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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016 Young racers take part in Women Run the Cities in 2015.
THIS ISSUE Race Calendar President’s Letter Running Briefs News and Notes
Year in Review Member Spotlight Angela Haeg
Training Better Breathing Part II
Journal My Best Ever Marathon
Get to Know Marathon Man Burt Carlson
Running Streaks An update on the streakers
Results Minutes Meeting from Nov. 9, 2015
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Running the Antarctic Ice Marathon
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ON THE COVER Antarctic Ice Marathon competitors pass in front of Mt. Rossman. Photo courtesy of the Antarctic Ice Marathon
CONTRIBUTORS
CREDITS Editor: Sarah Ahlers McInerney
PATRICK LANIN Patrick Lanin was the founder of the MDRA and instrumental in its growth by serving in leadership positions. Lanin set nine officially recognized USA distance running records from 8K to 30K, all on the track. Married to Emily for over 50 years they remain active in sports. Emily is the race director for the Komen Brainerd Lakes Race For the Cure and together they continue to work cross country ski meets in the winter.
CHAD AUSTIN Chad Austin is a long-time runner, having followed his dad out the door at the age of 10. If he's not running you can probably find him cross-country skiing or fat biking. He currently lives in Apple Valley with his wife Amy and their 2 daughters. He's interested in all-things running in Minnesota and you can follow him on Twitter @MinnesotaRunner.
DEANNA REITER Deanna Reiter, Massachusetts, winner of the 1997 Palos Verdes Marathon, is a USA Track and Field Running Coach and the author of Running A to Z. Deanna teaches a two day breathing workshop in Minnesota, designed to expand your breathing capacity, increase athletic performance and boost your energy. For more information, visit, www.ExperienceQiBreathing.com.
STEVE DEBOER Steve DeBoer moved to Minnesota at the age of six months and began running shortly thereafter. Since July 20, 1970, Steve has run every day, which gives him the third longest running streak in the United States and the longest east of the Rockies. Steve moved to southern Minnesota in 1987, allowing him to get in a few more shirtless runs each year.
PATRICK O’REGAN Patrick O’Regan is a runner and freelance business writer. He is a graduate of St. Thomas College and the University of Minnesota. Born and raised in Montgomery, Minnesota, Pat currently resides in Inver Grove Heights. He runs eight to 10 races a year, mostly 5Ks and 10Ks, with two marathons to his credit. He has also “competed” in three National Championships.
Senior Editor: Gloria Jansen
Art Director: Chad Richardson
Advertising Coordinator/Sales: Sarah Ahlers McInerney
Photographer: Wayne Kryduba
Results: Jack Moran
MDRA Officers: Norm Champ, President Dave Marek, Vice President Mary Johnson, Secretary Josh Jacobson, Treasurer
MDRA Board Members: Paul Arneberg, Sheila Becker, Lisa Richardson, Nathan Campeau, Rochelle Christensen, Randy Fulton, Jenny Harrington, Dave Marek, Craig Moscetti, Sam Rush, Scott Welle
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AT T H E R AC E S
CALENDAR APRIL 2, 2016 • MDRA Ron Daws 25K, Hopkins This race commemorates the life of 1968 Olympic marathoner Ron Daws, a 1960s/70s Minnesota running icon. He trained over the same course and met an untimely death in the early 1990s. Contact Norm for more information at normc@treetrust.org or register online at runmdra.org.
A P R I L 9, 2 0 1 6 • Heroes for Hope 1K, 5K and 10K, Faribault Located on the Rice County Fairgrounds http://www.finalstretch.com/heroesforhope
A P R I L 9, 2 0 1 6 • Spring Fever 5K run/walk, Blaine High School
Photo courtesy of Wayne Kryduba
Combined course of paved roads and trails running through a portion of Bunker Hills Park and ending on the track at Blaine High School. http://raceberryjam.com/SpringFever.pdf
A P R I L 9, 2 0 1 6 JA N UA RY 1 6, 2 0 1 6 • Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run 5K Fun Run and 10K Rainy River Community College, International Falls Faye Whitbeck, 218-283-9400
• 5K Polar Challenge Bemidji, Minnesota Erin Messer, 218-444-3541
JA N UA RY 2 3, 2 0 1 6 • Yukon Days Run and Snowshoe Kids run, 1 mile, 5k, Snowshoe Race White Bear Marina, White Bear Lake Randy Fulton, (651) 653-7401
F E B RUA RY 6, 2 0 1 6
F E B RUA RY 14, 2 0 1 6
• Twin Cities Snowshoe Shuffle 5K, 10K
• Frozen Feet Night 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, 5K snowshoe, 10k snowshoe
Long Lake Regional Park, New Brighton Karen Korba, 612-781-6011
University of Minnesota Fieldhouse, Minneapolis, MN
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• Securian Winter Run 5k, 10k, Half Marathon Securian Financial Towers, St Paul, MN Mary Anderson, 651-688-9143
• Beat the Freeze 1 mile, Run, ski or skate for one mile, then shoot paint ball guns at targets. Repeat for a second loop. White Bear Lake, MN Judi Fluger, 651-426-1919
• Celebration of the Lakes 5K Center City, MN Randy Fulton, (651) 653-7401
F E B RUA RY 2 0, 2 0 1 6 • Half Fast Half 5k, 10k, Half Marathon Vadnais Heights, Judi Fluger, 651-426-1919
• USATF Minnesota Indoor Track & Field Meet Indoor Track & Field Bethel University, Arden Hills Craig Yotter, 651-686-8447
• Freeze Your Buns Run 5K
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Elm Creek Park, Champlin Ben Welnak, 608-385-2706
• TC Kids Fieldhouse Fun Run Kids run
Hamel Community Center, Hamel, MN Dennis Vee, 612-247-4007
F E B R U A R Y 2 7, 2 0 1 6 • Fight for Air Climb-Minneapolis/ St. Paul 31 flights of stairs in the U.S. Bank Plaza U.S. Bank Plaza, Minneapolis Jessica Ryan, 651-227-8014
• Zumbro Endurance Run 17-mile, 50-mile and 100-mile options available. www.zumbro100.com.
APRIL 16, 2016 • Trail Mix, Lake Rebecca, Rockford One of the season’s first trail runs through the Lake Rebecca Park Reserve. https://www.threeriversparks.org/trailmix-race/registration.aspx
A P R I L 1 7, 2 0 1 6 • MDRA Mudball 4 miles, 1/2 mile Minneapolis. Trail kids 1/4 mile and 1/2 mile options. Four mile option available for adults. Held at Wirth Park in Minneapolis. Register online at www.runmdra.org
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M A R C H 1 9, 2 0 1 6
• Sweetheart Runs Kids run, 5K, 10K, 10 Miles
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• Hot Dash 5K and 10 Mile, Minneapolis
• Falls Duathlon, Cannon Falls
St. Andrew's Church, Mahtomedi Randy Fulton, (651) 653-7401
Presented by Fleet Feet Marathon Sports www.tcmevents.org/events
Two-mile run, 14-mile bike and threemile run. Hannah’s Bend Park in Cannon Falls. www.finalstretch.com/fallsduathlon
• Valentine's Day TC 5K Lake Harriet Bandshell, Minneapolis Twin Cities In Motion Staff, 651-289-7700
MARCH 28, 2016 • MDRA 7-mile, Hopkins The MDRA presents a challenging early spring warm-up featuring hills and unpredictable weather. To register: http://www.zapevent.com/listactivities.aspx ?eventid=4896
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FROM THE PRESIDENT NORM CHAMP Happy January Minnesota Runners Many conflicting emotions hamper my fingers, from effectively recording my usual stream of consciousness missive to you every other month. As you celebrate a new year, you should be aware a late Christmas gift has arrived for this is the final President’s Letter you’ll have to tolerate from Ol’ Norm. While the MDRA transformation from Heidi’s services to Sarah’s will be felt to a much greater extent than switching to a new President (Go Dave!), a new author will be another change MDRA will make in 2016. Getting all misty eyed, I find there is not much to add to my past dozen letters, for each of you members are the true strength of MDRA. We are composed of over 2,000 runners interested in precipitating our sport/pastime/way of life by supporting training programs, advocacy, low cost racing and runs, and the general health of the running community at large. We do not endorse specific brands, nor stores. We attempt to be an impartial supporter of all things distance running, and have taken on this mission for nearly 55 years and been an integral part of making ours “the Best Running Community in America”. During the past two years of letters to the members of MDRA you should have noticed several themes beyond running. Yes, this is my final shot asking you all to bring your support for MDRA to a higher level. As one who long ago realized service to others gives back much more than it costs us individually, I am eternally perplexed by those on the other side who convince themselves that someone else will do it. Why is it hard for runners, who support MDRA through membership, to up the ante a bit? Why is not running a race, but volunteering instead, so rare? (I see the same steady volunteers at most of our races and coaching our programs). Why is promoting MDRA membership to non-member running friends an avoided chore? How many of your running friends are not MDRA members – why don’t we ask? Why do we have over 5,000 Facebook friends, but 2,000 members? We have all benefited greatly through our involvement with running. Our health, friendships and community have all benefited from being members of MDRA. It is time, folks, to stand up and give back for what you have enjoyed. I’m not asking for your money, I’m asking for your time. All of us are aware the constant pressure our sport places on the one commodity we all have the same amount of, those 24 hours each day. How many times have you convinced yourself you could squeeze in a quick run, only to feel it that day and double your distance – thereby collapsing other parts of your day? Our sport takes gobs of time to do well at. Yet MDRA literally runs on time. Put some back into MDRA! And who amongst us hasn’t asked “Why me? I don’t have time!” Let me relate a personal story. Long ago my oldest was in Cub Scouts. Cubs meet as a den, and have a larger meeting
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organized and called a Pack meeting. Sitting in the audience, I was feeling dismayed at how seemingly unorganized the meeting was. Through my brain floated the thought “why doesn’t someone do something about this?” At that moment my life changed. The next year I was a Den Leader. I realized that someone who could do something was me. When I had to stop running I started volunteering at MDRA races. Very quickly I realized what a small number of staunch volunteers stood behind what we constantly hear referred to as the “Best Running Community in America”. How many of those few souls would need to drop out before the “community” faded away? We are experiencing our own realization of this as Heidi leaves and Sarah joins. Who would step up if Hal Gensler quit as our Grand Prix scorer? Who would step up if Jack Moran were to step aside from Raceberryjam? I know you are out there, reading the magazine from cover to cover. I am asking you to seek out ways to increase your support for MDRA. You don’t have to serve on the Board, but you should thank those that do. You don’t have to volunteer at races or coach our programs, but you most certainly should make a point of thanking those that hand you water, coach your running class, or record your times. You need to commit to finding your place to raise your level of MDRA support in 2016. Please do and you will get back your commitment many times over and be part of keeping “the Best Running Community in America” going even stronger in 2016. It’s a tremendous personal fulfillment to know you are part of something larger than a personal race run. Trust me on that. See you at the races?
Norm Champ
Norm Champ President, MDRA Board of Directors
RUNNING BRIEFS
News and Notes from the Roads, Trails and Track
2016 MDRA Annual Party date is Saturday, January 16, 2016 Edina Community Center, 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Pizza and soda. Program begins at 12:45 in the p.m. Grand Prix awards, Distinguished Service and Volunteer of the year. Come for the pizza. Stay for the great prize drawings.
MDRA Spring Marathon Training Program The MDRA Spring Marathon program orientation and information session will be held March 1, 2016, at the Edina Community Center beginning at 8:00 p.m. Come and find out how we get our members to their first marathon finish line or help them achieve a marathon PR! The program begins Saturday, March 5, with registration starting at 7:30 a.m. and run beginning at 8:00 a.m. The class will have an emphasis on training for Grandma’s Marathon and the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon but will easily accommodate those who are training for Minneapolis, Fargo, and other spring marathons. Please see the flyer in this issue or go to runmdra.org for more information.
MDRA Polar Bears The MDRA Polar Bears continue to meet through the end of February on Saturdays at 8:00 a.m. The runs are FREE to everyone and all paces are welcome! To find out the weekly location search for "MDRA Polar Bears" on Facebook or go to runmdra.org for more information. Whether you are maintaining your fitness, building your base or training for Boston, join us for fun winter running!
Special thanks The MDRA would like to acknowledge those who made additional financial contributions during the last month: Elaine Buckner, Mark and Amanda Brunsvold, Paul and Klare Case, Debbie Cushman and Scott Charlesworth, Darrell Christensen, Barb Leppke-Hennig and Tim Miley. We thank you for your support!
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MINNESOTA DISTANCE RUNNING ASSOCIATION 2016 GRAND PRIX SERIES January: Meet of the Miles (U-M indoors), January 11 January: Securian Winter Runs-Half Mar, January 30 March: 2Âś*DUDÂśV ,ULVK 5XQ . 0DUFK April: Get in Gear 10K, April 30 May: Jump to it 5K, May 7 June: Mile in My Shoes Trail Run Âą 10K, June 4 June: *UDQGPDÂśV 0DUDWKRQ -XQH 18 July: Richard A. Hoska Midsummer Mile, July 6 August: MDRA 15K, August 7 September: MDRA Victory 10K, September 5 September: MDRA Jeff Winter COL Half Mar, Sep 11 October: Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, October 9 November: 5RFN\ÂśV 5XQ 6K (cross-country), November 6 1.
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Cost is $5.00 for the entire series. This is above and beyond the race entry fees, and is a one-time fee paid to the MDRA. GP scoring will include only GP registrants who are registered finishers of a GP race. No retroactive registration; runners registering after Get in Gear, for example, will not be counted in Get in Gear GP results even if they ran it. Entrants must be MDRA members. Runners score according to their finish place out of all GP registered finishers each race. The first GP runner in each race will score 1,000 points. All others will score based upon the percentile in which the runners finish such that the middle finisher will always score 500 points. Points are awarded without regard to age or sex. In scoring races we use USATF rules (thus gun time is used rather than chip time) There are 13 GP races. A runner may compete in as few or as many of the races as they choose; however, results from only 10 races will count. If a runner runs more than 10 races, only their 10 highest scores will count. Anyone running in 10 or fewer races will have all of their scores included. Scores are tallied within age division for each sex. Runners do not change age divisions during the year. A UXQQHUÂśV GLYLVLRQ LV VHW DFFRUGLQJ WR KLV GLYLVLRQ RQ WKH Gay of his first GP score. For example, a runner turning 50 on April 1 would be scored all year in the 45-49 bracket if she runs Get in Gear as a GP registrant, but would score all year in the 50-54 bracket if her first GP score is after April 1. Age groups for both male and females are 0-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 7579, 80-84, 85+. In order for an age group to exist, it must have at least two participants, and each participant must complete 2 races. In addition, in order for an individual to win an age group they must run in at least 2 races. Grand Prix standing information will be on the MDRA website @ runmdra.org, and e-mailed to all participants. There will be awards for each age group winner, which will be presented at the MDRA annual party held in January 2017. Also, MDRA will present a special award to anyone who participates in all 13 races. In addition, anyone participating in at least 10 of the races will get a prize. The dates listed above are the probable dates, but should be reconfirmed as race day approaches.
