RunMinnesota Magazine November/December 2017

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THIS ISSUE Running Briefs News and Notes President’s Letter Helping Out

Volunteering at COL

Memories

Remembering Steve Hoag

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A Q&A with Steve Hoag Get to know him in his own words 12 The old breed

Steve and Ron and memories

A lasting legacy

Hoag leaves strong legacy

Navigating winter Tips for winter running Minutes Results

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Runners TAKE OFF AT THE START OF THE CITY OF LAKES HALF MARATHON. Photo by Wayne Kryduba

ELECTIONS

BOARD BALLOT INSIDE

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ON THE COVER MDRA member Kevin Ueland finishes the 2017 Twin Cities Marathon. He had an official time of two hours, 55 minutes and two seconds. Photo by Chad Richardson

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See your story here RunMinnesota is looking for writers.

If you have a story idea you’d like to pursue, or if you are a writer in need of an idea, please let us know. Email MDRA operations manager Sarah Ahlers McInerney at runminnesota@ gmail.com to learn more about this fun opportunity.

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2018 MDRA Grand Prix!

The Minnesota Distance Running Association Grand Prix is an individual running competition that first started in 1978. The 2018 series will consist of 13 races, in which MDRA Grand Prix registered runners compete for points toward year-end awards.

Competition is conducted age groups for both male and females, 0-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 8084, 85+. Many of the Grand Prix races offer additional discounts to GP participants.

Schedule of events

January 8: Meet of the Miles (U-M indoors)

June 16: Grandma’s Marathon

February 10: TC 5K

July 19: Park Point 5 Miler

March 10: O’Gara’s Irish Run 8K

August 5: MDRA 15K

April 28: Get in Gear 10K

September 3: MDRA Victory 10K

May TBA: Medtronic TC Mile

September 9: MDRA Jeff Winter City of Lakes Half Marathon

May 28: Brian Kraft 5K

October 7: Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon

Login to the MDRA member connection to register online (www.runmdra. org) or mail this form to Hal Gensler Last name First name

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Phone Gender Date of birth Email

To register for the MDRA Grand Prix, fill out and mail this portion with a $5 check payable to MDRA to: Hal Gensler, 45258 N. 16th St., New River, AZ 85087. For more information, email Hal Gensler at hal.gensler@outlook.com A full list of rules is available online at runmdra.org.

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RUNNING BRIEFS

News and Notes from the Roads, Trails and Track

MDRA Advocacy Update

2018 Grand Prix registration open

Over the past two years the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has been making improvements to the trails around Lake Harriet and Lake Calhoun (also called Bde Maka Ska) to address accessibility issues and improve circulation for pedestrians. MDRA has been engaged and providing feedback throughout the planning and design to make sure the trail improvements enhance the runner experience. However, despite years of planning and engagement, not everything was constructed perfectly. An MDRA member, Ryan Albu, noticed that a stop sign on the south side of Harriet at a trail connection to Minnehaha Parkway was moved to another intersection, making the trail crossing uncontrolled and dangerous as cars no longer had a stop sign at the trail crossing. Ryan alerted MDRA about this safety issue and we immediately contacted the Park Board. Within a month, they had replaced the stop sign at the trail crossing, ensuring that pedestrians have a safer crossing.

If you have any ideas on how to make your favorite trail safer and would like MDRA to help, please contact our Advocacy Committee Chair, Nathan Campeau at campeau@gmail.com.

The 2018 MDRA Grand Prix is open for registration! The MDRA Grand Prix is an individual competition between MDRA members consisting of 13 races, in which MDRA Grand Prix registered runners compete for points toward year end awards. Competition is conducted by age group for both males and females, 0-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 6064, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85 plus. The cost of joining the series competition is $5 and does not include any race entry fees. Grand Prix participants in 2018 are eligible for special race discounts! Please see the schedule and registration form on page 5. Official rules can be found at runmdra.org.

MDRA Member Connection The Member Connection is the new members only portion of runmdra. org. It will keep you up to date with your membership benefits and it will help us with the work of keeping our membership connected. In addition, the MDRA Member Connection is going to be the workhorse that will collect and streamline member dues and support class registration and payment. If you didn’t receive a welcome email please contact MDRAsarah@ gmail.com to get started. And don’t worry, we will continue with paper renewals for those of you who prefer to renew through the mail.

Member Appreciation weekend at Fleet Feet Marathon Sports Download your membership card from the new MDRA Member Connection and show it at Fleet Feet Marathon Sports for MDRA Member Appreciation Weekend! Current MDRA members receive “Race Team” discounts from Friday to Sunday, November 17-19.

Polar Bear Runs continue into winter The MDRA Polar Bears is a FREE all comers, all paces, weekly group fun run for MDRA members AND nonmembers. The runs are non-supported so water stops will not be provided. Typically, 40 to 50 SUPER FUN runners of all abilities show up so you can almost be assured you’ll have someone to run with. Distances range from three to 15 miles. We usually meet at the Calhoun Executive Center in Minneapolis or near St. Thomas University along Summit Ave. in St. Paul on alternating Saturdays. Join us on Facebook by searching for “MDRA Polar Bears”. These runs are super fun and FREE. Bring a friend or five! Spread the word!

Indoor Stadium Running Schedule set!

MDRA’s long tradition of winter indoor running is returning for a second year to US Bank Stadium! The cost is $3 per person and there is a limit of 250 runners. Hours will be 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The running concourse measures 696.63 meters for the inside lane and 726.55 meters for the outside lane. More details will be available at runmdra.org. A huge thank you to Rick Recker for his work on this program!

Tuesday November 14, 2017 Wednesday November 15, 2017 Tuesday November 21, 2017 Monday November 27, 2017 Wednesday December 6, 2017 Monday December 11, 2017 Tuesday December 12, 2017 Wednesday December 20, 2017 Thursday December 21, 2017 Wednesday December 27, 2017 Thursday December 28, 2017 Monday February 12, 2018 Friday February 23, 2018

MDRA Board Elections Please look for information and the ballot for the MDRA Board Elections in this issue. Votes are due by midnight January 19, 2018. Results will be announced at the MDRA Annual Party on January 20, 2018.

We would like to thank the 2017 outgoing board members Nathan Campeau, Lisa Richardson, Sheila Becker, Cindy Campbell and Mike Cofrin. Their input and volunteerism was greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

MDRA thanks Nobby Hashizume for providing the photographs of Steve Hoag printed in this issue.

The 2018 MDRA Annual Party date is Saturday, January 20 6

Edina Community Center, 11:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Pizza and soda. Program begins at 12:45 p.m. Grand Prix awards, Distinguished Service and Volunteer of the year. Come for the pizza. Stay for the great prize drawings.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT DAVE MAREK

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ello runners,

I hope this letter finds you well and enjoying beautiful fall running. This issue of RunMinnesota is a bittersweet one for long time runners and members of MDRA. Last month we lost one of the best runners, coaches and contributors to the running community that Minnesota has ever produced in Steve Hoag. Steve passed away peacefully in September surrounded by family and friends. His story is an incredible one dating back to the 1960’s. Spanning the beginning days of the MDRA to the explosion in the growth of running the past twenty years, Steve was an important part of our sport in Minnesota and a friend and mentor to many. Steve ran at the University of Minnesota under legendary coach Roy Griak where he was a Big Ten champion and All-American. Steve ran in two Olympic Trials and placed second in the 1975 Boston Marathon. To many people he will be remembered for owning and operating Marathon Sports, one of the Twin Cities premier running shoe stores.

We have several articles in this issue dedicated to Steve. Our thanks to Pat O’Regan, Garrett Tomczak and some of the many athletes Steve coached for contributing to this issue. We are also rerunning a Q & A article by Mark Syring and Gloria Jansen that originally ran 15 years ago in the November/December 2002 issue.

I encourage you to read these articles as they contain wonderful memories, tributes and interesting history.

One memory that was shared with me came from Heidi Miler who most of you remember as the “face” of MDRA for 25 years and I’ll pass it along here: Hi Dave, I have been thinking about Steve quite a bit. I started my running work career as an employee at Marathon Sports where I got to know Steve. Always loved to talk about running. He would drop into the store or hang around on Saturday mornings to chat with the customers and struck me as humble person for all his accomplishments. I didn’t learn about all he accomplished until we ran a wonderful profile on him in our magazine, one of our best interviews ever.

Long story short - Audrey Lincoff and Cindy Fitzpatrick both were part of the MDRA board when I worked at Marathon Sports (I was about 23 or so). They talked me into becoming the MDRA Volunteer coordinator - not a fun job in those days as you had to call about 100 people by phone to get one person to agree to help at a race (before the internet!). So from there I went on to become the MDRA office manager and the rest is history. In a round-a-bout way working at Marathon Sports lead me to my career in the running industry.

Rest in peace Steve, you will be missed.

While I would like to end with that there are a couple things I would be remiss in not alerting you to so please forgive the awkward transition. Please remember to vote this fall in our board elections as we will have some new faces next year. We will be introducing them at our annual party in January. As always it will be held the third Saturday which this year is January 20. Along with free pizza and refreshments we will be presenting the Distinguished Service Award and Volunteer of the Year award and much more. Keep an eye out for announcements and I look forward to seeing you all there.

John Cicha competes at the City of lakes 1/2 marathon.

Photo courtesy of Wayne Kryduba

Finally, I am excited to talk about a new feature we have rolled out for our members– the MDRA Member Connection!

You should have received an email from Sarah about this and if not please let us know. This is the new members only portion of runmdra.org. We will use this to keep our members connected with simple tools for sharing documents, photos and resources. We will collect membership dues, support class registrations and payments, and highlight all the great things going on in our association. So please login and complete your profile as we are looking forward to utilizing this cool new tool. A big thank you to Sarah and for all her hard work in pulling this together!

Dave Marek President, MDRA Board of Directors

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CONTRIBUTORS CHRISTIAN SKARET

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HRISTIAN is a 2011 graduate of Minnetonka High School,

where he was a multiple time All-State honoree and was also the 2011 1600m Minnesota State Champion. He went on to compete in cross country and track & field at the University of Minnesota where he was a 2015 team captain, a fouryear letter winner (2012-15), and also an Academic All-Big Ten honoree in 2015. He is now living in Jacksonville, Florida working for the PGA Tour as a Digital Fan Experience Coordinator. He continues to train in Florida and compete in local road races.

MAXWELL KUZARA

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AXWELL is a 2013 graduate of Minnetonka High School

where he participated in cross country for four years and track & field for two years. He then went on to run collegiately at St. John’s University. He works as a Marketing Associate for Life Time’s Running/Triathlon races and is an Assistant Coach for the Minnetonka High School Boys Cross Country team. Maxwell serves on the Board of Directors for USATF Minnesota and is on the Professional Athlete Services Committee for Twin Cities in Motion, while also competing in local cross country, track, and road races for Collegeville Track Club.

PATRICK O’REGAN

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atrick 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.

GARRETT TOMCZAK

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CREDITS Editor: Sarah Ahlers McInerney

Senior Editor: Gloria Jansen

Art Director: Chad Richardson

Advertising Coordinator/Sales: Sarah Ahlers McInerney

Photographer: Wayne Kryduba

Results: Jack Moran

MDRA Officers: Dave Marek, President Randy Fulton, Vice President Jenny Harrington, Secretary Nathan Klema, Treasurer

MDRA Board Members: Lisa Richardson, Nathan Campeau, Rick Recker, Sarah Stangl, Kathy Larsen, Dennis Barker, Kelly May and Wendy Jones

Contact RunMinnesota!

RunMinnesota P.O. Box 6419 Minneapolis, MN 55406-0419 runminnesota@gmail.com

arrett Tomczak has run for DeLaSalle High School, the

Twin Cities Track Club, Drake University, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the University of Minnesota. He now runs for himself, 25 miles a week.

SHELLY BINSFELD

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helly Binsfeld (runcoachshelly@gmail.com) of Rogers,MN

is a competitive runner, wife, and mother of four children.

Her running joy is to guide others through their training as a USATF coach and Pilates instructor. Follow her journey as a runner on the blog, Freedom to Run, at RunningCoachShelly.com

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HIGH SCHOOLS

HELPING OUT Great friends, great weather and a team of volunteers top off the Jeff Winter City of Lakes Half Marathon

Eight members of the burnsville high school cross country team and their coach, jeff webber, volunteered at the city of lake half marathon this year. the race is an mdra event. Submitted photo

BY BILL KNIGHT

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his year there was a youthful dose

of enthusiasm around the finish line of the Jeff Winter City of Lakes Half Marathon (COL). Eight runners from the Burnsville High School Cross Country Team and their coach, Jeff Webber, joined with members of the North Star Running Club and MDRA members to serve the finishing runners with refreshments, fruit, a mug and medallion plus congratulations on finishing the race.

The high school runners pitched in right from the start by unloading tents, tables and other equipment from the truck and setting it up in the parking lot by the Lake Harriet Bandshell.

In addition to this early Sunday morning assignment, Webber said his high school runners were coming off their first week of school along with starting each of those days with early morning weight lifting sessions.

“Top that off with a grueling long run at Murphy Hanrehan Park (a 12-mile moderately hilly trail loop south of Burnsville) the day before the race and this shows the great dedication these young athletes have,” Webber said.

