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Rolling With Gump...

gumpGoing Off Course - Greg Albrecht's co-favorite movie (with "Casablanca") is "Forrest Gump." The handsome triathlete / multisport coach / Executive Recruiter / Scarlett Johanson fetish-guy claims to "identify" with the fictitious character, who was brilliantly portrayed by Tom Hanks.

Why?

Because he, like Gump, had to wear leg braces when he was a youngster.

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Milt's Movie Review....

posterThe MTN Guys encourage Minnesota's multisporters to submit commentary on their Off Season "cultural experiences."

Huh?

We'd like you to send us a review of a movie you've seen recently; or of the book you've just finished; or the new restaurant you went to yesterday; or the concert you attended with your stoner friends last weekend. Stuff like that.

FYI, Greta Simpson promised to send us a review of "Conviction." And Angie Hop has threatened to send us something, too.

Today, we are posting a mini-review of a movie that St. Paul duathlete, Milt Potinger, watched by himself yesterday. (Milt doesn't have many friends.)....

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Spelunking in the Pain Cave...

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By Angonia Cueva

The cave felt heavy and dank, the nearby sound of water dripping down from the coffered ceiling echoing off the walls and running deep into the darkness like a goblin. Clenching my fists, I tried to summon my courage as I stepped forward gingerly, testing the ground with my cycling shoes, being careful not to slip on the jagged rock floor. I could feel the vast emptiness and the frailty of my fate on my fingertips as I reached forward to find the way. I found my bike on my trainer, nearly toppling over it in the dark, it

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Gourmet Kitchens, Deer Rifles & Timeshares...

kitchenHoliday Gift Giving Stuff - On Wednesday we published a list of the the Holiday gifts that MTN, as sponsor of the MMAs, would have liked to bestow upon the guys who made this year's Team Minnesota. Because we're basically broke, we gave them Team posters instead.

Today we share what we wished we could have given the girls' Team members.

1. Claire Bootsma - Claire is a terrific cook. Therefore we'd like to give her a Gourmet Kitchen, complete with stuff like Ginsu Knives, Vego-Matics and appliances from Warner's Stellian. We plan to renovate the kitchen in Claire's apartment when she and Dan are in Norway attending the World Mustache Competition. We hope the new kitchen will look like the one in the photo (L)....

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Early-Bird Savings...

logoFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OptumHealth Performance announces 2012 TRIATHLON SERIES schedule of events and Early-Bird registration DATES

Register by Dec. 31, 2011, to Save on Manitou, MinneMan and TwinCities Triathlons

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN.

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