Run Minnesota

Running BriefsNews and notes 2

Letters to the Editor 3

MDRA Board ElectionBoard candidates and ballot 4

On The RunRunning gifts 7

Running in MinnesotaGlobal perspective on Minnesota running 8

Body TalkA runner’s heart 10

Race Results 16

Race RecapOktoberfest Half Marathon 20

Race Calendar 27

Race PhotosMonster Dash 28

City of Lakes 25K 32

Running InsightsConfessions of an aging runner 30

C O N T E N T S

On the Cover: Stillwater native, Luke Watson, celebrates a stellar debut marathonperformance at the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon. Photo by Gene Niemi.

12Medtronic Twin CitiesMarathon RecapTwin Cities Marathon weekend stories and pictures

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Dear RunMinnesota Readers,

It was great to see so many familiar faces fromMDRA at this year’s Twin Cities Marathon Expo, and while working atthe MDRA booth, as well as at the marathon itself and even at TeamOrtho’s Monster Dash just a few weeks later. It is certainly a greattime of year to celebrate our friendships, health and running all atthe same time. And soon, we will have another chance to celebrateas a club at the Annual Party, January 23, 2010. I look forward to see-ing you all there.

In this issue, Chad Austin writes to runners who want to break thecycle of boredom in running and writes on how to increase motiva-tion with aging runners. But even though I am fortunately veryyoung, I still found this article applicable to myself. And I am certainany runner wanting to infuse excitement back into a sport that may have become monotonous willtake away something from this article.

Kathryn Benhardus informs us of an interesting 21 year longitudinal study that researched dis-

ability and mortality among aging runners. Not surprisingly, by the end of the study, 15 percent ofthe runners had died, compared to 34 percent of the controls. However, I was amazed to read thestories of several local, as well as well famous, non-local runners, who, although the picture of ahealthy lifestyle and healthy appearance, were seemingly one step away from heart failure.

And fittingly, for the upcoming holiday season, Candy Patrin has made a gift list for runners.Such gifts include endurance nutrition, running related gear, skin products, running clothes andspecial technical wear washing detergents. This is something you’ll want to read when thinking ofgifts for those runners in your life as well as yourself.

Again, I hope you enjoy reading this issue, and I look forward to hearing from you. Please let meknow what you liked, what you didn’t and what you’d like to see in future issues. Feel free to emailme at [email protected] m.

I wish everyone a safe, healthy and happy holiday season, and I’ll see you at the Annual Party.

Mark C.SyringSenior Editor

And soon, we will have another chance to celebrate as

a club at the Annual Party, January 23, 2010. I look forward

to seeing you all there.

Grand Prix Form

MDRA 2010 Grand Prix Series Form

LAST NAME FIrST NAME MIDDLE INITIAL

ADDrESS

E-MAIL

CITY STATE ZIP CODE

PHONE M Or F DATE OF BIrTH

To register for GRAND PRIX, fill out, and mail this portion with $5.00 (Check payable to MDRA) to

Hal Gensler

45258 N 16th Street

New River, AZ 85087

LOCATION

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GRAND PRIX ENTRY DETAILS

1. Cost is $5.00 for the entire series. This is above and beyond the race entry fees, and is aone-time fee paid to the MDRA. GP scoring will include only GP registrants who are regis-tered finishers of a GP race. No retroactive registration; runners registering after HumanRace, for example, will not be counted in Human Race ‘s GP results even if they ran it.

2. Runners score according to their finish place out of all GP registered finishers each race.The first GP runner in each race will score 1,000 points. All others will score based uponthe percentile in which the runners finish such that the middle finisher will always score500 points. Points are awarded without regard to age or sex.

3. There are 13 GP races. A runner may compete in as few or as many of the races as theychoose; however, results from only 10 races will count. If a runner runs more than 10 races,only their 10 highest scores will count. Anyone running in 10 or fewer races will have all oftheir scores included.

4. Scores are tallied within age division for each sex. Runners do not change age divisionsduring the year. A runner ‘s division is set according to his division on the day of his firstGP score. For example, a runner turning 50 on April 1 would be scored all year in the 45-49 bracket if she runs Human Race as a GP registrant, but would score all year in the 50-54 bracket if her first GP score is after April 1.

5. Age groups for both male and females are 0-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59,60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85+. In order for an age group to exist, it must haveat least two participants, and each participant must complete 2 races.

6. Grand Prix standing information will be included in RunMinnesota, and on the MDRAwebsite @ www.runmdra.org and e-mailed to all participants.

7.There will be awards for each age group winner, which will be presented at the MDRAannual party held in January 2011. Also,�Strands�will�present�a�special�award�toanyone�who�participates�in�all�13�races. In addition, anyone participating in at least10 of the races will get an nice MDRA technical shirt

8.. The dates listed above are the probable dates, but should be reconfirmed as race dayapproaches.

QuESTIoNS?

Email Hal Gensler at [email protected]

January: Meet of the Miles (U-M indoors), January 11February: Valentine’s Day 5K, February 13 NEW!

March: Human Race 8K, March 28April: Get in Gear 10K, April 24May:�New Prague Half Marathon, May 8June: Grandma’s Marathon, June 19July: Boston Scientific Heart of Summer 5K, July 24 NEW!

August: Hennepin-Lake 10K, August 1August: Rochester Half Marathon at the Holiday Inn, August 28September: Victory 10K, September 6September: City of Lakes 25K, September 12October: Twin Cities Marathon, October 3November: Rocky’s Run 5K, November 7

2010 GRAND PRIX RACES

Credits>

Managing Editor:Heidi Keller Miler

Senior Editor:Mark C. Syring

Art Director/Layout Artist:Jason Lehmkuhle

AdvertisingCoordinator/Sales:

Heidi Keller Miler

Photographer:Wayne Kryduba

Results:Jack Moran

MDRA Officers:Kirk Walztoni,President

Bill Knight, Vice PresidentKathryn Benhardus, SecretaryLori Anne Peterson, TreasurerKevin Wojchik, Past President

MDRA Board Members:Debbie Bohmann, Norm Champ,

Darrell Christensen, Colin Farbotko,Michael Iserman, Maureen Kennedy,

Robert Lindsey, Robert Lundquist, Michael Nawrocki, Lisa Marie Radzak,

Rick Recker, Melissa Wieczorek

Contact RunMinnesota!RunMinnesota

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Chad Austin lives in Apple Valley with his wife, Amy, and two daughters. He followedhis dad out the door at the age of 10 and has been running ever since. In addition towriting for MDRA, he’s an avid blogger. You can read his daily musings athttp://cnaustin.blogspot.com/. Chad can be reached at [email protected].

Kathy Benhardus is a veteran Masters runner and has completed six ultra relayswith her team, Do Not Go Gentle. She is a level 1 certified USATF coach and is current-ly gearing up to coach the MDRA Women’s Running Camp this coming spring.

Bill Knight is a free lance writer in the Twin City area. He’s a long time fan of Mickey’sDiner plus other restaurants and bars in St. Paul.

Janelle Melgeorge Anderson is a licensed and registered dietitian working in theTwin Cities. She is a USATF Level 1 Coach and has coached the MDRA Women’s RunningCamp. She has completed 12 marathons and one ultramarathon. She lives in Eagan withher husband, Mike.

Anne O’Connor currently lives and runs in St. Paul, Minnesota. In addition to run-ning, her favorite pastimes include cycling, golfing, reading and enjoying the waningdays of autumn at the cabin.

Candy Patrin is a writer who can be spotted running in the St. Croix River Valley areawith her training partner, Radar, a chocolate Labrador retriever. She never tires of lis-tening to running stories and is always on the lookout for article ideas. This year, Candyplans to get in more trail runs and compete in local races. She can be reached at [email protected].

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p.m. Enter at gate D. Please refer to www.run-mdra.org for more information.

MDRA Grand PrixRegistration Now Openwith New SponsorThe 2010 MDRA Grand Prix is now takingregistrations. The new sponsor for the GrandPrix is Strands.com. Strands.com is an onlinetraining log and social networking site whereathletes share their training, connect withfriends and teammates and streamline theironline activities.

Strands.com will be providing a high quali-ty prize for everyone who completes all 13events and also an apparel award for anyonewho completes 10 events. The Valentines 5Kand the Boston Scientific 5K are new races thisyear taking the places of the Trail Mix 25K andthe Rice Street Mile.

For the complete list of races and racedates, please see the Grand Prix entry form inthis magazine, or find it online at www.runm-dra.org. The Grand Prix, at only $5.00, is yourbest bargain in running.

Race DirectorsConferenceMDRA and Mary Anderson will onceagain be co-hosting a Race Directors confer-ence this January. The date for this event willbe Saturday, January 30, 2010, from 9:00 a.m.to 1:00 p.m. at the Edina Community Center.This is a great event for both for veteran androokie Race Directors to network and learnvaluable information on how to put on a newrace or better an existing event. Please contactMary Anderson at [email protected] more information or if you have a requestfor a particular topic to be covered.

MEADP SolicitsApplications for 2010GrantsThe Minnesota Elite Athlete DevelopmentProgram (MEADP) is accepting applications forits 2010 grants. MEADP provides grants topromising Minnesota elite distance runnerswho have completed their academic runningcareers to assist them in reaching their fullathletic potential. MEADP is funded by a col-laboration of Grandma’s Marathon, Twin Cities

MDRA Annual PartyThe Annual Party is set for Saturday,January 23, 2010. Free pizza and soda start theparty off at 11:30 a.m. in the Edina CommunityCenter, second floor café. The awards portion ofthe program will follow at 1:00 p.m. There will be aslide show from a wide variety of races thatRunMinnesota photographer, Wayne Kryduba,attended throughout the year. The MDRA GrandPrix winners, Volunteer of the Year and the LaninAward for Distinguished Service will also beawarded. As always, there will be great doorprizes, but you must be in attendance to win. Theparty is free for MDRA members and $5.00 forguests.

Polar Bear Club Runs The weekly MDRA Saturday group,known as the Polar Bear Group, has started.They meet each Saturday from different loca-tions around town. The run information will belisted on www.runmdra.org. Contact Mike

Nawrocki at [email protected] Gary Nathan at [email protected] to be added to the google group.

MDRA Board ElectionsPlease look for the information andballot for the MDRA Board elections in thisissue. The results will be announced at theMDRA Annual Party in January.

Dome RunningDome running is here. The Dome will beopen for running Tuesdays and Thursdays thisyear starting Tuesday, November 24, and con-tinuing through March 11, 2010. There won’t beany running on Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve,but the Dome will be open New Years Eve forrunning. The cost to run at the Dome is $1.00.Parking is free in the upper Metrodome lot.The Metrodome is open from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00

Twin Cities Marathon, Inc.Now Twin Cities In MotionAfter 28 years, Twin Cities Marathon, Inc. is now Twin Cities In Motion. The organi-zational name change is a reflection of its strong fiscal and business standing inMinneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. “The running community recognizes the importance of quality running events, and

the history of our brand promises to deliver a top notch experience at any distance,”said Twin Cities In Motion executive director, Virginia Brophy Achman. The name change to Twin Cities In Motion was introduced at the Twin Cities

Marathon Weekend Reception Friday, October 2, at the start of the Twin Cities Marathonweekend of events and was met with great welcome by sponsors, the running commu-nity and the organization’s year round volunteers. The tagline for Twin Cities in Motion is, “Plan. Organize. Manage. Run.” The events

organized by the former “Twin Cities Marathon, Inc.” remain the same and the namechange allows for future growth of other health and fitness events. For more informa-tion, visit, www.mtcmarathon.org

> Visit www.runmdra.org for the latest MDRA and local running news


Marathon, Austin-Jarrow Sports in Duluth andMDRA.

The grants will be awarded at the MDRAAnnual Party in January. In 2010, MEADP willprovide grants, in amounts up to $2,000 perrecipient, to promising Minnesota elite distancerunners to assist them in reaching their full ath-letic potential. The grants will be awardedequally to men and women.

In selecting grant recipients, the MEADPcommittee focuses on the following criteria:

• The athlete’s current state of athleticaccomplishment

• The athlete’s potential for further athleticaccomplishment

• The extent to which a grant will assist theathlete in reaching his or her full athleticpotential.

Applications are available by contactingHeidi Miler at [email protected] or contactingNeil Franz at [email protected]. Completed formsare due on or before November 30, 2009.

Twin Cities In MotionLaunches New HalfMarathon Set for July 4Twin Cities In Motion is adding a halfmarathon to it’s lineup of offerings throughoutthe year of running events in Minneapolis,Minnesota. “Red, White and Boom” TC HalfMarathon is the first half marathon planned bythe organization and was created to meet thegrowing interest in that distance and to offerrunners a major event that can be included inholiday weekend plans surrounding July 4.

“Running is showing no signs of slowing aspeople continue to value health and fitness,”said Twin Cities In Motion executive director,Virginia Brophy Achman. “We’re thrilled to offerthe new Red, White and Boom TC Half Marathonon July 4 and have seen interest in this distancesupported through research the governing bodyof running has conducted as well as from ourrunning community here in the Twin Cities.”

A four mile distance, as well as children’sevents, will be part of the morning, allowingwalkers and runners of all ages and abilities tojoin in the festivities. The national half marathonis planned for the Minneapolis area surroundingBoom Island during the peak tourism season inthe Midwest, giving families more opportunitiesto “Explore Minnesota.” Visit www.mtc-marathon.org for more information. RM

The PMD Debate I wish to address several of the assertions made by Mr. GaryWestlund in his article regarding the use of Personal Music Devices (PMDs) from yourSeptember/October issue. Mr. Westlund makes strong generalizations when he states,“[PMD users] are less safe,” “slower” and they “frequently impede the safe progressand performance of others.” I wonder whether Mr. Westlund can provide examples ofsaid compromised safety. And should the reader then assume that people with physi-cal auditory limitations are also “less safe” and “slower”? There is no evidence I’maware of to suggest that non-PMD users are any more safe, more focused, or faster thanPMD users and/or the physically hearing-impaired.Mr. Westlund further marginalizes PMD users through his speculation about their

personal experiences of racing. He says that these athletes are potentially “missing theever present friendly, helpful, chatter amongst runners,” “missing course marshals’directions...” and “missing the finish line altogether.” I ask Mr. Westlund whether heconsidered the population of responsible PMD users who listen at a reasonable volumeand remain aware of their surroundings. Some PMD users might wish to avoid the dis-traction of other runners’ chatter. And could Mr. Westlund please offer an example ofwhen someone missed a finish line?Outside of racing Mr. Westlund then speculates about general public perception of

PMD users. He asserts that PMD users communicate the following messages:

1) I’m a novice runner2) I’m dependent on distraction from running by hearing music3) I don’t want anyone to talk to me4) I’m not interested in anyone else or even others’ safety

Can Mr. Westlund offer anything to demonstrate that these statements are morethan just his own biased assumptions? I imagine there are irresponsible runners whomchoose to run with and without PMDs. I can’t speak for all PMD users, but personally Ihad an intense negative reaction to Mr. Westlund’s suggestion that I am anything lessthan a community-oriented, responsible runner whom is always concerned with thesafety of others. Thank you for your consideration.

Hayley Cluever, MACoon Rapids, Minnesota

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President(one year term, one person running for one openposition)

Kirk Walztoni1. I’ve been running for over 11 years now and am still excited to get outthe door each day for my run. This is especially so when I get to meetmy friends out on a run or head to some of the great trails we have herein the Metro. I just ran my 20th marathon and have coached or been anactive part of the MDRA marathon class numerous times.

