When Sinner makes his highly anticipated return to Rome for the Italian Open next month he will likely do it with a new girlfriend by his side Multiple news outlets are reporting that 23-year-old Sinner is now dating Lara Lieto She is a 31-year-old Russian model who previously dated actor Adrien Brody Sinner split with longtime girlfriend and professional tennis player Anna Kalinskaya in late 2024 A post shared by 𝑪𝒉𝒊 (@chimagazineit) Sinner has recently begun ramping up his training by practicing on the clay courts in France and Spain Earlier this week, Chi Magazine photographed Lieto next to Sinner at the Monte Carlo Country Club The reporting appears to remove all doubt the two are now together publicly Sinner still sits comfortably atop the ATP Rankings Stay locked into Sports Illustrated's Serve on SI for all the most important news from the tennis court and beyond Nick Kyrgios implied he is playing in the 2025 French Open but is not on the entry list. 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The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Sports Illustrated or its affiliates All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit If you or someone you know has a gambling problem crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER Privacy Policy | About Our Ads his family moved to Kona from the Bay area of California His mother said at that age he would wear his father’s race bib while running around their house and riding his bike to mimic a triathlon remembers his dad picking him up at the finish line of many races He especially recalls the father-son greeting in 2009 when Chris Lieto finished the most important and iconic triathlete of them all 56 seconds — less than 3 minutes behind winner Craig Alexander of Australia “I thought my dad was the coolest in the world and I wanted to be like him,” he said Kaiden Lieto has big dreams of becoming the first athlete from Kona to win the grueling 140.6-mile Ironman World Championship which involves a 2.4-mile swim in Kailua Bay and a marathon that finishes through a fan-lined Aliʻi Drive even with someone with his good athletic genes Kaiden Lieto already has shown he knows how to persevere In his short life he has survived a bike-versus-car training accident life-threatening brain surgery and his first crack at the 140.6-mile triathlon course 26 race in 642nd place out of about 2,300 participants This time the roles were reversed and it was Chris Lieto waiting at the finish line to greet his son with a big hug nobody would like to see Kaiden beat his father’s best finish at the Ironman World Championship and win it all more than his father During the two years leading up to Kaiden Lieto’s first Ironman World Championship But he overcame each of them to cross the finish line on Ali‘i Drive in 9:58:12 beating his dad’s time in his first Kona championship by 23 minutes “I was stoked,” said Kaiden’s proud father which we knew there was a lot of potential already but it just kind of reinforced that he’s on the right track and has the ability to do really well.” The finish was especially gratifying because of those challenges that began in January 2023 when Kaiden was training for the Hawaiʻi 70.3 Ironman race a local qualifier for the Ironman World Championship He was hit by a car while biking on the Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway suffering a concussion and broken collarbone He healed enough by June to complete the grueling half Ironman race in Waikōloa He placed first in his 18-24 age group and third overall among the 988 finishers The next day Kaiden flew to O’ahu for a follow-up to the crash injuries that left him struggling with memory loss and post-concussion issues It was during that doctor visit that an MRI showed he had venous malformations (veins that develop abnormally) and needed brain surgery he finally underwent the surgery after taking months to find the right doctor Lieto found out he had earned a slot for the most recent Ironman World Championship in Kona Karis Lieto said her son couldn’t get out of bed He had been seeing a doctor about a potential auto-immune disease and will be following up with the doctor in the coming weeks to create a health plan to address the symptoms As he walked down the steps to Kailua Bay for the start of the swim “I was looking at my home,” Kaiden Lieto said “I switched into feeling like it was just another day at home swimming at the pier just with a couple extra thousand people around.” Karis Lieto said it’s been difficult to watch her son fight so hard calling it a miracle he made it to the start line “It shows his integrity and willpower,” Karis Lieto said “I’m in absolute awe of who he is.” Chris Lieto said his nerves were all over the place from anxious to excited with his biggest hope that his son would have a good experience and journey He followed his son as much as he could throughout race day including watching him bike at the top of Palani Road and Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway he used a motorized bike to get ahead of Kaiden so he could encourage him every step of the way Kaiden Lieto finished fifth in his age group despite being stung by jellyfish during the last 100 meters He said there was a Jetski or a boat that was trying to wake the jellyfish out of the area but instead the wake hit him so hard his goggles flew off The water on the asphalt heated up like a sauna Kaiden had no water to pour on himself to cool off While he did have carbohydrate-mix energy drink he said: “You don’t want to over-drink carb mix because it will upset your stomach So I kind of got stuck and started slowly getting dehydrated.” Lieto started the final marathon leg strong as he entered the 4-mile stretch in Hawai‘i Ocean Science Technology Park a few miles south of Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport “It’s usually where pretty much everyone starts falling apart,” said Chris Lieto who would know having competed on this course in 12 Ironman World Championships He explained it’s usually when the legs start tightening up and the heat starts getting to you The park also is a difficult stretch to run because the area is quiet with few spectators and no support crews allowed it’s easier because you have the energy of the crowd,” Chris Lieto said The younger Lieto doesn’t remember much of the run portion at the technology park saying: “I was pretty out of it.” his father got tactical and tried to guide his son through the pain Chris Lieto told Kaiden to get to an aid station where he could walk to reset “Even if he was saying there was no way he can keep going ‘there’s a way,'” Chris Lieto said While Kaiden Lieto’s run didn’t go as desired the elder Lieto said it was expected since it was his son’s first Ironman and it’s hard to train without the experience of actually doing the race “There’s things you can’t teach or coach through You kind of just have to do it,” said Chris Lieto who at 52 retired as a professional triathlete in 2012 because of his age and issues with his Achilles Chris Lieto said his son will train differently with an Ironman under his belt because he now knows how to manage the heat “Knowing what you’re body is capable of allows you to push through when your body is telling you to stop,” said Chris Lieto as well as many other races throughout his career trains everyone differently based on their ability and goals he said there’s a lot of development that needs to happen without going too much too soon or too hard too soon Part of that is figuring out how Kaiden Lieto’s health reacts to the training it’s to train him in a way and build his body up to support whatever’s going on instead of taking away or making it worse,” he said “Being healthy and exercising has shown to be a benefit to everybody in any health situation.” Kaiden Lieto hasn’t thought much about what he’s doing now that he’s finished an Ironman World Championship other than taking some much-needed rest He was thinking about participating in the USA Triathlon Long Course Nationals in Daytona but decided to take a break for now to get to the bottom of his health issues and recover from exhaustion with head and body aches “I’ve been full gas through the car crash and brain surgery and I feel like I just need a break,” he said “I have plans but not holding on to them tightly Kaiden Lieto will train others for triathlon and running events He also hopes to race again in the Ironman 70.3 Hawai‘i in June 2025 He wants to beat the course record for his age group and also the overall record of 3:50:55 set in 2020 by Lance Armstrong the winner of a record seven Tour de France titles before a doping scandal stripped them from him I’m going to take my pro card,” Kaiden Lieto said He no longer is dealing with issues surrounding his brain surgery which he said is “less of a pain than whatever this is.” His potential auto-immune disease is different because it hasn’t been figured out Kaiden Lieto looks back with happiness about the support he received on race day in his hometown of Kona was just people shouting my name,” Kaiden Lieto said “Kona continually surprises me when they choose to back someone and support someone and I can’t thank everyone enough for that.” Karis Lieto said it’s been amazing to watch her husband and now her son take on the grueling sport “It’s such a gift to see their passion,” she said Henry Tomlinson Freelance Sports ReporterPublished: Invalid Date JANNIK SINNER has sparked romance rumours after he got up close and personal with Lara Leito The Russian model is the ex-partner of Oscar winner and Hollywood star Adrien Brody Sinner, 23, was dating fellow tennis star Anna Kalinskaya but they took a break in November They were thought to have started dating after meeting at practice sessions He has now been pictured with Lara, 31, by Italian outlet Chi magazine at the Monte Carlo Country Club The report claims that she greeted Sinner's coaching team and filmed the ace from the stands Later, she was spotted exiting his Audi RS6 ABT Legacy Edition supercar with a kiss Lara dated Brody for six years after they met at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 She has previously featured for fashion magazines Vogue and L’Officiel. Sinner was regularly seen supporting her at matches The couple even shared a kiss after the Italian won the US Open over Daniil Medvedev in September the ATP No.1 confirmed he was dating the Russian tennis player "You know my confidentiality… I won't say more." Sinner's new reported romance is believed to have started during his three-month ban from the sport He tested positive for clostebol on two occasions in March last year His explanation for the anabolic steroid in his system was accepted by the doping authorities He claimed that it entered his system in a massage from his physio who had treated a cut on his finger with a spray that contained clostebol Sinner was cleared of fault and negligence by an independent tribunal Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/ of Kona was the first Kona athlete to cross the finish line at the VinFast Ironman World Championship Saturday afternoon According to the Ironman Athlete Tracker app the 21-year-old placed 41st out of 59 for the 18-24 age group his bike time was 5:45:04 and his 26.2-mile run clocked in at 4:07:24 All local athletes finished the bike course and are tackling the marathon Updates on when they cross the finish line will be provided as it becomes available is the first of the Big Island athletes to finish the 112-mile bike course in today’s VinFast Ironman World Championship He is now 4 miles into the 26.2-mile marathon that will take triathletes back out onto Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway through the Hawai‘i Ocean Science Technology Park by Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport and back down Ali‘i Drive where men will cross the finish line by Kailua Bay He finished the swim in 52:17 and the bike in 5 hours and 45 minutes Original post: All 16 of the men from Hawai‘i Island who are competing in the 2024 VinFast Ironman World Championship have completed the 2.4-mile swim in Kailua Bay and now are on the bike course headed to Hawī on Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway The local triathletes share the field today with 2,400 other amateur men from 85 countries The race started with pros entering the water at 6:25 a.m. was the first Big Island athlete out of the water after a 52-minute swim he’s completed approximately 54 miles of the 112-mile bike course is competing in the iconic race months after undergoing surgery for a venous malformation in his brain Lieto said he was going into Saturday with the goal of pushing through to the finish line He said he is strongest on the bike and swim but feels like he’s on an even playing field for all the Ironman events His worry earlier this week was that his body wouldn’t function the way he wanted it to on race day depending on how my body is on the day,” he said Lieto is on track to finish in just over 8 hours has completed 20 miles of the bike course and is estimated to finish the race in just under 11 hours Kemp is among 40 athletes who are part of Team Ironman Foundation’s fundraising team which is dedicated to raising funds to support the communities where an Ironman event is occurring he said he had a goal of finishing the triathlon in under 11 hours he’s on track to finish in just under 10 hours this is Grigore’s third Ironman World Championship He’s crossed the finish line in Kona in 2017 and 2022 the 46-year-old said he’s sacrificed lots of sleep during his six months of training the 49-year-old is estimated to finish the race in 11 hours He is estimated to finish the race at this point in just over 8 hours he estimated to finish the triathlon in just under 11 hours he’s estimated to finish the triathlon in more than 10 hours he’s estimated to finish in 13 hours he estimated to finish the full race in 15 hours he’s estimated to finish the full race in more than 10 hours he’s estimated to finish the full race in just under 10 hours he estimated to finish the triathlon in under 10 hours he is estimated to finish the triathlon in more than 10 hours he is estimated to finish the full course in just under 10 hours he is estimated to finish the full race in more than 11 hours Track the athletes on the Ironman Athlete Tracker app Penn State softball (3-7) dropped its fifth and final game of the Fonseca Memorial Tournament 1-0 to USF on Sunday afternoon The Nittany Lions dropped their first two games of the tournament despite leading in both They bounced back from the shaky start and won their next two outings Penn State faced St John’s in the first game of its Valentine’s Day back-to-back Natalie Lieto drew a four-pitch walk on the game’s first at-bat and then scored on a fielding error from the Red Storm St John’s wasted no time tying it up after Jess Bianco who reached on a bundt earlier in the inning was scored by a single from Cassidy Stouffer Both teams went scoreless until the fifth inning where a sacrifice bunt from Lieto scored Kaylie Walters an errant throw to the second base bag allowed Walters to get all the way home to give Penn State a 2-1 lead that quickly grew to 3-1 after a two-out solo home run from Brooke Klosowicz John’s immediately knotted up the score after its next at-bat followed by a home run from Melanie Santos to make it 3-3 the bats got active for the Red Fury with back-to-back singles from Casto and Madison Konopka putting pressure on the Penn State in-field A fielder’s choice removed Konopka from the basepath but advanced Casto to third where she was sent home by a single from Anese Thompson to left field After two scoreless innings for both squads the Nittany Lions brought in three runs after a double from Klosowicz scored Jenna Nelson and Meagan Ricks a single right up the middle from Haylie Brunson scored Klosowicz from third before the third out of the inning came Macy Chamberlin cracked a lead-off single into center field followed by Nelson and Walters reaching to load the bases for the Nittany Lions Ricks scored Chamberlin with a deep sacrifice fly to make it a 4-0 ball game USF quickly closed the gap in the bottom of the fourth after back-to-back home run shots from Alanah Rivera and Camille Ortiz-Martinez Rivera’s scored two as Alex Walkes reached on a single to start the inning A very winnable game for Penn State abruptly ended in the bottom of the fifth in what felt like a blink of an eye USF tacked on a whopping nine runs in the bottom of the fifth A Bull reached on a walk to start the inning and two Penn State errors followed shortly after Ortiz-Martinez reached on another error from Penn State A grand slam from Jamia Nelson broke open the game for USF The Bulls ended the inning and the game with a 12-3 lead after a total dismantling of the Penn State defense Haylie Brunson launched the first home run of her senior season to give Penn State a 1-0 lead Maddie Gordon reached on a walk shortly after and was then advanced by a single from Walters allowing Michela Barbanente to bring Gordon home on a sacrifice fly to the outfield Loyola Chicago cut the lead in half thanks to a double to left center from Nat Lesnicki that scored Haley Wallace who reached on a walk earlier in the inning The bats of Penn State were cranking in the third inning and Chamberlin reached on a walk to load the bases for the Nittany Lions Brunson brought two runners home with a double Gordon then brought Chamberlin and Brunson home with a double of her own A single from Barbanente plated Brunson and Gordon and a single from Ricks kept the reciprocal energy going Lieto cracked an RBI single in her second plate appearance of the inning Gordon brought in two more runs to give Penn State a 12-1 lead after a remarkable bottom of the third inning Loyola-Chicago would bring a run in during fifth-inning garbage time Klosowicz plated Nelson to give Penn State a 1-0 lead in its rematch against St homering to left center field to double the score for the Nittany Lions Nelson reached second on an error from the St John’s center fielder and then scored after a bunt from Ricks gave her enough time to scoot home Klosowicz brought one more run in with an RBI single that sent Ricks home pitching all seven innings and allowing just three hits She also accumulated four strikeouts in Penn State’s successful revenge game against St John’s Penn State decided to spread out its pitching for their fifth and final game of the tournament and Lydia Spalding all getting facing seven batters each Rivera doubled for USF to start the fourth inning off which Ortiz-Martinez followed up by reaching base on a walk A bunt advanced both runners and then a single from Garcia-Soto scored Rivera After Lieto reached on a single in the first Maddie Gordon singled in the top of the fifth for Penn State’s second hit of the day but was left stranded as the inning came to a close but the lack of activity from the bats of Penn State left her stranded on base after Chamberlin and Bruson flew out to end the game The Nittany Lions head to Baton Rouge next weekend for the LSU Invitational Their first game is against Nichols at 11:30 a.m Cadyn is a sophomore broadcast journalism major at Penn State You'll often see him voicing his opinions on music and sports on X/Twitter @cgill214 “Although I lived in a new place every single year Griffin and the boys chatted about his favorite Penn State and Philadelphia sports memories Lamah is the second linebacker to commit to Penn State in the class of 2026 Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The Blue and White now head into the Big Ten Tournament without much momentum Chris Lieto may just have honed his game sharp enough to throw fear into Craig Alexander when they meet at Kona again if his performance at Kansas Ironman 70.3 is any indication And Chrissie Wellington is back on her game enough to shut the door on hope for virtually any woman at any triathlon on the planet after the British tornado put a 16 minutes the 2009 Ironman Hawaii runner-up unleashed a 2:05:30 bike that turned Andy Potts’ 90-second advantage after the swim to a 4:19 deficit starting the run Back in the old days before Lieto sculpted an excellent run on top of his killer bike Potts’ sizzling 1:07:15 run would have left him with an easy victory improved-with-age Lieto fired back with a 1:11:43 half marathon that gave the K-Swiss triathlete a race-record 3:44:07 finish and left him the better triathlete on the day by 24 seconds the 21-year-old Andrew Yoder emerged from the water three seconds better than Lieto stayed within 30 seconds of Lieto’s race-best bike and hung tough with a creditable 1:16:44 run to take third Chrissie Wellington had a decent 28:43 swim that gave away 3 minutes to Aussie Pip Taylor roared into control with as 2:21:16 bike that was on a gender-adjusted par with the best men’s efforts Then the 3-time Kona winner issued a frighteningly fast 1:15:12 run that may well be the fastest run by a woman ever at the 70.3 distance And it put her 16 minutes 40 seconds