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Let's Call it a Tie....

stephen-marion.gifPhoto - 55-59 winner at Lake Marion Sprint, Stephen Bullard. After the race, Stephen and an overweight buddie went to McDonald's and got large milkshakes. The overweight friend got a chocolate one with no "whip." Stephen got a strawbeery shake with whip.

 

LAKE MARION INTERNATIONAL TRIATHLON - Let's call it a tie.

Though pre-race favorite Olivia Bagnall was declared the winner--she was the first woman to cross the finish line--second waver Amy Borden turned in the exact same time, a fact that was not discovered until after the event was over.

The last time we saw an exact tie was back in 2012. The race was the London Olympic Triathlon and Sweden's Lisa Norden and Switzerland's Nicola Spirig were the tiers. For some reason, one that hasn't been adequately explained, in our opinion, Spirig was awarded the Gold medal and Norden settled for the Silver....

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Life Time Tri Maple Grove Adds Duathlon...

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PRESS RELEASE - We know how much time, effort and dedication athletes put into training for a multi-sport event. After the recent cancellation announcement of the 2015 Minneapolis Duathlon by Team Ortho we invite the athletes impacted by this cancelation and all area duathletes to join us. Life Time Tri Maple Grove now offers a short-course Duathlon on Saturday, August 22 hosted at Weaver Lake Park in Maple Grove....

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In the Bag...

engel.gifTOUGHMAN MINNESOTA HALF IM - The MTN Guys have been following Eric Engel's tri-career for a couple of seasons and were somewhat bummed when he returned to his ancestral Badgerland. We were impressed by his 4:16 - 3rd place finish in the slop at Liberty in 2014. His 4:11- PR (5th place) at Chisago less than two months later suggested that he was destined to win 70.3 races in the relatively near future.

The question we had was whether that first W would happen in 2015 or 2016. When we saw him prior to the start of Sunday's Toughman Minnesota Half in Chisago City, we thought that maybe his time had come. He exuded a joyful readiness and confidence and was anxious for the race to start.

When Eric arrived in T2 ahead of the field he looked remarkabley fresh. His facial expression and the speed with which he racked, shod himself and started running, told us that, at the very least, a PR was in the bag....

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Probably the Most Disappointing Race of My Career...

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By Heather Lendway (heatherlendway.com)

Pigman Sprint Race Report - Earlier in the year I had pegged Pigman as an important race to see how I’ve improved over the last year.  Unfortunately things didn’t really go as planned; I’ll talk about that after a quick recap of the race...

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