2. I would like to continue as MDRA President because I want to contin-ue to grow the organization’s focus on community. With the new socialmediums available to us, we have to continue to change and be a partof them to remain relevant. At the same time, we have to continue tonurture our relationships with the runners who brought MDRA into exis-tence and keep the races and our events working. I think that we canbalance these two groups and become a better, fitter organization.

3. Increasing accessibility and visibility of distance running within theTwin Cities is very important to me and I believe that this organizationis in a great position to help foster these two goals.

Vice-President(one year term, one person running for one openposition)

Norm Champ1. I ran in HS and got back into the sport in my thirties, but really begantaking it seriously as a master. I have run 11 marathons (all sub 3) as wellas numerous 5K-25K distances. As most runners, I’ve had numerousinjuries and finally had to face the fact that cartilage does not regener-ate itself (yet - come on science!). I often ask if a runner who doesn’t runcan still be considered a runner? MDRA allows me to keep that questionopen.

2. I’m not sure what special talent I have, but I am committed to givingback to the sport that provided me so much as an active athlete.

3. I am currently Chair of the MDRA Race Committee. I would like toencourage all MDRA members to volunteer for at least one race in2010 (more is better!). Seeing a Race from the “other side” gives agreat perspective of what goes into our sport and is really fun too!

Secretary(two year term, one person running for one openposition)

Kathryn Benhardus1. I have been running for 30 years. I started running to lose weight, butcontinued because I got hooked! I ran my first race, a 5K, in Roseburg,Oregon in 1984. I started racing regularly after that, but was destinedto be a midpacker. I have run 25 marathons. I gave up them when Iturned 60, but I am starting to dream of doing another one. I haveenjoyed the last several years as an age grouper, because I literallyknow the speed of all my competitors, and can predict where I’ll finishbased on who shows up. I enjoy doing ultra relays of 200 miles or morewith my age group friends, and we have completed several of them. Ihave coached middle school track, but my greatest joy comes fromcoaching beginning runners.

2. I am currently the board secretary, and I believe that I do a good jobof preparing minutes that are accurate and give the general gist of each

The applicants were asked the fol-lowing questions:1. Please give a brief description of your running background.2. Qualifications: What special talents and experience can youcontribute to the board?

3. Goals and Plans: There are several committees that overseethe various activities of MDRA: Advocacy, Race, Promotions,Publications and Club Administration. How would you like todevote your time as a board member?


board meeting without going into boring details.

3. I believe that there are still a lot of runners out there who don’t knowthe benefits of belonging to MDRA. I like thinking of promotions thatwill help bring them in. I very much enjoy going to expos to tell the storyof MDRA.

Open Board Positions(two year term, six people running for six openpositions)

Paul Arneberg1. Longing for a personal challenge despite my husky frame, I ran oneseason each of track & cross country at Ramsey (Roseville) High Schoolin 1985. That gave me the knowledge and experience to have an on-and-off running career: five marathons, two triathlons, and the 2009 MDRAGrand Prix. While I aspire to qualify for Boston, my more unique claim asa runner is my success in joggling--running and juggling at the same time.My most dramatic joggling race was a silver medal with a 5:39 mile in ‘96,and I made a comeback in ‘09 with Masters gold medals in the 800m(2:44) and 400m (1:14). Beyond such goals and stats, running truly hasbeen my answer to battle back from near-obesity, having spent much ofmy 30’s around 210 lbs. Combined with core work, some weights, andbetter nutritional choices, running has helped me to return to my highschool weight of 175.

2. I’ve worked with a myriad of personalities among the children & par-ents in my career as a youth director since 1992, including leadingcouncils of student leaders, so I’m accustomed to diversity of opinionsand diplomatic discussions / decision-making. Directing a large jug-gling company is my job; running is my avid hobby. Both activities canappear frivolous to non-participants but offer life-changing virtues andrewards for those (of all ability levels!) who truly apply themselves. Ilove writing and I’ve done professional speaking and voice work, so I’mcomfortable on the keyboard, behind the microphone, and workingeither alone or in groups.

3. My enthusiasm for the sport (and the MDRA) tempts me to at leastdabble in every committee: I mentioned my love of writing; I also enjoyproofreading and could help with ideas for new articles and specialinterest stories for RunMinnesota and the website. I’ve had so much funparticipating in this year’s Grand Prix that I would enjoy being involvedin future Grand Prix planning. My overall goal as a board member wouldbe to influence both veteran and newbie runners alike to get the mostout of their running through MDRA membership, races (aka “milestonegoals”), and a consistent commitment to a lifestyle of physical steward-ship and well-being-which I’ve found to be directly related to emotion-al & spiritual stewardship and well-being.

Nathan Campeau1. I began running my freshman year of college to keep off the beerweight and explore the monuments around DC. 3 years later I ran myfirst marathon and promised I’d never do another one. One week later Isigned up for my second marathon and haven’t looked back! After 7years of running actively with the DC running community, I moved toMinnesota and within a week had hooked up with MDRA on an Aroundthe Town Run summer fun run. Running with MDRA helped me take 48

minutes off my marathon time, but much more importantly, has provid-ed me the opportunity to meet many wonderful people and make a lotof fantastic friendships! I average about 50-60 miles per week, 10-12races, and 2 marathons each year.

2. I coached the MDRA fall class in 2008 and have been a team leaderon 4 other occasions. I have been active with MDRA for 5 years and havea solid decade of active involvement with running clubs. I am passion-ate about running, helping others achieve their running goals, and serv-ing as a voice in helping to promote local running resources. I have runmarathons from 2:50 to over 4 hours, so I can bring an understanding ofthe perspectives of a wide range of running abilities to the board.

3. I would like to see the board engage local government trail and pub-lic works planners more actively so that we can ensure that theresources being constructed for our use actually serve our needs.

Michael Iserman1. I have been running and participating in organized road races for thelast ten plus years. Each year, I run 10-15 races at distances ranging from10K up to full marathons. To date I have completed 22 marathons includ-ing: Grandma’s Marathon (8), Twin Cities Marathon (7), Big SurInternational Marathon, Chicago Marathon, Las Vegas Marathon andothers. I have also been a member of the MDRA since 2002.

2. I have over 17 years of experience working in fitness and personaltraining. Since March 2004, I have been the Director of Personal Trainingfor the YMCA’s of Greater St. Paul & the YMCA’s of MetropolitanMinneapolis - overseeing the personal training programs at the 24branches of the YMCA throughout the Twin Cities and westernWisconsin. I hold professional certifications from the American Collegeof Sports Medicine, the National Strength & Conditioning Association,the National Academy of Sports Medicine, the American Council onExercise, and the YMCA of the USA. I am a graduate of the University ofMinnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology.

3. I would like to share my knowledge and experience as a fitness pro-fessional with the running community. I would like to work with theMDRA to promote physical activity for individuals of all ages and abili-ties - in particular to advocate running as a life-long activity and for themany health and fitness benefits associated with an active lifestyle. Ialso plan to provide contributions to MDRA publications and programsto help runners optimize their performance and enjoy the benefits ofrunning through safe and effective training strategies.

Bill Knight1. I quit smoking in the mid-1980s and I’ve been running ever since. Thatdecision changed my life in many ways, or as my friends say, in jest ofcourse, “He just substituted one bad habit for another.”

I’m a middle-of-the-pack runner who enjoys distances from 5K up to amarathon.

I started running marathons several years ago after sitting next to JulieBalamut, who was then a fellow board member, as we returned from theNew York City Marathon.

“If I can do it Bill, anyone can,” she said to me. Her encouragementand a natural curiosity (can I really finish 26.2 miles?) have led me to find-ing great experiences with a great group of friends. I’ve done sevenmarathons and I’ve finished all of the TC 10 mile races. I look forward tomany more.


2. I see myself as someone who, first, values honesty in a person. I tryhard to listen. I’m a team player who will work hard to complete a project.I may not be the first to start on it, but I do finish my assignments. I’vebeen active in MDRA for several years and was honored as the 2002Volunteer of the Year.

3. Since I’ve been on the board, as a member and as the vice presidentI’ve seen first hand the hard work by a lot of people. That inspires me.I’ve also seen the value of an effective magazine, RunMinnesota, and I’dlike to continue helping with those efforts. I’ve also been part of sever-al MDRA marathon-training programs and this fall I was one of twocoaches for the first TC10 Mile training program. So I’d like to work onhelping those efforts to get runners ready for an injury-free and memo-rable marathon. I plan to continue my work as an MDRA volunteer.

Andrew Plackner 1. Prior to 2004, running was a solo endeavor best enjoyed…occasion-ally. Then later that year, I ran my first marathon, Twin Cities, and every-thing changed. Seeking to find a training program with like-mindedpeople, I joined MDRA and have since run 8 more marathons, as well asmany other shorter races.

2. I’ve coached the MDRA Marathon Program twice and the organiza-tion, motivation, and attention that requires will certainly contribute. Inaddition, as a husband and father of two beautiful girls, I’ve learned tobalance running and exercise with other life priorities, such as work andbusiness travel, family activities, and more. Exercise is nothing short ofa responsibility I believe we all have and I hope to encourage others tomake running a harmonious and rewarding ingredient of their lives.

3. I certainly intend to continue coaching. Second, I’d like to serve as anadvocate for the MDRA and work to boost participation and increase itsvisibility in the community. Running is a key component of my life andshould be for many others too. As such, I not only look forward to makingothers aware of the great programs the MDRA already has to offer, but Iintend to explore other partnership opportunities, charitable or other-wise, that may exist.

Melissa Wieczorek1. I started running in middle school track doing the mile and thenpicked it up again in college. I have been running with MDRA since thefall of 2005. I will be doing my 10th marathon this fall.

2. I was a team lead for the Kiwi’s numerous times and coached themarathon class last fall and this spring. I have been on the board for twoyears and have been the MDRA representative at the USATF meetings.

3. I would like to continue to sever as the MDRA representative at theUSATF meetings.

President(one year term, one person run-ning for one open position)

Kirk Walztoni

Vice-President(one year term, one person run-ning for one open position)

Norm Champ

Secretary(two year term, one person run-ning for one open position)

Kathryn Benhardus

Open Board Positions(two year term, six people run-ning for six positions)

Paul Arneberg

Nathan Campeau

Michael Iserman

Bill Knight

Andrew Plackner

Melissa Wieczorek


The next best thing to shopping for new run-ning gear is having someone ask you for run-ning gift ideas. With the holiday season fastapproaching, now is a good time to make a giftlist for family and friends just in case you getasked for one. Step one, of course, involvesactually doing some homework on the latestand greatest new running stuff.

The number of new products for athleteskeeps growing. Kevin O’Connor, owner of theGear West Bike and Triathlon store in LongLake, Minnesota, can give you more informa-tion than your head can hold about the itemsfound in his store. O’Connor offered some giftsuggestions for you and your favorite athlete.

Some of these items are new, others repre-sent a competitive response to a popularproduct and one suggestion falls in the eco-friendly category. The price of the gifts rangeroughly from $1.00 to more than $100, so youalso may want to take into consideration how“good” you’ve been this year when puttingtogether the list.

Endurance NutritionNot long ago, sports companies came up withchews as an alternative to gels, which are alsoa pretty good option for stocking stuffers.O’Connor says that chews, such as Clif® ShotBlocks, are popular with a high percentage ofendurance athletes.

What’s hot: Earlier this year, GU Energy Labsintroduced its version of a chewable electrolyteproduct. The GU Chomps™ package lists “rip-pin” amino acids and “mighty” antioxidants asingredients, words that might just catch the eyeof an athlete. The flavors of the GU Chompsinclude Blueberry Pomegranate, Orange, CranApple and Strawberry.

Comments: One tester liked the BlueberryPomegranate flavor, and the GU chewsseemed to digest easier for her compared to

the Clif Shot Blocks. For Clif fans, the compa-ny has updated the packaging for its chewsfor easier access.

Because athletes react differently to allproducts and packaging, and the world ofsports nutrition can be overwhelming to thenovice shopper, it is best to be very specificabout the chews or gels you put on your list.

Other options: Some newer energy andreplacement items include: GU Brew, a recov-ery drink with more simple sugars and easierto mix than its predecessor GU20, Clif ShotRoks™ that provide bite sized servings of pro-tein for post-workout muscle recovery andSaltstick® Caps, reportedly a favorite ofMDRA’s, Heidi Keller Miler, that deliver moresodium per capsule than some of the familiarbrands.

Body CareWhen runners begin to add mileage, most willeventually need to deal with some skinissues, whether it is chafing, blisters or otherafflictions. As they say in sports, “the bestdefense is a good offense.”

What’s hot: The story behind TwoToms, thecreator of BlisterShield, a moisture repellingpowder for use primarily on the feet, makes acompelling case for this product. The anti-fric-tion skin guard was developed by enduranceathlete Tom Lewis, a Massachusetts Instituteof Technology (MIT) grad, with a Ph.D. inchemistry, who researched the blister-frictionproblem experienced by athletes.

Lewis connected with Tom Judd, a success-ful entrepreneur, to start TwoToms. The com-pany’s products include BlisterShield andSportShield® Liquid Roll-On for application toany potential irritation areas. TwoToms offersa return guarantee if you are not satisfied withthe product.

Comments: The powder feels slightly cool-ing on the feet when sprinkled into yoursocks. The warning on the package, “Spilledresidue should be removed immediately toprevent slips and falls,” is a good reason to be

careful with application. There are also a num-ber of other products on the market to preventskin issues from BodyGlide® to ChamoisButt’R to that repair-all favorite, duct tape.

Other options: For a fast and easy way toclean up after your workout, try the FreshStart body cleansing system. Picture “babywipes” the size of standard sized washcloths,but more durable. The wipes are pre-mois-tened with a mild scent and biodegradable.Better yet, the company offers three types ofpackaging for athletes, campers and out-doorsman for gift giving, to satisfy a variety ofsports enthusiasts.

In addition, WIN Sport Detergent hashelped many athletes give their favorite run-ning clothes a little extra TLC. The detergent,effective for removing odors and stains, isnow available as WIN Green, a dye and fra-grance free version.

Running GearFor a sport that primarily requires shoes,socks, shorts and a shirt, there is more thanenough new gear in this category to keepthose stockings filled indefinitely. However, asa word of caution, it will likely take extra timeto do your research on the latest in gear news.

What’s hot: In one word, compression.From full tights to socks to calf guards, theprinciple behind the compression gear is thatit improves circulation and recovery, whilereducing fatigue and muscle damage.According to O’Connor, some athletes havebeen known to sleep in these tights to aid inrecovery.

Comments: Because of the variety of manu-facturers and garments available, you will def-initely want to do your research. When visitingyour favorite sports store, be clear about whyyou are looking at compression gear, andwhere and when you plan to use it. For exam-ple, there are cooling compression tights,

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I started running in Minnesota…I ran my first Twin Cities Marathon eight years ago, and I haven’tstopped running since.

Over the past several years, I have run across the globe.Cobblestone roads, dirt paths, Thai parks packed with jazzercisers,Caribbean beaches, mountains, medieval cities and back again.Regardless of the differences in scenery, the familiarity of runninghas always made me feel at home no matter where I am.

