Race Previews
Rhodes Scholars & Shiny Blue Dresses...
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Monday, 28 April 2014 05:10
Race Preview - The Take the Hill Tri will celebrate its 7th anniversary on Saturday. Starting and finishing on the Gustavus Adophus campus in St. Peter, the event's proceeds benefit "Insulindependence," which is designed to unite, expand and support the active diabetes community.
Because the MTN Guys are totally into out state's tri history, we decided to share some Take the Hill's chronology. Here are the winners dating back to 2009. The event launched in '08, but we were unable to unearth those results.
TAKE THE HILL TRIATHLON - 500yd Pool Swim - 12.5 mile bike - 3.3. mile run
2013 - Nick De Leeuw - 1:02:42 & Lauren Slagel - 1:17:21
2012 - Paul Mollett - 1:06:41 & Lauren Slagel - 1:16:34
2011 - Connor Ziegler - 1:03:33 & Lauren Slagel - 1:15:12 - Race Record ...
Taco Saturday...
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Monday, 28 April 2014 00:10
Race Preview - The 7th annual Cinco Du Mayo Long Course Duathlon (5K - 20M -5K) will happen next Saturday at beautiful Square Lake northwest of Stillwater. Contested concurrently will be the 5th edition of Cinco's Short Course (2m - 10m - 2m). Early registration pace suggests that these great events will draw a combined 300-400 participants, and we hope that you are among those who will be on hand....
"Juno" & Retro Shorts...
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Wednesday, 23 April 2014 00:10
Race Preview - The 30th edition of the Morris Tinman will take place next Saturday. The 1k-30k-10k event is our state's annual outdoor tri kickoff event and we hope it has a record turnout.
The race actually started 31 years ago but the 2008 edition had to be cancelled due to a 14-inch snowdump on the eve of the event. According to Weather Underground the conditions for next Saturday's race will not include snow and temps should be in the low 50s.
Last year's Tinman was won by Ryan DeYounge of Fergus Falls, and Apple Valley's Bette Rowley. Do you know them? We only know them by their race results, so in order to learn more about them, we visited their Facebook pages. We discovered that in addition to being fine athletes, they appear to be very cool people.
Bette has great taste in movies. We know this because she likes many of the same movies that the MTN Guys like. One of her faves is "Juno," which, in our opinion, was the awesomest movie of 2007....
Falls Du Turns Six...
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Sunday, 20 April 2014 06:10
Race Preview - The 6th annual Falls Duathlon is on Saturday. Are you signed up yet? If not, link HERE.
This is a great event in a cool place and we recommend it highly.
Here is some event history, featuring the winners and the Race Record holders in the Overall, Junior (19U), Masters (40-59M, 40-54W) and Grand Masters (60+M, 55+W) categories: ...
Hobbits in the Shire...
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Friday, 18 April 2014 06:10
By Devon Palmer (palmertri.wordpress.com)
Season Opener
We’re only a week away from the season! I’m kicking off at the Falls Duathlon. If you’re looking for a fun and low key local race to get your season started, look no further. After that it is all about the Gear West Duathlon. My best friend Steve Stenzel and I (photo L) had a pretty intense competition in the relay event last year but this year I’m racing solo. Wishing Steve the best of luck! If you don’t know Steve you should get to know him. If you see a brightly-colored speedo-clad hobbit at a race, that’s Steve. Go up and say hi. Tell him how cool he looks. Tell him he must be the most athletic hobbit in the Shire. Tell him I sent you. Gosh we’re great friends....
Rockin' New Bike Course for BOUS
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Monday, 14 April 2014 21:21
Lots of exciting things are happening on Saint Paul's Phalen Corridor. A few years back The Phalen Corridor Initiative won the two top Environmental Protection Agency awards for urban redevelopment. Just last week Urban Organics, an innovative indoor aquaponics farm introduced itself to the community from its new home in the former Hamm's Brewery Building. Soon, Flat Earth Brewery will be serving up its own growlers full of suds brewed with the same "sky blue waters" gurgling up from the underground spring beneath the very same building.
All pretty cool stuff, considering that all this redevelopment is a result of collaboration between the City and over 60 other community organizations, working together.
All of which pales in comparison to the value of the Phalen Corridor's brand-spankin' new bike course for the Best of the U.S. Championship and Sprint races...
