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Just what the doctor oared

Posted by Concept2 News on the 25th of June 2008

By day she prescribes medicine and diagnoses diseases of children as a pediatrician for Kaiser Permanente in Roseville. But after working hours, Sue Hooten is an athlete extraordinaire.

So extraordinary that she recently was named world champion (in the 55 to 60-year-old category) at the World Indoor Rowing Championships held in Boston. She also shattered the world record by completing 2,000 meters in 7 minutes, 23.7 seconds.

Although she prefers to do her rowing outdoors in actual water, Hooten, a Granite Bay resident, said the Concept2 Model D Ergonometer rowing machines she practices on and used for the world competition, simulate the real thing most accurately.

Read the full story at http://www.granitebaypt.com/detail/87331.html


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