Race Previews
Mini Tri For Fun....
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Friday, 22 July 2011 09:34
Luna Chix Press Release - As LUNA Chix we have two passions....getting women involved with the sport of triathlon and raising money/awareness for The breast cancer fund.
The Mini Tri for Fun will allow us to do both!!....
Seriously Cool Awards...
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Thursday, 21 July 2011 03:00
Chisago Sprint Preview - One of the many cool things about the Chisago Lakes Triathlon is it's reverence for Swedish stuff. The Chisago Lakes Area, which encompasses the villages of Lindstrom, Shafer, Center City and, of course, Chisago City, promotes itself as "America's Little Sweden," thus it's appropriate that race organizers "Swedish-icize" their event.
They do so in a number of ways. For instance, serving nummilicious Swedish pancakes and ice cream after the event. And finishers stride beneath a large blue flag adorned with a golden cross.
And this year, awards winners (in both the sprint and the half) will receive totally cool and beautiful Dala Horses (photo L), which are very important in Swedish culture. Gloria, CLT founder/director and one who is always on the lookout for cool ways to upgrade her events, sent us this cool verbiage about Dala Horsies:...
Dala Horsies & Pancakes...UPDATED..
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Wednesday, 20 July 2011 03:00
(Photo - Julie Hull winning the 2008 Chisago Lakes Half. Her 4:37:13 still stands as the women's amateur course record.)
Chisago Lakes Preview - Of all the great multis that have been added to Minnesota's annual schedule in the last 10 years, the three most ambitious events are Life Time-Minneapolis (2500-3000+ entrants), the Buffalo Triathlon (1500 entrants) and the Chisago Lakes races (1800ish entrants in 2011).
The sixth edition of the Chisago Lakes Half / Minnesota State Long Distance Championships and Sprint will be grandly staged at beautiful Paradise Park in Chisago City this Sunday. As ever, the field will not only be huge, it will feature a veritable plethora of our region's most talented athletes. It's impossible to look at the start list and not get excited.
We are especially anxious to she how the women's Battle of Super Cinco-genarians shakes out in the half. Two-time Ironman Wisconsin amateur champ, Jan Guenther, 52, of Mound, Minnesota, who has won for halves since turning 40, will go against North Dakota's Barb Kuhlmeier, who owns Chisago's 50-54W CR (4:52:47).....
Make History!
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Tuesday, 19 July 2011 03:30
Race Preview - The inaugural Life Time Leadman Triathlon in Nevada was a "Wait-and-See" race. Lots of athletes were interested in the event, but it was soooooo unique and challenging that they chose to wait-and-see how it went. Maybe they'll sign up for next year's event if all goes well this time around.
Well, only 49 intrepid souls chose to do that event, and less than half of them finished. Still, what the waiters-and-seers learned via post-race word-of-mouth is that they missed a helluva race, one that's destined for greatness and humongous participant numbers.
Leadman was a FANTASTIC event!
The inaugural TwinCities Triathlon is also a wait-and-see race. About 300 have accepted the challenge so far, while thousands of others are waiting to see how an urban tri with a Mississippi River swim turns out....
History & Imagery...
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Thursday, 14 July 2011 03:00
HOLT XXVI Preview - Let's do some chase cutting, shall we? Without further ado, here is what we predict, or what the articulate Steve Paladie might call our "adumbrations." These are some of the cool things that we think will happen on Sunday at the 26th running of the Heart of the Lakes / Minnesota State Triathlon Championships:
PREDICTIONS:
- Joe will once again be in charge of music. His wonderfully eclectic playlist will feature socially conscious folkies like Tracy Grammer, an Aboriginal choir accompanied by didgeridoos, Mariache stuff, Northwest Central Idaho State Teacher's College's marching band's version of "Louie Louie," the 20-minute drum solo portion of "In A Gadda Da Vida" and lots of....
G-Man & T-Man...UPDATES & FYIs...
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Saturday, 09 July 2011 03:00
Race Previewettes - We wrote long previews for today's Timberman (International and Sprint events) and Graniteman that were lost in cyberspace for reasons that the author is too darn stupid to understand. He is royally steamed even though it was probably his fault, and doesn't have time to recreate the 1000+ word post.
Instead he will simply post the MTN Guys' podium picks for the three races. We'll start with G-Man, because they advertise on MTN.
GRANITEMAN XIII - MEN - 1. Steve Sander, 2. Nate Hoffman, 3. Ross Weinzierl.
