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Tuesday, 18 June 2013 03:10

ED. - Mario Minnelli placed 2nd at Fairmont Olympic last weekend. This is one of the coolest, and certainly the tersest, race report we've ever received:

By Mario Minnelli

Med City's Multi...

Tuesday, 18 June 2013 01:10

Event Preview - The 6th annual RochesterFest Olympic and Sprint Triathlons will take place next Sunday at Foster Arend Park in, appropriately, Rochester. It's a great event produced by Final Stretch and it totally deserves your consideration.

Here's some history and a link to the event's

Getting Their Swag On...

Monday, 17 June 2013 01:10

(Photo -A guy and the Lendway girls, Heather and Lisa, getting their swag on.)

Lake Minnetonka X - David Thompson's son Anders, pronounced "Onders," just turned one and is already a fast runner. No kidding. He talks, too, but not a lot. He doesn't understand money yet, so he didn't buy his dad a Father's Day present. David's wife, Hannah Sullivan, doubtlessly bought him something, home improvement stuff probably, and probably told her husband that Anders "helped me pick it out."

The stuff that Hannah and her fast running, occasionally talking, but not too much, son got David was not given to him until last Sunday. On Saturday, though, which was "Father's Day Eve," he received a lot of cool stuff courtesy of the Lake Minnetonka Triathlon. It was like opening all but one of your gifts on Christmas eve, saving ...

Gotta Know When to Fold 'Em...& Results Links...

Sunday, 16 June 2013 01:10

feet By Ben Ewers (benewers.blogspot.com)

I had been holding my cards for as long as I could, but I just cancelled out of Kansas 70.3 to be held on June 9th. Very tough decision as this was a target race for me. I had planned on finishing first in my age group and qualifying for the World Championship 70.3 race to be held in Nevada in September. I have a backup qualifier in mind -- Racine 70.3 scheduled in July. But, not getting to race at Kansas is kinda like getting a flat on a bike ride and using up your only spare. The uncertainty of whether you will finish the ride or get another flat is unnerving.

The reason I cancelled is I have another injury. Following my race two weeks ago Saturday, I took a recovery bike ride on Sunday and swam/ran on Monday. Tuesday morning I could hardly walk. It appeared I had a good case of the shin splints on my right leg. Haven't had shin splints since High School. So I followed the RICE rule (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) but continued to swim and bike as the pain was not excruciating for those exercises (as...