tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54063733078807862082024-03-05T15:45:06.897-06:00Run MinnesotaThe Run Minnesota Blog is the online component of<i> Run Minnesota</i>, the Minnesota Distance Running Association's magazine.MDRAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562971010304906188noreply@blogger.comBlogger404125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-84525743479536063552013-08-25T20:33:00.000-05:002013-08-25T20:34:53.083-05:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
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the North Games</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><b>Recap by Pat O'Regan</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><b><br />We haven't posted a blog post in quite some time. Thanks to Pat O'Regan for sharing his Star of the North Games experience from this past June. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Track
and field day of the Star of the North Games was on Saturday, June 29<sup>th</sup>.
This year the event was held on the track and adjacent field of Macalester
College in St. Paul. On a fair day, though with a stiff breeze on the home stretch,
a good turnout of athletes – youth, adult and master – and appreciative fans
came for the meet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Perhaps
my experience of running (the 800 m) in the meet is not unlike what other
master athletes go through when they have trained hard and are determined to do
well. I wake up at five and can’t fall back sleep. After tossing and turning
and two hours, I finally get up. I eat a little breakfast, drink a cup of
strong coffee, pack an athletic bag and set off – driving slowly and grumbling
about putting myself in these situations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ve
done all I can in the way of training, but that “all I can” is less and less as
the years march on. I tested myself on the treadmill on Tuesday. I came up a
little short of a half mile at 10 mph (three minutes), but think the extra day
of rest will make a difference. I want to break three minutes, and determine to
leave nothing inside I can put on the track in the attempt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
meet is in progress when I get to the track. The festive atmosphere lifts my
spirits. Can anyone think physical effort is not good for the state of mind? I
sit in the crowd for an hour, surrounded by cheering fans. They are running the
hurdles; most of the fans seem to know one of the athletes. I spot Carter
Holmes and George LaBelle down on the track and yell a greeting. Enlivened, I
go down to talk to them. The three hours before the 800 m doesn’t seem so long.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Carter,
slowed by a heart attack some years ago, walks with the aid of a walker. He
tells me he’ll be doing the 100, 200 and 400 on the track and throwing the
shot. The man is an inspiration. No longer able to run, he pushes himself
physically all he can. The fire is undiminished. The fans clap and yell
encouragement as he pushes along. Between events, other athletes congratulate
him on the race. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">George
is one of the most accomplished athletes on the planet. Last I heard, he had
over 8,000 awards of all kinds. I watch him run the 100 m. He looks good – for
all his 70-some years. When I catch up to him later, he tells me that he is
still in recovery from a stroke three years ago which partially paralyzed the
left side of his body. In the first months of his recovery, he says, he ran by
hauling his left leg after him in a stiff and awkward running motion. But he
ran. “The pain,” he says, “I get so tired of the pain.” It is the left elbow
and knee, in particular. But he doesn’t limp and, as I say, he looked good in
the 100 m. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I can’t
imagine – and don’t care to think about – the meet when someone tells me that
George LaBelle is no longer competing. It would be like some inexorable force
coming to a stop. No, I can’t see it happening. That evening, George and Tom
Langenfelt are driving to Milwaukee for a meet the next day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I watch
the competition as it continues – a well-run meet, the rolling schedule going
off without a hitch – and lose himself in the performances. The young women,
all legs and little to carry, fly down the track, like gazelles. The young man,
lean and muscular, come out of the blocks with startling acceleration. At all
ages, the competition is stirring. Some of these athletes, one thinks, will be
competing on TV in some major event in a few years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Tom is
a high jumper and one of the best around. Throughout the day, I see him at the
pit. A couple years ago, he told me that he had the world best high jump for
his age category (70ish) four of the previous five years. Apart from the
superlative performances, he certainly looks the part – long, muscular legs
that forgot to age. Below the waist, he’s a college kid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As the
800 m gets nearer, I watch the competition more closely and search out the guys
for chatter to escape from the tension. Several times, I engage Jim Schoffman
in conversation. He’s another ageless wonder, a runner with the long,
thin-legged build of an antelope (and 400 m runner); I feel older and slower
just talking to him for a few minutes. He runs the 100, 200 and 400 that day,
taking the 800 off for a change. Just short of 60, his time in the 400 is 58.8.
He doesn’t seem disappointed, but talks of 57. Watching Jim compete over the
years, I get the impression he passes through years as other people do months. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I run
into Don Dornfeld – as I always do at meets. An outstanding runner, Don has to
be one of the best all-around athletes from the area. Before getting into
running, he was a champion powerlifter (ranked 5<sup>th</sup> in the nation in
the bench press). He is running most of the events on the track, including the
800 m. I hope the other races will tire him for the 800 m, near the end of the
meet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We
assemble to get our lane assignments. I feel sluggish warming up and turn to
the others in my heat for consoling conversation. I always recall at times like
this the interview Carter and I did with Carrie Tollefson a couple years ago.
At one point, she said of a friend and outstanding middle-distance runner, “She
quit. She got tired of the pressure.” We understood her knowing look. Olympians
would know something about pressure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Hey,
Pat,” Jim says to me, as I pass by him, heading for the rest room. “I’ll give
you your split time at the lap.” I thank him – thinking, “as if I’m going to
adjust my pace.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I hit
the first lap on schedule (about 1:30), but after that the race becomes a
matter of survival. I finish in about 3:17, just ahead of Don. So I can tell
people that I beat a guy who beat Bill Rodgers in a 10 k race a couple years
ago. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hints
of mortality. Some eight years ago, I ran the 800 m in 2:37. At least in terms
of effort, my training is the same. It is the ineluctable encroachments of age
– a stiffening of the lungs – one cannot get rid of the old air as readily –
and, mostly, a growing deficit of testosterone (male and female). Recovery is
the name of the game. Following a single, hard workout, I am reduced to a slow
jog or easy bike ride for three days. How can one improve when one cannot train
enough to get better? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But I
love the running. And the Star of the North Games is a terrific meet. I’ll try
to age gracefully. But look at these guys – George, Tom, Don, Carter and Jim –
do you call that aging gracefully? Aging with a passion, I should say.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><strong>July 4</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Bronco 5K – International Falls <a href="http://www.northlandrunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4322"><span style="color: purple;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Dragin’ Tail 5M – Lake Nebagamon, WI <a href="http://www.northlandrunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4500"><span style="color: purple;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">YMCA Sidewalk Shuffle 5K – Duluth <a href="http://www.northlandrunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4235"><span style="color: purple;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><strong>July 13</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Catfish Festival Twilight 5K – Floodwood <a href="http://www.northlandrunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4774"><span style="color: purple;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Bay to Bay 10K – Silver Bay <a href="http://www.northlandrunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4325"><span style="color: purple;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Andover 5K – Andover <a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=5082"><span style="color: purple;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Clover Cruise 5K – Little Fork <a href="http://www.northlandrunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=5234"><span style="color: purple;">5K RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Clover Cruise 10K – Little Fork <a href="http://www.northlandrunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=5233"><span style="color: purple;">10K RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><strong>July 18</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Torchlight 5K – Minneapolis <a href="http://results.bazumedia.com/event/results/event/event-820">RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">River Run 8K – Hastings <a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/hastingrs2012.pdf">RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Rails to Trails 5K – Watertown <a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/RailToTrials2012Results.pdf">RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Park Point 5M – Duluth <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/934">RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Scheels Run 5K – St. Cloud <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/921">RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">River Lake Days 5K – Richmond <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/947">RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Log Run 10M – Stillwater <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/950">10M RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Log Run 5K – Stillwater <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/951">5K RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Find the Balance 5K – New Ulm <a href="https://www.onestoprace.com/results/default.aspx?event=13810&r=3196">RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Tator Days 5K – Eagle Lake <a href="https://www.onestoprace.com/results/default.aspx?event=13809&r=3198">RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Holy Moly 5K – Alexandria <a href="http://www.raceplacechiptiming.com/uploads/HMO3-ResultsReport.pdf">RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Run for Snow 5K – Grand Rapids <a href="http://www.northlandrunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=5224"><span style="color: purple;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Bay Days 5K & 10K – Ashland, WI <a href="http://itiming.com/searchable/index.php?results=baydaysfunrun12"><span style="color: purple;">5K & 10K RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Run for Gold 4M – Rosemount <a href="http://wayzatatiming.com/roadraces/2012/RosemountRunfortheGold/4mile.htm"><span style="color: purple;">4M RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Run for Gold 1M – Rosemount </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://wayzatatiming.com/roadraces/2012/RosemountRunfortheGold/1mile.htm"><span style="color: purple;">1M RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Highland Festival 5K – St. Paul <a href="http://wayzatatiming.com/roadraces/2012/HighlandFestival/Results.htm"><span style="color: purple;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Tri for a Cause – Crosby <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/945">RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Paul Bunyan Long Course Tri – Bemidji <a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pblongtriresults2012.txt">LONG COURSE RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Paul Bunyan Short Course Tri – Bemidji <a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pbshorttriresults2012.txt">SHORT COURSE RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">River Days Tri – Chaska <a href="http://www.pigmantri.com/jmsracing/results12/crcdtri12b.html">RESULTS</a></span></div>
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Buzz Ryan Tri – Duluth <a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/buzzryantriresults2012.txt"><span style="color: purple;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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Bay Days Sprint Tri – Ashland, WI <a href="http://itiming.com/searchable/index.php?results=baydayssprinttri2012"><span style="color: purple;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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Chisago Sprint and Half IM Tri – Chisago <a href="http://itiming.com/searchable/index.php?results=chisago12"><span style="color: purple;">SPRINT & HALF IM RESULTS</span></a></div>