Questions? E-mail Hal Gensler at hal.gensler@outlook.com To register for GRAND PRIX, fill out, and mail this portion with $5.00. For non MDRA members, $30.00 (includes 1 year MDRA membership) (Check payable to MDRA) to Hal Gensler 45258 N 16th St New River, Az 85087 NAME______________________________________________________PHONE__________________________ ADDRESS___________________________________________________________________________________ CITY_______________________________________________________STATE________ZIP________________ AGE_______________ BIRTHDAY_______-_______-_______ SEX: ______M________F E-MAIL__________________ month day year
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2015 YEAR IN REVIEW BY CHAD AUSTIN
It’s that time again. Another year has come and gone, which means it’s time to look back and appreciate all the hard work and great efforts that took place during the last 12 months. This article looks back at some of the top performances, either in Minnesota or by Minnesotans, in 2015. These are the ones that stand out most in my mind. Of course, this is a subjective list, and with all the great runners in the state, I’m sure I’ve missed a bunch.
Photo by Michael Vosburg, Forum Communications Co.
Junior Track Twelve-year-old Grace Ping of Winona Cotter set two World Records for her age, running one mile in 5:07.67 and two miles in 11:03.58. She also set a National Record in the 3000 meters (9:56.45). Emily Covert of Minneapolis Washburn (13-14 year olds) and Emma Benner of Forest Lake (17-18 year olds) also had success at 3000 meters, setting meet records for their age groups, 10:26.99 and 10:04.16, respectively, at the USATFMN Junior Olympics Championships.
onds. Klecker’s season also included 8:50.12 for 3200 meters at the Howard Wood Relays and 4:04.13 at the Adidas Dream Mile.
High School Track
Collegiate Track
At the State track championships in Class A, Kayla Huhnerkoch (Redwood Valley) and Shane Streich (Waseca) won both the 800 and 1600 meters, while Morgan Richter (Breck) and Billy Beseman (Perham) won the 3200 meters. Streich’s 1600 meters’ time of 4:12.02 bettered his own Class A state record. Streich went on to run 1:49.73 at the Midwest Distance Classic and then placed fifth at the USATF Junior Championships.
Michigan’s Mason Ferlic (Mounds Park Academy) had a terrific track season. He won his first Big Ten title, indoors, in the 5000 meters (13:58.7) and then outdoors he won the steeplechase title. He qualified for both the NCAA and USATF meets in the steeplechase where he placed 12th and 13th.
In Class AA, Ruby Stauber (Wayzata) and Lucas Trapp (Elk River) won the 800 meters, Bethany Hasz (Alexandria) and Joe Klecker (Hopkins) both doubled up, winning both the 1600 meters and 3200 meters. Stauber’s time of 2:06.50 shattered Jeanne Krukeberg's All-Time state meet record. She would go on to lower her PR to 2:05.67 at Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle and then placed second at the USATF Junior Championships. Klecker’s 1600 meters’ time of 4:06.54 bettered Nick Schneider’s All-Time state meet record from 2001 by nearly two sec-
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Bethany Hasz
At the DII Indoor National meet, UMD’s Emi Trost and MSU Moorhead’s Molly Montoyne placed fourth and sixth in the mile, respectively. And at DIII Indoor Nationals, St. Thomas’s Distance Medley Relay team of Megan Terukina, Angela Tipp, Kayla Goeman and Emily Gapinski won the national title. St. Olaf's Paul Escher won the men's mile in 4:10.19, while teammates Jake Campbell and Grant Wintheiser were first and second in the 3000 meters. Escher followed up his national indoor title with a national outdoor
2015 YEAR IN REVIEW title in the 1500. Wayzata grad Josh Thorson won the 5000 meters in 14:10.29, while Edina grad Aldis Indi was second in 14:15.17. North Dakota State University’s Maddie Van Beek (Perham) shattered a 30-year-old school record in the 5000 meters by 30 seconds, running, 16:06.47.
Masters Track Brian Lundberg won the M45 Masters 3K in 9:48.21 at the USATF Masters Indoor Championships in North Carolina. Pat Billig was runner up in the M50 age group in the 3K in 9:38.34.
Pros Garrett Heath successfully defended his title in the men's 4K invitational race at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country meet. He defeated a stellar field that included reigning world cross country champ Japheth Korir of Kenya and Olympic 1500 meter champ Asbel Kiprop. Perhaps no Minnesotan had a better season than Ben Blankenship. His season included PRs at 1500 meters, mile, 3000 meters, and two miles. At the U.S. Indoor Championships, he finished second in both the mile and two miles. Outdoors he won the mile at the Prefontaine Classic and just missed making the worlds team in the 1500 meters by .02 seconds. He was selected to the U.S. team for the IAAF/BTC World Relays where he helped the team win the Distance Medley Relay in a new World Record. Hassan Mead set a new 10,000 meters PR (27:33.04) at the Prefontaine Classic. At the U.S. Championships, he placed third, which qualified him for the World Championships in Beijing, where he finished 15th. Heather Kampf continued to hold onto her “Queen of the Road Mile” title as she won the Grand Blue Mile, TC Mile, Ryan Shay Mile, Liberty Mile and Crim Michigan Mile, before closing out the year in fourth place at the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City. Annie Bersagel repeated her win at the Dusseldorf Marathon and, in the process, lowered her PR to 2:28:29.
Roads On the roads locally, Ben Sathre and Nicole Cueno each claimed their first ever Minnesota Runner of the Year titles. Cueno also won the 35-39 age group title, making her just the third runner to ever win an Open and Age Group title in the same year, joining Janet Robertz and Kelly Keeler Ramacier. A complete list of all the age group Runners of the Year can be found at mnroy.com. At the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, Mbarak Hussein shattered Norm Green’s record for 50-54 year olds by over five minutes, running 2:24:08. It’s no surprise that Hussein also holds the 40-44 and 45-49 records. In the TC 10 Mile, Olympian Molly Huddle ran 51:44 to break Kara Goucher’s course record by one minute and 32 seconds. Huddle’s time was the fastest ever run by an American; however, it’s not considered an American Record due to the point to point layout of the course.
Trails Mike Bialick won the 100K U.S. Championship in 7:02.17. Unfortunately, he missed the 100K World Championships due to illness. However, later in the year he bounced back and ran 12:52:53 for 100 miles, the second fastest trail 100 mile ever in North America. On July 12, Scott Jurek set the FKT (fastest known time) for the 2,200-mile journey along the Appalachian Trail from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine. His supported hike lasted 46 days eight hours and eight minutes. Northfield native Tim Tollefson made his 100K debut and finished second at the mountainous Courmayeur Champex Chamonix in France in 12:06. Closer to home, LaCrosse, Wisconsin’s Jake Hegge crushed the field at the Superior 100, setting a new course record of 19:30:37 in the process. For women, Ladia Albertson-Junkans placed sixth at the U.S. Mountain Running Championships. She was less than 30 seconds away from making the U.S national team. Forest Lake native Stephanie Howe had another solid year on the trails, including a win at the Lake Sonoma 50 mile and third place at the Western States 100 mile.
High School Cross Country At the state cross country meet, the following individuals and teams brought home titles: Zack Emery (La Crescent), Grace Ping (Winona Cotter), Jaret Carpenter (Wayzata), Bethany Hasz (Alexandria), Mora (boys Class A) and Perham (girls Class A), and Hopkins (boys Class AA) and Edina (girls Class AA). Minnesota teams dominated the seven state Nike Cross Heartland Region Meet in South Dakota, claiming all four automatic and one at large team spot as well as four of the 10 individual qualifier spots. As a result, Minnesotans accounted for 39 of the 392 runners at Nike Cross Nationals (NXN). Hasz fifth, Ping 14th and Emma Benner 28th (Forest Lake) led the way for girls, while Willmar placed ninth and Edina 16th for teams. In the boys’ race Carpenter fourth and Micah Mather 24th (Highland Park) paced the field, with Hopkins seventh, Edina 13th and Wayzata 14th competing in the team competition. If you follow high school sports closely, you’ll realize all three of those boys’ teams are from the Lake Conference as well as Section 6AA. Given that only two teams from each Section qualify for the State meet, these results make a strong argument for having at large bids in the Minnesota State High School League.
Collegiate Cross Country The Gopher Women’s Cross Country team extended their consecutive streak of qualifying for the national meet to 11 years. That’s the fourth longest streak in the nation for women. South Dakota State University's Trent Lusignan (Shakopee) earned All-American honors with his 24th place finish. The University of Wisconsin’s Shaelyn Sorensen (Lake Elmo) finished sixth at the USA Cross Country Championships to earn a spot on the U.S. Junior team. She was also named Big Ten Freshman of the Year. At the DII national meet, the University of Minnesota Duluth women placed seventh behind two All-Americans, Emilee Trost (Goodhue) and Breanna Colbenson, who finished 29th and 30th, respectively.
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2015 YEAR IN REVIEW In DIII action, Wayzata’s Josh Thorsen finished second to lead University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire to their first ever team title. St. Olaf placed fourth on the strength of three All-Americans; Jake Campbell fifth (Edina), Paul Escher sixth, and Calvin Lehn 34th (Rosemount). Carleton's Hart Horner seventh and Bethel's Matt Berens ninth (Oakdale) also earned All-American honors. In the women’s race four people achieved All-American status; Ruth Steinke fifth (Carleton), Piper Bain 19th (St. Olaf and Edina), Kimber Meyer 30th (Macalester), and Annika Halverson 32nd (Bethel and Wayzata).
Awards Chris Rombough was named to the Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Prior to joining the Gophers, Rombough had a great high school cross country career. After finishing eighth at the state championships as a sophomore, he went undefeated in his junior and senior seasons, including state titles in 2003 and 2004. In his senior year, he finished in fifth place at the Foot Locker National Meet. Bethel's head track and field coach Andrew Rock was inducted to the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Hall of Fame. Rock was an 11-time champion and 17-time All-American as a studentathlete at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse from 2001 to 2004. He earned a gold medal as part of the U.S. 4x400-meter relay semifinal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Team USA Minnesota won the Allan Steinfeld Development Award, a $25,000 grant, given out to one program annually which supports the development of professional runners and their dreams of making the Olympics. Former Boise State athlete Emma Bates was named the 2014-15 Mountain West Female Athlete of the Year after earning three All-American honors between cross country and track and field this past year. Bates becomes the first back to back Mountain West Athlete of the Year in conference history. Gary Wilson was selected into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Coaches Hall of Fame. For nearly four decades, he was a nationally successful coach at the University of Minnesota and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Carrie Tollefson was inducted into the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Hall of Fame. She won five state cross country titles while representing Dawson-Boyd/Lac qui Parle Valley. Annie Bersagel was inducted into Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame. She was a seven-time All-ACC honoree in track and field and cross country, making her one of the most decorated student-athletes in Wake Forest history. Distance runners Lynn Nelson Stott and Debbie Thometz Leyden were selected as 2016 inductees to the Minnesota Track & Field Hall of Fame. After 25 years of service, MDRA’s Office Manager, Heidi Keller Miler, resigned. If you’ve been a member for more than say six months, there’s a very good chance you know who Heidi is. And if you do, you also know that the title “Office Manager” didn’t do justice to all she did for MDRA and running in Minnesota, in general. She will be missed, but we wish her success in her next adventures.
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Roy Griak
Passings The University of Minnesota mourned the loss of two great men, Roy Griak and Ralph Eugene “Lefty” Wright. Griak, whose name was synonymous with cross country and track at the University of Minnesota, died at the age of 91. In 2013 he celebrated 50 years at the U of M including coach of the cross country and track and field teams for 33 years (1963-96). Wright was a long time cross country and track and field official, dating back to the 1950s. There you have it, the top performances and performers from Minnesota in 2015. When you consider all the great Minnesota runners competing at all the various levels of competition, you can see it’s very difficult to limit such a list. Thanks to Jim Ferstle from Down the Backstretch. His unbelievable coverage of our great sport in Minnesota is what makes this article possible as it is basically a recap of the website for the year. If you’re not familiar with the site, please be sure to check it out at downthebackstretch.blogspot.com. Also, thanks to Alex Kurt for providing feedback on all-things-trail in Minnesota.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT BY SARAH AHLERS MCINERNEY
Angela Haeg When did you start running and why? I started running middle distance, and then longer distance, freshman year in high school to add a spring sport but mostly to add more endurance to my main sport, soccer. My senior year in high school I realized my soccer coach was a miserable person to be around and the track/cross country coach was the polar opposite so I skipped playing soccer my senior year and ran cross country. It was a wonderful experience. Why do you run or what keeps you motivated? I run for a variety of reasons. Mostly, my body is used to it and really craves the movement. I feel exhilarated, freed and relaxed after a run; basically it's an anti-depressant that keeps on giving even on days when it hurts. It's a sport I can do on my own or in a group. I have run in every country I have visited; it has brought me closer to all those places and given me a sense of each landscape. What do you consider to be your favorite distance/race? I don't have a favorite distance or race as I love variety. I do hate 5Ks because of the high intensity required. 10K and up is where it's at. I'm really, really into trail running and have been slowly increasing my distance. I've run road marathons but the trail is so freeing and varied and lovely. What is your best memory from a race? Running into the finish line and having my kids race up to me. Nothing like having little ones who love you so much even when you stink. What does a typical week of training look like for you? I'm a triathlete as well as a runner so I'm doing the whole run, bike, swim thing which has really saved my body and made it so strong so I can continue to do my favorite sport, running. I'm doing one of those or two of those sports six days a week. What is your shoe of choice? I'm loving the Altra Lone Peak shoe I picked up from REI's scratch and dent. My feet are small so I can usually get good deals! Saucony's have always been a good fit, especially after my pregnancies widened my feet. What is your favorite quote? "Be the change you want to be". -Ghandi What are your interests outside of running? Avid reader of running books and novels of SF or fantasy. My kids
and husband are the center of my life. I'm an endurance coach which is really fulfilling as it is something I do and really want to share with others. Oh, and any British TV show or series. What are your favorite pre and post-race or workout meals? Post race: chili. Pre race: oatmeal with raisins, whole milk and peanut butter. Bucket list goal/ running goal for 2016? Stay healthy (I was injured late winter last year and was so bummed). Longer distances and mixing races up. Trail Jam, Liberty Tri, Tri Loppet, Surly Loppet, Chequamegon bike race, maybe Superior marathon. Why are you a member of the MDRA? There's nothing better than running with others! I'm excited to make new running friends.
