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Get Ready For Race Day...
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Tuesday, 17 June 2014 00:10
LIFE TIME OFFERS FREE “STARTING LINE 101” CLINIC FOR BOTH BEGINNER AND EXPERIENCED TRIATHLON PARTICIPANTS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
Life Time Tri coaches on hand to help athletes get ready for race day
WHAT: Life Time Fitness Chanhassen is hosting a complimentary “Starting Line 101” clinic designed to help prepare athletes of all levels for a Triathlon. The Life Time Tri Minneapolis is scheduled for July 12 and there are many other triathlons across the region yet this summer.....
One of Minnesota's Premier Venues...
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Monday, 16 June 2014 05:10
LAKE MINNETONKA PREVIEW - With 600+ entrants, the LMT will be the best-attended of the EIGHT Minnesota multis that are slated for next weekend. A consistently outstanding race at a premier venue (Excelsior Commons on Lake Minnetonka), the 11-year-old event is one of a child's handful of races that appears to be impervious to the current trends that affect race attendance, things like long course popularity and that newer triathletes, i.e. those who have come into the lifestyle in the last 6-7 years, race less frequently than their more grizzled veteran counterparts.
Also in LMT's favor is its astonishing recidivism rate. A higher than normal percentage of its participants return to this race year after year.
This is certainly apparent when you look at its list of past champions. Saturday's event will feature eight of them, four men--Brooks Grossinger (2013, 2012), Brett Lovaas (2009, 2006, 2006-BOUS, 2005), Steve Sander (2011, 2010) and Tony Schiller (2008)--and four women--Heather...
Last Weekend's Results...
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Sunday, 15 June 2014 06:10
- FAIRMONT TRIATHLON - Stephanie Peterson (photo L) won her ancestral hometown's sprint triathlon for the 4th consecutive year last Saturday. Finishing 7th overall in a field of 60 finishers, Peterson, who is a total sweetheart, outraced her nearest challenge, Hollie Beckford (also in photo) by 4:16.
As usual, the Fairmont Olympic race was won in convincing fashion by David Holden (1:55:22). Bronze medalist Mario Minelli will file a race report later this week. RESULTS
- HIGH CLIFF HALF IM - Rochester's Veronica Bond finished 9th last Saturday at beautiful High Cliff State Park on Lake Winnebago, which is humongous, in Sherwood, Wisconsin. One of our region's most challenging halves--only two women, one a first-tier pro (Jessica Jacob's won Ironman Wisconsin and Ironman Florida in 2011. Her time at Florida was 8:55), broke five hours on that cool, windy morning. Bond's time was 5:13:15. The men's half was won by Life Time Fitness Triathlon Coach and totally nice guy, ...
Improve Your Swim Drafting...
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Sunday, 15 June 2014 00:10
By Triathlete.com
Swimming behind another athlete can save upward of 30 percent energy expenditure. That is, if you’re doing it properly.
Truth: You are wasting time and energy if you are not drafting in the swim leg of a triathlon. There are no rules against drafting another swimmer as long as you do not impede or obstruct their movement. How to make the most of the draft zone:
Get in position ....
A Race Worth Several Thousand Words...
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Saturday, 14 June 2014 00:10
Author's Note: this article has been written with broad-ranging artistic licenses. All such licenses are possessed by the author, and may be produced if legally compelled to do so. As such, the details in this article have not been verified by the author or any other party. The reader is advised that the words below are written only as the author's best recollection of the events, and may not be taken as sworn testimony.
By A Guy or a Gal from Northfield, probably a student at Carleton.
June 5th, 2014 – The venue was packed with 65,000 cheering fans (or was it 65? 6.5?) to witness the 2014 running of the Carleton Triathlon, in Northfield, MN. Conditions were perfect, mostly sunny with little wind and temps in the mid-sixties. But the focus was not on the beautiful weather, nor the toned bodies of the competitors, but on one simple question: “Could anyone unseat the dominant champions of this event?” ...
