Race Coverage
Back to His Roots...
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Friday, 13 January 2012 02:00
Ed. You many have already read this cool interview of Lance Armstrong, who has sorta returned to triathlon after a 22-year absence. But if you didn't, check it out here. As you know, Lance, who used to be Cheryl Crow's Main Squeeze (and who brushes his teeth almost every day --photo L), is a major stud. What you may not have known, though, is that Minnesota triathlete, Angie Hop, has a debiliating crush on him.
By Julie Pollerino (for Triathlon.competitor.com)
Before he was a bicycling legend or a high-profile cancer crusader, Lance Armstrong was one hell of a triathlete. A pro at 16, he was a top-ranked junior for a few years before he became singularly focused on the bike. More than two decades later, Armstrong, now 40, recently...
A Long Day Filled With Discomfort....
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Monday, 28 November 2011 02:00
By Devon Palmer (from Palmertri.com)
After two weekends of bad luck in September I was eager to race well. I picked Ironman Florida over Arizona as it is 2 weeks earlier so there was less chance of having to train in cold weather. Plus
Brilliant End to a Brilliant Season...
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Thursday, 24 November 2011 02:00
ED. Here is some of the cool local coverage that Rochester triathlete, Ruth Brennan Morrey, received after she won the ITU Long Distance World Championship on November 5. Brennan Morrey took home the 2011 Minnesota Rookie of the Year award last Saturday.
By Paul Christian (for PostBulletin.com - 11/18)
Ruth Brennan Morrey was a very good soccer player at Rochester Mayo, so good, in fact, that she earned a scholarship to play at the University of Wisconsin.
She played four years with the Badgers and as a senior, was named captain.
Upon graduation, she shifted gears and decided to focus on running
Encouraging Insanity...
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Wednesday, 09 November 2011 02:00
END-Tombed
By Bonnie Tirenubbles
The tent was frozen solid, the door flap actually crackling as I pushed it open and crawled hunched over out onto the frozen ground. I tried to straighten my knotted-up back as music suddenly blared out over a loud speaker from beyond the trees, shattering the morning air. Earlier, at 2:30am to be exact, my fellow Zombie Rider and husband and I had been talking about the race from within our tent-igloo.
Rochester's World Champions...
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Tuesday, 08 November 2011 02:00
(Photo - Talent-richTeam Rochester - L - R - Joe Moyer, Alex Hooke, Diana Koepp & Ruth Brennan Morrey.)
By Warren Peece
ITU Long Distance World Championships - The MTN Guys sent me out to Henderson, NV, a sprawling bedroom suburb south of Las Vegas, for Saturday's ITU Long Distance Worlds.
Being a sheltered Midwesterner, I was unprepared for some of the stuff I encountered there. Like "Pricasso," and the "Lingerie Football League." And roving bands of methed-up Elvis impersonators.
In case you don't know, Pricasso is an artist from Australia who paints portraits with, and I'm not making this up, his weenie. No, I didn't buy a ticket to his "exhibition," which was at one of The Strip's more garish hotel/casinos. Wait! All the hotel/casinos on The Strip are garish....
Eloquent Images...
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Sunday, 06 November 2011 02:00
ED. MTN does not post a lot of pro news. We let all the other tri-websites, most of which ignore the fact that AGers are the engine of The Lifestyle, do that. We're making an exception today, though. Lee Gruenfeld is a good friend and supremely eloquent with both words and images. Check out his Kona recap. If these images don't move you, well, you need a new soul.
By Lee Gruenfeld (for Ironman.com)
We've heard it a thousand times: "It's all about the run." And like most tired clich
