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Basic Bike Maintenance Stuff...

chainringBy Mackenzie Lobby

(This article originally appeared in the Summer 2011 issue of USA Triathlon Magazine.)

Owning a whole lot of cool gear is one of the major perks to being a triathlete. Hours are spent finding the right wetsuit, tri suit and running shoes. Much research is invested into everything from sunglasses to hydration systems to high tech socks. Perhaps most attention, however, is paid to a triathlete

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Skittles, Mickey's & Crispy Bacon...

skittlesbig mouthbacon(ED. We originally posted this feature in the fall of 2010. We're recycling it here because we want to introduce even more of our readers to Paul Mollett, who is one of our favorite people.)

Going Off Course - Chaska triathlete Paul Mollett is a totally cool and interesting guy. Take our word for it: You want to party with this dude....

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Ironman's Physical Toll....

finish line(Photo by Joe Jaszewski / Idaho Statesman)

By Matt Fitzgerald (triathlon.competitor.com)

In the past year Chris McCormack, Julie Dibens and Chrissie Wellington have announced they will take a step back from Ironman racing for various reasons. All were at the top of their careers and have emphasized the toll that Ironman training and racing takes on the body. The following story explains exactly what the body goes through over 140.6 miles of racing. This story originally appeared in the January/February, 2009 edition of Inside Triathlon magazine.

From the outside, swimming, cycling and running appear as movement. But from inside the triathlete

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Henry's Words & Indoor Tri Stuff...

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As the race director for one of Minnesota

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Robert and Catie Du Good...

boy girlPhoto L - Robert and Catiechris

Race Coverage - Last Sunday the Indoor Du at MSU was staged, appropriately and unsurprisingly, at Mankato State University. Fourteen run-bike-runners (seven dudes, seven dudettes) participated in the hour-long event.

To assert that the event was friendly and informal would be an understatement akin to suggesting that Chris Farley (photo R) used to have a slight "weight problem."

How friendly and informal was it?...

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