Race Coverage
Big Dogs...
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Tuesday, 15 September 2015 00:10
4th Annual BLAINE TRIATHLON - Comfortable, pretty weather and a wonderfully swimmable lake (68.1 degrees) portended great performances at last Saturday's Blaine Triathlon. And that's what happened, starting with a breakout, though not unpredictable, winning effort for Blaine's own CHRIS TATTON. Chris, who was also victorious at Manitou in June, led from the get-go en route to the event's 3rd fastest time ever (1:11:08).
If you don't know Chris, he's a great guy whose wife Maggie is a HOOT! The Tattons have an eight-month-old Great Dane named STANLEY, who has paws the size of catcher's mitts. The dog, with whom event participants were encouraged to take selfies, kinda looks like the the one in the photo here.
Claiming 2nd right from the start was Minnesota multisport pioneer RICH HEILMAN, 50, who is being strongly considered for a Master of the Year nomination. His time (1:14:42), was the 2nd best clocking ever by a 40-plusser here, and an adipose 5:05 improvement on the previous 50-54M course best. Later at breakfast at The Grandview in St. Paul, Rich ate a couple of pancakes the size of bike wheels and four strips of Neuske's bacon.
Also looking strong throughout the entire race, DAVID CARNEY, 42 (1:16:13), claimed the final men's podium step....
Heather's Mugs...
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Monday, 14 September 2015 00:10
16th Annual SQUARE LAKE (Short Course) - Studying this year's results on paper told us that something didn't add up. DAVID THOMPSON's and HEATHER' LENDWAY's bike splits and overall margins of victory did not make sense. Until HL posted this on her Facebook page: ...
Andres Wins IMOO! Again! Fox Earns Bronze!
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Sunday, 13 September 2015 12:00
FINAL RESULTS (as they occur):
MICHELLE ANDRES has just become the 2nd Minnesota woman to WIN Ironman Wisconsin. JAN GUENTHER is also a two-time champ there. MA's time today was 10:08:05.Her margin of victory over runner-up Kelly O'Mara of San Rafael, CA was 13:52!
UPDATE: Minnesota women claim TWO podium spots! SUZIE FOX capped her brillaint 10-win season with a 3rd place overall womens finish in Madison today. Her time was 10:34:49!
UPDATE: SHEENA DAUER finishes 7th overall. Her time was 10:40:41, almost an hur faster than her previous best (11:37:36).
UPDATE: ERIN KLEGSTAD PRs, too! Places 8th overall in 10:45:29....
UPDATE: SARA CARLSON sets a PR! Her 10:57:11 landed her 12th place overall and 4th in her AG!
UPDATE: NICOLE HEININGER places 13th overall and 1st in her AG. Her time was 10:57:28.
UPDATE: ANN SNUGGERUD placed 2nd in her 45-49W AG. Her time was 11:13:18.
It's 6:53 PM and time to do domestic stuff and catch up on football scores. We encourage everyone to go to Ironman.com and see how your friends and fellow Minnesotan fared today.
CY's Excellent Trans-Alpsian Adventure...
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Sunday, 13 September 2015 00:10
By Cathy Yndestad (cathyyndestad.com)
Although it’s taken almost a month to finally create this post, the memories of my first mountain bike stage race are still somewhat fresh (especially the good ones). I’ve been busy enjoying euro travel and getting into triathlon race mode, but I couldn’t let an epic adventure such as the TransAlp go undocumented in my online scrap book.
We decided to register for this event with our dear endurance junkie friends – For those of you who know Patti & Al, you understand how ‘easy’ it is to jump on board once they suggest an epic endurance challenge. They were willing to make the trip to Europe, so we were ready to step out of our comfort zone for this unforgettable TransAlp journey....
Newbie-liciousness....
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Thursday, 10 September 2015 00:10
15th ST. CROIX VALLEY SPRINT - Late registrants KEVIN O'CONNOR and DIANE HANKEE posted convincing wins at the 15th edition of this popular sprint race in Hudson, Wisconsin last Saturday. With the fastest splits in each discipline, Kevin won by a 5:08 margin over 2014 champ / new daddy JIM FELLING. BRIAN GLAESER, who has 600 Facebook friends and is into "Family Guy" (Who isn't?) and the Minnesota Wild, placed 3rd.
It was the 6th victory of the season for O'Connor, 44, and his time (56:50) was one of the four fastest (fastest master by a ton) times in event history.
Hankee placed 4th overall. Actually, a Hankee placed both 4th and 5th. Diane's husband MIKE, who is a SWAT guy, placed 5th, only 14-seconds behind his decorated spousal unit. For Diane, it was her 2nd win of the year and 24th of her impressive career.
Placing 2nd in the women's race, 2:47 after Hankee, was lapsed triathlete / but active tri coach / and total HOOT / JODY QUESNELL (photo L with Rick Dehn, who placed 7th overall), who celebrated her great effort by consuming many, many adult beverages. At the awards ceremony, she confessed that she was somewhat floothered....
#10 For Suzie...
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Wednesday, 09 September 2015 00:10
2nd HOPKINS ROYAL TRIATHLON - According to SUZIE FOX, who ordered and devoured The Juicy Lucy, albeit with lettuce substituting for buns (Who knew?), at Moose Country after recording her historic 10th win of the season, the Hopkins Royal Triathlon, is one of the best triathlons in Minnesota, which is saying a lot. And she wasn't saying this because she just won it by a six-plus minute margin and people tend to say good stuff about races they win. She gushed about the venue and the Race Director, Doobie Kurus, who is a total HOOT!
With her victory, she became the fifth Minnesota woman to post double-digit wins in a single season since the Millennial change. The others are HEATHER LENDWAY (12 wins in 2014), CATHY YNDESTAD (11 wins in 2008), JENNY WILCOX (10 wins in 2010) and BECKY YOUNGBERG (10 wins in 2004).
Pretty dang good compnay, huh!
Suzie's next race will be IMOO next Sunday, and who knows, she just might win that one, too.
Placing 2nd in the women's race was 2014 HRT winner, SARAH MERCER, who will likely earn, and not for the first time, a Master of the Year nomination. Another elite master, CATHERINE LEE, last year's runner-up, rounded out her gender's Top 3.