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Chisago Kids’ Tri – Chisago <a href="http://www.itiming.com/raceresults/880-Kids%20Results%20Chisago%202012%20age%20group.pdf"><span style="color: purple;">KIDS' RESULTS</span></a></div>
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Door County Half IM Tri – Door County, WI <a href="http://itiming.com/searchable/index.php?results=dcthalf2012"><span style="color: purple;">HALF IM RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">July 4th</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Vermilion 4th of July 10K – Tower <a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=5018">RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Firecracker 5K – Baudette <a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4686">RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">July 6th</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Heritage Days 5K – Two Harbors <a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=5098">RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">July 7th</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Saint Urho 5K - Menahga <a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4946">5K RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Saint Urho 10K- Menahga <a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4945">10K RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">July 11th</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Endless Summer 10K – Murphy Hanrehan Park <a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/endlesssummerreultsmurphy2.txt">RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">July 13th </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Freaky Friday 5K – Gibbon <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/freakyfriday5k.html">RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Raspberry Run 5M and 1M – Hopkins <a href="http://results.bazumedia.com/event/results/event/event-1111"><span style="color: purple;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">ACMC-RAH Kids’ 800m – Redwood Falls <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/acmcrah800.html">KIDS' RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">ACMC-RAH Kids’ 5K – Redwood Falls <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/acmcrah5k.html">5K RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Whiz Bang 5K – Robbinsdale <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/whizbang5k.html">5K RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Whiz Bank 10K – Robbinsdale <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/whizbang10k.html">10K RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">River Falls Days 2M – River Falls, WI <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/riverfalls2mile.html">2M RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">River Falls Days 10K – River Falls, WI <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/riverfalls10k.html">10K RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">River Run 5K – Madelia <a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/madrs2012.pdf">RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Women of Today Retro Run 5K - Burnsville <a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/retrors12.pdf">RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">River Fest 5K – Monticello <a href="http://www.myvira.com/results/fitness_events/results.asp?event_id=205"><span style="color: purple;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Willow River 5K – New Richmond, WI <a href="http://www.nrrunclub.com/undefined/2012%20Willow%20River%20Run%205K%20Results.pdf">5K RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Willow River 10K – New Richmond, WI <a href="http://www.nrrunclub.com/undefined/2012%20Willow%20River%20Run%2010K%20Results.pdf">10K RESULTS</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Red Ore 10K – Hibbing <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/938">10K RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Red Ore Youth Half Mile – Hibbing <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/939">KIDS' RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Lifetime Fitness Tri – Minneapolis <a href="http://www.peaktiming.com/2012LTF/">RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt;">Rice Lake Youth Tri – Rice Lake, WI <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/920">KIDS' RESULTS</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-12700720669703342642012-07-11T17:58:00.002-05:002012-07-11T17:58:22.594-05:00Track Trials - Final Thoughts<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you’ve been following along lately, you know that I just got back from the Olympic Trials for Track & Field in Eugene, Oregon – or as I like to call it, the greatest sporting event I’ve ever been to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can honestly say that, even though I only attended the second half of the meet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, even though I missed the Decathlon World Record, the 100m tie, the 10,000m, the 800m, and the women’s triple jump, where <a href="http://runningminnesota.blogspot.com/2011/08/amanda-smock.html">Amanda Smock</a> became Minnesota’s only Olympian (not counting Kara Goucher), I still had a tremendous time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather than recap all the events I saw, I thought I’d share some of the highlights from my trip that occurred away from the track – at least for the most part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>June 28<sup>th</sup></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I woke up at 4 AM in order to catch my plane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is going to be a long day!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m no sooner off the plane in Portland when I spot my first Olympian, American Record Holder in the Pole Vault, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenn_Suhr">Jenn Suhr</a>, formerly Stuczynski.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had already punched her ticket to London and was on her way home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve been to Hayward Field one other time, during my honeymoon, 14 years ago to the week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The site of it again makes me think that this is what Lambeau must look like to Packer fans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first events on the track that afternoon are the qualifying heats of the men’s and women’s 1500m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I’m sitting with my buddy Paul Mullen, NBC announcer <a href="http://atoboldon.com/">Ato Boldon</a> appears in the stands right next to us and starts telling us the story behind these glasses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A few minutes later, Oregon’s legendary coach, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dellinger">Bill Dellinger</a>, takes a sit about 20 feet away from us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">During the very first race, I get my first taste of how “into it” the Hayward Field crowd can get.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the runners approach, the nearby crowd begins to clap rhythmically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This clapping leads the runners around the entire stadium, sort of like “doing the wave” at a football game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They do the same for athletes competing in the field events.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>June 29<sup>th</sup></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since the main events that I wanted to watch didn’t start until the mid-afternoon, I was able to meet up with <a href="http://runningminnesota.blogspot.com/2007/07/bruce-mortenson.html">Bruce Mortenson</a> for an 11 mile run along the Ridgeline Trail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’re not familiar with Bruce, he ran at the University of Oregon in the mid-60s and was even the National Champion in the Steeplechase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you can imagine, running around his old stomping grounds was an absolute treat for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I realized that my media pass allowed me to stand very close to the track – just passed the finish line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I’m standing there today, I witnessed the emotion between a coach and athlete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the women’s shot putters, Tia Brooks, placed 3<sup>rd</sup> and she came over to hug her coach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know anything about the shot put, but witnessing first-hand the sheer joy between a coach and athlete was pretty cool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The evening included dinner at <a href="http://www.kingestate.com/">King Estate Winery</a> with Bruce Mortenson, his wife and about 15 other track fans – including two guys that used to run at Oregon too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Listening them wax nostalgic was a great experience – especially when you consider that these guys knew legendary Steve “Pre” Prefontaine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s more than just some running legend to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a friend and teammate and his death touched them much differently than the rest of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Night #2 concluded with a brief stop at what seemed to be the most popular bar around, the Wild Duck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The highlight there was meeting <a href="http://www.runnerspace.com/SchererSpeed">Matt Scherer</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You probably don’t recognize the name, but if you watch any track meet that has a rabbit/pace setter, you’ll probably recognize Matt’s hulking frame (at least compared to the runners he’s pacing).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He currently makes his living by rabbitting track races.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>June 30<sup>th</sup></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Even though I’m on “vacation”, my training doesn’t stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m training for TCM and I have to get in a long run, so I head to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre's_Trail">Pre's Trail</a> for an 18 miler on a beautiful woodchip trail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of my favorite events of the trip surprised even me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the women’s high jump.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were a ton of different storylines, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Acuff">Amy Acuff</a> making her 5<sup>th</sup> Olympic Team at age 36, the University of Arizona’s Brigetta Barrett PRing twice in one meet and breaking Acuff’s collegiate record, and high schooler Gabrielle Williams setting a new high school record, clearing 6-2 1/4 and placing 5<sup>th</sup> – as a sophomore! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The evening began at Max’s with a college buddy, <a href="http://joeuhan.blogspot.com/">Joe Uhan</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He placed 9<sup>th</sup> at the Western States 100 mile race the week before, so it was cool to hear all about his experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I followed up Max’s with another trip to the Wild Duck where I was introduced to 2000 Olympian Nick Rogers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He talked about how his coach, Bill Dellinger, had a stroke between the time he qualified for the Olympics and when the Games were held.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He basically said he lost his coach and would have given up his Olympics to have him healthy again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>July 1<sup>st</sup> </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My last day in Eugene started with another run with Bruce Mortenson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along with <a href="http://tcrunningco.com/">TC Running Company</a> owner, Adam Lindahl and store manager, Kurt Decker, we headed up to Pre’s Rock – the site of the car accident that killed him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of the clutch performances of the meet came in the women’s javelin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Entering the final round, Brittany Borman was in third place, however, she did not have the A-standard so she wouldn’t be going to London unless she improved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She “simply” threw a PR by over 6 feet, earned the A-Standard and placed first in the meet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The coolest thing of all (at least for me) is that I was standing by her coach afterwards – the same guy who coached the shot putter I mentioned above.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After the meet I was hanging around the media tent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I poked my head outside and found the men’s 1500m team standing about 5 feet way, so I snapped a bunch of photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not wanting the meet to end, I hung around as long as I could before packing and heading out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On my way out of town I stopped at Track Town Pizza where I bumped into fellow Minnesotans Erin Ward and Angie Voight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We proceeded to share stories from the meet – and we began planning for 2016 already.</span></div>
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Thanks again to MDRA for this amazing opportunity!</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-52325040369513888412012-07-09T12:33:00.004-05:002012-07-10T12:16:48.980-05:00Weekend Results - July 7th - 8th<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><strong><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">July 4th</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Firecracker 5K - Excelsior </span><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/firecrackermen.html"><span style="font-family: inherit;">MEN'S RESULTS</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/firecrackerwomen.html"><span style="font-family: inherit;">WOMEN'S RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Lakes 8K – Blaine </span><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/thelakes8k.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Janet Gensler Memorial 4M – Ely </span><a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4519"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Firecracker 5K - Nisswa </span><a href="http://onestoprace.com/results/default.aspx?event=13329&r=3098"><span style="font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4<sup>th</sup> of July 5K – Delano </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/889"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4<sup>th</sup> of July 5K Wheelchair – Delano </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/890"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">WHEELCHAIR RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">City on the Bay 10K – Walker </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/894"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Freedom Days 5M – Apple Valley </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/895"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">5M RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Freedom Days 2M – Apple Valley </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/896"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">2M RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Firecracker Run 5K – Menomonie, WI </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/897"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">5K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Firecracker Run 1M – Menomonie, WI </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/898"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">1M RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Langford Races 4M – St. Paul </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/900"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">4M RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Langford Races 2M – St. Paul </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/901"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">2M RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Independence Day 10K – Lake Harriett </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/902"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">10K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Independence Day 5K – Lake Harriett </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/903"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">5K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April Sorenson Half Marathon – Albert Lea </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/905"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">INDIVIDUAL RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April Sorenson Half Marathon Relay – Albert Lea </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/906"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RELAY RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Watercade Lake Ripley 4M – Litchfield </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/907"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">4M RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Watercade Lake Ripley 1M – Litchfield </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/908"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">1M RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">July 7<sup>th</sup> – 8<sup>th</sup></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Afton Trail 25K – Afton </span><a href="http://www.aftontrailrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/aftontrail25kresults2012Prelim7-7-12.txt"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">25K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Afton Trail 50K – Afton </span><a href="http://www.aftontrailrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/aftontrail50kresults2012Prelim7-7-12.txt"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">50K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Grandpa’s Run for the Walleye 5K – Cross Lake </span><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/909"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lindstrom Loppet 5K – Lindstrom </span><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/910"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pan-O-Prog 4M – Lakeville </span><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=26157#racetop"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">4M RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pan-O-Prog 1M – Lakeville </span><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=26158#racetop"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">1M RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Challenge Diabetes 5K – St. Paul </span><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=26159"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lakewood Hills 5K – White Bear Lake </span><a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lakewoodhills5kresults4.txt"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Search Harbor House Crisis Shelters 5K – Superior, WI </span><a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4794"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><strong>UPDATED RACES</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April Sorenson Half Marathon – Albert Lea </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/905"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">INDIVIDUAL RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April Sorenson Half Marathon Relay – Albert Lea </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/906"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RELAY RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Watercade Lake Ripley 4M – Litchfield </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/907"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">4M RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Watercade Lake Ripley 1M – Litchfield </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/908"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">1M RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">Multisport</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Elysian Tri – Elysian </span><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/event/view_event.php?event_id=8294"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Funfest Short Tri – Balaton </span><a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/balatontrishortresults2012.txt"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">SHORT COURSE RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Funfest Sprint Tri – Balaton </span><a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/balatontrisprintresults2012.txt"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">SPRINT COURSE RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">July 1st</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Green Lake 12M – Spicer </span><a href="http://mtecresults.com/race/show/885"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">RESULTS</span></a></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-60182263746093446592012-07-06T14:36:00.001-05:002012-07-06T14:36:03.660-05:00Weekend Race Results - June 30, July 1 & July 4<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here are the most recent results I could find online. Some of them are from two weeks ago, but most are from last weekend. I've also include some of the July 4th races that have posted their results. Those that have posted their results yet will be included next week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Morgan Park 5K – Duluth </span><a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4716"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fill Their Plate 5K - Minneapolis </span><a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4605"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">5K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fill Their Plate 10K - Minneapolis </span><a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4604"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">10K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hat Daze 5K – Canby </span><a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4620"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">5K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hat Daze 1M – Canby </span><a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4621"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">1M RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Renegade 5K – Cambridge </span><a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4684"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tutto Bene 10K – Bemidji </span><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/tuttobene10k.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cabin Coffeehouse 2M – Bemidji </span><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/tuttobene2mile.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Komen Race for the Cure 5K – Brainerd – </span><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/brainerdcuremen.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">MEN'S RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Komen Race for the Cure 5K – Brainerd – </span><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/brainerdcurewomen.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">WOMEN'S RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Music in Plymouth 5K – Plymouth </span><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/musicplymouth5k.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Can-Am Games 5K – St. Cloud </span><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/855"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Can-Am Games TCA 5K – St. Cloud </span><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/856"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Can-Am Games 21K – St. Cloud </span><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/857"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Time to Fly 10K – St. Paul </span><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_plain_text.php?race_id=24205"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">10K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Time to Fly 5K – St. Paul </span><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_plain_text.php?race_id=24204"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">5K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Moonlight 5K – Maplewood </span><a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/moonlight5kresults20121.txt"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Run Like the Dickens 5K – New Market </span><a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/runlikethedickensresults2012.txt"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>JULY 4th<sup> </sup>RACES</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Freedom Run 8K – St. Peter </span><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/freedomfun8k.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">8K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Freedom Run 5K – St. Peter </span><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/freedomfun5k.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">5K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Red, White, and Boom 5M – Minneapolis </span><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/891"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">City on the Bay 10K – Walker </span><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/894"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">4<sup>th</sup> of July 10K – Red Wing </span><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_plain_text.php?race_id=26174"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">10K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">4<sup>th</sup> of July 5K – Red Wing </span><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_plain_text.php?race_id=26175"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">5K RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Free to Run 4M – St. Paul </span><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=26156"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sawdust 5K RUN – Cloquet </span><a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/sawdustrs2012.pdf"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RUN RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sawdust 5K WALK – Cloquet </span><a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/Sawdustwkrs12.pdf"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">WALK RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Independence 5K – Duluth </span><a href="http://www.minnesotarunner.com/run?page=RaceResults&listingId=4511"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Multispor</strong>t</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Du at the Dam – Coon Rapids </span><a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/duatdamresults20121.txt"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sanford Kids’ Tri – Jackson </span><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/884"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">North Mankato Tri – North Mankato </span><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/event/view_event.php?event_id=8275"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Average Jo Tri – Perham </span><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/event/view_event.php?event_id=8876"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">RESULTS</span></a></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Women's 1500m semi-final with Minnesota's Heather Kampf and Gabe Anderson just behind Oregon's Jordan Hasay.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gabe Anderson in hip #8 with Heather Kampf right behind her.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gabe Anderson in the media tent after qualifying for the finals.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Minnetonka's Will Leer, leading the men's 1500m final early in the race.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winona's Garrett Heath in the black and red top.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another shot of G. Heath.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">G. Heath near the front with 2 laps to go.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Unfortunately, this is my only shot during the men's 5,000m. U of M's Hassan Mead is in the middle of the photo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Team USA Minnesota's Jamie Cheever on the jumbotron.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheever in mid-air over a barrier, on her way to 12th place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">The view into Nike's Camp Victory.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No trip to Eugene is complete without visiting Track Town Pizza.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the many inspirational Nike "posters" created for the event.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic Hayward Field!</td></tr>
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Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-65996948884211471912012-06-25T16:55:00.000-05:002012-06-25T16:55:37.584-05:00Weekend Results - June 23rd - 24th<span style="font-family: inherit;">William O’Brien 10M Trail Run – William O’Brien State Park <a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wiilliamobrienresults2012.txt">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Foley Fun Days 5K – Foley <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/838">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Heights Hustle 5K - Columbia Heights <a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/ColumbiaHeightsHustle2012Reults.pdf">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Heart Beat 5K – Minneapolis <a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/Heartbeat500020125kres.pdf">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Get Your Rear In Gear 5K – Rochester <a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/gyrigrockrs2012.pdf">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Circle of Life 5K – Red Wing <span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_plain_text.php?race_id=25986"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5K RESULTS</span></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Circle of Life 10K - Red Wing <a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_plain_text.php?race_id=25985">10K RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Summer Festival 8K – Minnetonka <a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=25972">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Summerfest 5K – Oakdale <a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=25995">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Foot Lake 4M – Willmar <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/845">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Run for the Roses 5K - Roseville <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/833">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tanner’s Team Run 5K – Sauk Rapids <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/839">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dan Patch 1M - Savage <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/871">1M RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dan Patch 5K – Savage <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/872">5K RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Running Wild 7K Trail Run – Maplewood State Park <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/859">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Midnight Sun Midnight Run 5K - Duluth <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/844">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">River Rat 5K – Little Falls <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/riverrat5k.html">RESULTS</a></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yellowstone Trail 5K – Roberts, WI <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/yellowstone5k.html">5K RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yellowstone Trail 8M – Roberts, WI <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/yellowstone8mile.html">8M RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yellowstone Trail double-header – Roberts, WI <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/yellowstonesc.html">DOUBLE-HEADER RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">St. Clair Days 5K – St. Clair <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/StClairDays5K.html">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fairfax 5K – Fairfax <a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/fairfax5k.html">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lake Waconia Tri – Waconia <a href="http://www.pigmantri.com/jmsracing/results12/wac12b.html">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">UCare Tri-Loppet – Minneapolis <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/862">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Croixathlon – Hudson, WI <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/873">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Graniteman Triathlon – St. Cloud <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/846">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Graniteman Kids – St. Cloud <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/851">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Can-Am Games Biathlon –St. Cloud <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/853">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Can-Am Games Triathlon –St. Cloud <a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/850">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My First Tri – Hudson, WI <a href="http://raceplacechiptiming.com/uploads/MFT-FinishReport1.pdf">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Black Hills 50M - Sturgis, SD <a href="http://ultrasignup.com/results_event.aspx?did=14094">50M RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
Black Hills 100K - Sturgis, SD <a href="http://ultrasignup.com/results_event.aspx?did=14093">100K RESULTS</a><br />
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Black Hills 100M - Sturgis, SD <a href="http://ultrasignup.com/results_event.aspx?did=14092">100M RESULTS</a><br />
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Western Statess 100M - Squaw Valley, CA <a href="http://www.ultralive.net/ws100/webcast.php">RESULTS</a>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-5821297988949166692012-06-25T13:42:00.000-05:002012-06-25T13:42:48.270-05:00Olympic Trials - Big Day for Minnesotans<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s a huge day in Eugene for Minnesotans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The women’s 3,000m Steeplechase kicks things off at 6:50 CDT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.teamusaminnesota.org/">Team USA Minnesota’s</a> <a href="http://www.teamusaminnesota.org/index.php/athletes/137-jamie-cheever">Jamie Cheever</a> will be one of 24 athletes in one of the qualifying heats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The former Gopher’s qualifying time of 9:52.15 gives her the 13<sup>th</sup> best qualifying time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The men will run at 7:25 CDT with Justin Tyner representing the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His 8:33.98 is the 18<sup>th</sup> fastest qualifying time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Olympic Games A-standards are 9:43.0 and 8:23.1 for women and men, respectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So Cheever and Tyner will both need to shave roughly 10 seconds from their current times, in addition to finishing in the top-3, in order to move on to London.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At 8:05 CDT the women’s 5,000m qualifying heat will be held.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, there aren’t any Minnesotan’s in the field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Similarly to the 10,000m, Team USA Minnesota’s <a href="http://www.teamusaminnesota.org/index.php/meghan-armstrong">Meghan Peyton</a> missed qualifying for the meet by a handful of seconds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The men will toe the line in the 5,000m at 9:00 CDT and the qualifying heats will feature two Minnesotan’s, Elliott Heath and Hassan Mead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heath owns the 9<sup>th</sup> fastest qualifying time of 13:26.14, while Mead is seeded 19<sup>th</sup> with a 13:33.42.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mead is coming off his 11<sup>th</sup> place finish in the 10,000m where he set a school record for the U of M, running 27:59.04.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tonight will also be the finals for the 800m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only <a href="http://www.teamusaminnesota.org/index.php/heather-dorniden">Heather Kampf</a> is still alive, having survived the first two rounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a reminder, she’ll need to run 1:59.9 or better and finish in the top-3 in order to punch her ticket to London.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I haven’t mentioned any field events yet, but it should be noted that the women’s Triple Jump and men’s High Jump teams will both be determined tonight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amanda Smock (formerly Thieschafer) is currently in the lead after the preliminary jumps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It currently looks like none of the women will achieve the Olympic Games A-standard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If that is indeed the case, only 1 athlete with the B-standard will be sent to London.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Smock can maintain her lead, she’ll become an Olympian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a recent </span></span><a href="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/364054/"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">article</span></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> on the Melrose native.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the high jump, former Minnesota State – Mankato athlete, Jim Dilling is one of thirteen athletes that made it through the preliminaries. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ten of those jumpers leapt 7-1 ¾ or 2.18m, including Dilling .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The former U.S. champ was one of three people to not have a miss in the prelims.<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally, I’ve been meaning to provide links to Track & Field News’ form charts, which rank the top-10 athletes by position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are the </span><a href="http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/special-articles/1143"><span style="font-family: inherit;">men's</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/special-articles/1144"><span style="font-family: inherit;">women's</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> charts.</span><br />
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After today's events, there will be two rest days before the meet resumes on Thursday, July, 28th.Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-42949804874427336232012-06-22T11:34:00.003-05:002012-06-22T11:38:38.554-05:00Olympic Trials - 10,000m preview<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Just a quick follow up to yesterday’s post regarding the 800m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be 4 heats and the top-3 in each heat will advance to the semi-finals, along with the next 4 fastest times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The women will run first, starting at 7:00 PM Central Daylight Time (5:00 PM Pacific).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heather Kampf will be in heat 3 and </span><span style="color: #333333;">Laura Januszewski will be in heat 4. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The men are scheduled to run at 7:20 PM CDT with David Pachuta in heat 1 and Harun Abda in heat 4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To learn more about the favorites, you can read letsrun.com</span><span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: ""Georgia Serif""; mso-hansi-font-family: ""Georgia Serif"";">’</span><span style="color: #333333;">s preview of the </span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.letsrun.com/2012/symmonds-0623.php"><span style="color: purple;">men</span></a> and <a href="http://www.letsrun.com/2012/montano-0621.php"><span style="color: purple;">women</span></a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unlike the 800m, which has three rounds, the 10,000m is “one and done”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The men’s finals will be run tonight at 8:45 PM CDT, followed by the women’s finals at 9:20 PM CDT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Golden Gopher Hassan Mead qualified with the 17<sup>th</sup> fastest time (28:12.74).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to finishing in the top-3, he’ll need to run better than 27:45 to achieve the Olympic Games A-standard, if he hopes to make the team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://downthebackstretch.blogspot.com/index.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Down the Backstretch</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> recently posted </span><a href="http://downthebackstretch.blogspot.com/2012/06/hassan-mead-takes-run-at-10k.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">this article</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> on Mead. </span><a href="http://www.teamusaminnesota.org/"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Team USA Minnesota’s</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="http://www.teamusaminnesota.org/index.php/athletes/186-jon-grey"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Jon Grey</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> qualified for the meet provisionally, however, his 28:26.44 missed making the finals by just over 6 seconds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Letsrun.com’s preview can be found </span><a href="http://www.letsrun.com/2012/rupp-0620.php"><span style="font-family: inherit;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Looking at the women’s 10,000m, I figured that<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> everyone</i> must know </span><a href="http://www.teamusaminnesota.org/index.php/katie-mcgregor"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Katie McGregor's</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But her Olympic Trials story spans more than 8 years, so it’s possible that people aren’t aware of her two previous attempts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In both 2004 and 2008, McGregor placed 4<sup>th</sup> at the Trials, thus narrowly missing trips to Athens and Beijing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2008 she was one of three runners with the A-standard for the Games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Assuming no one else achieved the A-standard during the race, McGregor would make the team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, on a hot, humid night in Eugene, Amy Yoder-Begley used a vicious kick, running the last 400m in 67.6 seconds to get under the A-standard by just 1.4 seconds.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Flash forward four years and McGregor finds herself in Yoder-Begley’s shoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only three runners in the field have the A-standard (</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Amy Hastings, Janet Cherobon-Bawcom and Lisa Uhl).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Technically, four runners have the A-standard if you include Shalane Flanagan, but she's already stated that she’s running the 10,000m as part of her training for the marathon in London.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, she’ll give up her spot if she makes the team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means the McGregor (or anyone else in the field) must be in the top-3 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and </i>break 31:45</span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> tonight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She ran 32:37.83 for the 16<sup>th</sup> fastest qualifying time, so she has her work cut out for her.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Like Grey, mentioned above, three women with Minnesota ties (</span><a href="http://www.teamusaminnesota.org/index.php/meghan-armstrong"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Meghan Peyton</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, Dani Stack, and Anne Bersagel) qualified provisionally for the meet, but did not meet the cutoff needed for the finals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">McGregor recently had articles written about her on </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/katie-mcgregor-heads-back-to-the-olympic-qualifiers-for-the-fourth-time"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">examiner.com</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="http://www.twincities.com/ci_20827756/katie-mcgregor-ready-another-shot-at-making-u"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">twincities.com</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And you</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> can find letsrun.com’s preview </span><a href="http://www.letsrun.com/2012/flanagan-0620.php"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> as well. </span></span></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-53480390099435261072012-06-21T14:55:00.001-05:002012-06-21T14:55:42.689-05:00Olympic Trials - 800m preview<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, the 2012 Olympic Trials – Track & Field are officially underway with the men’s and women’s hammer throw taking place today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Running events begin tomorrow and will include the first round of the 800m for both men and women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tomorrow evening will close with the 10,000m finals for both men and women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A complete schedule of events can be found </span><a href="http://tracktown12.gotracktownusa.com/olympic-trials-schedule/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">HERE.</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As promised, I’ll be previewing the distance events that have Minnesotans competing in them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s start with the 800m prelims.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After everyone with either an A or B trials qualifying standard declared their intentions to enter the meet, the meet officials narrowed each field, men’s and women’s, to 32 athletes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those athletes declared eligible for the 800m can be found </span><a href="http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/entry/status.asp"><span style="font-family: inherit;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Included on the list are four Minnesotans, Heather Kampf (formerly Dorniden), </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: ""Georgia Serif"", "serif";">Laura Januszewski (formerly Hermanson), David Pachuta, and Harun Abda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kampf is a former Gopher that currently trains with <a href="http://www.teamusaminnesota.org/"><span style="color: purple;">Team USA Minnesota</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She currently has the 9<sup>th</sup> fastest qualifying time of 2:00.41.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right behind her is Januszewski with her 10<sup>th</sup> place qualifying time, 2:01.05.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the men</span><span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: ""Georgia Serif""; mso-hansi-font-family: ""Georgia Serif"";">’</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: ""Georgia Serif"", "serif";">s side, current Gopher teammates, Pachuta and Abda rank 20<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> with nearly identical times, 1:46.62 and 1:46.65, respectively.</span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After tomorrow’s preliminary round, the field will be narrowed to 16 runners for the semi-finals, which will be run on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there the field will be narrowed to 8 runners for Monday's finals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the runners to make the Olympics, not only will they have to finish in the top-3 of their event, but they’ll also need to achieve an Olympic Games A-standard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the gals, that’s 1:59.9, while the guys must run 1:45.6.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As you can imagine, these athletes are receiving a lot of press lately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recently interviewed </span><a href="http://runningminnesota.blogspot.com/2012/06/heather-kampf.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Kampf</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, as well as </span><a href="http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/061812aaa.html"><span style="font-family: inherit;">gophersports.com</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Inforum wrote a piece on </span><a href="http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/364662/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Januszewski</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and Minnesota Daily covered Abda’s </span><a href="http://www.mndaily.com/2012/06/20/abda-pins-family%E2%80%99s-american-dream-olympic-trials"><span style="font-family: inherit;">American dream</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-75276670348391552562012-06-18T11:56:00.001-05:002012-06-18T11:56:10.167-05:00Weekend Results - June 16th and 17th<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wow, lots of races last weekend! Here's a recap of the results.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">USA Half Marathon Championship - Duluth - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/795">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Grandma’s Marathon – Duluth - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/734">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon - Duluth - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/735">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">William A. Irvin 5K – Duluth - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/827">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Manitou Days 5K – White Bear Lake - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/manitoudays5kresults20122.txt">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dew Run 4M – Farmington - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=25743#racetop">4M RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dew Run 1M - Farmington - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=25744#racetop">1M RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Greenway’s Gridiron Gallop 5K – Lake Nokomis - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/Vikingrs2012.pdf">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Spud Run 5K – Brooklyn Park - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_plain_text.php?race_id=25830">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Father’s Day 5K – St. Paul - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=25745#racetop">WILL BE HERE</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Flag Day 5K – Ramsey - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/flagday5kresults12.txt">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Race Worth Winning 5K – Cleary Lake - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/alsrs2012.pdf">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kids Against Hunger 10K – Lake Calhoun - <span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/kah10rs2012.pdf">10K RESULTS</a> - First place was a woman in 29:36???</span></span></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kids Against Hunger 5K – Lake Calhoun - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/kah5krs2012.pdf">5K RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Notes for Cliff 5K – Fort Snelling - <span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/NFCrs12.pdf">RESULTS</a> - </span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Winner ran 11:19???</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Victory Run 5K – Spicer - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/832">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We Gotta Run 5K – Bird Island - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/quickResults?raceid=831&overall=yes">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Spunktacular Days 5K - Avon - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/avon5k.html">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Haydaze 8K – Janesville - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/haydaze8k.html">8K RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Haydaze 5K – Janesville - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.raceberryjam.com/2012/haydaze5k.html">5K RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lake Minnetonka Tri - Excelsior - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.mtecresults.com/race/quickResults?raceid=836&overall=yes">RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rochesterfest Sprint Triathlon – Rochester - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=24112#racetop">SPRINT RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rochesterfest Olympic Triathlon – Rochester - </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://onlineraceresults.com/race/view_race.php?race_id=24113#racetop">OLYMPIC RESULTS</a></span></span></div>
</div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-26081121288649080672012-06-13T13:01:00.001-05:002012-06-13T13:02:36.573-05:00Olympic Games Standards<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Last week I went over the standards need to qualify for the </span><span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field. They can be found <a href="http://tracktown12.gotracktownusa.com/qualifying-standards/"><span style="color: purple;">HERE</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Similar to the Trials,</span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> the Olympic Games have their own set of qualifying standards, which are even stricter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here’s a look at the different Olympic Games standards for men and women in the distance running events;</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">800m – 1:45.6</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1500m – 3:35.5</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5000m – 13:20.0</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10,000m – 27:45.0</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><u>Men’s Olympic Games B-standards</u></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Steeplechase – 8:32.0</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10,000m – 32:10.0</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Steeplechase – 9:48.0</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A complete listing of qualifying standards for all of the events can be found </span><a href="http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicGames/entry/qualifyingStandards.asp"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As you’re probably aware, the U.S. typically has 3 athletes in each event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is allowed only when each of those athletes has achieved the Olympic A-standard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s even possible for an athlete to finish outside of the top-3 at the Trials and still make the Olympics because they have an A-standard, while one of the runners in front of them at the Trials does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This scenario nearly played out at the 2008 Trials for Minnesotan Katie McGregor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Going into the meet, she had the A-standard, along with Kara Goucher and Shalane Flanagan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the 10,000m progressed, McGregor fell into 4<sup>th</sup> place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To make the team, she simply needed Amy Yoder Begley to run slower than the A-standard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Yoder Begley was able sneak under the standard, thus making the team instead of McGregor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In some cases, there are events where no Olympic A-standard is achieved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When that happens, the U.S. may enter 1 athlete, provided they have achieved the Olympic B-standard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This may come into play this year for Minnesota triple jumper, Amanda Smock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has jumped 14.18m, which is above the B-standard of 14.10m, but below the A-standard of 14.30m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently, no other jumpers have an A-standard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Smock can win the Trials, she’ll punch her ticket to London.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Next week I’ll begin previewing Minnesotan’s as they head into the Trials.</span></span></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-58806690264942456172012-06-11T12:54:00.000-05:002012-06-11T12:54:42.334-05:00Weekend Results - June 9th and 10thThe number of websites that I have to visit in order to view race results from each weekend seems to be growing more and more. Obviously, this can be very frustrating when you're looking for results from a particular race, but have no idea where they will be posted. In an effort to streamline this, each week I'm going to try and provide links to all the race results I can find. Chances are very high that I'll miss some, so feel free to let me know with an email or post a comment and I'll get it added. With all that said, here's my first attempt at compiling such a list.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Parade Day 5K in Redwood Falls – 6/8/12</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Walker Methodist 10K at Lake Harriet – 6/9/12</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/walker10krs12.pdf">http://www.andersonraces.com/_uls/resources/walker10krs12.pdf</a></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-73595811309309419462012-06-08T16:01:00.000-05:002012-06-08T16:07:23.733-05:00Track & Field has Standards<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s hard to believe, but the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field begin in less than two weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Held at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, the meet will be split into two sessions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first session will run from June 21<sup> </sup>– 25 and then, after two days off, the second session will run from June 28 – July 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A complete listing of the meet schedule can be found at <a href="http://tracktown12.gotracktownusa.com/olympic-trials-schedule/">http://tracktown12.gotracktownusa.com/olympic-trials-schedule/</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the upcoming weeks I will be previewing events with Minnesota athletes in them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But first I’d like to go over the qualifying standards to let everyone know what it takes to even make it to this meet and then (hopefully) onto London for the Olympic Games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even as an avid track & field fan, I often find myself confused when I read or hear about A-standards and B-standards – especially because the U.S. Trials has one set of standards, while the Olympic Games has another set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So you really have to pay attention to understand what a particular athlete is trying to achieve whenever they step on the track.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Simply put, an A-standard automatically qualifies an athlete for the Trials meet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, athletes that have the Trials A-standard are guaranteed a spot on the starting line in Eugene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>B-standards are considered provisional and, typically, other requirements must be met.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, the 10,000m is likely to be limited to 24 runners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the athletes that met the A-standard are allowed in, along with the next fastest B-standard runners, until the 24-runner cap is met.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why you may have heard about some local runners, like Team USA Minnesota’s Meghan Armstrong-Peyton (<a href="http://legstrongpro.blogspot.com/">http://legstrongpro.blogspot.com/</a>), still running meets, trying to move from a B to an A-standard in order to ensure that she’s on the starting line at the Trials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And you may also be following 2004 Olympian Carrie Tollefson (<a href="http://www.ctollerun.com/">http://www.ctollerun.com/</a>) and her attempts at earning a B-standard in the 5,000m.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here’s a look at the different U.S. Trials standards for men and women in the distance running events;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><u>Men’s U.S. Trials B-standards</u></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><u>Women’s U.S. Trials A-standards</u></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><u>Women’s U.S. Trials B-standards</u></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A complete listing of qualifying standards for all of the events can be found at <a href="http://tracktown12.gotracktownusa.com/qualifying-standards/">http://tracktown12.gotracktownusa.com/qualifying-standards/</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Next time, I’ll go over the Olympic Game standards and some of the rules regarding what happens when athletes place in the top-3 at the U.S. Trials, but don’t have an Olympic Games A-standard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Talk about confusing!</span></span></div>Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412073727859282887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-18771959312255508872011-05-13T11:48:00.002-05:002011-05-13T11:52:37.749-05:002011 One Mile Road Race Championship<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i><a href="http://runmdra.org/index.php/runmn-magazine">RunMinnesota</a></i> Writer Patrick O'Regan filed this report from the One Mile Championship race on Thursday, May 12, 2011</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The USA 1 Mile Road Championship races were again run this year on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. For a fan of running, it was a thrilling evening of entertainment. Wave after wave of runners – friends and family, corporate, team circuit, masters – thundered down the Mall past cheering hordes from starting line to finish. The last races were the highlights – the women’s and men’s USA 1 Mile Road Championships. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; ">With $4,000 going to the men’s and women’s winners and the chance of a $10,000 bonus to the first male breaking 4:00 and the first female breaking 4:32, the championship races, in money, as well as prestige, attracted some of the best milers in the country. David Torrence had won the race the past two years, setting the course record (3:59.3) in 2009. He ran 4:04 last year.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; ">As an added attraction, Ryan Hall, one of the best marathoners in the world, stepped way down to the mile for the first time in five years for this race.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; ">*<span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>*<span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span>*<span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>*<span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>*<span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span>*</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; ">I attended the pre-race press conference in the Millennium Hotel on the Mall. (I might note that I happened to sit next to Ryan and Sara Hall during the preliminary lunch. Sara Hall is one of the best women milers in the country. Ryan Hall is coming off the fastest marathon ever run by an American – 2:04:58 at Boston. He also holds the American record in the half marathon. He is taller than I would have thought and very thin. He agreed with my assessment that Americans are coming close to winning major marathons. Desiree Devila was 2<sup>nd</sup> at Boston by two seconds. As Ryan Hall had said in the paper, “We are knocking at the door.” I asked him if he had changed his training for this race. He said he had – more track work. But, he added, he does a lot of interval training for marathons. “Do you run repeat 200’s in training for a marathon?” I asked. “Yes,” he said, “more volume, though.”)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; ">Virginia Brophy Achman graciously hosted the press conference, ably handling the introductions of the panels of men and women runners. The women’s panel included:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: .25in"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sara Hall</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;tab-stops: .25in .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>4:31.50<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>mile<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>4:08.99<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>1500<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: .25in"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Amy Mortimer</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>4:32.90<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>mile<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>4:06.55<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>1500<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: .25in"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Gabriele Anderson</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>4:31.05<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>mile<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>4:12.06<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>1500<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; ">Gabriele Anderson, a member of Team USA Minnesota, is a University of Minnesota alumnus and a graduate of Perham High School in Perham, Minnesota, some 60 miles east of Fargo-Moorhead.