“They were instructed to be ready to serve at 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning. They all arrived on time with smiles on their faces,” he said.

As racers crossed the finish line, several high school runners joined Webber to remove chips from the shoes of runners.

“It was very rewarding for me as their coach (to watch my runners) help pull chips and per-

sonally congratulate each and every racer,” Webber said. Each finishing runner heard the high school runners offering them a “Great Job,” or “Awesome Race.”

Webber said the finishers “... certainly appreciated it as they would beam with excitement and pride.”

New this year was a chance for runners to put a dry shirt and any swag in a bag and have it delivered to the finish line. Webber picked three of his runners and gave then the fun job of unloading the bags from a truck and arranging them for fast and easy pickup by the runners.

“I just gave them free rein and they quickly figure it all out,” he said.

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STEVE HOAG

MEMORIES

Looking back on the life of Steve Hoag

BY PAT O’REGAN

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hen you don’t see someone often or know him well – though you might think you know him well, because his strong personality has sunk into your soul – it comes as a shock to learn, out of the blue, that he has passed away. Thus, when Carter called to tell me that we had lost Steve Hoag, it was very unsettling news. Allow me to reflect on the few memories I have of Steve.

Of course, Steve was a terrific distance runner. His singular achievement was running the 1975 Boston Marathon in 2:11, chasing only the great Bill Rodgers across the finish line. But even this monumental achievement seems to come a little short of the full running story of Steve. The 2:11 was a five minute improvement on his previous PR. One can’t help but wonder, in light of that, what might have been in store for Steve if injury had not curtailed his running after Boston. “I just couldn’t train hard enough to do all I could,” he said. In any case, at least as far as we could glean from a long interview, Steve didn’t show the slightest remorse for coming up short of whatever mission his body was on. He simply loved to run, and meant to give it all he had.

Moreover, however good a runner Steve was, as far as this outsider could tell, his immense humanity transcended his talent. His family came first, of course, but he was a classy guy, in the fullest sense of the term, making anyone he engaged feel important to him. He was modest, almost to a fault. It must have been obvious, when we interviewed him for a profile in RunMinnesota, that I was in awe of him. But, to all appearances, Steve didn’t look at life from a runner’s pedestal, however high it might be.

He had no regret that he let the 1972 Marathon Trials slip past, and had to drop out of the 1976 Trials because of injury. He just took life as it came to him.

Steve got into serious training for the marathon at the instigation of the great marathoner Ron Daws. So, it mattered a lot to him that Ron Daws was in the profile, prominently, and in the photo that accompanied it. Ron would share the credit for whatever he accomplished

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Steve hoag races down the course at the 1975 boston marathon, in which he placed second. Photo by Jeff Johnson

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STEVE HOAG as a runner. “I could not have done it without him,” he said. It might be noted, though, that Steve’s training tenacity and running courage – twice he passed out in races – were legendary.

Steve took on life with great courage and serenity. When he developed a serious lung condition later in life, it apparently didn’t damper his ardor for living in the least.

In two or three chats with Steve after the profile ran, it became clear that the little piece of writing mattered a lot to him. Apart from his inclination to be nice to Carter and me, I wondered – great runner that he was – why this was so. Did he want a record of his running accomplishments in the public arena? As soon became clear – it says so much about Steve – he simply wanted to show the magazine with his profile in it to his grandchildren. “I want them to be motivated by reading about my Boston marathon and running career,” he said. Apparently, Steve was a doting granddaddy.

Our condolences to Steve’s wife, Geri, daughter, Alison and those grandchildren.

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A Q&A with Steve Hoag Interview from 15 years ago republished

BY MARK SYRING AND GLORIA JANSEN Reprinted from the November/December 2002 issue of RunMinnesota RM: When did you start running and what was the motivation behind it?

SH: I started running in 1961. My older brother, Jeff, was a runner at Anoka High School and I was intrigued by it. And I liked the idea of individual sports. You were individually responsible. You could take all the credit or all the blame. I also had a natural inclination for endurance. I wasn’t particularly fast, but I could outrun everyone distance wise.

RM: How did you decide to attend the University of Minnesota? What were your events?

SH: I had some offers from smaller schools.

I was a pretty good high school runner, but not a star runner. I went to the U [University of Minnesota] at the last minute. Roy Griak had just become the coach at the U and they won the Big Ten Cross Country Championships his first year. I had a lot of respect for Coach Griak and really liked him. Coach Griak told me if I did well, I would get a scholarship my sophomore year. Back then, way back then [laughs], freshmen couldn’t compete. In fact, it wasn’t until the mid 70’s that freshmen were allowed to compete. I paid my own way to the U that year, and my sophomore year and beyond I got a scholarship.

I ran anything from the mile to the 10,000 meters in track. My best event was probably the 2 mile. We didn’t run metric. It would be the 3000 or 3200 meters now. I liked indoor track, because I liked the consistency of always running in the same conditions. As a sophomore I was runner up in the Big Ten, and that was probably my first big, really good race.

My senior year, I was the Big Ten 2 mile champion (indoor), and I accomplished two important things in that race. I always wanted to win a Big Ten title, which I did, and I always wanted to get under 9 minutes for two miles, which I did.

My senior year, I was captain in cross country. I was having a really good year and set

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Steve Hoag, pictured in the middle in the front of the pack (he has a white headband on) takes off at the start of the 1975 boston marathon. he placed second in the race with a time of 2 hours and 11 minutes. three consecutive records on different courses.

But, I had a really bad Big Ten championship meet. For some reason, probably running low on blood sugar, I collapsed in the meet. We were the favorites, but nobody on the team ran well. If I had just jogged the last mile we still would have won. We did regroup and went to New York and took fourth in the Nationals.

RM: What was the post collegiate scene like for you? How did you get into marathoning?

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SH: I met Ron Daws my sophomore year in college. He was 10 years older. We would do long runs together in the summer. They were easy 7 to 8 minute pace. I was used to running 5:30 to 6 minute pace. I did struggle towards the end of the runs and once Ron had to come back to get me in a car. I wasn’t used to running 25 miles even though the pace was slow.

Towards the end of my career at Minnesota, I was getting tired of competitive running. I had run competitively for four straight years, which

STEVE HOAG can be pretty grueling with so many races. I thought I was just going to be done running and get a 9 to 5 job somewhere. I guess Ron talked me into continuing. And so we went on some road trips to races. It was so different than collegiate running. More social.

Ron kept telling me that I had to run a marathon. That was the big thing. There was a huge mystic to the marathon, more than even now.

We thought the road just swallowed you up at 20 miles or else you ran into a wall. It was the feeling that really terrible things happened right at 20 miles.

So I ran my first one in 1971, the Paavo Nurmi. Garrett Tomczak and I started at the very back, because we were both kind of afraid of it. We probably ran 7 to 8 minute pace at the back of the pack. There were 200 to 300 runners. The biggest marathon in the Midwest. At 10 miles we planned to pick it up depending on how we felt. I ran a 2:37 and Garrett ran a 2:35.

It was fun, because I finished really strong. It was a good way to start a marathon.

RM: What kind of mileage were you running at this time and what was the highest mileage you ran?

SH: Typical mileage was 70 to 80 miles per week. The highest mileage I ever did was around 100.

RM: While you were training with Ron Daws, did you have an “official” coach at that time or was Ron coaching you?

SH: I didn’t really have a coach per se. Ron and I were teammates and Ron definitely advised me. He’d write out a schedule for me. It was basically Lydiard type training. But Ron never liked to call himself my coach. He was really good about that. He never wanted to take credit for my running. He would always go out of his way to say that we helped each other, but in fact, he helped me a lot.

I was faster than Ron, so I helped him run faster in our workouts. He would do all the hill workouts really well, and he could run downhill like crazy. There is no question I wouldn’t have done much after college if it hadn’t been for Ron and others like Pat Lanin, Jim Lundberg, John Cramer and Garrett. There wasn’t any money involved, but running was just fun. It was purely to see how fast you could run.

RM: How many marathons have you run?

SH: I think I finished 30 and ran 33. I dropped out of three. One was the Olympic Trials. I knew I didn’t have much of a chance, because of my sciatica. I was invited to two Olympic Trials, including the 1968 meet for the 10,000 meters. They had a series of pre-Trials

Steve Hoag, left, poses for a photo with Bill Rodgers. On the right is Steve’s wife, Geri. to see who would run in the actual Trials. I qualified by placing sixth in the first pre-Trials.

We were supposed to go to a training camp in Lake Tahoe at altitude to train. I had heard horror stories about people getting sick from the altitude. Also, I had a girlfriend, and so I didn’t want to go up there. I remember my older brother, Jeff, got really mad at me. He kind of got me into running, and he said that this is a dream that everyone has. He was upset that I would turn down an opportunity to train with future Olympians.

him. In 1975, he had a big breakthrough at the World Cross Country Championship. He was third, and Americans just hadn’t done that well there. It was an incredible effort and all of a sudden everyone was talking about Bill Rodgers and that he was going to run Boston.

I had a friend in Boston who knew Bill. I asked him about what was happening with Bill. My friend’s words to me were, ‘Don’t worry about him. He’s been really sick. He’ll probably run, but he won’t be a factor.’ Then Bill goes out and runs an American Record (2:09:55).

RM: Do you think that if you had the technology back then, that we have today, like shoes, sports drinks, etc., that you would have gone faster?

SH: Not really, though the possibility exists.

I had shoes that Ron made for me that were as light as anything on the market today. There is nothing that you can buy today that I didn’t have back then. Regarding hydration, our drink was de-fizzed Coke. Towards the end of the race, we’d take a de-fizzed Coke. Shorter got us all started on that. I honestly think that 99 percent of running fast is a combination of work, talent and getting in the right environment.

RM: You weren’t all that far behind him.

SH: I like to say it was less than two minutes (laughs). It was a minute fifty-nine. The way Bill ran that day, I don’t know if anyone would have beaten him. He even stopped during the race five times. Four to accept water and one time to tie a shoelace.

RM: The year you placed second at the Boston Marathon (1975), Bill Rodgers won. Was he favored?

SH: This is interesting, because Rodgers had this reputation of going out hard and suicidal and not finishing. In 1974 at Boston, he was way up there and around 22 miles, he kind of folded and faded really badly and I passed

RM: Were you ever leading him?

SH: No, I was never leading. Ron taught me to hold pace really well and I wanted to run 5 minute miles. I was probably anywhere from tenth to fifteenth place for the first few miles.

I remember running alongside Bill and he had his goofy hand-lettered singlet with “Greater Boston Track Club” hand lettered on it. It looked kind of stupid with cut-off sleeves. He looked very relaxed and I got the impression he wasn’t running it seriously.

I remember that at about half way Bill kind of took off. I thought to myself, gosh should I go with him? Since I was running 5 minute miles, I Continued on Page 14 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017

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STEVE HOAG knew I couldn’t go any faster, and I didn’t want to go any faster. I thought that if he can do that, great. That was the last I saw of him. And then I kept picking runners off. I was eighth, seventh, sixth, fifth and then at the top of Heartbreak Hill, I pulled into third place. I heard on the radio that Americans were in the top three places and that was a neat feeling. I was kind of on a high. It was one of those races, except for a little patch in the first 5 to 6 miles when my feet were burning. I guess it was downhill and I had real thin soles on. I remember being a little worried about it because if your feet start to hurt at 6… I started cussing Daws out, because he made my shoes for me. But then the pain just went away.

Back then, the traffic control was so bad that we had a space about 8 to 10 feet wide to run, and the rest was just crowd. The crowd kind of meandered so you really couldn’t see anything. I remember coming around a curve, about a half a mile from the finish, and here’s Tom Fleming, the second place runner. I was right behind him. He was leaning over. He just didn’t have any fight left in him, so I went right by him and finished in second place. Everybody’s times were so fast. Bill’s time was the new American record. He was from Boston, so he was the darling of the media. Liane Winter broke the women’s record in 2:42. It was just an amazing day. I trained as hard as I could for it, I had run it three years in a row and I improved each year going from 2:25 to 2:16 to 2:11.

RM: When did you stop racing competitively and why?

SH: Probably my last competitive race was the Twin Cities Marathon in 1984. I placed second in my age group and was starting to make a little comeback and then that winter, in March of 1985, I hit a patch of glare ice and fractured my fibula. Just snapped it. So, I’d say that was my last competitive race that I’m kind of proud of.

RM: Currently you own your own running store, Marathon Sports. What did you do before getting into owning a running store?

SH: I was a teacher. I taught sixth grade at Anoka, Monroe Elementary. I had a chance to go to Europe to represent the US the year I was second at Boston. My principal wouldn’t let me take the time off, so he said I had to decide between being a runner and being a teacher.

So, I went to Europe and had a great time. Then I went back to work at the U of M hospital. I was a transportation orderly. I wheeled kids around to different clinics.

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RM: When did you open Marathon Sports?

SH: Well, I actually sold shoes out of my house in Linden Hills. I was running for New Balance and they said, ‘why don’t you sell shoes for us.’ So, I ordered about $500 worth of shoes wholesale. I ran a little ad in Runner’s World and gave away a free t-shirt with each sale. I’d buy a pair of shoes for $15 and sell them for $20. I made five bucks on each pair. In the mid 70’s, that wasn’t too bad.

