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Saturday's Races...UPDATE...
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Saturday, 26 May 2012 16:01
(Photo - Loon Lake Du winner Gretchen Sadaka.)
Race Stuff -- The weather may have sucked, but the racers did not. Despite occasional delugeian rainfall and hurricanish winds, several folks, most notably Patrick Parish and Ruth Brennan Morrey, blew away some records at this morning's 30th edition Sartell Apple Duathlon, Minnesota's oldest (and truly one of its finest!) multis. Story and photos on Tuesday. APPLE RESULTS
On a day suited more suited for coots and mallards, Dan Friedrichs and Gretchen Sadaka claimed victories at the LOON LAKE DUATHLON in Lake Crystal this morning. How yucky were the conditions, you ask? Only 42 of the 62 starters were able to finish. LLD RESULTS
UPDATE - To assume makes an ass of "u" and "me." In this case, though, just me. Sixty one of the 62 starters did finish, but we assumed that 19 had not because times weren't listed for them in the results. At last glance, results still had not been results updated. As for yucky weather, it didn't get totally yucky--downpour--until the last person finished.
Made to be Broken...
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Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:30
(Photo - Ruth will be going for her third straight du win of the season on Saturday.)
Race Preview - Marlo McGaver's course record at the Sartell Apple Duathlon has stood since 2007. Her stalwart 1:32:23 over the challenging 5K - 33K - 5K route is a full minute faster than Apple's pro record--Brianna Boehmer's 1:33:23, set in 2004--and almost three minutes faster than that of the 2nd fastest amateur clocking--Marnie Walth's 1:35:11, posted in 2008....
Annual Jump-Start...
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 02:30
(Photo: Sam and Jen. Sam's the tall one.)
By Jennifer Neuman
Race Report - Over the past 4 years I have participated in the Land Between the Lakes Triathlon in Albert Lea. My sister-in-law, Lisa grew up in Albert Lea and her parents still reside there so it is a fun way for family and friends to get together for the weekend. At first, I wasn't too sure about racing so early given the cold water temps, but over the years I have found it beneficial for me to get an early jump-start to the season.
A cold front came through Saturday night and we woke up to breezy, cooler air with the smell of rain. I was happy about the cooler air but not about...
Sam & Jen Do It Again...
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Tuesday, 22 May 2012 03:40
Albert Lea Triathlon Coverage - These thing happen sometimes. You plan to get to bed at a reasonable hour because you have a race the next day, but your friends insist that you have one more beer. You cave. They keep insisting and you keep caving and before your know it, you're hammered and it's after midnight.
You roll out of bed the next morning after getting maybe two hours of narcotized slumber, your mouth tasting like the floor of a neglected birdcage, and you drive, albeit badly, to, say, Albert Lea, which is about 120 miles from your home, which is in, say, Vadnais Heights. As you rack your bike you belch-up...