In no place was this more important than as a Peace CorpsVolunteer on an island in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean inSamoa. I was living in a country I didn’t know, in a culture I didn’t yetunderstand and surrounded by people who were strangers.

At the beginning, I forced myself to run at dawn to escape theimpending heat wave. The South Pacific humidity would greet meeach morning as I ran under the palm trees, the cool mist betrayingthe scorching heat of the coming day’s afternoon.

While the rest of my Peace Corps cohorts slept, I witnessed thepreparation that went into each day as I streaked by along my route.Children of preschool age picking up large breadfruit leaves that hadlittered the yard during the windy night. Elementary age girlssweeping the sand yards with brooms made from coconut palms.Boys of the same age hauling coconuts and spreading the meat forthe chickens and pigs. And the older boys starting the cooking firesfor breakfast before school and work.

It was exciting to breathe in my new surroundings, to feel thepockets of cool air against my face, smell the fires, gawk at thevibrant colors of sunrise and listen to the rhythmic crashing of theocean. But in this new strange place, with each step I took, I feltcomfort. The running made me feel at home. I could almost see theleaves gently dropping to the sidewalk in preparation of winter.

While there were many benefits from running in the early morn-ing, it also proved to be dangerous. One morning, as I ran from myyard across the Catholic Church compound with my mind focused onthe uneven ground underfoot, I glanced quickly through the dark-ness at the bus stop across the street.

Horror in the eyes of my usually smiling neighbors met my gazeas I continued to run, not breaking stride. What did alter my gait wasthe priest’s dog latched on to my butt. The memory of the hot, sear-ing pain of the dog bite and the hanging jaws of my neighborschanged my running habits for the remainder of my service.

After I moved into my village, Ibegan a routine of running in theevenings as the sun set, whichproved as much of an adven-ture as the early morning.There was an initial lack of soci-etal acceptance of a woman run-ning in a traditional rural village.

There was only a small windowof time to accomplish this feat: lateenough to capitalize on the mountains con-cealing the sun and early enough to escape the village’s mandatoryprayer time. This time of the day offered the heaviest congestion onthe road and the highest visibility for me. Bus after bus spewedexhaust, and each was packed with students and workers headedhome to their rural villages.

With this in mind, I was very conscientious about following cus-tom and trying not to attract attention, although my anonymity wasuncovered by the specialized horn of each bus.

Per village rules, women were not allowed to wear shorts on theroad. Doing so was punishable by five taro plants. Therefore, I ranthrough the village wearing the obligatory sarong over my runningshorts. Keeping the skirt at an acceptable length was difficult bothlogistically and practically.

Armed physically with stones in my hands to ward off stray dogsand a heavy shield of mental armor as I ran by the stares and shouts,I set off on my run. Along the route were children vying for my atten-tion, as were the elders of the village encouraging me to stop in torest, drink tea and chat.

What once was a stress reliever had become quite stressful. If Icould just make it across the river without stopping for tea, I wouldrun up a deserted mountain road. Then, the sarong would comeright off.

My free legs would pound up the switchbacks that wove up themountainside, with each turn promising a more spectacular viewthan the last. From above, the rows of coconut palms with snakingsmoke plumes provided a sight not accustomed to Minnesotaneyes. And the sweeping panorama of the deep, dark ocean filled mewith awe.

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was important for me to remain cognizant of the task at hand. Inorder to finish my run in a timely fashion, there was little time for lol-lygagging.

A Samoan tradition that continues today, one half hour prior tosunset, my village observed a mandatory prayer time. The low din ofa conch shell blown by the village police signaled the beginning ofprayer and warning that all people should be off the road. Cars wereexpected to stop at the entrance of the village until prayer hadended, and buses never traveled at that time. Offenders of thissacred time of day were punished by monetary fines or foods ofvalue, well over my pay grade.

Luckily, as a village novelty, on the days that my run went longdue to tea, conversation or stunning views, I could take refuge onthe side of the road with the police, who were interested in speak-ing with me. Rather than receiving punishment, I learned the villagegossip, how to swear and how to make moonshine.

After my 27 months of service, settling back in the Twin Cities, Ibegan preparing for another Twin Cities Marathon. On one of myfirst runs back in St. Paul, I encountered a familiar situation thatswiftly brought me back to Samoa. A black lab charged at me,snarling, barking and bearing his canines. Without an arsenal ofrocks, I threw my headset at the offender, my heart racing. The dogscreeched to a halt. And not because of my aim, but because of theelectronic fencing.

Having been back home for a few years now, running in

Minnesota, I’ve valued every one of my peaceful, beautiful excur-sions. Minnesota isn’t as “exotic” as the Pacific, and the storiesaren’t quite as exciting as my adventures overseas, but I am stillovercome with the beauty Minnesota offers.

And while I still have a problem lollygagging while taking in thepanorama of the lakes, forests and marathon courses, I havelearned that along the route of the “Most Beautiful Urban Marathonin America,” the grass skirts, costumes and conversations along theroute from Minneapolis to St. Paul are some of the most exciting andexhilarating running experiences. And I don’t need to carry rocks.

Author’s note: Sadly, on September 29, following a massive 8.3magnitude earthquake near Samoa, a tsunami hit areas of Samoa,including some the very areas I was fortunate enough to explore onmy daily runs. If you are able and willing to donate funds to helpwith the rebuilding and relief effort, you can go to the website set upthrough New Zealand’s Red Cross website. I promise you, your con-tributions will be appreciated. www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/pacifict-sunami. RM



The running life has many intrinsic rewards. Itincludes strong friendships, an up close per-spective on nature, self-confidence based onself-knowledge and the ability to set goalsand dig down deep to achieve those goals. Infact, for the purists among us, running is itsown reward. Setting these considerationsaside, however, let’s look at the facts aboutrunning and cardiovascular health. How doesrunning affect your heart?

Running is good for youIn August of 2008, a 21 year longitudinal studyof disability and mortality among aging run-ners was published in the Archives of InternalMedicine. The study followed 538 runners and423 healthy controls from about age 59 to age78. It demonstrated that “participation inlong-term running and other vigorous exerciseamong older adults is associated with less

disability and lower mortality over twodecades of follow up.”*

By the end of the study 15 percent of therunners had died, compared to 34 percent ofthe controls. The runners had a decreased riskof dying from cardiovascular disease, cancer,neurological disease and infections. When Iread a very brief report on this study inRunner’s World, I remarked to a friend, ‘Theonly thing surprising here is that 15 percent ofthe runners died. All runners think they willlive forever.’

Dozens of other smaller, less extensivestudies have come up with the same results. Anotable study in Calgary, Canada, followedthe members of its national track and fieldteam as they aged. Those who continued toexercise five or more days a week and prac-ticed a healthful lifestyle in other ways, such

as not smoking, lived longer and had a betterquality of life than those who did not.

But there are limitsSo this is good, right? Yes, it’s good, as long aswe understand the difference betweendecreased risk and no risk. It’s great to knowthat our sport will help us live longer, healthi-er lives, but that’s not the same as conferringimmortality. In the early days of the runningboom, many runners believed that if youtrained for and ran a marathon, you wouldnever have a heart attack.

Then on July 20, 1984, Jim Fixx, the apostleof the running boom, collapsedand died on a training run inVermont. An autopsy showed thatFixx’s three main cardiac arterieswere extensively blocked. Nowwe know that one in 50,000marathon participants will die ofa cardiac event.

Dr. William O. Roberts, the medical directorof the Twin Cities Marathon, is conducting astudy of multiple marathoners. He is currentlystudying 50 men who have run at least onemarathon per year for the last 25 years. Thissummer, a study of female marathoners is alsobeginning. Controls for these studies comefrom the database at Abbott NorthwesternHospital. Dr. Roberts emphasized to me thatthe study is not complete, so that any findingsare considered only preliminary at this point.

A key test used in this study is variouslyreferred to as a heart scan or an electronbeam computed axial tomography (CAT) scan(EBCT). This highly sensitive, powerful testdetermines if there is calcified plaque in thecoronary arteries. The result is a calciumscore. A high score indicates a high degree ofatherosclerosis, commonly called “hardeningof the arteries.” High calcium scores, then,indicate coronary artery disease, and are pre-dictive of a heart attack.

Dr. Roberts was surprised to discover thatmany of the marathoners had high calciumscores, and in some cases, higher than thecontrols. One marathoner was actually given astent to correct the blockage in one of hiscoronary arteries during the study. It remainsto be seen if the large number of marathonsthese men had run contributed to theincreased calcium counts in a way that recre-ational running does not.

What’s happening here? Why the seeming

A Runner’s Heartby Kathyrn Benhardus

How’s Your Ticker?Your running habit is a healthy one. But it in no way

makes you immune to ravages of heart disease.


contradiction? We have to go back to the basicunderstanding I mentioned. Reducing risk isnot the same as eliminating risk. There aremany factors at work, only some of which areunder our control. Family history plays anenormous role in heart health. High LDL cho-lesterol levels and hypertension can con-tribute to heart disease in even the mostaccomplished runner.

Dr. Kevin Graham, the director of preventa-tive cardiology at the Minneapolis HeartInstitute, explained that our risk factorsincrease with age. There can be structuralheart disorders such as arrhythmias or car-diomyopathy that are not related to coronaryartery disease. Runners tend to develop large,athletic hearts, but this can work against usduring a coronary event, because of the thick-ened muscle of the wall of the heart.

Cautionary talesI must confess that my interest in this topic isnot entirely academic. This summer, I foundmyself in the emergency room with a bloodpressure of 209/104. I was already taking a cal-cium channel blocker to control my essentialfamilial hypertension. Over the years, I havetried an ACE inhibitor, an ARB and a diuretic.

When the medication is too strong, myrunning performance tanks. I feel like I amrunning under water and more than once havecollapsed at a finish line with my blood pres-sure in the 70s or 80s. This comes after 30years of running with 25 marathons and hun-dreds of other races under my belt.

Tim Zbikowski was president of MDRA inthe early years of the running boom. He start-ed running in junior high and never quit. Heran his first marathon in 1976, and continuedto improve, running 2:37 at Grandma’s in1982. He always paid attention to his diet andhis weight and had low cholesterol. After RonDaws died of a heart attack, Tim had a stresstest, which showed that he had no cardiacproblems at all.

In February 2003, Tim was at a cross coun-try ski race. It was his fifty-first birthday.Running around in snow shoes on that bittercold day, he remembered the uncomfortablefeeling of indigestion. Not a big deal, just a lit-tle pressure in the middle of his chest. His wife,Carol, sent him to Urgent Care to check it out.

The diagnosis: his left anterior descending(LAD) artery was 95 percent blocked. He hadsuffered a heart attack when the calcifiedplaque ruptured and the artery collapsed.

Are runners at risk of heart disease? Certainly, no one is immune to heart dis-ease. Running can certainly contribute to increasing your high density lipoprotein (HDL)level by carrying the cholesterol from the arteries back to the liver. But, if you ignorewhat you’re putting into your body, it can add up over time and affect your total choles-terol levels.Saturated fats and trans fatty acids are still the most artery clogging fats. Saturated

fats raise your bad cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), and trans fatty acids bothraise your bad cholesterol and lower your good cholesterol. Since saturated fats and transfatty acids impact total cholesterol level, they should be limited to 10 grams per day forwomen and 12 to 14 grams for men.Sources of saturated fat are butter, whole milk, cheese, coconut oil and palm oil. Trans

fatty acids are found in processed snack foods. And while some food companies are tak-ing trans fatty acids out of the product, they are then adding saturated fat instead. So the next time you stroll down the chip aisle, see if palm oil has been added to chips.

Much to most people’s dismay, chips will never be a health food no matter how the foodcompanies remanufacture the foods. Omega 3 fatty acids help slow the build up of plaque in your body. These are con-

sidered “good” fats and should be included in a heart healthy diet on a regular basis.Eating two servings of fish per week can increase your omega 3 fatty acid intake. Goodsources include salmon, halibut, sardines and herring. But, what if you don’t like fish?Well, then try walnuts and ground flaxseed.Soluble fiber also helps reduce cholesterol levels by binding with the cholesterol

you eat and reducing the amount you absorb. Soluble fiber can also be a good source ofcarbohydrates to keep your legs moving. Options for soluble fiber include oatmeal, oatbran, legumes, oranges, pears, prunes, psyllium and brussels sprouts. Plant stanols and sterols are found naturally in plants and can help lower your choles-

terol. Plant stanols are also in cholesterol lowering medications. Plant stanols and sterolshave been added to margarines, orange juice, yogurt and granola bars. Eating two gramsof plant stanols and sterols per day may help lower your total cholesterol and LDL levels.Most recently, the American Heart Association recommended limiting added sugar,

which is sugars and syrup added to foods during processing. Sugar has been added tothe list, because excess calories from sugar can lead to obesity, which then influencesheart disease.Added sugars do not include the sugar found naturally in fruits, vegetables and other

foods. Women should consume no more than 100 calories from added sugar, and menshould limit added sugar to 150 calories per day. Soft drink and sugar containing beverages are the primary source of added sugar in

the diet. Sugar from gels and sports drinks can be necessary for training for a marathonand to provide additional calories during training. But, if you’re in the off season, you maywant to evaluate what you are eating, and ask yourself if you’re getting any nutritionalvalue from the food.If you have recently been diagnosed with high cholesterol, have a family history of

heart disease or just care about what you’re eating, you will want to limit your fat intake,add omega 3 fatty acids, include soluble fiber and reduce your added sugar intake. If this all seems overwhelming, go out and enjoy a run to keep your heart pumping

strong, and then, rethink your daily nutrition.

These foods are high in omega 3 fatty acids or soluble fiber: Salmon, Albacore tuna,Herring, Sardines, Mackerel, Flaxseed, Walnuts, Oats, Oat bran, Oranges, Pears, Prunes,Legumes, Brussels sprouts RM

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A cool 48 degrees on Sunday, October 4,made the sounds of the National Anthem as the sun

peaked over the horizon, even sweeter for the 11,000

participants ready to run and wheel the twenty-

eighth annual Twin Cities Marathon.

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MDRA’s 2009 Fall Marathon Training Program boasted over 80 participants and 20first time marathoners. For 16 weeks, a wide range of runners, from eager rookies to savvyveterans, enjoyed delicious blue Powerade put out by their coaches for the long runs, thepost long run buffet of Nutter Butters and Twizzlers and the camaraderie of their fellowtraining partners.

Class members also enjoyed training tips and advice from the coaching staff, as well aspresentations from experts on nutrition, strength training, injury prevention and an inspi-rational talk from USATF Team Minnesota athlete, Jason Lehmkuhle.

Three primary goals were set for each runner: have fun for 16 weeks, get to the startingline healthy and then address whatever specific race day goals each runner had. Based onthe smiling faces found at mile 25 of TCM, many of the class members met these goals. Thecoaching staff congratulates each and every class participant for a job well done.

Those watching from the finish area, weretreated with an emotional display of pride asthe Twin Cities Marathon Women’s divisionwinner/USA Women’s marathon winnerwaved to the crowd in a victory lap draped inthe American Flag.

But the road to get to the finish was noth-ing less than dramatic for the fastest on thecourse. In the Men’s open race, winner JasonHartman, of Concord, Massachusetts, made acritical decision to return to pick up his waterbottle at mile 23, where it had dropped. Hesaid he knew he’d have to make up the lostmeters, but knowing he’d need the fluids tofinish strong motivated his decision. And awise one it was, as he finished nearly a minuteahead of second place finisher, AugustusKavutu Mbusya, with a time of 2:12:09. In all,10 men qualified for the “A” standard for the2012 Olympic Trials.