In 1976, I actually took the plunge and opened a store over by Macalester College. We called it Running World, and I had a partner. In 1978, I left and went on my own briefly using the name Marathon Sports. Then Garry Bjorklund and his partner approached me about merging. We became GBS Sports, and I was there through 1984. We ended up having eight stores. There were still many runners, but mail order was offering really big discounts and we didn’t really respond to price. There were a lot of things wrong, but we just had too many stores. I opened Marathon Sports in 1985.

RM: Since 1975, what do you think the greatest developments in running have been?

SH: The biggest thing to me has been polypropylene underwear. We always tried to run into the wind going out and with the wind coming back. Otherwise you’d freeze. I ran a 2:11 marathon in stuff that I bought at the Goodwill, so how much does technology help? You can definitely be more comfortable now. Companies go out of the way to make everyone too comfortable, so that you can’t ever feel uncomfortable. I think sometimes you have to be a bit uncomfortable to run.

I ran through the winter of 1974-75. It was tough. It rained around New Year’s, so you had two inches of glare ice, and then we got dumped on with snow. Now they plow those lakes paths right away. A lot of times we would have to go through a foot or two of snow. Ron and I would go to Goodwill and buy old anoraks, and that’s what we ran in. I guess my point is that people have to get out and run. That’s still the crux of running. You have to get out and run.

RM: What most disturbs you about the sport of competitive running?

SH: The one thing that bothers me a little bit is chip timing, but that’s just a personal thing.

Another is the commercialization, when you see runners hawking three or four companies.

Maybe I’m just jealous. I was a pure runner.

Ron loved to run and I got that from him. I know that Ron never made a cent. He couldn’t even get money to go to the Trials.

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Running is such a simple sport. I always feel like I’m torn between the purist who loves running and the commercial guy who makes a living from it. I have mixed feelings about some of the technology, because that’s what gives me a living. I like to sell it, but I do draw the line someplace. I just won’t carry the gadgety stuff.

RM: What is your perspective on the state of distance running is the US today compared to when you were training?

SH: I think the competitive runners, the top echelon, are still just as good. The women are tremendously better now. I remember distinctly when a woman first broke three hours in the marathon. What a big think that was. Now they can run 2:17. But now, you don’t have your Bill Rodgers, Frank Shorters, or superstar Salazars.

And now it is different, because of the Africans.

What I do think has changed a lot is the depth of running. I remember the year at Boston I was second, we had at least 15 American runners under 2:20, whereas now there are much less. There was just an incredible number of quality runners. It goes in cycles, and I think we are going to see it again, but I think the period when I ran was definitely a golden age of American distance running. Would Frank Shorter and Bill Rodgers been able to dominate if they had to go up against the Africans? (muses) RM: What do you consider your greatest running achievement?

SH: I guess that most people would think Boston, and it certainly is one. But also winning the 2 mile for the U of M, at the Big Ten meet.

It was probably a race I shouldn’t have won. It was my first Big Ten Championship and it was a big thing back then, so I had a real glow about that race. Also, two years ago I was inducted into the Hall of Fame (Minnesota Track & Field).

That one means a lot, because your peers are recognizing you and so that meant a lot to me.

It is very humbling and validated that I had a good career.

RM: Do you still run now?

SH: I do still run. I get little inspirations to compete, but they don’t last very long. There’s a big difference between running and training.

I’m a coach at Richfield High School and run with the kids there. I also run with Van Nelson, one of the greatest runners from the area, who is often forgotten since he ran track. A half an hour to an hour of running at a time is just fine. It keeps me in pretty good overall shape.

Somedays I kind of long for the camaraderie of racing. It was fun and I had my days.

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Running with the old breed

Steve and Ron and the end of an era

BY GARRETT TOMCZAK Late in 1975, months after Steve Hoag had run 2:11 at the Boston Marathon, I received a call from the editor of the Twin Cities Reader, a local weekly newspaper. I had been freelancing for a number of publications, including Runner’s World, and the editor wanted to know if I knew Steve. I did. Was I interested in doing an article on him? I was.

I’d already written about Steve for Runner’s World, maybe an interview, I don’t recall, and 42 years after the fact, I can’t lay my hands on that old work. But I still remember the call to Steve. He had been happy about the previous writing, but didn’t think this was a good time for another article because he had “a touch of pneumonia.” He was confident he’d be back on his feet and running again in a few days and, he assured me, could also do a better interview. As we talked, the writer in me recognized the lead, the sentence that gets everything rolling. “Steve Hoag has a touch of pneumonia” spoke volumes about Steve’s attitude toward adversity. Setbacks are minor and obstacles are there to overcome.

Steve and I were contemporaries. We were born in 1947, Steve in April and myself in May, and both ran for the University of Minnesota but on different teams and at different times. I was better at shorter distances; Steve excelled at the longer runs. He was by far the stronger runner. After college, we trained with Ron Daws, which was our first real connection. Ron was 10 years older and a role model of sorts.

He had made the Olympic Team in 1968 and was loaded with drive and perseverance.

Ron was obsessive about training and racing. Every year, around mid-December, when no real racing was going, Ron would chart out his entire training program, day by day in great detail, culminating in a specific event, such as Boston, the Olympic Trials or some national championship. Ron called it his “God Sheet.”

He did the workouts on the God Sheet no matter how he felt or what else was going on in his life. A tornado bearing down, ignore it, today Continued on Page 16

run 4-minute mile pace downhill over uneven we’re doing six times a mile in five minutes. I always kidded him that if an atomic bomb went pavement would unconsciously break themselves to keep from going airborne. Steve just off, Ron would say, “You know, I think we can let himself go. He was fearless. It’s odd to say, get in one more interval before the shock wave but Steve was an awesome downhill runner. hits.”

It is an underappreciated skill, and one that Steve and I fell into his program because it served him well on the hills of Boston. provided structure of which, as young runners, I wasn’t built for workouts like that. Not we were in dire need. Also, we thought that he enough structural integrity. Steve was much was on to something. His workouts were intense, challenging and always pushed the edge better designed for this kind of running. He was 5’7” with a racing weight of 128, with muscuof the envelope. They were beyond anything I’d lar thighs (great shock absorbers) and terrific done before. If Ron had lived (he’d be 80 now) leg turnover. If anatomy is destiny, Steve was and was writing a memorial to Steve, I know gifted with the perfect marathoner’s body. I somewhere in it he would say, “Get off your told the guys I’d help them do whatever I was lazy asses and start really running!” It was his comfortable doing, but I was heading back to mantra. the track where I felt more at home. Steve and One workout stands out. Ron was a handy Ron became a training duo, so much so that guy and he had made a measuring wheel with we called them “HoagenDaws,” the ice cream a long handle and a clicker that he had calibrated to lay out courses and workout intervals, twins.

Shortly before he went into ICU for the last sometimes in the most unlikely of places. For time, Steve called and we talked for maybe a this workout, he had measured a half mile that half hour. This was unusual, not because we started on the East River Road where the showdidn’t normally talk, but because talking was boat once parked, and then up that long hill so fatiguing for him. Afterward I thought of it as under the Franklin Avenue Bridge. The workout started with an 880 up the hill in 2 minutes and his way of saying goodbye. I suspect he knew even before going back to the hospital that the 30 seconds. After a short jog at the top, we did prognosis was grim, but never something he 4 X 220. Another short jogging rest and we ran couldn’t prevail over. down the hill in 2 minutes. Another 4 X 220 on We talked about the old breed and the old the flat at the bottom, and then turned around days, a different era of rough cinder tracks and and did the entire sequence again. Four sets in all. Ron had even calculated that the total work- shoddy shoes. Steve ran Boston in custom footwear handmade by our friend Ron Daws. out mileage, including warmup, rest intervals In the old days, no one had under functioning and cool down was in excess of 16 miles. thyroids, insufficient red blood cells or, God Here’s the rub: I was young, I was fit, but after two or three of these workouts, the wheels knows!, low testosterone. No one needed a pharmaceutical team to get out and run. What fell off. That’s a figure of speech. What was fallyou saw is what you got. No artificial ingrediing off were assorted body parts: hips, knees, ents. lower back. I felt like I’d been thrown down a Steve said the closest he ever came to dopflight of stairs. I suspect Ron felt the same way, ing was shaking the fizz out of a can of warm only he’d never admit it because, you know, coke. His 2:11 in 1975 was, at the time, the 4th God Sheet and all. fastest time in the world. Now, Steve said, it But Steve was like Brer Rabbit in the briar wouldn’t crack the top 500. He wasn’t bitter. He patch. He loved it. What destroyed me only knew what he marathon. had done and hoag how heQualified had done made him stronger.

Most runners, askedof to the twin Steve Hoag nears the finishif line cities for the olympic trials in 1968 in the 10,000 meters run and 1976 in the marathon).

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STEVE HOAG Continued from Page 15 it. Like those old Coca-Cola commercials, Steve Hoag was “The Real Thing.”

We ended our conversation with a shared hope that this setback, like all the others, was just another obstacle to overcome. When he got better, we’d go for a run. But no hard intervals.

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Steve Hoag’s Career Highlights

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• Conference Champion at Anoka High School in Cross Country • Anoka High School Mile Record, 4:24 • 6th place in State High School Cross Country Meet • 3rd place in the NCAA Championships in the 10,000 meters (All American) – Junior Year (1968) • U of M Big Ten Indoor Champion in the 2 Mile, Senior Year (1969) • 1971 First Marathon, Paavo Nurmi, 2:37 • 2nd Place, 1975 Boston Marathon, 2:11:54 • 1975 Ranked 2nd in the U.S. and 4th in the World in the Marathon (Track and Field News) • 1975 Named to the All America, Road Racing Team for winning the National 25K • Qualified for Olympic Trials in 1968 (10,000 meters) and 1976 (Marathon) • 1973, 1976 City of Lakes Marathon Champion • Opened first running store 1976 • Opened Marathon Sports 1986

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Hoag leaves a lasting legacy Editor’s note: This article was written by members of the 2017 Minnetonka High School boys cross country tream. Steve Hoag was an assistant coach at the school.

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hose who had the privilege of knowing Steve Hoag know better than most what being a legend means. It is the word used to describe someone with a deep passion for hard work and success unparalleled by any other. When we think of a legend, the first person that comes to mind is our long time coach, mentor and most importantly, friend, Coach Steven Hoag. Coach Hoag was a major part of the Minnetonka Cross Country family.

Hoag helped all of us come together as athletes and friends, realize our potential and succeed as a team. One moment that will always stick with the team is the image of Coach Hoag on the top of the hill at our workout at Shady Hills. He didn’t need to say a word; his presence alone was incentive enough to go further.

Coach was also our friend, offering advice and wisdom whenever needed. Whether it was strategy before a race, congratulations afterwards or just a simple nod, Hoag was present in the everyday grind of Minnetonka Cross Country.

Coach Hoag was also known for his sense of humor, always rattling off jokes and memorable sayings. The one that stuck the most is “you’re good, but you’re not that good.” Although this seems like an insult on the surface, it drove us to work harder and be better runners. This is exactly what Coach wanted from us. He also preached humility, which is why only a select few know of his outstanding accomplishments, like his second place finish at the 1975 Boston Marathon. As long as we were putting in our best effort and having fun, he was never overly obsessed with the results.

Today, we honor Hoag at each race, breaking down our huddles on “1, 2, 3, Hoag!” Coach Steve Hoag was an inspiration to the entire Minnetonka Cross Country Team, and he will be deeply missed by all.

Christian Skaret

Hoag was a key influence in my decision to choose to represent the University of Minnesota.

For five years I walked through the halls of Bierman Athletic Building and into the Gopher track locker room. Everyday passing the All-American/ Big Ten Champion plaque outside the locker room doors that displays the name “Steve Hoag” numerous times. Every time I passed that plaque, I looked at his name. And every day I

entered that locker room with the goal in mind to join him on that plaque. Although I wasn’t able to do that, I entered that locker room every day with a Steve Hoag mindset; as somebody who drove to make the best out of each day.

Each day is an opportunity to make yourself better and to make those around you better.

Steve had a tactful, yet deprecating way of motivating athletes. He’d say things like “Okay guys, you’re pretty good, but you’re not that good yet.”

Such a classic distance runner mindset. Even after a strong performance, we always go back to moments throughout the race or throughout training that could have led to a better outcome at the finish line. And that is what keeps us coming back as distance runners: the ever-present opportunity to do better. That’s Hoag. That is what Hoag instilled in me. His spirit embodies what it means to be a Skipper, a Gopher and a distance runner.

I’ll forever be proud and grateful to have been able to spend as much time as I did with this man. I’m saddened that I was never able to truly express to him what a profound impact he has left on the path of my life. It may have been impossible to explain anyway. We shared an immediate connection when he showed up on the blue track at Minnetonka High, and I know he recognized that, but the impact he left on me goes beyond what he ever fully knew.

cheer on every single kid, no matter their background or how fast they were.

The older I have gotten the more I have realized how much he impacted not only me and my running, but many others and the entire Minnesota running community. He accomplished so much and contributed to the local running community more than most people know, yet he never spoke of his accomplishments or the immense impact he made on Minnesota running. He always remained humble. He was a true pioneer in the industry and many of the things he is responsible for still live on in the running community today (Marathon Sports, Twin Cities Track Club, Twin Cities Marathon, and more).

