Background
Lemaire was born in Santa Monica, California, and educated at University of California, Los Angeles, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa in biochemistry in 1974.
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Lyn Lemaire
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Harvard Law School.
Career
She also held the United States. women"s record for the 25-mile (40 km) bicycle time trial. At high school she entered four national swimming championships, and at University of California, Los Angeles she played all three positions in basketball. As a senior she cycled from Vancouver to Los Angeles, and the following summer vacation she spent cycle touring around England and northern Europe.
The second annual Hawaii race was held January 1979 during Honolulu"s stormy season and in the middle of some of the worst weather for several years.
The weather forced the postponement of the race by one day, and remained sufficiently bad that only 15 out of the original 28 entrants attempted the race. Among these was Lemaire, the only woman in the race. in a time of 12:55:38.
Lemaire entered Harvard Law School in September 1979. In 1984, with investment from Norman Raben, she founded Ultrasport magazine, becoming its Editor-in-chief
Achievements
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After finishing second in 1975, Lemaire won the United States. National 25-mile (40 km) time trial championships in 1976, setting a new record of 1:00:06.7. She retained her title the following year, and finished second in 1978. At the 1976 United States. National track championships held in Northbrook, Illinois, she finished third in the 3000 m individual pursuit, beating Susan Gurney into 4th place. In the same event two years later, she again placed third, in a time of 4:14.17, a faster time than the second place racer, Betsy Davis. In the United States. National Road Race Championships, she placed 7th in the 1975 event (35 mi) and 10th in the 1977 event (3824 mi).
