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Fragile Records & Big Hearts....
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Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:30
(Photo - Kyle and one of his favorite dead presidents.)
Saturday Event Preves - Today we discuss two of the four Minnesota triathlons that will take place on Saturday. CHASKA RIVER CITY and TRI FOR A CAUSE.
Let's do this.
- CHASKA - Celebrating its 9th birthday on the 21st, the Chaska Tri is a well-produced and consistently satisfying event with a 300ish enrollment ceiling. The distances are .3 - 16
Race Preview - The 7th annual
Marisa Drinks....
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Tuesday, 17 July 2012 03:00
(Really, really dark FB photo that Trudles lightened in Photoshop - W.Harvey looking dapper and unashamed on the Top Step, clad in his "banana hammock." David and Tim are modestly holding their posters. W. Harvey, however...well, not so much.)
HOLT Coverage - W. Harvey, i.e. "Harvey" to most, "W" to some, "W. Harvey" to us, is not the only member of the Skees family who is a total HOOT! Have you ever met his wife W. Marisa? Less flamboyant than her husband, who was clad in what he calls a "Banana Hammock" which is slang for "Speedo," at HOLT XXVII last Sunday, Marisa's humor is understated by comparison...
CY, Ruther, Boots, Kort & HKM....
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Tuesday, 17 July 2012 02:40
(Great YndeCam Image)
LTF Tri - Mpls Notes - As one of America's most prestigious multis, Life Time Fitness Tri - Minneapolis has always been a magnet for out-of-state and foreign talent. This is true on both the pro and amateur levels.
In the first decade of this iconic race, Minnesota women had never swept the amateur podium, a feat that our state's guys had managed to accomplish on three occasions (2012, 2011 and 2003)....
Guy Stuff...& More...
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Tuesday, 17 July 2012 02:30
(YndeCam Photo - Honorary Minnesotan and totally good guy, Sean Cooley, from Grand Forks, ND, en route to a 5th EA place finish at LTF Tri - Mpls last Saturday.)
MORE LTF - MPLS STUFF- In 2003, Minnesota dudes--Chuck and Phil Smith, who also cracked the Top 10 (6th and 7th) at Shreveport Nationals that year, and Michael Stoick--swept the Elite Amateur podium at Life Time Fitness Tri - Minneapolis. Six of the next seven guys were out-of-staters....
