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31 Alaska B. Rag 1 (2007)

handle is hein.barjournals/askabar0031 and id is 1 raw text is: VOLUME 31, NO. 1 Dignitas, semper dignitas $3.00 JANUARY - MARCH, 2007 How I finished Oust bare1y) my first Iron Distance Triathlon By Todd Sherwood On October 21st, 2006, I began the Great Florid- ian Triathlon in Clermont, Florida. On October 22nd I finished it. If there was a lesson learned in this race for me (and an encouragement to others contemplating something similar or facing any major challenge in life or the legal profession) it would be, in the words of Winston Churchill in the darkest days of WW II:... never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to aonvietionsof henour and good sense. Pr on toward the mark friends. You can do it! Since this account is being written in the Bar Rag, an august and dignified legal publication, there also needs to be some lesson of law presented, so here it is: I use the phrase iron distance' rather than the more familiar Ironman because the term Ironman is trademarked and/or copyrighted by the World Tri- athlon Corporation (WTC) which owns it and puts on the world famous Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Hawaii and other Ironman titled races around the world. The Great Floridian Triathlon was not a WTC sanctioned race, and therefore they could not legally call it an Ironman race; rather, such races are generically referred to as an iron distance races, indicating that they, like the Ironman races, are of the same distance. It was sanctioned by USAT, the USA Triathlon organization, which has 70,000 members and, among other things, is responsible for the selection of American triathletes for the Olympics. The Great Floridian Triathlon, like the more famously named Ironman races, features a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike leg, and 26.2 mile run. It would be the first time I had ever attempted such distances in a triathlon. I am not a jock. I am not an athlete. I was a 9th grade basketball dropout. I went out for track in 10th grade and was extremely average. That is the last time I participated in any organized sporting event until getting into triathlons. I have been doing triathlons for about 4 years now. My first triathlon was the 2002 Eagle River Triathlon. I was 44 at the Continued on page 6 LESHAR *T *OR DR S COE P.2 ADR's gone mainstream -- The future is here By Glenn Cravez Twenty years ago I heard this deprecating joke about Brazil: Brazil is the country of the future... and always will be. It's been almost 20 years since I joined the effort of others to develop mediation in Alaska. Back then I wondered if mediation was the wave of the future in that same, always will be way. The first time I took out a Yellow Pages listing for mediation, the listing mis- takenly was placed under Meditation. That made for some interesting phone calls. But we've come a long way in nearly 20 years. The future has arrived in terms of mediation's use in Alaska. Alaska is following a national trend in the devel- opment of mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). TheAlaska Court System is a strong proponent and now of- fers several court-connected programs to help litigants solve their own disputes more effectively. The private mar- ket for mediation has grown considerably too, and many commercial, insurance, and family disputes get resolved through ADR. As the mar- ket has grown, so have the number of attorneys, mental health professionals, retired judges, and others offering conflict resolution services. The growth of ADR isn't confined to the courthouse or adult legal system. Peer mediation programs have sprung up in many of our public schools. The Univer- sity of Alaska offers classes Continued on page 24 The Editor ........................................................ 2 Impossible settlement options .............................. 4 AB Hooligans of the press ..................................... 5 S t Digital camera test results .............................. 8 f The facts about China trade ........................... I USERRA Primer: Protecting rights of military civlias . 2 Alaska Bar Association Non-Profit Organization RO. Box 100279 U.S. Postage Poid Anchorage, Alaska 99510 Permit No. 401 Anchorage, Alaska JAMES P. VRENNA WILLIAM S. HDN & CO. INC 1285 MAIN St BUFFALO NY 14209-1987 h,,l tithIhllh,,hi,,,,11 l ii'1h,h 'h,,li~hlI i

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