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Yahoo
19 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Broome County Presents 19th Annual Parks Triathlon
TOWN OF TRIANGLE, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – The 19th Annual Broome County Parks Triathlon will return later this month. On June 28, the 2025 Broome County Park Triathlon will commence at 9 a.m. at Dorchester Park near Whitney Point in the Town of Triangle. There are a total of three different race distances which can be chosen by the participant. The cost of registration is $75 for the Triathlon, Duathlon, or Aqua Bike. Contenders can also sign up to participate in a relay. To participate you must be a member of the USA Triathlon. If not already registered, you can sign up for a one-day membership. In addition, a portion of the proceeds from this event will be given to the Broome County Parks Children's Accessible Playground Fund to continue building accessible playgrounds and parks. To register visit: Broome County Parks Triathlon 2025 Distances:Triathlon: 1/2-mile swim, 12-mile bike, 3.1-mile run Aqua Bike: 1/2-mile swim, 12-mile bikeDuathlon: 1.5-mile run, 12-mile bike, 3.1-mile run House GOP approves 'technical changes' to Trump agenda bill Activists plan to protest Army parade in Washington Remains of Texas family missing in Alaska believed to be recovered Binghamton Firefighters say 'farewell' to another brother Local eateries face off in Chef Show Down at Kilmer Mansion Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Cory Booker Releases Oura Ring Data From His 25-Hour Speech
Cory Booker, the senior Democratic senator from New Jersey, stood on the Senate floor for over 25 hours last week as he delivered what proved to be the longest speech in the chamber's history — breaking the previous record of 24 hours and 18 minutes held by Strom Thurmond, the Dixiecrat who in 1957 filibustered to delay the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Armed with several binders of data and bipartisan anecdotes spanning topics ranging from the economy to civil rights, Booker used the time to rail against president Donald Trump's policies. He repeatedly declared that America is in a "moral moment," and — invoking the late senator and civil rights leader John Lewis — urged both citizens and lawmakers to get in "good trouble" in protest of the current administration. And though he understandably showed some signs of fatigue towards the end of the 25-plus hour address, he maintained an impressive cogency, in what was ultimately an extraordinary feat of mental and physical stamina. Suffice to say that this was a serious physical accomplishment. And throughout the record-breaking filibuster, Booker wore an Oura Ring, which is a popular wearable fitness device that collects and compiles health data about the wearer including heart rate, skin temperature, blood oxygen levels, and more. (That said, while the gadget has a cult following, its users will readily admit that the ring isn't perfect.) Following his performance, Booker provided Men's Health with screenshots of the smart device's findings. As it turns out? Delivering a 25-hour-plus speech without breaks, food, and hardly any water is pretty taxing on the body, actually! As the screenshots show, Booker's Oura Ring showed him having a "good" night's sleep the night before he launched his filibuster, which began at 7 PM on March 31st. He also had stable stress levels, and a general "Readiness Score" of a solid 75 percent. Once the New Jersey rep took the floor, however, that changed. Per Men's Health, Booker's smart ring reported an elevated heart rate — it remained over 100 beats per minute over the 25 hours, which is considered high — and elevated stress levels overall. The device also clocked just 15 minutes of "restorative time," though it reported a sky-high "Activity Level" and a step count of over 20,000. (Booker told Men's Health that he was "shifting back and forth a lot to try to get blood flowing through my legs" after they started to go numb around the three-hour mark.) The senator's sleep report, unsurprisingly, showed nothing. "There's a lot of movement, but there's just no sleep data," Booker told Men's Health. "I thought they would put something on there." It's hard to overstate the stamina it took for Booker, who is 55 years old, to not only stay standing throughout his address, but to remain intellectually lucid. Ryan Bolton, the Director of High Performance at USA Triathlon, said Booker's energetic output was "comparable" to that of race car drivers, who maintain an elevated heart rate level over the course of hours while they race. Elsewhere, the senator told The New York Times that he took Motrin to help with muscle pain. He also stopped eating and drinking well in advance of the marathon speech to avoid bathrooms breaks, and maintains that he didn't wear a diaper during it. As for his post-filibuster recovery, Booker admitted to Men's Health that his hips and especially his feet took the worst blows — his feet were "in really bad shape," he told the magazine — and compared his general physical state to a very specific memory from his days playing Division One college football. "When I played football, Oregon State had the worst turf in the whole Pac-10," Booker, an alumni of Stanford University's football team, told Men's Health. "It was like they just spray-painted concrete. And the next day, everything ached from running on what was like a parking lot." "I woke up after getting a little bit of sleep after the 25 hours, and felt that way," he added, though noted that he felt "the soreness even more" the day after. More on devices: Let's Talk About Botched Weiner Implants
Miami Herald
31-03-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Olympic gold medalist Gwen Jorgensen among winners at America's Triathlon Cup in Homestead
There was racing of a different kind at Homestead-Miami Speedway over the weekend, and it did not involve cars. Former Olympians and college standouts from across the United States and more than 26 countries competed in triathlon events on the speedway grounds. The events were sponsored by CLASH Endurance. The America's Triathlon Cup Miami took competitors on a draft-legal sprint-distance triathlon comprised of a 750-meter swim, a 20K bike and 5K run all within the speedway. Gwen Jorgensen, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist, won the women's elite division and Reese Vannerson, a member of USA Triathlon's elite development squad Project Podium, won the men's. Jorgensen won by dominating in the 5k, and finished in a time of 55 minutes, 41 seconds. The 38-year-old mother of two won four World Triathlon Cup races during the 2023 season and on Friday ran the day's fastest 5k (16:58) to secure her first win of 2025. 'It was super windy. Thankfully, I've been in Boulder where there are 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts every day, so I've had practice in the wind. I knew that was going to make it tough,' Jorgensen told USA Triathlon. 'It's really special to have my family here and have a race in the United States. It's really rare to have racing in the U.S., and you look at the start line with how many athletes were here today who took the opportunity to race — that was probably the biggest start field I've ever raced in.' Gina Sereno (USA) led the women's field out of the swim. Several groups were seen on the bike and then Jorgensen dominated the run. Mexico's Marcela Alvarez Solis placed 2nd at 55:45 and Danielle Orie (USA) crossed at 55:55. On the men's side, Igor Dupios (France) led out of the swim and Vannerson dominated the run. His first-place time of 49:54 was followed by Dupois in second place with a time of 50:12 and Darr Smith (USA) was third in 50:14. 'All in all, I'm really happy with my race. The bike was a lot harder than I anticipated with the strong winds. Big ups to everyone out there. It was really hard, hot day,' Vannerson said. 'The guys at the front of the pack are no slouches; one of them (Seth Rider) has an Olympic medal, Darr I've looked up to for a long time, so to track them down means a whole lot. I'm just blessed.' More than 100 college triathlon teams competed in the Collegiate Club National Championships. Clare Anne Dasso of Queens University of Charlotte crossed the line in the draft-legal portion in 58:55 and UCLA's Edoardo G. Leone completed the same race in 52:00. In the Olympic distance, Annie Meeder of Univ. of Colorado (Boulder) finished in 2:07:58 and Mark Romano of the U.S. Air Force Academy came over the finish line at 1:51:13. AJ Cuddeback won the non-binary Olympic-distance event category with a time of 2:40:48. In the Mixed Team Relay race with each completing a super-sprint triathlon. Queens Univ. of Charlotte earned 1st place at 1:03:18, followed by Univ. of Colo (Boulder) at 1:04:59 and in 3rd, United States Naval Academy at 1:05:12.
