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Monday, 27 October 2014 01:10
2014 MInnesota Multisport Awards - As promised, we are posting some of the reasons behind this year's MMA Selections. Let's start with the Rookie of the Year category.
Duluth's NICK NYGAARD (photo) won this year's ROY award. He is the first male to do so since 2006, when Rookie of the Year became a coed category. He raced four times in 2014, winning once (Green Lake Olympic), placing 2nd twice (Timberman and Brewhouse Sprints) and cracking the Top 5 in his long course debut at Superior Man (4:19). The committee was impressed with his times, comparing them to those of 2012 ROY runner-up/2013 Most Improved winner Brian Sames and 2008 ROY runner-up Patrick Parish.
Nick was not a runaway winner as KELLY TROM also enjoyed a brilliant first season. Trom, 27, of Minneapolis, impressed the Committee with her 2nd place finish at HITS-Waconia Half IM in a time of 4:48:09, arguably the best performance by a rookie in '14. Additionally, they liked the fact that she faced strong, i.e. "credentialed," competition in all three of her races. At HITS, she finished behind 2009 US AOY Cathy...
2014 MMA Winners...Updated...
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Saturday, 25 October 2014 06:10
Minnesota Multisport Awards - Here are the 2014 Winners:
2014 Rookie of the Year - NICK NYGAARD, 24, Duluth
2014 Junior of the Year - PAIGE DANIELSON, 18, St. Cloud
2014 Grand Master of the Year - GREG TAYLOR, 60, Yankton, SD
2014 Master of the Year - Women - CHERYL ZITUR, 49, Corcoran
2014 Master of the Year - Men - TONY SCHILLER, 56, Eden Prairie
2014 Most Improved - Women - DANI FISCHER, 26, Wausau, WI ....
Stuff About Late Season Burn-Out...
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Saturday, 25 October 2014 00:10
By Jene' Shaw (triathlon.competitor.com)
Stay on track for your peak race of the year.
For many amateur triathletes, fall means it’s time to wind down the training, start (finally) practicing yoga or get back to focusing on work or family. But for top age groupers or anyone targeting a late-season “A” race, now is the time to peak and perform at your best without burning out after a long year of training and racing.
Qualifying for any of triathlon’s world championships means you have the talent and drive to race to the top of the age-group rankings. It also means—especially after a season of qualifying long-course races—that you have to find a delicate balance in order to peak, race well enough to qualify and then recover multiple times throughout the year, all while keeping up the motivation to train hard day in and day out. Nailing that perfect train-enough-but-not-too-much ratio can be...
Bike Like a Pro. Eat Like a Pig...
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Friday, 24 October 2014 00:10
By John Burnett (npr.org/blogs)
Last month, a friend and I rode bicycles 738 miles up the spine of Texas from the Rio Grande to the Red River, dodging oilfield trucks and yipping Chihuahua dogs.
All that pedaling had us burning about 5,000 to 5,500 calories every day. And so the 10-day journey — eight days of it riding into a headwind — became a movable feast.
There were hero sandwiches, Tater Tots, loaded baked potatoes, rib-eye steaks, chiles rellenos, cheese enchiladas, fried shrimp, cheeseburgers, french fries, hot dogs, barbecue brisket, beef jerky, chocolate glazed donuts, Snickers bars and fried pies.
It was the diet that a calorie-counting cubicle dweller can only dream of. Imagine: eating anything you want and never having to worry about belly fat.
Lots of endurance athletes — such as Tour de France cyclists — get to eat this way all the time, though they tend to practice more conscientious "performance nutrition" that probably doesn't include chocolate donuts....
The Contador Fingerbang...
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Thursday, 23 October 2014 00:10
By Matthew Payne (matthew-payne.blogspot.com)
Leadman Epic 125 - Ben Race Report - Back in September T-Payne and I made our annual trek out to Bend, OR to visit our good friends Dave and Morgan. Now seems like the appropriate time to once again remind everyone that Dave had his ass kicked by a squirrel.
As expected, I left Bend totally wanting to move there. Since mechanical engineering jobs are tough to come by out there I even hatched a sure fire business plan which would no doubt result in endless cash flows with which to make it rain on Bend's many bike shops and microbreweries.
As the proud owner of a 49cc Yamaha Vino motorscooter, I know good scooting grounds when I see them.
Bend's compact layout and mild climate make for just about ideal scootering. The only problem is that there are no scooter dealerships in town.
Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, I present you with Rainbow Road Scooters. Rainbow road you say? What is this? Some sort of gay scooter dealership? No, we here at Rainbow Road welcome all sexual orientations, because Rainbow Road is a Mario Kart themed scooter dealership.
