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Friday, 03 October 2014 06:10
By Heather Lendway (heatherlendway.com)
Now that most of us are moving into the off season you may have started thinking about what you’d like to work on for next year. Or maybe you’re still enjoying some down time and just getting back into the swing of things. No matter what you’re up to, I thought I’d share some tidbits of swimming workouts to help add some variety to your routine.
1. Quick Yardage
Here’s a great set that you can do when you’re low on time but need to get in a decent amount of yardage. It’s called a loco, typically I’ll do this sequence: ...
Performance of the Year: The Guys...
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Friday, 03 October 2014 00:10
Minnesota Multisport Awards - Like the women's "Most Improved" category, wherein eight worthy women competed for four nominations, the men's Performance of Year nominees were exrtremely hard to determine. After much heated debate, here are the official men's Performance of the Year nominees:
BRIAN BICH (48, Duluth) - Bich made history with his Course Record win at Brewhouse, where he became the first athlete in Minnesota multisport history to win a single race 12 times. The old record, Tony Schiller's 11-wins at Lake Waconia, had stood for eleven years.
BROOKS GROSSINGER (37, Mayer) - Course record at Timberman. Brooks lowered his 2013 mark from 1:58:44 to 1:54:24. His margin of victory was 2:05.
MATTHEW PAYNE (36, Columbia Heights - photo) - With his Victory at the Best of the US Championship at Lake Phalen, The Pain Train became the first athlete in BOUS history to win more than once. He also won in 2011. Moreover, he beat 2013 US Athlete of the Year, Dan Stubleski, in the process....
2014 POY: "Premier" Trumps "Prestige"...
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Thursday, 02 October 2014 00:10
Minnesota Multisport Awards - In the Performance of the Year category, a single athlete, by rule, can have no more than two nominations. It was especially difficult this year limiting our choices for Dani Fischer and Heather Lendway (photo L), both of whom excelled on the world and national stages and recorded nearly 20 victories between them....
Triathlete of the Year: Women
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Wednesday, 01 October 2014 00:10
Minnesota Multisport Awards - Here are the official nominees for 2014 Female Triathlete of the Year and their tri resumes:
DANI FISCHER, 26, Wausau, WI
2014 Triathlon Highlights:
1st @ USAT Long Course Nationals (4:23!)
1st @ Best of the US Championship
1st @ Chicago World Triathlon
1st @ Green Bay Triathlon
1st @ Wausau Triathlon (CR - 1st overall!)
2nd @ USAT Nationals
3rd @ ITU Edmonton Worlds (photo L)
3rd @ Life Time - Minneapolis Elite...
"Fun Size" Duathlon...
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014 00:10
(Photo - CFD medalists, from L to R: Tom Couillard, who's into Kacey Musgrave's music, the insanely handsome Ron Dockery, who had a "heart thing" a few years back, but he's fine now, Shelly Tschida, AKA "The Pride of Vadnais Heights," whose last name sounds like "cheetah," not "Shy-da" like the lake in North Dakota, and Michel Sanders, who has 34 teeth and is into "Westerny" stuff. Great folks!)
By Warren Peece
Cascade Falls Du - The final outdoor multisport race on the Minnesota calendar was last Saturday and it was a goodie. Not large, only 61 finishers, it was the special event equivalent of a "Fun Size" candy bar. Whatever it is that makes little candy bars more "fun" than the bigger ones, was probably what made the Cascade Falls Duathlon more fun ...
