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Saturday, 19 October 2013 00:10
Kona Coverage
By Devon Palmer
Posted on October 14, 2013 by palmertri
I hope the World Triathlon Corporation starts doing high quality race coverage for all their major Ironman events. It is great to see the race unfold live with actual video on the course and commentating! Most races we are relegated to checking up on splits and the ‘live blog’ newsfeed. I have raced with Mr Matt Lieto and he is what you might call a pretty cool bro. Great to see him and Greg Welch...
Race of the Year Stuff...
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Friday, 18 October 2013 00:10
Race of the Year - Last week we checked on the Race of the Year voting and discovered several things. First of all, voting has been brisk and is on pace to break records. Secondly, forty-two events have received votes, which suggests that, as usual, approximately half of the multisport events in our state actively encourage their participants to vote for ROY.
We also leanred that there hasn't been any more obvious cheating this year than there has been in years past. But there hasn't been any less, either.
Catching cheating is fun, and easier than you might think, but we're not going to divulge all of our policing methods here....
Going All the Way...
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Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:10
(Photo - MIchelle Andres)
Minnesota Multisport Awards - Too be leligible for the coed Long Distance Athlete of the Year award, an amateur triathlete must have turned in at least two outstanding long course--Half IM or longer--performances during the past season. For the men, only Matthew Payne was a slam dunk nominee, though Sean Cooley and Dan Arlandson also had noteworthy LD results....
Performance of the Year...The Women
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Wednesday, 16 October 2013 00:10
Minnesota Multisport Awards - Here are the official nominees for female Performance of the Year:
MICHELLE ANDRES - State Record 9:50:23 at Hawaiian Ironman World Championships.
EMILY KRATZ (photo below) - Amateur win @ Texas Ironman - 10:18:34
HEATHER LENDWAY (photo L) - Overall victory @ USAT Age Group Nationals (2:05:37)
HEATHER LENDWAY - Victory @ Leadman Epic-125 - Bend (Event Record)
Other performances receiving serious consideration: ...
Performance of the Year...The Guys
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Tuesday, 15 October 2013 00:10
(Photo - Matt Payne has two POY nominations this year.)
Minnesota Multisport Awards - A few years back the MMA Selectors created a policy wherein a single athlete could not have more than two nominations in the Performance of the Year category. Had this policy not been in place in 2012, for instance, Dan Hedgecock would have received at least three of the four official male POY nominations, something that has happened in the past, e.g. Marlo Crosby in 2006....
Here are the official 2013 men's POY nominees:
