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TRIATHLETE: SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ONE SPORT IS HARD ENOUGH

FROM SPRINT TO 140.6

FAMOUS. FAST. INJURED.

5/16/2017

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LET'S START WITH THE GOOD STUFF FIRST. WHO DOESN'T LIKE A LITTLE PICK ME UP OR A THAT A BOY? WELL, I CAME ACROSS THIS CRAZY CHARACTER NAMED ARNE ONE DAY AND TO BE HONEST, NOT EVEN SURE WHEN OR WHERE. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THIS MAN HAS A HEART OF GOLD AND IS BATSHIT CRAZY PASSIONATE ABOUT RUNNING. IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP FOR A LOCAL 5K OR HALF MARATHON, YOU HAVE LIKELY CROSSED PATHS WITH ARNE. HE WON'T BE WINNING RACES LIKE THE NEXT GUY I'LL TALK ABOUT BUT HE WILL OUT WILL YOU AND RUN WITH MORE HEART THAN ANYONE. CHECK OUT ARNE BELOW AND A GREAT STORY BY ANOTHER FELLOW RUNNER FRIEND.

ABOUT ARNE VIA ECHO PRESS 

FIND HIM ON FACEBOOK: RUNNING WITH ARNE ROBERTSON
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​FAST. A WORD USED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. YOU CAN HAVE FAST CARS, FAST WOMEN AND FAST FOOD BUT THIS DUDE NAMED BRANDEN...HE'S FREAKY FAST AT TRIATHLONS. WELL, LETS BE FAIR TO HIM AND SAY HE'S A FAST RUNNER AND BIKER FROM WHAT I KNOW. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS BEHIND HIM AT RACES EATING HIS DUST. I THINK THE FIRST REAL TIME I CAME ACROSS BRANDEN WAS AT THE YOUNG LIFE TRIATHLON IN DETROIT LAKES AND I THOUGHT I LAID DOWN A GOOD TIME ONLY TO HAVE HIM CRUSH ME BY 20 FLIPPIN MINUTES. HE TOOK 1ST IN THE AGE GROUP AND I WAS SECOND. THE BEST PART OF THE STORY IS THAT I TRIED TO FIND HIM AFTER THE RACE TO GET TO KNOW HIM AND HE COULDN'T BE FOUND! TURNS OUT HE LEFT IT ALL ON THE COURSE THAT DAY AND NOT ONLY EARNED 1ST PLACE AG BUT ALSO SOME WICKED DEHYDRATION. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. SORRY FOR THE PIC OF THE BROKEN ROCKET, JUST SHOWING EVERYONE YOU ARE HUMAN!


CHECK OUT BRANDEN FOR THE FARGO MARATHON WEEK:

​WDAY INTERVIEW
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​INJURIES...WOOF. WHEN YOU MISS OVER A MONTH OF TRAINING DO TO ILLNESS, OR AN IDIOT DOCTOR, ONE IS FORCED TO CRAM. JUST LIKE COLLEGE, CRAMMING USUALLY DOESNT GO WELL. WITH A 70.3 RACE A FEW WEEKS AWAY ALONG WITH GRANDMAS MARATHON IT MAKES FOR AN INTERESTING TRAINING SCHEDULE. MY LONGEST BIKE RIDE WAS 28 MILES, THEN I CRANKED OUT A 56 MILE RIDE ON STEALTH. DOUBLING DISTANCES USUALLY ISN'T THE SMARTEST BUT I HAVE NO OPTIONS AT THIS POINT. TO MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING I SWAM BEFORE THAT BIKE RIDE AND ALSO RAN A 10K AFTERWARDS. SUNDAY WAS MOTHERS DAY AND I WAS JUST LAYING AROUND ON WHAT WAS TO BE A DESIGNED REST DAY. WELL, MY LEGS WERE DRIVING ME NUTS AND I NEEDED TO MOVE. GOING AGAINST WHAT I KNEW AND WHAT KIA SAID, I WENT FOR A 3 MILE RUN AND THEN MONDAY RAN 10 MILES AT RACE PACE.


GUESS WHAT? MY BODY, ESPECIALLY MY LEFT KNEE HATES ME. IT HATES ME SO MUCH IT IS NOW SWOLLEN AND IT FEELS LIKE I'M BEING STABBED. SO NOT ONLY DOES MY BODY HATE ME, MY TRAINER HATES ME TOO! THIS IS A GREAT POSITION TO BE IN 4 DAYS BEFORE THE FARGO MARATHON. THANK GOD I ONLY HAVE TO RUN 13.1 MILES!
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​#FARGO #FARGOMARATHON #RUNNING #MARATHON #TRIBERACING #WATTIEINK
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