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• Reggae Marathon 2012 Happening This Weekend in Negril

  27 November 2012 by Karin in Happening on the Edge 2012,Sports [ 1 comment ]

  Reggae Marathon is Jamaica's premier international marathon event and it's happening this weekend in Negril! Come on down! Marathoners, sports enthusiasts as well as beginners, converge every first Saturday in December in Negril, Jamaica's capital of casual, for a fun event characterized ...

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• New Book on Football Coaching and Conditioning by Jamaican Justin Cresser

  17 August 2012 by Karin in Books,Sports [ 3 comments ]

  Jamaican Justin Cresser, a  football coach and strength and conditioning trainer,  has recently put out a new book called, Total Soccer Conditioning: A  Ball-Oriented Approach. This new book is a two volume comprehensive guide (over 300 pages) to training football/soccer players to ...

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• Olympics 2012 Highlights -Team Jamaica Setting New World Record for Men’s 4x100m Relay

  13 August 2012 by Karin in Sports [ no comments ]

  Here's one of my favourite Olympics 2012 races - Team Jamaica setting a new world record in the Men's 4 X 100m final. TEAM JAMAICA TO THE WORLD!

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• Update on My Training for the Reggae Marathon 10K

  18 April 2012 by Karin in Sports [ 1 comment ]

  [caption id="attachment_14636" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="My training ground - the running track at the Mona Dam, Kingston, Jamaica"][/caption] Here's an interview I did with the Reggae Marathon blog about how my training for the Reggae Marathon (10k actually) is going so far. I train at ...

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• Reggae Marathon or 10K in Negril this December Anyone?

  28 February 2012 by Karin in Sports [ 2 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_14108" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="The Running Girlz at the Reggae Marathon 2011"][/caption] I've decided to give the 10K race at the Reggae Marathon in Negril on December 1 a try. Not because I'm a runner at all, but just because I figure ...

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• Usain Bolt Wins 200m at 2011 World Championships

  3 September 2011 by Karin in Sports [ no comments ]

  Usain Bolt Wins 200m at 2011 World Championships in 19.40 seconds! Congrats to the Lightening Bolt!!  

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• How Fast Can Jamaicans Really Run?

  24 June 2011 by Karin in Sports [ 1 comment ]

  Red Bull Speed Trap takes sprinting to the streets. Starting June 21, 2011 Red Bull Speed Trap will measure the top speed of all participants in order to find out how fast Jamaicans really run. Jamaicans are known to be among the ...

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• YardEdge Talks to Jim Curl About the Jake’s Off-Road Triathlon on this Saturday

  14 April 2011 by Karin in Happening on the Edge 2011,Interviews,Sports [ 6 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_12090" align="alignnone" width="500" caption=" Jim Curl (second from left), Jason Henzell and others from the Jake's Triathlon family"][/caption] Jim Curl has been the main organizer behind the unique and ultra cool Jake's Off-Road Triathlon held in Treasure Beach for ten years ...

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