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Katy's Cozumel - Part III - Body Management & Maple Syrup Shots...

Wednesday, 11 December 2024 00:10

By Katy Bloomquist Freitag

Bike to run transition - 5:43

Again they put my bag somewhere and I didn’t know where, and as it was not marked individually and the categories were hard to see, many besides me were struggling to find their bags!. A bunch of us were running around trying to find the numbers and our bags. In the changing tent I remember looking into the bag trying to figure out what I was supposed to do. I was a bit out of it. Changed my very wet socks. Did not do a good job tying shoes laces as I had to stop again later to re-tie and knot them. Overall given how I felt it wasn’t a bad transition time. Everyone was commenting on how rough the wind was, especially for the third lap.

Run - 5:19

This is what I am most proud of, an Ironman marathon PR for me by 10 minutes. I started off ill. But I eased into the run with slower pace to let my heart rate calm and my breathing improve. I trusted that it would improve after a couple of miles. It took more like an hour, but it did finally improve, and so did my stomach, allowing me to move along a bit more. I stopped at every aid...

Katy's Cozumel - Part II - Wobbly Docks & Projectile Vomiting...

Monday, 09 December 2024 00:10

Photo - Julie Halvorson oceanside

By Katy Bloomquist Freitag

Swim: 1:17:38 - 3rd in age group

I had a long wait to get into the water. I seeded myself 1:20-1:30. My previous IM swim at Cozumel in 2022 was 1:10 on a year that we were told the current was not much help, and was 1:13 on the first Cozumel, so this was by far my slowest Cozumel swim.

Katy's Cozumel - Prelude...

Saturday, 07 December 2024 00:10

Ed. This is Part I of a three post race report.

By Katy Bloomquist Freitag

2024 Ironman Cozumel Race Report - I had my "miles for money" day on November 24, 2024, at Ironman Cozumel. (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run). My past ironman training and competitions were helpful to Scott in preparing for his perimeter ride just as my chasing Scott around on the bike this summer, as he got ready for his 100-mile gran fondo bike race, was helpful to me! First and foremost, congratulations to Scott on a great 100-mile gran fondo bike race- he finished in 4:35, on a very rainy windy day to finish 11/51 in his age group and complete his very first 100-mile bike race! So very proud of him - I took loads of Facebook live videos of him flying by.

This was my 5th ironman and my 3rd ironman Cozumel. My last IM Cozumel was in 2022. I had finished in 12:53 in 2022, had a great race in the 55-59 age group. But a week after the race I had emergency..

2024 Team Minnesota...

Wednesday, 04 December 2024 00:10

2024 Multisport Honors - As in 2023, MTN is posting a "tiered" version of Team Minnesota 2024. Note that the tier members are listed alphabetically, and not ranked numerically. This eliminates some of the inherent controversy. To earn a berth, athletes need to uphold historical performance standards in at least three races during the season.

Here are the teams:

Women:

1. CARYN WIKMAN, Captain

2-4 (alpha) - ELENA JASPER, HEATHER LENDWAY, BECKY YOUNGBERG

5-7 (alpha) - CAMI ECKHOFF, TIFFANY KARI CIZMAS, CHERYL ZITUR

8 - 10 (alpha) - KATIE DEREGNIER, KADIE HOKANSON,VANESSA NAGEL

HM - ANDREA MYERS ...

Preston & Caryn are 2024 Triathletes of the Year!

Sunday, 01 December 2024 00:10

By Simon

2024 Minnesota Multisport Honors - Selecting the male and female recipients of the 2024 TRIATHLETES OF THE YEAR was easy-peasy (a cringy expression). Both selections were slam-dunks.

Men:

PRESTON YOUNGDAHL, 33, Plymouth -It's a three-peat for Preston. Only Matt Payne and Cathy Yndestad have earned more consecutive TOYs, and Youngdahl could match their streaks if he wins again next year.

In 2024, he continued to beundefeated against in-state competition, and most of his performances were POY nomination-worthy. (His CR at Maple Grove Olympic won the POY!). He also raced in Texas at Ironman 70.3 Waco, where he placed 4th overall (4:15:25).

Sean Cooley and Nathan Kim had awesome seasons and richly deserved their nominations.

Preston's Season:

1st @ Apple Triathlon - 1:10:47

1st @ Trinona Olympic - 1:55:37

1st @ Lake Minnetonka - 55:13...