Race Coverage
The Big Macs are on Boots...
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 03:00
Peregrine Charities Olympic - In a post-race interview, ubiquitous smiler Claire Bootsma laughingly claimed that she couldn't feel her feet until the final mile of the run.
She wasn't kidding.
Her frozen extremities, however, did not prevent her from winning the 4th annual edition of this great event in frosty Waterloo, Iowa, last Sunday. In fact, she won in course record time and by a cruel margin (5:07) over 2010 champ, Janet McCullough. Twas Boots' 7th victory (and 5th course record!) of the year and 10th of an amazing tri career which began only 13 months ago.
She pocketed $1000 for her efforts (2:10:02), which meant that it was her turn to buy at McDonald's.
That's how it goes. The one who wins the most money has to buy the Big Macs. (Dan can eat FOUR of those bad boys. A sominloquy sufferer, between snores he's often been heard to recite: "two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions and a sesame seed bun...")...
Ruthie Rocks....Again!
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Monday, 26 September 2011 03:00
Photo - Megan Rocker.
Race Coverage - La Crosse, Wisconsin's Brent Sinn won the Treadman Duathlon for the 4th time last Saturday. He was also victorious there in 2009, 2008 and 2007. Sinn's margin of victory over runner-up Peter Guidinger, 49, of Winona was a greedy 3:47. Guidinger was also 2nd in this event back in 2006.
The final men's podium spot went to St. Luis Park's Chip Tabor.
Sharing the Winners Circle with Sinn was 2011 Rookie of the Year nominee Ruth Brennan Morrey, who picked up her 3rd win in five starts this season. She anchored her performance with a 21:51 split over the 3.6 mile run course, a 6:04 per mile average. Only Sinn had a faster split (21:12 / 5:54-pace)....
Muscle Memory, Sibling Rivalry & Other Stuff...
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011 03:00
One Last Tri Coverage - Several things made the 6th annual One Last Tri more memorable than usual. Firstly, it was BIG. This year
Fall Classic Stuff...
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011 02:40
Stream of Consciousness Race Coverage - Jennifer Strange is a very pretty girl. And she's totally skilled at applying eye make-up (photo), not that she needs that stuff to be pretty.
When she got married, she wore a very, very long, very white dress. In the photo here she's walking up a flight of concrete steps in her very, very long, very white dress. It, the dress, must have gotten really, really dirty, which is kinda sad because it's such a beautiful dress that must have cost more than $100 and is intended to only be worn only two or three times.
We digress.
Jennifer is a pretty goshdarn good duathlete. And it's about time MTN wrote some stuff about her....
Mop Basted & Avoiding O'Doyle...
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Monday, 19 September 2011 03:00
By Matthew Payne (The Most Interesting Man in Columbia Heights! - http://www.matthew-payne.blogspot.com/)
Mop Basted... No Rubs!
Alright, first things first. Here's an obligatory cute baby pic, taken at his very first big league ball game:
Awwwwww...
I can't stress enough how great he's been letting us sleep through the night and how awesome my wife is in allowing me to disappear for an entire weekend to prance around in Lycra on the other side of the country. With the important stuff out of the way, here's a long-winded recap of some race I just did....
Record Attendance. Record Times....
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Sunday, 18 September 2011 18:04
BREAKING NEWS - Thunder Bay's Jon Balabuck and Eden Prairie's Becky Youngberg nuked the course records at the 6th annual One Last Tri at cool, soggy Big Marine Park Reserve this morning. Story and photos on Tuesday. RESULTS
Words about Saturday's Fall Classic Du at Lake Elmo Park Reserve will post on Tuesday, too. RESULTS