He always has and always will be a huge role model and inspiration in my life and it was truly an honor to have even known him, let alone be coached by him or call him a friend. He will be greatly missed by so many and his legacy will always live on.

Note: This year’s Minnetonka High School team is led by captains Adam Wilkinson, Beau Pullman, and Mac Karrick. Despite losing their beloved Coach Steve Hoag during the middle of the season, the team has run this season in his honor. They are coached by Jeff Renlund, Maxwell Kuzara, and Jerry McNeal. This article was written by this year’s captains, but had influence from the entire team.

Maxwell Kuzara

My first memory of Coach Hoag is from the Minnetonka Cross Country team’s training camp in Battle Lake my freshman year of high school.

As a freshman in my first year of cross country I struggled to run all the way around the lake, but Coach Hoag biked next to me every step of the way—encouraging me and making sure I never gave up. That run with him has always stuck with me as a true representation of who Coach Hoag was. His tremendous passion for working with young runners and his unique ability to connect with and make an impact on people was incredible, and it has been a huge inspiration for me to start working with high school athletes and get my start in coaching, too. His willingness to go above and beyond for his athletes and help wherever he could in both the sport of running and in life in general was rare. He cared about each of his athletes on a deeper level than just running, and he wanted to help them succeed in their life outside of the sport just as much as he wanted to help them succeed in the sport— that’s just who he was. Coach Hoag was also always excited to watch every single race and NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017

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TRAINING

NAVIGATING WINTER How to keep up your mileage during the winter chill

My whole life has been spent in the cold BY states SHELLY BINSFELD winter of America.

From Colorado, Minnesota, New York, and recently back to Minnesota, my running has bared the chill of the season. Even though sun burned off the snow covered sidewalks in Fort Collins, Colorado, we still had races in blizzards. Minnesota’s ice covered roads had me dancing as each day stayed under freezing. New York hosted crazy weather with snow in October but a warm weathered Christmas dinner on the back deck. In seeking to get my running fix and improve my race pace, I have gathered avenues to wade through the winter season and come out rejuvenated and stronger.

Here are my strategies for winter running: Build a Strong Core - From the upper quads to the shoulders and wrapping from the front of the body to the back, all the way deep inside your middle, lies your strength. My last experience recovering from injury brought home the need for deep core strength. Using the three winter months to develop your core strength will facilitate improved fitness in the spring.

Remember your strength comes from the middle of your body. Your legs work off your core with core stability transferring strength to your legs. My favorite core routines are the main 18 Pilates exercises. I add in challenging moves with a large ball or foam roller, increasing my balance. Keeping the routine new and fresh causes a stronger core.

Just 10 Minutes - Let’s face it. The hardest part of running for most of us is getting out the door. When I pass by all the other mother excuses and think about the hardship of the activity, my motivation drops to a new low. That is when I institute my 10 minute rule. The run counts as long as I run for 10 minutes. As my expectations lower, my motivation rises. Now the hurdle of beginning the run disappears.

Each time I start out on a “10 minute” run I end up loving the fresh air and energy that I feel from the run. Ten minutes stretches out to 20, 30 or even 40 minutes and I come back so happy. I just needed to lower my goal so that I could feel the benefits and reach the intended outcome.

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All these strategies will get you to the winter Once a Week Challenge - One weekly runseason finish line ready for the spring races. ning workout that challenges the mind and body, getting you out of your comfort zone, will keep you on track for increased fitness. This run Shelly Binsfeld writes the Freedom to Run is more intense than your normal easy run and blog and coaches runners from around the gives you a chance to practice your interval and USA. She is a mother of four children ranging tempo paces. Perhaps jump on the treadmill from 9 to 15 years and is found hopping befor a negative split four mile run (progressively tween their sports throughout the week. You faster pace each mile), tackle a short steep hill can read her blog at RunningCoachShelly.com by charging up (high knees and strong arms) or email her at runcoachshelly@gmail.com. and walking down or throw in a speed play session where you increase or decrease your speed each time you pass a landmark (telephone pole). For some runners, the challenge of running in the cold air is the comfort zone buster they need. Post a list on your fridge of your accomplished challenges and watch it A runner takes off at the start of this year’s securian winter run in downgrow. town st. paul. Photo by Wayne Kryduba Read about Running - Winter snowstorms and cold air beg for hours snuggled up with a book. Pick a running book to devour this winter. My top reads include “Running with the Buffalos” by Chris Lear and Kara Goucher’s “Running for Women”. These inspiring stories and helpful reads will get you out the door for your next run.

Weekend Rituals - Saturday morning Pilates followed by a long run each and every weekend will keep you building the platform to jump off of in the spring. Written in ink on the calendar, a must do class and group run combo, will cultivate the devotion needed to succeed. Be purposeful and plan carefully.

Relish the Beauty of Fresh Snow - The mornings spent in awe prancing through the clear neighborhood roads as the trees glisten with fresh fallen snow are tucked close to my heart.

I relish the silence of a white morning run. Put it on your winter 2017-18 bucket list and never regret it. You will be wishing for fresh snow falls in order to draw you back into Narnia Land.

Gather Friends - Plan a group run with dinner and a running movie this winter: “McFarland, USA” or “Hood to Coast”. The party will be a blast and the talk of the season: a new tradition for your training group!

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MEETING MINUTES Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting - July 10, 2017

Advocacy: MDRA contacted the Park Board about water fountains not being on. Some have been fixed.

Club Administration: Research on Customer Relationship Management software continues. Not finding an option that is affordable with the Members Present: Cindy Campbell, Nathan Campeau, Randy Fulsocial circle /google groups functionality. Goal is to have something to ton, Jenny Harrington, Nate Klema, Kathy Larsen, Dave Marek, Lisa Rich- show at the annual party. We will have a demo for board members this ardson, Sarah Stangl week. Discussed option for fundraising during annual party.

Members Absent: Dennis Barker, Sheila Becker, Rochelle ChrisPrograms: MDRA is looking into doing water stops this summer at Caltensen, Rick Recker houn Exec Center. We are looking for more volunteers for water stops for Guests: Sarah McInerney the fall training class. The Trail Running Class has 10 registrants. The Track Secretary’s Report Club is going well with almost 20 runners last week. Polar Bear numbers Minutes of the Board of Directors’ Meeting for June 10, 2017 were aphave been steadily increasing. proved and accepted by Cindy Campbell, seconded by Sarah Stangl.

Promotions: Grandma’s sponsorship recap: banners were lost in mail, 10 new members in comparison to last year. A full recap will be discussed Treasurer’s Report at next board meeting. Grandma’s “MDRA group” was definitely worth • June revenues were unfavorable to plan by $4.0K and YTD revenues participating in. MDRA will be at the Park Point 5 Miler and the Renewal were unfavorable to plan by $20.1K. MTD’s un-favorability was primarby Andersen “runner’s expo” July 30th 2-6 pm in Roseville. ily driven by timing of fall training receipts of $2.9K and ad revenue of Publications: Looking into a round table discussion for oral histo$1.2K. YTD’s un-favorability was primarily driven by ad revenue of $11.5K ries/interviews or “podcasts”. Volunteers assigned for next magazine and training receipts of $7.0K. store delivery. July eNews was sent out today. eBlasts for Victory and • 2017 YTD revenues are unfavorable to 2016 YTD revenues by $28.2K. COLH are ongoing. Web traffic report was provided.

The un-favorability was driven by timing of race receipts of $18.4 and ad.

Race: Volunteer positions posted for all races at http://signup.com/ • June expenses were favorable by $.1K to plan and YTD expenses go/9VWMmz. Race registrations are going well. Next committee meeting were unfavorable by $11.8K. YTD’s un-favorability was primarily driven will be in August. by timing of program expense of $5.6K, professional services $2.1K, race USATF: No update. expense $1.7 and annual expense.

New Business: No responses from the open board position to date.

• 2017 YTD expenses are favorable to 2016 YTD expenses by $2.1K Will be included in email to Fall training group. Board member were asand net income was unfavorable by $26.1K. signed with researching 501©3 vs. 501©4 organization requirements.

Old Business: No update.

The treasurer’s report was approved and accepted by Randy Fulton The meeting was adjourned by Randy Fulton, seconded by Nathan and seconded by Kathy Larsen.

Campeau. The next MDRA Board meeting will be August 14, 2017.

Office Manager’s Report Membership: 2016 2017 New Members 24 49 Renewals 60 55 (includes two-year renewals) Membership Total 2,054 2,027 (prior month: 2,023)

Web/Twitter/Facebook/Pinterest As of June 30 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Instagram

Last Month 6,170 1,637 464 213

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Current 6,263 1,661 461 227

Renee Korczak, PhD, RD, LD Consultant Dietitian www.premierdietitian.com 201-390-0344

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MEETING MINUTES Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting - August 14, 2017 Members Present: Dennis Barker, Cindy Campbell, Nathan Campeau, Rochelle Christensen, Randy Fulton, Jenny Harrington, Wendy Jones, Nate Klema, Kathy Larsen, Kelly May, Rick Recker, Sarah Stangl Members Absent: Dave Marek, Lisa Richardson Guests: Sarah McInerney, Shane Bauer Secretary’s Report Minutes of the Board of Directors’ Meeting for July10, 2017 were approved and accepted by Rick Recker, seconded by Sarah Stangl.

Social media use continues to increase.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Advocacy: No update.

Club Administration: New board appointments were announced

and we welcomed Kelly May and Wendy Jones. The implementation of the database conversion to CRM is expected to launch in early October.

We are looking into advertising CRM platform at year end party. The proposal to proceed applying as a 501c3 was approved by Cindy Campbell, seconded by Rochelle Christensen and approved by the board. The proposal to enter into contract with MAP as an advisor during the application process to become a 501c3 was accepted by Rick Recker, seconded by Cindy Campbell and approved by the board. The proposal to amend the Treasurer’s Report articles of incorporation were approved by Rick Recker, seconded by Cindy • July revenues were favorable to plan by $0.6K and YTD revenues Campbell and approved by the board. The next committee meeting will were unfavorable to plan by $19.5K. MTD’s favorability was primarily be at 6:15 before the next board meeting on September 11 where we will driven by timing of fall training receipts of $2.3K offset by unfavorable discuss status, branding, and ‘launch’ ideas. membership dues of $1.4K. YTD’s un-favorability was primarily driven by Programs: MDRA Summer has water stops on 8/26 & 7/29 – the first ad revenue of $12.2K, membership dues $4.7K and training receipts of station was very successful with a lot of traffic. The Track Club had 27 $4.7K. people show up July 20th. The Trail running class has 19 members and • 2017 YTD revenues are unfavorable to 2016 YTD revenues by $41.6K. the Marathon training class has 103. Polar Bears are still pretty steady on The un-favorability was driven by timing of race receipts of $28.2 and ad numbers and will likely pick up after the Fall training class. revenue of $12.1K. Promotions: The Park Point 5 Miler was successful and we received • July expenses were favorable by $7.8K to plan and YTD expenses new membership after the event. The Renewal by Andersen “runner’s were unfavorable by $4.0K. MTD’s favorability was primarily driven by expo” was a good networking event. We will need volunteers for TCM the timing of the program expenses of $6.7K. YTD’s un-favorability was Expo. primarily driven by timing of race expense of $1.7K and professional serPublications: We are still looking for volunteers for oral histories/invices $1.7K. terviews. The Sept/Oct RunMinnesota issue is in progress. The Aug eNews • 2017 YTD expenses are favorable to 2016 YTD expenses by $11.6K was sent and the new format with fewer words and has been getting and net income was unfavorable by $30.0K. higher click rates. eBlasts for Victory and COLH are ongoing. Web traffic report provided.

The treasurer’s report was approved and accepted by Jenny Harrington Race: Victory and City of Lakes will have a new registration process and seconded by Rochelle Christensen. that is very quick and easy as tested at the 15k. Como Relays are going well. Next year race dates were discussed. We’ve received $645 for race Office Manager’s Report equipment rental to date for 2017. Volunteer positions posted for all races Membership: 2016 2017 at http://signup.com/go/9VWMmz New Members 14 9 USATF: On the second Sunday of September there will be pizza and a Renewals 46 32 (includes two-year renewals) meeting; all welcome. We are looking for help promoting more women to Membership Total 2,051 2,028 (prior month: 2,027) the MDRA USATF circuit for next year’s team.

New Business: For the next meeting, board members should bring Web/Twitter/Facebook/Pinterest ideas on achievements for the January pizza party and bring nomination As of July 31 Last Month Current ideas for awards.

Facebook 6,263 6,296 Old Business: We continue to work on increasing membership.

Twitter 1,661 1,700 The meeting was adjourned by Rick Recker, seconded by Rochelle Pinterest 461 463 Christensen.

Instagram 227 264 The meeting was adjourned by Rick Recker, seconded by Kathy Larsen.

The next MDRA Board meeting will be September 11, 2017.

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2018 MDRA

BOARD ELECTIONS All of the candidates were asked to respond to the following questions: 1. Please give a brief description of your running background.

2. Qualifications: What special talents and experiences can you contribute to the MDRA Board?

3. Goals and Plans: What committees would you like to be involved with should you win election/or have been a part of during your term on the board. Are there any specific changes or new opportunities you would like to spearhead during your tenure.

