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VOTE FOR 2015 RACE OF THE YEAR...

Saturday, 17 October 2015 00:10

ED. This is your last chance to vote for RACE OF THE YEAR. voting concludes tomorrow at 11:59 PM.

It's that time again!

Yup. Once again we encourage you to vote for your favorite multisport event of the year. The Top 10 Vote-Getters will be announced on this site on Tuesday, October 20 (Voting concludes on Sunday, October 18), and the final five finalists will be announced on MTN October 27.

Who will win the 2015 Triathletes Choice Race of the Year award?

That's up to you. If you are eligible to vote, that is.

Here are the criteria:

- Voting Eligibility - Only those Minnesota tri and/or du-athletes who raced in one or more of the events listed ...

below. They can only vote ONCE and it MUST be for an event in which they actually participated. Race Directors are also allowed to vote. They can vote for only ONE event and it can be either for their own race or one they attended as a spectator or volunteer. Out-of-state athletes who raced in Minnesota events are also encouraged to vote for their favorite Minnesota racing experience.

- Eligible Voters are encouraged to vote for the event that they most enjoyed. Please do not vote for the event that you feel is the grandest or best-staged. Base your choice on how much YOU enjoyed the experience, whatever the reason for that may be. This award is not for the BEST race of 2015; it's for FAVORITE race of the year.

- HOW TO VOTE - Click here 

- VOTING WILL CONCLUDE at midnight on October 18.

- RACE DIRECTORS, please contact your event's participants and encourage them to vote.

- The Triathletes Choice Race of the Year will be announced at Tri Night '15 on November 14 at Gear West Bike & Triathlon in Long Lake.

- 2015 MULTISPORT RACES:

- UMM Tinman (Morris) - Falls Duathlon (Cannon Falls) -  MSU Spring Tri (Mankato) - Cinco Du Mayo Du (Square Lake) - Chain of Lakes Triathlon (Alexandria) - Oakdale Duathlon (Lake Elmo) - Sanford Health Tri (Thief River Falls) - Gear West Du (Orono) - Land Between the Lakes Du (Albert Lea) - Esprit Du She Du (Lakeville) -Apple Duathlon (Sartell) - New Bri Tri (New Brighton) - Carlton Triathlon (Northfield) - USAT Duathlon Nationals (St. Paul) - Buffalo Triathlon (Buffalo) - Pigman Sprint (Palo, IA) - Lake Crystal Du (Lake Crystal) - Liberty Triathlon (Rockford) - Fairmont Tri (Fairmont) - Manitou Sprint (White Bear Lake) - Trinona (Winona) - Lakes to Pines (Park Rapids) - Lake Minnetonka Triathlon (Excelsior) - Capitol City Triathlon (St. Paul) -  RochesterFest (Rochester) -  My First Tri (Hudson, WI) - Lake Waconia Triathlon (Waconia) -  Average Jo (Perham) - St. James Triathlon (St. James) - North Mankato Tri (North Mankato) - ZTRI (Grand Rapids) -  Elysian Triathlon (Elysian) - Timberman (Cohasset) - Life Time Fitness Triathlon - Minneapolis - Graniteman - Clearwater - Heart of the Lakes (Annandale) - Toughman Minnesota Half & Sprint (Chisago City) - Buzz Ryan Sprint (Duluth) - Chase the Police (Walker) - Waseca 1/3 & Sprint (Waseca) - Hoot Lake Triathlon (Fergus Falls) - Moose Lake Tri (Moose Lake) - Outland Challenge (Lake Cochrane, SD) - Graniteman - Big Lake - Minnewaska Triathlon (Glenwood) - Brewhouse (Duluth) - Rainy Lake Tri (Int'l Falls) - Northwoods (Nevis) - Paul Bunyan Tri (Bemidji) - Turtleman Tri (Shorewood) -  Shell Lake Tri (Shell Lake, WI) -  Wingman (Red Wing) - Green Lake Triathlon (Spicer) - YWCA Womens Triathlon (Minneapolis) -  Pigman Long Course & Olympic (Palo, IA) - HITS Triathlon Weekend (Waconia) -  St. Paul Triathlon - Lake Marion Triathlon (Lakeville) - Maple Grove Triathlon (Maple Grove) - Hopkins Royal Triathlon (Hopkins) - Superior Man Half IM & 41.5 (Duluth) - My First Tri II (Hudson, WI) - Lakes Country Triathlon (Baxter) - St. Croix Valley Triathlons (Hudson, WI) - Harvest Duathlon (Alexandria) - Burrito Union 5 & 10 Hour (Superior, WI) - Blaine Triathlon (Blaine) -Square Lake Long Course & Sprint (Square Lake) - Fall Classic Duathlon (Lake Elmo) - One Last Tri (White Bear Lake) - Cascade Falls Duathlon (Osceola, WI) - MSU Fall Triathlon (Mankato).