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On top of the world at the bottom of the world BY KATRINA STYX, HASTINGS STAR GAZETTE Of the more than 7 billion people in the world, only 134 of them have run a formal marathon on every continent, including one within the Antarctic Circle on Antarctica. MDRA board member and Hastings resident Lisa Richardson aims to be one of them, and she just recently put the hardest of the seven behind her. Richardson finished the Antarctic Ice Marathon, the only official marathon held within the Antarctic Circle, on Nov. 20. It was a trip that fell into place just weeks beforehand. A runner since 2011, the race was recommended to her by one of last year’s participants, she said. On Oct. 30, she found out there was a late opening, and by Nov. 1, she had booked a flight to Santiago, Chile; from there she would fly to Punta Arenas, the last stop before flying to Union Glacier, Antarctica. It was a chance she just couldn’t pass up, she said, even though it wasn’t something she had ever planned or hoped to do. But if she had passed up the chance, she would have regretted it the rest of her life, she said. Plus, Union Glacier only gets 350 to 450 visitors each year, and now Richardson can say she was one of them.
The race Another deciding factor in her decision to make the trip was her conditioning. Although she hadn’t trained specifically for this event, she had just run a marathon on Oct. 18. “So I knew I had the mileage in my legs,” she said. Still, it was a challenging run, for multiple reasons. Antarctica is the windiest, coldest and driest continent in the world, and despite it being summer there now, it lived up to its reputation. The wind was brutal, Richardson said, and some days was strong enough to push her as she was walking. Although the wind let up for the race itself, it was still cold (-17 Celsius or about 1 degree Fahrenheit at the start of the race) and the open ice and snow made for white-out conditions. Footing was also a little less than ideal. The course covered a 13.1 mile loop on ice and soft snow, and it seemed to Richardson that each runner fell at least once. “It was like running on sand,” Richardson said. At the end of the first loop, runners had a chance to change into dry clothes and decide if they would continue on to complete the full marathon or stop with the half marathon. By the time Richardson finished her first loop, she was facing some major equipment malfunctions that could have ended her race. Her balaclava and buff had frozen solid, and she couldn’t breathe through them. Plus, her ski goggles kept fogging up, making it even harder to see. By that time, though, the top two runners had already finished the
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Lisa Richardson, left, is pictured during the marathon with two new friends. Also pictured are Sasie Smittipatana (Thailand) and Teresa Strad (who is from the UK and lives in the Cayman Islands now). race. The second-place finisher was Luke Wigman, a British athlete who lost his leg while serving in Afghanistan and went on to become a medal-winning marathon runner. Wigman checked in on Richardson and offered her his own spare gear. “Honestly, he saved my race,” she said. Richardson finished the full marathon in 8 hours and 54 minutes, about three and a half hours over her normal time. “It was much harder than I expected,” she said.
More than a run Richardson spent a total of five days in Antarctica. Of that, less than nine hours were spent racing. The best part of the trip, she said, was the people she befriended. “At the end of the whole experience, it wasn’t even the marathon that was a big deal,” she said. “It was the relationships.” There were about 55 runners this year, representing 22 countries. And, for the majority of the time they were there, they were interacting and getting to know each other. Richardson said she now has friends from all around the world. Staying on the glacier for five days, however, wasn’t part of the plan. Richardson said the original schedule had the runners flying into Union Glacier on Nov. 18 and leaving Nov. 21. But weather delayed both the incoming and outgoing flights. The planes need a 12-hour window of clear weather to make the trip safely, she explained. But the organization running the operation, Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions, made sure its visitors had enough to stay busy. They put on lectures and camp tours, offered yoga sessions and documentary films about Antarctica and Union Glacier. There was a small library, and they even offered a 10k running course for those who wanted to keep their legs moving. The runners spent quite a bit of time together, too, getting to know each other, playing board games and other activities. Richardson said she tried to learn a little Thai and Polish from her new friends as well. And although they spent the time there in tents, the living in camp was easy, Richardson said. There was a chef there who prepared all their meals, and they had access to warm showers. It was great, she said, aside from sleeping in a polar sleeping bag and dealing with 24hour daylight, where the sun simply rolled a big circle around the sky. “I don’t think anything prepares you for that,” she said.
Back to Minnesota Now that Richardson is back home in Hastings, she’s already plan-
Lisa richardson poses with race organizer richard donovan. Photos courtesy of the Antarctic Ice Marathon ning her next marathon. When she found out the Antarctic Ice Marathon was the only marathon event actually located within the Antarctic Circle, she realized she would have to set herself a new goal: run a marathon on each continent. Thanks to her new Polish friend, she’s already got her sights set on a marathon in Poland next year to check her third continent, Europe, off the list. Her hope, she said, is to run at least one intercontinental marathon each year.And if she got the chance to go back to run in Antarctica, she would do it in a heartbeat. “I can’t say enough from beginning to end about how well it was done,” she said. It’s an experience she would recommend to anybody.
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Better Breathing Part II: Your breathing could improve your PR BY DEANNA REITER
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hen I was in the hey day of my long distance running career, I didn’t give breathing through my nose much thought. Mostly, because I couldn’t do it. I didn’t think I could get enough oxygen while breathing through my nose to sustain a decent pace. It intuitively felt right to breathe through my mouth, so that’s what I did. Years later, I learned about the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico, amazing runners who only breathe through their nose, although some of them exhale through a partially open mouth. This nasal breathing creates effects similar to altitude training. At rest, they breathe more slowly and deeply than non-runners. They also have a lower resting heart rate and often run more than 60 miles daily! And so, I thought I’d give nasal breathing a second chance – or at least investigate to see if it’s really worth the hassle to change something that seems so second nature.
Benefits of Nose Breathing Many people breathe through their mouths while running, but as the Tarahumara Indians demonstrated, breathing through the nose is preferable to mouth breathing for many reasons. 1. Breathing through the nose increases oxygen levels. Nose breathing utilizes nitric
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oxide, a gas produced in small amounts by the sinuses that aids the breathing process through vasodilation of the blood vessels, which helps to open and expand them so more blood and oxygen can be transported. When nitric oxide is inhaled into the lungs it can increase oxygen absorption by 10 to 25 percent, which could definitely come in handy during your next race. Nitric oxide is lethal to bacteria, viruses and parasitic organisms, which can help reduce illness and help you maintain your training plan. Nitric oxide also influences secretion of hormones from several glands and can help neurotransmission with some processes such as memory, learning, sleeping and pain sensation. 2. Breathing through the nose maintains good blood flow to the heart. Mouth breathing results in hyperventilation and overbreathing. It forces us to increase our respiration rate because we’re not getting enough oxygen. During exertion, overbreathing causes carbon dioxide levels to drop and reduces blood flow to the heart. This increases risk of cardiac arrhythmia. This type of hyperventilation may play a significant role in healthy endurance athletes who experience unexpected cardiac events. 3. Breathing through the nose warms the air. You’ve probably heard that breathing through the nose warms the air, but why does that
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really matter to you as a runner? As air passes through your nasal cavities it is warmed to body temperature before it enters your lungs. This is especially beneficial if you are a runner who continues to log in your miles outdoors during cold Minnesota winter days. Breathing through your mouth brings cold temperatures directly into your respiratory system, which can shock and irritate your airways and cause chest and throat pain. Dry, cold air in the lungs also creates thick mucus, which will slow the transport of oxygen in the blood stream. That could have an obvious effect on your running performance. 4. Breathing through the nose filters the air. The mucous membranes and the cilia, tiny hairs in the nose, can filter particles as small as a grain of pollen. This is highly important for us runners, especially when we’re out on roads and running trails where we’re exposed to dust, dirt, soot and smoke. If we’re mouth breathing, these particles could be deposited on our lungs and become an irritant in our airway leading to decreased lung function. Again, not helpful for a long-term competitive runner. 5. Breathing through the nose moistens the air. Breathing through the nose moistens the air more than breathing through the mouth does. Mouth breathing moistens the air 60 to 70 percent of the relative humidity, so dry air
moves directly into the lungs, which could lead to dryness of the lining of the lungs and bronchial tubes and ultimately could make breathing more difficult. Nose breathing, however, saturates air to about 80 to 90 percent of the relative humidity. 6. Breathing through the nose maintains a healthy and balanced pH. The small diameter of the nasal passages creates pressure in the lungs while exhaling. This provides the lungs with adequate time to extract oxygen. When carbon dioxide is lost too quickly through mouth breathing, oxygen absorption decreases. When there is correct oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange, the blood maintains a balanced pH, which allows for better aerobic metabolism and energy for recovery. It also helps keep your joints healthy and your bones dense.
Solutions Scientific evidence shows that nasal breathing gives us the most oxygen that is warmed, filtered and moist but the obvious problem remains – how can you breathe through your nose during high intensity runs? As distance runners, we know how important it is to train our legs to become stronger through higher mileage and challenging speed work. When it comes to breathing better, we need to apply a similar principle to train our respiratory system. To start incorporating breathing through your nose while you’re running, make sure you’re breathing
through your nose when you’re sedentary. Check your breathing several times during the day to see if you’re a mouth breather at rest. If you are, close your mouth and breathe through your nose. I found out that I was breathing through my mouth most of the time and I had to consciously shift that. The reason most people breathe through their mouth instead of their nose is because their nose is congested. If this is the case for you, see if you can clear it by blowing it. Humming is another technique that can clear sinuses. You can also try nasal washing with a neti pot or sinus rinse. If a deviated septum is the problem, surgery may be a necessary route to correct the issue. When you’re able to breathe easily through your nose, try it while you’re doing lower intensity exercise, like walking. After that is comfortable, breathe through your nose while jogging. As your body becomes more comfortable with nasal breathing, incorporate it into training runs and higher intensity workouts as much as possible. If you get tense, anxious or too uncomfortable, switch to mouth breathing. Like the Tarahumara Indians, exhale through the mouth occasionally. Often that can reduce carbon dioxide levels enough so that you can continue to nose breathe. When you do feel like mouth breathing is necessary, make the switch. Keeping the mouth open is fine when exertion requires it, but as you’re able to engage the respiratory muscles more, return to nasal breathing. You could also decrease intensity levels while you’re adjusting to nose breathing until your body becomes more comfortable with it. When you can incorporate nose breathing with the diaphragmatic breathing detailed in part one of this series, you’re bound to improve your PR. Part three of this series on breathing includes some breathing strategies to help you avoid chronic injury and have your strongest finishes ever.
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My best ever marathon BY PATRICK LANIN Best ever marathon? Sure wasn’t my fastest, but it was the best. Five years later I would run Boston a full half hour faster. OK, roll the clock back 51 years. I was 26 and living in St. Paul with my wife, Emily, and our three small children. I worked at 3M, attended the University of Minnesota part time and was in the Marine Corps Reserve Unit located at the Naval Air Station at Wold Chamberlain Field Minneapolis. I had a “full plate”, so I ran long distance in my spare time. When I heard that our summer training that year was going to be mountain warfare training at the Marine Camp at Pickle Meadows near Bridgeport, California, during the last two weeks of July, I realized that this coincided with the 1964 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials to be held in Culver City on July 25. Pickle Meadows is on the east side of the Sierra Nevada Range at an elevation of about 6,500 feet, about 30 miles north of Yosemite. I had never run a marathon at that time, but I was training hard and had done some fairly good shorter races...55 minute 10 mile road race, etc. I went to the Company Commander and made a request for a three day pass to participate in the Trials. He asked if I thought I could make the Olympic team. I said that was highly unlikely, but that I just thought I’d like to see how I would measure up to the best runners in the United States....after all, I was
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Patrick lanin is pictured running the 1964 U.S. Olympic trials in Culver City, California. already the best runner of the 26th Rifle Company (not exactly credentials for the Olympic Trials). But, the Commanding Officer was impressed enough to grant me the three day pass. I submitted my entry post haste, and contacted my younger brother, Mike, who lived in Fresno. He had just returned from a year’s duty in the Marine Corps in Northern Thailand and Laos, where things were heating up for the Vietnam War. Mike agreed to pick me up early morning the day before the race and drive me to L.A., where my parents had retired. I let my running buddies know of my plans, and our local running guru, Bob Harris (a New Jersey expat), told me he would get me a “second” to follow me and assist me with whatever I might need during the race. (As I recall there were only three or four water stops
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on the race course). My “second” turned out to be Ted Soto. Bob got to know Ted at races on the East Coast and New England during the 1950s. Ted had moved to California about the time that Bob came to Minnesota. Even though we were getting in some serious Marine Corps training, I was still able to get in three or four days running in the evening. One evening, I ran about five miles up toward the Sonora Pass at an elevation of 9,000 feet, a 2,000 foot climb. The five miles back was to say the least fast. Brother Mike was good to his word, and arrived at the crack of dawn at Pickle Meadows, and he drove like a mad man the 300 plus miles to L.A., where I stayed with my parents. My mom, who was a great cook, treated me to the prerace mega meal: steak, corn on the
cob, baked potatoes, apple pie and chocolate cake. How could I resist after a week plus of field mess slopped together in your mess kit. There was no mess hall per se at Pickle Meadows; you just took your mess kit and canteen back to your tent and ate sitting on your rack (fold up cot). We got to the start a couple hours early to be able to get the mandatory pre-race physical. When I showed up at the starting area in Culver City, Ted Soto found me immediately, since I was wearing my Twin Cities Track Club singlet. Ted, a wiry Japanese American, introduced himself and said he was very familiar with the course, which had been used for the Western Hemisphere Marathon for many years. Ted said he would be able see me at least every four miles. Ted was all business; he had water
Before the gun went off, there was a false start...the only one I have ever witnessed at a marathon. One runner sprinted off a good 40 yards ahead of the field. A few runners cautiously followed before all hell broke loose...whistles, the starting gun fired repeatedly and race workers running to cordon off the start. The overly eager culprit sheepishly returned to the start line. It was a good friend and well known writer, Hal Higdon.
