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Marcus' Journey...
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Friday, 19 April 2013 01:10
(Photo - Marcus McCleery- Before & After)
By Jay Lawton
Over four years ago Marcus McCleery was one of the last people you would imagine participating in a triathlon. He was closing in on 400 pounds and had a rapid heart beat that made it impossible for him to do anything physical. Then, a doctor from the Minneapolis Heart Institute told Marcus about a relatively new surgical procedure, an e.p. ablation, that could place his heart in a normal rhythm. In October of 2008 the first E.P. Ablation surgery was performed. Eventually it was found that the first surgery didn't quite work and a second surgery was needed. In June of 2009 a second surgery was performed. Several months after the success of the second surgery, Marcus asked his doctor if he should begin an exercise program. The doctor responded asking him to move 15 minutes a day. Marcus took this to...
Quinoa, Natalie Portman & Macklemore...
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Thursday, 18 April 2013 01:10
Movies and Quinoa, Hammering and Holding...
By Suzie Fox (http://suz--news.blogspot.com)
I set a PR for movies watched on my bike in a single month in March (12 movies + 2 full seasons of TV shows). My biking volume always picks up in March but the temperature remained cold and the snow kept falling so I didn't ride outside once the entire month. I didn't even consider it actually and I am already 4 movies into April but I did FINALLY get out for a 2 hour ride on Sunday, my first of the season. AND then I woke up to an April 11 blizzard! Good thing I love my trainer as much as I like riding outside. This was a great year to upgrade to a new jumbo flat screen TV and some sweet ghetto beat wireless Dr. Dre looking headphones that block out the noise of my bike and make it easier to hear to hear the TV, they have gotten tons of use!
March Trainer Movies & Shows:
The Other Woman
Everybody's Fine....
Ben's First Race of 2013...
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013 01:10
ED. Ben Ewers is a three-time Minnesota Grand Master of the Year.
LEADMAN 125 EPIC MARQUEE, first TRI of 2013 season (Race day account)
By Ben Ewers (benewers.blogspot.com)
Yesterday (4/14/13) I raced the Leadman 125, hosted by Lifetime Fitness. Tempe Town Lake, Lifetime, and Red Rock Racing hosted a whole weekend series of races starting with the Collegiate Draft Legal Championships on Friday, the Collegiate non-drafting Championships on Saturday, and three triathlons run concurrently on Sunday (a Sprint, Olympic distance, and the 125K). Amazingly, Red Rock and Lifetime pulled off a very excellent Tri Festival, especially challenging as it took place in an urban setting.
The 125K race is an attempt to host an equivalent to a half Ironman that doesn't leave you with as much of a post-race hangover. Consequently it has a slightly longer swim (2.5K), longer bike (109.5K), and shorter run (13K) compared to a half Ironman. The theory is that it's the run that leaves the most post-race hangover. It takes about the same total time to complete. Judging from how I feel this...
"Six Pack Girl"...
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 01:10
In the last two weeks MTN had posted stories about guys who not so long ago had set performances standards in our region. But life and circumstances and general stuff has gotten in the way. As a result, those guys--Curt Wood and Jeremy Sartain--are no longer visible and felt presences on our racing scene. Both plan to return. We wish we could tell you when that would be. Soon, we hope.
Check out the photo (L), which was taken at the Buffalo Triathlon in 2005. What do you see?
You probably know that the girl on the left with the awesome guns is Julie Hull. Most folks in our community recognize her because she's so dang good....
Be Careful Out There...
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Monday, 15 April 2013 01:10
Let's Be Careful Out There.... (thank you, Phil Esterhaus)
By Amy Bauch (http://amysrunningaround.blogspot.com)
Spring is in the air and it it time to get the bike off the trainer and back on the road!
NOT!
I write this on April 11th -- a date far enough along the calendar that we SHOULD be able to be out on the roads, but alas, in case you haven't heard, Minneapolis (and much of the midwest) has been the victim of a very lousy spring. Rain, cold, wind followed by more rain, cold, wind and today -- yes, today, the city received 7 - 10 inches of wet, heavy snow.
What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, the weather was warm, lakes were open, people were out on bikes, and golfing and living large....
