Race Coverage

"Okay, here we go!"

Sunday, 10 January 2016 00:10

ED. Recently we stumbled upon this cool 2013 interview of Duluth triathlete and awesome person Jessica Rossing. It's reposted here with permission of the author and subject.

By Dina Clabaugh (dinaclabaugh.wordpress.com)

Duluthian Jessica Rossing is en route to San Diego this weekend for her second triathlon this year. A couple weeks ago she rocked it in Miami at the Nautica South Beach Triathlon; ranking first in her age category and eleventh overall for women. Go Rossing! That is awesome and Duluth is proud.

Jessica runs the Evolve Duluth studio I mention so often. I am addicted to her spin classes and especially love hitting the two-hour class on Sunday mornings....

It is a lot of fun following Rossing’s racing adventures. I love sweating it out with her and she is just a joy to be around.

Jess graciously agreed to do a little Q&A for dinaDuluth. Very cool. Meet Jessica Rossing…

Where are you from? What is your formal training?

I am from Fridley, Minnesota. I studied exercise science at University of Minnesota Duluth. I am a personal trainer with ACE and NETA certification.

How did you become a triathlete?

In college, my friend April talked me into helping coach the Duluth Tri Team with her so I did. While coaching I went to the Timberman Triathlon to cheer on our athletes, and my friend got me an entry for the race the night before. Ha. I thought, “Okay, here we go!” I was nervous as all get-out but the gun went off and I took off. I ended up getting third in my age group. It was a rush and I thought maybe I’m on to something. READ MORE