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Sunday, 10 July 2011 03:00
ED. - Mark Lowrey brought this story to us. We are very aware of the two great young athletes who are the subject of this piece and have even seen one of them, Kevin McDowell (Photo L), race on several occasions. News of his disease came as a shock to us. And the depth of his friend's friendship touched us deeply.
By NANCY ARMOUR
AP National Writer
AURORA, Ill. (AP) - Lukas Verzbicas sat in silence, trying to absorb the news that Kevin McDowell, his friend and longtime triathlon teammate, had been diagnosed with cancer.
Finally, Verzbicas' stepfather spoke. Lukas had a choice to make. He could continue to focus on the running career that has shown such promise he was being hailed as the next great American distance runner even before he broke the 4-minute mile, something only four other U.S. high schoolers have ever done....
Soooooo Much To Say...
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Saturday, 09 July 2011 14:58
Totally cool Photo - Paul Phillips/ Competitveimage.us.
Life Time - Minneapolis - This iconic event once again proved that it deserves its reputation as one of the premier triathlons in the World. The cool story lines are too numerous to, well, enumerate here.
And some didn't take place on the actual
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.
Back in the Saddle...
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Thursday, 07 July 2011 13:00
ED. - We were able to cyber-chat with Minnesota Athlete of the Decade, Cathy Yndestad, a few days ago. After an arduous recovery phase (broken collar bone), she's finally able to race again. She couldn't be happier, and neither can we. We can't wait to see her race at Life Time-Minneapolis on Saturday. It will be her 10th straight appearance there. She's won that iconic race an unprecedented FIVE times. Whoa!
Here are our clumsy Q's followed by her eloquent A's. Enjoy.
MTN - It was great to see you get back on the horse at Croixathlon. The swim must have been the scary part. How'd that go?
Despite volunteering at a few events this year, it just wasn
