Race Coverage
Well Worth the Drive...
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Friday, 22 July 2011 03:00
(All Photos courtesy John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye.)
By Claire Bootsma
Lake Geode Challenge - Lori Rudy, the super friendly and nice race director of the Lake Geode Challenge, asked that Dan Hedgecock and I extend an invitation to all Minnesota triathletes to come down and race next year. If you don
Wet Work...
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Monday, 18 July 2011 03:00
HOLT XXVI Coverage - Twas not a day for records, unless heat index and dew points are the records you're looking for. But that's not what we're talking 'bout here. Purely and simply, it was a tough-ass day, for everyone but that lovable mutant Jan Guenther, who actually enjoys these kinds of extreme conditions, and performances suffered.
It became clear, though "clear" is an odd word to use here, when folks were driving to Annandale on race morning that expectations had to be altered. What appeared to be a ubiquitous ground fog was just saturated air. Viscous, the dankness felt like 10W-30 on the skin.
At 6 AM it was already 80 degrees, but felt like 90. And the dew points were in the mid-70s. And conditions would worsen by the hour....
HOLT Stuff...
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Sunday, 17 July 2011 16:18
Heart of the Lakes - Extravagant humidity, unkind heat and an even more turgid heat index did not prevent the 26th edition of the Heart of the Lakes / Minnesota State Triathlon Championship from achieving its signature spectacularity this morning. Gosh, this was a fine event!
Pre-race faves, Dan Hedgecock and Becky Youngberg, lived up to their billing. And so much other cool stuff happened. Extensive words and photos will post tomorrow. Stay tuned.
The Lemming Effect...
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Sunday, 17 July 2011 03:00
IM CDA: Decompressing With Bonnstetter, Morgan, Sartain & Hoffman
By Darin Wieneke
I recently learned that more than 70 Minnesotans ventured to Idaho on June 26th to compete in Ironman Coeur d'Alene. While Minnesotans generally travel well to Ironman races, 70 participants is an extremely strong representation at a race approximately 1355 miles away. So why did so many Minnesotans travel to Coeur d'Alene? I was not sure, so I checked in with a number of the participants (Katy Bonnstetter, April Morgan, Jeremy Sartain and Laura Hoffman) to see why they decided to make the trek and how their experience went....
A Four Shirt Morning...UPDATED...
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Saturday, 16 July 2011 13:44
(Facebook photo - A Top 10 finisher at Lake Minnetonka last month, Jesse Kling is enjoying a great tri season. He placed 3rd overall at Chaska this morning.)
Chaska Tri XIII - Nick Madrinich is probably the fastest Serbian/Swedish male triathlete in all of Carver County! This morning he won his hometown race--the Chaska River City Days Tri--for the 3rd consecutive year. Additionally, he managed to lower Chris Leiferman's 2008 course record by 12 seconds.
The women's race was a tight battle between Tracy Serreyn and Jamie Blumentritt, with Serreyn prevailing by 21 seconds.
Three divisional course records set smithereenisized by Tom Pettit, 42, who finished 2nd overall, Michael Danielson, 47, who lowered his own previous 45-49M's best, and Nick Vanduzee, 67, who also owns this event's 60-64M CR.....
