Race Coverage
Champagne Baths & White Knuckles...
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Wednesday, 10 July 2013 01:10
By Dan Hedgecock (danhedgecock.blogspot.com - posted June 27)
If you've been racing in Minnesota this spring you probably have a little more hair on your chest now because the weather has been TOUGH. Lots of rain, clouds, cold and wind. Last weekend Claire and I drove down to La Crosse, WI and stayed with Claire's sister Sarah before racing at Trinona. We had a fun road trip even though we were both shivering cold by the time awards was over. Dave Schutz puts on the race and really delivers on the experience. Winona is his hometown so he's personally invested in the race and it shows. There are even podium girls to give out the awards. I was second to Thompson, which I was happy with and managed to barely win the King of the Mountain bluff climb again....
IRONFANDOM..
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Sunday, 07 July 2013 01:10
By Devon Palmer (palmertri.wordpress.com - posted July 1)
I am a fan of Ironman racing. Coverage varies race by race but there is always someone I am rooting for at these events. Usually with domestic races I know a few of the pros and there are a few local athletes to check up on. Even if all the coverage available is sporadic updates and tweets from people who are at the race I pay attention. I
The Lay's Potato Chips of Triathlons...
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Wednesday, 03 July 2013 01:10
(Photo - Queen Reilly, King Isaac and Amy, who is an UBER-HOOT!)
Croixathlon VIII - On a weekend acned with multisport events, approximately 200 of our region's swim-bike-runners descended on Camp St. Croix south of Hudson, Wisconsin to participate in the 8th annual Croixathlon, which is arguably the "funnest" triathlon in the upper Midwest. It starts with its buccaneery theme, played lovingly to the hilt by race directors Amy and Gretchen and the other woman whose name we can never remember. All three of those ladies purposely
A Great Day in a Great Place...
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Monday, 01 July 2013 06:10
(FB Photo - 50-54W champ Susan Woods & women's surprise runner-up, Nicole Heininger, discussing footwear.)
Lake Waconia - The 24th Lake Waconia Triathlon was a true celebration. A celebration of a lifestyle and its physical, spiritual and social benefits. A celebration of youthfulness and movement. A celebration of friendships, old and new. A celebration of the belated arrival of the Minnesota summer, and at their best, there are no finer summers anywhere. A celebration of Midwestern life.
A celebration of Triathlon.
Last Sunday was a great day to be triathlete and there was no better place to be one than at big, beautiful, albeit slightly bumpy, Lake Waconia....
Hercules & Schwartzenegger...
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Monday, 01 July 2013 05:10
North Mankato XV - We're not making this up. Hercules and Arnold Schwartzenegger placed first and second overall last Sunday at the 15th annual North Mankato Triathlon.
"Hercules" is the long-time nickname of Dave Lyon, who appropriately has very big muscles and an embarrassingly small waist. If you squint, he sorta looks like actor Steve Reeves, the guy who played Hercules in the movies back in the late 50s and early 60s. Only old farts remember Reeves. Too bad. The climactic scene in "Hercules Unchained," where he makes a stone building, maybe The Parthenon, fall down, is totally epic.
You had to be there....
Chicking the Field...
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Monday, 01 July 2013 03:10
(Photo - Trijuice.com's Nick Morales and 89-year-old Bob Powers.)
V3 Minneman IX - Whether it was scheduling thing, or insufficient promotion (the event's website is a work-in-progress), or something else, it was sad to see Minneman's numbers drop. Only 300ish athletes signed up for this year's event.
MM is a great race, great enough to have earned three Race of the Year awards, and folks need to remember that. Those folks who did register enjoyed the same benefits that this event has always offered. MTN encourages the multisport community to make plans to race at Minneman in 2014 and return this event to its former glory.
Those who weren't at beautiful Lake George last Saturday missed a great athletic and social experience. And they didn't get to see 89-year-old Bob Powers cross the finish line. That is always an inspiring treat....
