Post by Alan on Oct 6, 2008 15:41:17 GMT -5
Emotions Power Mike Vine, Melanie McQuaid to victory at XTERRA USA Championship in Nevada
Sunday, October 05, 2008
See the photo gallery from the XTERRA USA Championship weekend at www.xterraphotos.com
INCLINE VILLAGE, NV – Inspired by 5-time XTERRA USA Champ and now cancer-stricken athlete Jamie Whitmore - Canadians Mike Vine and Melanie McQuaid powered their way through a chilly morning and grueling course to win the eighth annual XTERRA USA Championship on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe this afternoon.
“I needed to win this race for Jamie,” said McQuaid. “Our most epic battles have been here and she has solidly whopped me at this race over the years. This is where our rivalry came to a head. This is where she has shown her consistency and excellence. This is her race, and I wanted to win it for her.”
Indeed the 32-year-old Whitmore, affectionately known as “J-Dawg”, dominated in Tahoe – winning five of the last six races including the first sub-3 hour performance by a female last year. Shortly after that race doctors discovered a tumor the size of a baseball near her pelvic area, and over the last several months she has had two invasive surgeries to remove the cancer, which also took nerves and a piece of her tailbone.........................
Read more here:
www.xterraplanet.com/news/press_article.cfm?id=2320
Sunday, October 05, 2008
See the photo gallery from the XTERRA USA Championship weekend at www.xterraphotos.com
INCLINE VILLAGE, NV – Inspired by 5-time XTERRA USA Champ and now cancer-stricken athlete Jamie Whitmore - Canadians Mike Vine and Melanie McQuaid powered their way through a chilly morning and grueling course to win the eighth annual XTERRA USA Championship on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe this afternoon.
“I needed to win this race for Jamie,” said McQuaid. “Our most epic battles have been here and she has solidly whopped me at this race over the years. This is where our rivalry came to a head. This is where she has shown her consistency and excellence. This is her race, and I wanted to win it for her.”
Indeed the 32-year-old Whitmore, affectionately known as “J-Dawg”, dominated in Tahoe – winning five of the last six races including the first sub-3 hour performance by a female last year. Shortly after that race doctors discovered a tumor the size of a baseball near her pelvic area, and over the last several months she has had two invasive surgeries to remove the cancer, which also took nerves and a piece of her tailbone.........................
Read more here:
www.xterraplanet.com/news/press_article.cfm?id=2320