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Saturday, 08 September 2012 02:10
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2012
By Suzie Fox
August; The Good, The Bad & The Painful
The first weekend of August I had an 8:09 half marathon PR by following a written progressive run workout at the Optumhealth Performance Minnesota Half Marathon. This was also at the tail end of a 24 hour training week with no taper and 2:20 of training the day before which was great news for the rest of my season which is all long course. My official time ended up being 1:30:13 so I wish I would have been paying a little bit more attention and snuck in at sub 1:30 just :14 faster. Next time! ...
Names & Numbers...Updated...
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Friday, 07 September 2012 02:10
Square Lake Triathlons - The Square Lake Short Course Tri will celebrate its 13th anniversary on Saturday; the Long Course race, half IMish in length, will turn 12 on Sunday.
Do you know what the various race records are? We do. We nerdily keep track of that kind of stuff and we're happy to share it with you here. Let's start with the Short Course, okay? Remember, this is Triathlon, and all records are to be swallowed with many grains of salt.
SQUARE LAKE SHORT COURSE - .5 - 18 - 5
Overall - Patrick Parish - 1:22:03 - 2010 & Marnie Walth, ND - 1:30:53 - 2007
19U - Nick Vandam - 1:29:39 - 2004 & Hannah Strom - 1:42:33 - 2011 ...
The Beard of Zeus Vs. Worst Moms Ever...
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Thursday, 06 September 2012 02:10
Burrito Union 5 & 10 Hour Triathlon - This event, inaugurated in 2007, is a total HOOT! Zany. Madcap. Slightly impudent. And very, very cool...
IMOO Stuff...
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Wednesday, 05 September 2012 02:10
Ironman Wisconsin XI - Approximately 300 of our state's triathletes are enrolled in Sunday's Ironman Wisconsin. Perhaps ten times that many Minnesotans will also be on hand to spectate or volunteer. There will definitely be a special Loon State vibe in Cheesehead Land on Sunday.
That is so cool. Goosebumpley cool. Time to breathe into a paper bag, diaper-up and make some outrageous predictions.
Typically, we do a lot of name-dropping, but for this preve we are leaving most of the names out. Why? 'Cuz two participants asked us to do so, saying that it would freak them out if we said nice things about them, or predicted that they would turn in fast times....
Happy in Hudson...
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Tuesday, 04 September 2012 02:10
(Photo - It may look like John Heinlein is strangling that dog, but he's really not.)
St. Croix Valley Triathlons - Doug Boehm, whose last name is simply pronounced "Bome," though it looks like there should be more sound or syllables, smiles a lot. Almost all the time, in fact. For him, life is good, filled with the blessings of great friendships, a wonderful family and having been born a chronically happy guy.
Just when it seemed that his life could not get any better, it did.
Last Saturday, Doug and his 12-year-old tri-newbie son Blake raced at the 12th annual St. Croix Valley Sprint Triathlon in Hudson (photo below R). There was something perfect about that morning, and it just got perfecter and perfecter as the day went on....
