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Staring Out Over the Edge...
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Friday, 15 June 2018 23:10
By Erin Ladendorf (bikesandcatsrightmeow.blogspot.com)
And just like that, it's race season again.
I thought I had all the time in the world to get race ready. But, just like every year, the first race of the season has crept up and surprised me again. This Saturday I will be racing at Apple Duathlon along with some of the best talent in the state. And I am not sure if I can confidently say that I am ready.
While last year was my Ironman year, this season is a complete 180 from what I was training to do last year.
My workouts have been short. They have been aggressive. And they have pushed me to the edge more times than I can count. But the edge this year has been so different for me. While last year it was about tackling distances I have never fathomed, this year it has been about hitting speeds and times that I didn't think I was capable of.
Another key difference is that this year I have decided to take the pressure off of myself. While my race season goals this year are monumental, my focus is to keep my head clear of the unnecessary pressure that I always seem to place on each race....
Mr. Minnesota, Schnoodles & Pasta Kristina...
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Thursday, 07 June 2018 23:10
GOING OFF-COURSE! - The 15th edition of the popular LAKE MINNETONKA TRIATHLON is coming up, so we thought it would be cool to go off-course with the LMT's awesome race director ROSS ROGNEY. Here's a bunch of fun stuff you may not have known about him:
- Name: ROSS ROGNEY
- Age 54
- Hometown - Excelsior (I live in the home I was born in).
- Education - doctorate in chiropractic
- Occupation - I have a chiropractic clinic in Excelsior.
- Dream Job - I'm doing it, or a fishing guild - Bush pilot .
- Former Jobs - I have done a lot of bad jobs Bouncer, tarred roads, roofer, promoter.
- Family - Wife Tina, daughter Sophia, son Noah.
- Pets - I have the best dog in the world. Rosy, a white Shnoodle, and a gold fish (that won't die) Steve-o
- Tattoos? Decorative Mutilations? - Just scars my right leg is a mess....
MTN's May 2018 Athletes of the Month...
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Tuesday, 29 May 2018 01:10
The first full month of the 2018 tri / du season has concluded. Based on a minimum of two outstanding performances during this period, here are MTN's May Athletes of the Month:
MALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH - MAY 2018
JESSON BAUMGARTNER, 36, Rochester (photo)
- Jesson raced twice, winning both times. His first W at Falls Du produced a course record. His 2nd win was at Apple, and featured a national class men's field including two-time national champion Todd Buckingham (MI), 2017 Apple winner Wade Cruser, Patrick Parish, the US's most decorated duathlete over the last half-dozen years, rising star Ted Treise, along with elites Kris Spoth, Josh Blankenheim, Brooks Grossinger, Kevin O'Connor, Andy Zabel, Jake Braam, Jacob Olsen et al. Baumgartner won the Duathlon World Championships in 2013....
Tattoo Boy Goes Down Under...
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Friday, 25 May 2018 23:20
By Ann Halliwell (postbulletin.com)
A Rochester man is gearing up to run a triathlon in front of the whole world.
Michael Karau qualified for the 2018 ITU World Champions during the summer of last year. Now he’s in the final few months of training for a race with top triathletes from all across the world.
The best part? He only started running a few years ago.
‘I went from couch potato nothing to something in about three years,” he said. “The fact that I get to be part of something this big, it’s pretty cool.”
Karau, 36, has lived in Rochester his whole life....
Unreal Watts, Succulents and Toothbrushes...
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Saturday, 19 May 2018 23:10
By Erin Klegstad (sweetsweatlife.com)
So, April was in like a lion – two snowstorms! – and out like a lamb. Temps finally hit 80F on Monday, and wowza! I forgot what warm sunshine felt like on bare skin. #sunshinegivesmelife
Here are last month’s highlights.
1 – all the biking
With 24 days in the saddle, April was the month of the bike. The workouts weren’t long – no more than 80 minutes – but wowza… did they pack a punch, especially because of the compounding fatigue.
While many ended with me near puking and cursing coach, many also ended with me thinking, damn, I can’t believe I hit those watts – or, these watts cannot be real. Case in point: the first workout in the block that I read completely wrong. There’s a big difference between 30 seconds rest and four minutes + 30 seconds rest! ...
