FEATURES
Nationals Stay in Midwest...
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Sunday, 16 August 2015 00:10
By usatriathlon.org
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon today announced Omaha, Nebraska, as the location for the 2016 and 2017 Age Group National Championships, with the 2016 event scheduled for Aug. 13-14.
Age Group Nationals is USA Triathlon’s longest-running National Championships event and was first held in 1983. Since 2010, the event has grown nearly 250 percent in the number of registered participants and is now consistently one of the top-three largest triathlons in the United States. The two-day event...
Trail Running is Good....
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Sunday, 09 August 2015 00:10
Hit the trails! Try trail running for better balance, power and fun
By Lisa Jhung (usatriathlon.org)
Why: Your Body
Running on trails does a body good. Thanks to varied terrain and softer natural surfaces underfoot, running on trails can both improve your overall fitness and be more forgiving to your body than road running.
Nice bod
A fit physique may not be your main reason to head out for a run on trails, but it’s not a bad side effect. Running on variable surfaces, such as trails riddled with rocks or roots — or even on smooth, twisty singletrack — forces your body to use stabilizing muscles (hello, core) and strengthen connective tissues (ligaments and tendons) that don’t normally get recruited on road runs. And running hilly terrain on trails builds leg strength — working quads, calves and gluteal muscles more than running on flats....
July Report Card...
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Tuesday, 04 August 2015 06:10
Who were the stars of the Minnesota racing scene in July? Well, needing at least two outstanding efforts during the month, here are our picks, which we do totally for grins.
FEMALE JUNIOR OF THE MONTH: Kaitlyn Garrison, 17, Cohasset
- 2nd overall @ Ztri - Jr. CR
- 5th overall @ Buzz Ryan Sprint (1st Jr.)
- 8th overall @ Timberman - Jr. CR
Also Considered: Kristina Swenson, 18, Rogers
MALE JUNIOR OF THE MONTH: Mitchell Clayton, 18, Forest Lake (photo below L)
- 4th overall @ Minneapolis Sprint - 1st Jr.
- 6th overall @ Heart of the Lakes Sprint - 1st Jr.
13th overall @ Toughman Sprint - 1st Jr. ...
Jorgensen E Um Olimpo!
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Monday, 03 August 2015 00:10
By Triathlete .com
Americans Gwen Jorgensen (photo) and Sarah True qualified for the U.S. Olympic team this morning (Sunday) by finishing 1st and 4th, respectively, at the test event in Rio de Janeiro. This will be the second-consecutive Olympic team for both. The bottom line for Americans was that a top-eight finish (with only two spots available) meant a spot on the 2016 Olympic team. Katie Zaferes finished sixth, but with two Americans ahead of her will have to go after the third Olympic spot at a yet-to-be announced event in early 2016.
Overall, Great Britain’s Non Stanford and Vicky Holland rounded out the podium.
Needing a Break...
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Friday, 31 July 2015 00:10
By Louie St. George (Duluthnewstribune.com)
Just about every year, Brian Bich is the safe bet to win the Brewhouse Triathlon. It’s happened 12 times before, a success rate of about 43 percent for one of Minnesota’s oldest triathlons.
The 49-year-old Duluthian, though, won’t make it a baker’s dozen at Saturday’s 29th annual Brewhouse.
Burnout has Bich all but taking this summer off from racing.
“I raced for so many years that I just kind of needed a break,” Bich said.
Oh, he won’t completely stay away from Island Lake on Saturday. Bich is competing in a relay with fellow Brewhouse stalwarts Rhett Bonner and Rod Raymond. And he’s anxious to watch his son, Nathan, try to improve upon last year’s eighth-place showing in the short course....