And mile 24 was the place to switch to“lead” for USA Women’s Marathon ChampionIlsa Paulson (20), of New York, New York, whowas trailing Colleen De Reuck (45), of Boulder,Colorado, who at mile 19 had a 40 secondlead.

The 25 year age difference took it’s toll,when Paulson pulled ahead and took the fin-ish with a 2:31:49 time, qualifying her for the2012 Olympic Trials. De Reuck’s 2:32:37 gaveher the nod for second, as well as the USAMasters Marathon Championship title in theWomen’s Masters race. De Reuck said in apost race interview that at her age, she canrecognize the importance of strategically run-ning a race and enjoying it at the same time.

Team USA Minnesota’s, Kristen NicoliniLehmkuhle, finished in third place with a timeof 2:35:06. The race was her debut marathonas well as her highest finish in a U.S.Championship event.

Kristen commented, “I went out a littlequicker than I would have liked and foundmyself alone by mile seven, so I was gladwhen some others caught up with me…Another competitor and I were together onSummit Avenue, and I thought if I had any-thing left, I would pick it up going down thehill to the finish line in order to get thirdplace.”

The Twin Cities Marathon was the first andonly time this year that women could qualifyfor the 2012 Olympic Trials, and the race gave

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Name Time EventAdams, Andrea 5:27:21 Twin CitiesAlbrecht, Mark 4:11:05 Twin CitiesAlbrecht, Tom 3:07:00 Twin CitiesAngelo, Tracy 3:55:24 Twin CitiesBecker, Sheila 4:11:36 Twin CitiesBerger, Andrea 5:22:27 Twin CitiesBluem, Erin 4:19:03 Twin CitiesBlum, Brandy 3:53:35 Twin CitiesBrumbaugh, Erik 4:20:15 Twin CitiesBurger, Lisa 3:51:38 Twin CitiesCampeau, Nathan 2:50:53 Twin CitiesCarrithers, John 3:12:44 Twin CitiesCheney, Ronald 4:30:32 Twin CitiesChristensen, Rochelle 4:30:16 Twin CitiesClaussen, Lisa 4:18:05 Twin CitiesCross, Nick 3:56:00 Twin CitiesDaughtery, Julie 4:27:54 Twin CitiesDeters, Mark 4:00:53 Twin CitiesDevore, Amy 6:05:11 Twin CitiesErmini, Laura 5:02:44 Fox Cities Flack, Audrey 4:44:26 Twin CitiesFlack, Chris 4:44:26 Twin CitiesFleischacker, Bruce 4:31:26 Twin CitiesFletcher, Carolyn 3:42:56 Twin CitiesFlynn, Joe 5:11:40 Twin CitiesFrost, Noelle 5:12:26 Twin CitiesGault, Chris 4:36:41 Twin CitiesGrier, Alissa 5:30:28 Twin CitiesGute, Sarah 4:17:04 Twin CitiesHansen, Dan 3:56:32 Twin CitiesHansen, Mark 4:04:54 ChicagoHawkins, Emily 5:17:16 Twin CitiesHenry, Cheryl 4:12:50 Twin CitiesHorton, Katherine 3:28:36 Twin CitiesHumphrey, Deb 3:56:28 Twin CitiesJames, Tom 4:32:01 Twin Cities

Jensen, Sarah 4:18:29 Twin CitiesJohnson, Jennifer 3:45:08 Twin CitiesJohnson, Brent 5:28:58 Marine CorpsJohnson, Mary 6:32:23 Marine CorpsJohnson, Kristin 4:53:55 Twin CitiesJud, Carol 4:09:25 Twin CitiesKremenak, Michael 3:31:33 Twin CitiesMcGuill, Dylan 3:59:48 Twin CitiesMills, Thomas 3:33:24 Twin CitiesMolnar, John 3:08:54 Twin CitiesNeurenmerrererer, Martha 4:58:33 Twin CitiesPals, Kathy 5:27:32 WhistlestopParker, Deb 5:24:46 ChicagoPease, Kim 3:59:37 Twin CitiesPeterson, Keri 3:48:57 ChicagoPlackner, Andrew 3:29:27 WhistlestopPorter, Alton 3:56:06 Twin CitiesRiebe, Greg 3:08:46 Twin CitiesRoss, Kevin 3:34:34 Twin CitiesSchrupp, Anne 4:23:09 Twin CitiesScotch, Chris 3:19:09 Twin CitiesScudiero, Jenn 3:51:32 Twin CitiesSeurer, Richard 4:15:17 Twin CitiesSevold, Bill 3:06:37 Twin CitiesSpellmen, Kent 4:32:21 Twin CitiesStensrud, Joel 3:34:49 Twin CitiesSulistyo, Api 4:53:30 Twin CitiesTabara, Kelly 5:03:13 Twin CitiesTaylor, Chris 4:52:38 Twin CitiesTaylor, Helen 1:55:48 Whistlestop HalfTaylor, Chris 1:28:xx Whistlestop HalfTeal, Jennifer 4:27:47 Twin CitiesThomson, Ruth 4:26:10 WhistlestopTrost, Dee 4:19:54 Twin CitiesWeilage, Kim 3:13:19 Twin CitiesWieczorek, Melissa 3:51:31 Twin CitiesWilliams, Steve 4:21:23 Quad Cities

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that chance to 10 women, who picked up an“A” qualifying time of 2:39:00 or better, and19 “B” qualifiers who ran in 2:46:00 or better.

In the USA Men’s Masters MarathonChampionship, course favorite, Tracy Lokken,finished in 2:22:34 with a grin and a little cel-ebratory dance, as he crossed the line lookinglike he’d just run three blocks. And in thewheeler competition, course record holder,Saul Mendoza, took the downhill on SummitAvenue, five seconds ahead of Scott Parson,with a finishing time of 1:40:55.

In all, 8,435 runners and 14 wheelerspushed their own pace, surrounded them-selves with entertainment and welcomed thefinal hill down Summit Avenue in Saint Paul tofinish what they’d come to do.

In the Corporate Team Challenge, 764 run-ners were part of the 39 teams who challengedeach other. Nine Official Cheer Zones celebrat-ed the day. And nearly 30 entertainmentgroups lined the course to cheer folks on.

Some of the runners’ comments includedfirst timer, Wendy Haasken, who said, “Whatan amazing experience. I am so grateful toeveryone who volunteered and made thisday an awesome one for me. My favoritespectator comment was, ‘Don’t worry aboutyour knees. That’s what knee replacementsare for.’ This gave me a good laugh when Ireally needed it.”

Greg Shives said, “The course and fanswere great, but I think I appreciated the otherrunners most of all. When hurting, I could lookat runners next to me and tell that they werepouring their hearts out and going throughmany of the same thoughts and emotions.Congratulations to everyone on your own per-sonal triumph.”

Next year’s Twin Cities Marathon raceweekend will take place October 1 to 3, 2010.For a mid-summer long run, Twin Cities InMotion, the organization who hosts the TwinCities Marathon, launches its inaugural Red,White and Boom TC Half Marathon July 4,2010. Registration opens December 1, 2009.For more information, visit www.mtc-marathon.org. RM


For most of us, the marathon weekend began earlyon Sunday morning at the Metrodome in downtownMinneapolis. Heidi Keller Miler, MDRA office manager,and I started our racing weekend on Friday morning, aswe have done for a couple of years, setting up the MDRAbooth at the Xcel Center in downtown St. Paul.

This year, I suggested we meet at Mickey’s Diner, just afew blocks away from the “X,” for a quick breakfast.

This art deco landmark, at St. Peter and West 7thStreets, is much more than just a place to get something toeat. Walk in, take a quick left and grab a stool, becauseDavid “Don’t call me a chef” Steien is in charge. He’s a cook,amateur psychologist and student of human behavior, whois holding court between his grill and the counter.

There were four of us for breakfast that morning. Heidi,myself, Don McLean singing “American Pie” from the speak-ers in the ceiling and Steien, who is one of the wonderfullyunique people who make Mickey’s a St. Paul institution.

What makes people stop in and then want to come back?“Perhaps it’s the camaraderie, the nostalgia, the food or the

familiarity they have with the place,” he says, leaving himself outof the picture.

Personally, I’m drawn to the diner because Steien, and the oth-ers who work there, are simply fun to talk with.

“That’s me, I guess,” Stein shrugged when I say he is easy totalk to. “I mean there is no show, really. It’s just me. Downright dirtreal,” he says.

Bye, Bye Miss American PieDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dryAnd good ol’ boys were drinking whiskey and ryeSinging this will be the day that I dieThis will be the day that I die

So how does he know which customer will respond to a well-timed quip and who is just looking for eggs and hash browns?

“I read people,” he says. “I go with my gut feeling and on myexperiences working at Mickey’s. There are common cues that youfind, that you sense, in everyone. But some will throw you offbecause that’s the way they are. They’re individuals.”

More than once, Heidi says her pancakes are very good, whichleads to questions about what is in them.

“We make our own batter,” he shoots back at me.Everyone says that, so I come right back at him asking for

more details.

“Well, mostly, it’s the goodcook,” he says shyly, pausing, to see if I catch his humor. “Somepeople can really mess things up. But it takes a lot to mess up agood pancake.”

Standing in front of his grill, Steien is a perpetual motionmachine. Yet, he is at ease with the pace, typically “juggling” twofrying pans each filled with different omelets, pancakes on theright side of the grill, bacon and hash browns in the center and theleft. And above the grill on a shelf there are waffles cooking in atwo-sided waffle maker. In addition he pours coffee, doles outorange juice, slides silverware to customers and clears plates.

When I throw a slow curve, saying he seems to thrive on lots ofaction, Steien promptly smacks it out of the park.

“It’s how I deal with stress,” he says, putting a capital “S” inhis voice, and pausing again to see if I catch his humor.

He says some people can do only one thing at a time.“But I’m great at what I do,” he says, with no ego in his voice,

“and that seems to make people happy. That’s important in any-thing you do. To make someone else happy, well, that makes youhappy no matter what you do.”

A long, long time ago... I can still remember howThat music used to make me smile.And I knew if I had my chance,That I could make those people dance,And maybe they’d be happy for a while RM

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R U N N E R S A N D S P E C TA T O R S :

Fuel Up for the Medtronic Twin Cities

Marathon Weekend at Mickey’s

by Bill Knight

31 Andriette Wickstrom, 54 45:0538 Leila McGrath, 52 45:4965 Kristin Kirk-Healy, 52 50:0168 Susan Pokorney, 54 50:3877 Sharon Boys, 51 51:0493 Suzanne Carson, 54 53:0095 Gail Berger, 51 53:0997 Mary Maas, 51 53:15

Women 55 - 5917 Janet Rosen, 55 41:1282 Betty Tomerlin, 57 51:2388 Ann Haugejorde, 55 52:0294 Patti Vitek, 58 53:04113 Sandra Yates, 55 54:30124 Terri Hoy, 56 55:16159 Patricia Oakes, 56 59:14188 Cheryle Theisen, 59 1:04:28

Women 60 - 6471 Gloria Jansen, 62 50:5084 Kathleen Shea, 61 51:3085 Carol Brouillard, 61 51:30100 Rosemary Harnly, 63 53:25102 Mary Croft, 63 53:36111 Candy Patrin, 61 54:26138 Patricia Goodwin, 63 56:06142 Rebecca Stone Flory, 61 57:07163 Kathryn Benhardus, 62 59:36175 Susan Gebelein, 61 1:01:22

Women 65 - 6960 Kathleen Peterson, 66 49:46110 Judith Cronen, 69 54:17214 Eleanor Kragseth, 66 1:13:50

Women 70 - 74203 Dorothy Marden, 72 1:08:41212 Phyllis Kahn, 72 1:12:32

Women 75 - 79219 Barbara Burhans, 78 1:26:03

MDRA Victory 5KSeptember 7, Minneapolis

Open Men1 David Thompson, 31 15:432 Kelly Mortenson, 38 15:453 Ed Whetham, 32 15:594 Matt Schadow, 30 16:185 Michael Nawrocki, 37 16:306 Nathan Campeau, 30 16:557 Andy Hall, 18 17:028 Peter Tollefson, 28 17:159 Jay Nelson, 39 17:2010 John Goetz, 21 17:3211 Andrew Comstock, 18 17:3612 Matthew Grams, 34 17:3913 John Maas, 48 17:5814 Jesse Longley, 43 18:0915 David Ortmann, 47 18:2116 Martin Kline, 42 18:2917 Adam Ankrum, 37 18:3818 Tim Noel, 37 18:4019 Marty Urick, 42 18:4220 Dan Sparkman, 49 18:4421 Kirt Goetzke, 48 18:4422 Michael Anderson, 45 19:1323 Eric Larson, 39 19:1724 Omar Palacios, 26 19:23

MDRA Victory 10KSeptember 7, Minneapolis

Open Men1 Josh Moen, 27 29:302 Justin Grunewald, 23 30:383 Eric Hartmark, 31 31:254 Michael Henderson, 30 32:285 David Thompson, 31 32:386 Kevin Groh, 22 32:577 Erik Teig, 25 33:268 Thomas Tisell, 42 33:299 Dimitri Drekonja, 35 33:4610 Evgeny Beletskiy, 23 33:5911 Jason Havey, 25 34:0712 Andy Hall, 18 34:3913 Christopher Fuller, 50 34:4314 Dave Duede, 30 35:0615 Kirt Goetzke, 48 35:3616 Bobby Paxton, 53 35:5917 Paul Brown, 52 36:0318 Dan Morse, 56 36:0819 Neil Bizily, 34 36:1220 Randy Wiinanen, 54 36:1321 Bill Magdalene, 50 36:1522 Michael New, 32 36:1823 Jared Olhoft, 27 36:1924 John Grimes, 24 37:0025 Will Neilsen, 20 37:0226 Jim Ramacier, 46 37:0427 Scott Wilson, 32 37:2128 Brandon Wold, 17 37:2529 Adam Ankrum, 37 37:3530 Daniel Scheff, 28 37:49

Open Women1 Jennifer Houck, 25 35:412 Amy Lyons, 24 36:313 Mary Palmer, 22 36:554 Ariella Gottfried, 22 37:075 Susanna Emond, 25 37:146 Terri Emond, 25 37:407 Melissa Gacek, 33 37:548 Bonnie Sons, 44 38:369 Sonya Decker, 43 38:4910 Angie Voight, 32 39:0411 Kelly Keeler Ramacier, 47 39:0912 Cathy Yndestad, 31 39:5313 Kate Tavakley, 35 40:0514 Laura Ankrum, 36 40:2915 Donna Philippot, 41 40:5916 Joelle Nelson, 42 41:0717 Janet Rosen, 55 41:1218 Emi Yasaka, 32 41:2319 Laurie Hanscom, 46 41:3320 Erika Sperl-Imhoff, 19 41:3321 Renee Saxman, 48 41:3722 Marnie Witmer-Gautsch, 43 42:4323 Julie Hull, 36 42:5924 Sherry Case, 50 43:3625 Eileen Moran, 44 43:4626 Amy Clark, 45 43:5827 Jessica Deegan, 33 44:3328 Sadie Briggs, 33 44:4529 Maaike Cronin, 30 44:4630 Donna Melody, 51 44:47

