FEATURES

Here Come the LAMS...

Friday, 18 December 2015 00:10

Minnesota has many awesome tri teams. If you are not a member of one, we wholeheartedly recommend that you consider joining up. The training and social benefits, not to mention the tight clothing, will help you solidify your bond with the endurance lifestyle. The bond of team membership is a Super Glue-type deal, not a Poligrip one, that can cause occasional slippage.

From the standpoint of competitiveness, there is arguably no more talented amateur tri team in the US than Gear West. (Their pros--David Thompson and Heather Lendway--are top notch, too.)

Now Sports has a very competitive team, too, especially their ladies, three of whom--LISA LENDWAY (3rd), DIANE HANKEE (8th) and NICOLE HEININGER (10th)--made Team Minnesota in 2015.

A team that has been on the rise, competitively speaking, for the last few years is LAMS (Lakes Aear Multisport), which is based in the Brainerd Lakes area. The...

queen of the LAMS team, of course, is ultra-distance star MICHELLE ANDRES. (MA is great at shorter distance tris and duathlon, too.)

Here are some of the male LAMS members who are rocking the regional tri scene, and their 2015 highlights. On Sunday, we will post the highlights of some of the LAMS women who totally rocked socks in '15.