ahead of runner-up Taylor and 18:11 up on third place Linsey Corbin While it is hard to compare the significance of times at different races in different places in different weather on courses with different standards of measurement albeit on the same day Wellington’s run and overall performance seems to shut the door on an improving Carfrae And it shows that Wellington has plenty of firepower to fight off any challenge from the current Ironman 70.3 record holder Julie Dibens even on the shorter distance Christine Anderson (USA) 4:32:45 * W25-295 Natasha Van Der Merwe (RSA) 4:41:03 * W25-298 Images courtesy of Paul Phillips of competitiveimage.us © Slowtwitch - Built with Federated Computer To provide the best experiences, we and our 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Sign In the Otsego Christian School has hired John Lieto to serve as the first principal of the educational institution the school has always employed administrators to run the school But with the current growth — 60 students six years ago to almost 190 enrolled for this fall the board has (decided) to employ an individual with a greater academic level and a much higher experience level in leadership," said Glen A Otsego Christian (OCS) was founded in 1989 and has students from preschool through the ninth grade and features class sizes of about 10 to 12 students Lieto is from Monroe and has 15 years experience teaching middle school math in traditional classroom settings for the past two years he served as a stay at home homeschool dad to his two children I had been a stay at home/homeschool dad contemplating how I planned to re-enter the workforce after taking a few years away from the school setting to grow personally and spiritually I found that the opening aligned well with where I was in both my personal and professional life; so I applied I knew I wanted my next role to be something that allowed me to integrate my professional abilities with my newfound faith as a born-again Christian," Lieto said More: Otsego Christian School addition to double size of building More: When's the first day of school?: A back-to-school guide for Otsego County Otsego Christian's mission "is to disciple students in cooperation with Bible-believing Christ-centered families and churches and to be academically and spiritually equipped to serve as effective Godly members of the body of Christ and society." "We want a school that doesn't necessarily take faith out of education we want to be a school of truth," Karl Johnson Lieto said he has worked at a private Catholic school as well as a rural public school downstate prior to moving north "I have found that public schools are generally able to offer a larger diversity of experiences perspectives and resources that can help prepare students for life beyond the classroom in a variety of different ways," he said private schools often offer smaller class sizes and teachers have the opportunity to offer a more individualized approach to students' education I also appreciate how faith can be integrated into daily curriculum in these settings I don't think that I favor one over the other and might I add homeschooling families all have a lot to offer and the choice should always reflect what is best for each family on an individual level," he added Subscribe Check out our latest offers and read the local news that matters to you held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new wing that will double the existing building’s size Construction continues on the new 14,000-square-foot addition that will add seven classrooms a library and a half gymnasium that may also be utilized as an auditorium when completed OCS classes are scheduled to begin on Sept — Contact Paul Welitzkin at pwelitzkin@gaylordheraldtimes.com. Volume 10 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.862086 Identifying and characterizing the dynamics of explosive activity is impelling to build tools for hazard assessment at open-conduit volcanoes: machine learning techniques are now a feasible choice Stromboli experienced two paroxysmal eruptions that occurred in two different volcanic phases which gave us the possibility to conceive and test an early-warning algorithm on a real use case: the paroxysm on July 3 was clearly preceded by smaller and less perceptible changes in the volcano dynamics Among the changes observed in the weeks preceding the July paroxysm one of the most significant is represented by the shape variation of the ordinary minor explosions filtered in the very long period (VLP 2–50 s) band recorded by the Sacks-Evertson strainmeter installed near the village of Stromboli the usage of two independent methods (an unsupervised machine learning strategy and a cross-correlation algorithm) to classify strain transients falling in the ultra long period (ULP 50–200 s) frequency band allowed us to validate the robustness of the approach This classification leads us to establish a link between VLP and ULP shape variation forms and volcanic activity especially related to the unforeseen 3 July 2019 paroxysm Previous warning times used to precede paroxysms at Stromboli are of a few minutes only For paroxysmal events occurring outside any long-lasting eruption although applied only to the few available examples could permit us to anticipate this time to several days by detecting medium-term strain anomalies: this could be crucial for risk mitigation by prohibiting access to the summit Our innovative analysis of dynamic strain may be used to provide an early-warning system also on other open conduit active volcanoes by using Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) and fuzzy clustering The classifier forecasts hours before in hindsight patterns associated with fast-rising magma (typical of lava fountains) as well as a relatively long lead time of the outburst (lava flows from eruptive fractures) obtaining automatic triggers 10 and 7.5 min before the July 3 and the 28 August 2019 paroxysms These results highlight very short-term precursors of paroxysmal activity and provide a first valuable evidence for the development of an early warning system for paroxysmal explosions based on strainmeter measurements The results of the two methodologies were compared to highlight their robustness we developed a method capable of automatically picking volcanic events belonging to both VLP (strain data filtered between 2 and 50 s) and ULP (2–200 s) bands and classifying them in families based on event shape changes in order to mutually verify their outcomes: a cross-correlation among VLP/ULP signals and an unsupervised neural strategy Both methods were applied on data recorded throughout the year 2019 to validate the algorithms Then the neural network method was extended to a wider (May 2018-December 2020) period to verify that families found in a narrower time interval were still present to associate families with volcanic activity finally proposing a conceptual model capable of explaining the changes found Stromboli volcano monitoring system has been improved, after the 2003 paroxysmal event, with two borehole Sacks-Evertson dilatometers (San Vincenzo Observatory, SVO, and Timpone del Fuoco, TDF, in Figure 1) INGV and Università degli Studi di Salerno (Italy) in cooperation with Carnegie Institution of Washington D.C The radial distances of SVO and TDF strainmeters are about 2.5 km north-east and 1.5 km west from the main eruptive vents Data recorded by the SVO strainmeter are sampled at 1 sample per second (sps) and exhibit a very high signal to noise ratio (SNR) which made it a valuable help in understanding the volcano dynamics and changes occurring in the shallow plumbing system of Stromboli volcano TDF data are affected by a weak coupling of the instrument with the surrounding rocks the instrument was not in operation during 2019 so the analyses in the current paper have been carried out on data recorded by SVO only FIGURE 1. Location of Stromboli island and sites of the strainmeter network (from Di Lieto et al., 2020) The trails are reported to highlight the scarce presence of the escape routes (A) Normalized stacked VLP waveforms for three time periods of the whole year 2019: “ordinary” volcano activity present before (from January to May) and after (from July to December) 2019 eruptive activity 1 month and 1 week before 3 July paroxysm (B) Normalized stacked ULP waveforms for the same three time periods In this paper we have analyzed the strain signals collected during the year 2019 A quantitative classification of events filtered in the two different frequency bands recorded by the Sacks-Evertson strainmeter has been carried out using two different techniques: a cross-correlation cluster analysis and a self-organized map (SOM) neural network technique we find an automated procedure to cluster events and examine the temporal variations of their shapes in order to correlate the families found with specific volcanic activities Thanks to its high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) the SVO strainmeter is capable of recording strain changes characterized by low environmental noise levels An automated detection algorithm has been used in order to find VLPs during the Jan-December 2019 period data have been pre-processed in order to remove any spurious artifacts like valves opening/closing that cause highly energetic spikes which could affect the subsequent data analysis The pre-processed signal has been bandpass filtered in two different frequency ranges using a Butterworth three-pole digital filter: the band 0.005–0.5 Hz (ULP iteration) and the band 0.02–0.5 Hz (VLP iteration) no differences are detectable between “ordinary” and “1 week before” events Starting with the catalog of VLP signals obtained from the previous section, we quantified the similarity of shape of the events. In order to do so, we used a revised version of the algorithm by Green and Neuberg (2006) a cross-correlation algorithm among N events has a computational complexity of O(N2 x M2) - or O(N2 x M) when the fast Fourier transform (FFT) based cross-correlation is chosen since in the frequency domain the sliding dot product becomes a mere multiplication We have chosen to simplify the process by limiting the sliding window to just one value by selecting the main peak of each event and centering it in the central point of the event window The classification method described above is capable of clustering strain transients into groups with similar waveforms is needed to separate events falling in a specific family from those belonging to different families; this results in a trade-off between robustness of the method and the number of families found transients which slightly differ from each other will fall in the same family generating a small number of families and unifying many events which potentially belong to different families a high C-value results in a higher number of families most of which may be populated by a small number of events; we require a minimum number of events K per family to minimize this issue Rarest events are classified by the algorithm as characterized by slightly different phases showing the same shape as the most frequent ones the events whose mutual cross-correlation value exceeds the C threshold are clustered together and stacked determining the master waveforms of each group The process is iterated once these events are removed from the matrix and grouped in a new family the master waveforms are cross-correlated in turn with the events not clustered yet using the same C-value to classify a broader group of events We apply an unsupervised neural strategy to cluster the N=60,826 events triggered by the automated STA/LTA algorithm (M-dimensional vectors M=151) in the band 2–50 s and the N=57,826 events triggered in the band 2–200 s learning in SOMs is accomplished by adjusting the weights of the connections between grid units (neurons or nodes) and input units In contrast to supervised feed-forward nets guaranteeing minimal bias from the investigator the final projection of the data on the SOM grid reveals some underlying structure in the data data exploration is to benefit from that topological structure when interpreting the data only the prototype vectors and the current training vector) The SOM map consists of a regular grid of processing units known as “neurons” or “nodes.” We use a hexagonal grid a local hexagonal structure and a global sheet map A prototype (also called a code vector) is associated with each node The learning process of the map attempts to represent all the available data with optimal accuracy by using a restricted set of nodes At the same time the nodes become ordered on the grid so that similar prototypes are associated with nodes close to one another and dissimilar prototypes with nodes far from one another to the network during the learning strategy In the basic iterative and sequential SOM algorithm at each iteration a single input vector is presented to the map is identified (competitive aspect) and the prototype of the winning node is updated together with the prototypes of the neighborhood nodes (cooperative aspect) a feature input vector x(t) is extracted and the winner index c where x(t) is the feature vector of the signal extracted at step t and mi(t) is the prototype of node i all prototypes in the neighborhood are updated by the equation Here hci is the “neighborhood function,” a decreasing function of the distance between the ith and cth nodes on the map grid As neighborhood function it is often used the Gaussian expressed as: master waveforms have been cross-correlated with each other obtaining a maximum correlation coefficient matrix of size n x n n being the number of families found during the iteration: in this way we were able to verify visually the similarity between families The choice of families with a mutual CC value above the given threshold of 0.82 and which had similar shape characteristics as confirmed by a visual inspection allowed us to confirm that clusters of similar waveforms could be grouped together Cross-correlation matrices for (A) VLP and (B) ULP iterations The matrices are 15×15 and 43×43 wide respectively: the families found by the CC algorithm are reported on the x- and y-axes while the blocks have a color associated with the mutual cross-correlation value Lighter colors represent a higher degree of similarity The master waveforms found have their coherent signals added while the random noise contained in the generating events cancels out, allowing cross-correlation with the events not yet cataloged, using the same C-value previously used for VLP and ULP iterations. This last step has allowed us finally to generate temporal histograms of a much higher number of noisy events belonging to each family found in the previous step: in Figures 4A,B the histograms are shown Temporal Histograms of cumulative number of events per day belonging to the ith family determined by the CC algorithm (A) events found by the VLP iteration (B) events found by the ULP iteration The horizontal axis of the histograms indicates the time in 2019 Julian day We found a total of 15 and 43 families from the VLP and ULP iterations respectively, (Figures 5A,B), where the waveforms are determined as the stacking of the events whose mutual CC exceeded the chosen thresholds C: the total number of events belonging to each family in both iterations, depicted in Figures 4A,B show each group exceeding the K-value chosen for the iteration Normalized stacked waveforms belonging to the ith family determined by the CC algorithm (A) families found by the VLP iteration (B) families found by the ULP iteration The horizontal axis indicates time in seconds FIGURE 6. (A,C) Hits of VLP-data on the 5×5-SOM map (A), and hits of ULP-data on the 8×8-SOM map (C). Each hexagon represents one node on the map; the size of the inner yellow hexagon shows how many events fall in each node of the map. Refer to Figure 7 for the order of nodes (B,D) The normalized euclidean distance among “nodes” prototypes of the topographic map is shown The normalized distance between the adjacent nodes is presented with different colorings between the adjacent nodes: Dark colors (dark red) represent large distances and light colors (light yellow) correspond to small distances among prototypes of nodes One standard visualization method shows the distance matrix (U-matrix), where a color scale represents prototype vector distances of adjacent nodes Figures 6B–D The normalized euclidean distances among the corresponding prototypes are presented with different coloring between the adjacent nodes: dark/light colors between two nodes on the map indicate large/small distances between the prototypes associated with those nodes The SOM visualizations allow an understanding of the structure of the data set: reading each node as a family of events we can also recognize in the map the relationship between adjacent families Temporal histograms of cumulative number of events per day belonging to the ith node determined by the SOM algorithm (A) events found by the VLP iteration (B) events found by the ULP iteration Signals falling in some nodes notably show a high clustering in time of occurrence Since SOM organizes data in the map only on the basis of shape similarity the low dispersion in the temporal distribution indicates a correlation between time occurrence (histogram) and shape of events Normalized stacked waveforms belonging to the ith node of the SOM map (A) stacked waveform of families found by the VLP SOM algorithm (B) stacked waveform of families found by the ULP SOM algorithm The horizontal axis indicates the time in seconds does not arrange all the events within families trying to preserve the topology of the multi-dimensional data when they are transformed into a lower dimensional space are correlated with different volcanic activity CC cluster of families correlated with different volcanic activity (A,C) VLP and ULP Normalized stacked waveforms respectively (B,D) Histograms of VLP- and ULP- data Both spectral intervals locate families whose cumulative number of events per day tend to change as July 3 paroxysm approaches a “bad weather condition” family (Family 3 in the last panel) is plotted to show its different shape in respect to volcanic activity families The blue dashed line marks the VT occurrence on June 13; the red dashed line marks a major explosion; the two red vertical solid lines mark the two paroxysmal events; the blue solid line marks the lowering of the explosive activity level SOM cluster of families correlated with different volcanic activity (A,C) VLP and ULP Normalized stacked waveforms respectively The horizontal axis indicates the time in seconds (B,D) Histograms of VLP- and ULP- data The horizontal axis in B of the histograms indicates the time in 2019 Julian day SOM algorithm finds an “ordinary volcanic activity” family in VLP and ULP iteration (families 6 and 62 In case of the VLP iteration, the analysis conducted on the signals led us to the following results (Figures 9A,B and Figures 10A,B): during June 3 we found the abrupt appearance of families 14 and 15 (from the CC analysis) or 9 (for SOM analysis) gradually decreasing in number of events; in the same time frame family 10 and family 4 (from CC and SOM analysis gradually increasing the number of events per day when the average number of events per day drops to a negligible level; during the same period 8 and 13 through the CC; 3 through the SOM) CC) are found in the same period; their waveforms slightly differ with respect to each other showing a mild increase in events per day as the paroxysm approaches SOM algorithm defines the steady volcanic state with one particular family Correspondent events found through the CC algorithm are distributed in more families due to the self-similarity in shape of the transients found the CC algorithm found three groups of families (39 37–40 and 38–41) whose appearance is limited to the period June 5-June 25 The appearance of family 39 occurs simultaneously with families 37 & 40 while in mid June family 39 suddenly disappears families 37 & 40 have a gradual decrease in contrast with families 38 & 41 whose events start to rise at the beginning of the month dropping to low levels at the end of the period; in the same period 46 and 47 which tend to decrease as the competing family 45 begins to appear; both CC and SOM algorithm found a sudden change in families shape: families 37 39 and 40 disappear in the CC as families 38 and 41 are found; analogously the SOM marks a clear change from family 47 to family 46; the previous families are not found again by either methodology while other families suddenly appear: CC was capable of finding families 35 these families dropped to almost zero events per day just after July 3; SOM algorithm determines a particular family (62) during July - November 2019 Considering the volcanic activity described above we note the appearance of a correlation between volcano phenomenology and results of our analyses the specific sequence of occurrence of families found before 3 July 2019 while