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Smiles & Schnitzelgruben...
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Friday, 07 June 2013 01:10
RACE PREVIEW - The MTN Guys love the Manitou Sprint Triathlon. We've loved it for 23 years. We loved it since Mo and Suzann (Mouw) started it and loved it when the local YMCA produced it. We loved it when Randy Fulton directed it, and ...
"Claire Slapped Me on the Butt"...
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Wednesday, 05 June 2013 01:10
By Dan Hedgecock (danhedgecock.blogspot.com)
PIGMAN SPRINT - I traveled down to Cedar Rapids IA this weekend for the Pig Sprint Tri with Claire, who is the best road trip partner there is. We both love this race because the elite men and women compete in an equalizer format for a $750 bonus to whoever crosses the line first. Last year the women's head start was 9 minutes over the men and Claire ran away with the race and set a new women's course record. This year, the elites all agreed to try and make the race a little closer by cutting down the head start to the difference between the men's and women's course records, 7:43....
Log-Rollers, Book Borrowers & Recidivists...
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Monday, 03 June 2013 03:10
(Photo - Expert log-roller Christina Roberts hopes to chalk up her third consecutive Liberty Olympic victory on Saturday.)
Liberty Preview - A glance at the start list suggests to the MTN Guys that we could see a lot of recidivistic behavior at Lake Rebecca on Saturday. Last year's Liberty Olympic champs, David Holden and Christina Roberts, are coming back as favorites. We're anxious to see how absentee triathlete Dan Cohen fares, and we are expecting great efforts from Land Between the Lakes champ Chap Achen and Beth Guck (55-59W), who in hindsight deserved a Grand Master of the Year nomination last year. Beth plans to play "The Star Spangled Banner" on her bagpipes at a race this year. How cool is that!
We are also anxious to see Jen Martone because we like her a lot and haven't seen her in a while and she borrowed John Irving's "In One Person" from us a long time ago and hasn't returned it yet, so we're hoping she brings it to the race on Saturday....
