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Bad Day, Good Day - Making the Switch...

Thursday, 21 February 2013 00:10

bikers By Morgan Johnson (for usatriathlon.org)

I have moments with all of the athletes that I coach where they reveal their potential in ways that I didn

More Indoor Tri Stuff...

Wednesday, 20 February 2013 00:10

YWCA Indoor Tri #2 - Few things are cooler than a 60-something guy winning a triathlon, unless of course, the 60-something guy was already cool to begin with. Cool older dudes winning races is cool-squared.

Tom Couillard, AKA the "Pride of White Bear Lake (photo L)," is the guy we're talking about. He won the YWCA Indoor Tri #2 last weekend. The race being a YWCA thing, women outnumbered the men 8-1, which is also cool, isn't it?

It should be noted that Tom was the men's winner. He actually finished 2nd in the overall standngs behind Margaret Kelley. Margaret may be from St. Paul Park, we're not sure. We do know that she loves the YWCA Women's Triathlon, which won the Race of the Year award in 2012, and has participated in that annual classic every year since 2008.

Here's some stuff about Tom: He is a proud alum of St. Thomas U. He really likes Marine stuff and the song "Abraham, Martin and John" by Dion. He prefers Pepsi to Coke. He often hangs out with fellow White Bear-ian, Michel Sanders, who is very nice and can ...

Are You A Tri-Dork? ...

Monday, 18 February 2013 01:10

(ED. A very cool article by one of America's premier pro triathletes.)

An unscientific calculation of the triathlon cool quotient.

By Jesse Thomas (For triathlon.competitor.com)

One thing I

Seriously! You Gotta Do this....

Monday, 18 February 2013 00:10

ICEMAN TRIATHLON IV - There are lots of great reasons to do the Iceman Winter Triathlon next Saturday. Here are but a few:

* It's in Grand Forks, North Dakota, which is only 5-5 1/2 hours from The Cities (closer from other places!). Grand Forks is a really cool college town and the motels there are generally inexpensive.

* The event consists of classic XC skiing (skis can be rented for $5), mountain biking (bring your Fattie!) and running, after which you take a sled--or a saucer, or one of those plastic things that look like a miniature rowboat--to the top of a hill and slide down to the finish line. Cool beans, huh! ...