Race Coverage

Ruther & Rossing Rock...

Monday, 08 April 2013 01:10

(Photo - Jess' legs.)

Race Stuff - Minnesota women rocked socks last weekend. 2012 Minnesota Triathlete and Duathlete of the Year, Ruth Brennan Morrey, raced in her first pro contest yesterday, the British Elite National Duathlon Championships. Ruther is currently living in England, you know.T'was her first pro race and she finished a stellar 3rd overall. The winner was Vanessa Raw (photo below R), a total hottie from Loughborough (she is a model, we think?), which, fortuitously enough, is in England, and has a long history of ITU success in Europe. Runner-up was 2012 British Olympic triathlete Lucy Hall, who rides a black Felt bike and enjoys bangers and mash, which is an English deal.

That Ruthie-BM rocked with the aforementioned girls demonstrates that she is arguably America's premier female pro duathlete. Remember, duathlon is taken seriously in the UK and throughout Europe and their athletes have dominated ours for the last decade....

FYI, Ruth also raced a few weeks back at the British AG National Duathlon Championships, which is also known as the Dambuster Du. She placed 2nd overall there behind one of Europe's most decorated amateurs, Anna Turvey. Anna also won this race in 2012 and 2011. Her triathlon results are just as awesome as her du times and places.

Life Time Tri - Nautica South Beach - The expanded 2013 Life Time Fitness Tri Series got underway yesterday in Miami, which, incidently, is the Thong Capitol of America. Unfortunately, many guys wear thongs there. On the Gruesome Scale, guys in thongs are one step below fat, old guys in Speedos.

Racing, albeit not in a thong, was Duluth's lovable, leggy Jess Rossing (photo above). She had one of her best outings yet and may find herself in line for a Most Improved nomination at season's end if she is able to consistently match or better her performance in Florida, the Sinkhole Capitol of the World. At South Beach she was the overall amateur female champion and would have placed 4th had she raced in the Elite Amateur division, which was won by New Jersey's rising star, Sarah Alexander.