families 6 and 12 well define the post-eruptive phases of the two major explosions occurring on 18 August 2018 and 19 July 2020 It is remarkable that there is an increase in the number of events belonging to family 12 recorded after the anomalous explosion occurring in July 2020 which is followed by a gradual decrease in the upcoming days in which all the evidenced families are found is represented by the months January-May 2020 which is characterized by the occurrence of hybrid events we statistically analyzed dilatation data content in the frequency band 2–200 s by using two independent methods to improve the robustness of the results which led us in defining families of VLP/ULP events A recent classification of strain and seismic VLP waveforms in different “families” has been reported, on Mt. Stromboli, by Giudicepietro et al. (2020) and by Mattia et al. (2021) The transition from one VLP family to another or the superposition of several seismic VLP families has been interpreted as an indicator of changes in the fluid properties such as the change in permeability of the higher portion of the magma in the main conduit and this can be considered an alteration of the normal condition leading to the mild ordinary explosive activity Due to the receiver-source distance (about 1 km) and wavelength of the analyzed signals (of the order of 10 km), we can consider the near field condition: the time history of VLP displacement reflects the source time function and can be considered to be a time dependent quasi-static volume displacement of the source (Chouet et al., 2003; Legrand et al., 2005) to the same source process and comparable locations linked to fluid mass transport and the upward migration of gas slugs The principal difference is in the time history of the source which can be affected by the process generating the volumetric component of the source Passage of a gas slug through the upper conduit-vent system coupled with the properties of the gas slug itself can influence the explosion nucleation and consequently the time history of the seismic source The repetitive waveform type associated with activity at a given vent suggests that usually the source process recurs in very similar conditions Waves radiated during the bubble growth stage may move freely through the expanding magma due to its lower damping and under favorable conditions these waves may actually be amplified the system utilizes bubble growth for additional acoustic energy and for higher wave amplitudes On this basis we suggest a new conceptual model cycles of pressurization and depressurization of bubbly magma could be responsible for the initial amplification phase seen in LP and VLP signals On the basis of laboratory models, additionally, Oppenheimer et al. (2020) have proposed the important role of near-surface (down to 800 m) crystallization and the variations of the crystallinity and the interactions of crystal-bubbles in regulating the intensity of degassing and explosive activity These authors proposed a “weak plug” model for Strombolian explosions evolving from low viscosity style towards more crystalline a stronger and less permeable plug corresponding to larger events These last events are characterized by an increase in the crystallinity determining a different conduit condition and larger size explosions This model predicts some features of the Strombolian explosions pulsation and fountaining according to the degree of near-surface crystallization but suffers from a lack of a quantitative explanation of geophysical signals Petrological evidence, based on textural and chemical rock features, strengthens the weak plug model based on observations of earlier explosions, as discussed in Caracciolo et al. (2021): they suggest that dense degassed and crystal-rich magma formed a “soft” rheological plug at the top of the conduit bubbles can accumulate under the plug to slowly build the pressure to a threshold point after which the pressure is enough to cause the fragmentation of the plug this information could improve our capability to forecast dramatic events such as the one which occurred in July 2019 the SOM and CC algorithms have been able to discriminate little differences in VLPs shape and to find a correspondence among a higher number of families and volcanic phenomenologies Starting from June 2019 the VLPs shape at Stromboli changes showing a minor number of oscillations until June 25 A fundamental role in these shape variations is hence played by the damping factor associated with each VLPs family found Considering the receiver-source distance and wavelength of the analyzed signals which gives clues about the strain changes occurring at the source All the findings related with the changes in VLPs shapes lead us to propose that from June 3 until 25 June 2019 a continuous increase in the viscosity of the upper section of the magma column occurred a hypothesis also supported by recent geophysical models laboratory works and petrological findings The self-organized neural system has the intrinsic capability of the SOM to analyze large sets of high dimensional data and moreover it can be implemented in an on-line learning manner This allowed us to validate the findings that the ordered sequence of specific families brings to medium-term anomalies on a larger dataset In the present work we found that the VLP shape changes can be used as a precursor especially for paroxysmal events occurring outside long-lasting eruptions in open-conduit volcanoes such as Stromboli: as the VLP shape varies suggesting an evolution in the rheological properties of the upper portion of the magma column an impending outburst becomes more likely to occur The innovative analysis of dynamic strain carried out in this work allowed us to find a medium-term (days to weeks) precursor capable of forecasting an incoming paroxysmal eruption Considering that also short term (several minutes) strain transients are very clearly detected by the borehole strainmeters installed on Stromboli volcano we are confident that the installation of an additional borehole instrument which could supply information about the wavefield direction could improve our knowledge of the mechanisms of ground deformation linked to the pressurization processes leading to the most relevant episodes (major explosions or paroxysms) of volcanic activity the present work provides evidence that the dynamic strain could be useful for the knowledge of the open-conduit volcano dynamic processes and the deployment of an early warning system for eruption monitoring The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/Supplementary Material further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author and RS contributed to conception and design of the study PR and BD wrote the first draft of the manuscript All authors contributed to manuscript revision This research was funded by the Project FIRST-ForecastIng eRuptive activity at Stromboli volcano: timing INGV-Progetto Strategico Dipartimento Vulcani 2019 (Delibera n 144/2020; Scientific Responsibility: S.C.) 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restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright MONROE — Three things helped Ralph Lieto of Monroe be successful in his career: serendipity “My success has been being in the right place at the right time having the guidance of trusted mentors early in my career and the willingness to be involved and become active in organizations and societies without regard to getting recognized for future awards,” Lieto said The 74-year-old Monroe resident was recently recognized for 40 years of American College of Radiology membership and awarded the Michigan Radiological Society's Gold Medal Award for excellence as a nuclear medical physicist and radiation safety officer The award is perhaps the pinnacle of his extensive career After graduating from Monroe Catholic Central High School in 1968 Lieto earned Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in nuclear engineering at the University of Michigan University of Michigan professor emeritus of nuclear engineering and radiological science “I had originally had an interest in chemistry and then engineering before deciding on nuclear engineering,” he said “His required course in nuclear detection piqued my interest.” Lieto was accepted into the radiological physics residency at Henry Ford Hospital He became an expert in nuclear medicine and medical radiation safety and for more than 40 years served as a medical physicist and radiation safety officer for Henry Ford Hospital System and for St Subscribe Now: For all the latest local developments, breaking news and high school sports content. he had daily responsibility for the areas using radioactive materials and radiation machines for diagnosis he talks about advances in technology and recalls when Henry Ford Hospital was the only hospital in the country to have access to a computerized tomography scan (CT scan) The MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) was still under research “Technological advances and computers have been some of the most significant changes in radiology as a field,” he said Some of Lieto’s most memorable moments include two fellowships with the American College of Radiology (ACR) and American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) With the recommendation of the ACR and AAPM he was appointed to serve as the nuclear medicine physicist member of the advisory committee of the Medical Uses of Isotopes for the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission for two four-year terms Lieto was elected president of the Michigan Radiological Society (MRS) “I am incredibly proud to be the first non-physician president of the Michigan Radiological Society in their 100-year history,” he said His extensive career also includes being a diplomate of the American Board of Radiology and the American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine and his teaching experience includes nuclear medicine and radiology technologists radiology residents and an adjunct appointment in the medical physics program at the Wayne State University Medical School Lieto was given the Michigan Radiological Society's Gold Medal Award an honor he is humbled to receive and is trying to decide where he’ll place in his home “I think it will go on top of a cabinet in the dining room next to my daughter’s awards,” he said Lieto remains active with the Michigan Radiological Society and the American College of Radiology and enjoys spending time with his family He has been married to Donna for 50 years and together they have three children — Paul Daniel and Stephanie — and five grandchildren — Seth He said Donna is the real reason he’s had a successful career saying she’s the glue that’s kept their family together — Contact reporter Lisa Vidaurri-Bowling at lvidaurribowling@gannett.com Fortum logo Fortum logo Tietoa Fortumista Sähköä kotiin FI På svenska In EnglishKirjauduFortum logoYhtiömme Fortum kehittää aurinkovoimahanketta Liedon Tarvasjoelle Varsinais-Suomeen Vuosituotanto Murronväljän aurinkovoimahankkeesta olisi noin 80 GWh mikä vastaa noin 4000 sähkölämmitteisen 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at Kona's T2 with a 10 minute lead on the field He has three of the 10 fastest bike splits at Kona and is generally regarded as the fastest cyclist in triathlon – even with Lance Armstrong in the field California speedster this long to take a crack at Abu Dhabi gold but his whole year is primed to peak at Kona seven months from now Slowtwitch: You said you've been interested in this race since it started two years ago but haven’t come because you've never been fit enough to compete to your standards I've had some preparation for this race and have done some speed training preparing for Ironman 70.3 Panama So I have some fitness but I am definitely not as fit as I will be in June or especially in October I am not even close to what I will be in October ST: Can you compete at a good but not great for you level of fitness There are a lot of guys who make this race their top focus They train in the winter to be as fit as they can be on March 3rd I have no expectations nor am I expecting to have a perfect performance you said you would not be here unless you could meet a certain expectation of fitness and race readiness Chris: I have more fitness than I have had early in the season for the last 4-5 years I am not going out putting in some crazy miles like I am in Ironman training This I my first time here and I am going against a lot of top guys who have two years experience learning what this race is like But I am going to go at it and try to race it to win And put everything on the table and see what unfolds ST: At Panama you led to T2 then faded on the run Lance was about 15 seconds behind me at T2 But the biggest thing that got me was the heat The first few miles of the run was decent But after that my core temperature went through the roof and after that I couldn’t do anything about it but just finish ST: Were you on the verge of dropping out Chris: I kept running as hard as I could but I couldn't run any faster What happened wasn't based on fitness It was the heat and nutrition – what I took in and how I adapted I made some adjustments and will manage it a bit different in this race and I will see what happens ST: What about this race — the money the international competition Chris: I think it is a really important and gets a lot of media attention. They care a lot about the pros and they care about the media And they bring everybody here to show the race off and see how they perform ST: How does this contract with other series it seems that they have only put that emphasis on Kona And now they put a little more emphasis on Frankfurt and this year on Melbourne I think putting some eggs in a couple of different baskets drawing in the media and the athletes and making it a first class event will pay off for promoters and athletes 'ST: Is this race and its distances designed for you which is one of the reasons it took me a couple of years to come here the bike leg in the half Ironman races and this event become more tactical Chris: It means things are going to keep going to more tactical races That people can stay within a legal 10 meters and still get a big draft effect. And so that leads to more pack racing and the that means it becomes impossible to get away on the bike Chris: Until something changes – perhaps a longer distance of the legal distance between bikes I think there needs to be some changes in the officiating to return to the purity of the sport of a few years ago ST: A longer legal distance between bikes — such as 15 meters A few years ago at 10 meters you didn’t get much of a draft Now you do and it is because of the speeds But I think a bigger factor is the technology — the aerodynamics of the helmets and the frames You can get right in the slipstream much easier Things have changed and you have to roll with it ST: Is it too tough here to get away on the bike or at minimum have just a few guys go with you Chris: I have no idea how it will break down until race day I think I can run faster than 1:13 with a 20km run as we have here It's a kilometer shorter than 13.1 miles I don't know what the times were here last year But on a 20km course the run should be pretty quick A less-invasive surgery is often required today for many tumors, when oncologic radicality is strictly ensured, both to minimize hospital stay and health costs and to guarantee aesthetical results. Breast surgery for cancer has been radically changed in the last years since conservative interventions are widely performed everywhere. No difference was found among the two groups in terms of the type of tumor, overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), early complications, radicality, and mortality. The only significant differences were both found in the length of hospital stay and in postoperative breast deformity that required further intervention in some cases. In the era of mini-invasive surgery and quality assurance, the authors conclude that subcutaneous quadrantectomy is a safe procedure that allows less health cost and a better aesthetical result. Volume 9 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.829975 Background: A less-invasive surgery is often required today for many tumors when oncologic radicality is strictly ensured both to minimize hospital stay and health costs and to guarantee aesthetical results Breast surgery for cancer has been radically changed in the last years since conservative interventions are widely performed everywhere Methods: The authors present 75 cases of early breast cancer randomly treated with standard quadrantectomy and subcutaneous quadrantectomy; the totally subcutaneous surgical technique implies only a short periareolar skin incision and a complete quadrant resection with skin and subcutaneous layer preservation Continuous data were analyzed by unpaired Student's t-test The Chi-square test was used to cumulate categorical variables The Kaplan–Meyer method and log-rank test were used to compare the overall survival and disease-free survival Results: No difference was found among the two groups in terms of the type of tumor The only significant differences were both found in the length of hospital stay and in postoperative breast deformity that required further intervention in some cases Conclusion: In the era of mini-invasive surgery and quality assurance the authors conclude that subcutaneous quadrantectomy is a safe procedure that allows less health cost and a better aesthetical result Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in women, with a whole estimated incidence of 255,000 new cases per year in the USA (1); the mortality rate is declining in the last two decades with a specific survival rate ranging from 74 to 82% These encouraging results are due either to effective population screening programs or to the huge progress in cancer therapy and management (2) Since its high incidence, breast cancer is a real public health issue, consuming about 13% of the total cancer healthcare cost (3) This is the reason why many efforts are made nowadays to improve clinical results also in terms of reduction of hospitalization and request of further surgical appeals The concept of radicality in breast cancer has been deeply modified in the last years, going through widely demolition interventions toward a breast conservative surgery (4, 5); also, the axillary approach has changed at the same time, being axillary dissection a need and not a choice, today (6) safety and an aesthetic outcome can walk together to ensure the patient a good oncologic result and a good quality of life Due to the diffusion of screening programs, a large number of early breast cancers are diagnosed today; consequently, a less-invasive radical surgery is mandatory. Subcutaneous endoscopic mastectomy (7) is one of the current challenges in that type of surgery even if it takes more time to finally standardize the technique The technique of subcutaneous resection is well-known and is widely applied in breast surgery; unfortunately because they are judged to be more complete in terms of oncologic radicality and the easier control of the width of the resection about the tumor position We retain that when small breast cancer is finally encompassed into the mammalian gland its radical removal is possible by a glandular quadrantectomy along an avascular plane with a subcutaneous layer We propose the results of totally subcutaneous quadrantectomy (TSQ) in comparison with standard quadrantectomy (SQ) in early-stage breast cancer in terms of OS and DFS Subcutaneous quadrantectomy is not introduced as an oncoplastic technique; this operation where no plastic reconstruction is required could be considered as a kind of mini-invasive breast resection in which aesthetical advantage is achieved without compromising the oncological radicality 75 patients with early-stage (T1/T2-N0) breast cancer were surgically treated in a single-center unit of the Vanvitelli University of Campania Inclusion criteria were represented by histologically proven breast cancer tumor size ranging between <1 cm and 3 cm peripheral (non-retroareolar) position of the tumor into the breast and absence of surrounding tissues' tumoral spreading signs All the patients were staged as follows: anamnesis and clinical examination Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB)/core biopsy of the tumor to confirm early-stage breast cancer; more sensitive imaging techniques All the patients gave their informed consent and they were aware to undergo one of the two surgical procedures The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of Vanvitelli University All operations were performed under general anesthesia All the patients initially underwent sentinel node biopsy (SNB); as a 99Tc-labeled human serum albumin lymphoscintigraphy is carried out 3 h before surgery and the position of the sentinel node is signed over the skin; harvesting of sentinel node/s is performed with the aim