Race Coverage

Biebs Fan Wins at Fridley...

Sunday, 11 January 2015 00:10

Photo - The Biebs. Photo enhanced by photoshop and a pair of balled-up sweatsocks.

LIFE TIME FRIDLEY INDOOR TRI -  Thirty-nine athletes finished this event last Sunday, with Lee Brown and Laura Geer leading the way. Brown, who's 2014 outdoor highlights included his 4th at Buzz Ryan and 5th at Brewhouse Sprint, posted solid splits throughout--28 lengths (700 yards), 25 mph bike, 6-flat mile pace for the run--en route to his victorious 116 points.

Greer finished 2nd overall and only 10 points behind Brown. We were not surprised by this, as Greer was a 2014 Rookie of the Year nominee whose impressive outdoor scorecard featured 3rds at Life Time - Trinona Sprint and Life Time - Maple Grove Sprint, and 15th at Life Time - Minneapolis, which featured what was arguably the 2nd deepest amateur women's field of the year in the US. Only Nationals attracted more female talent....

According to his Facebook page, Lee Brown is into the Transformers movies, which makes him, like us, a total Shia Labeouf fan. He also "Likes" Macklemore (Who doesn't?) and, gulp!, Justin Bieber. We admire Lee. It takes big plums to admit that you're into The Biebs.

We don't know anything about Laura Greer, other than that she's a talented athlete. We wonder is she likes The Biebs?

The guy who finished 3rd overall was Milan Dubravka. A great name! We suspect that he's not from around here. We looked him up on Facebook. We were right. He's not from around here. He's from Bratislava, Slokavia. His favorite restaurant in the Twin Cities is The Claddaugh in Maple Grove. It's an awesome Irish pub. Milan has probably had their signature Irish Breakfast, which consists of bacon, black and white pudding, bangers, eggs, sauteed mushrooms and soda bread. Only $10.99, or about 30 Slovakian korunas, which were replaced by the Euro in 2008.   RESULTS