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Jul 5, 2024
FIrecracker 5K Hot to Trot!
The Firecracker 5K (3.1 miles) kicked off the Running Zone Foundation’s 2024-25 Run Brevard Race Series in downtown Eau Gallie on July 4....

Patti Sponsler
Jun 21, 2024
You Can't Unsee Shark in the Park 5K
Once you spot it on the Running Zone race map, you really can’t unsee the ominous shark fin shape that makes up most of the first mile of...


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Jun 12, 2024
Stokes are Stoked!
Trying to find Deb and Tom Stokes on any given weekend is like playing ‘Where’s Waldo’. The cool and kind Melbourne couple travel all...


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Jun 11, 2024
Soaring at Eagleman!
Several 321 athletes made their way to historic Cambridge, MD late last week to compete in Ironman Eagleman 70.3 on Sunday, June 9. The...

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Jun 8, 2024
Cool Sommer Mornings?
Sunday, June 9 kicks off Florida’s oldest triathlon series. The 39th annual Cool Sommer Mornings in Clermont offers a four-race series...


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Jun 7, 2024
Ready to Soar!
Good luck to these lovelies racing Ironman Eagleman 70.3 this Sunday in Cambridge, MD. Circle from bottom left: Betsy Larson, Palm Bay,...


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Jun 7, 2024
Lucky # Seven: Pineappleman Style!
You just never know who is going to show up at a race. And that uncertainty hung heavy in the air prior to this year's 38th annual...


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Jun 6, 2024
21st Century Pineappleman Victors
Below are the overall male and female race results of this century The race distances up until 2020 were a .3-mile swim, 15-mile bike and...


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Aug 8, 2023
Empowerment: Unconditionally
If you chatted up Indian Harbour Beaches Kaitlin Donner for a bit, the bubbly 34-year-old Doctor of Physical Therapy would probably talk...


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Jun 7, 2023
Hometown Pineapple Goodness!
With the pandemic finally behind us, athletes both new and seasoned were ready to take on the 37th annual Pineapple Man triathlon on June...


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Nov 5, 2022
Bad to the (Bill) Bone!
Several locals trekked down to Lake Worth Beach Park on Oct. 23 to compete in the 24th annual Bill Bone Tropical Triathlon. The sprint...


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Nov 2, 2022
ZOOM(a) Zoom(a)!
Never tell a woman she can’t. In 1961, the Amateur Athletic Union banned females from competing in all U.S. road races. Undeterred and...

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Oct 27, 2022
Champs Racing World Championship
If you get excited about the Ironman World Championships in Kona, you'll also get a bang out of the 2022 Ironman 70.3* World Championship...


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Oct 15, 2022
Not Just All Wet!
HUGE and incredibly well-deserved congratulations are in order for Melbourne’s B.J. Graham, who was awarded the U.S. Masters Swimming...


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Oct 14, 2022
Another Sort of Gold!
Huge congratulations to Swim Melbourne Masters head swim coach, B.J. Graham, on being awarded the U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) Kerry...


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Sep 17, 2022
Same Music, Different Dances!
Sometimes you just need to shake things up to improve. And that is why West Melbourne’s Jonathan Howse chose to race with new people in a...

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Sep 13, 2022
Concrashulations Ryan Degregorio!
In spite of crashing while riding 25mph during the IM 70.3 Atlantic City race on Sept. 10, West Melbourne's Ryan Degregorio still pulled...


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Sep 12, 2022
Moran Rocks Run the Rock
In spite of not running for almost a month, Melbourne’s Robin Moran signed up for the six-mile Run the Rock race near Table Rock Lake in...


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Sep 5, 2022
A (not so) Wee AG Win!
A pinch of luck and lots of hard training gave Nancy Buonanni the 60-64 age group win of 1:56:10 at the Dingle Half Marathon in Dingle,...

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Sep 4, 2022
Poop Poop Pee Oops!
This hilarious post on 'Pathetic Triathletes' FB page was sent to a few friends. One texted frantically last night asking where the sign...
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