The 10th Annual Soul Beach Music Festival hosts a press conference
The Renaissance Convention Center hosted an exciting press conference attended by the Minister of Tourism, Transportation and Labor, Otmar Oduber, and the promoters of the Soul Beach Music Festival, Mark Adkins and Karl Welch, in which they jointly announced the stellar line up for the upcoming festival presenting world class entertainment unfolding here on Memorial Day Weekend, May 26th to 31st, 2010. Performances by Mary J. Blige, Toni Braxton, Joe Thomas, Raheem DeVaughn, along with Shaquille O’Neal Comedy Showcase starring Kevin Hart, are planned here on Friday, May 28th, at the Aruba Entertainment Center, Oranjestad, and the Music Concerts for Saturday, May 29th, and Sunday, May 30th, will take place at Joe Laveist Stadium, in San Nicholas, in combination with SaniFest, a cultural street festival, with additional food, music and other special attractions. The festival features its crowd pleasing lineup in conjunction with over 30 daytime and nighttime events, providing around the clock entertainment to guests expected to hail from all over the USA, for five action-packed days. The Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino will serve as the primary host hotel, with secondary hosts Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa and Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort. HBO will be filming the production as a founding sponsor and airing the footage as part of a new well-publicized series. Pictured here, the Renaissance Conference Center press event, emceed by Astrid Muller on behalf of the Aruba Tourism Authority.
My journey to finishing my first Ironman triathlon, and all other races that followed…
My first big race of the year, Kinetic Half, is down in the books! It was a great weekend at Lake Anna State Park, a great venue, a well organized race by the Virginia and Maryland Triathlon Series, and to top it off a highly rewarding performance. Race day started with the alarm going off at 4am to take in a smoothie and PB&J sandwich. I started at the front of the pack and found some open water, in part because many swimmers started the swim towards the first orange buoy, which was out of line, only to then correct course. The best part is that my bike was racked right next to bike exit, which also meant Gabi was right there to cheer me on! The first half of the bike course is hillier, the second half largely flat and with super fast asphalt! All turns were obvious thanks to police, volunteers and road marking. As biking is my weakness, I saw a number of people pass me on the bike. I paced myself well on the bike, and in future training and racing the magic secret will be determining how much harder I can push myself on the bike while still having a strong run. Right around mile 50 I was passed by an athlete in my age group and it created an opportunity for me to have a specific individual to race against and push myself harder. The start of the run is though! Straight uphill and you have to do it three laps! The Kinetic run course was much harder than I anticipated. On the second loop I was running with people who were starting their first loop, so it was hard to compare performance against others.
#TriYAS triathlon returns with even bigger event in 2015
Yas Marina Circuit has announced the return of the TriYAS by Daman’s Activelife race on 20th February 2015. All the latest athletics news from around the UAE. – ADCB Zayed Sports City run records healthy growth. Lelisa Desisa targets double glory at Dubai marathon. This year will feature a brand new addition in the form of a KidsTRI, open to children aged between 12 and 16. UAE residents with no previous triathlon experience are being encouraged to get moving and set themselves the personal challenge of entering their very first triathlon. Participants will also be encouraged to share their own personal stories of their training experiences across social media, using the hashtag ‘#TriYAS’ in a bid to spur others on. A triathlon training programme run by Haddins Gym, which covers swimming, cycling, running, core exercises and expert tips from triathlon pros, is also being promoted for use by newcomers to the sport. TriYAS boasts two distances for adults: the Olympic category, with a 1,500-metre swim, 40-kilometre bike race and 10-kilometre run and the shorter Sprint category, involving a 750-metre swim, 20-kilometre bike course and 5-kilometre run. As part of the circuit’s ongoing ‘Big Data’ health audit initiative to benchmark the UAE’s activity habits, entrants to TriYAS will also have their BMI index and other data measured on site. TriYAS 2014 saw 1,400 triathletes swim, run and cycle the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix track at Yas Island, and organisers are expecting an even larger turnout in 2015.
Updates from Shannon Kurek
All events will start and finish at the beautiful Pleasant Hill Lake Park in Perrysville, Ohio. Participants will finish their epic event with a challenging trail run featuring breathtaking views of Pleasant Hill Lake Park. Due to size limitations at Pleasant Hill Lake Park there will be a limit of 500 total participants for this event. Sunday, June 28th race date Venue moved to Pleasant Hill Lake Park Swim start/finish at Pleasant Hill Lake beach area. Transition area is just steps from the swim exit Challenging trail run within the park for all race distances. The HFP Racing Super Sale is our way of saying thanks to our thousands of loyal customers that continue to support us for the last 25 years!! YES – HFP Racing is entering its 26th season of racing in 2015. On January 1st at 12:01am registration opens for the entire 2015 season AND anyone registering for select HFP events through January 15th at Midnight will get a discount of 25% during. Code is case sensitive and will not work unless you type it in just as it is written above in ALL CAPS. Discounts are NOT retroactive for events already registered for. Scheduled for the first weekend before Memorial Day each year the American Triple-T is played out in the majestic Shawnee State Park and Forest located in Portsmouth, Ohio, just 1.5 hours by car from the Columbus, Cincinnati and the Tri State areas. The Buck Creek State Park event will feature a kids race on Saturday and a mini, sprint and olympic distance race on Sunday.
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