of an intraoperative handheld gamma-detection probe and a sample is extemporary examined; cases of metastatic sentinel nodes Randomization was performed by opening a closed envelope in an operating theater unequivocally assigning the patient to undergo SQ or TSQ The SQ was done through an elliptical skin incision in correspondence of the interested quadrant and subsequently removing an entire segment The TSQ was conversely performed through a 2-cm periareolar incision at the tumor position into the breast A completely avascular plane is to be found between a gland capsule and a subcutaneous layer so that this one is spared for a better aesthetical result both in standard and in subcutaneous resection consists of the complete removal of the quadrant in which the tumor is decompressed; while the specimen includes the correspondent skin surface the same elliptic area of the breast is gradually detached from the subcutaneous coat the edges of the remnant gland are precisely juxtaposed by several stitches; finally the subcutaneous layer and skin are aesthetically sutured and only a compressive bandage was left in place at the end of the operation; all the patients were advised to use a compressive bra for almost 2 weeks Statistical analyses were carried out using the SPSS 20.0 software (SPSS Inc. Continuous data are expressed as a range and mean ± SD values The equality of the group means was analyzed by unpaired Student's t-test The Chi-square test was used to analyze correlations between categorical variables The Kaplan–Meier method and long-rank test were used to compare survival curves The OS rate was calculated from the date of surgery to the end of follow-up or death for any cause the DFS rate was calculated from the date of surgery to the date of tumor relapse by censoring the patients who died for causes other than breast cancer All analyses were two-sided; p < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant These formatting styles are meant as a guide as long as the heading levels are clear; Frontier's style will be applied during typesetting in which resection was only limited to the gland All the operations were successful without the need to change the programmed technique The two groups matched well; particularly, they did not show any difference in size, node metastasis, radicality, postoperative complications, hormone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) status (Table 1) the patients undergoing SQ experienced a more significant number of breast deformities than the patients undergoing TSQ (31 vs namely wound infection and serum collection were treated conservatively with antibiotics and multiple collection drainages 5 out of 12 scar retractions with breast deformity required further corrective operation Since the absence of remnant “empty spaces,” plastic surgery is hardly ever required; in normal- to large-size breasts TSQ is generally enough to obtain a good aesthetical result with scarce or minimal breast asymmetry; in small breasts all the patients underwent local radiotherapy and were given hormone therapy when required No patient was lost to the follow-up, and it was completed on June 30, 2021. There was no difference in the oncological outcome in both groups. The 5-year actuarial overall survival rates were 98 and 97%, Groups A and B, respectively (Figure 1) About 5-year actuarial disease-free survival (DFS) About 1–5-year disease-free survival rates in 75 patients undergoing surgery for early breast cancer Group 1 refers to 38 patients undergoing standard quadrantectomy Group 2 refers to 37 patients undergoing totally subcutaneous quadrantectomy Hospital stay and breast deformity were significantly different in the two groups A less-invasive surgery is one of the principal aims of the current practice to issue the same result in terms of radicality The recent history of breast cancer surgery has followed this line since it is well-known today that breast conservative surgery is completely stackable to more demolition surgical interventions in terms of oncologic radicality and life expectation (8) with better aesthetical results and no difference in terms of oncological radicality When the tumor is completely contained in the capsule a TSQ is as curative as an SQ with surely better functional and aesthetical results we retain that a mini-invasive surgery should be given without compromising any long-term result in which the surgeon can choose the best technique from time to time (A,B) Upper-external quadrantectomy: long-term results (A) totally subcutaneous quadrantectomy (TSQ): The scar is near the areola with minimal alteration of the breast shape (B) standard quadrantectomy (SQ): The scar is into the quadrant with minimal retraction in the middle third we have analyzed that OS and DFS are quite the same with non-significant variations in both groups Early complications were not significantly different between the two groups such as scar retracting often requiring re-operation were lower in the TSQ group and then in the SQ group with a better aesthetical result; moreover any re-operation has been performed in the TSQ group with sensible money-saving in terms of hospitalization and resumption of the patient's normal activities The most important limitation of the present study is the small number of the sample due to the exclusive selection of early-stage breast disease to give the results a strong evidence power subcutaneous quadrantectomy is a safe procedure in breast cancer management and is strongly recommended in young women in which aesthetical result is mandatory to ensure them a good quality of life The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by Ethics Committee of Vanvitelli University The patients/participants provided their written informed consent to participate in this study All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version 1. 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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) *Correspondence: Eva Lieto, ZXZhLmxpZXRvQHVuaWNhbXBhbmlhLml0 †These authors have contributed equally to this work and share first authorship the 16 triathletes from the Big Island who will be competing in the VinFast Ironman World Championship all have completed personal journeys including one man who overcame alcoholism and another who survived brain surgery “This event means a lot to me considering where I came from,” said 30-year-old Michael Kemp who became an alcoholic after his father died when he was 17 but has been sober for the past six years Kemp became intrigued with Ironman a couple of years ago after meeting an Ironman athlete noting endurance athletes and sobriety go hand in hand He will be among the field of 2,400 competitors from 85 countries competing in the Ironman as well as being among the 40 athletes who are part of Team Ironman Foundation’s fundraising team that is dedicated to raising funds to support the communities where an Ironman event is occurring I’m here to show my family I’m a standup citizen in the community,” Kemp said This is the first time only men will tackle the grueling course that includes a 2.4-mile swim in Kailua Bay 112-mile bike up the Kohala Coast and 26.2-mile run around Kailua-Kona finishing on Ali‘i Drive at the King Kamehameha Kona Beach Resort who said Ironman is an opportunity to show himself and his family that he can do something constructive and not destructive raised $25,000 that will go toward volunteerism grants and keiki of the community To qualify for the Ironman World Championships athletes must finish a qualifying event and be among the fastest Each event also has a varying number of Kona slots to be awarded “Everyone knows that Ironman in Kona is the one,” Wong said “It’s at the top of everyone’s list.” So much so that many men who qualified for the 2023 Ironman World Championship deferred their entry until 2024 because last yearʻs men’s event was held in Nice and not in the traditional setting of Kona Lieto surfed and watched his dad compete in Ironman Lieto already has completed quite a few half Ironman events But his journey to compete in the world championship hasn’t been easy he was hit by a car while bike training on Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway and suffered a concussion and broken collarbone Lieto would go on to finish third in his age group during Honu he said he wanted to be a professional triathlete because he “got so hooked.” Lieto flew to O’ahu for an MRI as a follow-up on the crash injuries that left him struggling with memory loss and post-concussion issues Lieto was told he had a venous malformation in his brain The doctors also told him that he should stop working out because it could result in a brain bleed Lieto found out he got a slot for the Ironman World Championship in Kona Lieto’s first full week of training started in late May and he’s rarely missed a day when he’s been suffering from body fatigue Lieto said: “I was confident I was going to win my age group This Saturday is going to be about pushing through and finishing.” Lieto said he is strongest on the bike and swim but feels like he’s on an even playing field for all the Ironman events His worry is that his body won’t function the way he wants it to come race day Big Island athletes are training nearly every day for several hours leading up to Ironman they have the advantage of learning the championship course “We know every single turn and rolling hill,” said Laurentiu Grigore “We’re probably more adapted to heat and humidity.” Grigore has lived on the Big Island for 17 years and completed Ironman World Championship races in 2017 and 2022 He has sacrificed lots of sleep during his six months of training but now has a goal of finishing the triathlon in under 11 hours “I love that it’s my home and I get to race in the place I love the most,” Grigore said “The pressure of the race is amazing the triathlon everyone wants to do.” Wong has been trying to get into the Kona race for three years He’s been training seven days a week for six months the 49-year-old recalled hitting a wall while running on his treadmill on his lanai “I literally broke down,” Wong said “I was in tears thinking I couldn’t do it.” But thinking about his family and friends who are supporting him on his Ironman journey which has included training seven days a week for six months he pulled himself out of the dark place and finished the run Wong has been participating in triathlons for 15 years consistency and devotion to complete three full Ironman races and 15 half Ironmans “I test myself to see how far I can go,” Wong said Kemp also has trained every day for months and has practiced on the course Some days he goes on a long ride and short run and other days he’ll do long swims “I’m learning how to battle winds and expect the winds.” He said he has low expectations for conditions because they are unpredictable and “you need to roll with the punches.” Lieto said when he’s on the course he feels at home He sees the memories he’s made with friends over the years especially while running past Banyan’s which is also part of the Ironman run course “There’s no better place to grow up,” Lieto said the full list of Hawai‘i Island triathletes are: Anthony Kotas Editor’s note: If you know of any other triathlete from the Big Island who is not on this list please let us know at newseditor@bigislandnow.com Be one of the first to try our new activity feed Matt Lieto shares his story of transformation from heavyset college kid to lean Also: Tips on how to stay healthy and tackle meal plans from a busy pro with a full-time job and a competitive age-grouper who’s a father of two picky eaters Pro triathlete Matt Lieto recalls packing on the pounds from the age of 7 unlike his naturally lean brothers Chris (three-time Ironman champion Chris Lieto) and Paul Matt’s trend toward tubbiness was fueled by the mountains of food on hand meant for the two always-hungry teen boys “If I knew there was a pack of Oreos at the house I would bust my ass home from school to get some I’d throw them all in my mouth as fast as I could,” he says was also a likely culprit in Matt’s dietary dissonance Growing up the lone chubby sibling wasn’t easy “I always joke—lovingly—that Chris popped out of the womb with a six-pack,” says Matt I went to college at 220 [on a 6’2” frame] and while there I gained more weight and you learn not to feel all that good about yourself It compounds with eating for comfort and that sort of thing.” A trip to the doctor when Matt was 21 marked a turning point in his life “I had marks on my thighs and I was freaking out thinking I had some kind of skin disorder,” he says “I went to a doctor who looked at me and said ‘Those are stretch marks.’ To make it worse Matt traveled to the Big Island with his family to support Chris at the Ironman World Championship “I’d never been around that many fit people in one place,” Matt said echoing the sentiment of most people witnessing Kona He volunteered at an aid station toward the end of the run “I remember some Euro dude was in the lead yelling Ice!’ And I couldn’t catch him to give him the ice He had been out there for eight or nine hours Matt returned to college and set about changing his life switched his fast-food snacks to fruit and cut “anything in a box” from his diet a prince for lunch and a pauper for dinner.’ So I did that and also I carried a Nalgene bottle wherever I went Any time I got hungry or thirsty I drank the whole Nalgene—so I ended up drinking four or five bottles a day.” Healthy eating was only half the solution for Matt “People assume that I lost weight when I got into triathlon But have you tried running at 250 pounds?” Instead he spent five hours a day at the skate park Within four and a half months Matt had whittled himself down to 165 “I was actually too skinny so I started eating meat again I couldn’t keep weight on without eating that level of protein.” A year later he tackled his first triathlon and soon realized he was skilled at multisport He followed his brother’s footsteps into the pro ranks and has never looked back his weight fluctuates from 180 in the off-season to 170 at his peak fitness “I try to keep it closer to 175–177 in winter,” Matt says And I know if I gained 20 pounds I’d be an emotional disaster.” Matt has the potential to gain weight quickly so he’s careful to limit the temptations that might tip the scale a savory tooth—you name it!’ It’s still always a struggle If somebody brings over a plate of cookies literally every moment that I’m in my house—and probably outside of my house—I’ll be thinking about how much I want to eat them I don’t totally keep myself from eating anything like that I just know that I can’t have it in my house.” he’s learned how his body responds to food and he makes every effort to fuel himself right Restricting calories in conjunction with heavy training—something he tried in the past—had an adverse affect I just make sure I eat it at the right time I try to follow my old coach Matt Dixon’s plan The short version of that is to replace every calorie you burn in training within that training or within a couple hours after that training If I go for a five-hour ride and burn 4,000 calories I’ll eat 4,000 calories within that period of time That’s when I hit it just right.” Matt knows there’s a fine line between a healthy race weight and being too lean—and he prefers the extra pounds “But there are times where I’m the ‘chubby’ dude out there But I know that if I’m healthy I can totally empty my tank on race day And when an athlete isn’t one hundred percent healthy but the potential for them to completely crack is huge who speaks to youth groups whenever possible to share his healthy-lifestyle message admits that his body image is still a mixed bag “I do think I’m a fat guy in a skinny guy’s body People think I’m OK with my body all the time I am definitely the guy that runs around with his shirt off And I may run around in a unicorn Speedo [a prank he pulled as a spectator at the 2013 Cyclocross National Championships] But I guess I wouldn’t do it if I was super self-conscious about what I looked like And I was the kid with the t-shirt on at the swimming pool until he was 21 years old Jen Luebke (who happens to be Lieto’s girlfriend) has always been athletic then turning her attention to volleyball before discovering triathlon during her senior year in high school Luebke credits her mother “big time” with helping her establish a strong self-image and healthy eating habits “My mom gained a lot of weight when we were younger but she totally turned it around with nutrition and exercise “I don’t believe in the word ‘diet!’ She didn’t do anything crazy or cut anything out—she just started eating a balanced mix of fruits and vegetables It made my sister and I very aware of how we ate—but in a good way.” Luebke says she’s most successful with her nutrition when she can plan ahead But with a 35-hour-a-week job as an administrative assistant in a biomechanics lab along with triathlon training to get food in my stomach post-workout,” says Luebke “So I’m a big fan of ingredients that are partially prepared Trader Joe’s is great for those make-your-meal-faster ingredients: sauces pre-chopped vegetables and marinated meats.” Luebke shares a “double-duty meal” she enjoys making for dinner John Craft embodies the balance many triathletes strive for: splitting time between his wife Lori and two sons (Hunter He’s raced the gamut of distances and has now “settled into 70.3’s,” the best fit for his busy schedule Craft’s nutritional upbringing was hardly the epitome of good health If it wasn’t deep fried it wasn’t on the table!” he says Craft has learned the importance of healthy eating by witnessing his sons “They’re doing endurance stuff that I wasn’t into as a kid and I see how as a family we can’t eat the fast-food stuff I ate growing up If they’re swimming and they’re cranky it’s not because they’re super tired—it’s because they’ve been eating crap.” But practicing proper nutrition can be tricky in a time-strapped family of four “We try to do quick and easy yet nutritious meals,” says Craft But Hunter is the pickiest eater I’ve ever met We all sat down for a family meeting and went around the circle and each person listed all their favorite foods Then my parents took the boys out and bought them a couple of cookbooks.” The plan is to include at least one item from each boy’s list for dinner getting them involved in the process and ultimately encouraging new tastes “The next night the boys made pizza together But he makes sure his house is stocked with nutritious options “When I’m home I don’t have to worry about what I’m going to eat because all the things I have around are tasty Here Matt shares his go-to favorites from a Mediterranean-themed diet teeming with fruits and vegetables and like almost anybody who does our sport I seem to have three bunches of bananas in the house at all times – I eat a ton of peanut butter—on everything I make “training pancakes” with peanut butter blended into the batter Panda Puffs cereal with peanut butter is out of this world – I go through avocados like nobody’s business especially with veggies like carrots and snap peas – I buy a lot of Glutino and Udi’s gluten-free products—mostly bread but I’ll get into other carbs when I’m in Ironman training so I do a lot of brothy soups in the winter dolmas—I eat antipasto of some sort every day – I still drink tons of water and it helps me a lot We got a Sodastream and that thing is the freakin’ bomb Trek/K-Swiss Pro Matt Lieto has shown a few times that his older brother Chris isn't the only Lieto who can go fast in a triathlon Oregon where he is currently preparing for Lake Stevens 70.3 Matt: I had to make a few changes to the plan recently I skipped that race to put some quality training in for Lake Stevens to carry through to Canada Matt: My plan is to go to Stevens and test myself against some great competition while getting in a last good quality hit out before Stevens As per the Lieto protocol I will do my best to swim with the guys and separate things a bit on the bike I believe I still have the bike course record and would like to improve upon it and put myself in a position to win the race on the run ST: You haven’t raced since Coeur D’Alene but I have been figuring out some strange health issues and have had some good down time getting healthy again I have spent a lot of time at the doctors getting tests to clear some things off the list I spent a week up in Seattle getting things straight with my good friend and alternative sports health care provider William Pettis He really got to the bottom of my issues and we think I am quite close to being fully recovered to put it lightly these races were quite disappointing for me My goal for this year was to put the early time in the cold of Bend and have some solid IM performances building into Kona I was in the best shape I had been in my career thanks to Matt Dixon My stomach was bloated and just felt really awful It just seemed to get worse and the day of the pro meeting I was