Race Previews
Z-#3 Preview...
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Thursday, 03 July 2014 00:10
ED. Just got an email from Nate at Timberman. Registration closes on Saturday, at midnight we suppose. That would be Saturday-to-Sunday midnight, not Friday-to-Saturday midnight. Act quickly if you want to get into this 30-year-old classic event. WEBSITE.
Z-TRI PREVIEW - Brendon O’Flanagan, who has an awesome son, Cal (photo L), won two tris in 2013 en route to a Most Improved nomination. We think that he’ll win at least three races this year, the next of which, we predict, will take place tomorrow—July 4--at majestic Pokegema Lake south of Grand Rapids. The event is the 3rd annual Z-Tri and it perpetuates the legacy of Uncle Randy’s (Frontrunnerusa) Freedom Triathlon, an Independence Day tri that enjoyed a short but sweet history at West Park in White Bear Lake.....
O’Flanagan has won one event already this year—the Eau Claire Triathlon—and is coming off a great 3rd place effort at Capitol City. Coupling his current fitness and need for speed with the fact that he has won the Z-Tri before (2012), and done so in course record time, has us believing that he is ...
ready for another CR victory. Pushing BO to a course record will be 2013 Rookie of the Year nominee Larry Hosch and last year’s Z-Tri champ, Bill Kelley. We also expect Salt Lake City’s Matthew Boerke to be a factor. His home soil results are impressive.
We think that Grand Rapids’ Tara Makinen, whose last name is Finnish for “Athletic Northwoods Lawyer,” will repeat as the women’s winner.
Organizers expect between 100 and 150 participants. Race day registration is available. RACE WEBSITE
