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Minnesota's Most Competitive Tri...
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Tuesday, 19 August 2025 00:10
2025 MAPLE GROVE TRIATHLON - One of Minnesota's largest triathlons which also happenes to be its most competitive swim-bike-run, is this 16th-edition classic. Both the Olympic and Sprint races boast deep fields, especially the Olympic, so let's start there....
Carter & Katie, Seam & Cami....
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Sunday, 17 August 2025 00:10
2025 YOUNG LIFE TRIATHLON Coverage - Three out of four of the swim-bike-run tri winners at yesterday's Young Life Triathlon were predicted.
One, a collegiate runner who appeared to doing his first triathlon, was a major surprise. His name is CARTER FERBER. He's 21, a collegiate runner from Fargo, and he used his speed afoot to overtake NICK JASMER, who appeared to be en route to the biggest win of his young career in YL's Olympic race.
2024 YLO winner BRANDON LEE came into thecontest as the favorite, but something wasn't right when he got off the bike. The six-minute-plus-small change mile pace he ran last year was not happening, not even close. More than a minute and ten seconds per-mile slower this time around, he admitted afterward that he had "worrisome" breathing issues. This allowed Nick to take over, at least for a while. A newbie, Carter had lost time to both Brandon and Nick in the swim portion and T1 and T2, but the 5:40-miles he threw down in the 10K ultimately delivered him to the finish line 22-seconds ahead. of Jasmer.
Exciting race!...
Family Friendliness
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Friday, 15 August 2025 00:10
By Amy Preusser
The Green Lake Triathlon celebrated its 22nd year this past weekend, and I know why athletes come back, year after year. For me, this was the first race that I spectated - back in 2022 - and I fell in love with the sport! I have raced at the Green Lake triathlon three times, and it is always one of my favorite races. It has a hometown feel, and the City of Spicer does a phenomenal job of hosting. Since a large portion of both the bike and the run courses are on the main lake road,
many people sit in their driveways and cheer for the racers going past. As a result, there are very few miles without people encouraging you. This makes the environment fun for all ages, and - I believe - is a huge reason why athletes choose to make the annual trek to Spicer. There is also a kid’s triathlon the day prior - talk about family friendly!! Our kids participated this year, and I would highly recommend the experience. There’s nothing like sharing the sport you love with the little people that you made!
This summer, as we know, the smoky skies have been a battle. For Sunday’s race, we got a reprieve. To top it off, the water was still and there was not much of a breeze as I set up my...
A Great Way to Spend a Sunday...
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Wednesday, 13 August 2025 00:10
22nd GREEN LAKE TRIATHLON Coverage - St. Cloud's GRETCHEN AMUNDSON (photo below) is an "occasional" triathlete who happens to be pretty darn good at this swim-bike-run thing. And when she decides to do a tri, it is always Green Lake. ...
Spencer's Best Ever...
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Monday, 11 August 2025 00:10
Photo - In order of height: Mitchell Clayton, Spencer Syvertson, Nicholas Jasmer
22nd NORTHWOODS TRIATHLON COVERAGE - We predicted that an unprecedented five guys would dip under the one-hour mark last Saturday at Northwoods. We were wrong. Sort of. This is because three of the predicted men were no-shows. The two that raced, though, raced brilliantly, starting with SPENCER SYVERTSON's Performance of the Year-level effort. He came into the race undefeated in four starts before turning in what was arguably his finest performance ever, thanks largely to his breakout DKT-like bike split (27 mph). When he arrived in T2 at just over the 38-minute mark, everyone watching knew that something special was happening. It became clear at that time that BROOKS GROSSINGER's 2014 course record--57:06--would finally be seriously challenged.
When Spencer came into view approaching the finish line, the crowd knew that Syvertson would come away, at the very least, with the second fastest time in race history. Syvertson dug deep, not allowing...
