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AG Athletes of the Month...
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Friday, 30 May 2014 00:10
The Minnesota Multisport Awards Selection Committee (MMA Selectors) congratulate Tracy Serreyn (photo L) and Hank Larsen, their May "Age Group Athletes of the Month." Tracy and Hank were selected ahead of the following non-open-class, i.e. 19U ans 40+, athletes, all of whom enjoyed great racing success in May:
ANNE GRABOWSKI, 46, Minneapolis
2nd overall / 1st Master @ Blaine Triathlon
2nd overall / 1st Master @ Cinco Du Mayo Long Course
SHERI SCHROCK, 59, Cohasset
1st AG @ Gear West Duathlon
1st AG @ Oakdale Duathlon
1st AG @ Chain of Lakes Triathlon
2nd AG @ Apple Duathlon...
Goal Setting & Plug Pulling...
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Thursday, 29 May 2014 00:10
By Dan Hedgecock (danhedgecock.com)
Every year I’m surprised when it’s time to start racing. In January winter feels like it will never end, especially living here in Minnesota. In January it’s always easy to list off ten things I want to accomplish, ways I’m going to train differently this season, nagging problems that I’m going to resolve once and for all – all of these things vaguely outlined and scheduled for a few weeks down the road because I have plenty of time to get started later.
Then all of a sudden, it’s time to race and I haven’t checked off half the things in my mental list, much less gotten into shape. Then I race to catch up, jam in too much in too little time, get in shape, race a lot, struggle with the same issues and before I know it September has shown up and I’m feeling pretty worn down in general.
Last season was very mediocre. My races were all very mediocre. I usually finished 1 or 2 spots out of the money and feeling like I ‘just didn’t have it.’ Training was mediocre. It was a pretty uninspiring year all told. It wasn’t terrible, just really mediocre. I finished Lifetime Chicago last August and pulled the plug on the whole year....
Payne & Hankee Are "Athletes of the Month"...
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Wednesday, 28 May 2014 00:10
The Minnesota Multisport Awards Selection Committee have named Matthew Payne (photo L) and Diane Hankee (photo below) Minnesota Athletes of the Month for May, 2014. This monthly acknowledgement applauds amateur athletes in our state that the MMA Selectors believe deserve special recognition.
Their criteria is “organic,” which is to say that all arguments supporting an athlete can be considered. Put another way, the selections are as subjective as they are objective. Yes, they consider times, places, racing volume, field quality, course records and such. But they also look for things like “career trajectory” and “pleasant surprises.” ...
Porking Out in Iowa...
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Monday, 26 May 2014 06:10
PIGMAN SPRINT PREVIEW - HIstorically, Minnesotans have comprised a relatively small percentage--less than 10%--of Little Pig's annual enrollment, yet elite Loon Staters have dominated in the overall results. Since the turn of the century, Minnesota men have won 10 of the 13 editions of this event, which richly deserves its reputation at Iowa's premier sprint tri. The three events that weren't won by Minnesotans, were won by professionals, i.e. Dan Bretscher (IN, now of IA) in 2009, TJ Tollakson (IA) in 2007, and Will Smith (WI/NZL) in 2003. The top male amateurs in each of those races were from our side of the border: Brian Bich in 2008 and 2003, Kevin O'Connor in '09.
It should be noted that St. Paul athletes own the men's overall records: David Thompson set the pro record (1:00:57) in 2012, and Dan Hedgecock's amateur mark (1:01:56) was set in 2011. (Prior to the millennial change, Medina's Kevin O'Connor was the amateur CR holder. His time was approximately 20-seconds faster than Hedge's.) And FYI, the men's masters record is owned by Duluth's Brian Bich (1:02:33).....
The Greatest Performance in Apple History......
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Monday, 26 May 2014 03:10
By Tyler Buckintine (sctimes.com)
Training sometimes takes up an average of 15 hours of his week and he spends a lot of time on the road competing at duathlons and triathlons around the nation.
"My profession is being a professional triathlete and I basically started racing pro right after grad school," Thompson said. "I just race and I travel a lot. It's a lot of training. It flexible but there's no days off. I also do daddy daycare."
Thompson hadn't participated in the Apple Duathlon since 2010, the last year of his four-year win streak. He also won the race in 2004 and 2005....