bottles and a first aid kit in his car. I knew I was in good hands. I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to race at all, since the first doctor that checked me out detected an arrhythmia that always showed up when I was in really good shape. The doctor who was the youngest of all of the physicians there, asked his father to check me out. The Dad, who had worked the last 10 or 15 Western Hemisphere Marathons, checked my heart and then asked me how my training and racing was going. I explained and told him about my little jaunt up the Sonora Pass. He chuckled, and said, “Forget it. You’re ready to run.” He signed my entry, and I was off to the starting area. At the line, I felt very relaxed and my legs felt great. After the usual introduction of the city officials and assorted AAU grand poohbahs, we got the “runners to your marks.” But before the gun went off, there was a false start...the only one I have ever witnessed at a marathon. One runner sprinted off a good 40 yards ahead of the field. A few runners cautiously followed before all hell broke loose...whistles, the starting gun fired repeatedly and race workers running to cordon off the start. The overly eager culprit sheepishly returned to the start line. It was a good friend and well known writer, Hal Higdon. After a few more minutes and a
lecture on race etiquette, we were off. It was smoggy and humid with the temps in the low 70s and rising. I was running smoothly and felt well within my limits. I passed 10 miles at about 6:10 pace, and was in about 20 to 25th place. The course led out to a highway that ran along the ocean. The halfway turnaround was in Long Beach. (Twenty years later, much of the course was utilized by the 1984 Marathon, which Jack Moran and I leapfrogged on bikes all the way to the L.A. Coliseum). At around 15 miles I was still running a comfortable 6:10-6:15 mile pace, when a guy in street clothes started running along with me. He said, “Hey, I’m from Minnesota, too.” He looked familiar, and I asked him his name and he said Ted Nelson, and that he had run at Mankato State. He had a large iced cola and asked if I would like some. I slowed down and took a couple of good gulps. He ran with me for another 100 yards or so, and said that I was easily in the top 20 to 25. He was genuinely excited and upbeat. For those of you that may never have heard of Ted, he was the first Minnesotan to break four minutes in the mile, and a year later he set a world indoor record in the 800 of 1:47.4. Wow, Ted Nelson cheering me on. It doesn’t get much better than that, but it would. As I approached the 20 mile mark, my easy, fluid stride disap-
peared and became a miserable shuffle. My pace dropped over two minutes per mile to about 8:30 pace. The bear got me, and to top things off, the toes on both feet were rubbed raw and bleeding. I had a condition known as “hammer toes,” where the four smaller toes on each foot were pulled back with the second and third joint pushed upward, and consequently rubbed on the top of the front of each shoe. To make matters worse, I was paying the price for over indulging in my mom’s cooking. I HAD TO GO! As if by magic, my guardian angel, Ted Soto drove up alongside and asked if I needed anything. I told him the situation, and he responded immediately, telling me that there was a gas station about two blocks up the course, and he would have the door open on the men’s room ready to go. Well, I made it to the gas station...barely. When I was done, I gave Ted my shoes and bloody socks. I did a lot of barefoot running in those days, so no problem. Plus, the streets were smooth and clean. I was able to pick up the pace a bit and felt infinitely better. Then I saw a runner directly ahead that I had held in awe. It was Alex Breckenridge who had represented the U.S. in the 1960 Marathon in Rome, and he was a Captain in the Marine Corps. I didn’t know which was better, beating an Olympian or beating a Marine Corps officer. He did not look at all well, but nonetheless, he slowly pulled away during the last three miles. Just having him in front of me put me in a very positive frame of mind. I crossed the finish line in three hours, seven plus minutes. As I was standing just beyond the finish line, an older, rather distinguished looking man with slightly graying hair, came up and put his hand on my shoulder, and looked me in the eye and said in a thick Eastern European accent, “You are champion!” I was a bit wary, since I had no idea who this was. I said a three hour, seven minute marathon doesn’t make me a champion. He replied: “I have run much, and you are champion. You run marathon
with a bloody feet.” His voice was very emotional, and there was no doubting his sincerity. Growing up on the Minnesota Iron Range in the 1940s and 50s, I heard lots of different languages and accents, so I asked him where he was from. He said, “I am Hungarian” very proudly. I than asked him his name, he responded, “I am Tabori!” Now I knew who I was talking with. I replied astonished, “LAZLO TABORI?” He said, “That is correct.” Tabori ran in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne and placed fourth in the 1,500 and sixth in the 5,000. These races were run at the time of the Hungarian Revolution against the Soviets. It was a bloody, ruthless show of power against the Hungarians, and no doubt, affected the performances of the Hungarian middle distance runners who were among the world’s best. Their coach, Mihaly Igloi, Tabori and several other members of the Hungarian team defected to the USA. I was well aware of the entire scenario. Now, having Lazlo Tabori tell me that I am a champion...it really doesn’t get any better than that. Notes on the race: Of the 122 starters, there were only 44 finishers. My 3:07 placed me in 27th, about three minutes behind Alex Breckenridge. It turned out to be a brutal day, to say the least. The race winner was Peter McArdle from New York City, and runner up was none other than Billy Mills (exMarine). In the Olympic Marathon in Tokyo, McArdle placed 23rd, Mills ran 2:22:55 for 14th (a week after he won his incredible gold medal in the 10,000) and ex-Gopher, Buddy Edelen placed sixth in 2:18:12, six minutes behind Abbe Bikila who ran a world record 2:12:11. Buddy had qualified on an even hotter and more humid day in May in Yonkers, New York, winning his race by over 20 minutes. This is the only time there were two Marathon Trials races.
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MARATHON MAN: Burt Carlson He’s run 324 marathons and ultras BY PATRICK O’REGAN Human nature is a bundle of contradictions. None of us is predictable. In the case of Burt Carlson, however, the unexpected is particularly glaring. Showing up for the interview, one comes to see immediately that he is a sweet and gentle soul. The words that came to mind as I listened to him were quiet, modest, reserved, unassertive, self-effacing, kind – just a dear man. But, as soon became clear, he is also one of the toughest people I have ever met in my life. Nothing stops, or scarcely slows him, in his trek through life. Not surprisingly, then, he is also a very tough runner. But, however impressive, the toughness of this runner is not paramount – a love of long distance running is the thing. Clearly, Burt is fiercely driven to challenge himself at long distances. He simply loves to run long races. Burt’s athletic accomplishments, like his nature, have an air of the unexpected. He has run 324 marathons and ultras (distances of greater than a marathon: in his case, double marathons and farther). But his personal best times are not what one would expect from a runner of such incredible stamina – for example, 3:45 for the marathon and 6:30 for the mile. Apparently, here is a runner who does not have a single fast twitch muscle fiber in his body. He is a superlative runner – for long slow distances. Burt’s family and formative years are lacking in athletic pedi-
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gree and influences. His father died before reaching the age of 40, but his mother lived to be almost 102. Though not athletic, she was active till the last few months of her life. “She just couldn’t understand,” Burt recalled, “why I would want to run so far.” Burt engaged in no athletic activity in grade school or high school. “I was too slow to run,” he said, “too uncoordinated to throw a ball well.” So, it wasn’t until he joined the Navy, during World War II, that his athletic talent started to rise up and show itself. He completed training at the top of his unit. Recalling one exploit, Burt said that he could swim three laps of a 25 yard pool on a single breath. That was no mean feat. He would have had to hold his breath for at least one and a half minutes, while propelling himself through the water. He was assigned to the aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt, which cruised in the Caribbean Sea. He enjoyed the duty – especially layovers at Guantanamo Bay – which perhaps, many years later, led to his running of the Reggae Marathon in Jamaica. Back in civilian life, right after World War II, Burt would start a family and work in construction and electronics – some eight years for Honeywell and then 28 years for 3M. For over 30 years, he did not run or train. This, too, defies understanding, since even a little running would have revealed a huge talent. One thinks of all that talent lying quietly within him, just waiting for something to happen. Say he had to hurry somewhere and his wife had the car – Off he would run, thinking, after getting
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back, “Hey, I had no trouble running that mile at all!” – That alone might have made him a runner. But, luckily, he was active and kept the company of people who skied, biked and ran. Eventually, at age 57, the urge to run awakened in his soul. He ran a 5K race. A week later, he ran a 10K race. Early the next year (1983), Burt volunteered for the Twin Cities Marathon. Undertrained, just two or three months before the marathon, with typical boldness, he thought, “Well, why not run it?” He finished. The time was slow (5:02), just ahead of the five hour cut off (allowing for a delay at the start), but his training was minimal. Running through the winter, he ran Grandma’s Marathon the following spring in a very respectable 4:10. He would run three marathons that year, eight the next, 12 the year after that, and so on. He was off and running, so to speak. He peaked at age 72, running 21 marathons and five ultras in that year. For a runner with pure stamina, ultra running was a logical step up into a greater challenge. The first was a 50K (about 30 miles). But he would not be happy until he had run a double marathon. His first attempt was in 1990 at the Ice Age Trail 50 mile race in eastern Wisconsin. During the race, a cold rain began to fall. Not having rain gear, Burt was forced from the race at the halfway point, when the course – luckily – took the runners back to the starting area. Near hypothermic, he struggled to get his car unlocked so he could get out of the rain and warm up. It was one of the few races he did not finish. People with a passion for something will push it to the limit of what they can do. Thus, hearing of 24 hour races, Burt was intrigued.
In 1990, he ran in the inaugural FANS 24 hour race around Lake Harriet. He would run a total of 74.1 miles in that one. Running that race 19 times, he had a personal best distance of 83 miles. Through the years, Burt would try himself against the best around. Competing for Team Minnesota at the World Masters Games in Denmark in 1989, Burt ran four events – marathon, steeplechase, triathlon and 10K. He won the Bronze medal in the triathlon and the Gold medal, though without competition, in the steeplechase. A precious memory was wearing the Bronze medal in the opening ceremony, because the triathlon had already been contested. Everyone noticed. Along the way, Burt would amass an incredible record of running accomplishments. Some of the notable ones are: - Running marathons in all 50 states and nine countries - Burt has run Grandma’s Marathon 26 times, New York seven times, Boston twice, the Reggae Marathon – a favorite race – 10 times, the Bataan Death March Memorial Marathon in New Mexico – another favorite – 10 times, the Pikes Peak Marathon – up the mountain and back down – four times -In 1992, at age 67, Burt won the ALARC award for the most racing miles in the year, accumulating 934, to beat out the great Sue Olson by just 20 miles -In 1995, he won three age category USATF Championships: the 100K, the 50 mile trail race and the 24 hour run -In 2006, he won the Twin City Marathon for age category 80-84 -Burt’s 324 marathons and ultras put him at number 72 on the
all-time US total marathons list and number 305 on the all-time World total marathons list (keep in mind, he started at age 57) Distance running, in addition to offering a test of one’s stamina and athletic competition, can also be adventuresome. In 1995, at age 70, Burt ran the first ever marathon run in Antarctica. He thought it wasn’t so tough. There was only a mile of ice and snow, going over a glacier, and the weather was mild (40°) in the Antarctic summer (January). Another adventure was a double marathon on Baffin Island, 480 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Burt has also been cross country skiing through the years. On a skiing and camping trip to Yellowstone, the temperature dropped to minus 36. Even the brandy they brought along to charge their coffee froze. Probably the best race Burt ever ran was the Edmund Fitzgerald 100K race, in the north shore area of Lake Superior. That year (1990), when he was 65, the race was the World Championship 100K race. Burt trained hard; he was ready for the daunting challenge. He recalled – like it was yesterday – getting up at 2 a.m. and riding the bus from Duluth to the starting line over 62 miles away. It must have seemed like a long way to run. When the runners toed the line at 5 a.m., the woods were still wrapped in an inky darkness and a cold wind jostled the pine trees overhead. Every runner of marathons and beyond can appreciate the tension. “What the heck am I doing here?” Burt recalled thinking. He ran comfortably for the first 50 miles (9:15), then began to labor, walking most of the rest of the race, but finishing in the outstanding time of 12:16. When he approached the finish line, the sun was shining, the wind had died down and he could see a passel of friends cheering him home. “Running doesn’t get any better than this,” he thought. At the time, he was the only Minnesota runner over 65 to have run 100K. His record for age 65 still stands. Like all distance runners, some of the memories are less pleasant. Trying the absolute limits of distance running, Burt signed up for a
Burt Carlson is pictured during a race in 2000. He has run grandma’s a total of 26 times. six day stage race in Kazakhstan. During the first stage, word came back that bandits had robbed people on the trail ahead. Asked if he wanted to continue with the race, Burt demurred. So, he could retain some sense when grappling with a race to be run. In such a running career, there would be injuries. “The sciatica was the worst,” Burt recalled. “That laid me up for three or four months.” There was also the usual array of running related injuries – shin splints, plantar fasciitis, tendonitis, knee problems, etc. A hernia he developed a week before the 1999 Boston Marathon was particularly
tough. He called the officials to ask if they could waive the cut off time requirement, so he could get an official finish. They told him it was not a good idea for a man of his age (74) to be running a marathon. That probably settled the matter in favor of going – but he had a flight, a room and a registration, too – off to Boston he went. He recalled how he pushed in the bulge at the starting line and then, during the course of the race, kept pushing it in again whenever it popped out. He finished the race. This was probably unwise. But he must have thought, “I can run the race. I’ve prepared for it.” Rather than gruesome hard-
ship, think love of running. Back home, seeing a doctor to schedule surgery for the hernia, Burt asked about a lump he had under his left arm. It was melanoma – a nasty form of cancer. He had surgery to remove 35 lymph nodes. For a time he had to carry a bottle around his neck to drain the lymph fluid from a tube inserted into his side. This, of course, made running extremely problematic. So he got into a three day bike ride to stay in shape. Two days after the tube was pulled, he ran Grandma’s. That was 16 years ago. He’s been fine ever since. Again, he was doing what he loved to face down a tough situation. Most people would think he was crazy. But most people don’t love to run. Burt’s last marathon was a year and a half ago at Grandma’s. He came up just short of the cut off time. “My body just won’t let me get there, anymore,” he said. But his running days are not over – not by a long shot. He celebrated his 90th birthday by running the Legends 10K race. For the rest of the year (November, December), he had four races scheduled. He’ll be running the half marathon at the Reggae competition, two 5Ks and a 10K. Beyond running, he is constantly in motion. “I’m always working around the house or making something,” he said in a newspaper article on him. “I just like being busy and doing something physical.” Burt’s advice to long distance runners sums up his lifetime of running: “Run until it gets too hard, then walk until it gets too easy.” The words can be taken to mean, Give it all you’ve got, but enjoy it. In 2003, Burt was recognized as a Minnesota Running Legend by the American Lung Association Running Club. In 2006, he was recognized as the 80-84 age category Grand Prix winner by the Minnesota Distance Running Association.
Jim Mulrooney and Carter Holmes contributed to this article.
