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Auf Weidershen, Mein Hip...
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Friday, 09 September 2016 23:10
ED. Lots of records were rewritten this morning at the 5th annual BLAINE TRIATHLON. Words and pics on Sunday or Monday. RESULTS
JASON TOTH and TIFFANY KARI lead the way this morning at the 18th annual SQUARE LAKE TRIATHLON. RESULTS
By Amy Bauch (amysrunningaround.blogspot.com)
Funny how things work out. Or, don't.
Ironman Wisconsin, affectionately known as Imoo, is next week Sunday. One short year ago, I volunteered at Imoo so I could sign up to race it this year. I also volunteered at Ironman Arizona last November and then signed up to do a second Ironman in 2016.
Even though I had finished Imoo in 2012 and 2014, Ironman became something I loved and found it very hard to give up. It's not just the race or the training. I've met wonderful people, spent some time training in beautiful places and really grew to enjoy challenging myself physically and mentally.
I also really love the Wisconsin course. The bike course, while difficult because of many, many, and I mean MANY hills, takes you though some...
A Bunch of Stuff...
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Thursday, 08 September 2016 23:10
There's a lot of cool stuff going on this weekend, and lots of cool stuff happening in the coming weeks. On Saturday, is the Square Lake Triathlon, the race that extended Minnesota's tri season from mid-August (Turtleman) to mid-September. As a result, a ton of great new events--Northoods, YWCA Women's Tri, Lake Marion, Lakes Country, Maple Grove, Superior Man, St. Croix Valley--were scheduled in the gap period. The Square Lake Triathlon, Uncle Randy's gift to our multisport community, will celebrate its 17th anniversary tomorrow....
"All in All, We Had a Fantastic Weekend"...
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Wednesday, 07 September 2016 05:10
By Nathan Ansbaugh (nathanansbaugh.blogspot.com)
Superior Man Race Report - Julie and I were thrilled to escape the Twin Cities/Residency this past weekend to get up to Duluth for what proved itself to be one of the coolest races I have ever done (or mostly done that is). We met up with Sean and Hanna at a little house we had rented for the weekend on Saturday night in preparation for an early launch from the deck of the Vista Fleet ship into Lake Superior. I was especially excited for Julie to have Superior Man be her first 70.3 distance race.
Personally, I had high hopes for the race knowing it was a deep field of stellar athletes including Sean and Matt Payne amongst several others but had been feeling pretty good over the past few weeks despite a ridiculous work schedule. The last time Sean, Matt, and I raced, we finished next to each other on the podium and I was hoping for a similar outcome in Duluth.
One big variable going into Sunday's race for me was a strained calf I had been struggling with over the past week. I was doing some intervals last week and ended up hobbling back a few miles from home after I got a...
Omaha 2016 - My "A" Race...
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Tuesday, 06 September 2016 23:10
By Christel Kippenhan (seecktri.wordpress.com)
1.5 km / 40 km / 10 km
So, this was it, the triathlon highlight of the year, my A-race for 2016.
Leading up to the race
The plan was for Neil King and I to make the 8-hour trip to Omaha together sometime on Wednesday before the race, spending Thursday and Friday to do course reconnaissance, taken advantage of the open swims to get familiar with the water and its temps, and to do some final workouts to somewhat get used to the Omaha weather. Then race on Saturday and support Craig Peterson in his race on Sunday, before heading back to Northern Minnesota.
Aber erstens kommt es anders und zweitens als man denkt.
(But, first it always goes differently, and second never as you expect) ...
Holden & Haag Win Again...
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Monday, 05 September 2016 05:10
Photo - Lisa Lendway and Sara Conrad.
ST. CROIX VALLEY OLYMPIC TRIATHLON - DAVID HOLDEN and KORTNEY HAAG continued their winning ways last Saturday at the St. Croix Valley Olympic Triathlon. For Holden, it was his fifth SCV victory. For Haag, it was her fourth.
On paper, it appeared that David and Kort won easily, but it was only true in Haag's case. Holden was aided perhaps by the fact that eventual runner-up, WADE CRUSER, missed a turn which added a mile to two to the bike route. Still, it's impossible to say that David would not have won had Wade not zigged when he should have zagged. Holden's lead coming out of the water was huge, the kind of margin that's hard to make up....
