Race Coverage
A Long Day in the Desert...Updated..Again...
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Sunday, 21 November 2010 09:48
Ironman Arizona Coverage -
Due to immensely frustrating site problems we we unable to post pictures and much of the content. We'll update on Tuesday.
4:00 PM - It's a 9:04:49 debut for Palmer! Devon finished 17th overall. Congrats Devon on turning in the all-time fastest rookie IM effort by a Minnesotan! Very, very cool!
3:39 PM - Hey, where's Devon? We'll try to find him and get back to you.
3:30 PM - Chrissie's 11th IM win here today took the "Official," i.e. M-dot, world record down from 8:47:26 (Sandra Wallenhorst at Ironman Austria in 2008) to 8:36:13. T'was Wellington's fifth sub-9 and lowered Arizona's women's CR by 33:06. Chrissie finished 8th overall on this damp Sonoran day.
3:00 PM - Germany's Timo Bracht has just rewritten the men's CR at Ironman Arizona. His sizzling 8:07:16 dispassionately gouged more than six minutes out of Jordan Rapp's prior race best. Bracht placed 6th at Kona last month.
2:23 PM - Two Minnesotans are in the amateur women's Top 10 after the first two legs. Jenny Wilcox is in 8th place; Julie Hull is in 2nd just 4 SECONDS behind amateur leader Karleen Dirmantas of Phoenix. Only eight pros are currently ahead of Hull and Dirmantas. How cool is that! Wilcox, a strong runner, was 10 minutes behind Hull when she got off the bike. Both Minnesota girls are on PR pace. Julie's prior best in 10:32:12, set at Ironman Florida in 2008. Jenny's PB is an 11:12 (Wisconsin '09).
Totally Qualified...
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Monday, 18 October 2010 15:13
MTN congratulates hard-bodied Duluthians Rod "Collage Boy" Raymond, Tiffany Carlson--Tiff and
Hooke'd On The Experience...
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Monday, 18 October 2010 05:00
Hooke Survives UFC Tryout in Kona
(Photo: Alex, a pretty girl, an ocean and oatmeal. Life is good.)
By Darin Wieneke
Who is tougher: Ironman Alex Hooke or UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar? After watching the Ironman World Championship this past weekend and reviewing Alex Hooke
"It's Like Going to the Bar..."
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Thursday, 14 October 2010 06:10
BOUS Race Coverage - Diane Hankee is a hoot. She's an outspoken Canadian--she's originally from Sasquatchuwan--who adores her prematurely gray husband but thinks that David Thompson is totally cute. When asked to comment on her Best of the US experience--she placed 19th against the toughest head-to-head women's (short course) field of the year--she became momentarily pensive then e-mailed us these uncharacteristically terse, and definitely pithy, words:
"BOUS is a great competition to keep you wanting more. It's kind of like going to the bar or a party in college. You show up and everyone is eyeing each other up wondering how good that person is. Then you party (race) and get your butt kicked by some OC hills and end up with a painful hangover..... I can't wait to do it again."...