Men 16 - 1728 Brandon Wold, 17 37:25

207 Bart Vukich, 16 51:06208 Alex Woo, 16 51:06262 Robert Wankel, 17 57:47

Men 18 - 1912 Andy Hall, 18 34:39247 Henry Xayamongkhon, 19 54:46

Men 35 - 399 Dimitri Drekonja, 35 33:4629 Adam Ankrum, 37 37:3531 Troy Anderson, 38 37:5037 Randy Niemiec, 38 38:4540 Eric Bottema, 35 38:5741 Jason Wedel, 37 38:5753 John Carrithers, 35 40:1757 Christian Hicks, 35 40:3664 Todd Jones, 38 41:0876 Erick Cedeno, 35 41:52

Men 40 - 448 Thomas Tisell, 42 33:2938 John Hopkins, 43 38:4739 Scott Ramberg, 42 38:5342 Eric Tuck, 43 39:0847 Michael Severson, 42 39:3550 David Nyberg, 41 39:5851 Kenneth Rosen, 44 40:0460 Jay Hempe, 42 40:5263 Tom Ruen, 41 41:0168 Paul Arneberg, 40 41:22

Men 45 - 4915 Kirt Goetzke, 48 35:3626 Jim Ramacier, 46 37:0436 Rich Butwinick, 45 38:1944 Rick Larsen, 48 39:1246 Bill Atkins, 48 39:1752 Jerry Caruso, 49 40:1455 Kevin Kaiser, 49 40:1971 Michael Lawler, 48 41:3380 Robert Fan, 45 42:1086 Karl Bradford, 46 42:51

Men 50 - 5413 Christopher Fuller, 50 34:4316 Bobby Paxton, 53 35:5917 Paul Brown, 52 36:0320 Randy Wiinanen, 54 36:1321 Bill Magdalene, 50 36:1533 Robert Jacobson, 50 38:0134 Tom Woo, 50 38:0545 Dale Heinen, 53 39:1249 Rick Jackson, 50 39:4465 Paul Case, 51 41:10

Men 55 - 5918 Dan Morse, 56 36:0856 Douglas Bakkene, 55 40:2061 Dave Haley, 55 40:5462 Michael Bjornberg, 55 40:5672 Denny Jordan, 58 41:3978 Doug Thomas, 55 42:0584 Mark Brunsvold, 58 42:5087 Michael Engelmann, 55 42:5495 Albert Van Der Schans, 57 43:10103 John Naslund, 59 43:57

Men 60 - 6479 Jim Graupner, 64 42:07113 Allen Gibas, 64 44:52126 John Cretzmeyer, 60 45:27146 Patrick McDavitt, 63 47:16161 David Schreiber, 62 48:09167 Olaf Lukk, 63 48:43

174 Virgil Koski, 60 49:05182 Steven Yussen, 62 49:58183 Doug Busch, 61 50:01184 Gene Geller, 60 50:04

Men 65 - 6954 Jared Mondry, 67 40:17100 Winston Gordon, 65 43:39147 Herb Byun, 65 47:20163 Harvey Johnson, 68 48:15164 Dennis Brewer, 67 48:34191 Norm Purrington, 66 50:27204 Roger Carlson, 68 51:02241 Don Wright, 68 53:57249 Frank Rhame, 66 54:53254 Kenneth Holmstrom, 66 55:49

Men 70 - 74127 Nick Rogers, 71 45:29145 Thom Weddle, 71 47:13260 Richard R Burch, 74 57:04263 Pat Brown, 73 57:59283 John Adams, 72 1:01:42302 Edward Lentz, 73 1:07:18308 John Healy, 70 1:16:23

Men 75 - 79252 Greg Prom, 78 55:40

Men 80 - 84303 Rogers Anderson, 80 1:08:28

Women 14 - 15136 Madisen Vukich, 14 55:46

Women 18 - 1920 Erika Sperl-Imhoff, 19 41:33186 Olivia Brownson, 18 1:03:57

Women 35 - 3913 Kate Tavakley, 35 40:0514 Laura Ankrum, 36 40:2923 Julie Hull, 36 42:5936 Jamie Nordstrom, 39 45:3737 Kristen Gunderson, 36 45:3742 Michelle Kalenborn, 36 46:1843 Cindi Spence Matt, 38 46:3146 Lisa Burger, 38 46:5247 Patricia Johnson, 38 47:0558 Kim Pease, 39 48:50

Women 40 - 448 Bonnie Sons, 44 38:369 Sonya Decker, 43 38:4915 Donna Philippot, 41 40:5916 Joelle Nelson, 42 41:0722 Marnie Witmer-Gautsch, 43 42:4325 Eileen Moran, 44 43:4633 Tracy Thompson, 42 45:2444 Colleen Jason, 44 46:3649 Kari Lorch, 44 47:4951 Jolynn Buck, 44 48:17

Women 45 - 4911 Kelly Keeler Ramacier, 47 39:0919 Laurie Hanscom, 46 41:3321 Renee Saxman, 48 41:3726 Amy Clark, 45 43:5840 Jackie Dezellar, 46 46:0045 Tracy Serreyn, 45 46:4550 Julie Ward, 48 48:0555 Sally Lederer, 48 48:2362 Rochelle Christensen, 48 49:5372 Julie Hjerpe, 49 50:51

Women 50 - 5424 Sherry Case, 50 43:3630 Donna Melody, 51 44:47



25 David Kleingarn, 51 19:3726 Patrick Eastman, 48 19:4327 Kevin Domeier, 48 19:4328 Bill Hansen, 62 19:4429 Tom Ruen, 41 19:4630 Dale Heinen, 53 19:56

Open Women1 Maria Michaud, 24 18:302 Joyce Bourassa, 41 18:403 Kristin Haubrich, 23 19:014 Catherine Lee, 35 19:105 Angie Voight, 32 19:276 Diane Urick, 43 19:527 Kate Tavakley, 35 20:088 Laura Ankrum, 36 20:169 Lisa Hines, 46 20:3110 Katherine Horton, 32 20:4711 Renee Saxman, 48 20:5012 Megan Webster, 54 20:5913 Marnie Witmer-Gautsch, 43 21:0514 Tweety Wolf, 53 21:2015 Danielle Gordanier, 38 21:2516 Judy Meyer, 49 21:3517 Elizabeth Smith, 27 21:3918 Sadie Briggs, 33 21:4619 Karen Nelson, 30 21:5620 Pallavi Bhosale, 23 22:0621 Maria Schilling, 36 22:1222 Ann Choi-Roloff, 31 22:4223 Andriette Wickstrom, 54 22:4324 Anita Baugh, 51 22:4425 Erika Sperl-Imhoff, 19 22:4626 Kristen Gunderson, 36 22:4827 Jackie Dezellar, 46 23:0828 Christine Tvrdik, 24 23:2329 Mollie Bousu, 25 23:2530 Rachel Charpentier, 24 23:28

Men 8 - 988 Jack Fredrikson, 9 23:56

Men 10 - 11112 Wilson Barnett, 10 26:01

Men 12 - 1332 Liam Tyler, 13 20:0183 Nick Bassett, 13 23:42

Men 14 - 15103 Ben Schleck, 14 25:20128 Reid Pettersen, 14 27:56135 Andrew Salmela, 15 28:19144 Shawn Raymo, 14 30:33

Men 16 - 1745 Aaron Rawson, 16 20:4960 Joey Raymo, 17 22:01

Men 18 - 197 Andy Hall, 18 17:0211 Andrew Comstock, 18 17:3672 Andre Sustic, 18 22:59

Men 35 - 392 Kelly Mortenson, 38 15:455 Michael Nawrocki, 37 16:309 Jay Nelson, 39 17:2017 Adam Ankrum, 37 18:3818 Tim Noel, 37 18:4023 Eric Larson, 39 19:1733 Christian Hicks, 35 20:1037 Chris Hlusak, 36 20:2647 Matthew Becker, 39 21:0455 Shane Cheever, 36 21:38

Men 40 - 4414 Jesse Longley, 43 18:0916 Martin Kline, 42 18:2919 Marty Urick, 42 18:4229 Tom Ruen, 41 19:4634 Mike Scriver, 41 20:1741 Robert McCoy, 44 20:3948 Brad Anderson, 43 21:0579 Karl Benson, 44 23:3084 Eric Iverson, 40 23:42

Men 45 - 4913 John Maas, 48 17:5815 David Ortmann, 47 18:2120 Dan Sparkman, 49 18:4421 Kirt Goetzke, 48 18:4422 Michael Anderson, 45 19:13

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26 Patrick Eastman, 48 19:4327 Kevin Domeier, 48 19:4336 Jerry Caruso, 49 20:2539 Larry Freund, 49 20:3544 Robert Fan, 45 20:47

Men 50 - 5425 David Kleingarn, 51 19:3730 Dale Heinen, 53 19:5646 Keith Magnuson, 53 21:0361 Mark LeDuc, 54 22:0264 Mike Amundson, 50 22:1465 Robert Britain, 51 22:1666 Jerry Heaps, 54 22:1880 Patrick Bussen, 52 23:3085 Drew Lamosse, 52 23:4892 Steven Stormoen, 50 24:25

Men 55 - 5931 Chuck Anderson, 59 20:0135 Duane Millslagle, 58 20:2438 Douglas Bakkene, 55 20:2942 Mike Fahey, 56 20:4443 Doug Thomas, 55 20:4649 Pete Thomas, 56 21:0851 Dave Haley, 55 21:2354 Wayne Olhoft, 58 21:3158 Michael Bjornberg, 55 21:5363 John Naslund, 59 22:10

Men 60 - 6428 Bill Hansen, 62 19:4476 Curt Goke, 63 23:0995 Max Green, 60 24:58101 Dennis Babcock, 61 25:14105 Jon Melander, 61 25:24106 Patrick O’Regan, 62 25:28109 Dennis Johnson, 60 25:41111 Gene Geller, 60 25:58133 Gary Smisek, 62 28:09147 Mike Theisen, 60 30:52

Men 65 - 6968 Steve Roy, 65 22:2394 Jim Mayerle, 69 24:4398 Harvey Johnson, 68 25:0699 Rick Recker, 65 25:12107 Norm Purrington, 66 25:29110 Al Larson, 66 25:43125 Gerry Vande Garde, 65 27:47136 Marv Lindo, 67 28:25145 Larry Rolf, 65 30:38146 Jerry Stamm, 65 30:40

Men 70 - 74138 Pat Brown, 73 28:30142 Richard R Burch, 74 29:52157 Larry Bradford, 71 33:32166 Roger Conant, 71 39:15171 Sy Gross, 74 40:27

Men 75 - 79131 Greg Prom, 78 28:06150 Bill Peters, 76 31:38155 Manny Husebo, 76 33:16175 Duane Peterson, 79 44:42

Men 80 - 84173 Jim Waterman, 83 43:38

Women Under 8130 Hope Legan, 6 35:43143 Gracie Legan, 5 41:29

Women 10 - 1139 Rachel Anderson, 11 24:0469 Lindsay Rubin, 10 28:06

Women 12 - 1370 Eva Pettersen, 13 28:1589 Megan Stuart, 12 29:3790 Michaela Sherbet, 12 29:37

Women 14 - 1558 Kristen Parizek, 15 26:3759 Sana Siddiqui, 15 26:3777 Krystal Kraemer, 15 28:39

Women 16 - 1754 Conner McLain Burch, 17 25:39


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Women 18 - 1925 Erika Sperl-Imhoff, 19 22:46

Women 35 - 394 Catherine Lee, 35 19:107 Kate Tavakley, 35 20:088 Laura Ankrum, 36 20:1615 Danielle Gordanier, 38 21:2521 Maria Schilling, 36 22:1226 Kristen Gunderson, 36 22:4838 Patricia Johnson, 38 23:5941 Christine Lynch, 36 24:1050 Sarah Johnson, 39 25:1152 Emily Parker, 36 25:28

Women 40 - 442 Joyce Bourassa, 41 18:406 Diane Urick, 43 19:5213 Marnie Witmer-Gautsch, 43 21:0534 Diane Hopkins, 42 23:4546 Heidi Rosati, 43 24:5848 Tammy Domeier, 42 25:0171 Joanna Ramirez Barrett, 40 28:2173 Martha Althaus, 42 28:2978 Eva Ortmann, 44 28:44127 Bobbi Hoppe, 40 35:29

Women 45 - 499 Lisa Hines, 46 20:3111 Renee Saxman, 48 20:5016 Judy Meyer, 49 21:3527 Jackie Dezellar, 46 23:0832 Julie Ward, 48 23:4157 Teresa Foushee, 46 26:2974 Michelle Shefveland, 48 28:3283 Lorie Schleck, 47 29:1184 Monica Paquette, 49 29:15


87 Grace Levoir, 48 29:26

Women 50 - 5412 Megan Webster, 54 20:5914 Tweety Wolf, 53 21:2023 Andriette Wickstrom, 54 22:4324 Anita Baugh, 51 22:4436 Yuriko Renardy, 54 23:5042 Virginia Skruppy, 52 24:1353 Barbara Sampson, 54 25:30113 Julie Eichacker, 51 33:09116 Karin Hansen, 51 33:32121 Roxann Schmitz, 51 33:54

Women 55 - 5931 Cathy Van Der Schans, 55 23:3881 Mary Steinbicker, 57 29:0693 Debra Parker, 56 29:5699 Rebecca Brown, 56 30:31100 Sally Weissman, 59 30:39101 Barbara Hunker, 55 30:41120 Mary Moses, 56 33:50144 Susan Scheff, 58 43:09

Women 60 - 6437 Francine Lepage, 60 23:52

Women 65 - 69117 Siglinde Moore, 69 33:34123 Marcia Willett, 65 34:18

Women 70 - 74151 Ardis Wright, 70 49:25

Women 75 - 79148 Jan Lloyd, 77 43:57

City of Lakes 25KSeptember 13, Lake Harriet andLake Calhoun, Minneapolis

Open Men1 Jason Lehmkuhle, 31 1:17:542 Luke Watson, 29 1:20:503 Chris Lundstrom, 33 1:22:414 Josh Metcalf, 34 1:24:365 Pete Gilman, 34 1:25:146 Ben Puhl, 23 1:26:317 Carl Gladitsch, 23 1:26:508 Joey Keillor, 35 1:27:109 Aaron Beaber, 26 1:27:1810 Ben Kampf, 23 1:27:2911 Thomas Tisell, 42 1:27:4112 Michael Henderson, 30 1:27:4313 Andy Keenan, 29 1:28:0414 Brent Roeger, 37 1:28:1415 Ben Schneider, 25 1:28:2316 Bryan Donald, 28 1:29:0117 Gregg Robertson, 39 1:29:0618 Justin Deeg, 28 1:29:1319 Ed Whetham, 32 1:29:2920 Dimitri Drekonja, 35 1:31:2021 Mark Bresnan, 30 1:31:4522 Nicolas Reichenbach, 28 1:32:0523 Steven Babcock, 23 1:32:3524 Erik Solberg, 28 1:32:4725 Andrew Petz, 24 1:32:5626 Gerad Mead, 30 1:33:1827 Kirt Goetzke, 48 1:33:2228 Scott Haugh, 40 1:33:2729 Pete Miller, 40 1:33:48

