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Jenny From the Block

Posted Monday, September 15, 2008 by Stephanie Owens

I hate it when celebs invade my sport. Don't get me wrong, I love the publicity it gets for endurance sports...but the media coverage just kills me. If you haven't heard yet Jennifer Lopez competed in the Nautica Triathlon in Malibu on Sunday. She finished the 1/2 mile swim, 18 mile ride, and 4 mile run in 2:23:38. A good respectable time for a first timer - though if you read the news you might be led to believe she won. Some headlines I've seen today are as follows: "Jennifer Lopez's triathlon success!" "All in under 2 and a half hours" "Great Job Jennifer." I'll spare you the rest.

Don't get me wrong, I know your first tri is hard and I'm glad to see J-Lo giving it a shot. But on any given race day I promise you...you can find someone with a story more motivating, moving, and celebratory than that of J-Lo. Yet that person gets no press, no fanfare, no private trainer, no special VIP race tent, and no fanfare. That person might have a friend or family member cheering for them...but their accomplishment won't be published in the paper or googled by anyone.

In other news, I'm excited to now add Jennifer Lopez to the list of celebrities I feel I could beat in a race (Katie Holmes is the other on the list). So J-Lo, please sign up for the AFAC Tri this Sunday at Disney. I'd love to pass you :)

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Tags: Celebrities, Jennifer Lopez, Katie Holmes, Malibu, Nautica Triathlon, stupid

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Basically this is a fitness article rudely attacking Jennifer Lopez because she is famous and this person is not. As you read this article it is filled with resentment and anger because they don’t get the press coverage that Mrs. Lopez does. She did this type of event to raise money for a Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. So when you sit there and actually look at the reason she did it then this article has nothing to do with fitness. She is only upset because she doesn’t get her name in the newspaper because she isn’t famous. It kind of makes me upset because this is supposed to be a blog about fitness and things that are going on around the world that have to deal with fitness. Not somebody’s weak attempt at being mad at a celebrity. It is very upsetting that somebody could be upset about this even when they are doing it for such a good cause. Lopez was inspired to run the triathlon while eight months pregnant with her twins. Who does this lady think she is then who knows. All I know is I am going to post this on the blog and see the replies.

Posted by on 9/19/2008 12:00:00 AM