Race Coverage
Great Racing at Trinona XIV!....
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Sunday, 16 February 2025 00:10
Trinona Coverage - Road construction has forced the alteration of Trinona's intermediate bike course for the last two years. The route is approximately five kilometers shorter than the standard 1.5K - 40K - 10K. This explains why the frontrunner's threw down such fast times yesterday. It shoulld be noted that Trinona's bike course, full distance or shortened version, is seriously challenging. Most would agree that Trinona's international bike course is the toughest in our region....
Word of the Day: TETRAHEDRON...
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Thursday, 13 February 2025 00:10
By Doobie Kurus
The 5th annual SWIM-Off to Summer was our largest field ever with well over 200 registered and coming from all over the midwest. It was also our most competitive one to date. Just getting into the event was competitive, as it sold out back in April this year. Race day conditions were ideal, as the Friday rain storms gave way to overcast skies, similar air/water temps, and calm water. Those that stuck around afterwards enjoyed burgers and ice cream sundaes, plus lots of fun treats people brought to share. The only issue of the morning was me confusing people as I described the race course and using interjecting "tetrahedron" every other sentence as a reference to the shape of the buoys. I'll get that cleared up by next year!
In the .3 mile (sprint) distance race, Greg Breheim (6:43), Tyler Gerst (8:10), and Kyle Sweeney (9:40) came in 1, 2, and 3 respectively for the men. Linda Green (7:20), Bryce White (8:08), and Allison Brunner (10:14) came in that way for the women....
Clayton & Warning Break Out at Clear Lake...
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Monday, 10 February 2025 00:10
Photo - Mitchell Clayton and Noah Billings
Tri Clear Lake Sprint Coverage - A few days ago we predicted that Rochester's NOAH BILLINGS would three-peat as men's champion in today's Tri Clear Lake Sprint. The two-time Minnesota Junior of the Year raced hard, beating his 2023 time, but ultimately settled for 2nd behind another former Minnesota JOY, MITCHELL CLAYTON, also of the Med City, whose 58:23 might be an amateur record here. Our research shows that only pro triathlete Wes Anderson (IA) had posted a faster time (57:47 in 2018) at Clear Lake.
The performance was arguably the finest of Clayton's multisport career and we are currently trying to talk him into filing a race report.
We also predicted that Minnesotans GRACE BUSCH (Mankato) and CHANTAL NACK (Minneapolis) would finish 1-2 in the women's Sprint competition. We're happy to report that we were almost correct. Busch, our state's Junior of the Year in 2022, rocked an amateur record 1:03:25, which was good for 4th pllace
"I Didn't Know I Could Go That Fast"...
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Friday, 07 February 2025 00:10
By Paige Schulz
Ironman 70.3 Des Moines Race Report- Swim: Chaos as usual. It’s a not really a lake, more of a glorified retention pond, right? so they set the course up like a zigzag in order to get the full 1.2 mile. The water was warm and murky. I couldn’t see my watch splits in front of my face. Ick. We are really spoiled in Minnesota with beautiful lakes. 34:42; 1:40/100 yd
Bike: This course is nice because it is closed to cars, roads are smooth, and there are some out and back sections so there is some entertainment when the bike power houses fly by the other direction. My bike was pretty uneventful – a good thing. I was under my goal watts, but over my goal pace. Which means I’m more aero than we expected. Win. Also means I should be able to go faster. Ha 2:33; 21.8 mph.
Run: It always feels like I’m barely jogging when I get off the bike. Legs feel heavy, but in reality the pace is good. I was getting complacent around mile 5 and slowing down, but then started focusing and...
Refocus & Adapt....
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Tuesday, 04 February 2025 00:10
By Bettina Keppers
Xterra North American Championship - Oak Mountain, Alabama
Air temperature: 85 F
Water temperature: 76 F
Humidity: 90%
COVID: I’ll preface this race report with this tidbit of health information. I tested positive for COVID just 9 days before the race and finally tested negative two days before. Symptoms included difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, lots of coughing,...
"...According to Plan"...
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Saturday, 01 February 2025 00:10
By Mitchell Clayton
The U of M Morris played host to the annual Tinman Triathlon this past Saturday. I did this race in 2016 and all I remember was pushing 250+ watts to bike DOWN a hill at UNDER 20 mph because of a crazy headwind. This early-season race has historically had cold and windy conditions, but the weather this year was nearly ideal - about 55 degrees with only moderate wind.
The great conditions led to some fast times. In the Olympic-ish distance, Corey Nygaard managed to take 25 seconds off Spencer Syvertson’s course record from 2023. Spencer, coming off a breakout year in 2023, raced the Sprint distance this year and showed even more improvement by knocking over 3 minutes off Brian Storhaug’s course record from 2022.
My race went exactly according to plan. The swim is in the UMM pool and most athletes shared a lane with one other person. I talked with Brian before the race and we decided to swim together. We swam exactly the same time, a brisk...