too weak to show and weighed 7 lbs under race weight I was able to get into the lead group swapping turns and feeling really strong till 60 miles when the bottom came out and starting vomiting and shivering and the legs just wouldn’t go Realizing I was going to dig myself a big hole to finish Later that week I was diagnosed with Giardia and my 3 races in 3 weeks combined with my illness had put me into a poor position starting the race was able to make up a 3 minute gap to get into the lead group by mile 10 on the bike and just tried to do my best to ride well up front My last hour on the bike was pretty awful but still got off in the chase group and was running in top 6 when &^$% got real I held a 6:30 pace average through 3 miles when I felt my energy just completely drop I started running towards the side of the road for safety and I am glad I did I was in and out of consciousness a few times and apparently tried to move forward every time I came to my Garmin GPS shows me running steady then abrupt stop then a short slow few meters then a stop a few times over my old coach and great friend Muddy was there to pull me off the course and made me call it quits The scary thing was that it was 85 degrees out and my body temp didn’t get over 92 for 3 hours after my ambulance ride and visit in the med tent This is what scared us the most and the reason it has taken me so long to get back to training We had to rule out all heart conditions before I could get rolling again especially with my good friend and training partner Steve Larsen passing away last year from a heart condition We just didn’t want to take the risk that I might have a serious condition It turns out my Giardia and the medication to cure it had ravaged my system so deeply I was malnourished and imbalanced to the extent that my body would go into shock under extreme stress ST: Your performance at Honu 70.3 was very nice especially on the bike and with the heat compared to the snowy conditions back in Bend I was hoping to finish up higher on the podium but was great to be able to push and be pushed by Tim Deboom and Luke Bell all day I hung within a minute of them till mile 11 hoping they would punch each other out but with their class I had to settle for 3rd to some of my early role models in the sport Tim was and is someone I always look up to and was actually kind of hard to be in a race mindset against someone I used to cheer for when I was first exposed to this event as a 250 lb spectator When he passed me I kind of half cheered for him then realized that is probably not the way to try and psych out my competition 😉 ST: What else is on your schedule for 2010 then Kona (pending qualification) then a 70.3 or 2 and XTERRA nationals and maybe worlds thrown in It is really going to depend on my recovery It is really frustrating as all I want to do is race but I need to get 100% healthy before I can get back at it full throttle ST: So you would not go to Kona if you were not fit I will not put myself in another race if I don’t think it is the best thing for my health I have been going there for 10 years mainly as a spectator for big bro so if I have a chance to see his 1st victory while racing with him on the course ST: Where does the nickname BIGMATT come from Matt: That nickname comes from an old Tour Team in the late 90’s I liked their style and would rock their construction style bike kits The nickname came while watching the tour one year and a buddy decided that was a perfect nickname for me 😉 It works because well When I was first introduced to the sport 11 years ago I was a cheerleader for that Chris Lieto guy I was inspired by him and the rest of the amazing athletes in Kona and dropped the weight in the next 6 months ST: So the 250-pound spectator comment earlier wasn't just a figure of speech How many folks other than your family and close friends do you think remember you like that not sure even if most of my family remembers me as that kid anymore If anyone can still envision that chubby kid it is most likely me ST: Do you own one of those BigMat cycling kits although I am looking for another one as the team is back for this year My kit is about 7 years old and red- not real classy if ya know what I mean Matt: Bend is an amazing place with tons of open roads and pristine single track trails to have some different training grounds and to surround myself with some like-minded people Bend’s athletic community is so unique and so diverse and it’s just so easy to feed off the energy of all the amazing athletes in town I am able to train most days with athletes that are the best in their professional sports I really value these friends in town as we all push each other to succeed in our own sports but don’t always have to converse about our own sports drama all of the time Matt: It can definitely be a pain at times I usually need to take several well-timed 10-14 day camps to get some bike mileage in I like the diversity and the fact it forces me to take a bit of a break to do some different things I tend to Nordic ski a bit in the winter and get on the mountain bike more than usual Definitely had some quality sessions on the PowerBeam this year but think that in the end that is a good thing I think you are probably asking about Carl Decker He is a pro mountain biker for Giant and the winner of the Downieville race this year as well as X-Games rally cross racer this past weekend I joke that he makes me feel like less of a man daily ST: Does Carl work on your car too when it needs some help Matt: He definitely points me in the right direction I am not the most auto intelligent man on the planet so I surely get his advice when something goes wrong Next step we’ll wrap the outback in Trek/Kswiss and be the first ‘02 Outback Wagon at the X-Games ST: We noticed that Carl has a Citroen 2CV in the garage but it is pretty much the classiest motor pacing vehicle I have ever seen ST: Do you get tortured on mountain bike rides I guess I would be closer to getting tortured versus holding my own I love mountain biking and Carl has shown me a few things that keep me up to pace with most mortals out on the trail I actually raced and won my first attempt at the XTERRA discipline this year in Folsom So I guess I am not THAT bad 😉 I raced there after only 2 rides on the Trek Top Fuel so am looking forward to racing it again at either XTERRA National Champs ST: It appears everybody on the Trek / K-Swiss team is getting along quite well We just don’t seem to get along at all 😉 The team has been a great opportunity for all of us and I think we are all excited to be a part of something so unique Everyone on the team seemed to have bonded over our team camp and we are all waiting for another opportunity to hang out and train as a group but as it was important to Nick Howe of Trek and Erik Vervloet of K-Swiss more importantly a collection of fun and inspiring personalities We all seem to be thriving off of the team atmosphere and the encouragement and support that is being shown is quite cool ST: What else is going on for you in terms of sponsorship Matt: The Trek/K-Swiss team truly makes me feel like a pro and have encouraged me to step up my game The team is taking the professionalism of the sport to a new level and am stoked to be a part of it I have also been blessed to be supported by PowerBar for the past few years and am loving the new Ironman Perform electolyte drink This year a new sponsor for me has been CycleOps and their Power Taps are keeping me honest in training and racing and of course Base Performance and their bevy of products This stuff is really amazing and has helped my training immensely (and I am not just sayin that because the brother founded it) ST: Do you think that Cul-De-Sac haircut image will follow you for a long time Matt: I kinda hope not 😉 That was a fun night of team bonding and glad that the Cul-De-Sac was entertaining to all Don’t think I have ever seen Mark from Trek laugh that hard EVER I had always wanted to do the Cul- De-Sac but next year I am thinking bout growing my hair longer so at team camp big bro can shave in a Cul-De-Sac complete with a Comb-Over I am a big fan of cycling and keep a close eye on all my training buddies in town and their respective sports I have been eating mostly gluten free for the last 8 years and since my recent issues William Pettis and I have found I need to be more stringent with this diet and never really “diet” just focus on fueling correctly via Matt Dixon’s fueling protocol Guys in town love riding with me in the winter as I always make time to stop at my favorite gluten free bakery on every ride 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You can change your settings at any time or by clicking on the manage consent button at the bottom of the screen An American finally reclaimed the title at Buffalo Springs Lake and Chris Lieto made sure everybody knew it.The professional triathlete from northern California ended four years of Australian domination on Sunday winning the Buffalo Springs Lake Ironman 70.3 in near-record fashion Lieto punctuated the victory with a proud display of patriotism draping himself in an American flag as he crossed the finish line."I'm glad to break the Aussie streak," said Lieto who won his second half-Ironman race in a span of three weeks too."Lieto was referring to October's Ironman World Championship in Kona where Australians Craig Alexander and Chris McCormack have combined to win the last three titles was at Buffalo Springs Lake on Sunday but did not compete because of a recent illness.That opened the door for the 38-year-old Lieto 28 seconds was 37 seconds shy of the course record set by Australian Luke Bell in 2006 Lieto held off second-place Terenzo Bozzone by less than two minutes beating the 25-year-old New Zealander for the first time this year."I had to give him one," Bozzone said with a grin "I didn't want the old guy to retire unhappy you know?"Bozzone and Lieto were neck-and-neck after the swimming portion of the race and then Lieto built a lead of about five minutes on the 56-mile bike ride because Bozzone made up about three minutes on the 13.1-mile run.Bozzone couldn't catch up saying he spent too much energy trying to keep pace with Lieto during the first half of the cycling course."I would have loved to come home with a win He had a great race."So did women's champion Magali Tisseyre who came from behind to win her second half-Ironman in a row The 28-year-old pro from Quebec was about five minutes behind fellow Canadian Angela Naeth off the bike but Tisseyre passed her on an uphill climb a little more than halfway through the running course.Tisseyre finished with a time of 4:23:21 beating Naeth by about a minute-and-a-half."I was a little more tired than usual "I was able to fight back for first place."Perhaps the most impressive performance of the day came from native South African Krige Schabort who was competing in his first half-Ironman and just his fifth triathlon overall Handcycle Championship.Schabort posted a time of 4:55:07 shattering the handcycle course record by about 25 minutes He finished more than 40 minutes ahead of San Diego's Oscar Sanchez who placed second in the handcycle division.Schabort a four-time medalist in wheelchair racing at the Paralympic Games also became a first-time qualifier for the Ironman World Championship And he earned high praise from four-time Ironman champion Carlos Moleda who said Schabort will "definitely" break his handcycle course record in Hawaii.But Schabort knows there is work to be done in the meantime."I think this race is probably the ultimate test for a Kona race so I'm glad I came here and really tried to see what I can do," he said "It gave me a good idea of how much I still have to work and where I'm at for down the line."Tricia Downing won the women's handcycle championship in a time of 7:31:26 the 40-year-old motivational speaker also earned an invitation to the Hawaii Ironman.In the Tri-Raider Sprint Triathlon a shorter race held simultaneously on Sunday took the overall title with a time of 1:11:41 said it was "pretty cool" to keep the Aussie streak at Buffalo Springs Lake somewhat intact she was itching to take on the longer course herself."I want to come back here next year and do the 70.3," she said This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page triathlon is gifted with a classic duel that pits men of surpassing talent and radically different strengths who bring the last pure measure of their devotion to excellence right to the line defending Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander and three-time Ironman winner Chris Lieto were coming off a duel at the Honu Ironman 70.3 in Hawaii surpassingly excellent cyclist Chris Lieto carved out a 7 minute 42 second lead on the Queen K bike and Alexander dug in and passed his rival at the 11th mile He carved out a lesser 5:30 lead on the bike but had a lot more let in the tank for the run both competitors collapsed in a heap just past the line piled one against the other in a brotherhood of ultimate exertion Here is a look at what was going on inside the heads of the duelists CRAIG ALEXANDER: It wasn't ideal timing for this race But I wanted to race that weekend and launch into a solid block of training at altitude for 5-6 weeks So it seemed best if I could knock one off in June they invited me to do some public relations The race venue had a nice feel with a downtown finish similar to the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder I thought it was an interesting way to make things different and get a maximum crowd with the leaders scheduled to cross the line at 6 PM and create a buzz for the crowd It just seemed good for the sport to try to get the town involved it was in the same time zone and was an easy hour and a half flight I had just flown in from Hawaii that week before and the reason I chose the race I also thought it was going to be a good field even though the talent was spread a little thin with other 70.3 races at Eagleman CHRIS LIETO: I wanted a rematch after Honu As you know you race Crowie differently from anyone else Each triathlete has different strengths and weaknesses He is one of the best if not the best at this distance So I knew I needed to get some time during the bike my ride was the best (2:10:08 to Alexander’s 2:17:50) (He ran 1:27:16 to Alexander’s 1:17:12 and lost by 2:42 after a 7:42 lead off the bike) and lost that race Honu reminded me how important it is to get back out and prepare for Hawaii I basically melted in the heat in Honu and Craig handled it well It has ups and downs and a series of quick sharp turns and switchbacks Crowie caught me at Mile 10 and beat me by a minute (actually 2:42) I was frustrated and wanted a rematch Hopefully a rematch where I could get revenge I always figure if I beat him or Macca in Hawaii I must race against the best and find my game and get the opportunity to break them I knew I would run getter here than on the grassy golf course at Honu I did not need to do so much better on the bike because I was not concerned about how much time I’d gained on the bike I needed the best half marathon on the day and tried to do that from the get go Of course the amateurs got the worst of it with wind squalls kicking up later The course has a few climbs of 4-5 minutes in the small chain ring Plus you had to come down both of 'em up and down like the 36 Highway in Boulder Craig: The water was still calm when we swam and not too cold I think 1-2 of us swam Lieto (25:43 – 4th) Joe Gambles (25:46 – 5th) a local guy (Kevin Everett (25:28 – 1st) Brian Lavelle 25:32 – 2nd) and the rest in quick succession Chris: At Wildflower I had a really bad swim I have been working with blueseventy and we finally got the right size suit for me which improved my swim Chris: I tried to settle in a few miles not to go too hard at first I moved to the front and found a rhythm and started to find a fast pace felt good halfway through and knew I had a good lead so powerful he looked so beautiful as he rode away from us at Mile 4 or 5 It was a treat to watch as long as you can — at least for a few minutes I used to race with a watt meter and raced well with it But I chose not to have a watt meter in this race because with it there are times when I stare at what numbers I was getting Then you overanalyze and try to maintain certain power levels the whole time I like to ride with rhythm and feel on a course and not let numbers and meters dictate to me They feel like they are all working in unison you feel less pressure on one area or the other because all my muscles are being are being used at the same time It is easy to turn fluidity… The effort is not exactly easy The heart rate and breathing are in rhythm and you know you are transferring good power Chris: The frustrating thing about being in front is that the guys in back get somebody in the crowds to yell out time splits every few miles From the time I got off the bike until the turnaround I had no idea what my time or the split was The first time I ran underneath the bridge a mile into the run they said I had five minutes Craig: I was happy when I finished the bike and I heard the split was 5:30 I thought that was a reasonable bike ride a few seconds back of Gambles (2:09:16) and Hoffman (28:04 swim – 2:06:38 ride) I passed Joe Gambles and Ben Hoffman a mile and half into the run I think I took a bit of time from Chris in the first few miles If you look at that photo in the finish chute you can see water on the road but it was not a great run by either of us When you ride that hard and it is windy like that it took a lot out of both is us Obviously it was not like those days when it's 25 degrees Celsius and beautiful and windless It was raining on a winding undulating course in the first two miles I heard I took a big chunk of his lead Chris: I was aiming at a 5:35 to 5:40 pace and was determined to run my own race They said Crowie took a lot of time off me in the first few miles then for the next eight miles he took no time at all There was only one section on the out and back where you could see where they are I was not concerned about the time gap and how much time he can run into me This race my coach Matt Dixon told me to simply focus on running my half marathon Craig: At the end of the first lap of the run Just then I thought I’m just going to let it rip and run hard and see what happens I just thought when I heard I was 3:50 down to not be discouraged I still have to run as hard as I can the next lap Obviously he was running well and I was in a battle that was my first opportunity to see what the time gap was actually see Crowie Joe Gambles I think I still had almost 4 minutes on Craig Craig: When I heard at mile 8 it was about 3:25 Just a tiny crack in the dam – I picked the pace up a bit I felt a little better and I knew I was running out of miles The next time I saw Craig was at Mile 10.5 I think I had a minute and a half or so on him Craig can run quite fast and at that point I knew I knew I still had to run really well the last two and a half miles the split difference was down to approximate 2:40 with three miles to run I was not thinking I was going to win or not I heard a bunch of guys saying that Chris was 57 seconds ahead He took off and I launched into a sprint as well people in the crowd said that they could see him about 30 seconds back I glanced back to see how fast he was running He looked like he was 40 meters and 15 seconds back Craig: When we ran off the green belt by the creek there were 500 meters to go on a straight stretch of asphalt road I could see Chris maybe 25 seconds in front with 500 meters to go I just thought “I have to sprint from here.” It was still a long way out There were a lot of people shouting and cheering and taking pictures at the finish chute Craig: I could see the finish line and dug in for a big effort I got to within 10 to 15 meters with 100 meters to go and went again he was flat out and then he tried to go again I was shoulder to shoulder with him 20 meters from the finish This was one of those memorable races a great race you will always remember Chris: He caught me with maybe 20 meters to go I tried to put it in another gear but my legs were so full of lactic acid Chris: If you see the finish line pictures we both crossed the finish line and just collapsed mentally and emotionally exhausted and frustrated and I just wanted to lay there for a moment I was writing my race report in my head and after 30 seconds of laying there ran through the whole race three or four times What coulda been done different where I coulda got extra time flashed thru my mind Then I realized there was really nothing more that I coulda given at that time He led virtually from the gun to the tape and almost won but I snatched it from him I got in the lead with a just a few steps to go Craig: Lieto had one of the best rides I’ve ever seen at that distance He went 2:04:27 on that course and on a windy day and some of rain showers lot of rain fell second half of bike we had water on road which generally slows things