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; ">The men’s panel included:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: .25in"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">David Torrence</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>3:54.47<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>mile<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>3:34.25<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>1500<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: .25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Aaron Braun<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>1:52<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>800 m<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>7:50.11<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>3000 m<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: .25in"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Ryan Hall</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>4:05.50<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>mile<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>3:42.70<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>1500<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">All the speakers are wonderfully friendly and engaging. These people love to run. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">*<span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>*<span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span>*<span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>*<span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>*<span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span>*<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">After the press conference, I interviewed one of the women runners – Lindsey Allen. Lindsey is a 24-year-old graduate of Stanford (Biology degree). She has been a professional runner for three years, having turned pro right after graduation. She runs for Team USA Arizona, under Coach Greg McMillan. Lindsey’s 5000 m time is an outstanding 15:48.97, but her specialty is the 3000 m steeplechase. Her PR of 9:40.83 in that race ranks her as the 10<sup>th</sup> fastest American steeplechaser ever.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">When did you start running? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I started running in 5th grade, but I only began running seriously when I got to high school. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Did you run the mile in high school? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Yes. I ran 4:48. That’s still my PR. My specialty is the steeplechase. I’ve run 9:40.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(This is by far the best steeplechase PR among the women in the field.) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Did you run the mile at Stanford?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sometimes, indoors. But the high school PR is still my PR. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Did you make the NCAA finals in the steeplechase? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Yes. I ran in the finals twice. As a senior, I was 4<sup>th</sup> in the steeplechase.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Describe a typical day of hard<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>training.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We (Team USA Arizona) show up at the track at 8:30 in the morning. We’ll do a lot of fast tempo runs and repeats. If we do repeat 400’s, we’ll run 8 to 20 of them at 65 to 80 seconds. Once a week we do a long run of 12 to 18 miles. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Do you have a favorite track workout?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">I like the repeat 400’s. </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">How do you see the mile as a race? Is more about speed? Or stamina? Or conserving energy?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The mile is a speed race, not so much stamina. On the road it changes, though, and stamina is more of a factor. Then you can go out hard and hold on. </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In the Olympic 1500 finals in Barcelona (’92), the men basically jogged the first two laps…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">They were all thinking they had great speed, so they were not going to push the pace.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Yes. How would you handle that kind of race?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If the pace was real slow, I might push the pace… If it was my race (the steeplechase)… I’d go to the front and try to stay there. I wouldn’t be afraid to set a fast tempo… In the US, though – not at Worlds…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">What are your running plans?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Well, this summer is the World Championships. The (Olympic) Trials are in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: .5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">*<span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>*<span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span>*<span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>*<span style="mso-tab-count:2"> </span>*<span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span>*<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">David Torrence won the men’s race for the third consecutive time. Finishing in 3:58.4, he picked up the $10,000 bonus for going under 4:00. Craig Miller was second in 4:01.1 and Aaron Braun third in 4:01.9.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In the women’s race, Sara Hall won in 4:31.5, also taking home the $10,000 bonus. Heather Kampf was second in 4:35.9 and Gabriele Anderson third in 4:37.5. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>MDRAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562971010304906188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-31829498831486644412011-04-26T08:52:00.001-05:002011-04-26T08:52:25.347-05:00GoalsYou must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures. ~Charles C. NobleUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-8014966503854317782011-04-03T11:07:00.012-05:002011-04-04T06:36:35.703-05:00Year of the 27s: 2011 Ron Daws 25 Km<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGgWT6Ab-iOo98n2AfQyOjYgkrmNutY3wlDGHi7gITb0nP8lfaaneJFJRO5NApaJbT_M-3Uk5jMedGdiFI1EAXIdi-UN0Gj_vWtPs9kpn4UxzA_SqxhhT2t0y_BaQVOMBY25jUr61T28/s1600/phillipAmazonFace+updtd.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXmGX0rX9UlYpaLovDty6mRrGgirvTZAwsQ8TXaaIveRu4bbLIuUNzNg75J41EA_HL_iz46QrllVjxicHL3bzJmsv1SyEHtmh2NixQyNhwkLeWIwB0gt04_w1T0H34_mGWmrH3Mb4d6E/s1600/ron+daws+25km+2012+winter.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591393376364096274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXmGX0rX9UlYpaLovDty6mRrGgirvTZAwsQ8TXaaIveRu4bbLIuUNzNg75J41EA_HL_iz46QrllVjxicHL3bzJmsv1SyEHtmh2NixQyNhwkLeWIwB0gt04_w1T0H34_mGWmrH3Mb4d6E/s320/ron+daws+25km+2012+winter.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJilxtH0mJk0Olg4lDVLk8DTjPnODA5C77X4Vt-Eb0CUNGRFveucBS5U8dGjx2-IlUReUWO9qgdxUOx41TqVbRcsHaPfkkVQKBPi1mUlW1FICeWy7FTmM-A9rjur6pI6JCvgI7iwycGs/s1600/phillipAmazonFace+updtd.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><br /><div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span >With another new layout from the wily mind of founder and race director, Jeff Winter — this time not from Shady Oak Road construction, but rather plowed snow covering its sidewalks — the 32</span><sup><span >nd</span></sup><span > version of this unique spring distance tune-up produced history with two 27-year-old athletes leading the way.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 0px; "><b> of the 27s: 2011 Ron Daws 25 Km</b></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span style="font-size:+0;">With another new layout from the wily mind of founder and race director, Jeff Winter — this time not from Shady Oak Road construction, but rather plowed snow covering its sidewalks — the 32nd</span><span style="font-size:+0;"> version of this unique spring distance tune-up produced history with two 27-year-old athletes leading the way. </span></p><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">For the first time in records and the mental recall of all, Jennifer Houck with her elite feet stepped high for the first female finisher ever to nail a top overall spot in the Ron Daws 25 Km. She commanded second with a 1:32:57, and also placed with the one percent of finishers since 1984 to complete the distance in less than six-minute miles, too. Her abilities on hills came in handy as this new layout, one that Winter may just continue to use, is full of them.</span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Aaron Beaber snuck to the front — leading some to ask, “Who’s that?” — leading the entire distance with a commanding overall win in 1:30:14. Determination showed in his face as he steadfastly focused on each step, out by himself while pushing to the tape, this year on the Shady Oak Road sidewalk in front of the race’s headquarters, Cross of Glory church. A member of the Collegeville USATF Team, Beaber was joined by teammates Caleb Buecksler, Mike Mack and Steve Christopher in the event.</span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span style="font-size:+0;">Beaber has a long history of racing in the region, and is a perennial competitor in fall’s City of Lakes 25 Km, finishing in the top ten three of the last four years, winning his group and capturing two seconds in those years. When not on the roads, Beaber co-authors U of M engineering papers with subjects like </span><span style="font-size:+0;"><i>A new multiscale computational method that is capable of predicting solute strengthening of alloys without adjustable parameters . . . </i></span><span style="font-size:+0;">under NASA grants.</span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Plenty of rolling flat lands and only the first leg of the legendary “Puke’s Peak” comprised this year’s version, but as Winter said post-event, “It may be the variety of hills and climbs may make this the better test.”</span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">The course follows its traditional Pioneer Rd route from the church start, cutting through the quiet Carleton residential twists to land on Baker and, further, the traditional left onto Rowland. Passing the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church, Rowland cuts off to the right at Bren (formerly part of the course, the last two humps of the towering toss-ups of the Bren climb now deleted). Running over the Crosstown (“That highway wasn’t here when we ran back here in the ‘60s,” Winter said talking about the group including Daws who trained here) and snakes to the circle back with a new twist: a sharp left up the steep residential Cherokee Trail W, right on Old Shady Oak, connecting with aid station No. 1 right at the corner on Rowland.</span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Backtracking all of those downhills, now up, one does have the fun of two big runs down Rowland, exactly the half-marathon distance at its bottom on the second loop. A bit further, runners zip right on Jorissen, the quietest and most secluded section of the layout, then connects with its traditional route on Dominick. A left leads in one mile to the big split: to the left, start the second loop; to the right, one half-mile to the finish line. Both are covered by aid station No. 2 manned by Heidi Keller Miler, her children crew offering plenty of encouragement especially as Houck zoomed by.</span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"></p><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span style="font-size:+0;">A St. Scholastica grad, Houck gave all a peek of her 2011 Boston form (third American woman, 2010) and plans for the 2012 Houston Olympic Marathon Trials while racing the hills and roads of Hopkins — Minnesota, that is, not Boston. Perhaps it is only fitting she competed this day as a Houston prelude, working to earn one of those top slots out of more than 100 qualified, leading to the Olympics just as Ron Daws did in the qualifying requirement’s first year, 1968.</span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">With her smiling, pleasant demeanor, high stepping with perfect form to this day’s history, she has an opportunity to use her skill and some Dawsion strategy to capture a berth in that tiny three-person field.</span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Buecksler, 28, racing out of Columbia Heights, captured third overall with his 1:35 double-0 clock, followed by Brian Davenport, 36, at 1:36:12. Nick Engster, 36, finished 1:36:12. First master was tenth overall, Paul Brown, 53 in 1:42 on the dot. Second woman, Iron Man finisher, Thea Fleming, 27, crossed the line at 1:47:01.</span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">A record number of entrants pushed the stated maximum of the field; Winter said, “The roads can only accommodate no more than 200.” Yet the beautiful day pushed some to miss the race much like rain might, but they missed much, much more: A throwback, this event celebrates running without theatrics except for those on the roads, today starring Aaron Beaber and Jennifer Houck.</span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span style="font-size:+0;">Courtesy of Snowshoe Magazine. Senior Editor, Phillip Gary Smith also writes for Midwest Events and a different kind of racing: Radioactive DragRacing News. He recently released his second book, </span><span style="font-size:+0;"><i>HARMONIZING: Keys to Living in the Song of Life</i></span><span style="font-size:+0;">, at </span><span style="font-size:+0;"><u><a href="http://www.ultrasuperior.com/"><span style="font-size:+0;">www.ultrasuperior.com</span></a></u></span></p></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:0;">For the first time in records and the mental recall of all, Jennifer Houck with her elite feet stepped high for the first female finisher ever to nail a top overall spot in the Ron Daws 25 Km. She commanded second with a 1:32:57, and also placed with the one percent of finishers since 1984 to complete the distance in less than six-minute miles, too. Her abilities on hills came in handy as this new layout, one that Winter may just continue to use, is full of them.