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STAR FOR TRI
KATHERINE KELLY LANG
Hollywood star
loves
endurance racing, both on her horses and in tri over the IRONMAN 70.3
distance. A Women For Tri ambassador, she tells us how the swim,
bike and run kee s her fi t and strong for a ing Brooke and
managing fashion abe s across the or d.
South Africans know you as the
glamorous Brooke Logan in long-
running soap opera The Bold and
the Beautiful. What they may not
know is that you’re an experienced
equestrian and a keen sportswoman.
Tell us more about your sporting
background, and how you got drawn
into triathlon. I grew up in Southern
California doing a lot of diff erent sports.
Gymnastics, diving, swimming, baseball,
soft ball, dance, skiing, horseback riding
and hiking. My father was in the Olympics
for the ski jump and my mom was in
Junior Olympics for swimming.
My number one passion in sport is
equestrian disciplines – mostly endurance
racing on my horses doing 25, 50, 75 and
100-mile races, which I’ve been doing
for 25 years. Triathlon training takes up a
lot of time, so I had to put my horseback
riding on hold for a while. I am looking
forward to getting back into it though.
I started triathlon about fi ve years ago
aft er signing up for a sprint race with
The Bold and the Beautiful in the Malibu
Triathlon. I came third in the celebrity
division and got excited about doing
more. I quickly trained harder to do an
IRONMAN 70.3 race and have been doing
mostly that distance for fi ve years now.
I competed in the IRONMAN in Kona in
2015, but I prefer the half distance.
You’ve worked with some top
triathlon coaches, including Dave
Scott in 2015, and Siri Lindley in the
run-up to the 2018 IRONMAN 70.3
World Championship. What was your
key takeaway from each of these
coaching greats? Dave and Siri have
diff erent coaching styles, but the end
result was fabulous with both of them.
I love them both. They are incredible
people and amazing coaches! I was very
lucky and grateful to train under their
guidance. They both made sure I had the
correct training and conditioning to have
a satisfying result in all my races with my
crazy busy schedule. They also taught me
not to get stressed out if I missed training
sessions, and how to train when I travel.
How do you fi t in training around your
mad schedule? You not only have
long days on set, but you also manage
a fashion business, produce the great
RYD sports clothing range, and act
as a spokeswoman for Breakaway for
Cancer. I love to swim, bike and run. I
also love to stay in shape and be healthy.
It is important for me to be fi t and strong
in order to keep up my life schedule, with
my acting on The Bold and the Beautiful,
movies in Italy and America, our fashion
business, and travelling around the world.
What motivates you to keep training
and competing? Purely health
reasons or do you actually enjoy
swimming, cycling and running
regularly? Actually right now, I am
just running... We have been travelling
so much this year and taking on new
ventures. It has been hard to keep it all
up. So far this year, I’ve fi lmed the
TV show I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out
of Here! in South Africa in February.
And then we were in Australia in April
for Katherine Kelly Lang Kaft ans and in
Italy in May for a campaign with my line
Salsedine by KKL. And in between all of
that shooting B&B in Hollywood. Next
week we go back to Australia, and then
Italy. It never stops! LOL!
What does a typical week in the life
of Katherine Kelly Lang look like? We
manage many of our fashion businesses
around the world. It keeps us quite busy. I
guess you can say we have to have careful
planning and scheduling for all that we do.
I say ‘we’ because my partner, Dominique
Zoida, and I do this all together. He is
great with the scheduling. I think if it was
left up to me I would procrastinate some,
but that is why we make such a good
team. Teamwork and working together for
the best outcome is what we are all about!
We love to train and race together as well.
You’ve participated in a number
of IRONMAN 70.3 races. What
distinguished the event in Nelson
Mandela Bay for you? I have enjoyed
all the 70.3 races I have done in many
diff erent countries. I loved our trip to
South Africa for the World Championship.
It was an incredible race with beautiful
views and in a special city. They say that
Port Elizabeth is the ‘friendliest city’ and
KELLY’S GEAR
Bike: Trek Speed Concept Project One Wheels & tyres: Bontrager Pedals: Look Saddle: Bontrager Hilo Pro
Groupset: Shimano Computer: Garmin Helmet: Rudy Project Cycling shoes: Sidi
Clothing: RYD (I’m co-owner of Ride Your Dreams) Sunglasses: Rudy Project Running shoes: Nike Zoom Vaporfl y 4%
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