Race Coverage

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Wednesday, 30 May 2012 02:30

* Since 2008 Kasson's Mario Minelli, who has extremely attractive ankles (photo L), has won three duathlons and has established himself as one of our state's most consistent run-bike-runners. Last Saturday (May 26) Super Mario earned his first career triathlon victory, doing so at the Northstar Tri in Esterville, Iowa. Twas a dominant effort as Minelli covered the sprint distances in 55:46, 5:45 ahead of runner-up Kevin Mitchell. The women's race was won by Kathy Grady of South Dakota. We mention her because we've known her since 2006 and she is one of the coolest people we've ever met. She has awesome cyclist legs..... RESULTS

* 2012 Cinco Du Mayo Short Course winner Erich Heneke of Stewartville placed 3rd overall on May 13 at the Lake MacBride Duathlon in Coralville, Iowa. Ankeny's Jon Estabrook, who like ...

Heneke is a dedicated duathlete, which means that he is not even an occasional triathlete, won the men's race. Estabrook, a totally decent fellow, placed 3rd at the Cinco Du Mayo Long Course Duathlon on May 5. That is where we discovered his total decentness. Former handsome Rochesterarian, now a handsome Iowa Citian, Mederic Hall, also raced at Lake MacBride, finishing fourth. RESULTS

* Megan Westhoff sent us this email last Tuesday: