Team USA Minnesota Workout - Episode # 4 : Speakers & Interviews

Team USA Minnesota, founded in 2001, has made a name for itself on the professional running circuit over the past seven years.lsat study guide The distance training center, currently made up of 13 athletes, seeks to increase the caliber of American distance runners as well as develop future Olympians.

Immersed in a community with a rich history of distance greats such as Beardsley, Steve Plasencia, mcat study guideRon Daws, Steve Hoag, Janis Klecker, Bob Kempainen, Buddy Edelen, Cathy Twomey, Garry Bjorklund, and Jan Ettle, Team USA Minnesota looks to carry on the legacy and create their own.
While some may be skeptical of a training group who chooses Minneapolis as its home base, these runners have proven that sleet, snow, ice, and sub-zero temperatures only make them stronger.
Matt Gabrielson, one of the founding members of the team, jokes, “For a month or two you get to train in mft study guideabsolutely perfect conditions here.” He goes on to say, “the changing seasons contribute to us being more well-rounded athletes.”
Gabrielson, recent second-place finisher at October’s national marathon championships, has been training from day one with teammates such as Jason Lehmkuhle, who was eighth in this year’s New York City Marathon as well as Olympian Carrie Tollefson andnaplex study guide 10K and 10,000m national champion Katie McGregor. An influx of new blood in the last year has strengthened the team with the additions of Emily Brown, Michelle Lilienthal, Macharia Yuot and Josh Moen, among others.

Vega is a G. Funny thing though is... My dad is friends with Dennis Barker from highschool, and Antonio is my assistant coach at B-ville. So my dad's friend is the coach of my assistant coach.

I'm so glad to be a part of Augsburg Cross Country and to be able to have Dennis Barker as a coach.

haha, yes i was....you are good.

Madhu....the video inserted in the comment section was the best----no stopping, no reloading---such a smooth running vieo. Can you do this for EVERY Flocasts video? If you can do it once you should be able to do it all the time....RIGHT? Could even appreciate the music more. mark, you did a charming job too! But the byline at top of page gives Ryan's name....I know Ryan is charming too, but wasn't he at a wedding that weekend?

GOOD JOB MARK

VEGA IS MY BOY

another good training video of geb before berlin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqNtLlAToWs

Is Carrie still considered elite?

the coach seems so chill and relax..i like that, i love these post collegiate club wo's

I agree that flotrack coverage is varied and complete. It wasn't a critique, just a comment...I was just curious what the atmosphere of post-collegiate teams of women who don't yet have a shoe deal...looking forward to seeing the Carrie T workout!

Atta kid Josh, keep your head up, your best races are still ahead of you, We're all cheering for ya back in NE Iowa

Can anyone from other countries come over and join these type "teams"? Or is is for americans/americans after college only?

Actually we filmed a Carrie T workout and we will have that up in the coming weeks.

hey, anyone out there in the college search you can learn more about Coach Barker and the Augsburg program here,
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/xcountry/

looking at some of these comments just makes me realize why america is so messed up.

2:20 into the video the kinda, almost get hit by a car.

Hey, I'm not knocking flotrack or coverage of women in general, I'm just dissappointed that they were there and didn't give us of glimpse of the girls.

Hey, "MN" and "MN Women": Flotrack has given much love to women in general (see last season's w.o.w vids, for instance) and to MN women in particular -- they've done great, comprehensive coverage of the Griak, for example, and there're lots of Carrie T. vids, etc. I think they're doing a super job of trying to be everywhere and offer coverage that's complete and varied.

Pissedoff, it is easy to write such hateful garbage anonymously. I assume your family is of western European descent? You're not American! I hope to God you never make an Olympic team! Americans are social constructions, and the "Native Americans" are damn near extinct due to Western Europeans.

give me a break MN Women...they did a womens workout last week, get over yourself.

Team USA Minnesota does have women runners (Katie McGregor, Carrie Tollefson, etc.). I woud like to see you guys highlight them as well.

Macharia Yuot

get him a job, education, or a business....but please don't let him take one of our Olympic spots
you "feel good" people make me sick sometimes!

i definitely like seeing the post-collegiate programs thanks flotrack! maybe you could show some of the clubs with more women runners as well?

ya i can see it

We just want to test if you guys can see this video here, its the same team MN workout but slightly better quality, it would be great if you guys could give us some feedback.

thanks for comin out Mark,
and to add to that, Macharia suffered hypothermia on race day. core temperature after the race was 92degrees. nasty day to run.
any chance you could send out a camisa negra?!

Video by ESPN on Macharia Yuot of Team Minnesota and Workout Wed Episode #4.

That Macharia dude is a lost boy of Sudan. There's a great documentary on him and his life so far somewhere on the internet. I suggest anyone who hasn't seen it should watch it.

Yeah that is pretty pathetic. Sorry about that guys uploading the spell checked version........ Did not have my mom proof read it before I posted.

The conditions at Twin Cities were absolutely terrible.

Yeah, I'll let it slide..I know I am awful speller..

Being a MN guy I can say I am very proud of what Team USA MN has been doing. Great runners and great people working very hard. Thanks for showing this !!

great idea to showcase one of the premier post-collegiate programs. any hope for some of the same for OTC or the McMillan guys in AZ?

Damn Macharia, I've never seen you bearded before ; ).

mark wasn't an english major, we'll give him a break this time ;)

Great video except there are a few misspelled words like dissapointed and finished.

These paths that minneapolis has are fantastic! They are all over the city and are kept clear during those cold minnesota winter.

Gotta love that Carbo Load.. And good luck Old B@!!$ Gabrielson

i thought he changed his name to old balls gabrielson?

old man G heading to Worlds!!!! Congrats buddy, way to rock out!

Nice work Matt, sorry the weather was not better, nice to see you guys getting the "press" you have earned through years of hard work.

Nice work Mark, that was sweet. Old Man Gabrielson was rollin'