Beijing Olympics:  First Endurance sponsored swimmer Jason Lezak, who saved Michael Phelps’ chance for eight gold medals, finally got an individual medal for himself.  The hero of the 4 x 100 men’s relay race made good on the feeling that “has been eating at him for four years” – an individual Olympic medal. Lezak was able […]

Beijing:  Sponsored swimmer Jason Lezak anchored the men’s 4×100 meter relay bringing home the Gold medal in World Record Time.  The USA men’s team made up of Michael Phelps, Garret Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Lezak shattered the previous World Record by nearly four seconds.  With World Record holder Alain Bernard as the anchor, the French […]

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PARK CITY, Utah, Jul 30, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — At 5 a.m. on Aug. 5, 2008, at Mt. Katahdin, Maine, First Endurance athlete Karl Meltzer will begin his attempt to break the Appalachian Trail through-run speed record. To be successful, he must run 2,174 miles in 47 days - an […]

Geneva, Ny:  In the women’s ITU held in Geneva, Ny, two Olympians pulled a one-two punch: Ertel, 35, of Irvine, Calif., coming in at 2:04.52, and Kathy Tremblay, 26, of Quebec, at 2:07:02. The two left the water in a pack of five athletes, each exiting at times between 20:11 and 20:15; four of the […]

June 29, 2008—Boulder, Colorado resident Amanda Lovato made a return to the Med Express Spirit of Morgantown Half Iron intent to improve upon her third-place finish from 2007.  Buoyed by the success of her second-place finish at the Columbia Triathlon on May 18th, Lovato arrived in West Virginia confident she could make a strong push […]