</span></div><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"><span style="font-size:0;">Thanksaron Beaber snuck to the front — leading some to ask, “Who’s that?” —leading the entire distance with a commanding overall win in 1:30:14. Determination showed in his face as he steadfastly focused on each step, out by himself while pushing to the tape, this year on the Shady Oak Road sidewalk in front of the race’s headquarters, Cross of Glory church. A member of the Collegeville USATF Team, Beaber was joined by teammates Caleb Buecksler, Mike Mack and Steve Christopher in the event. </span></p>Thanks to Phillip Gary Smith for reporting on and running this race!<span style="font-size:0;"> racing in the region, and is a perennial competitor in fall’s City of Lakes 25 Km, finishing in the top ten three of the last four years, winning his group and capturing two seconds in those years. When not on the roads, Beaber co-authors U of M engineering papers with subjects like </span><span style="font-size:0;"><i>A new multiscale computational method that is capable of predicting solute strengthening of alloys without adjustable parameters . . . </i></span><span style="font-size:0;">under NASA grants.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:0;">ling flat lands and only the first leg of the legendary “Puke’s Peak” comprised this year’s version, but as Winter said post-event, “It may be the variety of hills and climbs may make this the better test.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:0;">h start, cutting through the quiet Carleton residential twists to land on Baker and, further, the traditional left onto Rowland. Passing the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church, Rowland cuts off to the right at Bren (formerly part of the course, the last two humps of the towering toss-ups of the Bren climb now deleted). Running over the Crosstown (“That highway wasn’t here when we ran back here in the ‘60s,” Winter said talking about the group including Daws who trained here) and snakes to the circle back with a new twist: a sharp left up the steep residential Cherokee Trail W, right on Old Shady Oak, connecting with aid station No. 1 right at the corner on Rowland.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:0;">all of those downhills, now up, one does have the fun of two big runs down Rowland, exactly the half-marathon distance at its bottom on the second loop. A bit further, runners zip right on Jorissen, the quietest and most secluded section of the layout, then connects with its traditional route on Dominick. A left leads in one mile to the big split: to the left, start the second loop; to the right, one half-mile to the finish line. Both are covered by aid station No. 2 manned by Heidi Keller Miler, her children crew offering plenty of encouragement especially as Houck zoomed by.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16;"><span style="font-size:0;">er 2011 Boston form (third American woman, 2010) and plans for the 2012 Houston Olympic Marathon Trials while racing the hills and roads of Hopkins — Minnesota, that is, not Boston. Perhaps it is only fitting she competed this day as a Houston prelude, working to earn one of those top slots out of more than 100 qualified, leading to the Olympics just as Ron Daws did in the qualifying requirement’s first year, 1968.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:0;">With her smiling, pleasant demeanor, high stepping with perfect form to this day’s history, she has an opportunity to use her skill and some Dawsion strategy to capture a berth in that tiny three-person field.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:0;"> out of Columbia Heights, captured third overall with his 1:35 double-0 clock, followed by Brian Davenport, 36, at 1:36:12. Nick Engster, 36, finished 1:36:12. First master was tenth overall, Paul Brown, 53 in 1:42 on the dot. Second woman, Iron Man finisher, Thea Fleming, 27, crossed the line at 1:47:01.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:0;">ushed the stated maximum of the field; Winter said, “The roads can only accommodate no more than 200.” Yet the beautiful day pushed some to miss the race much like rain might, but they missed much, much more: A throwback, this event celebrates running without theatrics except for those on the roads, today starring Aaron Beaber and Jennifer Houck.</span><span style="font-size:0;">y of Snowshoe Magazine. Senior Editor, Phillip Gary Smith also writes for Midwest Events and a different kind of racing: Radioactive DragRacing News. He recently released his second book, </span><span style="font-size:0;"><i>HARMONIZING: Keys to Living in the Song of Life</i></span><span style="font-size:0;">, at <a href="http://www.ultrasuperior.com/">http://www.ultrasuperior.com/</a> MDRA Thanks Phillip Gary Smith for posting this race story!</span><br /><div><br /><p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in"></p></div>MDRAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562971010304906188noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-82242230213025837292011-03-31T15:16:00.003-05:002011-03-31T15:20:07.890-05:00"MY RUN" is coming to Theaters for a ONE-NIGHT-ONLY showing tonight!Hey Friends, Tonight is the big day - “MY RUN” is coming to Movie Theaters Nationwide for a ONE-NIGHT-ONLY showing. See what’s possible when physical endurance and the will of the human spirit unite in this inspiring film! I’ll be there and hope you will be too. Tickets info is available at www.FathomEvents.com/MyRun.<br /><br />Buy tickets for Fathom's showing of the award winning documentary MY RUN<br />www.FathomEvents.com<br />This powerful and uplifting documentary exemplifies a commitment to something greater than yourself and achieving something deemed impossible.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-23300493789393122722011-03-16T22:07:00.000-05:002011-03-16T22:07:58.926-05:00Calling All Humans<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Just a reminder that first USATF Circuit Race is coming up (the Human Race, this weekend) and MDRA has a race team (in case you forgot). What you need to know:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">1. There are no dues (other than being a USATF member. <a href="http://www.usatfmn.org/membership">Click here</a> to join.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">2. The first race, The Human Race, is this Sunday. <a href="https://www.imathlete.com/events/StPatricksDayHumanRace/Register">Click here</a> to register. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">3. The 2<sup>nd</sup> race is the Get In Gear 10K on Saturday, April 30.</span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">4. The ground rules for team membership are pretty simple. If you can run one or more of the races that is great. You cannot get kicked off of the team for non-participation. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">5. Questions? Want to join the team? Contact me at michael.d.nawrockiATgmailDOTcom</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">I look forward to seeing all of you out at the races soon.</span></span></div>Roccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617529633428337452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-19483698511762903612011-03-14T07:09:00.000-05:002011-03-14T07:11:59.120-05:00MDRA - Win Running PrizesRunners and Marathoners… check this out. If you get your tickets this week for the “MY RUN” March 31st One Night Only showing that’s coming to Movie Theaters Nationwide, YOU will be entered to WIN lots of cool RUNNING prizes like a FREE pair of New RunTex RUNNING Shoes, race entries to any Spartan Race, 13.1 Marathon Series and other cool prizes. Go the MY RUN FB wall www.facebook.com/myrunmovie for more info. <br />MDRA - Win Running Prizes <br />www.facebook.com<br />Welcome to a Facebook Page about MY RUN. Join Facebook to start connecting with MY RUN...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-74790965474042511092011-03-13T18:58:00.002-05:002011-03-13T19:10:22.109-05:00MDRA Women's CampMDRA Women's Running Camp is starting soon!<br /><br />Wednesdays 6:00-7:30 pm<br /><br />3 coaches/3 levels<br />Open to runners of all levels beginner to advanced<br /><br /><br />http://communityed.registration.edina.k12.mn.us/ (for more information or to register)<br /><br />We hope to see you there!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-7952300600298870732011-03-04T20:38:00.001-06:002011-03-04T20:41:17.307-06:00*27 days* until the *MY RUN Premiere Event*!!!*27 days* until the *MY RUN Premiere Event*!!! Seats are limited, so get<br />your tickets today and ensure that your group will be able to sit together<br />on the event night. Groups are encouraged to wear their group/club/team<br />attire and represent! Tickets are available now at<br />www.FathomEvents.com/MYRUNUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-86471755139314733202011-03-03T08:54:00.002-06:002011-03-03T09:12:21.583-06:00Nike Women's Marathon Preview PartyIt's a Girl Thing! A Nike Women's Marathon Preview Party for Women. Come with friends and family to learn more about the Nike Women's Marathon and Half Marathon. Enjoy an evening of relaxation and pampering as you are treated to mini spa services while you graze on light fare. Everyone will receive a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">goodie</span> bag and if you register for an event you will be eligible for prize drawings including a Tiffany & Co. necklace. The event will take place Saturday April 9, 2011 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">reVamp</span>! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Salonspa</span>, 2910 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hennepin</span> Ave S., <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Menneapolis</span>, MN 55408. Join the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's - Team in Training for this free event. Space is limited. RSVP by March 31, 2011 to Courtney at <a href="mailto:Courtney.klosner@lls.org">Courtney.klosner@lls.org</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406373307880786208.post-4426157349323453842011-02-27T11:59:00.000-06:002011-02-27T11:59:28.684-06:00Wanna Race?The <a href="http://www.usatfmn.org/">USATF</a> Team Circuit is fast approaching, and MDRA is getting the band back together!!<br />
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A few years ago Kirk Walztoni put together the <s>Bad News Bears Racing Team</s> MDRA Racing team. We did an admirable job of getting participation ribbons and we want to just that again this year. The mission of the team is for people who of all levels of speed and seriousness to feel welcome to particpate. If you think about the MDRA marathon training classes, we have marathoners running of all abilities, be it the first time marathoner who just wants to beat the sweeper bus to runners in the 2:40s. And all are welcome and equally important to our classes. Okay, fine, so the sub 2:40s runners tend to move on, but you know, Run N Fun and Collegeville are allowed to have some runners too.<br />
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But if you are not in the sub 15 minute 5k bracket or a sub 2:30 marathoner, than does MDRA have a race team for you. Our team! The team is open to anyone, but we really really would like you to be an MDRA member. That's pretty much all it takes. <br />
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We will have a men's open team, women's open team, men's masters team, and a women's masters team. The men's open team will be headed by Mike Nawrocki (hey that's me!), the open women's team by Lauren Shoup, the men's masters by Paul "The Professor" LaMere, and the women's masters have been running strong for years and will be headed by Kathryn Welo Benhardus. <br />
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<a href="http://www.usatfmn.org/team-circuit">Click here</a> for a list of the USATF Team Circuit Races.<br />
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Requirements to be part of Team MDRA:<br />
1. You need to buy your own USATF Membership. Begin the process by <a href="http://www.usatfmn.org/membership">clicking here</a>.<br />
2. When you sign up for a USATF Team Circuit Race, there will be a box where you indicate which team you are on. You will indicate you are on Team MDRA.<br />
3. E-mail the head of your team to let him or her know you have signed up will be there.<br />
4. There is no age or speed requirement to be on the team. You are not obligated to run a specfic number of races, just show up when you can.<br />
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Benefits:<br />
1. Friends and peers to run with and to encourage each other.<br />
2. Post-race socializing at some establishment or another. Your team organizers will put that together.<br />
3. All abilities are welcome. Anyone who has taken an MDRA training class knows that everyone is welcome and equally part of the group. We will have some runners who are fast and serious but also make those of us, including me, who not as fast and serious, feel welcome and part of the group.<br />
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What else do you need? Contact me at Michael.D.NawrockiATgmailDOTcom with any questions or to let me know you want to be part of the team.<br />
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And keep reading this blog to get to more about the team and I'll also introduce Paul, Kathryn, and Lauren. <br />
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First race will be the Human Race, but it's never going to be too late to join. See you at the races.Roccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04617529633428337452noreply@blogger.com0