down Normann (Stadler) Torbjorn (Sindballe) and Lieto are all at the top level But Chris had extra gear to ride on that course He is the only triathlete I know who could dig as deep as he did and do what it takes for the win To sprint that last half mile probably one of the only people who could do that I don’t want to be in a sprint finish with Crowie at Kona He led out so hard – second or third out of the water Then the way he rode I can’t speak highly enough of it To ride 2:04:27 in rough conditions as we had on Saturday with wind and rain and then to run so well I can certainly understand a little how he feels Andy Potts and I had a sprint to the finish at the 2008 California 70.3 and I lost by three seconds So I know what it feels like to come that close and lose You can win by a half second or three minutes I must say even when I lost to Andy in California it was exciting but still it is nice to be a part of a race like that Even in California that race I did all I could exciting to be part of such a finish to come down like that does not happen very often The finish line images are courtesy of the Idaho Statesman. For the complete gallery of images Joe Jaszewski took for the Idaho Statesman, click here. 1) 0ms;transition:background-color 150ms cubic-bezier(0.4 1) 0ms;transition:fill 120ms cubic-bezier(0.4 1) 0ms;font-size:inherit;}.css-v4v4rs{-webkit-user-select:none;-moz-user-select:none;-ms-user-select:none;user-select:none;width:1em;height:1em;display:inline-block;fill:currentColor;-webkit-flex-shrink:0;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;-webkit-transition:fill 120ms cubic-bezier(0.4 1) 0ms;font-size:inherit;}@media (min-width:0px){.css-v4v4rs{display:block;}}@media (min-width:1100px){.css-v4v4rs{display:none;}}.css-mps3fk{-webkit-user-select:none;-moz-user-select:none;-ms-user-select:none;user-select:none;width:1em;height:1em;display:inline-block;fill:currentColor;-webkit-flex-shrink:0;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;-webkit-transition:fill 120ms cubic-bezier(0.4 it's refreshing to see an athlete like Chris Lieto giving back Lieto is America’s premier Ironman triathlete and is one of the favorites to win the 2010 Ford Ironman Championship on Oct Lieto hasn't let his celebrity status within the triathlon community go to his head; he knows he has been blessed with amazing athletic talents and his way of showing appreciation for that is to give back to the communities around the world where competitions take place After five weeks of training in Mammoth Lakes Lieto finished first in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon Classic Pro/Elite Sprint race The event was attended by many celebrities who helped raise over a million dollars for Children's Hospital Los Angeles Lieto has competed in some of the most beautiful countries in the world he said he also realizes that often hidden behind that beauty are children living in squalor and abject poverty the Bay Area native decided to partner with World Vision and formed his own charity to help make a difference in those kids’ lives Lieto won the Buffalo Springs 70.3 Triathlon in Texas and donated much of his winnings to More Than Sport as he often does the day after the 2010 Ford Ironman Championship Lieto and More Than Sport will be sponsoring a brunch for other athletes and fans to help raise money for the children of Kona in order for them to be able to afford school supplies "I want to leave this year by leaving something behind and really give back to the community for allowing us to wreak havoc on the island for a week.” In addition to helping the community of Kona Lieto's efforts this year will also be benefiting the children of Kenya “The challenge was to get the message out there that our racing should be more then what were doing and make a difference around us,” Lieto said Lieto chose Hawaii to kick off his campaign by establishing a goal of sponsoring 141 Kenyan children Each mile he races will represent one of those kids "I’m doing each mile for each of those kids out there.” Lieto recently took time to do an in-depth interview with Bleacher Report to talk more about the upcoming race and his charity efforts Click over to the next slide for the full Q&A .css-ek22sk{margin:0;font-size:1.2rem;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;font-family:Proxima Nova,Proxima Nova Fallback Helvetica,Proxima Nova Fallback Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:0rem;line-height:1.44rem;padding-top:var(--br--dimensions-padding__sm);padding-bottom:var(--br--dimensions-padding__sm);color:var(--br--palette-foreground__primary-mainChannel);}Blaine Spence: Hi Thanks for taking some time out of what has to be a grueling schedule to talk with me today but you guys swim about 2.5 miles and then ride a bike 112 miles before you even start running…what motivates someone to get involved in doing triathlons and then make them want to turn pro C.L: (chuckles) That’s a good question…I don’t know (chuckles) It’s funny because I would never want to go out and do or I never thought I would ever want to go out and do just a straight marathon I’ve never done a straight marathon race before the pace you have to run a marathon is…the effort you have to give in a race is very difficult pushing yourself to the limit—and seeing what your made of Going through and Ironman event is really not just how fast you can run or if you can break your time; it’s about a journey and a journey of going through the whole race you know the winners are out there for eight hours and there are competitors that are out there for seventeen hours and someone who just wants to complete it before the cutoff it’s almost like a life long journey for the day The Ironman represents so many things to so many different people considering what their challenges are in their life at the time I think its kind of an outlet to see what you’re made of and to see what you can accomplish BS: Right now you're in Hawaii training for the 2010 Ford Ironman Championship in Kona that’s coming up Oct 9—which is really the Super Bowl of events for you guys How does your training regimen differ leading up to this event CL: It’s the same as you go into any Ironman event so the training that I do in the races prior to this time is always looking to try and win events and do the best I can but always the goal is looking at winning this event in a week your still focusing on some intense speed and race day effort but you really want to balance it and give your body rest the capacity and the amount of effort that you put in so the last few weeks it’s important to let your body rest and recover so you have the energy and stamina to exert through an event on one day or increasing the intensity on the latter days Your win in Malibu was your fourth win so far… BS: Would you say this is the best shape you’ve been in going into the Ironman in Kona I think this year we’ve worked on a lot of things We’ve also focused on my bike as well to increase that We’ve put a lot of time and focus on my core strength and just having a good healthy balance of what I put my body through the way I feel know is above where I was last year That doesn’t necessarily mean that I am going to go out and win this year but given the same circumstances and situations that I had last year and excited about the fitness level increase that I have this year from last year after being first off the bike with about a 12-minute lead over the eventual race winner Conventional wisdom might say that you would want to have a bigger lead off of the bike this year You know each person is a little bit different There are other guys out there that can win this event as well and I don’t feel that my time on them either is 12 minutes and it’s all about how you approach the event I didn’t plan on getting 12 minutes last year; I was kind of surprised that I had 12 minutes but I did last year...I guess I needed a couple more Each year the conditions are different and you have to approach those as the case comes by BS: Having done everything right last year would you say this year you’re more focused on training or strategy the Ironman is becoming more of a strategy game but there are so many variations of what can unfold You can set something up and you can plan for something so you pretty much just have to focus on your training and focus on improving your fitness and racing the best race that you possibly can My goal is to just go out and perform the fastest I know how—to finish the day and hopefully that challenges those that are behind me to falter or to try to get the fastest day they can and mess up their plan BS: How much would a win this year at Kona mean for you I’ve dreamt of the day for about the last 11 years I really feel that it’s possible this year—that it’s something I can achieve but also for my family and just for my fans I strongly believe that you can achieve what you put your mind to winning would be the achievement that I could then go out and share that feeling…you know what I mean You want to follow through with the words I have been saying in that you can believe in what you want to accomplish And this year also will be extra special in the charity work that I am doing I’m partnered with World Vision to get 141 kids sponsored and each kid is going to represent a mile of the course so it will be 141 kids overall as far as distance BS: It is so refreshing to see athletes like yourself giving back How important is your faith in driving you competitively and in your desire to give back with your charity More than Sport CL: That’s the whole reason why I came up with More Than Sport—was just that we want to compete and see what we can get out of ourselves—see what we can accomplish you’ve finished and you’ve achieved that goal but it’s going to be that much more satisfying if I do something more with it I want to make it more than about just the event and also about giving back and my relationship with God and wanting to do more and I guess to have more of a purpose in my life If that is what I am doing right now with the gifts God has given me to compete then I want to honor that and do more than just pat myself on the back when I cross that finish line but is there a way fans can track your progress live CL: Yep, you can go to Ironman.com and I believe it’s though Universal Sports as well You can also go to my Twitter account, @ChrisLieto and follow updates leading up to the event as well as during the event as far as updates and stuff The Ironman Live Show is a great show—it’s like watching TV and you can hook it up to your flat screen It is full video and it is updating the whole time do you have any tips for the amateur that might want to get involved in the sport CL: The biggest tip that I like to share is go out and do it You don’t have to feel like you have to be in super shape to go out in compete in a triathlon Whatever distance you choose to do as your first event—if it’s a sprint distance or a really short race; if it’s a half Ironman 70.3 or if it’s an Ironman event—just getting out and doing it and seeing it through You don’t have to worry about getting your fastest time or anything like that but just go get your first time and go through the journey A short-distance triathlon you can literally do with no training and I think just the process of going through from start to finish and when you finish—that’s usually when you get hooked and that’s when you start putting more time in to it and really trying to get fit and get healthier I have to ask—who are your favorite pro sports teams because since I’ve been in endurance sports I haven’t been watching typical sports as often but the 'Niners have always been a team I’ve watched since I was a little kid My son is really involved in basketball—he’s seven We hit up Warrior games as often as we possibly can For me it’s more about spending time with my son and seeing his excitement in sports and just being active I want to thank you so much and wish you all the best in bringing home the Ironman Championship this year and of course achieving your goal of sponsoring 141 children Times are tough economically for a lot of folks then I am willing to bet you have a roof over your head and an opportunity for yourself and your children to get an education You can help Chris and the underprivileged children of the world by going to morethansport.org and sponsoring a child for less than the price of a few lattes every month You can even select a specific mile you want to sponsor You can also participate in your own event and set your own goals for sponsorship Please to go to morethansport.org to learn more Chris Lieto is poised to make Americans care about the Ironman again—if he can just hold on to his lead Lieto agrees mostly. He thinks seven minutes is all he needs and says he’ll never change his hammering style to “save himself for the run.” “It’s much more difficult to be in the lead,” he concedes. “You don’t know what’s happening behind you. But my greatest strength is my cycling ability, and I plan to take advantage of that.” Enjoy coverage of racing, history, food, culture, travel, and tech with access to unlimited digital content from Outside Network's iconic brands. Volume 10 - 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03084 This article is part of the Research TopicTraining and Enhancing Executive FunctionView all 18 articles Educational Robotics (ER) is a new learning approach that is known mainly for its effects on scientific academic subjects such as science Recent studies indicate that ER can also affect cognitive development by improving critical reasoning and planning skills This study aimed to quantify the ability of ER to empower Executive Functions (EF) in 5- and 6-year-old children attending first grade a crucial evolutionary window for the development of such abilities A total of 187 typically developing children were enrolled and randomly allocated into two experimental conditions: A ER-Laboratories (ER-Lab) for small groups were organized at schools bee-shaped robot called Bee-Bot® (Campus Store) and progressively more challenging over the 20 twice-weekly sessions were used to quantify the effects of ER on EF the ER-Lab group showed significantly better ability to actively manipulate information in short-term memory and suppress automatic responses in favor of goal-appropriate actions This RCT study provides the first quantitative evidence of the positive effects of ER activities for improving working memory and inhibition in the early school years This model consists of three main EF factors: inhibition which are strongly related to more complex EFs inhibition represents a complex construct theorized as a set of functions rather than as a unitary construct distinguishing response inhibition at the behavior level from interference control at the memory and attention levels; working memory involves holding visual or verbal information in mind and mentally working with it; and cognitive flexibility is the ability to efficiently change spatial and interpersonal perspectives which is part of a wider research project called “e-Rob,” aimed to enhance EFs in first-grade children through in-school ER-Lab by means of enjoyable and incrementally more challenging activities requiring students to program a bee-shaped robot called Bee-Bot® (Campus Store) Based on a previous pilot study on a small sample of preschoolers the present research aimed to bring further evidence to the hypothesis that ER-Lab may induce positive effects in visuospatial working memory and inhibition during a critical period of development Number of children and teachers involved in each school and class This research project was approved by the Pediatric Ethics Committee of the Tuscany Region All parents gave written consent for their child’s participation and for publication of the results (A) The Bee-Bot and (B) some examples of colorful carpets Small groups of five or six children were formed for each ER-Lab; each group had two Bee-Bots and a carpet Two teachers and one experimenter in each class guided and participated in the ER-Lab Different narrative contexts were presented in each activity to maintain high motivation and stimulate attention a metacognitive approach was encouraged during ER-Lab activities which included mentally planning complex sequences of actions before a motor act in a group context and the ability to formulate feedback among peers This approach promotes a problem-solving strategy based on “think before acting.” The ER-lab activities were incrementally more challenging and directed mainly toward visuospatial planning The evaluators tested children at the three time points and recorded the data and separate examiners collected and entered data in a database The evaluators and examiners were blind to the study design and external to the research team because the ER-Lab activities require children to inhibit automatic responses across different verbal domains (measured mainly by the Inhibition test) Raw scores were collected for each quantitative or qualitative measure of the administered subtests Children were asked to perform the nine tasks at the beginning zero points were awarded if the child failed to reach the final goal a half-point was awarded if concrete help (such as anticipating correct navigation by using their own hand or the Bee-Bot) was used to reach the goal and one point was awarded if no concrete help was necessary Statistical analyses were performed using R the R Project for Statistical Computing software package The effect of the training was tested by separate linear mixed-effects models for each outcome measure with ER-Lab training and experimental condition (A or B) as fixed factors and subject ID as a random factor Simultaneous tests for general linear hypotheses were used to test the following two post hoc contrast variables for determining neuropsychological differences during ER-Lab training under both experimental conditions: calculated by adding delta changes for time points T1 and T0 for experimental condition A and delta changes for time points T2 and T1 for experimental condition B calculated by adding baseline delta changes in experimental condition B (T1-T0 for experimental condition B) and follow-up in experimental condition A (T2-T1 for experimental condition A) Effect size (Cohen’s d) was calculated compared pre- and post-training performances in each outcome measure in both experimental conditions were performed to test differences in ER-Lab tests at the beginning A post hoc correlation analysis was performed between the training effect (delta changes for T1–T0 for experimental condition A and for T2–T1 for experimental condition B) in the outcome measures that showed significant improvement after the training; the delta changes in each ER-Lab test cluster (first three sessions/last three sessions) were checked by Spearman rho non-parametric tests for bivariate correlations Descriptive statistics for time points T0, T1, and T2 for each neuropsychological outcome are reported in Table 2 and T2 time points for each neuropsychological outcome in experimental conditions A and B Experimental conditions A and B did not differ on chronological age (t(185) = 1.37 No significant differences in any neuropsychological outcome measures were found between the two experimental conditions at T0 As shown in Table 3, improved performance at the end of training was found in the Matrix Path test, in time, errors, and self-correcting responses in the naming and inhibition conditions, and in the Little Frogs test. As showed in Table 4 a moderate effect size was found in Matrix Path Self-correcting responses in naming condition Time in Inhibition condition and Little Frogs tests A large effect was found in Time in naming condition test No statistical differences emerged in the Forward and Backward Corsi Block Tapping and Pippo Says tests Results of mixed-effects model and post hoc comparisons on delta changes in all children Effect size values (Cohen’s d) in each outcome measure in both experimental conditions For the ER-Lab tests (Figure 4) experimental condition A showed a positive learning trend in the Bee programming cluster (F(2,172) = 118.6 with performances significantly higher at the end of ER-Lab training with respect to both the beginning (t(88) = −13.5; p < 0.001) and middle (t(87) = −6.6 Positive trends were also found in the mental anticipation cluster (F(2,174) = 437.4 with significant benefits of training evident at the end with respect to the beginning (t(89) = −28.3 p < 0.001) and middle (t(88) = −9.7 inhibition cluster performances significantly improved during ER-Lab training (F(2,168) = 89.0 with higher scores at the end compared to the beginning (t(89) = −12.4 p < 0.001) and middle (t(84) = −2.2 Similar results were found in ER-Lab test performances in experimental condition B A positive learning trend emerged in the Bee programming (F(2,168) = 139.09 p < 0.001) and inhibition (F(2,174) = 306.39 with performances significantly higher at the end of ER-Lab training compared to both the beginning (p < 