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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 06:30

Have you ever heard of elephantine Polish entrepreneur Colezslau Growleroski? A lover of cabbage and beer, he is responsible for two of the greatest inventions of our time: Cole slaw and Growlers. If it wasn't for this gluttonous genius,...

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Impressive Stuff...

Tuesday, 27 July 2010 04:10

Sooooooo much about Sunday's Chisago Lakes Triathlon(s) was impressive, and not just basic stuff, like DKT's sub-4 hour winning time, or Patrick Parish's and Jenny Wilcox's crushings of the race records in the sprint. That's really good stuff, though.

What else was there to be impressed with then, you ask?

How about how downright maturishly Ross Weinzierl and Joanna Hall handled their misfortunes. Ross was kicking tush when he was forced to DNF. How did he handle it? With an understanding shrug of the shoulders, a big smile--which is a ubiquitous part of his extroverted signature--and the clear understanding that there will be other opportunities.

You thoroughly impressed us, Ross. (See photo on next page. Ross is the tall smiley guy on the left.)

Poor pretty Joanna. Two flats and more than a half hour of..

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$100 Tree City...

Monday, 26 July 2010 07:52

What do you know about Fergus Falls, Minnesota?

Not much, huh?

We know lotsa stuff about it. It's a town. It's in Minnesota and the Hoot Lake Triathlon (photo) is there. Or somewhere near there?

What else?

Did we say mention that it's somewhere in Minnesota? And that it's a town?

Realizing that we don't know too darn much about Fergus Falls, we Googled it. Here's some totally cool historical stuff we found:

"In 1857, Wiley Cloversheets * was sent by his employer, Langford Fergus* , to locate a site for a new community. Along the way he...

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You Shoulda Been There...

Sunday, 25 July 2010 16:43

The Chisago Lakes Half and Sprint was ginormous, drawing more than 1600 participants. The day was clear and and sunny relatively windless and waited until most of the half racers had de-biked before it became truly calefacient, which is a pedantic way to say "hot." The temps never out-calefaciented the competition, however. The talent pool was deep and the rivalries were almost incendiary. DKT and Madison, Wisconsin's Jackie Arendt, who is arguably the premier female amateur long distance in the U.S. right now, led the way in the half. Patrick Parish and Jenny Wilcox destroyed the sprint course records. RESULTS

To be continued...Hey click on "Read More" and check out the picture we planned to post in the event that 2009 CL-Half winner Heather Haviland had raced today. It's totally cool. She's doing bike presses. She didn't race today because she had a "thing" she had to do...

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