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Going All the Way...
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Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:10
(Photo - MIchelle Andres)
Minnesota Multisport Awards - Too be leligible for the coed Long Distance Athlete of the Year award, an amateur triathlete must have turned in at least two outstanding long course--Half IM or longer--performances during the past season. For the men, only Matthew Payne was a slam dunk nominee, though Sean Cooley and Dan Arlandson also had noteworthy LD results....
Performance of the Year...The Women
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Wednesday, 16 October 2013 00:10
Minnesota Multisport Awards - Here are the official nominees for female Performance of the Year:
MICHELLE ANDRES - State Record 9:50:23 at Hawaiian Ironman World Championships.
EMILY KRATZ (photo below) - Amateur win @ Texas Ironman - 10:18:34
HEATHER LENDWAY (photo L) - Overall victory @ USAT Age Group Nationals (2:05:37)
HEATHER LENDWAY - Victory @ Leadman Epic-125 - Bend (Event Record)
Other performances receiving serious consideration: ...
Performance of the Year...The Guys
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Tuesday, 15 October 2013 00:10
(Photo - Matt Payne has two POY nominations this year.)
Minnesota Multisport Awards - A few years back the MMA Selectors created a policy wherein a single athlete could not have more than two nominations in the Performance of the Year category. Had this policy not been in place in 2012, for instance, Dan Hedgecock would have received at least three of the four official male POY nominations, something that has happened in the past, e.g. Marlo Crosby in 2006....
Here are the official 2013 men's POY nominees:
Nutritional Boo-Boos...
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Saturday, 12 October 2013 00:10
MTN assiduously scours The Web, especially in the post-season months, in search of interesting articles to post. We hope you enjoy this one about the nutrition boo-boos even smart triathletes make. We found it at Triathlon.competitor.com.
You are a smart triathlete: You wake up at 5 a.m., routinely decline a second round of drinks, watch what you eat and are aware of the latest trends in sports nutrition and bike technology. But even the most well-meaning, self-sacrificing, smart triathletes can make nutrition mistakes that prevent them from reaching their body composition and performance goals. Avoid the following nutrition traps and your 2012 season will be better than you imagined....
Training, Tahoe, Kona...
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Friday, 11 October 2013 00:10
By Devon Palmer (palmertri.wordpress.com - September 23, 2013)
-Swimming is coming around. Last Monday was my first practice back and it did not go well. With 6 swims last week I managed to put some fitness back in my arms and felt pretty fast again this morning at practice. Our main set was 300s and I had enough vigor to swim really fast the 1st 100 to get on the feet of my lanemate Brian who was leading. Thankfully Brian was not rushing too much so the final 200 of each 300 was relatively controlled, until he actually tried on the last one. The “last one, fast one” principle is respected in our lane.
-Ironman Lake Tahoe was interesting to track. Looking at the bike times the course is clearly hard! I was surprised the field did not split up dramatically...
