I am not, I swear. But seeing her picture in Triathlete Magazine on her Serotta, I just could not help but notice that she had a painful-looking position. I felt that someone with her resources would have been positioned a LOT better, that’s all.
I did look at her Kona pics, and she looked a LOT better. I am glad that she got to someone better for her positioning.
Also, for the record, she is Oh-kay. “Oh-kay” is my wife’s and my term for HOT.
I did feel that the article was an ad for Susan Dell. Maybe I was just struck the wrong way. How much hooplah is made in that magazine over Joe/Josphine Average age grouper?
I have to agree with you. I know tons of women, including myself, who struggle everyday to balance family/work/training without many of the resources available to wife of a very rich man. Haven’t seen many articles (in not just one but, two national magazines!) about any of them.
Wait, CORRECTION…there was an article about Diana Hassel recently. Didn’t say if she was married or to whom, but she is one busy lady and a TOP age grouper to boot.
Not to take anything away from Dell, but what exactly is it that she is doing that thousands of other, less well supported, women don’t do every day?
Yeah, it was funny to see two almost identical articles about an age group triathlete who happens to be married to one of the more wealthy technology tycoons floating around Austin…
The sad part is that there are countless pros out there barely making enough to pay their groceries, who really could have used the coverage to help close on sponsorship contract etc for 2004. Was it just not last year (2002), when RLX dropped the 2001 Hawaii winner Tim deBoom. Tim had to go with no sponsor (from what I have heard) in his lead up to Hawaii 2002. Tim deBoom (not so starving) and starving pros aside, it really was a waste of great editorial space telling us all about a wealthy busy middle of the pack age grouper. I’d rather hear about new training techniques, race coverage, pro profiles, bike tech stuff etc etc (hold on, I already get that on slowtwitch)
I do not consider one married to a rich guy a celebrity. I don’t even consider rich people celebrities. I know too many of them from my job.
They might as well have done an article about a hair dresser who is a straight guy, lost 85 lbs discovering multisport while in a horrendous marriage to an over-controlling, extremely overweight tyrrant of an ex-wife. This guy is also fabricating carbon fibre in his garage. He is a decent, but still MOP guy who occasionally gets onto the podium. Oops! That’s me…
But it’s not a terribly interesting story. That was my point.
Diana Hassel is pretty remarkable, if I am not mistaken.
To answer the last question, she chooses to be as busy as she is. She could hire people to do the dirty work and train full-time if she wanted to, in my opinion.
I totally agree. I was wondering why there was so much coverage about her as well. I guess it is because I don’t believe in idolizations of people becuase they are famous I believe in idolizations becuase of who they are or what they have done… I would not be upset if the cast of american idol died however I would be upset if nelson mandella died… people’s respect should be earned not given so freely…
PS. gleeveq like the anti CML chemotheraputic drug?
Gleevec is a drug for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
The five-year survival rates for the blood-related cancers are leukemia 44%, lymphoma 52% and myeloma 28%. Disease specific rates differ within the leukemia category: ALL is 58%, CLL is 71%, AML is 14% and CML is 32%. These figures alter for children and people over 75.
Gleevec - discovered by a Dr “I can’t remember his name” out of Research Triangle Park in NC. virtually eliminated the need for any other chemotherapy for CML patient. condition is now treated by a “take this pill for the rest of your life and you’ll live” protocol.
Why do I have this info swirling my my melon you ask? Our son was diagnosed with ALL in 99. HE hits the one yr off treatment mark this week. (i.e. out of the statistical danger zone of relapse)
