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Thursday, 26 September 2013 00:10

(Photo - The Lendway Sisters.)

Minnesota Multisport Awards - For the first time in the 15-year history of the MMAs, siblings have received nominations for an award, in this case, the same award. How cool is that!

In aplha order, here are the officlal nominees for Female Most Improved:

DIANE HANKEE (36, Lino Lakes- photo below L)

Diane won four races this season. One was the State Tri Championship (HOLT) and two were half IMs (Liberty and Chisago). She also popped a PR 10:21:03 (3rd amateur overall) at Ironman Louisville.

HEATHER LENDWAY (29, St. Paul)

Heather won eight races this year, including the USAT National Championship. Her long distance debut at Leadman Epic 125 - Bend produced a course record....

The Sweet Aroma of Charred Meat...

Monday, 23 September 2013 00:10

art (Image L - A drawing of Sean by one of his several kids.)

By Sean Pease

Five o'clock came early that Saturday morning, the seconds seemed to click away double time and the trip from home to Square Lake Park seemed like it may never end. Then I was there, and the time continued to click away. I frantically set up my work station as almost 400 participants roamed the race site and transition area. I was open for business at 6:30am, and customer number one set the tone for majority of the day. While the line got longer for mechanical help, I set everyone at ease as we did some major surgery on a front brake system for one participant. What I loved seeing as I worked feverishly was the help and support from the athletes to get their bike tires aired up, answer countless questions, and the interaction of strangers, and old friends, alike. The mechanical work, flat tires, blown tubulars and minor adjustments just kept coming in. This was a busy race morning, and that is what I was there for....

Desert Storm..

Saturday, 21 September 2013 00:10

By Devon Palmer

Posted on September 16, 2013 by palmertri

I am now back to regular training after a few light weeks. The week after Louisville I felt a little better each day but was generally un-ambitious. Could probably have swum and spun a little more but wasn’t motivated to. First run was the Sunday after and it was awful. First ride the next day, Monday, and felt fine. Second run was then Tuesday and that was fine. The week in Wisconsin working with...

Special People...

Friday, 20 September 2013 00:10

(Photo L - R - Two of this year's MOY nominees, Sarah Mercer and Julia Weisbecker.)

FEMALE MASTER OF THE YEAR – In 14 years only three women have won this award, Jan Guenther doing so ten times, Heidi Keller Miler thrice and Jeanne Fleck once. Is this the year that someone new takes home the prize? We’ll see.

The MMA Selectors unanimously agreed that the female MOY was one of the hardest categories to figure out. Narrowing the field to four official nominees wasn’t easy....

Noteworthy Newbs...

Thursday, 19 September 2013 00:10

Minnesota Multisport Awards – 2013 was an awesome year for rookies. In fact, it was reminiscent of 2008 when the nominees included Kortney Haag (ROY), Patrick Parish and Lydia Novotny, and 2010, arguably the deepest Rookie field ever, when Jenny Shaughnessy won the award ahead of fellow nominees Sam Janicki, Claire Bootsma and Dan Hedgecock.