Race Coverage
"Fun Size" Duathlon...
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014 00:10
(Photo - CFD medalists, from L to R: Tom Couillard, who's into Kacey Musgrave's music, the insanely handsome Ron Dockery, who had a "heart thing" a few years back, but he's fine now, Shelly Tschida, AKA "The Pride of Vadnais Heights," whose last name sounds like "cheetah," not "Shy-da" like the lake in North Dakota, and Michel Sanders, who has 34 teeth and is into "Westerny" stuff. Great folks!)
By Warren Peece
Cascade Falls Du - The final outdoor multisport race on the Minnesota calendar was last Saturday and it was a goodie. Not large, only 61 finishers, it was the special event equivalent of a "Fun Size" candy bar. Whatever it is that makes little candy bars more "fun" than the bigger ones, was probably what made the Cascade Falls Duathlon more fun ...
RUTHER ROCKS IN TENNESSEE!!!!...Updated...
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Sunday, 28 September 2014 02:43
Ironman Chattanooga - Gotta change our pants! Rochester's RUTH BRENNAN MORREY just popped at 9:09:39 (!) at her first ever IM at Chattanooga, placing 2nd in the women's field. She closed with a 3:02 run! Wow! - RESULTS LINK
UPDATE: We have also learned that 2013 Superior Man winner KRISTIN GUSTAFSON of Mankato, PRed at Chattanooga. Her time was 10:35:46. Very cool!
Epic in Oregon...
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Sunday, 28 September 2014 00:10
By Amy Lewica (Lewicafamily.weebly.com)
Leadman Epic 250 - Bend Race Report - In order to do this race report justice I think I have to go back to why I wanted to do this race in the first place. I was searching for a challenge…but something I enjoyed doing. I ran a terrible half marathon on little training last year and ended up wanting/needing something else. A friend told me about Leadman…perfect race for me…according to him….long swim, long bike, and relatively short run. I toyed with the idea for a couple of months. I then talked to me husband and each of my kids separately and they all said to go for it! ...
Collecting Mugs...
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Monday, 22 September 2014 00:10
By Heather lendway (heatherlendway.com)
SQUARE LAKE RACE REPORT - I was looking forward to racing at Square Lake all year. It’s the only race I have been able to do all three seasons I’ve competed and it’s fun to see the improvement. Square Lake was also my first amateur overall win so it will always be a special race for me.
My first year racing at Square Lake was tough; the course is awesome but challenging. For T1 you have to run up a long set of wooden steps to get to the transition area. Then the bike and run course both have some pretty big climbs that are sure to make your legs burn.
Having just returned from Edmonton three days prior, I slept in a little more than usual and got to the race as the sun was coming up. It was a chilly morning but the air was warming up nicely. I got my bike setup in transition and headed out for a short bike and run warm-up. With about ten minutes to go I got in my wetsuit and jumped in the lake for a brief swim warm-up....
Serreyn Wins SD's First Half IM...
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Saturday, 20 September 2014 00:10
From SDTriNews.com
Rugged beauty takes some effort to see.
The few brave souls who endured the challenging conditions of the inaugural Wildlife Loop Triathlon, and incidentally the first half-ironman in South Dakota, received such a reward, along with the genuine sense of satisfaction that comes from completing what we believe is South Dakota’s most arduous race venue.
Eighteen individuals and three teams dared mother nature to get the best of them on Sunday, September 14. Four days earlier the venue at Stockade Lake in Custer State Park was covered with snow. But on race morning participants found nary a snowflake nearby. Still, temperatures which ranged from 29 degrees at race start to low 40s at the end of the day gave participants...
A Lot on the Line...
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Monday, 15 September 2014 07:10
Fall Classic Duathlon - Last weekend's races promised to have a profound effect on the MMA nomination process, and they did just that. At the 9th annual FCD on Saturday at Lake Elmo Park Reserve, a locale that seems to have been designed with run-bike-run in mind, at least five athletes were in a position to strengthen their chances to receive award nominations. Nate Hoffman (photo), Joe Johnson, Jenn Scudiero and Jas Carlson were already receiving DOY consideration, and it appeared that one of them would be selected to join the three other nominees that had been selected earlier. (Offical DOY nominees will be announced on MTN later this week.) Additionally, Hank Larsen, 73, needed an effort that approximated the divisional CR he set at the Oakdale Du in May to, perhaps, garner his third career Grand Master of the Year nomination.
So, who would nail down the final DOY nomination?
For Nate to be the one, he had to win the men's race in an impressive time. For Johnson, he had to win and his margin over Nate had to be convincing. Jenn needed a victory and her time needed to be in the 1:10-1:11 range, AND the men's winning time had to be slower than the race record. Jas needed to CRUSH Scudiero AND for someone other than Hoffman or Johnson to win the men's race....
