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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....
Race Coverage Stuff...
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Monday, 16 July 2012 02:30
ED. Haven't read the E-newpaper coverages of last Saturday's Life Time Fitnes Tri - Minneapolis (Startribune.com) and Graniteman - Clearwater (Sctimes.com) races? We've re-posted them here.
Megan Tan photo - Dan Hedgecock repeating at Elite Amateur champion at LT-Mpls.
SARAH HASKINS WINS 4TH...
By Craig Malveaux (Startribune.com)
Life Time Fitness Tri - Minneapolis - Sarah Haskins felt Hunter Kemper nipping at her heels.
Mere seconds separated the two competitors on the final stretch of the Life Time Fitness Triathlon. The 2012 men's and women's crowns already had been decided. No one was catching either of the two. All that remained was the overall title.
Clinging to her slim lead, Haskins gasped forward. Kemper slowly fell farther and farther behind....
