The Tundra Transition Zone

You've heard of the Mobot? The Mo-bot, as performed by Mo Farah and his training partner Galen Rupp after they won gold and silver respectively in the 10,000m. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters When Mo Farah and then Usain Bolt performed it before tens of thousands of cheering fans, the so-called Mobot became the object of worldwide speculation. What was this gesture, asked armchair critics, that provoked such delight? A symbol of Olympian greatness? A gesture of self-declared

Event: Trees and Trails 5K Date: Saturday, September 21, 2013 Location: Wildwood Park, Mahtomedi MN Hotel:Home, sweet home Weather: 50F, wind at 4 MPH from the W Official Results:Overall Text Summary Previous Results:First time at this event Personal Results Goal: Sub 19:50 Official Result: 20:14 (6:31 per mile pace) Overall: 1st (72 total); 1st in 50-59 AG (12 total) Garmin Direct Garmin Summary Link Splits Elevation and HR Summary This was a little race put on by FrontRunner that

This past Friday (9/13/13), I used the Go Pro head strap setup while training on the Luce Line with the middle schoolers. The best part of cross country ARE the workouts. The U of M college boys were out there cranking repeats that afternoon as well. We let them them know we were in a recovery day and that usually we train at 4:34 pace. I think they bought it. ;) Have a look at the video as I used some various editing features that brought in some interesting features. Loving the Luce Line

Event: 2013 Park Tool Duathlon Date:Saturday, September 14, 2013 Location: Lake Elmo Park Reserve Hotel:Home, sweet home Weather: 61F, wind from S at 6-10 MPH Official Results: Overall 2013 Text Results Previous Personal Results: First time at this event Personal Results Goal: Top 3 in AG Actual: 1st Overall: 10th (104 total); 1st in 50-54 AG (6 total) Garmin I used the 910XT, having successfully figured out the Multisport mode. It's neat, but there are two things I don't like about it. One,

Event: Minneapolis Duathlon Date:Sunday, August 25, 2013 Location: MPLS MN Hotel:Home, sweet home Weather:81F, winds at 16-17 MPH from SSW, heat index of 84 (humidity at 70%) Official Results: Overall 2013 Text Results Previous Personal Results: 2009 (35th out of 814; 1st in 45-49 AG out of 44) Personal Results Goal: Top 3 in AG Actual:1st Overall: 27th (572 total); 1st in 50-54 AG (31 total) Garmin I used the 910XT in a race for the first time. I attempted to use the multi-sport mode, but it