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Saturday, 01 October 2011 03:00

shirt By Dr. Mitchell Greene (usatriathlon.org)

A frustrated triathlete told me that the best advice I ever gave him was the off-handed, tongue-in-cheek suggestion that he purposefully swim slower in his next race to try and ensure that less people will pass him on the bike. Thankfully, he didn

Du-ing It Better....

Friday, 30 September 2011 03:00

(Photos - DOY nominees Suzie Finger, Kevin O'Connor and Matt Payne. Tina Hjeltman was also nominated.)

2011 Minnesota Multisport Awards - The MMA Selection Committee announces its official nominees for 2011 Duathlete of the Year. To be eligible, athletes must have turned in at least three "amateur elite" duathlon performances during the 2011 season....

Brrrrrrrrrr...

Thursday, 29 September 2011 02:00

kort by Kortney Haag (from KortneyHaag.Blogspot.com)

Peregrine Charities Race Report - brrrr...it was a cold one!

I wasn't sure if I was going to make the trip down to Iowa since my sister's due date was the day of the race. However, I decided that since I had raced this race every year since it's start I wanted to go and support the race and the charity. The race director does an amazing job with volunteers, organization, and post race.

I like racing in the heat and it seems like it takes me forever to warm up. I knew that it was going to be a cold morning and to bring my warm weather gear. We had dinner with Hannah and David and David gave me some good advice that if I had any chance to get ahead of people I needed to bike my booty off so be warm on the bike. I decided I was going to wear my gloves and jacket no matter what!

Race morning it was about 45 degrees at the start and the water temp was about 63 degrees. I was trying out a new wetsuit ...

Bri, Kev, Chuck & Greg...

Wednesday, 28 September 2011 03:00

(Photo - Charlie Roach, who is receiving his first MMA nomination. Congrats on a stellar season, Charlie!)

2011 Minnesota Multisport Awards - This was a tough one. There were arguments aplenty. There were so goshdarned many worthy candidates for Male Master of the Year and disagreements were the rule, not the exception.

Two of the eventual nominees came from the "Usual Suspects" file. Another is an MMA winner who just turned 40 this season. And the other, and we love this, is receiving his first MMA nomination....