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Sunday, 05 May 2013 01:10
COLT Pre-Coverage - In a landmark study at Morningwood Academy, it was proven that yucky weather can have an adverse effect on performance. This may or may not have been proven true yesterday in Alexandria at the 12th annual Chain of Lakes Triathlon. On Tuesday, we hope, former Alex-ian Angie Hop, who may or may not have won yesterday, will file a race report that could suggest that the race-day weather in her ancestral hometown totally sucked. It should be noted here that it is possible to have fun at races that are contested in crummy weather. Ang will probably comment on that. She may mention that a guy whose name rhymes with Strarcus Momberg may or may not have also repeated as champion and whether she did or did not "Shoot the Minnow" on race eve. COLT RESULTS
Cinco Du Mayo Duathlon - It didn't snow and temps maxed out at a balmy 37 degrees. The 180ish of the 250ish pre-registered athletes that made the trek out to Square Lake learned that a race doesn't have to be poopy just because the weather is. It was a day for dressing in layers,...
Team Semper Fi Stuff...
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Saturday, 04 May 2013 01:10
By Triathlete.com
The triathlon training camp was designed to help wounded veterans improve both their physical and mental health.
About 25 men gathered Sunday around a TV screen in a large tent at Portofino Island Resort watching videos of themselves training.
A few were missing limbs. The rest had less obvious wounds, such as brain injuries or post-traumatic stress disorder....
No Tree Fiddy!
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Friday, 03 May 2013 01:10
New Orleans 70.3 - Race Report
By Matthew Payne (mathew-payne.blogspot.com)
Holy crap, tri season really sneaked up on me this year. Since my DNF disaster at Vegas last September my head really hasn't been in the game. Training-wise I managed to string together a few 25,000+ yard weeks of swimming back in November/December, but then my shoulder blew up, taking me out of the pool altogether for a couple weeks and sharply limiting my volume thereafter. And then I got the flu in mid-January, which took me completely out of action for about a week and a half and felt like it took a solid month to really recover from. Our ass-tastic neverending Minnesota winter didn't exactly help things either.
Luckily everything started to come around by about mid-March and I started to feel more like my old self again. Next thing you know it's last Friday and I'm pulling the old Ordu down off of the hooks in the garage ceiling for literally the first time since September, only to immediately disassemble it and stuff it in a bag for a Saturday...
Mullet vs Mullet in Alex...
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Thursday, 02 May 2013 01:10
COLT PREVIEW - It's not like we're mad at Angie Hop (photo L), or anything. Sure, she promised to write a story about how Minnesotans did at Leadman Epic-125 - Tempe last month and totally didn't, though she sent us a photo (below) of the notes she made when she was flying home from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (Terminal #3).
Though we love Ang to pieces, we believe that she deserves to be punished. That's why we posted the shot of her with a totally real Billy-Ray-Cyrus mullet (L).
And that's why we are not going to pick her to repeat as champion at her hometown race this weekend. The race: The 12th annual Chain of Lakes Triathlon in Alexandria, the one in Minnesota, not the one in Egypt....
Fun in the Sunshine State...
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Wednesday, 01 May 2013 01:10
(Photo - This great shot of chronic smiler, Claire Bootsma, was taken by either Paul Phillips or Nick Morales. Check out their cool St. Anthony's Triathlon slide slow at triathlon.competitor.com.)
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