Open Women1 Erin Ward, 34 1:36:20

2 Danie Ashford, 22 1:38:073 Jennifer Hess, 26 1:38:514 Melissa Burkart, 27 1:41:425 Shelly Larson, 39 1:42:356 Willie Tibbetts, 38 1:43:207 Angie Williams, 29 1:43:358 Angie Voight, 32 1:43:599 Sonya Decker, 43 1:44:2710 Kimberly Anderson, 44 1:44:4911 Zoe Nagell, 27 1:45:1512 Kathy Provenzano, 35 1:46:2213 Donna Philippot, 41 1:46:4014 Rebekah Yetzer, 24 1:47:0515 Kate Tavakley, 35 1:47:5716 Robert Schuldt, 36 1:48:4517 Wanda Gau, 47 1:49:1918 Kareen Bacinski, 36 1:50:5319 Amy Halseth, 39 1:52:5520 Joelle Nelson, 42 1:53:3121 Laurie Hanscom, 46 1:53:3222 Kristin Zinsmaster, 24 1:53:3823 Cindy Lewandowski, 47 1:54:2024 Becky Hoover, 26 1:54:3025 Christine Barry, 35 1:55:3326 Sherry Case, 50 1:55:4027 Katherine Horton, 32 1:55:5528 Kitty Earl-Tornianen, 42 1:56:3129 Rachel Torblaa, 26 1:57:1330 Laura Rosenthal, 41 1:57:29

Men 35 - 398 Joey Keillor, 35 1:27:1014 Brent Roeger, 37 1:28:1417 Gregg Robertson, 39 1:29:0620 Dimitri Drekonja, 35 1:31:2043 Joel Wegener, 35 1:37:2555 Tracy Petersohn, 39 1:41:0960 Scott Lafrenz, 35 1:42:5780 Mike Bateman, 38 1:46:2083 Jason Wedel, 37 1:46:4684 Robert Srichai, 35 1:47:16

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Men 40 - 4411 Thomas Tisell, 42 1:27:4128 Scott Haugh, 40 1:33:2729 Pete Miller, 40 1:33:4831 Ron Giles, 40 1:34:2833 Matthew Waite, 41 1:35:3741 Hyun Yoon, 44 1:37:1047 Marc Nosal, 43 1:38:5349 Kirk Paulsen, 40 1:39:2251 Daniel De Grace, 41 1:40:3359 Jim Bengtson, 42 1:42:22

Men 45 - 4927 Kirt Goetzke, 48 1:33:2232 Chris Toepfer, 46 1:35:0546 Todd Blatti, 46 1:38:3953 Sean Smith, 47 1:40:5368 Todd Stevens, 45 1:44:5174 Todd Sperling, 49 1:45:3187 Eric Swanson, 47 1:47:3189 Robert Economy, 45 1:47:52104 Rick Larsen, 48 1:50:05107 Kevin Kaiser, 49 1:50:35

Men 50 - 5435 Bill Magdalene, 51 1:35:4437 Paul Brown, 52 1:36:1540 Bobby Paxton, 53 1:37:0450 Chip Cheney, 50 1:39:5754 Mike Evans, 51 1:41:0264 David Hartz, 52 1:44:1065 Bill Langhout, 51 1:44:1466 Robert Jacobson, 50 1:44:2172 Dale Heinen, 53 1:45:0079 Edward Goetz, 51 1:46:05

Men 55 - 5948 Dan Morse, 56 1:39:1886 Denny Jordan, 58 1:47:30131 Steve Maupin, 58 1:54:49133 Douglas Bakkene, 55 1:55:05152 Michael Connolly, 55 1:58:04159 Larry Thompson, 59 1:59:19174 Doug Thomas, 55 2:00:55175 John Naslund, 59 2:00:57177 John Traul, 57 2:00:59184 Michael Bjornberg, 55 2:02:26

Men 60 - 64180 Greg Taylor, 62 2:01:29210 Tom Vertin, 62 2:06:12222 Val Landwehr, 60 2:07:37259 Timothy McCoy, 63 2:11:45265 Thomas Moorman, 61 2:12:09305 Bob Dahl, 63 2:18:06310 Jerry Reger, 61 2:18:35343 Gene Geller, 60 2:23:28349 Roy Andrews, 62 2:24:39366 Virgil Koski, 60 2:27:07

Men 65 - 6988 Jared Mondry, 67 1:47:34216 Rick Kleyman, 69 2:06:40229 Herb Byun, 65 2:08:15355 Vincent Rohr, 65 2:25:53357 Norm Purrington, 66 2:26:10364 Dave Jones, 65 2:26:51402 Jim Simons, 68 2:33:08458 Antonio Salinas, 66 2:51:28460 Ted Braggans, 66 2:51:39485 David Erickson, 66

Men 75 - 79474 Ralph Wilson, 75 2:59:00

Women 14 - 15154 Hannah Strom, 15 2:24:23

Women 18 - 19201 Anna Resman, 18 2:31:42202 Katie Cierzan, 19 2:31:43

Women 35 - 395 Shelly Larson, 39 1:42:356 Willie Tibbetts, 38 1:43:2012 Kathy Provenzano, 35 1:46:2215 Kate Tavakley, 35 1:47:5716 Robert Schuldt, 36 1:48:4518 Kareen Bacinski, 36 1:50:5319 Amy Halseth, 39 1:52:5525 Christine Barry, 35 1:55:33


35 Melissa Jansen, 38 1:58:2942 Gail Davis, 35 1:59:20

Women 40 - 449 Sonya Decker, 43 1:44:2710 Kimberly Anderson, 44 1:44:4913 Donna Philippot, 41 1:46:4020 Joelle Nelson, 42 1:53:3128 Kitty Earl-Tornianen, 42 1:56:3130 Laura Rosenthal, 41 1:57:2932 Eileen Moran, 44 1:58:0437 Kelly Doering, 40 1:58:4453 Jill Wine, 42 2:02:2255 Kim Martin, 44 2:02:38

Women 45 - 4917 Wanda Gau, 47 1:49:1921 Laurie Hanscom, 46 1:53:3223 Cindy Lewandowski, 47 1:54:2036 Lisa Hines, 47 1:58:3041 Eileen Bonnert, 47 1:59:1767 Renae Johnson, 45 2:06:4381 Tracy Serreyn, 45 2:09:0383 Renee Saxman, 48 2:09:4385 Julie Ward, 48 2:10:2289 Amy Clark, 45 2:10:53

Women 50 - 5426 Sherry Case, 50 1:55:4043 Donna Melody, 51 1:59:2544 Katherine Adams, 52 1:59:5147 Andriette Wickstrom, 54 2:00:0154 Paula Class Winsor, 50 2:02:3359 Leila McGrath, 52 2:03:3461 Donella Neuhaus, 53 2:04:3865 Carolyn Fletcher, 52 2:05:4871 Patricia Wong, 50 2:07:29110 Anita Baugh, 51 2:16:49

Women 55 - 5938 Julie Virkus, 57 1:58:56131 Libby Larsen, 58 2:19:47151 Pamela Cutshall, 55 2:23:44176 Betty Tomerlin, 57 2:27:55224 Mary Beth Polking, 56 2:35:42230 Karen Fogolin, 55 2:36:32252 Debbie Christenson, 56 2:41:48264 Ann Haugejorde, 55 2:45:23

Women 60 - 64209 Patricia Goodwin, 63 2:32:59247 Peggy Trager, 63 2:41:16253 Kathryn Benhardus, 62 2:41:53290 Jacqueline Long, 62 2:53:28

Women 70 - 74317 Phyllis Kahn, 72 3:12:10

Grandma’sMinnesota MileSeptember 13, Duluth

Open Men1 Haron Lagat, 26 3:59.72 Moses Waweru, 31 4:00.83 Kyle Perry, 25 4:05.14 Josephat Keino, 28 4:06.45 Codie See, 25 4:06.66 Jeremy Polson, 31 4:06.77 Mike Hanlon, 24 4:08.78 Scott Fiksdal, 26 4:10.39 Justin Grunewald, 23 4:11.110 Sean Brosnan, 32 4:11.611 Chris Erichsen, 23 4:12.912 Matt Kramer, 24 4:15.813 Jason Rengo, 25 4:16.914 Eric Hartmark, 31 4:17.015 Obed Gisemba, 30 4:18.916 Christian Hesch, 30 4:22.117 Abel Ondeyo, 31 4:28.118 Friday Manye, 21 4:37.519 Kennedy Koech, 30 4:37.820 Kelly Mortenson, 38 4:38.321 Erik Kaitala, 37 4:46.022 David Hyopponen, 29 4:47.023 Henry Eichman, 31 4:48.0

24 Jarrow Wahman, 48 4:59.025 Tim McShane, 33 4:59.026 Dave Schuneman, 32 5:00.027 Dave Antonson, 31 5:00.028 Andrew Broadmoore, 33 5:02.029 Nicholas Provinzino, 33 5:03.030 Jay Austin, 40 5:05.0

Open Women1 Carrie Vickers, 32 4:41.02 Caroline Rotich, 25 4:47.53 Ladia Albertson-Junkan, 23 4:55.14 Denisa Costescu, 33 4:58.05 Jennifer Houck, 25 5:01.06 Serena Sullivan, 28 5:06.07 Lisa Lewis, 25 5:11.38 Kendall Schoolmeester, 27 5:25.59 Marlo McGaver, 39 5:32.810 Sarah Chasson, 17 5:37.011 Kelly Keeler Ramacier, 47 5:39.112 Janet Ochocki, 38 5:46.013 Amanda Lepisto, 27 5:53.014 Janet Rosen, 55 5:54.015 Tweety Wolf, 53 6:03.016 Kyle Elden, 28 6:10.017 Mary Ross-Mortenson, 42 6:21.018 Gina Slotness, 28 6:22.019 Crystal Gilbertson, 27 6:23.020 Erin Dalpiaz, 21 6:23.021 Tracy Malkovich, 30 6:25.022 Catherine Nachbar, 34 6:26.023 Marie Vanovermeiren, 41 6:27.024 Kirsten Higdem, 24 6:38.025 Janilyn Murtha, 32 6:39.026 Kayla Reiter, 15 6:40.027 Toni Christensen, 32 6:41.028 Dana Guetter, 21 6:45.029 Robyn Danielson, 25 6:50.030 Melissa Huray, 36 6:52.0

Men 10 - 11124 Siji Gonzalez, 11 6:39.0198 Eric Bergquist, 11 8:31.0

Men 12 - 13110 Jacob Ramacier, 13 6:26.0

Men 14 - 1552 Eric Miklausich, 15 5:33.054 Cedric Heller, 15 5:36.063 Darrin Zwak, 15 5:44.066 Manilan Houle, 15 5:46.0118 Tyler Nordwall, 15 6:34.0152 Sam Rosenzweig, 15 7:07.0158 Cameron Andrews, 15 7:09.0

Men 16 - 1731 Sam Ludwig, 16 5:06.038 Caleb Schuder, 16 5:13.076 Ian Devaney, 17 5:53.082 John Matson, 16 5:57.096 Kyle Thewis, 17 6:13.0

Men 18 - 19148 Brice Wizner, 18 7:05.0149 Evian Rave, 19 7:05.0168 Isaac Hall, 18 7:25.0

Men 35 - 3920 Kelly Mortenson, 38 4:38.321 Erik Kaitala, 37 4:46.037 Luke Peterson, 38 5:09.041 Richard Chambers, 38 5:17.049 Howie Leathers, 39 5:30.057 William Rossing, 38 5:38.059 Ajay Bapat, 37 5:39.065 Bradley Mahnke, 38 5:45.068 Glen Drexler, 35 5:46.072 Troy Erie, 36 5:52.0

Men 40 - 4430 Jay Austin, 40 5:05.050 Daniel Duff, 44 5:31.070 Brian Ochocki, 41 5:49.084 Todd Vandell, 43 6:00.0115 Woody Armitage, 44 6:29.0121 Thomas Murtha, 41 6:36.0122 Thomas Stanley, 44 6:36.0123 Eddie Cich Jr, 41 6:38.0125 Michael Hanson, 42 6:39.0127 Kane Tewes, 40 6:42.0

Men 45 - 4924 Jarrow Wahman, 48 4:59.034 Jim Ramacier, 46 5:08.040 Gary Unseth, 48 5:15.056 Mike Hickey, 46 5:37.058 Glenn Misgen, 46 5:38.086 Dudley Edmonson, 47 6:04.093 Ron Guetter, 49 6:12.099 Paul Zwak, 47 6:17.0104 John Lindgren, 49 6:21.0108 Jeffrey Myers, 46 6:25.0

Men 50 - 5435 Jerry Farrell, 54 5:08.042 Jess Koski, 54 5:18.043 Jason Lee, 54 5:19.055 Thomas Peterson, 50 5:37.071 Randy Back, 50 5:50.0106 Jeff Purcell, 52 6:24.0128 Jeff Holmbeck, 52 6:43.0136 Jeffery Heller, 50 6:54.0142 Keith Hinnenkamp, 50 6:59.0144 Robert Ashenmacher, 53 7:00.0

Men 55 - 5961 Gary Grierson, 59 5:42.062 Chris Hegg, 57 5:43.067 Duane Millslagle, 58 5:46.091 Jim Schoffman, 56 6:11.092 Jim McLean, 56 6:12.0111 Chuck Sjodin, 56 6:27.0113 Paul Stein, 58 6:27.0135 Douglas Bandli, 57 6:52.0154 Steve Libby, 55 7:07.0160 Ronald Goette, 59 7:11.0

Men 60 - 6448 Bill Hansen, 62 5:29.069 Jim Graupner, 64 5:47.0169 Bruce Paulson, 61 7:26.0194 Michael Anderson, 60 8:24.0196 Harlan Stech, 60 8:29.0

Men 65 - 6990 Don Dornfeld, 66 6:11.0100 Stu Clem, 65 6:18.0164 Daniel Sydow, 66 7:18.0172 Gil Kjorstad, 65 7:42.0178 Thomas Langley, 67 7:49.0183 Eugene Curnow, 65 8:05.0207 Nels Lawrence, 67 9:03.0

Women 12 - 1380 Ashleigh Arntson, 12 7:40.0144 Kaitlin Roper, 13 8:34.0

Women 14 - 1526 Kayla Reiter, 15 6:40.031 Lexy Vreeland, 15 6:57.0114 Alexis Houle, 14 8:04.0132 Brittany Bergquist, 14 8:21.0

Women 16 - 1710 Sarah Chasson, 17 5:37.037 Marina Marlow, 16 7:03.044 Alysa Cavanaugh, 16 7:09.057 Elizabeth Madole, 16 7:22.081 Lindsey Malec, 17 7:41.095 Emily Seguin, 16 7:51.0120 Lexus Eliason, 17 8:11.0154 Emily Hall, 16 8:40.0219 Caileigh Zylka, 16 10:22.0

Women 18 - 19236 Samantha Laveau, 18 10:53.0

Women 35 - 399 Marlo McGaver, 39 5:32.812 Janet Ochocki, 38 5:46.030 Melissa Huray, 36 6:52.040 Brenda Swanson, 39 7:05.041 Rebecca Krubsack, 36 7:05.053 Tracey Campbell, 36 7:18.054 Kimberly Mahnke, 38 7:19.055 Shelly Frohrip, 38 7:19.060 Lynda Ruud, 39 7:25.062 Connie Haugen, 35 7:25.0



“So what brought you to Fargofor these races?” 5K competitor, RalphFiskness, asked my husband, Eric. “Mycrazy wife,” was his reply. The inaugural running of the

Oktoberfest half marathon, 10K and 5Kwere held October 10, 2009. Just as theweather can be anywhere from hot to coldfor the Fargo Marathon events in May ofeach year, the October weather in Fargo-Moorhead is also unpredictable. Fridaynight, October 9, included strong winds andsnow, and Eric muttered something aboutonly idiots running in this kind of weather (he ran the 5K anyway).Saturday morning dawned with overcast skies, temperatures in the 20s and milder winds than pre-

dicted. Race director, Mark Knutson, of GoFarEvents, had planned for unpredictable weather, and so thecourses for the three events included the trails on both the Minnesota and North Dakota sides of theRed River, where the elevation is low compared to the adjoining floodplain terraces. The trees along theriver provide some shelter as well. Eric and I agreed that the winds were not a big factor in the 5K and 10K race courses. The floodplain

for the Red River is quite flat, so the primary grade changes were where the road passed under a bridgeand near the finish, where the trail comes up from the river to the city street. The asphalt trails werewell-marked. The aid stations had enthusiastic volunteers passing out water and sports drink. Greetersat the Red River crossing in Gooseberry Park were wearing purple tutus over their parkas. 1485 runners finished one of the three inaugural races. The 5K had 473 finishers, of which 356 (75

percent) were women. The 413 finishers of the 10K included 312 women (76 percent) and 53 percent ofthe half marathon finishers were women (319 of 599 runners). The results did raise an interesting ques-tion: where were all the men? Maybe they went straight to Old Broadway to start the Oktoberfest? Registration was limited to 1000 in the half marathon and 500 in each of the 5K and 10K races.

