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The Lemming Effect...

Sunday, 17 July 2011 03:00

swim startIM CDA: Decompressing With Bonnstetter, Morgan, Sartain & Hoffman

By Darin Wieneke

I recently learned that more than 70 Minnesotans ventured to Idaho on June 26th to compete in Ironman Coeur d'Alene. While Minnesotans generally travel well to Ironman races, 70 participants is an extremely strong representation at a race approximately 1355 miles away. So why did so many Minnesotans travel to Coeur d'Alene? I was not sure, so I checked in with a number of the participants (Katy Bonnstetter, April Morgan, Jeremy Sartain and Laura Hoffman) to see why they decided to make the trek and how their experience went....

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