Voting is available online at www.runmdra.org or mail in to the MDRA office, MDRA, P.O. Box 6419, Minneapolis, MN 55406.

Please vote for one candidate in each of the three officer positions: President, Vice-President and Secretary.

Please vote for up to five candidates running for the open board positions.

All current members are eligible to vote. Votes, online (runmdra.org) or by paper ballot, must be received by the MDRA by midnight January 19, 2018.

PRESIDENT POSITION (one candidate running for one open position)

VICE PRESIDENT POSITION (one candidate running for one open position)

Dave Marek

Randy Fulton

Running background: I started running as an adult a number of years ago as a way to stay fit and healthy. As time went on I came to realize I was a pretty decent runner and, more importantly, really enjoyed it and wanted to do more. I became a certified coach and have lead numerous beginner 5K classes at a local community center, four marathon training classes for MDRA and done individual coaching.

I became a member of the MDRA board in 2013 and look forward to continuing to serve in the future. I have run 14 full marathons, around 30 half marathons and numerous races of other distances. I have also worked as a member of a pace team and have been a pace group leader in almost 20 races.

Qualifications: I have been an MDRA board member since 2013 and served as Vice President in 2015. I have served as President for the past two years and look forward to one more. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on the board and we have brought a number of new and exciting things to this organization over the past few years. I believe we are as healthy as we have ever been, and I look forward to continue helping move this great organization into the future.

Goals and plans: I take pride in what MDRA provides for the running community in Minnesota. I want MDRA to continue to offer the best value to our members in terms of races, training classes, programs and perks like the RunMinnesota magazine and annual race calendar. I will drive MDRA to be forward thinking and keep reaching out to runners in new ways. I want to continue to explore different avenues to reach runners of all abilities and interests and be a valuable resource for them.

Running background: Back in the late 70s and early 80s I ran in many marathons, 5Ks and 10Ks. I worked for the YMCA and there were a bunch of us that ran together, and I enjoyed going to those weekly events. When my son Brian was born (30 years ago) those spontaneous afternoon and weekend runs just didn’t happen anymore. Now I put on those weekend events.

Most Saturdays now have me organizing those 5Ks, 10Ks and multisport events.

Qualifications: After 25 years as a race director, I think I can bring to the Board an insight as to what runners are looking for. Today so many runners are looking more for the memories, experience and social but not so much for the competition. The competition aspect is still there and still important but those looking for it aren’t going to fill our races.

Goals and plans: I would like to continue working with the Race and Promotions committees.

SECRETARY POSITION (one candidate running for one open position) Jenny Harrington Running background: I’ve been active in sports my whole life including track and field in high school. In 2013, I joined the MDRA fall training group which helped me to accomplish my goal of completing the Twin Cities marathon. Since then, I have participated in every marathon training class and have completed 11 marathons. My goal is to run a marathon in every state.

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2018 MDRA BOARD ELECTIONS I have made lifelong friends through MDRA and look forward to my continued membership and participation.

Qualifications: I have been on the board for two terms with my last term serving as the Secretary of the Board. I led the recruitment process for our operations manager, have been involved in the race committee and other committees as I am available, and have volunteered at various races, expos and other events. I have been a team lead in the marathon training class for two years and am excited about the opportunity to be a part of the board for another term to continue serving in many areas of support for MDRA. Goals and plans: I would like to continue my duties as Secretary of the Board and will continue to participate in as many committee meetings as possible. I will continue to bring thoughts and ideas for discussion and help in areas where needed.

BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONS (five candidates running for five open positions)

2018 MDRA

BOARD ELECTION BALLOT PRESIDENT POSITION (select 0ne)

Dave Marek

Sarah Stangl Running background: I began running in 2011 as a way to get back into shape after college. As a third generation marathon runner, I grew up attending Grandma’s Marathon each year to cheer on my father and grandfather. I joined the MDRA Spring Marathon class in 2012 in order to help tackle my first marathon (of course it was Grandma’s). Since then, I have been able to “grow up” in MDRA. I have been lucky enough to serve as a Team Leader for the training class three times, and recently was one of the coaches for the Fall Marathon Training Class. Since 2012, I have completed 25 marathons, spanning 14 states and three European countries, most recently Berlin alongside four other MDRA members. I earned my RRCA coaching certification in 2015, and have volunteered as a race pacer for several half marathons. My mission is to bring the pure joy of running out in others!

Qualifications: This would be my second term on the board, and I have enjoyed my tenure thus far. Working to bring forth the mission of MDRA through expo presence, coaching and volunteering at races has been very fulfilling. I have prior experience with running community groups. In 2014, I was a member of the Twin Cities in Motion Registration Committee, assisting with several race packet pickups and setups throughout the year, culminating in Twin Cities Marathon.

In 2016, I finally graduated with my MBA from the University of Minnesota, focused in Marketing Management. I look forward to putting my business sense towards MDRA and continuing to find where my background can benefit the organization. I have no trouble multitasking (marathons, working and school have been “fun” to say the least) and am happy to jump in and help wherever necessary. Above all else, I will bring a very positive attitude and sunny outlook to the board. I really have enjoyed my time with MDRA and the group has given me so much over the years. I look forward to giving back to the organization and to onboard new members.

Goals and plans: I believe that my interests and professional background are best suited for the Programs arena. I am not afraid of getting in front of an audience and voicing my opinion professionally for something that I feel strongly. I have a business background and am very comfortable being able to make connections and network wherever, whenever. I am very good at organizing and delegating tasks to others while focusing on fun and a positive outcome. I look forward to help drive forward the organization, as I believe that MDRA has so much to offer the running community.

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017

VICE PRESIDENT POSITION (select one)

Randy Fulton

SECRETARY POSITION (select one)

Jenny Harrington

BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONS (select five)

Sarah Stangl

Rick Recker

Kathy Larsen

David B. Daubert

Steve Hyland

Mail in to the MDRA office, MDRA, P.O. Box 6419, Minneapolis, MN 55406.

All current members are eligible to vote. Votes, online (runmdra.org) or by paper ballot, must be received by the MDRA by midnight January 19, 2018.

2018 MDRA BOARD ELECTIONS

Running background: I started running in 1960. I ran in high school and college (Syracuse). I was a founder of the Rocky Mountain Road Runners in 1971 and was the Race Director for 10 years. I moved to Colorado Springs in 1981 and joined the Pikes Peak Road Runners. I moved to Minnesota in 1988 and joined the MDRA. I have run races on the track, as short as 1500 meters to road races up to 100 miles. I now have three new knees and cannot run but have been racewalking for the past 12 years. I have completed 97 marathons in 50 states and seven continents. I race two to three times a month.

Qualifications: I have run races around the world and across the United States. I bring the experience of seeing running from many places, what works and what does not. I have been a race director from races as short as two miles to 50 kilometers. Been there, done that.

Goals and plans: My goal is to keep racing as long as I can. It is also a goal on mine to share my experiences with racing to help make races better for the participants. I have enough of a background in running that I can step into any area that needs help and work on that committee. I have no predetermined area that I must work on, anything that needs help.

Kathy Larsen

Running background: I simply love to run and have been running the Minneapolis parkways and beyond for 37 years. Until 2011 my running program was solitary, based on running magazines, books and runs with a few family and friends. My first marathon was the second Twin Cities in 1983 - back when we didn’t even know about hydration! Since then I’ve run 18 more along with countless other races. In the spring of 2011 I joined MDRA’s marathon training program and learned firsthand the value of coached group running. Running with MDRA has been rejuvenating and informational. As my running career has tapered, I have become more active with MDRA by serving on the Board of Directors for two years

Steve Hyland

Running background: Active participant in over 150 races including nine marathons (TCM, Chicago, Grandma’s and Dublin, Ireland). Past race director for Irish Fair 5K, Cinco de Mayo Menudo Run, the first two “Torturous 26” Marathons with the St Paul Winter Carnival and Nova Academy 5K. Creator and Director of the Minnesota Irish Fair “ZERO K”.

Volunteer at multiple events including annual Get in Gear, first two TCM’s working with Jack Moran and Steve Hoag. Still an active runner: 500 plus miles per year for the past 35 years.

Qualifications: Past President - Saint Paul Area Association of Realtors, Minnesota Irish Fair, East Side Area Business Association. Past Board of Directors with the following: Saint Paul Winter Carnival, Spare Key, Children’s Safety Center, Saint Paul Jaycees. Past or Present member with the following: Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, Visit Saint Paul. Licensed Realtor, past 30 plus years, experienced Realtor specializing in residential real estate in the Twin Cities plus vacation properties and second homes in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Currently Team Leader with Keller Williams Premier Realty. Attended Saint Thomas and the University of Minnesota. US Army veteran.

Goals and Plans: I bring to the Board position a varied background in running. Along with being an active participant in running events for over 30 years, I have created, developed and managed existing events plus created a few “from scratch”. Perhaps my best contribution might come from serving on one or several outside committees. Or any type of advocacy role. I’m also a fairly decent writer, so if there is a need for help with publications or written promotions, I will be happy to help there as well.

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David B. Daubert

P.O. Box 6419

Running background: 59th year of running. Over 100,000 miles. Made adventure runs in over 50 countries. Raced over 2600 times.

Qualifications: Current USATF President. Current MDRA Board member. Current MDRA Race Committee member. USATF Certified coach. Master official. USATF Minnesota State Road Race Course Certifier.

Goals and plans: Manage ‘Indoor Stadium Running’. Make improvements there, when possible. Remain active in MDRA Race Committee.

and volunteering at numerous running events, including Indoor Stadium running and representing MDRA at expositions.

Qualifications: I have 25 years of management in several nonprofit agencies, working with seniors, serving low income families and pushing energy conservation. During my nonprofit career I was responsible for project management, marketing and promotion. This experience is currently being used to assist the Board in establishing MDRA as a private nonprofit organization with tax exempt and tax deductible status.

Goals and plans: I seek to continue the process of establishing the MDRA foundation as a 501c3 for the purpose of tax exemption and allowing members to donate and receive tax deductions. I would like to continue working with the Club Administration group as MDRA seeks to meet the evolving challenges of remaining a vibrant running association.

Minneapolis, MN 55406

Rick Recker

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AT THE RACES MDRA Victory NOTE: All results Road Races 10k are gun times SEPT. 4, MINNEAPOLIS

Open Men

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

Benjamin Sathre, 27 Rob Molke, 26 John Vodacek, 23 Aaron Bartnik, 24 Eric Loeffler, 40 Jonathan Peterson, 28 Dan Greeno, 29 Aaron Easker, 26 Calvin Lehn, 23 Brendan Sage, 22 Ryan Peterson, 24 Matthew Scherber, 26 Jake Braam, 26 Max Renner, 29 Jacob Gallagher, 22 Matthew Wiersum, 29 Tim Hardy, 42 Yevgeniy Vinogradskiy, 33 Conor Wells, 24 Nathan Rock, 23 Bill Feyereisen, 30 Harrison Clark, 23 Chris Gill, 24 Kevin Doe, 36 Brandon Kotek, 30 Jon Olsen, 23 Daniel Strike, 47 Jeremy Reichenberger, 26 Samuel Stiff, 24 Dave Meyer, 26

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

Katy Moen, 25 Meghan Roth, 30 Lisa Baumert, 30 Kari Campeau, 28 Melissa Agnew, 26 Marit Sonnesyn, 23 Melissa Gacek, 41 Andrea Haus, 24 Colette Celichowski, 24 Kiera Depies, 23 Angie Voight, 40 Wanda Gau, 55 Alicia Mansur, 29 Casey Schwarz, 36 Daisy Islas, 11 emma weber, 22 Nora McCall, 27 Christine Muller, 27 Kari Koski, 44 Clare Kazmierczak, 40 Krisana Hoff, 40 Shelly Binsfeld, 38 Joyce Bourassa, 49 Sarah Getty, 34 Bonnie Sons, 52 Melanie Holman, 24 Candice Schneider, 32 Madeline Handschy, 28 Katie Aakre, 28 Claire McComb, 25

Men 12 - 13

227 Mason Van krevelen, 13

Men 14 - 15

226 Garrett Van Krevelen, 14

Men 16 - 17

285 Tyler Rhyan, 17

Men 20 - 34

1 2 3 4 6 7

24

Benjamin Sathre, 27 Rob Molke, 26 John Vodacek, 23 Aaron Bartnik, 24 Jonathan Peterson, 28 Dan Greeno, 29

30:16 30:18 30:23 30:45 30:47 31:10 31:20 31:31 31:51 31:58 32:35 32:38 32:44 32:49 32:53 33:06 33:13 33:22 33:28 33:35 33:45 33:56 33:59 34:02 34:06 34:11 34:14 34:20 34:21 34:24 35:45 36:43 36:54 37:46 38:05 38:19 38:30 38:31 38:44 39:14 39:25 39:55 40:42 40:56 40:58 41:20 41:21 41:28 41:38 41:52 41:53 41:59 42:00 42:04 42:07 42:12 42:21 42:58 43:02 43:07 54:51 54:50

