{"id":20111,"date":"2013-08-13T13:28:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T17:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20111"},"modified":"2013-08-13T13:28:07","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T17:28:07","slug":"hooray-for-the-average-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20111","title":{"rendered":"Hooray For The Average American"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday Long Island Newsday<\/a> posted an article about this year’s participants in the 26th annual Runner’s Edge Tobay Triathlon which will be held on August 24 at Oyster Bay, Long Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Triathlon coach Jose L. Lopez of Mineola<\/a>, who won the first Tobay Tri in 1988, notes that the demographic of the Triathlon has changed.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Cases in point in this year’s race: Julian Acevedo, 26, a former diver and mountain climber<\/a>; Dave Patton, 46, a martial artist<\/a> and Kathy Griswold, 40, a yoga teacher.<\/strong><\/p>\n

All three are doing Tobay for the first time; each found the sport through a different route.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Griswold was a high school shot putter<\/a> and softball player<\/a> back in Massachusetts<\/a>. This past winter, when her gym held a mini indoor tri — participants swam in the pool, pedaled a stationary bike<\/a> and ran on a treadmill — she jumped in and enjoyed it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I decided maybe I should do a real one.” said Griswold, a Plainview resident who teaches yoga at two local studios.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I will finish, and I will have a blast doing it,” she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hooray for amateur athletes who are willing to rise to the challenge of something new.<\/p>\n

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