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Wednesday, 25 September 2013 00:10
Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat
By Heather Lendway
I’m not sure exactly what made him think racing 125K triathlon would be a good idea but approximately 10 months ago the boyfriend, Patrick (photo L with me), signed up to race Leadman 125 Bend. I knew I had no interest in doing a HIM or IM, but this basically modified HIM with a 2.5 K swim, 106K Bike and 16.5K (later changed to only a 13K) run, was quite intriguing and definitely suited my specialties. By the time April rolled around I pulled the trigger; we would both be racing the Leadman 125....
Lead & Tread...
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Tuesday, 24 September 2013 02:10
LEADMAN EPIC - BEND - St. Paul's Heather Lendway and Columbia Heights' Matt Payne clearly demonstrated their Star Power in Bend, Oregon last Saturday. Lendway collected her 10th career win in the 125K tri and Payne finished 2nd overall in the 250K.
The distances, though longer than Half and Full IM, are configured to produce finishing times similar to those turned in on 70.3 and 224K courses. This is accomplished by significantly lengthening the swim and bike legs, and shortening the run portion. The point is to create a Half or full IM experience that is easier to recover from.
Heather's time on the mountainous course was an amazing 4:29:50, which was 26:13 faster than the women's winning time (on a slightly different course) in 2012, and 7:40 faster than her nearest challenger, former Canadian pro Donna Phalen. Four Minnesota women rocked Top 10 performances: Lendway (1st), CathyYndestad, last year's 250 amateur champ (3rd - 4:44:39), Patti Schmidt-Iverson (8th-5:06:43, an almost 31-minute improvement on her 2012 time here) and Julie Hull (9th - 5:18:32).
Iron Girl Stuff...
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Tuesday, 24 September 2013 00:10
IRON GIRL - BLOOMINGTON - The ninth annual Iron Girl Duathlon was staged on Sunday. Here's some stuff about the Top 10 (of 716 finishers) and non-open-class AG winners:
1. Jenn Scudiero - 1:27:04 (Jenn's time was 4:38 faster than her winning time here in 2012. IG was her sixth du victory of the season.)
2. Joyce Bourassa, 46 - 1:32:00 (The 2002 Minnesota Rookie of the Year was also 2nd here in 2012. She was 3:13 faster on Sunday.)
3. Julie Henrickson - 1:34:57 (Julie was 8th here in 2012. She was 4:06 faster this time. According to her FB page, she likes Bud Light and Stouffer's Frozen Food. There's a great photo of her on page 2.)
4. Lindsey Marshall - 1:35:29 (Lindsey won Croixathlon a whole bunch of times.)
5. Kristin Weinzierl - 1:35:41 (Kristin's FB "Likes" include Gerber baby food and Fishing With Matt.) ....
The Sweet Aroma of Charred Meat...
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Monday, 23 September 2013 00:10
(Image L - A drawing of Sean by one of his several kids.)
By Sean Pease
Five o'clock came early that Saturday morning, the seconds seemed to click away double time and the trip from home to Square Lake Park seemed like it may never end. Then I was there, and the time continued to click away. I frantically set up my work station as almost 400 participants roamed the race site and transition area. I was open for business at 6:30am, and customer number one set the tone for majority of the day. While the line got longer for mechanical help, I set everyone at ease as we did some major surgery on a front brake system for one participant. What I loved seeing as I worked feverishly was the help and support from the athletes to get their bike tires aired up, answer countless questions, and the interaction of strangers, and old friends, alike. The mechanical work, flat tires, blown tubulars and minor adjustments just kept coming in. This was a busy race morning, and that is what I was there for....
Time, Tightness & Tortillas...
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Sunday, 22 September 2013 00:10
ED. Story & photos for Saturday's Treadman and Leadman Epic-Bend, and Sunday's Iron Girl Du will post on Tuesday. Treadman RESULTS. Iron Girl RESULTS. Leadman Epic-Bend RESULTS
By Bonnie Moebeck
Burrito Union 5 & 10-Hour Race Report - The weekend kicked off nicely on Friday afternoon with my two Burrito Union 10 Hour Triathlon team mates, Nancy and Matt, coming over to my house to add my bike, camping & triathlon bags to the huge pile in the back of the truck. It was a beautiful day and we were off on a 3 hour drive to beautiful Superior Park in Wisconsin for the triathlon time of our lives. The Burrito Union is a unique event in that it does not consist of a single race. It is a continually revolving sprint distance triathlon that repeats as many times as the racers can fit into the 10 hour period or for those whom prefer to enjoy the cookout celebration atmosphere after a good race, as few as one triathlon.*Duly noted that one triathlon is a lot of work! ....
