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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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• Jakes Off-Road Triathlon 2011 Coming Up April 16

  3 April 2011 by Karin in Happening on the Edge 2011,Sports [ no comments ]

  On Saturday, April 16, Jakes Hotel will be hosting the 2011 Jakes' Off-Road Triathlon in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth. The Jakes Off-Road Triathlon is an annual run, bike ride and swim race --  500 meter ocean swim, 25k mountain bike, and 7k country ...

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• Jamaica’s Fat Tyre Festival Brings Cyclists Together in St. Mary

  21 February 2011 by Karin in Happening on the Edge 2011,Sports [ no comments ]

  [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Talk about riding on the EDGE!  Jamaica Fat Tyre Festival - Photos courtesy of SMORBA"][/caption] The Jamaica Fat Tyre Festival is a week-long mountain biking extravaganza that highlights Jamaica's unique culture and amazing countryside trails bringing cyclists ...

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• Prissytroopers – Surfing in Jamaica

  18 April 2010 by Karin in Sports,Videos [ 1 comment ]

  Here's an interesting video from a series called "Prissytroopers" produced by David Borely which is basically a kind of travel/documentary series started in Trinidad but which has now come to Jamaica. This video is about learning to surf in Jamaica. There's lots ...

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