Desiree ficker (1)

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Was watching 2007 ironman WCR and saw Desiree finish and wondered what happened to her?

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Do you mean what happened to her in that race, or in general? She’s still racing both tris and footraces all the time…just not on the podium very often, so you don’t hear about her as much as, say, Chrissie or Mirinda.

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Also check this thread going on right now. There are pics of her in posts 1&3 from Texas State Road Race Championship

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=3554854;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

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Saw her last Thanksgiving at a five-mile Turkey Trot. She ran 29:04 and placed 24th overall and first place woman.

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Was watching 2007 ironman WCR and saw Desiree finish and wondered what happened to her?

she had a go at qualifying for the olympics in the marathon

she won savageman last year
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Looked like she blew up in that race but still finished. Was really wondering what has happened to her more recently, if my memory serves me she took second once and I have not seen or heard much of her since

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She had recently emailed me this summer to ask about training in New Mexico leading up to Kona. I believe she ended up doing her training in Taos, NM. Can anyone confirm that she is scheduled to race Kona?

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I ran the 12k lead-off leg of the Austin Marathon Relay with her last weekend. I ran a 6:19 pace and beat her by about a minute and a half. I’m sure it was an easy run for her…tapering for some big race. I’m sure she would have smoked me if she was really “racing” it.

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I ran the 12k lead-off leg of the Austin Marathon Relay with her last weekend. I ran a 6:19 pace and beat her by about a minute and a half. I’m sure it was an easy run for her…tapering for some big race. I’m sure she would have smoked me if she was really “racing” it.

she had a tough day the day before your relay, 16 miles running, ~60 miles biking, and severe dehydration.

im amazed she showed up!

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I figured something was up. I should also note that I went over to help at WaterStop #5 for the rest of the race after my leg and I saw her running the last 5k as well. Beast! I had a similar situation as her last year before the marathon relay. 60 mile bike, dehydration, GI issues…barely squeaked out a 6:52 pace for the 12k that day. I couldn’t imagine piling a 16-mile run on top of that and still doing the 12k the next day. Guess that’s what separates those who get paid to race and those who pay to race.

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yeah i hate squeaking out those as well…6:52 pace,sheesh,my granny could do that.