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Not Quite Race Coverage...
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Tuesday, 02 August 2011 03:00
By Horace Sezbutt
Almost Race Coverage - The race announcer was totally bummed.
He backed his loaded van out of the garage of his chronically unfixed fixer-upper at precisely 3 AM on Saturday. He was anxious to hit the road. The next four hours were to be spent talking to himself, something he calls rehearsing, and drinking Diet Vernors. He figured he'd arrive at the race venue in Walker between seven and seven-thirty.
The thumping he heard when he turned from his driveway onto McKnight Road was unmis-farging-takable....
Breaking Up is Hard to Do...
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Monday, 01 August 2011 03:00
By Bonnie Bagbreather
Hyperventilation and I go way back. We met at the swim start of my first triathlon about three years ago.
He was an aggressive fellow, springing at me out of nowhere before I even had a chance to put my swim cap on. He made me feel, dare I say, smothered.
I broke up with him since then. We tried unsuccessfully to work out our differences but we just were not compatible. We wanted different things and we were heading in different directions. On occasion he shows up at my races, or even when I am trying to train, and begs me to get back together with him. I tell him I don't want him in my life anymore, that I've moved on, but he just laughs and says he'll be back soon. I should get a restraining order. A couple of days ago I looked out my living room window and saw Hyperventilation driving by my house. It's like he senses something; like he knows....
Weekend Race Briefs...UPDATED..
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Sunday, 31 July 2011 17:02
WILTING IN WASECA - In heat and humidity reminiscent of the conditions endured at Heart of the Lakes two weekends ago, Matt Payne, Claire Bootsma and Charlie Roach somehow managed to rewrite records at the 3rd annual Waseca 1/3 IM & Sprint this morning. Payne's victorious 2:37:29 knocked
Got Elephant Skin?...
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Sunday, 31 July 2011 03:00
By Ben Greenfield (For Trifuel.com)
If you're like me, you care about your skin looking healthy and good. Frankly the state of skin health scares me when I go to a marathon or a triathlon, or spend time with folks who have been "outdoorsy" much of their lives.
It's like looking at a wrinkled elephant face.
Do people who exercise outdoors just not care about the way their skin is going look when they're 50, 60 or 70?
I personally don't plan on any modeling contracts with cologne manufacturers when I'm that age, but I would prefer that my face and skin not look as much like a dried, ugly prune as many of the faces I've seen at endurance races and outdoor sporting events....
