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Sarah, Dan & Catherine Didn't Get the Memo...

Monday, 11 July 2011 03:00

(Great photos from Kerry Yndestad's Facebook Page - L - Dan does his Nixon impression. R - Cathy tells Claire something funny.)

Race Coverage- Some days just aren't very fast. Saturday was one of those days.

In general, the times at the 10th anniversary edition of Life Time Minneapolis were slower than in past years. And it wasn't for lack of field quality or due to extremely unaccommodating weather. Sure, there was some light chop and noticeable surface current on Lake Nokomis. There was also humidity and some wind to contend with, though not nearly as troublesome as this event has had to contend with on several occasions in the past. Also, the consistent cloud cover for the majority of the morning on Saturday minimized the severity of ...

Bumps in the Road...

Sunday, 10 July 2011 03:00

ED. - Mark Lowrey brought this story to us. We are very aware of the two great young athletes who are the subject of this piece and have even seen one of them, Kevin McDowell (Photo L), race on several occasions. News of his disease came as a shock to us. And the depth of his friend's friendship touched us deeply.

By NANCY ARMOUR

AP National Writer

AURORA, Ill. (AP) - Lukas Verzbicas sat in silence, trying to absorb the news that Kevin McDowell, his friend and longtime triathlon teammate, had been diagnosed with cancer.

Finally, Verzbicas' stepfather spoke. Lukas had a choice to make. He could continue to focus on the running career that has shown such promise he was being hailed as the next great American distance runner even before he broke the 4-minute mile, something only four other U.S. high schoolers have ever done....

Soooooo Much To Say...

Saturday, 09 July 2011 14:58

Totally cool Photo - Paul Phillips/ Competitveimage.us.

Life Time - Minneapolis - This iconic event once again proved that it deserves its reputation as one of the premier triathlons in the World. The cool story lines are too numerous to, well, enumerate here.

And some didn't take place on the actual

G-Man & T-Man...UPDATES & FYIs...

Saturday, 09 July 2011 03:00

Race Previewettes - We wrote long previews for today's Timberman (International and Sprint events) and Graniteman that were lost in cyberspace for reasons that the author is too darn stupid to understand. He is royally steamed even though it was probably his fault, and doesn't have time to recreate the 1000+ word post.