8 9 10 11

Aaron Easker, 26 Calvin Lehn, 23 Brendan Sage, 22 Ryan Peterson, 24

Men 35 - 39 24 33 38 46 48 49 53 65 73 87

Kevin Doe, 36 Doron Clark, 39 Tom Gatyas, 37 pete hoyem, 36 Nathan Campeau, 38 Eric Stevenson, 36 Mark Herzog, 38 Blair Hull, 36 Justin Kremer, 36 Todd Larsen, 39

Men 40 - 44 5 17 37 40 57 74 80 82 86 101

Eric Loeffler, 40 Tim Hardy, 42 Joel Wegener, 43 Andrew Taylor, 44 Matthew Schmidt, 44 Dustin Benson, 41 Jeffrey Fuller, 44 Jason Chrudimsky, 40 Shannon MacDonald, 42 Blair Aakre, 41

Men 45 - 49

27 58 70 72 78 92 93 96 97 100

Daniel Strike, 47 Matthew Waite, 49 William Sikorski, 47 Emmanuel Todorov, 49 Omar Awad, 49 Ajay Bapat, 45 Christopher Gerlach, 48 Scott Reuterfeldt, 45 Gerald Butler, 46 Thomas Manley, 49

Men 50 - 54 41 50 54 56 59 71 76 79 85 88

Robert Economy, 53 Kevin Zanker, 52 Robert Finke, 54 Allan Bohlke, 53 Conrad Leifur, 52 Hyun Yoon, 52 Tony Yang, 53 Michael Moulsoff, 54 John Hopkins, 51 Kevin Grabau, 51

Men 55 - 59 34 44 60 63 81 83 89 94 120 139

Patrick Billig, 55 John P VanDanacker, 55 Doug Keller, 59 Rob Class, 57 Tom Prentice, 57 Kirt Goetzke, 56 Charlie Roach, 59 Brian Dixon, 55 Michael Lawler, 56 Tom Goudreault, 57

Men 60 - 64

69 106 119 126 136 149 156 164 167 168

bobby paxton, 61 Allen Zetterlund, 62 Rod Loran, 60 William Reinfeld, 63 John Hokanson, 62 dennis leach, 63 Mark LeDuc, 62 Rod Joyer, 62 Mike Connolly, 63 Steve DeBoer, 62

Men 65 - 69 1:10:31 30:16 30:18 30:23 30:45 31:10 31:20

118 134 142 143 169 202 210 218 223 230

Complete results of these and all other races run on certified courses in Minnesota are posted at www.raceberryjam.com

RESULTS

dennis Jordan, 66 Michael Seaman, 67 John Naslund, 67 Leo Buckvold, 65 Michael Mann, 68 Eric Peterson, 69 Greg Gaffaney, 66 Tom Couillard, 68 Mike Gunvalson, 68 Richard Weil, 66

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31:31 31:51 31:58 32:35 34:02 34:49 35:28 36:19 36:21 36:28 37:10 38:17 38:53 40:01 30:47 33:13 35:22 35:37 37:39 38:54 39:14 39:22 39:53 41:35 34:14 37:48 38:45 38:51 39:06 40:42 40:53 41:06 41:23 41:35 35:41 36:32 37:15 37:29 37:50 38:50 39:00 39:09 39:36 40:13 35:09 36:11 37:54 38:14 39:22 39:31 40:25 40:59 43:29 46:05 38:39 42:42 43:28 44:27 45:37 47:22 47:38 48:15 48:37 48:42 43:24 45:26 46:25 46:28 48:59 52:13 52:56 54:14 54:25 55:10

Men 70 - 74 160 178 235 257 259 280 293

Jim Graupner, 72 Dale Summers, 74 Herb Byun, 73 Michael Hlavac, 70 Norm Purrington, 74 Thomas Fulton, 70 David Daubert, 71

Men 75 - 79 155 228 242 249 287 294

Doug Saari, 75 Phil Erickson, 76 Lee Stauffacher, 76 Harvey Johnson, 76 Gerry Gordon, 76 Don Wright, 76

Men 80 - 84

248 darrell christensen, 80 258 Alan Phillips, 83 297 John Adams, 80

Women 10 - 11 15

Daisy Islas, 11

Women 20 - 34 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13

Katy Moen, 25 Meghan Roth, 30 Lisa Baumert, 30 Kari Campeau, 28 Melissa Agnew, 26 Marit Sonnesyn, 23 Andrea Haus, 24 Colette Celichowski, 24 Kiera Depies, 23 Alicia Mansur, 29

Women 35 - 39 14 22 32 47 53 61 72 80 86 90

Casey Schwarz, 36 Shelly Binsfeld, 38 Joni Chacich, 37 Carly Kohler, 38 Amber Koehler, 37 Abigail Boline, 38 Jessie Benson, 35 Wendy Krause, 36 Ann Choi-Roloff, 39 Nissa Larson, 39

Women 40 - 44 7 11 19 20 21 35 43 51 71 79

Melissa Gacek, 41 Angie Voight, 40 Kari Koski, 44 Clare Kazmierczak, 40 Krisana Hoff, 40 Kimberly Madrid, 43 Renae Schendel, 44 Suzanne Schons, 44 Tricia Hedin, 43 Judy Moreira, 41

Women 45 - 49

23 31 42 48 49 59 76 77 98 129

Joyce Bourassa, 49 Danielle Gordanier, 46 Donna Philippot, 49 Annie Melek, 45 Robin Balder-Lanoue, 48 Therese Shumaker, 48 Nicole Krenner, 45 Angela Thomas, 45 Michelle Volk, 46 Eva-Marie Kremer, 47

Women 50 - 54 25 36 37 55 58 65 67 74 83 84

Bonnie Sons, 52 Kate Davis, 51 Laurie Hanscom, 54 Linda Kobilarcsik, 54 Joelle Nelson, 50 Amy Clark, 53 Lisa Hines, 54 Diane Birkeland, 51 Gwendolyn Freed, 53 Melissa Nachmias, 50

Women 55 - 59 12

Wanda Gau, 55

47:49 49:51 55:51 1:01:22 1:01:41 1:08:24 1:14:45 47:37 54:52 57:58 59:15 1:11:15 1:16:40 58:52 1:01:32 1:27:15 40:58 35:45 36:43 36:54 37:46 38:05 38:19 38:31 38:44 39:14 40:42 40:56 41:59 43:26 44:43 45:22 46:35 47:31 48:51 49:45 49:55 38:30 39:25 41:38 41:52 41:53 43:49 44:17 45:12 47:26 48:48 42:00 43:15 44:15 45:06 45:08 46:25 48:29 48:42 51:06 53:56 42:07 43:51 43:54 46:05 46:24 46:50 47:07 47:58 49:10 49:19 39:55

39 57 60 70 75 95 106 112 116

Jacki devine, 55 Judy Meyer, 57 Laurie King, 57 Marise Widmer, 57 Patricia Langum, 56 Sherry Case, 58 Anita Baugh, 59 Laurie Goudreault, 55 Sally Lederer, 56

44:11 46:19 46:32 47:20 48:27 50:31 51:58 52:39 53:03

Women 60 - 64 52 81 101 136 146 194 222 223

Andriette Wickstrom, 62 45:12 Barb Leininger, 64 48:56 Jane Bolla, 60 51:17 Sonia Jacobsen, 61 54:50 Susan Pokorney, 62 56:17 Michel Sanders, 63 1:04:10 Mary Patton, 62 1:11:46 joan moen, 63 1:12:12

Women 65 - 69 44 120 147 160 173 216 234

Julie Virkus, 65 Diane Stoneking, 69 Jan Daker, 69 Kathleen Shea, 69 Candy Patrin, 69 Beth Duffy, 65 Lindsay Nauen, 67

Women 70 - 74 115 189 205 211

Gloria Jansen, 70 Mary Croft, 71 Martha Pakan, 74 Rosemary Harnly, 71

44:17 53:15 56:22 58:10 1:00:00 1:09:14 1:41:33 52:51 1:02:56 1:07:09 1:07:58

Women 75 - 79

167 Sandra Dalquist, 76

Women 80 - 84

233 Dorothy Marden, 80

59:21 1:25:17

MDRA Victory Road Races 5k SEPT. 4, MINNEAPOLIS

Open Men 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

Ryan Peterson, 24 Chris Gill, 24 Aaron Koehler, 37 Daniel Strike, 47 Jacob Kaemmer, 40 Jonathon Heide, 37 Dan Bier, 32 Alden Keller, 13 John Scherrer, 41 Daniel Chiat, 33 Blair Hull, 36 Daniel Scheff, 36 Ben Stanley, 34 Kevin Halweg, 43 Ajay Bapat, 45 Stephen Bertossi, 44 Adam Doiron, 36 Kevin Weiser, 56 Rick Peterson, 59 Dan Spark an, 57 Josh Berg, 35 Nicholas Petersen, 37 Sean Foley, 45 David Rantala, 57 Gavin White, 33 Charles Hawkins, 48 Kirt Goetzke, 56 Craig Hagensick, 53 Scott Perry, 41 Keith Olson, 54

Open Women 1 2 3 4 5 6

Sarah Getty, 34 Rebekah Ormsby, 42 Christine Bohn, 38 Kristin Haskell, 36 Elizabeth Swartout, 34 Shelly Binsfeld, 38

16:09 16:24 17:16 17:24 17:31 18:07 18:37 18:59 19:00 19:14 19:18 19:38 19:42 19:57 20:23 20:26 20:39 20:45 20:50 20:56 21:05 21:14 21:19 21:36 21:40 21:43 21:45 21:56 22:06 22:15 20:40 20:44 21:20 21:48 21:59 22:07

AT THE RACES 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Rebecca Stillman, 28 Tricia Hedin, 43 Anna Heinzerling, 28 Andriette Wickstrom, 62 Jodi Halweg, 38 Marise Widmer, 57 Marjie Carr-Oxley, 54 Jennifer Carpenter, 33 Brianne Roby, 36 Kristen Prillwitz, 36 Nissa Larson, 39 Allison Pitts, 35 Kristen Kobayashi, 39 Jenny Jaakola, 52 Ashlee Steinke, 29 Sarah Johnson, 47 Carla Maas, 36 Angie Otto, 35 Sara Eugene, 32 Grecia Lopez, 29 Lori Harley, 51 Kate MacDonald, 40 Athena Nistler, 37 Hilliary Meisner, 30

NOTE: All results are gun times

Men 8 - 9

105 Zach Guttman, 8

Men 12 - 13

8 Alden Keller, 13 130 Joe Schwitters, 12

Men 16 - 17 36

David Lind green, 17

Men 20 - 34 1 2 7 10 13 25 38 40 43 50

Ryan Peterson, 24 Chris Gill, 24 Dan Bier, 32 Daniel Chiat, 33 Ben Stanley, 34 Gavin White, 33 Nick Feiock, 30 Ian Hanka, 31 Christopher Tabisz, 30 Glenn Skuta, 30

Men 35 - 39 3 6 11 12 17 21 22 32 39 47

Aaron Koehler, 37 Jonathon Heide, 37 Blair Hull, 36 Daniel Scheff, 36 Adam Doiron, 36 Josh Berg, 35 Nicholas Petersen, 37 Eric Byun, 39 Tim Svensson, 39 Ryan Samson, 36

Men 40 - 44

5 9 14 16 29 41 48 53 55 61

Jacob Kaemmer, 40 John Scherrer, 41 Kevin Halweg, 43 Stephen Bertossi, 44 Scott Perry, 41 Chris Thorson, 41 Tim Peterson, 44 Mike Nixon, 44 Mark Bonde, 40 Erik Larson, 42

Men 45 - 49 4 15 23 26 58 71 73 75 76 88

Daniel Strike, 47 Ajay Bapat, 45 Sean Foley, 45 Charles Hawkins, 48 Dan Mathieu, 48 B D. Strub, 48 Andrew Willett, 48 Joshua Hambrook, 48 Michael Cavalli, 47 Timothy Lander, 48

Men 50 - 54 28 30 34 35

22:32 23:17 23:18 23:31 23:42 24:19 24:50 25:05 25:05 25:11 25:23 25:23 25:38 26:08 26:08 26:23 26:30 26:45 27:01 27:03 27:13 27:26 27:31 27:31

Craig Hagensick, 53 Keith Olson, 54 Karl Bradford, 54 Arnie Frishman, 53

31:15 18:59 36:46 22:57 16:09 16:24 18:37 19:14 19:42 21:40 23:12 23:54 24:07 24:48 17:16 18:07 19:18 19:38 20:39 21:05 21:14 22:39 23:51 24:30 17:31 19:00 19:57 20:26 22:06 23:54 24:32 24:54 25:05 25:58 17:24 20:23 21:19 21:43 25:31 26:49 27:06 27:17 27:42 29:06 21:56 22:15 22:45 22:57

42 44 46 52 54 57

Michael Keller, 52 David Wrightsmith, 50 Peter Kaul, 51 Jon Alexander, 54 tony Quernemoen, 54 Lenny Crouse, 52

Men 55 - 59

18 19 20 24 27 31 37 64 67 85

Kevin Weiser, 56 Rick Peterson, 59 Dan Spark an, 57 David Rantala, 57 Kirt Goetzke, 56 Ted Hewes, 55 Michael Lawler, 56 David Juda, 56 Robert Britain, 59 Danny Blades, 59

