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Friday, 21 June 2013 01:10
By Matt Payne (matthew-payne.blogspot.com)
A couple weeks ago I road tripped it down to scenic (as an engineer, oil refineries and steel mills do count as scenic) Hammond, IN to attempt to defend my title at the Best of the US amateur triathlon championship. I managed to put together a fairly decent race, but still only came away with 2nd place.
After races like this I have to sort of step back and remind myself that I'm basically playing with house money at this point. What I mean is that when I toed the line at my first race six years ago I was overjoyed to simply finish (I took 82nd that day in case you're curious). Even qualifying for a race like this seemed like an impossible pipe dream. Competing for the win seemed downright ludicrous. Fast forward to 2013 and I can throw down a 1:53 at an Olympic distance race, finish second against a nationally competitive field and actually be somewhat....
G-Man Series Launch...
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Thursday, 20 June 2013 01:10
Graniteman-St. Cloud Preview - More than 400 athletes are expected to toe the starting line at the 2nd annual Graniteman St. Cloud Triathlon on Sunday. The race's debut was wildly successful and received a lot of support in the Race of the Year balloting. This year's race, which kicks off the three-event Graniteman Tri Series, should be even better.
Though history tells us that a significant percentage of eventual Top 5 overall finishers and AG podium players sign up during race week, we will still predict this year's winners. ....
False Pregnancies, Cops on Horseback...& More...
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Tuesday, 18 June 2013 03:10
ED. - Mario Minnelli placed 2nd at Fairmont Olympic last weekend. This is one of the coolest, and certainly the tersest, race report we've ever received:
By Mario Minnelli
Med City's Multi...
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Tuesday, 18 June 2013 01:10
Event Preview - The 6th annual RochesterFest Olympic and Sprint Triathlons will take place next Sunday at Foster Arend Park in, appropriately, Rochester. It's a great event produced by Final Stretch and it totally deserves your consideration.
Here's some history and a link to the event's
Getting Their Swag On...
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Monday, 17 June 2013 01:10
(Photo -A guy and the Lendway girls, Heather and Lisa, getting their swag on.)
Lake Minnetonka X - David Thompson's son Anders, pronounced "Onders," just turned one and is already a fast runner. No kidding. He talks, too, but not a lot. He doesn't understand money yet, so he didn't buy his dad a Father's Day present. David's wife, Hannah Sullivan, doubtlessly bought him something, home improvement stuff probably, and probably told her husband that Anders "helped me pick it out."
The stuff that Hannah and her fast running, occasionally talking, but not too much, son got David was not given to him until last Sunday. On Saturday, though, which was "Father's Day Eve," he received a lot of cool stuff courtesy of the Lake Minnetonka Triathlon. It was like opening all but one of your gifts on Christmas eve, saving ...
