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Performance of the Year...The Women

Wednesday, 16 October 2013 00:10

Minnesota Multisport Awards - Here are the official nominees for female Performance of the Year:

MICHELLE ANDRES - State Record 9:50:23 at Hawaiian Ironman World Championships.

EMILY KRATZ (photo below) - Amateur win @ Texas Ironman - 10:18:34

HEATHER LENDWAY (photo L) - Overall victory @ USAT Age Group Nationals (2:05:37)

HEATHER LENDWAY - Victory @ Leadman Epic-125 - Bend (Event Record)

Other performances receiving serious consideration: ...

Performance of the Year...The Guys

Tuesday, 15 October 2013 00:10

(Photo - Matt Payne has two POY nominations this year.)

Minnesota Multisport Awards - A few years back the MMA Selectors created a policy wherein a single athlete could not have more than two nominations in the Performance of the Year category. Had this policy not been in place in 2012, for instance, Dan Hedgecock would have received at least three of the four official male POY nominations, something that has happened in the past, e.g. Marlo Crosby in 2006....

Here are the official 2013 men's POY nominees:

Nutritional Boo-Boos...

Saturday, 12 October 2013 00:10

MTN assiduously scours The Web, especially in the post-season months, in search of interesting articles to post. We hope you enjoy this one about the nutrition boo-boos even smart triathletes make. We found it at Triathlon.competitor.com.

You are a smart triathlete: You wake up at 5 a.m., routinely decline a second round of drinks, watch what you eat and are aware of the latest trends in sports nutrition and bike technology. But even the most well-meaning, self-sacrificing, smart triathletes can make nutrition mistakes that prevent them from reaching their body composition and performance goals. Avoid the following nutrition traps and your 2012 season will be better than you imagined....

Training, Tahoe, Kona...

Friday, 11 October 2013 00:10

dev By Devon Palmer (palmertri.wordpress.com - September 23, 2013)

-Swimming is coming around. Last Monday was my first practice back and it did not go well. With 6 swims last week I managed to put some fitness back in my arms and felt pretty fast again this morning at practice. Our main set was 300s and I had enough vigor to swim really fast the 1st 100 to get on the feet of my lanemate Brian who was leading. Thankfully Brian was not rushing too much so the final 200 of each 300 was relatively controlled, until he actually tried on the last one. The “last one, fast one” principle is respected in our lane.

-Ironman Lake Tahoe was interesting to track. Looking at the bike times the course is clearly hard! I was surprised the field did not split up dramatically...

Aging Gracefully....

Tuesday, 08 October 2013 03:10

(Photo L - Three-time Grand Master of the Year nominee Neil King.)

Minnesota Multisport Awards - This year's Grand Master of the Year nominees were difficult to determine. By and large, no one, with one exception, truly dominated their AG, which in this case were those in the 60+ range for men and 55+ range for women.

After much debate, some of which flirted with acrimony (not really!), here are the official nominees and their 2013 highlights:

NEIL KING (64, Nevis)

1st AG @ Life Time Tri - Minneapolis

1st AG / 2nd Master / 6th overall @ Lakes to Pines

1st AG/ 13th overall @ Vistancia Sprint (AZ)...