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Wednesday, 19 February 2014 00:10
ED. Tri stud Dan Arlandson was reading the Wall Street Journal online on Monday and was pleasantly surprised when he saw this article. By the way, in Russian, Sochi is spelled "C-O-4-backward N." How cool is that! It's a Cyrillic deal.
By Jason Gay (blogs.wsj.com)
There’s been some groaning about the souvenir shortage in Olympic Park — what to bring home to show your pals you schlepped all the way to Russia?
Kris Swarthout, a 42-year-old may have snagged the keepsake of these Games thus far: a stray puck from Saturday’s epic, overtime-then-shootout USA-Russia hockey game. The grab was impressive.
The puck flew over the glass early in the first period, and despite being vastly outnumbered by Russian fans in the 12,000 capacity Bolshoy Ice Dome, Swarthout — dressed in a vintage Mike Modano Team USA jersey — made a clean pick....
New Bikinis & Weekend Doubles...
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Tuesday, 18 February 2014 05:10
(Photo - Suzy and Marta and some exotic animals.)News From Marcus & Diane...
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Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:10
(Photo - Marcus and Jamie Stromberg)
Hey MTN,
Thanks for touching base. It's been a crazy busy winter with working extra to replenish the Triathlon Budget Coffers and Officiating High School & USA Swimming. However, after a much needed break from training to let the body heal and the fire to rekindle after some disappointing finishes at the end of the season, I'm back at it and looking forward to 2014.
The schedule looks to be shaping up as follows:
5/3 - Chain of Lakes Triathlon
6/1 - Buffalo Triathlon (Tentative)
6/22 - Best of the US Amateur Championships...
Sophomore Success!
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Sunday, 16 February 2014 06:10
Rochester's second-year pro, RUTH BRENNAN MORREY, turned in an awesome performance on Sunday at Panama 70.3. Here's a portion of the coverage that appeared on triathlon.competitor.com:
While Bazelen was able to stay strong for third, defending champion Wurtele was not so lucky: She suffered heatstroke in the final miles of the race and did not finish. In a surprising turn of events, American Ruth Brennan Morrey—a psychologist and mother of three from Rochester, Minn.—turned in the fastest run on the women’s side (1:21:31) to leapfrog her way to fifth place.
Ironman 70.3 Panama
Panama City, Panama – Feb. 16, 2014
1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike, 13.1-mile run .....
Strong Opinions...
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Saturday, 15 February 2014 06:10
By Devon Palmer (palmertri.wordpress.com)
The Endurance Live Awards chose to honor Hines Ward, some ultra guy and an obvious doper. They did give out some awards to deserving folks. Javier Gomez and Brena Martinez (great track season, medal at the world championships) and Mirinda Carfrae all won awards. But to give male runner of the year to an ultra guy? What about the track or road athletes who actually run races against fast athletes? Nick Symmonds and Matt Centrowitz both got silver medals at Track Worlds in 2013. Those are pretty good accomplishments. As for Hines Ward, hasn’t he gotten enough attention and...
