By John RittenhouseThe 22nd Minnesota Border to Border Triathlon began on Main Street in Luverne at 6 a.m. Tuesday morning.The 25-team field began a four-day adventure by departing on a one-day bike race that started in front of Luverne’s City Hall and ended in St. Cloud Tuesday.Athletes biked from St. Cloud to Eveleth Wednesday, Aug. 6.Today’s leg of the race features a 50-mile run from Eveleth to Cook.The race wraps up with a 50-mile canoe race on the Vermillion River to Crane Lake Friday.Twenty-six teams were slated to compete in the 2003 version of the event, but the field dipped to 25 teams when a two-person team dropped out of the fold prior to the race.The field consisted of eight four- and eight two-person teams. Nine teams entered the three-person team field.While the race started Tuesday, the teams and their support crews participated in the annual Minnesota Border to Border Parade on Main Street Monday.Pictured on the far right is a member of the "3 Crazy Irishmen" team sitting on top of the team’s support vehicle during the parade.Pictured on the right in a cat suit handing out candy to the crowd is a member of the "Fast Cats On A Slippery Surface" squad, a team that was made up of Sioux Falls area athletes.Pictured on the bottom is the cast and support crew of a three-person team called "Wizard of Odds" during the skit they performed for the parade judges Monday.
