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Tuesday, 12 June 2012 02:30

* 6th ANNUAL FAIRMONT TRIATHLONS - Saturday's lightly-attended Fairmont Olympic Triathlon was won by Jonathan Sage Martinson and Heather McCleery. Jonathon is an extremely handsome guy who really likes the nearly budgetless unfinished indi sci-fi film, "Project London." How arsty-fartsy is that! We watched a Youtube clip. It was kinda cool. We were unable to dig up any stuff on Heather, but we suspect that she is a totally cool person.

Fairmont's companion Sprint Triathlon boasted almost 100 individual finishers and was won by Lucas DeWitt and repeat champion Stephanie Peterson, who was nominated for Minnesota Rookie of the Year in 2011. Steph (photo L) grew up in Fairmont and is arguably the nicest person ever to come out of that bucolic southern Minnesota community. FAIRMONT RESULTS

* 3rd ANNUAL EU CLAIRE TRIATHLON - Minnesotans rocked socks on Sunday at the Eau Claire Triathlon, which was appropriately staged in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. "Eau Claire" is a French deal, meaning "Clear Waters." A pair of Minnesota's ...

elite masters went 1-2 in the men's race. Duluth's studliest Norseman, Rod Raymond, 47, who has astonishingly large calf muscles and looks really good without a shirt (Herb Ritts-ian photo R), placed first in a course record 1:08:00, a 1:49 improvement on Brett Lovaas' 2011 course record. Second was taken by White Bear Lake's backward ball-capped