Hello DuTri Friends, in case you have not heard, we celebrate our Annual Du Tri St. Cloud 2011 Banquet on Sunday, January 15th at Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School (901 1st Street South, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379) from 4-7pm.All are welcome including families and friends. The banquet will be catered so no need to bring anything but your memories and stories of the 2011 season and enthusiasm for the 2012 season.Adam would like to put together a slide show for the event so if you have any photos, please send them to akonczews@gmail.com.
Door Count Half is already 25% full
Door Count Half is already 25% full. I received email from Race Director and Half Iron is already 25%  full despite registration being open only for 2 days. Looks like it will fill out fast.
DuTri 2012 Door County Race
Hello DuTri Members and Friends,
We are planning a trip to Door County Triathlon in Door County, Wisconsin. This should be an awesome race and a great opportunity to spend some time with DuTri members, friends and family. All are welcome.
Registration for 2012 Door County is open.
http://www.doorcountytriathlon.com/registration/
Transfer of the registration fee is allowed; I have seen transfers go fast on triathlon forums, as there is always someone interested in this race.
Accommodations
We narrowed it downed to The Landmark Resort. Thanks to Dawn and John for scouting out the good location for us!
We secured a block of rooms in the same wing of the Charthouse building under “DuTri St. Cloud” at the rates listed below. This is at The Landmark Resort in Egg Harbor (www.thelandmarkresort.com) for the Door County Triathlon July 21-22.  All rooms have a full kitchen and a pullout sleeper sofa in the living room. Most rooms have king beds in the bedrooms and one of the 2 bedroom/2 bath units has twin beds in one of the bedrooms.  There are great commons areas for meals or meetings within the Charthouse building. The Charthouse building is connected to the indoor pool and hot tub and also has an outdoor pool as well. There is also a block of rooms reserved for the Door County Triathlon as well (same rates) so if you are not finding what you want under our block of rooms, you can book under this block as well. There are many different room combinations and multiple buildings on the property so you can choose to stay as close or as far away from the block as you want 
1 King bedroom suites:         $159 per night (Friday and Saturday) $124 per night on Sunday.  Maximum 4 people with 2 in BR and 2 on pullout coach.
2 bedroom/1 bath suites:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $190 per night (Friday and Saturday) $151 per night on Sunday. Maximum 6 people with 4 in BRs and 2 on pullout coach.
2 bedroom/2 bath suites:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $207 per night (Friday and Saturday) $155 per night on Sunday. Maximum 6 people with 4 in BRs and 2 on pullout coach.
3 bedroom/2 bath suites:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â $225 per night (Friday and Saturday) $164 per night on Sunday. Maximum 8 people with 6 in BRs and 2 on pullout coach.
We could fit more people if anyone is interested sharing the room.
The rooms will be released 45 days from the event. The reservations phone number is 1-800-273-7877.
Feel free to forward and share the information with fellow triathletes.
Keep January 15th open! DuTri Gathering!
Greetings All DuTri Athletes,
It is time to bring in the New Year by celebrating the year before. Please keep January 15th, 2012 open to celebrate the continued success of DuTri St. Cloud. Gathering will be held locally here in the St. Cloud area and will include food, fun and laughter. Please stay tuned as an Evite will follow with the event details.
Graniteman Triathlon St Cloud
Had a great question from a local St. Cloud triathlete about the water quality in Lake George. Figured I would pass this along for those interested or concerned. Here is my answer to his question.. “The city of St. Cloud and the park and rec dept. have improved the water quality over the years with increased water fl…ow and shore improvements. It has been safe to swim in for years now, but due to liability reasons, the city ordinance still doesn’t allow swimming in it. However, it has been deemed perfectly safe and clean enough to swim in by the city and the rec dept who oversee the lake. The average depth is 17′ with the deepest spot being somewhere around 35′, so it actually is not the shallow mucky lake that it has been thought of by some for years. I scouted it carefully, did the research on history, and talked with other trusted open water swimmers and I think that it will be a great swim venue!”
Thanks!
Bill Corcoran
Swim Clinic at YMCA
Hello Masters swimmers and Tri-athletes,
As many of you already know, Peter Vanderkaay will be in St Cloud this Thursday for a clinic at the YMCA. Peter is a 2 time Olympian, an Olympic gold medalist, and a front runner for the 2012 Olympic team in the middle distance freestyle events (200 meter, 400 meter, and 1,500 meter events) This is a clinic for all ages and all abilities. In addition to demonstrating drills and technique, Peter and the YMCA coaches will spend time in the pool with swimmers as the swimmers work on drills (the first 2 hours). Peter will give a talk on the preparing for championship events, as well as swimming at the Olympics (the last hour). Finally, there will be a chance for questions and answers (part of the last hour). He will have one of his Olympic Gold medals with him. It’s a pretty cool opportunity to learn from one of the best.
Because of the Heath Partners sponsorship the price of the clinic is now $30 for everyone (members and non-members).
Here is a link to a story that was in the SC Times today – http://www.sctimes.com/article/20111107/NEWS01/111070015/Olympian-train-local-swimmers?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Umbrella
Here is a link to the event registration on the YMCA website – https://ops1.operations.daxko.com/Online/2082/Programs/Search.mvc/sessions?program_id=73513&category_ids=5863
Hope to see you there! Please feel free to forward this email.
Thanks,
Marty M
Free Treadmill
I am an old treadmill and I long for a new home. I am free, all you have to do is take me with your pick-up truck. I incline, I go 10MPH, but I am old and come with no guarantees. Call Mike at 320-267-2194 if you will take me for your next indoor run. Mike M