0.001) and middle (p < 0.001) sessions in all clusters Visual representation and significant differences (∗p < 0.05) across ER-Lab test perfomances in the beginning Post hoc correlation analysis showed a negative correlation between the mental anticipation cluster and the training effect for the delta changes in self-correcting responses in the naming condition (rho = 0.15 No other significant correlations were found The main findings of this study suggest that intensive and challenging ER activities presented with incremental difficulty of cognitive and robot programming goals can improve visuospatial working memory and inhibition processes in young typically developing children Our results were consistent with previous qualitative studies (Benitti, 2012; Alimisis, 2013); however this is the first study to demonstrate quantitative positive effects of ER activities using a rigorous and scientific approach performance in assessed ability to actively manipulate relevant information in visuospatial working memory and suppress an automatic response in favor of a goal-appropriate action improved significantly compared to the control condition The assessments showing significant improvement included the Matrix Path test which measures enhanced visuospatial working memory abilities the number of correct responses in the Little Frogs test and self-correcting responses in the inhibition test not all measures showed significant ER-Lab effects: no significant changes were found in Corsi Block Tapping or the Pippo Says test These differences are not easily interpretable because they might result from several factors and the construct validity of each measure some hypotheses may be advanced: within the working memory domain robot programming requires active manipulation of sequential overt and covert verbal instructions and integrating them with visuospatial updates based on the robot’s position it is plausible that this type of exercise may result in better performance in a test such as Matrix Path that requires online integration and updating of verbal-visual information Although the Corsi Block tests may also be solved by global visual perception strategies that mentally link the target blocks Matrix Path seems to require step-by-step processing and may therefore be more affected by training that involves updating of the working memory ER-Lab seems to affect the ability to construct a mental visuospatial model from verbal input and then operate on it children had to reach a predetermined goal by planning and providing the correct commands to Bee-Bot while simultaneously respecting the rules and waiting for their turn ER-Lab tasks may have favored the ability to inhibit motor responses and control cognition and attention interference which showed that a decreased number of self-correcting responses in a naming task was significantly related to increased ability to plan complex visuospatial pathways with Bee-Bot It may be that the Little Frogs and Inhibition tests differ from the Pippo Says test in that they require more child autonomy in selective and sustained attention a ceiling effect was found in the easier condition of the Pippo Says task at the pre-training assessment This study has some limitations: first, EF tests were chosen according to the type of training used rather than specific cognitive theory; thus, the findings do not reference or link to a single theoretical framework. 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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) *Correspondence: Giuseppina Sgandurra, Zy5zZ2FuZHVycmFAZnNtLnVuaXBpLml0 †These authors share first authorship We had a conversation with Chris Lieto as the 2007 Ford Ironman World Championship race in Kona we have not heard much about you this year but then I went through a period of time with no racing do to a small injury Because of that it disturbed the rest of my schedule My focus this year has been on this race so I didn't want to just go out and race races that would help me in my prep for this Saturday ST: You finished 9th in Kona last year and that gave you an automatic qualification for this years race Did it take pressure of you not to have to qualify it definitely releases some pressure during the year With the injury didn't have to worry about cramming in an Ironman somewhere to qualify that would jeopardize my performance here ST: What have you done this year to get ready for Kona Chris: I have focused on the training as does everyone but I have spent extra time focusing on the stuff you can do outside of the training I love training in the Island and the heat and the humidity is not much of an issue for me anymore I also did some more bike racing and did the Mount Hood Classic The stage races have been a good fitness builder for me and I enjoy the break in the triathlon training ST: The legal distance for pros this year has been moved up to 10m Chris: I am glad the WTC has decided to extend that distance for the pros this year The sport is a sport of your own efforts and I think the new rule will help ensure that is more true ST: Are there any specific weather conditions you are hoping for or are you taking it as it comes Chris: The conditions won't change my approach to the day but a tougher day may stretch the field out a little more and make it more of an individual race instead of a tactical race that it has been the last couple years ST: I know it is tough to make predictions What is your goal for the race and who’ll have the fastest bike split Chris: The top 5 is wide open and so is the fastest bike split and I am out there to have an overall great day The fastest bike split could be anyone and I may or may not have the fastest bike split ST: How are things going for you in terms of sponsorship Chris: I have been blessed to find an incredible new sponsor this year K-Swiss is new to this market but they are here for the long haul and they are committed to the sport They have been incredible to work with and it has truly been an exciting process to be part of their product development team for this market segment Next year I will have my own shoe and I am working with them on an apparel line as well You will start to see K-Swiss everywhere in the sport of triathlon They are here to stay and I am lucky to be part of that.Astavita is an antioxidant supplement company and love their product I am passionate about nutrition and health and the free speed you get from treating your body right Astavita is a key part of that.Trek has the best bike on the market but it truly is the fastest and most comfortable bike I have ridden They are interested in new developments and respond to my suggestions I love working with people and sponsors that want to change and have a progressive attitude and I have been blessed to be surrounded by all these great companies ST: Would you actually like to see a different venue for the Ironman World Championships Chris: Kona is the ultimate place for the World Champs but it would be great to see a traveling World Champ New location each year to where there can be a more spectator draw and media interest I think WTC could still keep Kona as a annual Ironman and they would still get an enormous turn out and they could add a World Champ race that was in a different place Could you imagine a World Champ in a big city There would be so much press and I feel a larger interest from Companies to sponsor the race and the athletes Even if they decided to do something like this it wouldn't happen until after I am done racing but I think it would boost the sport to a new level ST: Should athletes previously found positive for doping be allowed to return to Kona Chris: I think they are hurting themselves as much as the sport but I think there needs to be more done to stop the doping before race day ST: It appears you have come to Kona with your family Chris: It is a pretty big crew and I am very fortunate to have the support of my family and a group of great sponsors My Wife Karis and son Kaiden are my biggest supporters and my mom has been here for every race I have done and K-Swiss have sent over 20 people to watch and experience the race We are all looking forward to a great week Chris: I am passionate about triathlon but I am an entrepreneur at heart I am looking forward to combining the two with the launch of my new company Base Performance Nutrition We are launching our first product this November and you can check it out at www.baseperformance.com In 5 years I hope to have grown the business substantially and I hope to have learned a lot along the way I’m excited to be working with some of my mentors and I know the next 5 years is going to be about me learning as much as I can from them in the business and nutrition world we caught up with Matt Dixon of Purplepatch Fitness But you can look back at the year and be really deeply satisfied Looking from 2008—when we started working together—and earlier the last time he had won a half-ironman was in 2003 But in 2010 he won 3 or 4 half-ironman races this year he was second at the half-ironman world championship he won Texas half ironman with a great run and unfortunately after Texas he got an injury that really impaired our ability to do that much run training Obviously we kept that quiet but until Kona we were sort of nursing and managing around it I think last year was the last year that Chris was 100 percent focused on Hawaii as I think Chris has been more satisfied this year—he’s become more family oriented and he was very relaxed over the winter and spring with his training—living in Hawaii and there were more things important to him than just Kona He was certainly doing the work—he wasn’t being lazy—but he was definitely going into Hawaii thinking that it might not go as well ‘nothing else matters.’ There were other things that mattered this year All of that is the backdrop to: he blew up and it didn’t go as planned he’s really had an amazing year.’ He’s the best athlete he’s ever been This year he’s really enjoyed his family—he has a great family—and his life more than he ever has before I think you get to this stage in your career where that’s okay If they change the rules in Kona—to be a 20-meter draft rule—which I think would be ideal because the men’s race now is so…we see power files where you’re sitting three back and we’re still seeing a lot of energy “we’re going to change it to 20 meters,” we’d go full in for Kona because it would change the whole dynamic of the race and make it a true triathlon Every runner would have to earn their bike ride Right now it’s a group mentality where people just blow themselves to bits It’s a shame in a way because you have 50 percent of the field explode every year You don’t get to pace or have your best effort over eight hours or whatever I’d like to see him go do some other great races We will probably have Vegas [70.3 world championship] as a key goal I think that race is legitimate and will become more and more legitimate in the coming years Triathlete.com: Both Chris and Julie Dibens have said that they keep hearing people say “if you just let up a little on the bike and conserve for the run you’ll have a better race,” but Chris has said that he is always going to try to get from point A to point B as fast as he can and cycle to his ability Are you two on the same page with that approach Matt Dixon: The people that are most vocal about Chris are the people that are least knowledgeable about the real dynamics of the pro race which are very different than the amateur race Neither of these athletes are simply getting on the bike and biking as hard as they can go and playing Russian roulette and thinking I might explode!’ If Chris is going to win that race he needs conditions in his favor so that it makes the bike really hard Even if he sat in the group and came off the bike with Craig Alexander no matter how relaxed he was on the bike he’s not going to win the race He has to do whatever he can to save as much energy as he can but get a big gap because he has to have a gap And to think we don’t think tactically about how to approach the bike is just naivete These are world-class athletes that have a tremendous amount of experience—both Chris and Julie he sat with the group and enjoyed the legal drafting that was happening until 15 miles to go—he got a 4 minute gap and the only person to beat him was Craig Alexander Everyone else was two minutes behind at the end—that was a very smart tactical bike ride that stuff just washes off because it’s simply out of naivete Triathlete.com: Who will be seeing a lot of in 2012—who should we be watching He’s got another winter of swimming ahead of him and another winter of riding It was unfortunate last year because he went to the Philippines and got the classic giardia plus another bacteria so it destroyed the back half of his season If I’ve made a coaching mistake this year it was allowing him to do Vegas Against my better judgment I let him go and that was a mistake He’s healthy again so I think we’ll see a lot from him Throughout her career she’s struggled with injuries and for two years we kept her injury free and then this year past she got a strange injury—a floating hamstring injury—and it really kept her from running from May through September But the one thing that Linsey has committed to doing—and needs to do—is a massive project on her swim For her to be really competitive in Hawaii she has to be well under an hour in the water She had a pretty poor swim and a pretty poor Hawaii by her standards I think she’s still an athlete really evolving but she was really sidelined for much of 2011 I think she’ll come back and have a much better year in 2012 talent and potential to be a top five finisher in Kona for sure I missed her peak—I let her rest a little too much a little too early She was great a week out but wasn’t great on the day Triathlete.com: Rachel Joyce had a great race in Kona I’ve never met a girl that gets less media attention or recognition Some of it I think is her being international She also doesn’t race in the states very much But that’s going to change in 2012—she’s going to be based in Boulder and we’re going to have her race in the states If you look at what she’s done in the last three years At Ironman Lanzarote she was a minute away from Paula Newby-Fraser’s 1994 record She broke the run course record there set by Cat Morrison She has a legitimate shot in the coming few years to win Hawaii She also does something that’s very challenging—she shows up every year in Hawaii Matt Dixon: Meredith had a really hard patch between May and August She’s not very good in the heat so there were multiple things we were doing to try to overcome that One of the things we were doing was working a lot with sodium citrate which is a better electrolyte to work with for people who have core temperature problems What we didn’t know—and what no one would know—is that she’s actually allergic to it She was blowing up in these races to the point where she was being taken to the hospital and having heart stabilization What we were loading her on was absolutely the thing that was shutting her down Meredith is one of the most resilient people and athletes I know I would say that’s a girl who could be world champion Aaron Hersh breaks down the Trek Speed Concept 9.9 that helped American Chris Lieto ride to a field-leading 4:23:17 bike split at the 2010 Ironman World Championship Chris Lieto isn’t new to the Trek Speed Concept; in fact he was the first person to race one at Ironman 70.3 Boise back in 2009 He is currently riding the same Speed Concept 9.9 that he raced in Kona last year It is spec’d with SRAM Red components and R2C Shifters prior-generation Look KEO Carbon Ti pedals and still has a sticker from his Retul fit earlier in the week He is riding on a pair of 28-spoke laced wheels with shallow aluminum rims but certainly capable of withstanding the huge miles Lieto puts into the set part of Lieto’s week at training camp has been dedicated to refining his fit We will have a full report of his fit adjustments at the end of the week Click on the photos to learn more about the bike Lance Armstrong challenged Chris Lieto to an impromptu TT showdown on the Queen K highway and won by 9 seconds These two Pros will meet again during the stage 7 time trial of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California But who will take round 2 in downtown Los Angeles Lance Armstrong certainly would appear to have the edge but let us find out what Chris Lieto thinks Slowtwitch: Tell us how your invite into the 2010 Amgen Tour of California TT came about Chris: It came about through Trek and their involvement with the Tour I think part of it is that the organizers wanted me to be part of it as well being one of the stronger cyclists in the sport of triathlon and having some cycling as a background Especially with the whole Twitter thing with Lance and the TT and the excitement and curiosity it brought around It is all about promoting going out and riding a bike in the sport of cycling and the sport of triathlon ST: So it helps to have Trek as a sponsor Chris: With Trek being a sponsor of the Shack it was certainly a good fit Also Trek is launching the Speedconcept on that day so the day of the TT is the release day of the bike It’ll be a big event just prior to the TT and a whole lot more info will be available after that ST: Did you think about racing this TT before Chris: I didn’t really think about it much Trek asked me if that was a good thing for me to be involved with especially with the launch of the Speedconcept I have done stage races in the past and have excitement and great respect for the guys who ride in the Tours and the Tour of California is ranked up there with all the Tours in Europe as well Much different than the stage racing I have done in my side career Cascades or Hood is exciting and fun but this is a whole new ballgame Just to be part of one stage is going to be fun I am not in the mix with them but we ride prior to them and on the same course so I figure it is probably going to be a little technical with a lot of corners ST: We know that not everyone will be going full throttle in the TT as some of them will have other general classification team obligations Chris: Where do I think I am going to hold up in the mix of all that Chris: I don’t know; it’ll be interesting I have placed top 10 in time trials like the Tour of Utah but that is a much different caliber of racing I probably don’t see myself placing top 10 and I’d be pretty blown away if I would get that You know I am just out to have fun and enjoy I like to compete with myself and pull the best out of myself ST: Lance Armstrong and you had a TT challenge in Kona a couple months back and Lance took that one by 9 seconds What will be the gap this time and who will be up I was riding well and feeling good that day and who knows on a longer more technical course I would be stoked if I finish within a minute but I have a feeling in will be more like 2-3 minutes ST: How does this TT fit into your schedule I am doing my normal training as if I was not doing it but it will fill in as my ride for that day with a very solid effort Will be a good hard effort that should help my training But I am not going to focus on this time trial as if I were focusing on a Half Ironman coming up ST: Macca thought that you will take this very serious Chris: I think I take everything I do seriously I am going to push myself as hard as I can and I want to get the most out of it But I am not taking it seriously like I am going to see how well I can place in the Pro peloton I am taking it serious when I get on my bike and I prepare and warm up in the morning But I have a full load of training to get ready for a Half Ironman coming up including a lot of running the next couple of weeks Not to make any excuses whatsoever because these guys in the Pro Peloton are riding five six days prior this thing and their legs are probably going to be more tired than mine ST: What are your thoughts about the other triathletes in the event Chris: I think it is fun to have the crossover It is great for the sport of triathlon to bring some awareness to the sport We want to get the excitement and the sponsors in the sport of cycling to cross over into triathlon I think with Lance getting involved in the sport of triathlon and having some interest in coming to Hawaii I am passionate about that and look forward to that time It’ll hopefully bring more respect to the sport of triathlon that we can ride bikes and that we are not just a bunch of guys in speedos ST: Do you know who else has been invited Chris: I really don’t know who else has been invited I really don’t know too many details of the event but I am sure it is going to be a challenge Anytime you ride 20-some odd miles all out it is going to be painful ST: Any word if you have to comply with the UCI rules in your race Chris: No idea if they apply the UCI rules or not If they do I am not too worried about it because I don’t sit that far forward but last time when I raced a UCI event when they checked