Race Coverage
Relentlessness & Bloody Marys....
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Monday, 11 July 2016 05:10
TIMBERMAN TRIATHLON - There were several battles that we were looking forward to last weekend. At Minneapolis, defending champion Matthew Payne was facing Kris Spoth and a surging Sean Cooley. We were anxious to see how that race unfolded....
Casey & Sheena Repeat at G-Man...
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Sunday, 10 July 2016 23:10
ED. Hey Everyone, check out Frank Rajkowski's great sctimes.com coverage of yesterday's Graniteman Triathlon.
Photo and Story by Frank Rajkowski (sctimes.com)
CLEARWATER — Nate Hoffman had not won a triathlon in four years.
And the Annandale High School graduate, and former Division III All-American cross country runner at Wisconsin-La Crosse, was blunt when asked the reason why.
"I'm just a really poor swimmer," he said....
July 9-10 Headlines......
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Sunday, 10 July 2016 05:00
MUNCIE 70.3 - MTN congratulates Diane Hankee on her stellar 2nd place overall finish at Muncie 70.3 yesterday. Her outstanding time was 4:38:51, 5:10 behind two-time US Athlete of the Year Kirsten Sass of Tennessee. RESULTS
TIMBERMAN - Words and pictures about Saturday's 32nd edition of this iconic event will post on Tuesday. Highlights will include Christina Roberts' Performance of the Year-caliber course record. RESULTS
LIFE TIME TRI - MINNEAPOLIS - Sean Cooley scared the crap out of defending champ Matt Payne on Saturday at the 15th edition of this major league race at Lake Nokomis. Words and pics on Wednesday. RESULTS ....More on page 2
POY Talk....
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016 00:10
LAKE WACONIA TRIATHLON - The young 2016 multi season here in Minnesota has been marked by several outstanding performances, but none have been, in our opinion, outstandinger than the one's turned in by BF/GF Sean Cooley and Hanna Grinaker last Sunday at the 27th annual Lake Waconia Triathlon. We'd be flabbergasted if these amazing efforts were not nominated for Performance of the Year at season's end.
We'll start with Hanna (photo by Drew Frakes). When she blasted out of T2 on the heels of leader Lisa Lendway, those who watched knew that the game was over. Minnesota's Uber-Rookie ran at UW-Madison and few if any of her amateur peers can match strides with her. The question at that point was not whether she would win, but by how much. A course record was a foregone conclusion. Only injury could get in the way....
Six Minnesotans Earn National Du Titles...
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Monday, 27 June 2016 00:10
Photo (L-R) - Hot Dog Guy, Patrick Parish, Tiffany Payne, Matt Payne and someone else.
By Usatriathlon.org
BEND, Ore. — The best duathletes in the United States raced for national titles on Saturday at the 2016 USA Triathlon Duathlon National Championships, led by elite champions Alycia Hill and Matt Lieto, age-group standard winners Jesse Dunn and Kirsten Sass and sprint victors Keith Jackson and Sarah Barber.
The day’s events began with the elites on the standard 10-kilometer run, 40-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run course, where Lieto posted the day’s fastest time of 1 hour, 58 minutes, 48 seconds to win a national title in only his second-ever duathlon. Hill won the women’s title in 2:13:49 in her first duathlon event....
"Why Would Anyone Not Want to do This?"
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Sunday, 26 June 2016 00:10
ED. Historic performances highlighted today's LAKE WACONIA TRIATHLON. We're anxious to tell you about it. Words and pics on Tuesday. RESULTS
- SUZIE FOX and BRIDGET MCCOY finished 1-2 this morning in Des Moines at the COPPER CREEK TRIATHLON. DKT placed 3rd in the men's race. RESULTS
By Emy Everhart (emy-everhart.com)
Liberty Olympic Race Report - So I have been procrastinating on writing this race report, I guess because a planned DNF is kind of anti-climactic. I have still not been running as I continue to recover from what has been going on with my leg, so the plan for Liberty was to race the swim and bike, take the opportunity for some transition practice, and have a solid brick training effort. Part of my reasoning in choosing this race when I was figuring out my race calendar was to get a solid earlier season Olympic distance race under my belt before the NYC Tri on July 24th. I’ve never raced Liberty before, but knew it was a long-time favorite local race so I was looking forward to what it had to offer....