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Minnesota Streak Runner Update January 2015 BY STEPHEN DEBOER
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ince I last reported on the epidemic of streaking in our state 18 months ago, the virus has spread even more! For those who have not read about this topic before, the US Running Streak Association, incorporated in 2000 (www.runeveryday.com), defines a streak as running a minimum of one mile for at least 365 days in a row. Here is a listing since June 2014 (when the list included 58 individuals, an increase of 30 in the last 18 months or 50 percent!) of those who have admitted to this indiscretion:
9. Craig Davidson Fergus Falls (moved to AZ Nov 1982) Nov 5, 1978 – present (streak began while living in MN) 14 . John Naslund* Bloomington Has not yet reported the specific years from the 1980s 31. Rick Larson Bloomington Jun 7, 1999 – Jun 5, 2000; Apr 1, 2014 – present 44. Matt Flynn Burnsville Apr 29, 2010 – present (Malibu, CA first two years) 46. Lisa Millam Coon Rapids Dec 29, 2010 – present 48. Mike Buerke Fridley Feb 2, 2011 – present (my apology to Mike for leaving off him off the 2013 list) 52. Randy Wiinanen* Iron Apr 28, 2011 – Jun 9, 2012; Dec 21, 2014 – present 62. Adam Ailabouni Northfield Oct 27, 2012 – present 67. Dan Miller Forest Lake July 4, 2013 – present 68. Scott Nelsen Mankato July 5, 2013 – Jan 28, 2015 69. Leah Mackie* Oakdale Sep 5, 2013 –? 70. Tom Pechman* St. Anthony Sep 5, 2013 –? 71. Jeff Allen* Wyoming Nov 25, 2013 – present 72. Philip Bangert Centerville Nov 25, 2013 – present 73. Ellen Kendall St. Louis Park Nov 28, 2013 – Nov 12, 2015 74. Robin Lentine Plymouth Nov 30, 2013 – present 75. Corinne Wright-MacLeod MinneapolisDec 14, 2013 – Mar 21, 2015 76. Chris Myers Chanhassen Dec 24, 2013 – Jun 6, 2015 77. Augusta Kirk Savage Dec 25, 2013 – present 78. Jennifer Meyer Rochester Jan 4, 2014 – Feb 16, 2015 79. Brian Daniels Minneapolis Jan 12, 2014 – Feb 26, 2015 80. Garren Hamby Minnetrista Mar 31, 2014 – present 81. Jennifer Fitzharris-FunkMinneapolis May 26, 2014 – present 82. Scott Church Eagan May 27, 2014 – present 83. Susie Strachota Edina June 26, 2014 – present 84. Laurie Omodt-TeBrake Shakopee Aug 6, 2014 – Aug 9, 2015 85. Mandy Colten St. Paul Sep 9, 2014 – present 86. Roxanne Erickson LorenzBenson Oct 1, 2014 – present
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87. Kyle Bode Blaine Feb 4, 2015– present 88. Todd Vitols Burnsville March 6, 2015 – present 89 Doug Suker Minneapolis Oct. 30, 2014 — present 90 Sherri Schmitz Cologne Nov. 25, 2014 — present * has not registered with US Running Streak Association
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Other changes 41. Jeff Judd of Rochester began a new streak January 19, 2015, giving Rochester seven daily runners currently, tying Houston, Texas, for the most of any city in the country. Rochester also has the most residents ever with a streak at 14. St. Paul has had 10 (two currently active), and Minneapolis has had eight (three currently active). Steve DeBoer (No. three in the United States), and Steve Gathje (No. six) have been running daily for over 44 and 43 years respectively. Craig Davidson is at No. 26 out of 595 registered streaks listed as of November 30, 2015. With the big increase in streaking among Minnesota women, we now have the most of any state (21, including those with retired streaks), one more than California. As for total streaks ever in Minnesota, our 88 by March 6, 2016, will rank second behind California with 92. After Minnesota, Pennsylvania has 66 and Texas has 64. Because our population is lower than those states, we have the highest rate of daily runners at 16.4 per million, over double the rate of Wyoming (6.8 with 4 persons), Massachusetts (5.8 with 38 persons), and Maryland (5.7 with 33 persons). California has a much lower rate of 2.46, since they have seven times the population of Minnesota. If we limit our counts to only those currently active, the top five change a little, but Minnesota is still number one percentage-wise, as of December 1, 2015 (we would be at 47 if all currently active were registered):
Number active
Percentage active per (1,00,000 population)
California, 56 Minnesota, 41 Texas, 37 New York, 36 Pennsylvania, 35
Minnesota 7.71% Wyoming 5.28% Colorado 3.67% Oregon 3.64% Massachusetts 3.35%
Steve Morrow, 51 Eagle Lake Paul Noreen, deceased Nov 26, 2013, age 78 Jerry Heaps, 60 Apple Valley Tim O’Brien, 59 Minneapolis John Naslund, 65 Bloomington Steve Kohorst, 65 Cohasset Barney Klecker, 64 Minnetonka
148,000 142,000 140,000 130,000 128,000 126,000 120,000
Others that I know of (who have run between 105,000 to 119,000 miles) are Al Gilman of Rochester, Sherry and Paul Case of Richfield, Rick Kleyman of Plymouth, Doug Suker and Steve Gathje of Minneapolis, Randy Wiinanan of Iron, Kerry Louts of Duluth, Mike Setter and Jon Drew of Minneapolis.
Running Past 100,000 (Miles) in Minnesota Minnesotans continue to lead the country in the number of runners recognized who have covered over 100,000 miles in their lifetime (23, with California next at 17 and Massachusetts with 10). As of January 1, 2016, here are the totals of the top 13, all over 120,000 miles (though Craig has run the majority of his miles elsewhere): Craig Davidson, 62 Start in Fergus Falls in 1978, moved to Arizona at end of 1982 202,000 Bob Wagner, 69 Bemidji over 185,000 Bruce Mortenson, 71 Minnetonka 171,000 Dick Beardsley, 59 Now in Texas over 155,000 Steve DeBoer, 61 Rochester 153,000 John King, 64 Minneapolis, St. Paul & Woodbury (moved to Illinois in 2001) 152,000
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AT T H E R AC E S NOTE: All results are gun times
Mankato Half Marathon Open Men Dan Greeno, 27 Josiah Swanson, 23 Nick Ross, 26 John Heitzman, 30 Lance Elliott, 44 Andrew Thies, 23 Eric Thies, 26 Matthew Stocker, 23 Alec Wright, 21 Brenden Huber, 33 Nick Myran, 32 Matt Bien, 45 Eric Schmidt, 24 Mark Landgraff, 33 Bryce Omtvedt, 20 Brad Mitchell, 33 Ryan Supalla, 28 Mark Weinkauf, 29 Adam Kells, 28 Garrett Brenno, 35 Joseph Crosby, 38 Gregg Falk, 48 Mark Berven, 36 Dennis Heimdal, 44 Dylan Beske, 22 Jeff Leuwerke, 34 James Watt, 49 Craig Moscetti, 29 Michael Stalberger, 34 Tobias Gulden, 28
1:07:47 1:10:59 1:11:16 1:12:32 1:15:22 1:16:33 1:17:55 1:19:37 1:21:43 1:22:53 1:23:13 1:23:36 1:24:09 1:25:24 1:27:02 1:27:26 1:27:44 1:28:31 1:28:57 1:29:03 1:29:04 1:29:18 1:29:20 1:29:39 1:29:44 1:29:48 1:29:50 1:30:00 1:30:34 1:31:25
Open Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Lindsay Henkels, 35 Kristen Mullen, 32 Janet Smith, 34 Joyce Bourassa, 48 Claire Walling, 23 Andrea Kronbach, 34 Carmen Jaskulke, 39 Holly Neusch, 46 Emily Moore, 35 Lindsay Knoop, 31 Laura Pennala, 23 Suzie Olsen, 45 Becca Lewis, 41 Emily Stenzel, 26 Kate Tsai, 39 Kelly Mitchell, 36 Kris Anderson, 40 Brooke Nelsen, 31 Sarah Foley, 45 Kelsey Sorensen, 19 Laura Hughes, 23 Vetter Rachel, 23 Sue Mueller, 39 Bonnie Barnhardt, 44 Cheryl Johnson, 43 Kari Miest, 40 Sally Kortuem, 37 Eydie Kramer, 25 Amber Hollerich, 28 Alicia Reese, 34
1:23:30 1:30:52 1:31:13 1:31:44 1:33:51 1:35:44 1:36:00 1:36:09 1:36:33 1:37:11 1:37:21 1:37:22 1:37:47 1:38:22 1:39:14 1:39:52 1:40:06 1:41:11 1:41:18 1:41:48 1:42:01 1:42:05 1:42:06 1:42:10 1:42:14 1:42:15 1:42:24 1:42:28 1:42:39 1:42:57
Men 10 - 11 121 502
Peter Olson, 10 Christopher Patz, 11
Men 16 - 17
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Miguel Jr Gonzalez Av, 17 1:47:27 Kole Kleinschmidt, 17 1:48:54 Easton Syvertson, 16 1:51:21 Isaac Hiniker, 17 1:57:13
Men 18 - 19 35 42 213 260 290 394 517
James Leidel, 19 Mitchell Royea, 19 Spencer Syvertson, 19 Niels Ryden, 19 Dustin Manzey, 19 Nick Andersen, 19 Nehemiah Olson, 18
1:32:33 1:34:06 1:51:22 1:55:52 1:59:20 2:10:07 2:42:50
Men 20 - 34
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
160 174 212 276
RESULTS
1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11
Dan Greeno, 27 Josiah Swanson, 23 Nick Ross, 26 John Heitzman, 30 Andrew Thies, 23 Eric Thies, 26 Matthew Stocker, 23 Alec Wright, 21 Brenden Huber, 33 Nick Myran, 32
1:07:47 1:10:59 1:11:16 1:12:32 1:16:33 1:17:55 1:19:37 1:21:43 1:22:53 1:23:13
Men 35 - 39 20 21 23 31 37 38 51 53 62 71
Garrett Brenno, 35 Joseph Crosby, 38 Mark Berven, 36 Eric Sletten, 37 Blair Aakre, 39 Nick Worm, 36 Charles Johnson, 35 Adam Petersen, 35 Matt Perrine, 39 Justin Skistad, 35
1:29:03 1:29:04 1:29:20 1:31:42 1:32:52 1:33:04 1:35:08 1:35:21 1:37:12 1:38:01
Men 40 - 44 5 24 32 33 40 50 64 83 86 90
Lance Elliott, 44 Dennis Heimdal, 44 Greg Warzecha, 43 Sean Bartels, 43 Dennis Murphy, 41 Edward Nordstrom, 44 Eric Bjorklund, 41 Miguel Luna, 40 Joel Prybylla, 44 Brandon Scheel, 40
1:15:22 1:29:39 1:31:43 1:31:56 1:33:31 1:35:02 1:37:24 1:39:32 1:40:01 1:40:06
Men 45 - 49 12 22 27 41 45 46 48 58 68 78
Matt Bien, 45 Gregg Falk, 48 James Watt, 49 Kevin Langton, 45 Reed Anderson, 47 Kevin Royea, 48 Scott Stevens, 47 Dale Pfrimmer, 47 Charles Hawkins, 46 Dan Friedrichs, 46
1:23:36 1:29:18 1:29:50 1:33:36 1:34:10 1:34:14 1:34:58 1:36:37 1:37:45 1:39:10
Men 50 - 54 44 54 66 67 119 141 163 166 168 186
Steven Lueders, 51 Jay Grandprey, 54 Steve Morrow, 52 Blaine Schmidt, 50 Jerry Kauffman, 52 Ken Ambrose, 50 Tom Bachmann, 52 Bryan Smithee, 51 Steve Hamer, 53 Brice Andree, 54
1:34:09 1:35:43 1:37:32 1:37:39 1:43:02 1:44:46 1:47:59 1:48:02 1:48:14 1:49:59
Men 55 - 59 63 93 108 127 130 133 161 164 176 177
Bruce Juber, 56 Mark Lysne, 55 Mike Hudspith, 57 Mark Kubes, 55 Steve Rice, 55 Randy Gibson, 55 Dale Fredrickson, 58 Stephen Saliba, 55 Phil Driscoll, 58 Fred Molenaar, 55
1:37:21 1:40:18 1:41:46 1:43:54 1:44:00 1:44:17 1:47:32 1:48:01 1:48:55 1:49:14
Men 60 - 64 1:43:10 2:33:18
34 167 198
Craig Mueller, 61 Duane Olson, 61 Kermit Kauffman, 61
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1:32:04 1:48:08 1:50:40
265 278 419 451 459 475 493
Kevin Date, 60 Tom Byrne, 60 David Baukol, 62 Herbert Kroon, 62 David Banfield, 61 Walt Dosh, 64 Garry Nicosia, 60
1:56:26 1:57:47 2:12:39 2:19:53 2:22:16 2:26:11 2:31:42
Men 65 - 69 47 181 280 320 374 471 476 477 481
Leroy Jordan, 68 Leroy Twait, 66 Jim Schneider, 66 Daniel Birkholz, 66 A Eric Anderson, 65 Tom Osborne, 65 Peter Barnett, 65 Clinton Firstbrook II, 68 Paul Horrisberger, 67
1:34:44 1:49:30 1:58:05 2:01:23 2:07:43 2:25:17 2:26:15 2:26:34 2:27:02
