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Diane's Back! And Other Liberty Half Stuff...
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Monday, 10 June 2013 04:20
(Nicole Heininger Facebook Photo - We've never posted a shot of Nicole before, so we thought it would be cool to do so here. She rocked a 6th place finish in 4:57:13 at Liberty last Saturday. FYI, Ms. H placed 2nd last month at Cinco Du Mayo Long Course.)
Liberty Half VIII - Columbia Height's head-banger, Matt Payne, won his 2nd career half IM (to go with 2nds at Chisago, New Orleans 70.3 and Soma) last Saturday at Liberty VIII, staged at beautiful Lake Rebecca Park Reserve. His time--4:07:39--was both a course and race record and was made even more remarkable by the fact that he was bonking like a banshee over the last third of the run. His great clocking, only 1:47 off his PR, was due largely to an ungodly bike split (4:09), one that gave him a 12-minute cushion in T2 on eventual runner-up / 2009 Liberty winner Jon Balabuck of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Known for his running prowess, Jon, who has a lovely wife and two above-average kids, managed to make up all but 3:39 of that lead. His final time was a noteworthy 4:11:18....
Righteous Racing at Rebecca...
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Monday, 10 June 2013 03:10
(Photo - John Heinlein III rocked an excellent 3rd at Liberty Olympic last weekend.)
Liberty Olympic IX - Last Saturday's Liberty Triathlon was a great race with a great vibe. Part of the event's greatness was due to the inordinately high number of visiting athletes (most of whom raced in the half IM). Scads of Dakotans and Iowans, and especially Canadians, took part in what Mark Bongers of Final Stretch (the company that owns and manages the event) called the "best Liberty yet." If you were there, you'd find that assessment hard to refute....
Technical Difficulty...
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Monday, 10 June 2013 01:10
By Devon Palmer
Posted on June 4, 2013 by palmertri
I was very excited to head East for Rev3 Quassy this past weekend. The race itself turned out awful. I will be brief on that and longer on the more positive elements of the weekend. The swim was actually quite good, I got on the tail end of the main pack and stayed there. I was out of the water Paul Ambrose, Ritchie Cunningham, Joe Gambles and Maik Twelsiek. Three miles into the bike there was an s curve coming off a downhill. I botched it and went up into the ditch. To my surprise I didn
Got An Event? ...And Weekend Results...
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Sunday, 09 June 2013 01:10
Dan Cohen and Jolene Butler, two local entrepreneurs, are building a unique event-based coaching platform. Wellvize creates a personalized training plan based on your goals, fitness level and availability. Your plan will adapt based on your feedback, schedule and progress. Wellvize will be an affordable alternative to traditional...
Minnesotans Kick Butt at BOUS...& Liberty Results...
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Saturday, 08 June 2013 01:10
ED. Coverage of last weekend's Best of the US National Championship. Once again, Minnesota athletes stole the show.
From TriJuice.com & Bestoftheustriseries.com
The Best of the U.S. Championship brings together the nation's best amateurs triathletes to race in an elite, head-to-head, non-age-graded exhibition-style open-course environment. This past weekend Leon's 30th Anniversary Triathlon played host to the amateur championship and crowned Colin Riley of Ohio and Kirsten Sass of Tennessee as the new Best of the U.S. Amateur Champions. ...
