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2012

Video: A quick ride down Pecos

Our Team In Training group rides together every Saturday morning. I set a video camera on my handle bars for our ride down Pecos Road – in Ahwatukee on Feb. 18, 2012 – and condensed the two-hour trip into a little over two minutes. Enjoy the ride and keep an eye out for a valuable lesson learned along the way…

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2012

Forget Facebook and MySpace. Get on My Face

CLICK HERE to purchase an ad!

Triathlete sells body ads for charity

PHOENIX — In today’s tough economic climate, many businesses hesitate to invest in conventional and expensive advertising campaigns. But a local triathlete has developed a new platform to help them stand out from the crowd: his body.

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2012

Tri for Les Stick Figure Logo 2.0

Coming to a t-shirt near you…the latest Tri for Les logo design.

The purple drops represent The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Team In Training.

“Live every day” is a quote from my aunt Leslie. The pink is for her.

(If you’re interested, here’s version 1.0 of this logo)

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2012

Super Bowl Squares Pool for Charity!

Super Bowl Sunday: A festive day of eating, drinking, laughing with friends, drinking some more, critiquing advertisements, more eating, more drinking…then falling asleep on the couch to watch the fourth quarter of the biggest football game of the year dozing in and out of consciousness.

But if you’re looking to add even more drama to this year’s big game while doing some good and supporting a charity at the same time, you may be interested in this…

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2012

Same name, new fight

Tri for Les 2012: Lavaman

One month ago I was in Parker, Arizona having dinner with my Team In Training teammates on the eve of the Bluewater Triathlon. It was the first triathlon for many of us in the room and I for one could feel the butterflies in my stomach as I picked at the pasta and salad on the plate in front of me. Up until that point, for me, the triathlon was dedicated to my aunt Leslie Whitfield, who lost a 19-year battle to breast cancer in February of 2011.