Race Coverage
It Doesn't Get Better Than This....
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Wednesday, 17 June 2015 04:10
Awesome Christine Wood Photo -The tall guy who kinda looks like a tall can of Coors Light is her husband, Curt.
CAPITOL CITY TRIATHLON - Many assume that big things are awesomer than small things. Sometimes those people are right, i.e. a big bowl of Ben & Jerry's Salted Caramel Ice Cream is more awesome than a small one. (Another example: Diminutive comedian Kevin Hart is much funnier than porcine comics, Cedric the Entertainer and Sinbad.)
And sometimes those folks are wrong. The Capitol City Triathlon was a small race, only 150ish entrants, but few who participated would rank it beneath any of the larger events that have taken place thus far in 2015, or perhaps will be staged later in the season. Why? Because everythig about it was special. The courses were awesome--closed two-loop bike route, a scenic and gently rolling run around...
Simian Celebrations & Embraced Sufferage...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2015 00:10
LIBERTY TRIATHLONS - The forecast on Saturday called for clouds and mild temps. No rain predicted. As the astute poet Mick Jagger, who according to the late Joan Rivers, has "child bearing lips," says at almost every Stones concert, "You can't always get what you want."
You guessed it. It rained, though not like in 2014 when the transition area resembled the Everglades, albeit without prehistoric animals and Burmese pythons that Florida exotic pet owners released because the creatures had eaten their non-exotic pets, i.e. dogs, cats and gerbils.
We digress.
Despite the rain, most of Liberty's participants--paraphrasing Jagger--"got what they need"....
Heather Went to Tennessee...
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Monday, 15 June 2015 00:10
By Heather Lendway (heatherlendway.com)
Challenge Knoxville Race Report - At the beginning of this season I wasn’t planning on racing any half iron distance races but after the Lifetime series was cancelled I had to re-evaluate what I was doing. With no Olympic distance races on the schedule after July, I could either do more draft legal racing or try some 70.3’s. I didn’t want to plan on racing a bunch of 70.3’s without knowing if I would enjoy it so I set my sites on racing Challenge Knoxville in May. Since I’ve been dealing with some body annoyances here and there I wanted to see how my body felt after St. Anthony before I bought my ticket to Knoxville. After a few days of recovery I knew I would be in fine shape to race so I pulled the trigger and bought my flight and hotel for Knoxville....
WEEKEND HEADLINES...June 13-14...
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Sunday, 14 June 2015 11:40
Photo - Heiney and Suzie. Nicole picked up caree win #7 at Capitol City. Suzie was amateur champ at Copper Creek
- PAYNE & HEINEY ROCK AT CAP CITY - WORDS & PICS ON TUESDAY - RESULTS
- LENDWAY AND FOX GO 1-2 AT IOWA'S COPPER CREEK TRIATHLON - RESULTS
- MANKATO'S KRISTIN GUSTAFSON WINS EAU CLAIRE TRI ON JUNE - RESULTS
- WIPPLER & NICOLE TRIUMPH AT LAKES TO PINES XIII - WORDS AND PICS TO FOLLOW - RESULTS
- MANKATO'S TOBY HENKELS NIPS MULTIPLE CHAMP DAVID HOLDEN AT FAIRMONT OLYMPIC - RESULTS
Two Win Weekend For O'Connor....
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Thursday, 11 June 2015 00:10
PIGMAN SPRINT - David Thompson is closing in on career victory number-100, a milestone he could, health permitting, reach before the 2015 season is over. On Sunday, he picked up victory number-94 at Pigman Sprint....
Dylan Dominates & Nelson Repeats...
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Tuesday, 09 June 2015 06:00
BUFFALO OLYMPIC – We predicted that Elaine Nelson would repeat as champion at Buffalo Olympic and the lean Duluthian complied.
What we didn’t predict was how hard it would be for her to win. She had to overtake Kortney Haag, who had a huge lead coming out of T2. Unfortunately, Haag’s run split was far from what she had hoped it would be. She was overtaken by the former collegiate runner after mile five of the 10K.
In the end, only 17 seconds separated the two national level triathletes. FYI, the win was the 12th of Nelson’s career and second in three starts thus far in 2015. If her racing volume is sufficient this season—she typically races less frequently than the other top women—we would be surprised if she didn’t receive a TOY nomination....
