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Wind & Sneaky People...
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Monday, 29 July 2013 05:10
(Photo - Sneaky guy, Brian Sames.)
Chisago Half VIII - A couple of sneaky people sorta stole the show at Sunday's Chisago "71" (bike course was 1K long due to road work stuff), which was contested under cool (low 50s), mostly cloudy and extremely windful conditions. Sure, David Thompson lived up to his "Favorite" billing, winning easily for the fifth consecutive year. And yes, Dan Hedgecock finished 2nd again and Matt Payne was the fastest amateur. That's good stuff, but predictable.
What wasn't foreseeable, perhaps, was Brian Sames' (pronounced "som-ess") awesome long course debut. Last season's Rookie of the Year runner-up timidly eschewed signing up for the Elite Wave, launching 12 minutes back in Wave 5 instead. Seemingly out of contention for a Top 5 finish after the first two legs of the race, Brian, now mustacheless, hammered a 1:15 run split. The result was a 4:16:04 debut, just six seconds behind likely 2013 US Athlete of the Year nominee Payne, and 1:13 ahead of the Dan Arlandson, who discovered, to his chagrin, at the Awards Ceremony that he had placed 5th, not 4th.
The same sort of thing happened in the women's "71." While Diane Hankee lived up to her favored status, posting a circumstantially awesome 4:46:08, a Wave 3 girl stole the 2nd place trophy and prize money from Kortney Haag, who rocked a sweet 4:47:07. That sneaky ..
Memorable Stuff...
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Monday, 29 July 2013 01:10
By Sean Pease
PAUL BUNYAN TRIATHLON RACE REPORT - Paul and Babe warmly welcomed almost 150 triathlon participants to the lovely town of Bemidji this past weekend for the 8th annual Paul Bunyan Triathlon, hosted by Front Runner Race Management, which is owned by one of the nicest, most smiley people in the world...Mr. Randy Fulton. The race venue has grown exponentially over the years by about a thousand percent. Year one claiming just 10 triathlon victims, now well over 100. It's a small and quaint race with great views and a terrific lake swim. The bike course is simple and sweet with big shoulders and fast flats. The run course heads ....
Sunday Tri Results...
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Sunday, 28 July 2013 16:38
ED. Because she was so awesome at Chisago, we went to Heather Lendway's FB page to find a pic of her. We found lots of great shots of her from her awesome 2nd place performance at Life Time-Minneapolis, but we also found this creepily cool piece of artwork. We couldn't pass up the opportunity to share it.
WASECA 1/3 - Another W for Brooks! Heininger racks up first career tri win. - 1/3 RESULTS -
Muncie Meltdown...
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Sunday, 28 July 2013 01:10
By Devon Palmer (palmertri.wordpress.com)
I always think that I like half Ironmans. And I really do like them, when they go well. I have just run the numbers and I
Saturday Tri Results...
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Saturday, 27 July 2013 16:28
(Photo - Brian Lavelle lookalike, Tom Skerritt. You remember Tom, don't you? He played "Viper" in "Top Gun" and was the horniest of the horny surgeons on "M.A.S.H.", the movie, not the TV show.)
CHASE THE POLICE IV - Likely Rookie of the Year nominee Casey Miller picked up his first career win. Despite chilly and super-windy conditions, he turned in the 2nd fastest time in race history. Like Miller, Cheryl Zitur recorded her first career W and set a 45-49W course record in the process. Brian Lavelle told one of the MTN guys that he wanted to get mentioned on the site. He deserves to be the way he's been racing. Today, Brian torched the CPT men's 50-54 CR and looked darn good doing it. He looks a little like actor Tom Skerritt, you know. We don't have any photos of Brian, so we posted one of Skerritt, instead.
