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It Rained. A Lot....(With Important Updates!)
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Saturday, 09 June 2018 23:20
LIBERTY TRIATHLON - It rained. A lot. And lightning became the kind of threat that forced race and USAT officials to shorten the bike route, albeit not before the leaders in both the Olympic and half IMers had passed the point where participants were rerouted.
When the athletes de-biked, all were instructed to run the 10K course, which lopped an additional seven miles from the 70.3 route.
At least three participants eschewed the alterations, intent on doing the entire long course. One of them was elite entrant JOSH MORK, who'se eventual 4:21:06 was unofficial, though a signiificant improvement on his prior best at the distance.
Poor Josh. The week before he was enjoying a large lead when he zigged off course. He righted his ship, but the eventual result was a 3rd place finish, not a victory.
How would Josh have fared if fellow elites SEAN COOLEY, DAN ARLANDSON and WADE CRUSER (scary photo L - courtesy of Drew Frakes) decided to run the entire half marathon? We can only speculate, but that is something we love to do. Please don't take our conclusions too seriously....
Everyone Should Do This...
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Saturday, 09 June 2018 23:10
Not a race report, a “spectator report”
By Nikki Dostert Sudberry
NEW BRI TRI SPECTATOR REPORT - New Bri Tri brought many Minnesotans out of hibernation last Sunday. The sprint distance triathlon attracted new and seasoned athletes to Long Lake beach where the wind was the talk of the morning.
I used to race every chance I could and now that I have nailed down my race schedule for the 2018 season I am making it my mission to spectate and support athletes when I’m not racing. And you know what? Everyone should try to do it. I love to be able to empathize and relate to the athletes about the course, about the weather, about nervousness.
Bringing my camera to the races (I’m not a photographer by trade… but a radiographer. So I take pictures INSIDE of the body. I know, CREEPY AF but we are talking triathlons here) Anyway, bringing my camera to the races allows me to capture what we have all felt before, during and after our race. Nervous laughs, double- triple checking transition areas, serious faces, worried faces, pee faces. ok, lets be honest, “pee face” doesn’t happen in triathlon; everyone pees in their wet suits! (you can tell if your spectating a triathlon, duathlon or running event by the line to the port-john… triathlon lines are shorter for a reason…jussayin) ...
"...We Are Building Character Here..."
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Thursday, 07 June 2018 23:20
By Marc Sontowski
New Bri Tri race report- Vulgar language may appear, if you are offended I guess I don’t care. Also enjoy all the grammar flaws :)
I was originally signed up for Buffalo, and well, no need to speak on that’s so here we are. I am overly excited for this race, because if you know me, you know I love to race. I don’t have a spare weekend in sight that I’m not doing some type of race.
I show up at the ass crack of dawn because that the type of person I am, not because I need to make sure I get all the pre ride, run, and swim in before transition closes, but because I just like being early to things. My pops always told me that being late to something is one of the most disrespectful things you can do in any circumstance. I guess I took that a little too serious as I was there about 5:55 and apparently the park wasn’t supposed to open until 6:30.
As those who raced know, it was a little bit on the windy side, but wind builds character. I find out the swim is a time trial start, I still don’t know if I’m for or against it, I guess I really don’t give a shit either way. The swim was fantastic, the water temp was ideal, some waves and wind, but again we are building character here....
Mr. Minnesota, Schnoodles & Pasta Kristina...
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Thursday, 07 June 2018 23:10
GOING OFF-COURSE! - The 15th edition of the popular LAKE MINNETONKA TRIATHLON is coming up, so we thought it would be cool to go off-course with the LMT's awesome race director ROSS ROGNEY. Here's a bunch of fun stuff you may not have known about him:
- Name: ROSS ROGNEY
- Age 54
- Hometown - Excelsior (I live in the home I was born in).
- Education - doctorate in chiropractic
- Occupation - I have a chiropractic clinic in Excelsior.
- Dream Job - I'm doing it, or a fishing guild - Bush pilot .
- Former Jobs - I have done a lot of bad jobs Bouncer, tarred roads, roofer, promoter.
- Family - Wife Tina, daughter Sophia, son Noah.
- Pets - I have the best dog in the world. Rosy, a white Shnoodle, and a gold fish (that won't die) Steve-o
- Tattoos? Decorative Mutilations? - Just scars my right leg is a mess....
Epic Head-to-Heads on Tap at Liberty Half...
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Wednesday, 06 June 2018 23:10
LIBERTY HALF IM XIV - We are very excited about this year's Liberty Half, in large part because 2016 Ms. Everything, HANNA GRINAKER, is returning to serious racing after an abbreviated 2017 season. Her aptitude at all tri distances is stratospheric. She's capable of rocking sub-2:10s--she has two actual 2:10s on her scorecard already!--in Olympic races, and 4:30s, perhaps high 4-:20s, at 70.3.
Of her eleven previous multisport races, three have been halves. Her first such effort was here at Liberty, where she finished 2nd in 4:47 despite having ridden long. Her second half produced a 4th place finish against a stellar cast of veteran long course elites. Her time was 4:41. Her other 70.3 was at Madison last year, where in ghastly weather, she placed 3rd in 4:46 behind former pro / Ironman Wisconsin record-setter DANI FISCHER, and Rochester's brilliant DANI VSETECKA, whose victory earned her the Performance of the Year award.
Can Hanna win Liberty's women's title on Saturday? Sure, but she'll have to outperform our state's all-time winningest female 70.3 racer: KORTNEY HAAG. Kort has won this race twice, and owns the women's CR, a brisk 4:35:45....