Men 70 - 74 244 404
Paul Murray, 70 Frank Korth, 70
1:54:27 2:11:10
Men 75 - 79 531
Fred Haack, 76
2:59:04
Women 10 - 11 303
Jaiden Landsom, 11
2:06:57
Women 12 - 13 817
Anissa Walker, 13
2:47:36
Women 14 - 15 209 288 352 577 784
Kayla Postel, 15 Kayla Rose Adema, 14 Jenni Dauer, 15 Montana Tolzman, 15 Maren Warner, 14
2:00:49 2:06:21 2:09:54 2:21:58 2:41:26
Women 16 - 17 175 212 277 450 451 460 496 507 538 539
Andrea Bruns, 16 Cory Eull, 16 Danielle Bielke, 16 Kayla Brandes, 16 Megan Hulke, 16 Lexi Schoper, 17 Lucia Walstrom, 16 Linzi Peterson, 16 Callie Lagerquist, 16 Alyssa Weber, 17
1:58:36 2:00:54 2:04:53 2:13:40 2:13:40 2:14:23 2:16:14 2:17:18 2:19:29 2:19:32
Women 18 - 19 20 56 106 211 243 253 295 340 418 426
Kelsey Sorensen, 19 Taylor Bawn, 18 Jessica Schafer, 19 Kaitlyn Olsen, 19 Elizabeth Herrick, 19 Grace Peterson, 18 Mallarie Steffel, 19 Miranda Pennala, 18 Emily Warner, 19 Emily Zaharia, 19
1:41:48 1:48:06 1:53:51 2:00:53 2:02:54 2:03:23 2:06:41 2:09:07 2:12:43 2:12:57
Women 20 - 34 2 3 5 6 10 11 14 18 21 22
Kristen Mullen, 32 Janet Smith, 34 Claire Walling, 23 Andrea Kronbach, 34 Lindsay Knoop, 31 Laura Pennala, 23 Emily Stenzel, 26 Brooke Nelsen, 31 Laura Hughes, 23 Vetter Rachel, 23
1:30:52 1:31:13 1:33:51 1:35:44 1:37:11 1:37:21 1:38:22 1:41:11 1:42:01 1:42:05
Women 35 - 39 1 7 9 15 16 23 27 32 42 55
Lindsay Henkels, 35 Carmen Jaskulke, 39 Emily Moore, 35 Kate Tsai, 39 Kelly Mitchell, 36 Sue Mueller, 39 Sally Kortuem, 37 Stephanie Hoven, 36 Jessica Eastman, 39 Christine Stevensen, 37
1:23:30 1:36:00 1:36:33 1:39:14 1:39:52 1:42:06 1:42:24 1:43:05 1:45:21 1:47:45
Women 40 - 44 13 17 24 25
Becca Lewis, 41 Kris Anderson, 40 Bonnie Barnhardt, 44 Cheryl Johnson, 43
1:37:47 1:40:06 1:42:10 1:42:14
26 31 35 39 45 48
Kari Miest, 40 1:42:15 Julie Ann Busch, 41 1:43:04 Michelle Pawelski, 40 1:43:30 Jolinda Grabianowski, 43 1:44:47 Nicole Slechta, 44 1:45:35 Paula Prybylla, 43 1:45:59
Women 45 - 49 4 Joyce Bourassa, 48 8 Holly Neusch, 46 12 Suzie Olsen, 45 19 Sarah Foley, 45 41 Therese Shumaker, 47 47 Rhonda Omtvedt, 48 52 Shellie Segler, 47 54 Tammy Kubista, 45 63 Kathy Fast, 47 70 Monica Hanson, 49 Women 50 - 54 36 Peggy Frederickson, 51 40 Eda Mutua, 50 67 Clarice Esslinger, 50 69 Heidi Kuelbs, 52 75 Sue Sorensen, 52 99 Mary Evans, 52 118 June Van Sickle, 51 153 Jeri Rowley, 50 169 Suzanne Donahue, 54 182 Karen Gibson, 51 Women 55 - 59 37 Deb Thomford, 58 78 Catherine Brennan, 55 93 Barbara Stevens, 55 193 Mary Maas, 57 202 Marlee Meshbesher, 56 272 Cheri Bosman, 56 336 Becky Meyer, 58 350 Robin Dodson, 56 387 Suzanne Krzmarzick, 59 394 Heidi Tibbetts, 55 Women 60 - 64 149 Susan Pokorney, 60 279 Becky Waskosky, 60 529 Sheryl Peterson, 61 771 Sally Rubenstein, 60 795 Mary Beth Kauffman, 60 876 Kim Peterson, 61 Women 65 - 69 147 Dee Boeck, 66 641 Aleda Beranek, 67 889 Sarah Chapman, 68 904 Linda Holman, 69 Women 70 - 74 897 Carolyn Struck, 71
1:31:44 1:36:09 1:37:22 1:41:18 1:45:21 1:45:51 1:47:11 1:47:45 1:49:15 1:50:18 1:43:33 1:45:20 1:50:04 1:50:16 1:51:30 1:53:26 1:54:42 1:57:07 1:58:21 1:59:03 1:43:51 1:51:41 1:52:44 1:59:34 2:00:11 2:04:29 2:09:06 2:09:48 2:11:31 2:11:57 1:56:30 2:04:58 2:19:13 2:39:52 2:42:55 3:13:15 1:56:13 2:27:22 3:28:01 4:00:07 3:40:20
Mankato Marathon OCTOBER 18, MANKATO Open Men 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Tim Hardy, 40 Derek Harstad, 33 Eddie Stenger, 25 Luis Leonardo, 35 Brad Pederson, 35 Todd Landgraff, 38 Marco Santos, 25 Joe Meronk, 45 James Manecke, 43 Aaron Zierdt, 26 Matthew Axelrod, 23 John Maas, 54 Mitch Brekke, 27 Tony Mutsune, 41 Nicholas Hiniker, 31 Curt Karolus, 47 Andy Krause, 35 Darren Esser, 32 Allen Zetterlund, 60 Adam Mans, 53 Josiah Nelson, 34
2:41:48.0 2:55:31.0 2:55:42.0 2:57:34.0 2:58:14.0 2:59:11.0 3:01:21.0 3:05:05.0 3:05:31.0 3:10:18.0 3:11:42.0 3:11:53.0 3:13:13.0 3:13:41.0 3:15:21.0 3:15:22.0 3:16:32.0 3:16:53.0 3:18:13.0 3:18:55.0 3:19:49.0
AT T H E R AC E S 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Brian Wong, 49 Jeff Schmidt, 50 Jordan Cachiaras, 30 Garren Hamby, 36 Beau Larson, 29 Kyle Larson, 26 Shane Rasset, 36 Randy Brendal, 46 Timothy Stelter, 36
3:20:47.0 3:21:10.0 3:22:01.0 3:22:24.0 3:22:36.0 3:22:55.0 3:23:54.0 3:24:42.0 3:24:47.0
Open Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Suzie Fox, 32 3:19:06.0 Melanie Moriarty, 42 3:22:28.0 Paula Johnson, 28 3:23:23.0 Sarah Leonardo, 33 3:33:35.0 Stephanie Struck, 31 3:33:44.0 Ericka Friesen, 38 3:35:24.0 Hope Bollig, 35 3:35:46.0 Christine Lundberg, 35 3:36:47.0 Brenda Chang, 39 3:38:35.0 Nicole Heininger, 27 3:39:21.0 Jolene Hanson, 27 3:41:39.0 Jaime Nagy, 29 3:41:44.0 Katie Moeller, 32 3:42:39.0 Emily Koster, 28 3:43:48.0 Kayla Gehring, 24 3:44:17.0 Leslie Doyen, 20 3:45:48.0 Kelly Clemens, 41 3:45:51.0 Lisa Jamison, 38 3:47:00.0 Katie Looft, 35 3:48:03.0 Karen Hyde, 54 3:48:46.0 Dana Joseph, 29 3:51:11.0 Stefanie Lewison, 21 3:51:23.0 Renee Kallio, 41 3:51:38.0 Ivy Heims, 27 3:53:16.0 Rheanne Zimmerman, 253:54:30.0 Marcia Bertamus, 51 3:56:56.0 Laura Mueller, 30 3:57:09.0 Brittany Portner, 27 3:58:09.0 Jessie Anderson, 29 3:58:09.0 Meredith Babcock, 34 4:00:30.0
Men 18 - 19 71 133
Cody Harris, 19 Spencer Lamers, 19
3:49:42.0 4:23:12.0
Derek Harstad, 33 Eddie Stenger, 25 Marco Santos, 25 Aaron Zierdt, 26 Matthew Axelrod, 23 Mitch Brekke, 27 Nicholas Hiniker, 31 Darren Esser, 32 Josiah Nelson, 34 Jordan Cachiaras, 30
2:55:31.0 2:55:42.0 3:01:21.0 3:10:18.0 3:11:42.0 3:13:13.0 3:15:21.0 3:16:53.0 3:19:49.0 3:22:01.0
Luis Leonardo, 35 Brad Pederson, 35 Todd Landgraff, 38 Andy Krause, 35 Garren Hamby, 36 Shane Rasset, 36 Timothy Stelter, 36 Steven Kubow, 37 Cory Evans, 36 Chris Hendrickson, 39
2:57:34.0 2:58:14.0 2:59:11.0 3:16:32.0 3:22:24.0 3:23:54.0 3:24:47.0 3:24:57.0 3:26:22.0 3:26:57.0
Tim Hardy, 40 James Manecke, 43 Tony Mutsune, 41 Mick Quinn, 41 Shane Warren, 40 Paul Ahearn, 43 Jeffrey Bruzek, 40 Luther Torrez, 43 Chaun Cox, 42 Jim Kalina, 42
2:41:48.0 3:05:31.0 3:13:41.0 3:29:06.0 3:30:49.0 3:32:21.0 3:33:13.0 3:35:21.0 3:35:46.0 3:35:46.0
Joe Meronk, 45 Curt Karolus, 47 Brian Wong, 49 Randy Brendal, 46 Greg Couser, 46 Mike Thomas, 49
12 20 23 31 42 73 99 108 119 120
John Maas, 54 Adam Mans, 53 Jeff Schmidt, 50 Kevin Williams, 54 Jack Yang, 51 Bill Roskos, 50 Pat Oberembt, 51 Vince Mueller, 51 Matthew Campson, 51 Tim Johnson, 50
3:11:53.0 3:18:55.0 3:21:10.0 3:24:57.0 3:32:39.0 3:50:03.0 4:04:17.0 4:10:46.0 4:16:12.0 4:16:14.0
Men 55 - 59 112 121 129 137 141 145 149 153 159 195
Craig Blommer, 55 4:12:26.0 Terry Cheng, 58 4:16:31.0 Mark Wietbrock, 56 4:21:21.0 Dan Rassier, 59 4:25:21.0 Mark Polzin, 57 4:26:59.0 Katsuyuki Yamamoto, 59 4:31:32.0 Masahiro Sugii, 59 4:32:56.0 Rick Fishbune, 56 4:35:16.0 Scott Madigan, 57 4:39:17.0 Steven Vanroekel, 55 5:01:59.0
Men 60 - 64 19 52 79 88 96 103 111 136 143 148
Allen Zetterlund, 60 Mike Howard, 62 Terry Johnson, 60 Bryan Suits, 60 David Peters, 60 Roy Christini, 64 Paul Schaefer, 62 Tom Weigt, 64 John Beshara, 62 Craig Swanson, 61
3:18:13.0 3:36:20.0 3:52:35.0 3:56:35.0 4:01:08.0 4:07:37.0 4:12:22.0 4:24:31.0 4:31:27.0 4:32:09.0
Men 65 - 69 122 174 217 229
Marvin Trandem, 68 Don Soule, 66 David Daubert, 69 Thomas Korn, 69
4:17:17.0 4:48:06.0 5:46:49.0 6:53:21.0
202 214 230
David Webb, 70 Les Martisko, 71 Laurence Macon, 70
5:13:53.0 5:44:03.0 6:53:21.0
Women 12 - 13 135
Arianna Borgmeier, 13
5:50:52.0
Women 16 - 17 32
Melissa Geisenhof, 16
4:03:21.0
Women 18 - 19 114
Halle Hughes, 18
1 3 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 15
Suzie Fox, 32 Paula Johnson, 28 Sarah Leonardo, 33 Stephanie Struck, 31 Nicole Heininger, 27 Jolene Hanson, 27 Jaime Nagy, 29 Katie Moeller, 32 Emily Koster, 28 Kayla Gehring, 24
6 7 8 9 18 19 41 44 49 53
3:05:05.0 3:15:22.0 3:20:47.0 3:24:42.0 3:25:00.0 3:29:24.0
2 17 23 40 43 45
5:11:07.0 3:19:06.0 3:23:23.0 3:33:35.0 3:33:44.0 3:39:21.0 3:41:39.0 3:41:44.0 3:42:39.0 3:43:48.0 3:44:17.0
Ericka Friesen, 38 3:35:24.0 Hope Bollig, 35 3:35:46.0 Christine Lundberg, 35 3:36:47.0 Brenda Chang, 39 3:38:35.0 Lisa Jamison, 38 3:47:00.0 Katie Looft, 35 3:48:03.0 Kylie Nielsen, 37 4:06:51.0 Andrea Dorado, 36 4:11:58.0 Holly Wachter, 39 4:13:18.0 Karri Olmanson, 37 4:16:03.0 Melanie Moriarty, 42 Kelly Clemens, 41 Renee Kallio, 41 Tonya Klunder, 40 Jen Tostenson, 40 Cindy Kelley, 43
46 Angela Rengstorf, 43 4:12:39.0 47 Freda Caldwell, 43 4:12:44.0 57 Danette Hellmann, 43 4:19:33.0 81 Jennifer Neal, 44 4:43:30.0 Women 45 - 49 35 Erin Lemke, 46 4:04:57.0 42 Janice Manning, 45 4:07:22.0 55 Penny Roskos, 49 4:17:34.0 58 Amber Lowe, 46 4:21:36.0 77 Wende Friehl-Taylor, 45 4:39:18.0 79 Miyuki Vamadevan Arim, 454:42:40.0 87 Chantell Drummer, 47 4:48:22.0 89 Annette Arndt, 48 4:48:37.0 91 Michelle Nordland, 47 4:54:18.0 103 Michelle Pearson-Lang, 46 5:01:47.0 Women 50 - 54 20 Karen Hyde, 54 3:48:46.0 26 Marcia Bertamus, 51 3:56:56.0 34 Tammy Sturtz, 53 4:04:11.0 36 Amy Woolsey, 50 4:04:58.0 54 Karen Johnson, 53 4:17:06.0 86 Kathy Kraus, 52 4:47:02.0 90 Susan Thoresen, 52 4:50:35.0 92 Laurie Olson, 52 4:55:27.0 Women 55 - 59 33 Lois Beckmen, 56 4:03:59.0 59 Dona Weets, 57 4:22:00.0 63 Jeanne Wilson, 59 4:24:27.0 85 Terri Prange, 57 4:47:02.0 127 Karen Gall, 56 5:30:03.0 Women 60 - 64 78 Kay Pfahning, 61 4:41:13.0
3:22:28.0 3:45:51.0 3:51:38.0 4:06:33.0 4:09:04.0 4:12:12.0
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Sarah Larson, 37 Abigail Whelan, 27 Elizabeth Fenwick, 25 Laura Grimes, 37 Ingrid Norquist, 10 Rochell Paulson, 41 Grace Hartman, 16 Anastasia Asp, 20 Emily MacLean, 28 Reese Dehen, 13 Emily Nystrom, 10 Lindsey Young, 11 Missy Lowery, 39 Kasey McArdle, 14 Mandy Lichter, 37 Andrea Redman, 28 Britney Otte, 27 Lauren Talbot, 15 Janine Meyer, 40 Heather Knudson, 43
23:02 23:06 23:10 23:11 24:12 24:19 24:20 24:28 24:42 24:44 24:51 24:53 24:55 24:56 24:57 25:02 25:04 25:13 25:14 25:14
Men Under 8 288 304 487 595 620 687 690 692 693 696
Logan Wells, 7 Mason Konen, 7 Isaac Lutz, 7 Ashton Rolf, 7 Tyler Musto, 7 Jake Engels, 5 Gabe Spader, 6 Josh Dyrhaug, 6 Brandon Fuhry, 6 Andrew Burnes, 7
29:27 29:52 34:51 38:36 39:53 45:42 46:30 47:07 47:27 48:06
Men 8 - 9 52 100 117 159 211 236 237 285 295 299
Anoka Gray Ghost 5K OCTOBER 31
