Race Coverage

Frozen Stumps & Lukewarm Beer...

Wednesday, 08 May 2013 01:10

By Dan Chies

Take the Hill Race Report - 88 masochistic idiots raced in Saint Peter last weekend...

A frozen time was had by all at the Gustavus-TTHTri on Saturday. Low 30's, 15-20mph wind, and a spatter of rain. T1 took 5 minutes so we could dry off and put our snowpants on. First sip of water on the bike cracked the ice in the water bottle. At T2, hopped off the bike so I...

could run on frozen stumps, finally felt my toes at Mile 1, but still hadn't regained feeling in my shriveled-for-an-hour family jewels. Not cool. Start of the run was nice as we ran through the GAC Arboretum cross-country style. Some genius (who probably wasn't racing) decided it would be fun to run down the hill in front of Gustavus, turn around at the bottom, and run back up.