The following email came from our Dojo Daisempai, Howard Turoff:
This email is to formally announce that heretofore Nidans Djordje Djokovic and Daniel Montenegro shall be referred to in class as Sempai Djokovic and Sempai Montenegro.  This is in recognition of their outstanding service and loyalty to Koguma Dojo, and in appreciation of all the assistance they have provided to both Sensei Anderson and myself over the years, and especially the past year.  
 
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Sports social network site, www.lifedotsport.com  focused initially on endurance sports is looking to hire an intern with strong knowledge and understanding of the digital media landscape, including various social media websites. The network is currently in beta, and will soon launch a social media campaign. The intern hired for this position will need strong critical thinking skills in order to integrate into our vibrant and passionate team who are very excited to... Read full post

I want to give a big shout out to Darian from me and all my friends in lifedotsport, in support of the 6th Annual SeaPaddle NYC event!  Darian - or "Digger" when she competes - is a lifedotsport ambassador so, needless to say, she'll hear a loud cheer coming from all of us when she sets off on Friday (Aug. 17th) just before 8:00 a.m.! 
With both elite class and amateur participants, the event is held "to bring awareness and funding for SEA’s environmental projects and ancillary... Read full post

By luck (or accident?) I ended up with 2 Ironman distance races within only 8 days... I had signed up for Challenge Copenhagen 2012 last year, but was later also lucky to win in the ballot and got an entry to Norseman... I did Norseman last weekend and felt fine and had recovered only a couple of days afterwards so I decided to give Challenge Copenhagen a go yesterday. Loved the swim – took my time and really enjoyed it. Clear water and lots of space, the bike went really well until 140... Read full post

Getting ready to assert my morning strength. Piltes

How do people feel about disqualifying olympic athletes for social behavior, such as Tweets?
Should "inappropriate" behavior (determined by an unspecified panel of officials be grounds for disqualification from the sporting events?
tom

Now well into the London Olympics, the world is learning a lot more about Olympic sports - and their specific rules - than it knew before the Games began late last month.  Take badminton for example.  While the rules say you have to win every match, in point of fact, Olympic athletes and coaches are looking for any available advantage, including throwing a match to save energy or to face an easier opponent in the next round.  "It's perfectly legal, but morally indefensible", said... Read full post

Norseman 4 August 2012 race report
Lars Nordhild Rønning
My fascination with Norseman began in 2005, back in the days when I was running Active Sports and was the distributor for Xterra Wetsuits in the UK and Scandinavia. I had just completed my first Ironman – Ironman Lanzarote – and saw the most amazing pictures from a crazy, cult-like race in Norway called Norseman.
After Lanzarote in May 2005 I decided to register for Half-Ironman UK and Norseman, both to take place in... Read full post

This Iron Man triathlon is insane.  Here it is right from the site:

About Norseman Xtreme Triathlon

Norseman is the world’s toughest long-distance distance triathlon. It is also the most northern, taking place at the same latitude as Anchorage in Alaska. The race is a travel through some of the most beautiful parts of Norway. It is not a normal circuit-race as it starts in a fjord and finishes at mountain Gaustatoppen at 1,850 meters above sea level. Total ascent is 5,000... Read full post

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