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Friday, 27 May 2011 03:00

ED. - We received this letter from Kevin Derung a few days ago. It's pretty cool. FYI, Kevin is not the guy in the "Before & After" photo on the next page. We posted that shot because we thought it was cool. The "After Kevin" is the guy finishing Chisago Half (L) and standing in the ocean off the coast of Porta Vyarta (fonetic spelling), Mexico (below).

Hello MTN,

...... I love how the extreme pain in your lungs instantly disappears the minute you hand your chip in and how the plans for the next race reinvigorate your desire to get back to the grind of early morning training. There are not a lot of sports where you know you will never win yet you come back happier than last time. Many of us would love to race every weekend if we could afford the time commitment, but interestingly enough other things happen on Saturday and Sunday mornings outside of races? Our families love us aside the misunderstanding that we all love torture, and...

without their support our sport would surely wither and die rather than flourish and grow as it has. I will be racing Minneman this year for the third year in a row and look forward to this race more than any other. Minneman is near and dear to my heart since it was the first race I ever attempted (took 1st in the novice 2009, yay J) and the bike runs right past my house. Watching DKT and the other elites destroy this course is unbelievable and it