Registration closed five days before the race when the limits were reached. Those who ran the raceswere made of tough stuff. Or perhaps, they didn’t believe the meteorologists who said it would be coldand windy Saturday morning. Runners in all three races were awarded a finisher medal that could be used as a keychain. The Civic

Center kept competitors warm before and after the race, where post-race refreshments and the bag droproom were located. The bathrooms in the Civic Center developed long lines before the races, but a peekoutside revealed a line of port-a-potties that almost always had one available without waiting. Parkingwas plentiful in a lot adjacent to the Civic Center.The post-race Oktoberfest was held at Old Broadway restaurant in Fargo, where the awards for each

race were presented. Dick Beardsley Running Company was a sponsor of the event and gift certificatesto the store were the age group prizes. Prime Meats provided delicious selections for purchase at OldBroadway along with sauerkraut. The original plan was for an outdoor festival with hay bales surrounding the party-goers, but the

cold weather pushed people indoors to celebrate. Karen’s Kuchens was also at Old Broadway, sellingsweets to cleanse the onion and sauerkraut taste. This was another fine event for Fargo-Moorhead, andlikely to be bigger next year. Congratulations to GoFarEvents for an event well done. Maybe more menwill run next year, not to be bested by the women who proved their indomitable spirit in 2009. RM

Oktoberfest Half Marathon by Sonia Jacobsen

Race Recap


Women 40 - 4417 Mary Ross-Mortenson, 42 6:21.023 Marie Vanovermeiren, 41 6:27.059 Maureen Tobin Stanley, 40 7:25.070 Tammy Iverson, 42 7:36.072 Ellen Lindgren, 41 7:37.075 Melinda Van Der Vieren, 44 7:38.078 Julie Knochenmus, 43 7:39.082 Sarah Warwick, 44 7:42.086 Melissa Moriarty, 43 7:45.089 Kristin Rudd, 41 7:47.0

Women 45 - 4911 Kelly Keeler Ramacier, 47 5:39.151 Lois Robillard, 49 7:18.077 Jennifer Stattelman, 48 7:39.0105 Deb Tabor, 48 7:56.0134 Deanna Rafn, 49 8:24.0147 Jackie Jabs, 49 8:36.0160 Anna Fellegy, 48 8:43.0163 Mary Guetter, 49 8:45.0181 Nimet Aktekin, 46 9:04.0185 Melody Saleh, 46 9:12.0

Women 50 - 5415 Tweety Wolf, 53 6:03.036 Mary Moline, 50 6:59.058 Mary Haworth, 51 7:24.066 Elaine Bradley, 53 7:30.071 Barbara Haugen, 53 7:37.073 Patty Sertich, 51 7:37.088 Jennifer Madole, 52 7:46.090 Leeann Nelsen, 53 7:48.0109 Lanette Barnes, 52 7:59.0112 Deb Wendling, 54 8:01.0

Women 55 - 5914 Janet Rosen, 55 5:54.065 Arlene Elden, 57 7:30.0138 Sally Anderson, 57 8:27.0142 Shelly Russ, 55 8:32.0145 Lenora Moe, 59 8:36.0148 Mona Linden, 57 8:37.0150 Joyce Petsch, 55 8:38.0165 Cindi Butcher, 57 8:49.0215 Ruth Smith, 56 10:13.0220 Lorrie Parmeter, 58 10:23.0

Women 60 - 6432 Gloria Jansen, 62 6:57.061 Rosemary Harnly, 63 7:25.0127 Marie Kelsey, 61 8:17.0141 Gail Toftey, 62 8:31.0242 Wanda Gerard, 63 11:41.0

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Open Men1 Mathew Chesang, 28 15:302 Andy Richardson, 20 15:323 Steve Sulkin, 18 15:344 Andrew Larsen, 18 15:375 Mike McFarland, 22 15:446 Erik Truedson, 18 15:507 Jeremy Essler, 30 16:118 Drew Paradis, 18 16:179 Nick Hutton, 19 16:1810 Nathan Haggerty, 19 16:2311 Mark Bolster, 31 16:3912 Mike Shelendich, 21 16:5213 Will Nielsen, 20 16:5914 Christopher Denucci, 29 18:0115 Scott Wilson, 32 18:1616 Wade Zwiener, 50 18:1817 Mark Brose, 41 18:5318 Scott Mulinix, 27 18:5719 Gerry Werven, 47 18:5920 Robert Brown, 34 19:0521 Kevin Zanker, 44 19:0722 Robert Economy, 45 19:09

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23 Brady Mueller, 28 19:1524 Keith Lein, 43 19:1925 Chad Cronin, 36 19:2126 Shawn Patterson, 29 19:3727 David Carothers, 39 19:3928 Rick Campins, 42 19:4229 Chris Thueringer, 26 19:4930 Travis Morehead, 31 19:53

Open Women1 Meghan Armstrong, 23 16:452 Georganne Watson, 24 19:133 Melissa Armstrong, 31 19:154 Dawn Substad, 29 19:265 Jen Riewe, 36 19:376 Becca Lang, 31 19:507 Katherine Himes, 32 20:178 Sarah Moon, 22 20:419 Annemarie Iddins, 23 20:5410 Julia Lyng, 43 21:2111 Sarah Halbach, 22 22:1612 Kim Krezonoski, 16 22:1613 Tracy Thompson, 42 22:2114 Tweety Wolf, 53 22:2315 Kathy Haubrich, 50 22:2416 Angie Vasquez, 34 22:5517 Kristi Schmidt, 33 23:1318 Kaya Baker, 14 23:1519 Hannah Oscarson, 11 23:2020 Hally Bach, 33 23:2521 Kari Egeberg, 27 23:3822 Brittany Dusich, 25 23:4423 Alyssa Delaney, 29 23:4724 Andrea Wilson, 25 23:4925 Lisa Pelowski, 38 23:5026 Caitlin Berry, 23 23:5227 Emily Healy, 16 23:5728 Christina Gosack, 27 23:5829 Abbi Forsman, 14 24:0030 Molly Hillstrom, 32 24:01


Men Under 8255 William Jensen, 7 27:10531 Aiden West, 7 33:21620 William Svenddal, 7 36:10633 Landon Peterson, 7 36:42683 Jacob Ledermann, 7 39:16724 Mark Campbell Ii, 7 42:47725 Will Bents, 6 42:51778 Timothy Siems, 6 49:30804 Muck-Wa Roberts Jr, 2 51:38811 Joey Dunn, 5 52:29

Men 8 - 9150 Noah Schultz, 9 24:55163 Brandon Krikke, 9 25:18175 Willem Gokemeijer, 9 25:30207 Drew Engh, 9 26:17227 Christopher Gargano, 9 26:41235 Chase Fortman, 9 26:47263 Jan Bukowski, 9 27:19269 Michael Sauro, 9 27:25282 Stuart Fronk, 9 27:44313 Robbie Wedan, 9 28:20

Men 10 - 11100 Shane Krikke, 11 23:25110 Tyler Shilson, 10 23:48118 Alex Conrad, 10 23:58182 Parker Phillips, 10 25:46189 Adam Chiarella, 10 25:55205 Tony Fedrizzi, 11 26:16213 Adam Vettel, 11 26:21223 Ben Vanderbosch, 10 26:37237 Kyle Steinberg, 11 26:53248 Owen Stidman, 10 27:01

Men 12 - 1344 Liam Tyler, 13 20:43143 Jacob Schultz, 13 24:41149 Tom S Guevara-Carlson, 12 24:54186 Bailey Lachance, 12 25:52192 Thomas Garbe, 13 25:59212 Jeremy Nuque, 12 26:19

271 David Sinchi, 13 27:27303 Brandon Haan, 12 28:09314 Zach Kramka, 12 28:21338 Tony Yang, 13 28:42

Men 14 - 1542 Connor Worst, 14 20:3648 Jordan Daniel, 14 20:51105 Austin Cummings, 15 23:38145 Matt Peske, 15 24:50146 Sam Sherman, 14 24:51157 Joseph Jeffers, 14 25:13283 Andres Pinto, 14 27:44322 Jacob Messing, 14 28:28346 Darian Marshall, 14 28:50356 Willy Morrow, 14 29:05

Men 16 - 1747 Nicholas Dimarco, 16 20:4976 Darrick Drapeau, 16 22:0495 Joey Raymo, 17 23:00115 Jon Thierry, 16 23:55130 Albert Greene, 16 24:18395 Austin Wright, 16 29:55408 Jacob Sampson, 17 30:20723 Jesse Garcia, 17 42:47

Men 18 - 193 Steve Sulkin, 18 15:344 Andrew Larsen, 18 15:376 Erik Truedson, 18 15:508 Drew Paradis, 18 16:179 Nick Hutton, 19 16:1810 Nathan Haggerty, 19 16:23103 Frank Schmidt, 19 23:32158 Bradley Sutherland, 19 25:13167 Sam Swanson, 18 25:22197 Robert Dixon, 18 26:10

Men 35 - 3925 Chad Cronin, 36 19:2127 David Carothers, 39 19:3937 Timothy Kohls, 36 20:22

46 Christopher Hlusak, 36 20:4653 Michael Hentges, 37 21:0154 Roger Reinert, 39 21:0261 Jason Vanderport, 38 21:2462 Tim Kreidt, 38 21:2565 Christopher Gordon, 35 21:3699 Aaron Ferrie, 38 23:22

Men 40 - 4417 Mark Brose, 41 18:5321 Kevin Zanker, 44 19:0724 Keith Lein, 43 19:1928 Rick Campins, 42 19:4251 Ron Hawkins, 42 21:0057 Andrew Block, 41 21:1563 Michael Keller, 44 21:2975 Thomas Michal, 43 21:5580 Dave Lyons, 43 22:2089 Marlo Peterson, 43 22:42

Men 45 - 4919 Gerry Werven, 47 18:5922 Robert Economy, 45 19:0939 Robert Fan, 45 20:3150 Todd Twyman, 48 20:5855 Tom Books, 49 21:0271 Ross McLean, 49 21:4484 Jeff Thompson, 46 22:31104 Rick Stevens, 47 23:37127 Steve Massine, 48 24:12131 Kent Karnick, 47 24:21

Men 50 - 5416 Wade Zwiener, 50 18:1867 Kevin Torgerson, 50 21:4074 Richard Brauer, 54 21:4881 Gary Niemeier, 52 22:2686 James Meehan, 53 22:3394 Bill Schwantes, 53 22:57



96 Robert Barthel, 51 23:0397 Michael Perry, 54 23:17114 John Pitera, 51 23:53126 Jim Tillemans, 51 24:10

Men 55 - 5964 Albert Van Der Schans, 57 21:3468 Mark Libbey, 55 21:41199 Michael Pysno, 58 26:10230 Bill Payne, 58 26:44270 David Mishek, 56 27:26323 Steve Hiedeman, 57 28:28489 Anthony Wong, 59 32:08493 Robert Beck, 58 32:15502 Greg Miles, 56 32:30517 Paul Montain, 55 33:06

Men 60 - 64154 Bob Sturm, 62 25:07156 Danny Kagol, 61 25:10178 Denis Johnson, 60 25:42216 Lynn Gutz, 64 26:33253 Stuart Pimsler, 60 27:08293 William Fennert, 64 27:55353 Edward Sund, 64 28:55354 Jim Charling, 61 29:00471 Wayne Magnuson, 61 31:41488 James Raymo, 62 32:02

Men 65 - 69202 Harryf Farb, 65 26:14427 Gerry Vande Garde, 65 30:40451 Robert Schoenknecht, 65 31:18548 Richard Darst, 65 34:04693 George Bouer, 66 40:12709 Rich Benzkofer, 68 41:47744 John Vermillion, 65 44:21801 Charles Linderman, 65 51:22

Men 70 - 74557 Joe Claus, 72 34:29741 Sy Gross, 74 44:12837 John Riggs, 73 58:11

Men 75 - 79545 Raymond Garrity, 75 34:02654 Bill Bauck, 78 37:47

Women Under 8973 Sofiya Briguene, 7 50:11976 Domonique Fitz, 6 50:161114 Dia Balderramos, 4 59:061117 Emily Borchardt, 7 59:25

Women 8 - 947 Aspen Gregg, 9 25:4395 Sydney Carlson, 9 27:43118 Solomon Bach, 8 28:25122 Emily Shilson, 8 28:28130 Reese Strand, 8 28:38268 Claire Larson, 8 31:32359 Amanda Cassidy, 8 33:05498 Grace Zilka, 9 35:33516 Kelsey Tompkins, 9 35:47520 Lauren Schultz, 9 35:50

Women 10 - 1119 Hannah Oscarson, 11 23:2063 Helen Jensen, 11 26:3580 Ryan Strand, 11 27:1591 Grace Snyder, 11 27:38105 Lindsay Rubin, 10 28:00134 Parker Tope, 11 28:45168 Cameron Anderson, 11 29:33222 Alexis Johnson, 11 30:35224 Ruby Saddoris, 11 30:36250 Leyla Soykan, 11 31:03

Women 12 - 1348 Jenna Brandel, 13 25:46114 Cassandra Reed, 13 28:21116 Allison Kehn, 13 28:22139 Graydon Tope, 13 28:53205 Ellen Gutoske, 12 30:20282 Mimi Mejia, 12 31:41345 Jeanne Bart, 12 32:53551 Amanda Cunningham, 12 36:21606 Isabel Roeske, 12 37:18


690 Chloe Tuma, 12 39:04

Women 14 - 1518 Kaya Baker, 14 23:1529 Abbi Forsman, 14 24:0060 Erica Imhoff, 15 26:2198 Vanessa Voller, 15 27:47126 Clara Dockter, 15 28:33202 Kristin Podratz, 14 30:19214 Suzanna Bart, 14 30:26233 Taylor Hosszu, 15 30:45251 Lillian Newell, 14 31:05372 Allie Provost, 15 33:16