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Dan Thour, 29 Rick Taplin, 53 Russell Lidberg, 33 Scott Harma, 42 Bucky Badger, 31 Tom J. Breuckman, 16 Erik Hoeg, 25 Jeremy Fink, 39 Cj Young, 13 Wade Bergner, 48 Nicholas Hoffmann, 34 Perry Bach, 59 Cory Mecl, 19 Andrew Megears, 23 T J. Benzi, 45 Max Meyers, 18 Todd Kuglin, 51 Jason Chrudimsky, 38 Allen Zetterlund, 60 Kevin Spiczka, 41 Joseph Barnes, 35 Reed Smith, 13 Scott Tollefson, 48 Randy Wiinanen, 60 Jeff Barstow, 19 Patrick Eastman, 54 Joel Thieschafer, 27 Eric Larson, 41 Chris Milton, 36 Paul Davis, 50
16:48 17:25 17:26 17:27 17:35 17:38 17:39 17:39 17:42 17:54 18:02 18:30 18:40 18:47 18:49 18:56 19:03 19:07 19:16 19:21 19:23 19:26 19:38 19:40 19:43 19:46 19:50 19:54 20:06 20:09
Open Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Alyssa Wojack, 23 Julia Stodola, 34 Katie Breuckman, 18 Kayla Johnson, 23 Ashley Urman, 18 Jacinta Tieschafer, 25 Madison Jung, 15 Melanie Pankow, 12 Kaelyn Nelson, 9 Heidi Braun, 44
Kevin Nybeck, 8 Adam Schaust, 9 Kjell Norquist, 8 Eli Schmitz, 9 Ethan Cox, 8 Evan Schaust, 8 Andy Olson, 9 Keadon Coe, 8 Reid Lindgren, 8 Parker Moseman, 9
20:56 23:41 24:07 25:49 27:20 28:06 28:07 29:25 29:35 29:38
Men 10 - 11
Open Men
Women 40 - 44
Men 45 - 49 8 16 22 29 33 39
Men 50 - 54
Women 35 - 39
Men 40 - 44 1 9 14 38 40 41 43 46 49 50
3:33:19.0 3:35:41.0 3:37:53.0 3:46:27.0
Women 20 - 34
Men 35 - 39 4 5 6 17 25 28 30 32 35 36
Noah Sandler, 49 Vernon Witschen, 48 Matthew Busch, 45 Attie Harmse, 48
Men 70 - 74
Men 20 - 34 2 3 7 10 11 13 15 18 21 24
44 48 54 66
RESULTS
19:27 20:29 21:16 21:34 21:40 21:48 21:51 22:03 22:28 22:44
60 70 101 112 135 188 196 201 204 231
Max Bergner, 10 Justus Ahlquist, 11 Elijah Paulson, 11 Nathan Anderson, 11 Ben Bremer, 11 Mason McArdle, 11 Ty Miller, 10 Luke Elsesser, 11 Kyle Anderson, 10 Cameron Coe, 10
21:25 22:07 23:41 23:58 24:43 26:32 26:57 27:04 27:07 27:57
Men 12 - 13 9 22 36 37 38 39 59 64 71 82
Cj Young, 13 Reed Smith, 13 Elijah Williams, 13 Leo Bergner, 12 Blake Fuller, 12 Elijah Grabinske, 12 Nathan Culley, 13 Hunter Ling, 13 Michael Villota, 13 Benton Crotteau, 13
17:42 19:26 20:22 20:23 20:25 20:28 21:24 21:53 22:08 22:41
Men 14 - 15 66 78 80 85 86 107 141 152 153 170
Erik Lucken, 15 Gavin Councilman, 14 Carson Friestad, 14 Riley Gill, 15 Noah Johnson, 15 Garret McArdle, 14 Jack Youngren, 14 Jonathon Beckner, 14 Holden Schultz-Larson, 15 Nathan Milligan, 14
22:00 22:32 22:36 22:55 22:59 23:49 25:00 25:34 25:39 26:08
Men 16 - 17 6 35 44 48 55
Tom J. Breuckman, 16 Dominic Smith, 16 Jordan Dvorak, 17 Cole Williams, 17 Sebrum Herron, 16
17:38 20:21 20:40 20:51 21:02
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AT T H E R AC E S 61 63 79 95 97
Preston Olson, 16 Cody Otremba, 17 Garrett Leverentz, 17 Peter Scheller, 16 Matt Muenchow, 16
21:27 21:49 22:34 23:26 23:30
Men 18 - 19 13 16 25 31 104 122 168 545 552 630
Cory Mecl, 19 Max Meyers, 18 Jeff Barstow, 19 Tyler Braaten, 18 Dustin Olson, 18 Ryan Hunter, 18 Mason Gould, 19 Tyler Struntz, 18 Blake Woitel, 18 Jason Brumbaugh, 19
18:40 18:56 19:43 20:12 23:44 24:22 26:05 36:20 36:27 40:40
Men 20 - 34 1 3 5 7 11 14 27 32 34 45
Dan Thour, 29 Russell Lidberg, 33 Bucky Badger, 31 Erik Hoeg, 25 Nicholas Hoffmann, 34 Andrew Megears, 23 Joel Thieschafer, 27 Eric Schmidt, 32 Brian Kibler, 29 Matt Casale, 29
16:48 17:26 17:35 17:39 18:02 18:47 19:50 20:12 20:14 20:44
Men 35 - 39 8 18 21 29 58 65 77 93 121 123
Jeremy Fink, 39 Jason Chrudimsky, 38 Joseph Barnes, 35 Chris Milton, 36 Brian Shiek, 38 Michael Garrison, 36 Eric Bobick, 37 Eric Zakovich, 38 Kristopher Luneau, 39 Ryan Schuldt, 39
17:39 19:07 19:23 20:06 21:17 21:56 22:28 23:22 24:22 24:23
Men 40 - 44 4 20 28 53 74 90 109 118 119 129
Scott Harma, 42 Kevin Spiczka, 41 Eric Larson, 41 Joel Eaton, 41 Sean Walsh, 43 Jason Tossey, 42 Rick Morrison, 42 Morgan McAdam, 44 Nathan Norquist, 43 Brian Podolny, 44
17:27 19:21 19:54 20:59 22:13 23:17 23:53 24:07 24:10 24:30
Men 45 - 49 10 15 23 33 40 41 43 49 50 57
Wade Bergner, 48 T J. Benzi, 45 Scott Tollefson, 48 Mike Meyers, 49 Kyle Knutson, 45 Ty Emmans, 47 Brian Crotteau, 49 Tom Breuckman, 48 Todd White, 48 Kurt Jewell, 46
17:54 18:49 19:38 20:13 20:33 20:34 20:37 20:51 20:52 21:13
Men 50 - 54 2 17 26 30 42 69 76 88 89 105
Rick Taplin, 53 Todd Kuglin, 51 Patrick Eastman, 54 Paul Davis, 50 were wolf, 54 Chuck Day, 53 Stan Brouillard, 54 Raymond Brasch, 52 Mark Nelson, 52 John Pinewski, 53
17:25 19:03 19:46 20:09 20:35 22:06 22:26 23:04 23:10 23:48
Men 55 - 59 12 54 110 120 127 165 198 205 209 232
22
Perry Bach, 59 Larry Freund, 55 Jeff Bregel, 56 Dave Potvin, 56 Steven "Ike" Isaacson, 56 Steve Kibler, 58 Patrick Baker, 56 Tim Doering, 56 Robert Lingner, 56 Dave Nelson, 57
18:30 20:59 23:56 24:11 24:28 25:57 26:59 27:07 27:16 27:58
RESULTS
Men 60 - 64 19 24 92 128 166 243 257 258 269 272
Allen Zetterlund, 60 Randy Wiinanen, 60 Mike Setter, 60 Geo Roes, 63 James Snyder, 62 norman larson, 63 Bob Spooner, 63 Joe Fjerstad, 62 Phil Knutson, 61 Bob Goodloe, 64
19:16 19:40 23:19 24:29 26:01 28:19 28:44 28:45 28:59 29:01
Men 65 - 69 83 182 226 242 253 256 305 335 358 475
Arland Braaten-Lee, 66 Robert Smith, 65 Gary Dalsveen, 65 Steven Hollmann, 66 Dennis Johnson, 66 Tom Blankenship, 68 Jeff Olson, 66 Ron Majerus, 68 Richard Olson, 67 Leroy Stanislowski, 69
22:43 26:28 27:38 28:16 28:39 28:42 29:53 30:41 31:21 34:33
Men 70 - 74 338 455 492 597 627 686
Lee Stauffacher, 74 Patrick Farrell, 73 Bob Stewart, 71 Larry Rolf, 71 Doug Syring, 71 Ken Ortlepp, 71
30:42 33:53 34:55 38:39 40:29 45:38
Men 75 - 79 685 706
Keith Canny, 76 Gene Kalscheuer, 79
45:21 49:47
Men 85 - 89 697
Allen C. Johnson, 88
48:32
Men 90 & Up 681
Burt Carlson, 90
45:02
Women Under 8 740 Mackenzie Summerbell, 7 852 Emily Sahlberg, 7 1031 Skylar Anderson, 7
39:19 42:20 54:28
Women 8 - 9 9 65 249 275 305 429 441 454 670 760
Kaelyn Nelson, 9 Ella Hinkie, 9 Grace Flynn, 8 Josie Haag, 8 Payton Vogel, 9 Kora Engelmann, 9 Haellie Opp, 9 Olivia Olinger, 9 Hannah Claussen, 9 Eva King, 9
22:28 26:42 31:23 31:48 32:21 34:26 34:40 34:47 37:38 39:38
Women 10 - 11 15 21 22 47 75 89 142 294 295 296
Ingrid Norquist, 10 Emily Nystrom, 10 Lindsey Young, 11 Addie Hinkie, 11 Adriana Potts, 11 Ashley Herold, 11 Samantha Milligan, 11 Norah Kluz, 10 Grace Fernelius, 11 Katie Millard, 10
24:12 24:51 24:53 26:11 27:13 27:42 29:19 32:09 32:10 32:10
Women 12 - 13 8 20 34 55 76 90 126 129 145 148
Melanie Pankow, 12 Reese Dehen, 13 Breanna Hetchler, 12 Grace Fink, 13 Rachel Olinger, 12 Tiana Boxeth, 12 Faith Roughsedge, 13 Mia Curie, 13 Madison Millard, 13 Mallory Moseman, 12
22:03 24:44 25:31 26:21 27:15 27:43 28:57 29:04 29:21 29:27
Women 14 - 15 7 24 28 93 95 113 121
Madison Jung, 15 Kasey McArdle, 14 Lauren Talbot, 15 Nicole Walczynski, 14 Alicia Ostendorf, 14 Greta Bahe, 14 Aubrey Johnson, 14
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016
21:51 24:56 25:13 27:53 28:00 28:41 28:50
132 180 202
Mackenzie Frederick, 15 Alyssa Ploof, 15 Greta Stauffacher, 14
29:06 30:08 30:43
Women 16 - 17 17 39 84 105 137 138 188 235 267 279
Grace Hartman, 16 Isabel Pankow, 16 Taylor Vetruba, 16 Annie Doolan, 16 Elsie Johnson, 16 Jadie Johnson, 17 Alexa Becker, 16 Kalley Harris, 16 Taylor Kinn, 17 Erika Neafus, 16 Katie Breuckman, 18 Ashley Urman, 18 Anna Steele, 19 Sophia Skoglund, 19 Katherine Ziebol, 18 Maria Castaneda, 18 Cassie Ziniel, 19 Megan Nelson, 18 Amy Olson, 19 Katlyn Miles, 18
Women 60 - 64
21:16 21:40 25:42 25:51 30:44 32:18 32:27 33:14 33:18 33:54
Women 65 - 69
Women 20 - 34 1 2 4 6 12 13 18 19 26 27
Alyssa Wojack, 23 Julia Stodola, 34 Kayla Johnson, 23 Jacinta Tieschafer, 25 Abigail Whelan, 27 Elizabeth Fenwick, 25 Anastasia Asp, 20 Emily MacLean, 28 Andrea Redman, 28 Britney Otte, 27
19:27 20:29 21:34 21:48 23:06 23:10 24:28 24:42 25:02 25:04
Women 35 - 39 11 14 23 25 31 40 69 74 123 135
Sarah Larson, 37 Laura Grimes, 37 Missy Lowery, 39 Mandy Lichter, 37 DeNae Schuldt, 36 Katie Shaw, 38 Heather Wynn, 36 Tracy DeQuattro, 35 Megan Hansen, 37 Julie Sorell, 36
23:02 23:11 24:55 24:57 25:17 25:50 26:52 27:04 28:52 29:08
Women 40 - 44 10 16 29 30 44 46 64 71 77 80
Heidi Braun, 44 Rochell Paulson, 41 Janine Meyer, 40 Heather Knudson, 43 Sharon Schimetz, 43 colleen eastman, 44 Heather Gardner, 44 Ann Spry, 42 bridget rettke berg, 44 Michelle Harma, 44
22:44 24:19 25:14 25:14 25:58 26:09 26:42 26:56 27:18 27:22
Women 45 - 49 32 36 85 99 115 133 140 150 156 164
Jill Jewell, 46 Charito Smith, 48 Kristi Nedved, 45 Amy Gregg, 45 virginia haberman, 49 Vivian Ramirez, 46 Cherie Hoppenyan, 45 Dawn Dew, 46 Joan Lindquist, 49 Julie Anderla, 45
25:22 25:35 27:36 28:07 28:45 29:06 29:15 29:30 29:43 29:49
Women 50 - 54 41 43 61 98 114 117 125 134 154 158
Karina Skoglund, 53 Kristine Haertl, 51 Rita Frankel, 52 Barbara Carlson, 50 Pam Schwandt, 51 Cheryl Swenson, 53 Janice Holthaus, 53 Beverly Norris, 54 Claudia Mueller, 54 Mary LePage, 51
25:51 25:55 26:38 28:05 28:44 28:46 28:54 29:07 29:41 29:45
Women 55 - 59 57
Michele Nietfeld, 57
Theresa Osgood, 55 Corinne Jackson, 55 Ann Hicks, 56 Lisa Tradewell, 59 Margie Ferguson, 55 Mary Henderson, 56 Carole Fink, 55 Lori Kibler, 56 Cathy Meyer, 55
24:20 25:50 27:34 28:28 29:10 29:14 30:21 31:12 31:39 31:51
Women 18 - 19 3 5 37 42 203 302 312 351 356 396
94 112 116 146 191 194 200 214 225
26:28
486 766 778 786 921 954 967 970 979 998 100 290 307 630 673 822 931 1049 1063
Paula Stalpes, 61 Beth Johnson, 60 Barb Janas, 61 Deb Chamberlin, 62 Deb Holmbo, 60 Rae Kiphuth, 64 Deanne Evertz, 62 Jane Neuenfeldt, 62 Evelyn Nelson, 63 Ruth Noble, 64 Diane DeMars, 66 Mary Sheie, 65 Judy Olson, 68 Marianne Breitbach, 67 Bernice Tenquist, 68 Pat Hesli, 69 Bonnie Nason, 67 Pam Becker, 67 Kathleen Kuusisto, 65
27:57 28:41 28:45 29:24 30:26 30:35 30:42 30:57 31:04 35:21 39:46 40:04 40:25 44:59 46:57 47:26 47:27 47:55 49:07 28:11 32:07 32:22 37:06 37:41 41:10 45:26 57:52 59:02
Women 70 - 74 86
Jeanne Swintosky, 71
27:38
Chaska Turkey Trot NOVEMBER 14 Open Men 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23:14 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Spencer Davis, 22 Mark Herzog, 36 Russell Dylla, 37 Johannes Kohlhepp, 31 Michael Griesinger, 34 Chris Humbert, 52 Christopher Rupp, 43 Kevin Weiser, 54 Patrick Eastman, 54 Rod Franks, 52 Michael Seaman, 65 Robert Swenson, 48 Doug Bonestroo, 55 Tim J. Leininger, 45 Dustin Harkin, 41 Matt Podhradsky, 39 Nolan Kemp, 12 William Seehafer, 54 Sim Boothman Milankovic, Ethan Kahler, 15 Jeff Sloan, 47 Jack Theriault, 10 Chris Myers, 43 Brandon Demuth, 24 Javier Castillo, 43 Cody Hatton, 37 Mike Trumble, 35 Mike Setter, 60 Jim Smieja, 64 Dylan Thomas, 12
