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Weekend Race Briefs...UPDATED..
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Sunday, 31 July 2011 17:02
WILTING IN WASECA - In heat and humidity reminiscent of the conditions endured at Heart of the Lakes two weekends ago, Matt Payne, Claire Bootsma and Charlie Roach somehow managed to rewrite records at the 3rd annual Waseca 1/3 IM & Sprint this morning. Payne's victorious 2:37:29 knocked
Got Elephant Skin?...
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Sunday, 31 July 2011 03:00
By Ben Greenfield (For Trifuel.com)
If you're like me, you care about your skin looking healthy and good. Frankly the state of skin health scares me when I go to a marathon or a triathlon, or spend time with folks who have been "outdoorsy" much of their lives.
It's like looking at a wrinkled elephant face.
Do people who exercise outdoors just not care about the way their skin is going look when they're 50, 60 or 70?
I personally don't plan on any modeling contracts with cologne manufacturers when I'm that age, but I would prefer that my face and skin not look as much like a dried, ugly prune as many of the faces I've seen at endurance races and outdoor sporting events....
Doing Something Right...
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Friday, 29 July 2011 03:00
Race Preview - After its successful debut in 2010, organizers of the Chase the Police Triathlon decided to raise their event's enrollment ceiling. Last year's race, with its 300-participant limit, filled early. This year's race will have 400 entrants and has been full for several weeks.
Officer / Race Director Jesse LeBlanc and his crew must be doing something right, eh?
As in '10, Wave #1 will consist entirely of law enforcement personnel, hence the "Chase the Police" motif. Last year, 22 civilian male triathletes and 18 civilian female triathletes managed to beat their gender's first Tri-Cop to the finish line....
More Chisago Half Stuff...
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011 03:00
* MIA MICHELLE - Liberty Half winner Michelle Andres (photo L) was one of the favorites to win at Chisago last Sunday. Curious about her DNF, MTN contacted her on Monday, via e-mail.
- MTN - Michelle, what happened? Are you okay?
- MA - I'm fine. Thanks for asking. The swim was ok...got lost in the fog, but didn't lose much time. Bike was ok. I pulled my hamstring over the winter and really have to baby it. I don't think I've ever completely healed it. I rarely ride my bike this summer. The only time I ride is when I do a race or with my tri class I help run. I know myself well enough that if I started the run I would push through and probably make it worse. I have to remember and remind myself that triathlon is only cross training this summer for the marathon (ED. Michelle's gunning for a Sub-3 at TCM in October), so I called it a day when I got back to T2. Always hard to do, but it was probably best.
- MTN- We admire your prudence. What position were you in when you arrived in T2?...
