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A Simon Whitfield Update

Posted by admin on Saturday, March 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

So what’s Simon up to these days? slowtwitch.com has recently posted an interview with the Beijing silver metalist, following is an excerpt:

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Since his silver medal win at the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing, Simon Whitfield has been a very busy man. Speaking engagements, a coaching change, a training camp in Maui and some longer races on the horizon. But he had time to talk to slowtwitch.

ST: Simon, how are you doing?

Simon: Great, really enjoying training, watching our daughter grow up and run around the house blurting out new words everyday. I just love training with great people, competing everyday and I continue to feel really fortunate to be doing something I love as a job.

ST: Over the winter you spent quite some time in Hawaii. Why Hawaii and what were your goals?

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