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Dr. Peter Attia, a relentless self-experimenter, has found the secret of endurance sports success through nutrition. While he has actually increased his caloric intake to 4,500 calories per day from 3,000 calories per day, he has significantly changed his body composition – from over 20% body fat to 7.5% body fat – and has become […]
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The FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup series expands its geographic reach to Israel in 2012. Eilat, Israel will be the site of the newest World Cup race, although it has established itself as a world-class venue for some time now. The 2012 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup series kicks off in Santos, Brazil
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The highly successful King and Queen of the Sea Challenge (Circuito Light Rei e Rainha Do Mar Desafio in Portuguese) is lining up some blazing fast mermans and mermaids for the annual competition televised by TV Globo. Part of a popular series in Brazil, the King and Queen of the Sea Challenge is a pro
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Breccene Ennis from Dublin swims for the Glenalbyn Masters Swim Club who is scheduled for another shot in the English Channel in 2012 after aborting an earlier English Channel attempt. Breccene talks about a scary and potentially catastrophic hypothermia incident that was happily averted. “It was a normal February dip in the 40 foot in
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The New York Road Runners organizes the annual ING New York City Marathon. A one-day event, the ever-popular ING New York City Marathon attracts over 45,000 runners. but the Road Runners are considering expanding their marathon to a two-day event over a single weekend event in order to allow as many as 100,000 runners participate.
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Bleacher Report used six different categories to judge its determination of the toughest sport in the world? Bleacher Report analyzed the toughest to play, toughest to compete, toughest on the body by giving a rating to the required speed, endurance, strength, agility, skill level and physicality of each sport. The six sports (out of a
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