Race Coverage

A Bichian Milestone....

Sunday, 05 August 2012 04:10

(Photo - Mild-mannered Brian Bich clad in his workaday teaching uniform. On weekends, though, he dons a different kind of outfit and does superhero stuff.)

Brewhouse XXVI Coverage - A borderline frosty morning with a choppy 63-degree lake morphed into an otherwise great day for racing, unless your name was W. Harvey Skees, who suffered a race-ending leg injury early in the swim. Already bummed that it was too cold to wear his infamous "Banana Hammock," W. Harvey had hoped that he would turn in a HOLT-like effort and rob 2011 Brewhouse Short Course champ Mike Ward of a successful defense.

Alas, it was not to be, and Ward, who after the race donned a cool pair flamboyant red sunglasses, that couldn't have cost more than a dollar or two, cruised to a 2:12 victory over Pennsylvania guy, Jeff Silvernale, who was tall and...

That Inflatable is Huge!

Saturday, 04 August 2012 15:19

(Photo - Resisting the urge to look up,

Saturday Headliney Stuff...

Saturday, 04 August 2012 14:35

LAKEFRONT DAYS - Andy Schiesl won the Lakesfront Days Triathlon this morning. It was the fourth consecutive year that he has done so. The women's title went to elite runner / 2004 Minnesota Rookie of the Year nominee, Joyce Bourassa (pronounced "Borsa"). Andy and Joyce are really, really nice people, as are most, if not all, of the event's 280 finishers.

FYI, Andy likes Lady Gaga and has at least one adorable child (photo L). RESULTS

MINNESWASKA TRIATHLON X - Sartell's Jesse Westrup and Wayzata's Megan Erlandson parlayed very fast run splits into overall victories at the 10th edition Minnewaska Triathlon in Glenwood this morning. For Westrup, it was his 2nd straight victory...

Sibling Rivalry Stuff...

Wednesday, 01 August 2012 02:10

(Photo - Chris Crocker lowered his own 40-44 course record last Sunday.)

Race Coverage - Sean and Jake turned in impressive efforts at the 2011 Waseca 1/3 IM. North Dakota's amiable Cooley boys placed 3rd and 6th in that race, which was made all the more challenging by vaporous Amazonian heat. Sean's time was 2:51:45; Jake's 2:58:17.

Last Sunday, Sean collected his 3rd career victory on Minnesota soil, winning Waseca VI, which was contested under much more hospitable conditions (60s, cloudy, intermittent mist), with a time nearly nine minutes faster than a year ago (2:42:54). Only last year's Best of the US National Champion Matt Payne (2:37:29 in 2011), Dan Cohen (2:38:25 in 2009) and 2009 US Duathlete of the Year Kevin O'Connor (2:42:37) have negotiated the 1-mile -37 mile - 8.8-mile route in brisker times....

A Hard Place to Leave...

Tuesday, 31 July 2012 04:00

(Photo - Frightfully good looking ex-Marine, Matt Radneicki turned in the best performance of his young multi career in Walker last Saturday, setting a Peacekeepers Course Record in the process.)

Chase the Police Triathlon - A clear summer sunrise on vast Leech Lake can make you wonder if a more beautiful place is even possible. And it is on the western shore of Walker Bay, a portion of Leech that dwarfs most of Minnesota's signature 10,000+, that he Chase the Police Triathlon begins and ends.

The unique format allows not only cops, but fire fighters and past and present military personnel, to launch in the first wave, thus allowing the non-protectors and servers to chase them down. It's a cool deal....