Men 60 - 64

45 59 65 69 70 72 81 91 98 109

Mark Krekeler, 60 Rick Strand, 63 Carl Stemm, 62 David Brown, 63 Jerry Heaps, 62 Rick Huseth, 61 Paul Sackett, 64 Gary Taruscio, 61 Jeff Holmbeck, 60 Phil Blades, 62

Men 65 - 69 33 51 60 68 77 80 83 102 120 121

Paul Pentel, 68 Robert Moore, 67 Max Green, 68 John Naslund, 67 Dennis Johnson, 68 Brian H Davis, 68 Larry Chiat, 67 Patrick Ryan, 69 John Olson, 69 Don Soule, 67

Men 70 - 74 93 104 133 135 136

Rick Recker, 73 Alvin Larson, 74 David Daubert, 71 Lee Trelstad, 72 Robert Stewart, 73

Men 75 - 79 89 90 111

Nick Rogers, 79 Phil Erickson, 76 Rick Kleyman, 77

Men 80 - 84

143 Bill Crain, 83

Men 85 - 89

144 Ray Hardman, 87

Women 12 - 13 49

Serena Urevig, 13

Women 16 - 17 85

Hayley Engebretsen, 17

Women 20 - 34 1 5 7 9 14 21 25 26 30 33

Sarah Getty, 34 Elizabeth Swartout, 34 Rebecca Stillman, 28 Anna Heinzerling, 28 Jennifer Carpenter, 33 Ashlee Steinke, 29 Sara Eugene, 32 Grecia Lopez, 29 Hilliary Meisner, 30 Genevieve Kalland, 22

Women 35 - 39

3 4 6 11 15 16 17

Complete results of these and all other races run on certified courses in Minnesota are posted at www.raceberryjam.com

RESULTS

Christine Bohn, 38 Kristin Haskell, 36 Shelly Binsfeld, 38 Jodi Halweg, 38 Brianne Roby, 36 Kristen Prillwitz, 36 Nissa Larson, 39

24:02 24:09 24:19 24:53 24:59 25:26 20:45 20:50 20:56 21:36 21:45 22:36 23:04 26:15 26:26 28:47 24:13 25:36 26:19 26:41 26:44 26:58 28:16 29:16 30:14 31:21 22:44 24:49 25:41 26:36 27:55 28:15 28:23 30:36 33:17 33:39 29:44 30:58 38:16 38:42 39:29 29:07 29:09 31:34 49:52 1:05:38 31:20 44:33 20:40 21:59 22:32 23:18 25:05 26:08 27:01 27:03 27:31 28:07 21:20 21:48 22:07 23:42 25:05 25:11 25:23

18 19 23

Allison Pitts, 35 Kristen Kobayashi, 39 Carla Maas, 36

Women 40 - 44

2 8 28 44 47 52 76 83 86

Rebekah Ormsby, 42 Tricia Hedin, 43 Kate MacDonald, 40 Cynthia West, 40 Tammy Engberg, 40 Kristen Gunderson, 44 Tanya Nelson, 44 Lindsey Peterson, 42 Stephanie Anderson, 43

Women 45 - 49 22 50 59 71 95

Sarah Johnson, 47 Rachel Craig, 46 Laurel Hahn, 46 Karen Hillerman, 46 Sarah Wright, 47

Women 50 - 54 13 20 27 34 39 40 42 46 57 58

Marjie Carr-Oxley, 54 Jenny Jaakola, 52 Lori Harley, 51 Tripti Meysman, 53 Juliana Sayner, 53 Kathy Berkness, 51 Lisa Vague, 54 Kp Waite, 53 Greta Fiskum, 54 Donna Sutherland, 50

Women 55 - 59 12 35 36 37 45 63 75 87

Marise Widmer, 57 Susan Loyd, 59 Sheryl Weber-Paxton, 59 Pam Hennen, 56 gina zaffarano keller, 56 Rita Juda, 55 Linda Steck, 57 Mary Krekeler, 59

Women 60 - 64

10 Andriette Wickstrom, 62 31 Leesa Brown, 61 60 Beth Johnson, 62 77 Joyce Heille, 63 78 Pat Sackett, 64 88 Julianne Krekeler, 61 Women 65 - 69 84 Sally Mack, 68 Women 70 - 74 65 Marcia Willett, 73 70 Janice Gooding, 72 90 Kate Bartlett, 70 Women 75 - 79 53 Judy Cronen, 77 81 Siglinde Moore, 77 96 Ardis Wright, 78

25:23 25:38 26:30 20:44 23:17 27:26 30:25 30:53 32:14 39:44 43:28 44:33 26:23 31:45 33:53 36:53 51:49 24:50 26:08 27:13 28:35 29:05 29:24 29:59 30:50 32:54 33:08 24:19 28:35 28:43 28:48 30:31 35:01 39:10 46:04 23:31 27:50 34:28 40:06 40:39 46:05 43:40 35:18 36:33 47:37 32:30 42:50 51:52

Minnesota Mile SEPT. 7, DULUTH

Open Men 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Ben Blankenship, 28 Trevor Dunbar, 26 Riley Masters, 27 Patrick Casey, 27 Daniel Herrera, 24 Eric Avila, 27 Jack Bolas, 29 Elisha Kipruto, 22 Emmanuel Bor, 29 Sammy Rotich, 30 Travis Burkstrand, 28 Nick Harris, 23 Brian Llamas, 24 Alec Olson, 23 Evans Kurui, 24 Nicholas Kirvi, 29 Jordan Koski, 21 Bennett Prud’homme, 27

4:07 4:08 4:08 4:08 4:09 4:09 4:12 4:13 4:13 4:17 4:19 4:21 4:22 4:24 4:28 4:29 4:44 4:45

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Matt Thull, 42 Jonathan Laughlin, 19 Patrick Russell, 41 Brian Peterson, 36 Slavomir Tkac, 26 Jesse Krause, 27 Maxwell Meyers, 20 Christopher Flannery, 52 Peter Caron, 20 Brian Janaszak, 40 Paul Brown, 60 Timothy Gearns, 34

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

Heather Kampf, 30 Monicah Ngige, 23 Rachel Schneider, 26 Iveen Chepkemoi, 20 Sara Sutherland, 25 Natalja Piliusina, 26 Maddie Van Beek, 26 Eglay Nalyanya, 21 Maddie Alm, 24 Diana Kipyoke, 23 Gladys Cheboi, 27 Melissa Gacek, 41 Rachel Perko, 34 Amber Gurske, 26 Brenda Swanson, 47 Renee Berg, 23 Amanda Carlson, 35 Stephanie Wisniewski, 31 Elizabeth Flannery, 51 Kara Salmela, 45 Anna Nelson, 22 Debra Hultman, 56 Aurora Kothe, 32 Danica Mark, 12 Renee Kallio, 43 Daisy Cartier, 31 Michelle Soderlund, 34 Erika Drengler, 34 Lori Mickelson, 54 Kelly Erickson, 40

4:58 5:00 5:02 5:06 5:07 5:11 5:12 5:27 5:30 5:32 5:35 5:38 4:42 4:42 4:43 4:44 4:46 4:49 4:51 4:53 4:54 4:55 5:13 5:46 5:52 6:01 6:20 6:22 6:23 6:28 6:34 6:35 6:36 6:37 6:40 6:41 6:44 6:50 6:51 6:53 6:55 6:57

Jeff Winter City of Lakes Half SEPT. 10, MINNEAPOLIS

Open Men 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

Evans Kurui, 24 Noah Kipruto, 33 Benjamin Sathre, 27 Patrick Jenkins, 25 Elisha Kipruto, 22 Conor Wells, 24 Josh Dedering, 26 William Fladland, 27 Donnie Fellows, 38 Levi Severson, 37 Jacob Gallagher, 22 Dan Greeno, 29 Timothy Lillehaugen, 27 Christopher Caron, 25 Nicholas Wimmer, 27 Mike Bumgarner, 29 Daniel Docherty, 27 Doron Clark, 39 Patrick Russell, 41 Ben Schneider, 33 olivier vrambout, 43 Paul Donnelly, 34 Drew Paradis, 26 Aaron Beaber, 34 Daniel Strike, 47 Joel Wegener, 43 Samuel Stiff, 24 Kyle Smith, 30 Brandon Kotek, 30 Jason Acosta, 34

Open Women 1 2

Diana Kipyokei, 23 Meghan Peyton, 31

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017

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AT THE RACES 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

Gladys Cheboi, 28 Lindsey Pierret, 29 Lisa Baumert, 30 Jillian Tholen, 29 Megan Dedering, 25 Angie Williams, 37 Melissa Agnew, 26 Alex Fossum, 22 Taylor Berg, 26 Kiley Green, 23 Abbey Singleton, 23 Kari Campeau, 28 Lauren Rice, 26 Kristy Baumann, 28 Angie Voight, 40 Wanda Gau, 55 Alicia Mansur, 29 Alison Smyth, 26 Elizabeth Reetz, 36 Elaina Schellhaass, 30 Sonya Decker, 51 Samantha Soupir, 24 Brianna Rohne, 33 Cathleen Gross, 23 Shannon Nemetz, 25 Darla O’Connor, 50 Alyssa Breu, 28 Sara Brekke, 18

1:18:53 1:20:36 1:22:59 1:23:39 1:23:39 1:24:13 1:24:19 1:24:53 1:24:57 1:25:08 1:25:18 1:25:20 1:25:59 1:26:11 1:27:01 1:28:32 1:28:54 1:29:04 1:29:04 1:29:25 1:29:33 1:30:07 1:30:11 1:30:43 1:30:52 1:31:02 1:31:29 1:31:55

NOTE: All results are gun times

Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon OCT. 1, MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL

Open Men 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

Dominic Ondoro, 29 2:11:54 Elisha Barno, 32 2:12:10 Nelson Oyugi, 25 2:14:34 Boniface Kongin, 27 2:15:08 Daniel Mesfun, 29 2:16:55 Dominic Korir, 24 2:17:33 John Dewitt, 26 2:18:22 Gebrekidan Abadi, 32 2:20:59 Luke Kibet, 34 2:21:22 Joe Moore, 33 2:21:27 Conor Wells, 24 2:26:01 Scott Foley, 28 2:27:41 Michael Crouch, 29 2:28:20 William Fladland, 27 2:29:18 Tim Hardy, 42 2:31:03 Trent Lusignan, 25 2:31:52 Olivier Vrambout, 43 2:32:04 Adam Pangrac, 29 2:33:05 Levi Severson, 37 2:33:41 Tim Harder, 32 2:36:02 Evan Neubauer, 26 2:36:22 Mike Bumgarner, 29 2:37:16 Wesley Toews, 30 2:37:21 Anthony Hoff, 32 2:37:30 Ethan Albertson, 36 2:38:09 Denis Bashkirov, 31 2:38:56 Drew Johnson, 23 2:39:21 Ben Kampf, 31 2:39:43 Matthew Eidenschink, 23 2:39:50 Trai Bunch, 24 2:39:56

Open Women

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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Jane Kibii, 32 Hellen Jepkurgat, 28 Serkalem Abrha, 30 Sarah Kiptoo, 28 Stephanie Pezzullo, 35 Ruth Senior, 29 Katie Schiemann, 31 Megan Smith, 26 Samantha Wingert, 30 Andrea Toppin, 24 Molly Kayfes, 26 Carrie Donohue, 26 Missy Rock, 34 Nichole Porath, 34 Amanda Edwards, 30 Kiley Green, 23 Laura Cook, 28

2:30:26 2:31:50 2:32:35 2:38:00 2:44:42 2:49:15 2:49:59 2:50:19 2:52:19 2:52:53 2:54:51 2:55:17 2:55:50 2:58:32 2:59:36 2:59:58 3:02:01

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

RESULTS Michelle Baxter, 34 Sarah Guhl, 25 Cassie Pratt, 23 Hiedi Johnson, 44 Katelyn Draths, 29 Megan Hepp Hovis, 35 Allison Parker, 36 Kristina Pooler, 33 Kristy Baumann, 28 Emily Knapczyk, 23 Angie Voight, 40 Michele Asmus, 37 Kelby Laughner, 25

Men Under 8

2372 Charles Brunnette, 1

Men 12 - 13

1674 Judson Schulz, 12 3994 Brandon Schroeder, 13

Men 14 - 15

1265 Levi Button, 15 3575 Stanley Putnam, 15 3825 Austin Dye, 15

Men 16 - 17

1162 Mark Pekala, 16 1705 Will Anderson, 16 2054 Noah Cagle, 16 2264 Jack Straka, 17 2766 Stephen Hansmann, 17 2819 Noah Barbosa, 16 3346 Richard Anderson, 17

Men 18 - 19 201 263 317 537 554 561 734 806 855 909

Joey Gotchnik, 19 Colin Bunner, 19 Joshua Timm, 18 Micah Hovland, 18 Jack Nelson, 18 Brock Grafstrom, 19 Isaac Dahl, 19 Sam Nelson, 19 Corbin Johnson, 18 Rohith Kommera, 19

Men 20 - 34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Dominic Ondoro, 29 Elisha Barno, 32 Nelson Oyugi, 25 Boniface Kongin, 27 Daniel Mesfun, 29 Dominic Korir, 24 John Dewitt, 26 Gebrekidan Abadi, 32 Luke Kibet, 34 Joe Moore, 33

