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Falls Du Kicked Off 2017 Multi Season...
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Monday, 01 May 2017 05:10
FALLS DUATHLON - The MTN Guys were not at Falls Du this year. Bummer. We really love that race. So, tasked with posting some coverage, we went to Steve Stenzel's great blog site (lINK) to learn about the conditions, weather-wise, and to get a feel for the event. He didn't give us much in the way of climatology, but mentioned that it was breezy, though not hurricanic, as it has been in year's past. Studying all the great photos he posted, we'd guess that it wasn't a warm day, 30s-40s probably, and the clouds were as thick as cold oatmeal making for grey racing conditions...
We stated in our preview that we expected some late sign-ups to have an impact on the overall race. That was certainly the case on the men's side. 2016 Most Improved nominee Jordan Roby (photo below) was one those guys and he totally...
COLT XVI Preve...Amy's Race...
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Sunday, 30 April 2017 23:10
ED. Got back last night from St. Anthony's in Florida. Dididn't have time to write race coverage for today. Will post coverage and results links on Tuesday.
COLT PREVIEW - The Chain of Lakes Triathlon in Alexandria, a totally cool town with a big statue of a Viking guy, will celebrate its 16th anniversary next Saturday. COLT is a sprint race consisting of a 600 yard pool swim, a 13 mile bike and 2.8 mile run, excellent distances for newbies, and veterans who like red-line racing.
Attendance has dipped a bit since 2013, as has been the case with most multisport races universally, but this year's enrollment is looking good. The race had averaged about 70 finishers for the last three years. Next Saturday's race could double that. We hope this is a trend affecting all Minnesota multis.
The overall course records, which were set by Sam Janicki (55:11 /Marcus Stromberg posted a 55:12 in 2014) in 2010, and Heather Lendway's ridiculous 57:13, turned in in '14, appear untouchable. But that suggests that several athletes will compete for the top spots, instead of a single triathlete blasting off the front.....
HKM...
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Saturday, 29 April 2017 23:10
Photo - This pic of HKM was taken several months ago.
Though HEIDI KELLER-MILER, 53, has popped in-and-out of the tri world over the last thirty years, she has had a major impact during those "in" times. A pro in the late 80s and early nineties, her accomplishments featured a podium finish at St, Anthony's, which was arguably America's most competitive Olympic-distance race back then, she took a dozen years off to have her family, then returned to racing as an amateur in 2005. Though rusty, she still earned a berth on Team Minnesota that year.
Since then she has been named Minnesota Master of the Year three times.
HKM prefers Kare 11 to WCCO, has attended hundreds of U2 concerts and has almost a thousand Facebook friends. She is also a total HOOT! And we wish she would return to the racing scene at her earliest convenience....
Another Pioneer: MB...
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Friday, 28 April 2017 23:10
Photo - Mary Beth Tuttle in Iceland with a friend named Stella Hjaltodottir.
A few weeks ago we ran into MARY BETH TUTTLE, who is now in her early 50s, at Chipotle, the one in Woodbury, not the one by Sam's Club, the one by Noodles. Gosh it was great to see her. There isn't a nicer person in the world that MB. She had a back thing that forced her to give up triathlon after the 2009 season, but she has remained a force in the nordic ski racing community.
Since we have been posting a lot of stuff recently about Minnesota multisport pioneers that are currently off the grid, we'd like to share some of Mary Beth's multisport highlights. She was especially awesome in 2007....
Preving Falls Du IX....
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Thursday, 27 April 2017 05:10
FALLS DUATHLON PREVIEW - Just got a peek--thanks, Andrew!--of the Falls Duathlon registration list. The turnout should be good, as close to 300 athletes have already enrolled....
