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Teddie's Taper Tricks...

Monday, 06 January 2025 00:10

ED. We recently discovered a guest post written by MInnesota pro triathlete Ted Treise. It was posted on pickybars.com in July, 2018. It's good stuff!

By Ted Treise

If I were to do a self-assessed pros & cons list of my tri skills, tapering would lead the cons column in bold, a font size or two bigger, and underlined. I hate the taper. It’s a perfect storm for the monkey mind to dart into 10,000 different directions fueled by the extra energy that comes with reduced training stress and the excitement/ pre-race jitters. Examples of typical monkey mind paths include but are not limited to: ...

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Wishing They Were Here...

Thursday, 19 December 2024 00:10

Our last post featured many of the talented men who were ineligible for MMH consideration due to low racing volume or taking a a year or two off. Here are some of the fast women who we'd like to see return to racing, or increase their racing volume.

Olivia Melhorn, 33, Prior Lake - Since 2013 this former collegiate and professional soccer player has only raced fourteen times, and she won half of those races. She hasn't entered more than one race per season since 2017. We'd love to see her make a comeback.

Grace Busch, 21, Mankato - Where is Grace these days? The former Junior of the Year was well on her way to becoming an adult tri star when she stopped racing in 2023. Our fingers are crossed. We hope she returns to our state's tri scene in the near future.

Sara Carlson, 46, Brainerd - A winner of at least six tris in her career, with consistent sub-5 hour clockings at 70.3, Sara hasn't raced in a tri since '22. She occasionally "threatens" to return. We hope she makes good on that threat, hopefully in 2025.

Nicole Cueno, 44, Minneapolis - Nicole is like the popular person who lights up the room then leaves. In 2022 she lit up the room at YWCA Women's Tri and Turtleman, winning both, then she hasn't entered a tri since. Our records show her having raced in ten multis since 2014 and winning five times. Her only non-podium effort was a 4th at Gear West Duathlon in 2016....