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Have you ever been to Michigan's UP? Want to do a stellar race on the shores of Lake Superior?

The Kuparisaari Triathlon is back for its second year! Pronounced KOO-puh-ree SAH-ree, this is the only half-iron distance triathlon in the UP, and takes place in Michigan's beautiful and scenic Keweenaw Peninsula. The race takes place mid-August, and is one heck of a good time.

The race will be held on August 14th, 2011, in Lac ...

This was perhaps my best overall year of racing triathlons and it was likely for two reasons: 1) I trained like I raced. Everything I planned to do in a race I did in training. I felt very prepared for each race and executed my race plan to perfection in all but one race… Ironman. And truth be told, it wasn’t the big kind of error I’ve made in the past, but may have still ...

So once again I'm thinking of switching to KSwiss running shoes. I really like the new options they have this fall and want to try them out... especially the racers. I know one person that really likes them and another that says they are ok. Let me know what you think and I may give them a shot.

Damon :ugeek:

Everyone, I've figured out how to get a direct link to athletes using the Ironman athlete tracker. Here are direct links for the Detroit Iron People I know doing IM Wisconsin race:

Stuart Baskin

Ken McLaughlin

Damon Krueger

Ashley Krueger

Jason Lyngaas

Eric Nguyen

Mike Blackburn

Jerod Nagel

Courtney Roschek

Mike Freedland

Krista McComas

Robin McDonald

Lindsay Gabbard

Keith Hahn

Brad Bolen

Bora Guven

Kyle Smith

Kori Martini

Mike Daniels

Karen Matrille
Let me know ...

Just wanted to see what kinds of maintenance people do on their own bikes. I have started to really get into it and do everything on my bike now. A great reference to have in home is "Zinn and the art of triathlon bike maintenance." I have a copy for sure.

Just last night I replaced my chain for the first time. That was remarkably easy with a Park Tool CT-5 chain tool. Chris at ...

Leading up to the Steelhead, my first (and most likely last) 70.3, I found great inspiration from the other event reports within this forum (thank you). I wasn't feeling particularly confident because I had a 2 week trip to China leading up to the race and couldn't bike. Still, I felt swim and bike ready, and figured I'd just try to plow through the run. Whether by self-fulfilling prophecy or just a bad decision (you'll ...

Ok, there have been grumblings about which race to do next year as a group. So I'm going to throw out 5 options along with a brief synopsis and opinion about each race. Feel free to chime in.

1. IM Canada- the second oldest IM. Historically difficult to get into and used to fill up on-site. The past two years there have been online slots so there is a chance of getting a slot as ...

Hello,
I love message boards, I live in Ann Arbor, and I love doing Triathlons.

I can't believe that after doing my first race at the very end of the 2008 season, I'd spend all of last year budgeting and looking for races and training. I'm totally addicted.

My background is swimming, and I tend to do pretty well on the swim portions of the races. I am a fine cyclist, but I still get ...

I see on the event calendar that the group swims at Hammond Lake on Fridays at 6 pm. Is this still active? If so - can someone give me the details as to specifically where it is? I'd like to give it a try the next two Fridays and at the same time learn more about joining the group.

Met four Detroit Iron group members riding at Island Lake today and learned about the group. Given my work schedule I have typically trained alone in the past, but thought I'd investigate participating to make it a little more interesting.

Not doing an Ironman this year, but did Ironman Canada last year - my first one. Looking to do another Ironman event in 2011 - thinking about Louisville or even France. Any suggestions?

I will ...