Men 35 - 39 19 25 43 44 48 55 56 59 62 63

Levi Severson, 37 Ethan Albertson, 36 Bradley Keefe, 36 Kelly Halverson, 36 Anthony Alt, 38 Justin Goetz, 35 Peter Somers, 38 Dominic Ricci, 37 Mark Heerensperger, 38 Nathaniel Scott, 36

Men 40 - 44 15 17 37 47 49 73 82 88 90 99

Tim Hardy, 42 Olivier Vrambout, 43 Patrick Russell, 41 Marty Stevens, 43 Andrew Hastings, 40 Mihail Alexandru, 42 Chad Bartels, 43 Chris Tatton, 40 Scott Majewski, 42 Kevin Ueland, 40

Men 45 - 49

45 Daniel Strike, 47 64 James Onigkeit, 49 103 Edward Nordstrom, 46

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017

3:02:55 3:03:16 3:03:33 3:04:20 3:06:00 3:06:34 3:07:24 3:07:42 3:08:10 3:08:53 3:09:05 3:09:08 3:09:11 4:30:18 4:06:38 5:58:36 3:54:46 5:21:35 5:40:29 3:50:28 4:07:40 4:19:20 4:27:20 4:43:53 4:45:50 5:09:44 3:04:34 3:09:19 3:13:11 3:26:18 3:26:53 3:27:17 3:34:22 3:37:32 3:39:17 3:40:57 2:11:54 2:12:10 2:14:34 2:15:08 2:16:55 2:17:33 2:18:22 2:20:59 2:21:22 2:21:27 2:33:41 2:38:09 2:43:51 2:44:02 2:46:20 2:48:22 2:48:32 2:48:48 2:49:12 2:49:15 2:31:03 2:32:04 2:42:44 2:46:14 2:47:19 2:50:48 2:52:45 2:53:46 2:54:09 2:55:25 2:44:18 2:49:28 2:55:57

Complete results of these and all other races run on certified courses in Minnesota are posted at www.raceberryjam.com 128 129 161 162 164 170 177

Kirk Walztoni, 45 Declan Curley, 46 Fridleifur Fridleifsson, 47 Tom Schumacher, 48 Mike Bateman, 46 William Guettler, 49 Erik Kaitala, 45

Men 50 - 54 40 94 113 144 158 160 216 219 230 231

Douglas Baldwin, 52 Kevin Zanker, 52 Jim Bengtson, 50 Doug Kleemeier, 51 David Beeksma, 52 David Gutermuth, 54 Robert Day, 52 Marc Nosal, 52 Kan Mi, 50 Conrad Leifur, 52

Men 55 - 59 223 280 336 419 457 459 497 504 516 568

Paul Martin, 57 Kirt Goetzke, 56 Glenn Hooyer, 58 Jim Lukanich, 59 Chris Blesch, 59 Daniel Johnson, 59 Brian Dixon, 55 Curtis Pitts, 56 David Gerrard, 56 Ray Marshall, 56

Men 60 - 64 245 325 466 477 523 715 724 838 959 979

Joseph Haynes, 63 Dennis Wallach, 60 Herb Nichols, 63 David Munn, 62 Mike Babcock, 62 Thomas Bamonte, 61 Juan Huitron, 64 Rod Loran, 60 Kenneth Adgate, 60 Wilf Breyfogle, 62

Men 65 - 69

877 Terry Pohlkamp, 65 953 Mark Brunsvold, 66 978 Cliff Reithel, 69 1050 John Naslund, 67 1384 James Jacobsen, 67 1737 Dave Horstmann, 67 2058 David Bjork, 66 2088 Gerry Pohl, 66 2191 William Langevin, 68 2245 Donovan Hale, 65

Men 70 - 74

2192 Greg Taylor, 70 2339 Marvin Trandem, 70 2430 Rob Johnson, 70 2469 Ron Thorsett, 70 2839 Herb Byun, 73 3062 Steve Musser, 72 3278 Timothy McCoy, 71 3368 Albert Wagner, 72 3387 Barry Fox, 70 3404 Larry McNichols, 73

Men 75 - 79

3103 Roger Carlson, 76 3377 Edward Rousseau, 78 3446 Phil Erickson, 77 3764 Clark Worthington, 75 3811 Steve Schroeder, 75 4027 Mike Rucker, 77 Women Under 8 1775 Martha Abramson, 3

2:58:01 2:58:04 3:01:09 3:01:24 3:01:33 3:02:18 3:03:10 2:43:30 2:54:55 2:56:59 2:59:32 3:00:47 3:01:07 3:05:25 3:05:33 3:06:08 3:06:09 3:05:46 3:10:22 3:14:36 3:20:28 3:22:20 3:22:21 3:24:18 3:24:34 3:25:13 3:27:54 3:07:57 3:13:54 3:22:30 3:23:14 3:25:25 3:33:42 3:33:58 3:38:52 3:42:49 3:43:49 3:40:11 3:42:34 3:43:45 3:46:24 3:58:38 4:08:38 4:19:26 4:20:51 4:24:44 4:26:22 4:24:46 4:29:33 4:32:31 4:33:52 4:46:40 4:56:53 5:06:20 5:10:33 5:11:34 5:12:24 4:58:11 5:10:57 5:14:46 5:36:38 5:39:54 6:03:34 4:47:38

Women 14 - 15

945 Vanessa Jacome, 14 4:16:21 1712 Natalie Runquist, 14 4:45:16 2831 Adel Scherrer, 15 5:33:17 3409 Madison Degaetano, 14 6:23:49

Women 16 - 17

342 Ellie Casement, 17 1497 Annaliese Voss, 17

3:45:42 4:37:55

1930 Jeslyn Kolasa, 17 2671 Anna Smart, 17 2925 Grace Hill, 17 3002 Anna Giudici, 17 3333 Lily Pieper, 17

4:53:19 5:24:11 5:38:39 5:43:32 6:10:24

Women 18 - 19 71 72 82 209 271 404 439 869 976 1239

Ali Stone, 19 3:19:30 Sarah Schmidt-Dannert, 18 3:19:34 Sara Brekke, 18 3:20:18 Anna Saboe, 18 3:36:22 Alexa Christenson, 19 3:41:45 Shea Ahern, 19 3:50:30 Ashton Horsley, 19 3:52:24 Alee Kunshier, 19 4:12:32 Marissa Thill, 18 4:17:27 Claire Athmann, 19 4:28:39

Women 20 - 34 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11

Jane Kibii, 32 Hellen Jepkurgat, 28 Serkalem Abrha, 30 Sarah Kiptoo, 28 Ruth Senior, 29 Katie Schiemann, 31 Megan Smith, 26 Samantha Wingert, 30 Andrea Toppin, 24 Molly Kayfes, 26

Women 35 - 39 5 23 24 29 33 37 42 47 48 53

Stephanie Pezzullo, 35 Megan Hepp Hovis, 35 Allison Parker, 36 Michele Asmus, 37 Rebekah Mayer, 36 Rebekka Dow, 36 Tara McDonald, 35 Cathleen Knutson, 35 Marykate Kausel, 39 Kristin Weinzierl, 35

2:30:26 2:31:50 2:32:35 2:38:00 2:49:15 2:49:59 2:50:19 2:52:19 2:52:53 2:54:51 2:44:42 3:06:34 3:07:24 3:09:08 3:10:07 3:11:59 3:13:14 3:14:51 3:14:56 3:15:25

Women 40 - 44 21 28 55 63 68 90 102 114 115 120

Hiedi Johnson, 44 3:04:20 Angie Voight, 40 3:09:05 Patricia Godoy, 40 3:15:38 Heidi Woller, 40 3:18:22 Kathryn Wagner, 40 3:19:05 Kate Clarkin Tavakey, 43 3:21:15 Jennife Fitzharris-Funk, 41 3:24:04 Jill Douthit, 43 3:26:54 Caryn Kelly, 43 3:26:56 Heather Nyseth, 40 3:27:49

Women 45 - 49 39 56 67 73 109 146 154 175 179 208

Deborah Fletcher, 47 Donna Philippot, 49 Sue Himes, 48 Sarah McClellan, 46 Ann Black, 46 Christine Lowery, 48 Joyce Miller, 45 Rhona Wilson, 48 Kathleen Mulrooney, 48 Liz Bondar, 49

Women 50 - 54 31 140 160 183 187 245 264 275 285 345

Sonya Decker, 51 Vicki Monsey, 53 Debra Jacques, 53 Debra Johnson, 50 Jeanne Corey, 53 Bettysue Annala, 50 Kitty Earl-Torniainen, 50 Janelle Waslaski, 50 Laurie Hanscom, 54 Patty Akers, 50

Women 55 - 59 374 399 443 453 547 554 611 669

Maria Nelson, 56 Debra Hultman, 56 Carol Hentges, 56 Tamara Snyder, 58 Tammy Sturtz, 55 Carla Lavere, 58 Theresa Fritsch, 58 Nannette Courneya, 55

3:12:33 3:16:00 3:18:56 3:19:35 3:26:28 3:30:49 3:31:27 3:33:45 3:34:05 3:36:22 3:09:35 3:30:18 3:32:07 3:34:27 3:34:34 3:39:27 3:41:22 3:41:55 3:42:25 3:46:00 3:47:45 3:50:11 3:52:50 3:53:29 3:58:45 3:59:17 4:02:06 4:04:28

AT THE RACES 730 Colleen McCormick, 55 766 Teresa Callahan, 55

4:07:08 4:08:59

NOTE: All results

Womenare 60 gun - 64 times

127 Donella Neuhaus, 61 3:28:46 144 Andriette Wickstrom, 62 3:30:38 891 Kristi Berg, 64 4:13:26 1108 Kristie Shappell, 60 4:22:21 1128 Ruthann Venrick, 60 4:22:59 1133 Deborah Frederickson, 61 4:23:08 1153 Mary Walter, 63 4:23:58 1329 Susan McDonald, 61 4:31:33 1380 Janet Calcagno, 61 4:33:32 2026 Susan Janssen, 62 4:57:40

Women 65 - 69

1267 Suzan Olson, 67 1535 Sheila Gaalswyk, 67 2120 Karen Austin, 65 2775 Sara Cherne, 69 2986 Jeri Bukstein, 65 3133 Candy Patrin, 69 3199 Kate Kirk, 66 3236 Karen Berglund, 66 3282 Judy Anderson, 69 3361 Nancy Moe, 66

Women 70 - 74

1217 Carol Brouillard, 70 2085 Pat Welch, 73 2324 Mary Croft, 71 2776 Donavee Cote, 70 3161 Barbara Fryer, 71 3310 Sallie Brown, 70 3355 Gael Jones, 71

4:29:28 4:39:12 5:00:59 5:30:19 5:42:40 5:52:28 5:57:24 6:00:23 6:04:51 6:14:41 4:27:23 4:59:48 5:08:59 5:30:20 5:54:16 6:07:30 6:13:52

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RESULTS

Women 90 & Up

1285 Elizabeth Huninghake, 99 4:30:17

Medtronic Twin Cities 10 Mile OCT. 1, MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL

Open Men

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Leonard Korir, 30 Shadrack Kipchirchir, 28 Timothy Ritchie, 30 Emmanuel Bor, 29 Haron Lagat, 34 Elkanah Kibet, 34 Abbabiya Simbassa, 24 Ian La Mere, 23 Martin Hehir, 24 Jonathan Grey, 29 Futsum Zienasellassie, 24 Ryan Mahalsky, 24 Parker Stinson, 25 Kiya Dandena, 28 Ian Carter, 23 Nicolas Montanez, 24 Nicholas Kipruto, 33 Samuel Kosgei, 33 Ryan Rutherford, 25 Benjamin Sathre, 27 Malcolm Richards, 34 David Goodman, 28 Alex Monroe, 25

47:33 47:33 47:33 47:39 47:40 47:41 47:45 47:48 47:50 47:54 48:23 48:25 48:29 48:44 48:51 48:53 48:56 48:56 49:12 49:15 49:24 49:28 49:34

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Ernie Pitone, 22 William Milam, 25 Brogan Austin, 25 Tyler Jermann, 25 Evan Landes, 24 Brendan Martin, 28 Kevin Lewis, 24

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

Sara Hall, 34 Natosha Rogers, 26 Aliphine Tuliamuk, 28 Allie Kieffer, 30 Belainesh Gebre, 29 Emma Bates, 25 Shalaya Kipp, 27 Bethany Sachtleben, 25 Maddie Van Beek, 26 Bridget Lyons, 29 Sarah Pease, 29 Meghan Peyton, 31 Sallie Post, 30 Renee Metivier, 35 Melanie Brender, 25 Alicia Nelson, 26 Nicole Lane, 23 Jillian Tholen, 29 Lisa Baumert, 30 Lindsey Scherf, 31 Laura Paulsen, 28 Meghan Roth, 30 Lauren Chucko, 33 Taylor Berg, 26 Samantha Sunstrom, 22 Angie Williams, 38 Andrea Kruszka, 30 Kari Campeau, 28

49:36 49:38 49:41 49:42 49:50 49:51 49:54

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Melissa Gacek, 41 Kara Parker, 48

1:03:05 1:03:14

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