{"id":2742,"date":"2016-01-28T19:16:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T03:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2016-01-28T19:16:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T03:16:57","slug":"swim-cycle-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/swim-cycle-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Swim. Cycle. Run."},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>By: Joleen Braasch \r\nStaff Writer<\/pre>\n<p>Are you ready for the tenth and final WOU Sprint and Triathlon on Saturday, Apr. 23? Registration has begun, and Melissa Bergeland, Assistant Director of Programs for Campus Recreation, and Zachary Holloway, Triathlon Intern, are working hard to make this the biggest and best triathlon in Western\u2019s history!<\/p>\n<p>Start training now to conquer the 500-yard swim in Wolverton Memorial swimming pool, 17.1-mile bike ride on country roads southwest of town, and 3.2-mile run that ends on Western\u2019s track!<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t want to compete on your own? Don\u2019t worry, you can compete in a group! Marshall Guthrie, director of the Student Enrichment Program at WOU, competed in a group last year, completing the bike portion of the triathlon.<\/p>\n<p>Guthrie\u2019s team won, and he is proud to show off his accomplishment. Sometimes he wears his medal while he rides, \u201cthe way folks wear a superbowl ring,\u201d Guthrie said.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the competition, Guthrie loves bonding with colleagues, students, and community members; it\u2019s \u201call the fun of trying to win something without super \u201cagro\u201d competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This may be the final WOU Sprint and Triathlon, but don\u2019t get too bummed; campus recreation may be coordinating an indoor triathlon in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Questions? Search \u201ctriathlon\u201d on WOU\u2019s website, or contact Melissa Bergeland at 503-838-8860 or by email at bergelandm@wou.edu.<\/p>\n<p>All registration forms and payments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Apr. 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready for the tenth and final WOU Sprint and Triathlon on Saturday, Apr. 23? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":825,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/825"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}