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Adele Haters & Ex-Boothers"...
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Tuesday, 17 September 2013 00:10
ONE LAST TRI VIII – One can learn much about people by watching them at races. Here are some of our observations at Sunday’s One Last Tri: Sarah Virkle hates Adele. Really, truly hates her. More than Congress, even. Vicki Ostendorf wears her baseball cap on backwards yet adamantly denies being a member of a gang. Jason Goepfert has a thermoregulatory thing that allows him wear shorts and t-shirts on jeans and sweatshirt days. And since becoming a triathlete a year and a half ago, Christine Fjelstad has stopped “boothing.” ...
A Perfect Ironman Storm
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Sunday, 15 September 2013 00:10
ED. Story and photos of today's One Last Tri will post on Tuesday. RESULTS
By Ananda Bates, first Ironman at age 42 in 11:36
This years Ironman Wisconsin saw a huge showing from the Minnesota tri community, both in participants and supporters alike. With 304 MN based triathletes I was one of a group of 8: Karl Adalbert, Mark Evans, Anthony Hirschman, Jmatt Keil (Kona Bound), Joe Langel, Hilary Patzer (Kona bound), and Meghan Quinlan, all trained by former Iowa State track coach Kristy Popp under the Active8-u www.activ8-u.com founded by Moira Petit and Erik Gabrielson....
"The Coolest Thing I've Ever Done"...
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Friday, 13 September 2013 19:10
ED. Brendon and his home skillet, Suzy, won the Fall Classic Duathlon this morning. Results will be available soon on the CALENDAR & RESULTS page. A story will post on Tuesday.
By Tracy Serreyn
This was my year to attempt the Ironman distance for the first time. For the past two years I’ve volunteered at Ironman Wisconsin. Last year I got up before dawn to wait in line with hundreds of other volunteers to register. My husband and son have raced triathlon for years so I wasn’t unfamiliar with the sport but at that point I had only been training myself for two seasons. I felt I had put in enough time to give it a shot.
I built up a good base and worked with a bike coach all winter to get ready for training last spring. The summer flew by and my training went very well. Paul was also registered for the race and he became my bike training partner, which worked out well for both of us....
Iron Watching
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Thursday, 12 September 2013 19:10
Ironman Wisconsin is a fabulous race to watch. With the swim, transition, finish and much of the run all within walking distance it is easy logistically for both athletes and spectators. This year the athletes lucked out with a cool and overcast race day.
I worked with Ken Glah’s Endurance Sports Travel for the weekend helping athletes get around town. This was a great experience...
OLT Stuff
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Thursday, 12 September 2013 19:10
ONE LAST TRI PREVIEW – Insufficient parking forcedthis eight-year-old event to leave its venue at Big Marine Park, and relocate to Ramsey County Beach on the north shore of White Bear Lake in the community of the same name. Big Marine could comfortably accommodate race personnel and perhaps 300 participants. The White Bear location has hosted more than twice that many folks at past editions of the Manitou Sprint...