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Teen Star Shines Bright at RochesterFest...
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Monday, 22 June 2015 00:10
ROCHESTERFEST TRIATHLONS - Alyson Welch (photo) is only 16 and already is a two-time winner of the RochesterFest Sprint Triathlon. Last year's victory resulted in a junior course record time of 1:03:12. This year she lowered her JrCR to 59:02, becoming only the 5th female to crack the 1-hour mark at this seven-year-old event. Her margin of victory over runner-up Courtney Bledsoe, 37, of Eau Claire, was a hefty 2:27.
Rounding out the women's podium was another local junior, Martha Burket (1:04:00), who is only 15. Thirteen-year-old Arianna Werts (1:04:02), also of Rochester, finished 4th. Three juniors in the Top 5 is unprecedented in this race and perhaps for all Minnesota triathlons. Good stuff, huh?
Two transplanted New Zealanders, David Phillips and Brad Mitchell, respectively, finished 1-2 in the men's sprint. For Phillips, it was his 6th career multisport win. His time (52:37) was the 4th quickest in race history. For the gregarious 41-year-old Mitchell, his 53:50 torched the men's masters record.
The final podium spot for the men was earned by Lakeville's Eric Tessmer, 42. His time was 54:48....
Sunday Race Results...
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Sunday, 21 June 2015 06:00
Photo - Suzie Fox has won three races in an eight day span.
8th annual ROCHESTERFEST OLYMPIC - Highlights include DKT's victory, the 96th of his career, Kevin O'Connor's amateur win and lowering of his own masters record, and Gaby Bunten's triumph over the women's field in the 3rd fastest women's time ever at this race. More words and photos on Monday. RESULTS
7th annual ROCHESTERFEST SPRINT - Junior girls and Kiwi men dominate the overall podium. Words and pics on Monday. RESULTS
24th MANITOU SPRINT TRIATHLON - Suzie Fox wins her second race of the weekend. Chris Tatton outruns talented teen Nick Klonne to claim his first career multisport victory. Capitol City champ Nicole "Heiney "Heininger places 2nd the day after she also placed 2nd at the arduous Toughman High Cliff Half Ironman (4:55:46 ). Good stuff! RESULTS
Probably the Most Disappointing Race of My Career...
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Sunday, 21 June 2015 00:10
By Heather Lendway (heatherlendway.com)
Pigman Sprint Race Report - Earlier in the year I had pegged Pigman as an important race to see how I’ve improved over the last year. Unfortunately things didn’t really go as planned; I’ll talk about that after a quick recap of the race...
RochesterFest & Manitou Preves...
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Saturday, 20 June 2015 00:10
UPDATE: Brooks and Suzie win LAKE MINNETONKA DUATHLON (cancelled swim) this morning. RESULTS
Two great races will take place tomorrow: the 8th annual RochesterFest Tri and the 24th Manitou Sprint Triathlon. Without further ado, here are MTN's predictions:
ROCHESTERFEST OLYMPIC - Podium Guesses
David Thompson, RFT's course record holder, picked up his 95th career win last weekend at the Accel Triathlon in Iowa. His margin was humongous. The margin will not be as large on Sunday because his competition includes Patrick Parish, Kris Spoth and Kevin O'Connor. Our Top 3 picks are: 1. DKT, 2. PP, 3. Spoth, who will pick up the amateur win. O'Connor, who's racing like a banshee this season will take fourth. We think he'll lower his masters record, a 2:01:01, set here in 2013.
The women's race for the top spot will be intense. Gaby Bunten and Bridget McCoy are evenly matched, but we suspect that Bunten will come out on Top, though not by much. She has finished 2nd in her last two efforts--Trinona and Capitol City--and appears ready to collect her first win of the 2015 season. Her time at Cap City--1:05:11--clearly illustrates that she is faster than last season.
Our pick for the final podium spot is Rochester's Diana Shewmaker, who finished 4th here last year....
Anthropomorphic Race Report...
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Friday, 19 June 2015 00:10
By Michael McConkey's Wetsuit, Bike and Running Shoes
LIBERTY HALF RACE REPORT - Michael has been slacking so we decided we would write the Final Stretch 70.3 Liberty Half Ironman race report for him. I am Michael’s 2XU R3 wetsuit, next up will be his Cervelo P2 Tri bike, and finally his Newton Distance 5 running shoes.
Let me get this started, like any wetsuit, I dream of gliding through water, feeling it flow across me as I propel forward stroke after stroke, passing other wetsuits on the way to a glorious swim leg.
Unfortunately, you don’t choose your owner. I got Michael, don’t get me wrong, he tries hard but the guy just can’t swim. Race after race we start out slow and sort of just get slower and by the time we get out of the water and into transition all the other wetsuits are already relaxing and soaking in the sun. Never the less any time I get to race is better than sitting on the shelf so I was excited to be put on and taken for a quick warm up swim. Got to see several other LAM’s wetsuits. Of course Radniecki’s new wetsuit was all “we’re gonna crush this course”, but hey he can bring it so I wished him good luck and wondered if I was the same size? (so what, it’s a wetsuit dream, have you seen him handle a...