17:47 18:09 18:34 19:02 19:28 19:35 19:39 19:56 20:37 20:49 21:22 21:25 21:47 21:58 21:59 22:03 22:23 22:36 17 23:25 23:28 23:36 23:44 23:48 23:58 23:58 24:25 24:28 24:34 24:36
Open Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Julie Running, 32 Katie Oberg, 33 Izzy Lind, 13 Ellie Frobom, 14 Marise Widmer, 56 Sarah Louden, 35 Stacy Stockman, 45 Pam Thomas, 46
18:56 21:54 22:31 23:01 23:06 24:05 24:34 24:51
AT T H E R AC E S 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Lynn Blake, 48 Ann Snuggerud, 48 Shannon Mackenthun, 41 Olivia Frobom, 14 Amy Appeldorn, 34 Laura Brandes, 22 Rachel Meier, 21 Ellen Adams, 12 Jill Kraemer, 24 Kathleen Sprague, 24 Michelle Mettling, 26 Jennifer Worm, 29 Tricia Scrivner, 42 Kara Thom Abby Klosterbuer, 30 Sarah Klosterbuer, 34 Pamela Meier, 57 Holly Schultz, 38 Ella Kurzhal, 11 Jocelyn Boll, 34 Kendall Thom, 12 Laura Meyer, 39
24:57 25:04 25:14 25:15 25:16 25:20 25:48 26:08 26:09 26:09 26:25 26:27 26:27 26:38 26:54 26:54 26:56 27:09 27:14 27:18 27:27 27:33
Men Under 8 89 93
Lenny Sanders, 7 John Stevens, 7
35:05 35:41
Men 8 - 9 77 91
Robert McCroskey, 8 Timmy Kurzhal, 9
30:43 35:17
Men 10 - 11 22 34 44 63 72 82 92
Jack Theriault, 10 Jimmy Snuggerud, 11 Jake Stoudt, 11 cole mcmahan, 10 Tyler Spielberger, 11 Nathan Roller, 11 Kenna Bergman, 10
23:36 25:05 26:03 28:55 29:36 32:49 35:28
Men 12 - 13 17 30 40 66 68
Nolan Kemp, 12 Dylan Thomas, 12 jake mcmahan, 12 Chris Furey, 12 Greyson McKininey, 12
22:23 24:36 25:42 29:08 29:21
Ethan Kahler, 15 Eric Spielberger, 14 Nour Hussein, 15
23:25 29:36 39:29
Men 16 - 17 19
Sim Boothman Milankovic, 17 23:14
Men 18 - 19 71
Tristan Loser, 18
29:27
Men 20 - 34 1 4 5 24 31 35 41 51 53 59
Spencer Davis, 22 Johannes Kohlhepp, 31 Michael Griesinger, 34 Brandon Demuth, 24 Jack Satzinger, 22 Troy Appeldorn, 33 Josh Bugbee, 31 Michael Joseph, 27 Eder Castillo, 22 Matt Mettling, 27
17:47 19:02 19:28 23:48 24:41 25:16 25:45 27:22 27:44 28:15
Men 35 - 39 2 3 16 26 27 45 81 85 90 94
Mark Herzog, 36 Russell Dylla, 37 Matt Podhradsky, 39 Cody Hatton, 37 Mike Trumble, 35 Eric Crawford, 36 Michael Suyak, 39 Brian Boche, 37 Peter Sanders, 39 McLanahan Stevens, 37
18:09 18:34 22:03 23:58 24:25 26:04 32:33 34:05 35:06 35:45
Men 40 - 44 7 15 23 25 33 36 39
Christopher Rupp, 43 Dustin Harkin, 41 Chris Myers, 43 Javier Castillo, 43 Troy Ronning, 40 Brian Cunningham, 41 mike mcmahan, 43
Eric Adams, 41 Ryan Scrivner, 42 Doug Lehnen, 40
26:08 26:27 27:22
12 14 21 43 49 54 55 58 65 80
Robert Swenson, 48 Tim J. Leininger, 45 Jeff Sloan, 47 Tony Jones, 49 Vern Quast, 49 Dean Meyer, 45 Brian Urevig, 47 Jim Leffelman, 46 Chad Hewitt, 49 Mark Kaplan, 47
21:25 21:58 23:28 25:58 26:42 27:50 27:58 28:12 29:07 32:01
Chris Humbert, 52 Kevin Weiser, 54 Patrick Eastman, 54 Rod Franks, 52 William Seehafer, 54 Christopher Schulz, 52 Tim Goltz, 53 Dave Magness, 54 Tracy McDonald, 52 Scott Paynter, 53
19:35 19:56 20:37 20:49 22:36 24:42 25:39 26:04 27:34 28:16
Doug Bonestroo, 55 Jeff Bregel, 56 Brent Metfessel, 56 Wallace Johnson, 59 Dan Keyport, 58 Gary Kaschinske, 59
21:47 25:29 25:52 31:47 44:12 46:16
Men 60 - 64 28 29
Mike Setter, 60 Jim Smieja, 64
24:28 24:34
Men 65 - 69 11 75
Michael Seaman, 65 Glenn Johnston, 67
21:22 29:53
Men 70 - 74 101 109
robert woytych, 72 Bruce Smith, 71
19:39 21:59 23:44 23:58 24:49 25:23 25:42
160 162
Ava Cox, 5 Mimi Gehman, 7
40:56 54:05 41:04 41:14
Women 8 - 9 87 89 97 106 108 111 141 144 145 154
Lauren olson, 9 Sophia Cook, 9 Susie Tollefson, 8 Allie Jackson, 9 jayden Hahn, 9 quinlyn bornerr, 9 Summer Amra, 8 Anna Schottler, 8 Halle browning, 9 christy baird, 8
32:40 32:44 33:57 34:19 34:29 35:15 38:23 38:38 38:39 39:52
Women 10 - 11 27 31 35 49 50 77 90 100 101 104
Ella Kurzhal, 11 Zoe Jones, 10 Serena Urevig, 11 Allie Welder, 10 Claire Naples, 10 Evie Heiland, 10 Abby Stark, 10 Grace Boche, 10 Gabby Stoudt, 11 Ruby Browning, 11
27:14 27:33 27:58 29:25 29:25 31:40 32:45 34:04 34:07 34:15
Women 12 - 13 3 16 29 34 36 103 124
Izzy Lind, 13 Ellen Adams, 12 Kendall Thom, 12 Taylor Lundquist, 13 McKenna Thom, 12 Stasia McKinney, 13 emily gale, 12 Ellie Frobom, 14 Olivia Frobom, 14 Emma Snuggerud, 14 Jackie Herron, 15 Maddie Gottschalk, 14 Nicolette Petersen, 15
1 2 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 23
Julie Running, 32 Katie Oberg, 33 Amy Appeldorn, 34 Laura Brandes, 22 Rachel Meier, 21 Jill Kraemer, 24 Kathleen Sprague, 24 Michelle Mettling, 26 Jennifer Worm, 29 Abby Klosterbuer, 30
6 26 30 37 38 56 59 65 74 75
29:27 55:48 18:56 21:54 25:16 25:20 25:48 26:09 26:09 26:25 26:27 26:54
Sarah Louden, 35 24:05 Holly Schultz, 38 27:09 Laura Meyer, 39 27:33 Jodi Hussein, 35 28:12 Sara Wilke, 36 28:14 Kristen Kinnear Ohlmann, 3929:50 Kari Keehr, 38 30:00 Brandy Anfang, 38 30:29 Sandra Jansen, 39 31:28 Suzie Schmitz, 36 31:36
11 21 39 42 44 45 67 112 117 123
Shannon Mackenthun, 41 Tricia Scrivner, 42 Jill Ronning, 40 Lauren Mihajlov, 42 krista mcmahan, 43 Jennifer Theriault, 41 Denise Van Asten, 41 Meredith Kurzhal, 41 Michelle Bourgerie, 41 Kathy Thaemert, 43
Cranberry Cruise Mile NOVEMBER 26, MINNEAPOLIS 1 Robert Jacobson, 56 6:03 2 Craig McCoy, 62 6:43 3 Mike Setter, 60 7:27 4 Susan Loyd, 57* 7:35 5 Owen Buss, 8 8:25 6 Steve Buss, 44 8:45 7 Audrey Buss, 9* 8:51 8 Avery Fowble, 10* 9:03 9 Leisa Meeuwen-Ristub, 31* 9:17 10 Judy Cronen, 75* 9:24 11 Eleanor Patterson, 7* 9:26 12 David Patterson, 37 9:27 13 John Davis, 10 9:57 14 Kathy Schroeder, 38* 10:17 15 Sarah Patterson, 36* 11:47 16 Sam Patterson, 5 11:48 17 Mark Manley, 58 12:14 18 Patricia McNevin, 51* 13:03 19 Penelope Knutson, 7* 14:03 * indicates females
25:14 26:27 28:18 28:42 28:54 29:01 30:30 35:19 35:32 36:30
Women 45 - 49 7 8 9 10 33 46 48 57 58 60
Stacy Stockman, 45 Pam Thomas, 46 Lynn Blake, 48 Ann Snuggerud, 48 Jennifer Schultz, 48 Catherine Torntore, 48 Bev Hewitt, 48 Laura Theis, 48 Tina Olson, 46 Deena Westen-helgoe, 45
24:34 24:51 24:57 25:04 27:47 29:10 29:18 29:53 29:54 30:01
Women 50 - 54 54 62 68 70 127 138 142 152 166 187
Lizanne Wills, 50 Mary Southwood, 51 Sallie Duerr, 52 Kelly Boss, 52 Anita Steckling, 54 Kathy Tinker, 53 Nancy Schmidt, 54 Linda McGerr, 54 Mary Jo Zirbes, 53 Elaine Larabee, 50
29:46 30:12 30:37 31:08 36:33 38:07 38:27 39:26 42:04 46:11
Women 55 - 59 5 25 55 85 98 155 165 182 197
Marise Widmer, 56 Pamela Meier, 57 Chrysa Olson, 55 Lisa Hurt, 57 Lori Wartenberg, 56 Donna Bregel, 57 Linda Heger, 55 Georgiann Keyport, 57 Nancy Schulz, 56
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Sherry Johnston, 61 Wijdan Amra, 64
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Women 65 - 69 41 69 183 205
Arlene Borner, 65 Rosemary Harnly, 69 Mary Starr, 65 Kay Withington, 67
204 Linda Smith, 70 Women 75 - 79 47 Sandra Dalquist, 75
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MEETING MINUTES Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting - November 9, 2015 Members Present: Paul Arneberg, Sheila Becker, Nathan Campeau, Norm Champ, Rochelle Christensen, Randy Fulton, Jenny Harrington, JoshJacobson, Mary Johnson, Dave Marek, Craig Moscetti, Lisa Richardson, Sam Rush, Scott Welle Guests Present: Heidi Miler, Sarah Claire Ahlers McInerney
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Sheila Becker will continue with Pinterest.
A warm welcome was given to Sarah, our new Operations Manager. Members Absent: Kristin Johnson Whelpley Secretary’s Report: Minutes of the Board of Director’s Meeting for October 12, 2015 were approved and accepted by Randy Fuller, seconded by Sam Rush. Treasurer’s Report: • Income for the month of October was greater than budget due to timing of the final City of Lakes receipts and sponsorship fees that were budgeted to come in during September • Race Receipts category finished the year very strong surpassing the budgeted amount by over $12,000.
COMMITTEE REPORTS Advocacy: An open meeting for the Lake Harriet/Lake Calhoun project was held November 5 at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church. Sam Rush attended. Nathan Campeau will inform us of future open houses. Club Administration: We have a full slate of candidates running for the 2016 MDRA Board election. The election will be in in November RunMinnesota. The first board meeting for new members will be February 8, 2016. Kristin Johnson Whelpley’s resignation was accepted. Thank You Kristin for your years of service. We are considering a facility change. Dave Marek will have a report next month.
• Membership revenue for the month narrowly, -$115, missed the budgeted amount. Year to date revenue is behind budget by $6,100. • For the remainder of the year the main source of revenue is Membership Dues and Ad Revenue.
2014 74 110 2,240
2015 38 98 (includes 28 two-year renewals) 2,163 (prior month: 2,209)
Membership income and totals were down slightly from 2014. TCM Expo traffic was down and that was due partially to our booth being poorly located. Heidi will check with the TCM Chairman to ensure a better location next year. We need to start accepting charge cards to make membership easier. We are in need of a new graphic designer for RunMinnesota. Chad Richardson is interested and qualified for the position. The annual calendar is set for a mid November printing and an early December mailing.
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The lay out artist position for RunMinnesota will be offered to Chad Richardson. a motion for this offer was presented by Josh Jacobson, seconded by Sam Rush and approved by the board with two abstentions. Promotions: No report.
Office Manager’s Report: Membership: New Members Renewals Membership Total
Programs: Nathan Campeau is leading Polar Bears and reports the group is going well. A shopping day at Run n Fun and membership sign up for the Polar Bear group will be Saturday, November 14.
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Race: Equipment rental met its 2015 budget. USATF: Annual dinner was held 11/8. New Business: Sam Rush proposed a professional conduct policy for Board Members be added to our by laws. Old Business: Race Director Appreciation dinner will be held November 5th. The 2016 budget will be reviewed before the next meeting. The next MDRA Board meeting is December 14, 2015.
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