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The Epic-est Battle...
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Monday, 07 July 2014 07:00
13th Annual MINNEAPOLIS TRIATHLON - Elite Amateur Women - In 2011, Massachusetts' Catherine Sterling set the women's Elite Amateur course record at the Minneapolis Triathlon. Her time, 2:10:52, should go down hard on Saturday.
How hard?
Our guess is that it will take a 2:07 to win the women's EA title at the 13th annual Life Time Tri - Minneapolis. Why? Because the two women that are currently redefining the amateur standards for American female triathletes will be facing each other.
We're talking about defending USAT National Champion Heather Lendway of St. Paul (photo L), and Dani Fischer, who grew up in Rochester, played collegiate soccer at UW-Madison and now resides in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Lendway was runner-up for USAT Athlete of the Year in 2013 and she is even faster this year, a season in which she is undefeated in five starts with an average margin of victory of 9:42!...
"A Blast!"
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Monday, 07 July 2014 00:10
Z-TRI COVERAGE - Brendon O'Flanagan of St. Paul, and Tara Makinen of Grand Rapids, won this Independence Day race for the second time last Friday at majestic Pokegema Lake south of Grand Rapids, and both did so in record time. For BO, who also was victorious here in 2012, his 1:02:07 lowered his own men's course record by more than two minutes. For TM, her time was just less than three minutes faster than her 2013 clocking.
Alone in second place for the guys was 2013 Rookie of the Year nominee, Larry Hosch, who posted an impressive 1:04:37. It was Larry's ninth podium finish in 13 starts. The St. Joseph resident is still looking for his first win, which we predict will happen this season. In fact, it could occur as early as next Saturday at Graniteman-Clearwater.
Also cracking the Top 3 for the men was Alan Dettmer, who is from Fergus Falls, we think. Maybe Alexandria....
Fast Women...
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Saturday, 05 July 2014 06:10
According to our records, these are the winningest Minnesota women of the 21st century thus far:
CATHY YNDESTAD - 68 (photo L)
BECKY YOUNGBERG - 36 (photo below)
JAN GUENTHER - 34
MARLO CROSBY - 27
DIANE HANKEE - 21
SUZIE FOX - 18 (Since 2009)
HEATHER LENDWAY - 15 (Since 2012)
RUTH BRENNAN MORREY - 15 (Since 2011)
MICHELLE ANDRES - 15
MARNIE WALTH (ND) - 14 (On MN soil)
JENNY WILCOX - 14....
Stuff About Tritonkids....
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Saturday, 05 July 2014 00:10
TritonKids is a youth triathlon event brought to you by Triton Events and Med City Aquatics. This year's event will take place at the Rochester REC Center on August 2 and will offer a unique, safe and challenging event for kids ages 6-17. The swim will take place in the safe environment of the REC Center's swimming pool while the bike and run will transition onto West River Pkwy. The race is a USAT sanctioned event and will be chip timed. All athletes will receive a cool race t-shirt, goodie bag and finishers medal. Awards will be given to top 3 male and female finishers in each age group. Food and refreshments will be provided for all athletes.
Age Groups & Distances
-Ages 6-8 (50 meter swim, 2 mile bike, 500 yard run)
-Ages 9-11 (150 meter swim, 4 mile bike, 1 mile run)....
An Amazing Day...
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Friday, 04 July 2014 00:10
ED. One of America's best 40+ female triathletes, Indiana's Chris Wickard blogged about her BOUS experience:
By Chris Wickard (http://chriswickard.wix.com/triathlete/apps/blog)
BOUS Race Report - This was my 6th appearance at the Best of the US (BOUS). I think of BOUS like a mini USAT National Championship, as it brings out some very talented athletes. Unlike Nats where you are competing against others in your age group, at BOUS you are competing against all the other female or all the other male athletes.
The hosts/organizers at BOUS .....are extremely passionate about the sport of triathlons. So if you ever have the opportunity to participate in a race that they are involved in, you know it will be spectacular.
The morning began with the inaugural Capital City Sprint Triathlon.....
Once a majority of the sprint athletes finished, it was time for the BOUS to begin. Our race was an Olympic distance. One of the many great things about this race was that is was very spectator friendly. The swim was 2 loops, the bike was 3 loops, and the run was 2 loops. This is definitely nice for those out there cheering us on as well as the athletes since we would get lots of cheers and encouragement throughout the course.
Our race was a relatively small field of competitors but it was packed with talent. The males and females started the swim together. It was surprising a not very physical swim. You never can tell when the males and females start together if it will involved swimming on top of each other. Since we all had the same swim caps, I couldn't tell how many females were...
