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16th Annual SQUARE LAKE (Short Course) - Studying this year's results on paper told us that something didn't add up. DAVID THOMPSON's and HEATHER' LENDWAY's bike splits and overall margins of victory did not make sense. Until HL posted this on her Facebook page:  ...

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Andres Wins IMOO! Again! Fox Earns Bronze!

IMOO-SWIM.gifFINAL RESULTS (as they occur):

MICHELLE ANDRES has just become the 2nd Minnesota woman to WIN Ironman Wisconsin. JAN GUENTHER is also a two-time champ there. MA's time today was 10:08:05.Her margin of victory over runner-up Kelly O'Mara of San Rafael, CA was 13:52!

UPDATE: Minnesota women claim TWO podium spots! SUZIE FOX capped her brillaint 10-win season with a 3rd place overall womens finish in Madison today. Her time was 10:34:49!

UPDATE: SHEENA DAUER finishes 7th overall. Her time was 10:40:41, almost an hur faster than her previous best (11:37:36).

UPDATE: ERIN KLEGSTAD PRs, too! Places 8th overall in 10:45:29....

UPDATE: SARA CARLSON sets a PR! Her 10:57:11 landed her 12th place overall and 4th in her AG!

UPDATE: NICOLE HEININGER places 13th overall and 1st in her AG. Her time was 10:57:28.

UPDATE: ANN SNUGGERUD placed 2nd in her 45-49W AG. Her time was 11:13:18.

 It's 6:53 PM and time to do domestic stuff and catch up on football scores. We encourage everyone to go to Ironman.com and see how your friends and fellow Minnesotan fared today.

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Tri Night '15, Race of the Year, IMOO Predictions...

roty.gifTRI NIGHT 2015 - Mark you calendar. Tri Night '15, featuring great food, drink, conversation and the presentation of the EMMAs (Minnesota Multisport Awards), will take place at Gear West Bike & Triathlon in Long Lake on Saturday, November 14. Ticket info will be available soon on the  Gear West B&T website, and on MTN, too. For the fourth straight year, the festivities will include "MMA Bingo." For a $1 contribution, attendees can guess the award winners. The one who has the most correct guesses will take home a wad of sweaty cash. It's a HOOT!

 

VOTE FOR RACE OF THE YEAR - Voting for "Triathletes Choice Race of the Year" will get underway here on MTN later this week. Make sure you vote for your favorite Minnesota tri or du experience of this season, okay? The winner will be announced at the Tri Night festivities and will receive a custom "Race of the Year" banner. Race Directors, please encourage your racers to vote. And please athletes, if you are racing in next weekend's Fall Classic Du or One Last Tri, wait until after the event to vote. Who knows? one of those races could be your choice for race of the Year.

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CY's Excellent Trans-Alpsian Adventure...

mtn-riding.gifBy Cathy Yndestad (cathyyndestad.com)

Although it’s taken almost a month to finally create this post, the memories of my first mountain bike stage race are still somewhat fresh (especially the good ones). I’ve been busy enjoying euro travel and getting into triathlon race mode, but I couldn’t let an epic adventure such as the TransAlp go undocumented in my online scrap book.

We decided to register for this event with our dear endurance junkie friends – For those of you who know Patti & Al, you understand how ‘easy’ it is to jump on board once they suggest an epic endurance challenge. They were willing to make the trip to Europe, so we were ready to step out of our comfort zone for this unforgettable TransAlp journey....

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Root Beer, Princesses & a Miltary Presence?

hopkins-swim.gifNEWS: Wire-to-wire wins in BLAINE for ROBERTS and TATTON. Words and pics coming soon.  RESULTS

SQUARE LAKE SHIRT COURSE - DKT notches 100th career multisport W! HEATHER LENDWAY claims her 3rd straight win here. GROSSINGER and HANKEE take amateur titles. Rookier AMY BORDEN (3rd woman/2nd amateur) continues to impress. RESULTS

 

By Doobie Kurus

Hopkins Royal Report - It was a dark and stormy morning…

which after a 45 minute delay, turned out to be a great, albeit HOT, race day! The root beer was flowing post-race, as finishers received bottle opener medals from the Hopkins Raspberry Festival Royalty and listened to music from the Starlifters, the US Air Force band from St. Louis, MO. Nearly 400 triathletes turned out for the 2nd annual Hopkins Royal Triathlon at Shady Oak beach on Saturday, September 5th. The event featured a newbies mini-sprint field of about 100 people from ages 10-85. The intriguing difference about this mini-sprint race is that the participants get to pick their distance for each segment on race day. Only a handful opted for the longer swim, and a few dozen did the long bike ride,...

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