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Created: Tuesday, 19 April 2011 05:00

Last Updated: Tuesday, 19 April 2011 07:35

Tuesday, 19 April 2011 05:00

* While we at MTN are giddy with anticipation of Minnesota's immanent outdoor tri season, we are also slightly bummed. Several of our state's most talented female multisporters will miss most or all of the 2011 campaign. On the Injured List is Athlete of the Decade Cathy Yndestad and three-time MMA winner Jeanne Fleck (photo), both of whom hope to return to action late in the season. On the Relocated List are 2010 Rookie of the Year and Performance of the Year winner Jenny Shaughnessy (Durham, NC), 2010 Triathlete of the Year nominee Cathy Lee (Cincinnati, OH), six-time MMA winner Marlo McGaver (Tucson, AZ), rising star Joanna Hall (Iowa City, IA), who won three multis last season, and the consistent and versatile Shelley Nelson (Denver, CO)....

* Minnesota's most decorated junior triathlete, Beth Zirbes, now 25 and living and teaching in Fairbanks, Alaska, has told MTN that she plans to race at Heart of the Lakes in July. This is great news. We love Beth to pieces. She looks just like super actress Ellen Page (photo R), you know. Winner of an unprecedented four JOY Emmas, Ms. Z is returning to triathlon this summer after a three year hiatus in which she was busy doing other stuff like going to grad school, marrying a totally cool Russian guy who's adamantly claims that Sarah Palen CAN NOT see his homeland from her deck, and, we're not making this up, using an outhouse. That's right. Her house, which is very cabinesque, does not have an indoor toilet. When she returns to Minnesota she plans to visit many old friends and use their bathrooms.

* Have you visited the OptumHealth Performance Manitou Triathlon website lately? Check it out. Organizers are planning a veritable plethora of exciting new changes and upgrades. LINK

* Make sure you take advantage of Zipnosis' Special Offer for MTN subscribers: LINK