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Saturday, 05 January 2013 01:10
ED. You didn't have to read Sally Jenkin's Washington Post article, which we posted several weeks ago, on Lance Armstrong to a appreciate Dan Empfield's brilliantly constructed and thoroughly eloquent commentary that is reprinted here.
Sally Jenkins' Omission
Written by: Dan Empfield
Date: Mon Dec 17 2012 - slowtwitch.com
By now many of you have read Sally Jenkins article on Lance Armstrong in the Washington Post. As most of you also know, Ms. Jenkins co-wrote, "It's Not About the Bike," with Armstrong, one of two books they authored together.
In her opinion piece Jenkins employs a recurring motif: "Maybe I'm not angry at Lance because..."
Serious Fun in the Snow...
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Friday, 04 January 2013 01:10
Iceman Run Extreme 5k...January 12, 2013
Jerry's up for the challenge, are you?
by Bill Corcoran
When I started the Graniteman Triathlon in Central Minnesota 10 years ago, I never dreamed that it would lead to managing an event like Iceman. Patterned after our summer Mudman Race, the Iceman Run, at Daytona Golf Club in Dayton, MN, is a perfect mix of wintery obstacles and hard core trail running. Daytona Golf Club is on the north side of the Twin Cities and has a huge indoor area to keep warm before and after the race.
2012 Photo of the Year...
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Thursday, 03 January 2013 01:10
This great John Pischke shot of Angie Hop could be entitled "Inner Dialogue." It's about that moment in a race when you come apart, one chunk of you insisting that you must stop, the other telling you to keep pushing, to finish, to stay whole....
21st Century Renaissance Man Do-Do...
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Wednesday, 02 January 2013 01:10
(Photo - Mikey Payne chowing down on dad's homemade thin-crust pizza, not that deep-dish Chicago-style crap.)
Cooking with Matt
By Matt Payne
(http://www.matthew-payne.blogspot.com)
Alright... my first ever off-season update. When I started this blog I had every intention of posting regular updates on a wide variety of topics, yet here I sit 2+ years later and every single post is a race report. So how can I go on calling this The Most Interesting Man in Columbia Heights? Well...
I pretty much am that one-dimensional and boring. Now I could do the standard training update you routinely see on your typical triathlon-focused blog, but that would be even more boring and repetitive than an endless stream of very-much-identical race reports. It's December. I'm swimming a lot. We'll leave it at that....
More 2012 Phab Photos...
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Tuesday, 01 January 2013 00:10
GLOW-BASKING - Chris Sachs (L) is not a glass-half-full kind of guy. He's more than that. He's one of those life-lovers whose cup always seems to be runnething over.
In this photo, which is one of our all-time faves, he is basking in the glow of a victory (One Last Tri), his body overrun by marauding endorphins; his total being swaddled in contentment. But this pic could have been taken at New Bri, where his final result wasn't something to, as they say, write home about. After that race he still did his share of glow-basking and celebrating, though. Chris understands that there is ALWAYS something to celebrate. At New Bri he celebrated the performances of others, and the weather, which was awesome, and the knowledge that he and 400 others had just done something that was totally good and cool.
People who are not like Chris should strive to be more like him....
