Race Previews

Mary & Jeff Will Be There...

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Croixathlon Preview - Amy is kinda bummed. And on her behalf, so are we. There are six weekends during the 2011 tri/du season with five or more scheduled multis. Not only is Amy's race--the 6th annual Croixathlon--on one of those crowded weekends, it is on the one that is the most jammed....

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MSCS Kick-Off...

lori & shannon(Photo - Lori Deschamps and Shannon Donley, Alaska's premier multisportswomen sprinting for the finish line at the 2009 Moose Nugget --great name!--Triathlon. Lori will be one of the favorites at RochesterFest Olympic on Sunday.)

RochesterFest Preview - Sunday's RochesterFest Olympic Triathlon is the kick-off event of the inaugural Minnesota State Championship Series and will be recognized as the Minnesota State Olympic Championship. Not surprising, the deepest field in the race's four year history will be on hand.

How strong is the field?

A glance at the registration list tells us that RFO has drawn the 2nd best men's field of the year to date. Only the Gear West Duathlon can claim to have pulled more talent. But not that much more...

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Spectacular Scenery and Really Big Trophies...

jan & sarah(Photo - Sarah Mercer and Jan Guenther with their LMT mega-trophies.)lmt

Lake Minnetonka Preview - Ross Rogney is a genuinely nice guy who loves his hometown, where he's lived since birth. He also loves triathlon and triathletes and really tall, heavy trophies. Ross also loves Mexican food, but that has nothing to do with this story.

It is not surprising, therefore, that eight years ago he started a triathlon in his hometown and gave the fastest finishers really tall, heavy trophies.

The hometown in question is pastoral, New Englandy Excelsior, Minnesota, which snuggles the shorelines of three of Lake Minnetonka's most spectacular bays (Gideon, Excelsior and St. Albans). The race is appropriately named the Lake Minnetonka Triathlon and is revered in its region. It always fills early (sign-up by the previous February or you won't get in) and had won the Triathletes Choice Race of the Year award in 2009 and has been a finalist for that accolade more often than not....

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The Koop...

runBy Megan Killian

Race Preview - The Kuparisaari Triathlon is gearing up for the 2nd annual half-iron distance race, to be held on August 14th, 2011. Pronounced KOO-pah-dee SAAH-ree, or for simplicity,

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GREAT NEW TRIATHLON SERIES...

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Danny & Janny Faved At Liberty...

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Gear West Bike Photo - Dan Arlandson winning the 2008 Full Vineman.

Liberty Preview - The 13th annual Minnesota Multisport Awards will be presented next November. Its program will be expanded to include male and female Long Course Athletes of the Year.

Such recognition is long overdue....

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