my position with that contraption that they put up against your seat your bottom bracket and your handlebars and measure everything I used to ride 5 cm behind the bottom bracket on my TT bike and I have moved it forward slightly but I still think it falls within range of being legit Should I have to scoot it back a centimeter then that is fine The Owensboro Times Tom graduated from Owensboro Catholic High School (class of 1975) He coached softball for Daviess County and travelling teams on which his daughter played for many years Tom was employed at Owensboro Municipal Utilities for over 30 years where he was Chief Operating Supervisor He was also involved in the development of the fiber optic network provided by OMU As a gifted handyman and fixer of all things he was always doing something and never sitting still Tom built the family a beautiful entertainment center Those who remain to cherish his memory include his wife of 46 years Kentucky and Keeley Hagan (Louis Lieto) of Hingham Dominic and Luca Lieto and Kensley Mercer; mother Condolences and memories for Tom’s family may be left at www.glenncares.com Privacy Policy Site by Tanner+West The two previous posts I did around Ironman Texas 70.3 in the past couple days were more finitely focused on the race scene (day before and race day) so I wanted to take a second to show off some of the non-race specific activities of my weekend in Texas This is sorta like my normal end of weekend post Think of it as a breather after yesterday’s monstrous Suunto Ambit review (cause that’s what I’m thinking of it as…) I was given the chance by the Chocolate Milk folks to spend the weekend checking out the IM Texas 70.3 scene – and part of that effort included spending some time with one of their sponsored athletes multiple Ironman World Champion Chris Lieto is hanging out in the middle all of us being endurance athletes in one sport or another had gone for our own early morning runs It was kinda funny as we all sorta ran into each other at 6:30AM in the dark out along the boardwalk running After we all got back to the hotel from our main runs we quickly raided what was the candy buffet now turned breakfast pastry buffet at the hotel before literally heading right back out again to run As we were getting ready to start the run they gave us a small bag with a chocolate milk shirt in it This is somewhat ironic as I started a quest over 2 years ago to find a chocolate milk shirt I was looking for something akin to some of the cooler soft t-shirts that Target has these days now I have one – and it’s fancy technical/dryfit fabric too though it was kinda funny to see other triathletes out on the boardwalk doing either bike or run pre-race-day workouts doing a double-take very down to earth – and not even the slightest hint of pretentiousness but opted to pull out about a week prior to to a nagging injury During our run we chatted about nutrition About at the half-way point he noticed some surfboard rental stand and seemed like he was quite serious about grabbing some boards and going surfing So it probably shouldn’t have been a surprise that upon finishing the run the first thing suggested was to do some body surfing out in the ocean I thought it was funny that as we walked out into the waves he picked up a handful of the fairly ugly brown-muddy water and mockingly said “I’ve got my chocolate recovery drink” We spent about 20 minutes having fun on a few waves before coming in After a bit more chatting, we all cleaned up and headed over the race start for the pre-race press conference – which I covered fairly well in this post I had applied for and received a media pass I was hoping to also get a moto (motorcycle) for the bike portion but because I didn’t have a plane ticket until 24 hours before I departed I didn’t get to fill in all the forms until the last minute – so they couldn’t quite wrangle enough motos This offered a great learning experience for me as well Shooting the professional side of an event is an interesting experience I often go out and shoot running races and triathlons more for the fun of it I’m fairly familiar with how to get some of the best photographs in a triathlon that’s somewhat different when you’re aiming to follow the professional triathletes the whole pace of things moves a heck of a lot faster (i.e nearly 26-28MPH instead of 16-20MPH on the bike) you’re constantly having to adapt to decisions on which pro you want to follow and exactly what shot you want to get and partly just on what folks you want shots of If you’re just following your husband/wife your likely to primarily be concerned about them you’ll have to make decisions on whether to follow the top men or the top women – since these are fairly separated then the pro women’s start – you can’t really hang around to shoot much of the age grouper starts That’s because in the case of Texas you’ve got about 1/4th to 1/2 of a mile spring to make over to the swim exit you’ll miss the pro men coming out of the water You’ve then gotta decide which shot you want at the conclusion of the swim etc… And then how does that play into your decision to cover the women 3-5 minutes behind Or the reality that you could get boxed into the venue’s start area after the pro men get on the bike – potentially blocking your ability to get any bike shots It’s all cool stuff though – and it’s fun to walk through the day before and decide what and where you’re going to be taking shots that’s not to say that I like shooting pros any more than age groupers My goal with Sunday’s coverage was offering a different perspective than you’d normally get on any of the regular press sites I wanted to try and photographically tell the story of the full day and some of the things you might not see otherwise This is a bit different than a typical news publication which is usually looking for the 1-5 shots that sum up the entire race I’m looking forward to trying it again at some point in the future Tethering a DSLR camera (5D Mark III to an iPhone) for those following over the weekend via Twitter you likely saw some of my tweets during the morning with high-res images straight from a DSLR camera I wanted to give a bit of background on how that works for the weekend I decided to have a bit of fun and rent the just released Canon 5D MKIII DSLR The primary reason I was actually interested in the camera is that it contains two slots there are tons of awesome quality benefits The SD card slot enabled me to use an Eye-Fi Wireless SD card that I had picked up last fall but I was determined to see if I could make it work well in this very specific scenario The goal was to enable what’s called ‘Direct Mode’ with my iPhone which is a function of the Eye-FI card that creates a wireless network that the iPhone connects to and then grabs the photos from using an app I had configured the camera to spit out RAW images to the CF card for later use and then I had set the SD card to receive high resolution JPEG images Use of the JPEG images then in turn allowed the iPhone to display and utilize them just like any other image taken by the phone itself Note that most cameras that have an SD slot do support Eye-Fi cards They don’t make Eye-FI CF cards however (there are some hacks around that using adapters It took about 1-2 hours to get the whole thing working on my hotel room the night before the race which was the first chance I had to spend any time with it I was fairly confident I had figured it out and my phone was turned on with the app open by 11:10:07PM it would usually be on my phone I was pretty excited to be able to get good images to Twitter quickly images that would be hard to capture on a cell phone – such as ones in the dark Because I was walking around and could control things easily the Eye-Fi app started to get behind a bit from a image transfer perspective Likely because the quantity of images I was shooting started to go up – especially when shooting at high speed modes it seemed as though when I had the phone in my pocket with the screenlock the Eye-Fi app had basically stopped trying and pretended like nothing new was coming in at this point it was pretty far behind (100+ photos) I was able to let it sit on the console to my side and play ‘catch-up’ Since it took about 15-20 minutes for the van to catch the main field 10+ miles down the bike course In order to try and speed up that 7-second gap I decided to reduce the JPEG image size going to the SD card This helped bring it down to about 3-4 seconds The goal here was primarily to minimize the impact of another hang-up The app did seem to trip over itself semi-frequently It was on the way back towards the run that everything crapped out on me Turns out – I had run out of space entirely I hadn’t accounted for the size of the JPEG’s at the initial highest quality setting I had shot 400-500 photos by time I got to mile 30ish on the bike course (pre-race I couldn’t even open the camera app to delete photos it was so bad it never recovered and thus no further shots went out that way I removed a bunch of unrelated random stuff to get enough space to at least use the iPhone normally (and ignore tethering) I took some awesome shots out there – but not all of that was the camera and some of that was just being in the right place at the right time one of my favorite shots of the day was actually taken with the 7D (both of the close-up finisher shots including the one you see earlier in this post) This was simply because I was shooting with two DSLR bodies and that’s just what had the lens I needed for the shot on it at the time A reader that works for Nikon actually reached out to me and offered trial of their gear – something I’m looking forward to taking them up on I flew home Sunday evening and I’m back in DC and back to training out on runs in the dark by myself on the trails in front of my house Hopefully, you found this post useful. 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I’ve been searching for something similar but agree that the lens is a bigger deal than the camera So great to hang out with you this weekend You really saved the day navigating for us I’m sure I’ll be emailing you with a million technical blogging questions soon… Lieto is not a multiple Ironman World Champion everyone else was wearing ‘casual’ glasses where I just had on my ones mostly for sport I found the 70-200 the one I used the most Had I thought it through fully I would have rented the 70-200 F2.8 instead – but it didn’t occur to me at the time I rented both via Lensrentals.com I have a 70-200 non-Canon lens that I use from time to time That would also simplify the chore of sifting through pics on the phone as well Hi RunEatRepeat-Yup – it was a blast As a follow up to your impressions about Chris Lieto Ihad the opportunity this week to spend some time with him as he was in South Florida to show a documentary about his charity/foundation “More Than Sport” Our Tri Club hosted him for the event and we had the opportunity to do some OWS training with him as well as a 40 mile ride I can clearly state he is the most humble and down to earth people I have ever met He was more than happy to just hang out with a bunch of weekend warrior triathletes and talk about the sport life and families – a genuinely good guy Definitely a highight of my day to spend the morning training with such a great athlete and the evening hanging out chatting as though we had been friends for a long time I swim, bike and run. 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It’s a nice break from the day-to-day sports-tech talk Hawaii is well known as the host for Ironman world championships but where do you ride to escape the crowds escape lies on the lesser known ribbons of Hawaii’s gravel roads After the excitement of a full non-stop day of commentary and reporting for the Kona world championship live broadcast when Lieto’s tires touch gravel it’s a much needed shift in pace Watch Lieto roll through Hawaii’s lesser known and less-than-paved surfaces. Then check out the Ironman commentator’s Allied Cycle Works gravel bike below, build up with Easton EA90 seatpost and stem with ICM Garmin mount, as reviewed by Canadian Cycling Magazine Get the digital edition of Canadian Cycling Magazine Not only is Chris Lieto the fastest cyclist in triathlon he’s also one of the most detail-oriented when it comes to his bike setup His Trek Speed Concept 9-Series is full of modifications and unlike most pros who shudder at the thought of tuning their bike before a big race Lieto finished gluing a new tubular tire to the disc in his hotel room just before these photos were shot After gluing the Bontrager Race X Lite Pro to his disc Lieto proceeded to swap his standard training hydration and nutrition equipment—round bottles on the frame—for his race setup painted in honor of his charity More Than Sport It is still equipped with the SRAM Red components he raced last year but those will be stripped off after this race in favor of parts from Campagnolo Those new parts will be installed to a new all-black frame not the Arione Tri 2 triathlon-specific version Although he uses a rear offset saddle clamp the saddle is actually further forward than he used to ride He moved it forward last summer and elected to keep this new position but Lieto was a bit perturbed by the sticker remnants left on the seatpost from Ironman Hawaii to spend an hour cleaning the post rather than surfing After calculating his fluid and caloric needs for this unique race distance Lieto attached his home-cooked hydration systems He replaced his round frame bottle cages with a Bontrager aero bottle on the seat tube and installed another aero bottle between his aerobar extensions Using two rivet nuts mounted to his integrated aluminum stem attached the vertical bottle between his extensions The bottle comes with a standard nipple to drink from but Lieto leaves this bottle fixed to his bike so he created a straw system He drilled several holes in the lid so he can drink from it without removing the bottle from the stem-mounted cage Lieto uses a sink drain plug to keep this opening sealed between fill-ups The second hole is for the straw he drinks from A zip tie used to leash the sink plug to the bottle threads through the final hole A small FuelBelt gel flask is also mounted above the stem His other unique hydration piece is attached to the Arione saddle Lieto drilled two holes in the saddle’s plastic underside A zip tie passes through each hole and through the arms of the Bontrager carbon bottle cage Two more ties fix the bottom of the cage to his saddle Lieto found that the cage itself didn’t secure the bottle sufficiently so he created a bridge connecting both sides of the cage to keep the bottle firmly in place Bontrager’s new Aeolus D3 5 tubular front wheel is on Lieto’s bike but Bontrager didn’t create a disc as part of their new race wheel line Lieto is racing a disc that is a collaboration between Hed Cycling and Bontrager Hed has produced disc wheels for years by bonding a cover to a standard spoked wheel instead of creating a solid foam-core disc Hed’s Stinger disc uses a cover bonded to a deep-rim Stinger 9 but Lieto’s disc uses a cover from the brake tracks mimicking that shape—bulbous below the rim then lenticular to the hub The structural wheel under the cover is a Bontrager Race XXX Lite tubular Hed designed a special cover for this wheel that Lieto says is thinner than the ones used on Hed wheels Instead of racing in Bontrager’s Hilo triathlon shoes Lieto opts for the RXXXL Limited Edition Road shoes These shoes have a three-strap Velcro closure system Mike Greer was preparing for another Australian assault on his triathlon course The last four winners of the Buffalo Springs Lake Ironman 70.3 are native Australians and two of them - Leon Griffin and course record-holder Luke Bell - were registered for this year's race So were fellow Aussies Craig Alexander and Chris McCormack who have combined to win the last three Ironman World Championship races in Hawaii They're picking on my course,' " said Greer and perhaps unfortunately for triathlon followers in West Texas the Aussie quartet won't be competing on Sunday at Buffalo Springs Lake Greer said all four have since withdrawn from the event because of injury the professional men's field for the 21st annual race is as strong as ever Californian Chris Lieto finished second to Alexander at last year's world championship and is coming off a 70.3-mile win in Kansas three weeks ago while New Zealand's Terenzo Bozzone already has three half-Ironman victories this year The field also includes Australian Stephen Hackett who finished fifth at Buffalo Springs Lake last year who placed 36th at last year's Hawaii Ironman "The guys that are here are good," Greer said I'm going to be on a motorcycle out there watching it I'm going to be out there following it closer than I've done before." Greer called Hackett a "dark horse" because of his familiarity with the course but he said the favorites are Bozzone and Lieto Both expressed disappointment that they wouldn't be testing themselves against Alexander the two-time defending champion in Hawaii who won two half-Ironmans earlier this month who pulled out of the race because of a recent illness but still came to Lubbock to support the event said Bozzone and Lieto will "put on a good show" nonetheless He said he would rank them among the "top three or four in the world in this distance." "I'm sure a lot of people around the world will be interested to see how this race plays out," said Alexander who plans to scout the course in preparation for a return trip to Buffalo Springs Lake because both have been doing well this year It's like two boxers competing in a title match." who won the Ironman 70.3 World Championship two years ago said he hopes to even his season record at Buffalo Springs Lake he has three victories and four second-place finishes Bozzone also wants to snap the Aussies' streak of wins "I've come to regain our pride for the Kiwis." The 38-year-old Lieto said his main objective is continuing to prepare for October's Ironman in Hawaii where he finished less than three minutes behind Alexander last year Lieto also is hoping for somewhat of a bounce-back performance Lieto didn't finish another half-Ironman in Boise because he was cramping and experiencing some muscle discomfort in his inner thigh and hopes to feel even better after Sunday's race "I was in a really good place (after Kansas) and then to follow up with Boise where I was unable to finish and had all that difficulty it kind of put a damper on the previous week's win," Lieto said "It got me excited about coming back for this week and having a solid finish and hopefully a victory." Bozzone and Lieto must contend with an unfamiliar course The Buffalo Springs Lake event is known for its steep hills and hot which is why it's a qualifier for the Ironman World Championship So Bozzone and Lieto aren't taking the course "The thing with triathlon is you can feel great you can feel invincible leading up to the race but anything can happen on the day," Bozzone said and you've got to fire in all three disciplines You have to swim well and bike well and hold it all together with the run it's going to add an extra element to the competition." adam.zuvanich@lubbockonline.com l 766-8733 courtney.linehan@lubbockonline.com l 766-8735 patrons of Lieto Italia Ristorante were able to enjoy a dinner of linguine alle vongole with tartufo for desert and wine brought from home to complete the meal The eatery located on Main Street near River Road for the past 18 years has closed. who also runs Tiramisu Restaurante in Elmwood Park said that he sold the business a few weeks ago but he declined to say why or give details of the sale Bergen County court records show that Parkway Asset Management had settled a suit against Garcia in April to recover over $70,000 in back payments. there's a for-sale sign on the side of the building with real estate firm NAI James E A representative for the firm declined to comment about the sale Some area residents were sorry to hear about the restaurant closing New Milford resident John Ivacic works as a crossing guard at Main Street and River Road Ivacic has eaten at the restaurant over the years with his wife, and it was a favorite of his parents when they were alive He said when he visited a few weeks ago but was told by an employee that the owner would be staying there and he assumed it would stay open New Milford: New Milford school postpones referendum vote to December 2020 Dining guide: Named 'Best for Foodies': Newark Airport Terminal C dining guide Animal rescue: Hurricane Dorian survivors: New Jersey shelter takes in 84 cats from Bahamas and noticed they would usually have the 'OPEN' sign in the window but instead it's closed," Ivacic said. Joe Verga didn't know that the place where the annual holiday party for the Bergenfield Lions Club was held is no longer in business someone will take over between now and the end of the year," Verga said The website Loopnet shows the 4,500-square-foot site is equipped with a kitchen