Race Coverage
"Second Time's a Charm"....
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Tuesday, 01 September 2020 23:10
By Rick Abrahamson
- Dateline: Weaver Lake Park – Maple Grove, MN - 30 Aug 2020
- TEAM ZOOT’s Helen and Steve Gunther- and
- TEAM TRI-HARD’s Chris and Sarah Nichols copped the top steps on the podium today.
- TRI KINGS monopolize the relay.
The second time’s a charm.
An additional installment was necessary, in order to execute TRI-HARD-TRI ’20. On July 26, what would result in Part 1 of the Sprint Distance Tri on the Maple Grove course- four athletes(Daniel Duff 3rd overall, Diane Samson 3rd lady overall, Heather Moody, and Laura Hanneman) waited out the early morning rain to post Pt 1 results on the HOT and humid course....
"SURE WAS NICE TO RACE OUTSIDE"....
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Monday, 24 August 2020 23:10
ED. This post was cut and pasted from a website that favors capital letters.
BY BLAKE STEINBRING (swimbikerunblake.com)
YOUNG LIFE TRIATHLON RACE REPORT - SATURDAY MARKED THE 228TH DAY OF 2020. A YEAR WE CAN ALL AGREE HAS SUCKED MORE THAN THE WORLDS MOST POWERFUL VACUUM! MY TRIATHLON SEASON LASTED A BLISSFUL 1:10:33 AT THE YOUNGLIFE TRIATHLON IN DETROIT LAKES. MY SUMMER IS USUALLY FILLED WITH OVER A DOZEN TRIATHLONS AND NUMEROUS MARATHONS AND IRONMAN RACES. IRONICALLY, SATURDAYS RACE WAS ALSO MY 228TH ACTIVITY ACCORDING TO MY GARMIN. THOSE 228 ACTIVITIES EQUAL OUT TO BE OVER 2,070 MILES. I AM NO TRAINING EXPERT BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF OVERTRAINING FOR A SPRINT TRIATHLON! ...
"The Volunteers Are the Best"....
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Saturday, 22 August 2020 23:10
By Mario Minelli
YOUNG LIFE TRIATHLONN RACE REPORT - Carin and I spent a few days in Detroit Lakes this past weekend, 8/14-8/16.
Always love going to this area. I did the Younglife Triathlon for the third time. I've done the Olympic distance twice before. This year they had just one distance, a Sprint, which was a 500m swim (my Garmin measured about 900 yds), 20k bike, 5k run.
The organizers never fail to put on a great race! The water is so clear in Big/Little Detroit Lake, the bike route circles the lakes, and the run is a nice little out-n-back. The volunteers are the best at the YL Tri too. They are fully engaged in making sure you are on course and I don't think anyone gets by them without being cheered on....
"I Thanked Every Volunteer"...
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Thursday, 20 August 2020 23:10
By Cathleen McGinnity
GREEN LAKE TRIATHLON RACE REPORT - I raced Green Lake Triathlon Olympic for the first time in 2017. Despite storms and downpour on the bike i really enjoyed the course and small town feel.
This year I signed up at the last minute as I had been training for IM Madison up until a few weeks ago so body was in good shape to race. I work in the medical field so was concerned about precautions being taken. Careful research about the race precautions and realized this will work. Checked with my coach for advice on how to race all i got was "No watch" "Let it rip". As i am a data freak i was a bit apprehensive i did wear watch but it was only on time and put black tape over bike computer so all i could see was distance/time. I was good and only looked at it once or twice and went by feel.
I live about 3 hours away so packed up gear on Saturday and hit the road for Spicer to spend the night at the INN across the street from transition. Could not ask for a better set up. ...
Bringing the Joy!
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Tuesday, 18 August 2020 23:10
GRANITEMAN CLEARWATER COVERAGE - Women's Race - Where to begin? We could talk about the emergence of the top two female finishers, SHYANNE MCGREGOR and ANNA RAINER? Or we could start by talking about the three age group records that were set?
Or the return of GRETA DANIELSON-KOPPY?...
A Great Race "Broke Out"....
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Sunday, 16 August 2020 23:10
GRANITEMAN CLEARWATER COVERAGE - Men's Race - Sunday was a great day for racing, and sure enough, a great race, as the late Rodney Dangerfield might have said, "broke out."
It happened in the scenic rural environs west of bucolic Clearwater, thus it's name: Graniteman Clearwater.
It's amazing to us that even when a race unfolds as you might expect it to, it is still exciting as heck to witness.
The predicted winners prevailed in both the overall and most of the age group competitions, but it was still thrilling to watch. That's triathlon. It's cool people doing extraordinary things is tight clothing.
Sophomore pro TED TREISE understands that his main job right now is to prove that he deserves his license, which in the early stages entails that he not allow elite amateurs to beat him. He also knows that it is especially hard to accomplish that in Minnesota, where the top amateurs are among the best in the country. Beating 2019 Most Improved winner JOSH MORK, current Most Improved frontrunner JOE ADRIAENS, and North Dakota's fastest rising male star, AJ MANNING, meant that he couldn't cruise.
The hammer needed to be down from lake to banner....
