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An Island woman athlete wore the widest grin of the day at the IW half marathon on Sunday.

Sharon McNally, representing IW Athletic Club, came home as the first lady in a time of 1.37.38 and 30th overall. “Absolutely delighted and quite shocked,” said Sharon, from Wootton.

“It is the first time I have won a race like this and is great preparation for my ultimate goal this year. I have been in serious training for the Amsterdam Marathon in October.

“I have been running around 60 miles a week and it certainly paid off last weekend. It was a bonus because we are used to running over the hills that the Island presents, so I maybe had a big advantage.”

There was a record entry of 232 for the 20th half marathon, organised by Ryde Harriers. Despite the blustery conditions, Aldershot Farnham and District’s Elliot Robinson blew the opposition away and came home in an amazing one hour ten minutes 30 seconds, almost eight minutes ahead of second place Paul Bleach, of City of Portsmouth.

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European Cup 2nd League in Tallinn, Estionia 2005.

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[Supervision of body composition and cardiovascular parameters in long sprint running athletes (400 m)]

Cisse F, Ba A, Gueye L, Sarr M, Faye J, Diouf S

Dakar Med. 2006; 51(1): 63-7

INTRODUCTION: The follow-up of performances and the prevention about possible incidents at the athletes make necessary the medical supervision in physical training.The aims of this study are to estimate the effect of a precompetition training program in athletes’ body composition, and cardiovascular modifications (in clinical examination and electrocardiogram)

MATERIALS ET METHODS: Ten athletes (3 men and 7 women; mean age of 23.6 +/- 3.16 years) of Dakar international Athletics’ Center are subjected to a training on a period of 2 months in aerobic dominant followed by a period of 3 months in anaerobic dominant. At the beginning and the end of training program, an electrocardiogram is recorded after blood pressure (BP) measure in lying and standing posture and heart rate (HR) take. The weight, height and cutaneous folds are measured to calculate the body fat percentage, fat body mass, fat-free mass and body mass index. Every athlete has performed the Ruffier test Comparisons are realized by the paired t-test, statistically significant for a p value < 0,05

RESULTS: Significant declines after training interest HR (79.2 +/- 14.7 vs 63.2 +/- 10.25 beat min(-1); p< 0.001), systolic BP in standing posture (11.8 +/- 0.44 vs 10.6 +/- 0.96 mmHg; p= 0.02), and Ruffier index (4.4 +/- 3.28 vs 2.23 +/- 1.62; p= 0.048) whereas the fat-free mass increased (53.14 +/- 8.41 vs 54.16 +/- 9.67 kg; p= 0.046). At the electrocardiogram, the number of athletes having sinusal bradycardia is crossed from 1 to 4; there is no modification as for the two cases of uncomplete right bundle-branch block and the pre-existent left ventricular hypertrophy. Negative T waves in V1 and V2 leads are present in one athlete before training and in two others after.

CONCLUSION: The impact of the specific training on body is real, interesting more the cardiovascular system.

Via HubMed Abstracts

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A Rottweiler named Bear who seriously injured a jogger earlier this summer was put down on Friday after the Select Board voted 4-1 to have the dog euthanized.

Bear attacked Timothy Kehoe of Weathersfield as he was jogging by owner Douglas Metcalf’s residence on July 8.

On Aug. 3, the board declared the dog vicious and gave Metcalf until Thursday to find a suitable rescue organization or the dog would be put down.

The Select Board rejected Metcalf’s suggestion that the dog live with a friend at a remote hunting camp. Select Board Vice-Chairman John Arrison said the board wanted to turn the dog over to an organization that could rehabilitate Bear, not a private citizen.

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