stay in the saddle in any weather with our guide to turbo training

62 SWIM Getting the best times requires balance and a little bit of algebra

64 TRAINING PLAN This training and food plan should see you shed weight in no time

72 EXPERT ADVICE Advice on how to swap from rugby to triathlon and how best to avoid every triathlete’s nightmare: the dreaded stitch

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LAURA AND GREG BENNETT, USABOTH STARTING the sport in the 1985-86 season,

the Bennetts have shown that triathlon can be the

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as a couple. Triathlon, although a passion, is also our

business. We approach everything we do in the sport

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which events to race; where to locate ourselves for

training and racing; the sponsors we choose to work

with; when we will peak and when we rest or break.

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us both being triathletes – and I’m sure it’s the

same at age-group level – is that you understand

the training, and if someone’s really tired, you

know how they feel,” says Helen. “Hyde Park

this year was so good because Marc was right by

the finish and he put as much into that race as I

did. I heard him at so many points on the course;

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travel the world together, and also understand the

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says Emma. “With training

for motivation, and we c

t together. The same goes

ating watching each othe

when one goes well! Plus we

little tips on the course, alth

better at giving advice the

even listens to me! M

oth of us finishing

And both winning IT

also pretty special

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