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Fat Tire Nuptials & A Cool Name....
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Thursday, 16 February 2012 02:00
(Photo - The newlywed Piddes, Ridge and Aaron.)
MTN has made it its mission to eventually post stuff about EVERY SINGLE Minnesota tri or du-athlete. Today we are sharing some words about Ridge Pidde.
We selected Ridge because we really, really like her name a lot. Her mom and dad deserve Parental Style Points for naming her Ridge. Well done, Benedums (Ridge's maiden name)!
We found lots of cool stuff about Ms. Pidde on her Facebook page. We also dug up some of her race results, which were pretty goshdarn impressive, too.
Here's some of that cool stuff:...
AOY Stuff...
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Wednesday, 15 February 2012 02:00
(Photo - Christine Anderson winning Chicago Elite. She's our pick for 2011 AOY.)
Approximately a dozen triathlon observers--race directors, coaches, writers & USAT VP Tim Yount, who is a totally cool guy!--voted last week for the 2011 USAT Athlete of the Year winners and Honorable Mentions. The voting was done privately, thus only one or two of the voters currently know the results. Awards will be presented at the Endurance LIVE Gala in Los Angeles on March 10.
While the official honorees will be announced here (and elsewhere) in the next week or so, we has chosen to share our selections here. (MTN Partner Jerry MacNeil has been a voting member of the USAT AOY Selection Committee for more than a decade.)
Here's our tri picks:...
Conquering Open Water Fear With Hypnosis...
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:30
By Jene' Shaw (Senior editor - Triathlete magazine)
Choppy water. Flailing arms and legs. Sharks. Limited visibility. Frigid temperatures. Shuddering yet? The fear of open water holds back a lot of triathletes who are otherwise confident swimmers, taking pre-race anxiety to another level.
To help athletes with this problem, Lidia Garcia uses hypnotism.
Stuff About People...
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:00
Race Coverage - The guy that MTN assigned to cover the Life Time - Chanhassen Indoor Tri last Saturday overslept on race morning. He later explained that he was watching a "24" marathon on Netflix and hoped to get to bed by 11 PM, but at 10:59 Jack Bauer got exposed to a weapon's-grade pathogen and had to be sprayed with a power washer and scrubbed with...
Basic Bike Maintenance Stuff...
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Monday, 13 February 2012 02:00
By Mackenzie Lobby
(This article originally appeared in the Summer 2011 issue of USA Triathlon Magazine.)
Owning a whole lot of cool gear is one of the major perks to being a triathlete. Hours are spent finding the right wetsuit, tri suit and running shoes. Much research is invested into everything from sunglasses to hydration systems to high tech socks. Perhaps most attention, however, is paid to a triathlete