Women 16 - 1712 Kim Krezonoski, 16 22:1627 Emily Healy, 16 23:5772 Alanna Rahkola, 16 26:58315 Rose Kjos, 17 32:17601 Mary Clare Bart, 17 37:14823 Jenaya Farkell, 17 43:46845 Gabriela De Luna, 16 44:49904 Ana Laur Ruiz Rodrigues, 16 47:10934 Kym Carlson, 16 48:271089 Alicia Roberts, 16 57:08

Women 18 - 1971 Kelli Koehnle, 18 26:58110 Korinne O’Connor, 18 28:16151 Greta Omann, 19 29:13238 Samantha Broberg, 18 30:52292 Jenna Pettis, 19 31:53351 Lisang Tan, 18 32:58826 Christiana Kjos, 18 43:52859 Kelley Caldwell, 18 45:32

Women 35 - 395 Jen Riewe, 36 19:3725 Lisa Pelowski, 38 23:5037 Lori Most, 35 25:0158 Sara Noel, 36 26:1459 Jeri Mommaerts, 39 26:1670 Anne De Rovere, 37 26:5385 Lisa Fleck, 37 27:2688 Nicole Osterhaus, 37 27:3390 Annie Ideker, 36 27:3796 Natalie Wall, 35 27:44

Women 40 - 4410 Julia Lyng, 43 21:2113 Tracy Thompson, 42 22:2173 Donna Howlett, 44 27:01115 Angela McLean, 43 28:22127 Christine Hortenbach, 43 28:35177 Kim Anderson, 43 29:44182 Amee Liabraaton, 42 29:53206 Anne Podratz, 43 30:20210 Kara Mencel, 44 30:22212 Sharna Wahlgren, 41 30:22

Women 45 - 4941 Kathleen Zimmermann, 47 25:1964 Julie Dahl, 45 26:4266 Debra Pflipsen, 48 26:4874 Dawn Tope, 45 27:0399 Theresa Larson, 46 27:49102 Cynthia Hesbjerg, 49 27:52135 Sue Frank, 49 28:45146 Virginia Kopydlowski, 49 29:05155 Edie Stoen, 45 29:16180 Gina Hall, 49 29:46

Women 50 - 5414 Tweety Wolf, 53 22:2315 Kathy Haubrich, 50 22:2453 Betty Jo Haggerty, 53 26:0182 Robin Higley, 54 27:20153 Carla Lavere, 50 29:15157 Helene Schultz, 50 29:18169 Terry Fisher, 51 29:33200 Deborah James, 52 30:18203 Barbara Quesnel, 50 30:19209 Susan Fugina, 50 30:21

Women 55 - 59178 Babette Apland, 56 29:44290 Florence Fadell, 55 31:51299 Vicki Plant, 59 31:57344 Linda Sweet, 55 32:51350 Jane Gerber, 58 32:57364 Cindy Stevens, 55 33:08

366 Rebecca Hamilton, 58 33:09396 Jan Nielsen, 59 33:33407 Diane Sollenberger, 55 33:42467 Susan Ramsey, 57 34:47

Women 60 - 64273 Karen Dorn, 60 31:35399 Geri Fisher, 60 33:35466 Kathy Ceronsky, 60 34:47736 Rucy Vergidis, 60 40:17816 Sandra Pietraszewski, 63 43:25853 Carol Charling, 61 45:11856 Sherry Armstrong, 61 45:26857 Paula Hemer, 62 45:26883 Roberta Anderson, 60 46:27955 Mary Hischke, 61 49:18

Women 65 - 69271 Mary Schoenknecht, 65 31:34846 Margaret Thatcher, 66 44:50880 Kathleen Davison, 65 46:13913 Kathy Burger, 65 47:381019 Shirley McCluhan, 65 52:401102 Judy Kliese, 68 57:451108 Peggy Benzkofer, 67 58:32

Women 70 - 74358 Jane Thomson, 70 33:04787 Rosario Maysonet, 73 42:25938 Carol Hill, 70 48:29984 Kathryn Guimares, 72 50:391085 Pat Lenz, 72 56:351107 Judith Riggs, 74 58:11

TCM 10KOctober 3, St. Paul

Open Men1 Evgeny Beletskiy, 23 33:502 John Stanton-Geddes, 27 34:283 Dale Weiler, 24 37:474 Adam Burrack, 26 37:535 Kerry Rauschendorfer, 35 38:226 Ryan French, 37 38:547 Chad Gohman, 30 39:148 Matthew Fjeldsted, 49 39:169 David Norton, 35 39:2810 John McKlveen, 33 39:5011 Eric Slagle, 33 40:1112 Zachary Moss, 23 40:2213 Bruce Dockter, 52 40:3514 Douglas Wiesner, 52 40:4815 Andrew Becker, 39 41:2716 Scott Ross, 50 41:3617 Luke Brown, 41 41:5518 Robby Hillman, 31 42:0719 Loren Hooyman, 49 42:1120 Joseph Strand, 37 42:3021 Craig Mueller, 55 42:4022 Evan Powell, 28 42:4823 Curtis Gutoske, 46 42:5824 E-Shawn Goh, 33 43:1525 Dan Nelson, 25 43:3626 Kirk Jacobson, 51 43:4127 Garrett Egeberg, 24 43:4428 Charlie Plain, 38 43:5629 Doug Johnson, 52 43:5930 Steven Davidson, 38 44:04

Open Women1 Ariella Gottfried, 22 36:332 Kelly Keeler Ramacier, 47 40:493 Meghan Mayer, 24 41:334 Erin Williams, 24 43:535 Karen Dawson, 48 44:266 Jessica Chimerakis, 26 44:377 Jorjean Fischer, 47 45:118 Anjeanette Levings, 34 45:149 Hanni Wenker, 29 45:2110 Nevenka Allen, 35 45:2611 Alice Halvorson, 30 45:3012 Brianna Rohne, 25 46:1813 Jacenta Spandl, 25 46:2914 Paula Winsor, 50 46:39

15 Jessie Steiner Steiner, 25 46:5916 Louise Kjorstad, 26 47:3617 Anne Thatcher, 48 47:3818 Shauna Bahr, 34 47:4519 Stacy Cluff, 36 47:5620 Sheila Carey, 25 47:5721 Shelley Fabry, 24 47:5822 Emma Nelson, 33 47:5823 Kaila Sawochka, 22 48:0524 Barb Leininger, 56 48:0525 Jodie Farmer-West, 37 48:1626 Jennifer Turner, 28 48:2227 Nikki Fonseth, 37 48:3328 Stephanie Callanan, 38 48:3529 Kate Braun, 34 48:5330 Mollie Bousu, 25 49:07

Men 8 - 9295 Jonah Calvo, 9 59:12

Men 10 - 11173 Corey Loos, 11 53:16299 Noah Calvo, 11 59:18407 Collin Steele, 11 1:07:00443 Nathan Mills, 11 1:15:08

Men 12 - 13307 Luke Johnson, 12 59:32313 Gabe Berg, 12 59:41323 Evan Kessens, 12 1:00:39363 James Jones, 13 1:03:58

Men 14 - 1588 Dyon Tran, 15 48:50237 Cole Peterson, 14 56:24277 Harrison French, 14 58:11381 David Cook, 15 1:05:18403 Carter Lacrosse, 14 1:06:51414 Matt Gregoire, 15 1:08:22

Men 16 - 1731 John Grotenhuis, 16 44:04218 Tony Lewis, 16 55:28242 Adam Steeber, 17 56:32

Men 18 - 19193 Cameron French, 19 54:17374 Jordon Harrison, 19 1:04:35

Men 35 - 395 Kerry Rauschendorfer, 35 38:226 Ryan French, 37 38:549 David Norton, 35 39:2815 Andrew Becker, 39 41:2720 Joseph Strand, 37 42:3028 Charlie Plain, 38 43:5630 Steven Davidson, 38 44:0432 Randy Schwarz, 35 44:0553 Dererk Hansen, 36 45:3554 Eric Youngdahl, 36 45:50

Men 40 - 4417 Luke Brown, 41 41:5572 Edward Kelly, 44 47:3877 David Stolpman, 41 48:0580 Mike Schulz, 40 48:2289 Tom Lawrence, 42 49:0198 Clement George, 40 49:29102 Paul Freher, 43 49:40105 Michael Devoe, 44 49:47114 Stephen Luckey, 40 50:22118 Jeff Mayer, 42 50:32

Men 45 - 498 Matthew Fjeldsted, 49 39:1619 Loren Hooyman, 49 42:1123 Curtis Gutoske, 46 42:5836 Steve Chichester, 46 44:22129 Todd Bollig, 49 51:12137 Ben Barras, 46 51:35139 Phillip Smith, 48 51:37140 John Eiden, 45 51:42142 Corey Haaland, 45 51:52144 Michael Conley, 47 52:05

Men 50 - 5413 Bruce Dockter, 52 40:3514 Douglas Wiesner, 52 40:4816 Scott Ross, 50 41:3626 Kirk Jacobson, 51 43:4129 Doug Johnson, 52 43:5938 Larry Caldwell, 54 44:3044 David Jenson, 51 44:40

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90 Kevin Schleicher, 54 49:05113 James Zurawski, 53 50:20116 Mike Hecker, 51 50:27

Men 55 - 5921 Craig Mueller, 55 42:4076 Norman Larson, 57 48:04159 William Grassl, 55 52:47161 John Wenker, 57 52:49216 Ted Davis, 57 55:23247 Douglas Day, 57 56:53294 Richard Wallace, 55 59:12322 Steven Goranson, 56 1:00:38341 Daniel Van Vooren, 56 1:01:45343 John Wilson, 56 1:01:55

Men 60 - 64100 Jerry Voeller, 60 49:36117 Tom Couillard, 60 50:31288 John Leitch, 62 58:45347 Leon Halbur, 62 1:02:23394 Mark Kleczewski, 60 1:05:47404 Paul Weber, 61 1:06:53450 Daniel McCormick, 63 1:18:20

Men 65 - 69213 John Brennan, 67 55:17269 Dan Belanger, 65 57:59274 Frank Rhame, 67 58:09351 Les Svendsen, 66 1:02:45420 Bruce Lunde, 66 1:08:41445 Dick Larson, 66 1:15:32457 Rodney More, 66 1:22:23

Men 70 - 74393 John Adams, 72 1:05:40461 Thomas Helgeson, 70 1:29:11

Women 10 - 11164 Sierra Birkland, 10 56:19362 Michaela Brands, 11 1:02:23

Women 12 - 13128 Danni Imhoff, 13 54:46186 Amanda Weller, 13 57:02445 Claire Baker, 12 1:04:47

Women 14 - 15338 Ariel O’Neill, 15 1:01:28339 Rebecca Bluhm, 15 1:01:29705 Karlene Wiebe, 15 1:16:51

Women 16 - 17272 Chelsey Fjeldsted, 16 59:32350 Courtney Dreyer, 17 1:01:49

Women 18 - 1964 Amy Sandhurst, 19 51:40167 Allison Seaburg, 18 56:25511 Amy Hermstad, 19 1:05:59

Women 35 - 3910 Nevenka Allen, 35 45:2619 Stacy Cluff, 36 47:5625 Jodie Farmer-West, 37 48:1627 Nikki Fonseth, 37 48:3328 Stephanie Callanan, 38 48:3546 Nikki Newman, 36 50:4449 Jennifer Szabo, 36 50:4856 Jill Hughes, 36 51:0466 Jennifer Adair, 39 51:4575 Lisa Sweatt, 35 52:24

Women 40 - 4435 Rhonda Reed Gebel, 40 49:5871 Julie Soular, 40 52:1174 Juli Mickelson, 40 52:24103 Cindy Tietz-Stevens, 42 53:39109 Paula Caballero, 40 53:53123 Ruth Olson, 41 54:39142 Juliana Winter, 44 55:21147 Carrie Bergstrom, 42 55:32161 Christy Schulz, 41 56:08168 Jodi Markuson, 40 56:26

Women 45 - 492 Kelly Keeler Ramacier, 47 40:495 Karen Dawson, 48 44:267 Jorjean Fischer, 47 45:1117 Anne Thatcher, 48 47:3832 Sally Lederer, 48 49:1842 Julie Thompson, 47 50:2589 Kathryn Jensen, 45 53:1494 Sarra Beckham-Chasno, 45 53:25


115 Bonita Damm-Talafous, 45 54:06146 Lori Helmer, 46 55:29

Women 50 - 5414 Paula Winsor, 50 46:3934 Mary Boldt, 50 49:5565 Sandy Thompson, 53 51:4398 Marcia Lindblad, 50 53:36102 Lisa Polachek, 51 53:39104 Maria Berlinerblau, 53 53:40130 Sharon Peske, 52 54:56145 Nancy Munoz, 52 55:24152 Cathy Burrell, 54 55:46160 Karen Carey, 53 55:56

Women 55 - 5924 Barb Leininger, 56 48:0536 Joan Schafer, 55 50:0243 Jeanne Minder, 57 50:2762 Corrine Watson, 57 51:1167 Amy Yanni, 55 51:4895 Julie Swenson, 55 53:2997 Laurie Schmid, 56 53:30141 Diane Goiffon, 59 55:20183 Roxanne Thomas, 55 56:56266 Pam Schreurs, 57 59:24

Women 60 - 64201 Marianne Breitbach, 61 57:32522 Marsha Seltz, 61 1:06:16630 Constance Baillie, 63 1:10:27634 June Hancock, 61 1:10:30753 Susan Rousseau, 62 1:29:10757 Carol Wilser, 61 1:29:32759 Susan Gardner, 60 1:31:48

Women 65 - 69651 Ann Betters, 65 1:11:16718 Lynn Glesne, 66 1:18:39737 Sharon Pogreba, 66 1:22:12

Women 70 - 74455 Ruth Schuett, 70 1:04:57719 Anne Falvey-Riggs, 70 1:18:39

Women 75 - 79658 Lois Degranda, 75 1:11:58

Medtronic TC10 MileOctober 4, Minneapolis to St. Paul

Open Men1 Abdi Abdirahman, 32 46:352 Joshua Moen, 27 46:383 Patrick Smyth, 23 47:094 Jason Lehmkuhle, 32 47:165 Ian Burrell, 24 47:416 Max King, 29 47:587 Anthony Famiglietti, 30 48:098 Mike Spence, 31 48:139 Craig Curley, 21 48:1510 Joshua Eberly, 29 48:2611 Mike Sayenko, 25 48:2812 Chris Rombough, 22 48:4113 Zachary Hine, 21 48:4514 Stephan Shay, 23 48:5215 Michael Reneau, 31 48:5316 Jordan Horn, 25 48:5817 Ryan Bolton, 36 49:0018 Josh Glaab, 26 49:2019 Crosby Freeman, 25 49:2120 Justin Grunewald, 23 49:2221 Josh Ordway, 29 49:2922 Ryan Blood, 24 49:3323 Paul Hefferon, 23 49:3624 James Schanandore, 23 49:4225 Chris Erichsen, 23 49:5626 Tyler McCandless, 22 50:1727 Mark Stenbeck, 31 50:3728 Dan Sutton, 29 51:0729 Phil Richert, 22 51:2330 Jeremy Polson, 31 51:43

Open Women1 Rachel Booth, 28 57:332 Claudia Becque, 33 58:08

3 Jenna Boren, 32 58:214 Erin Moeller, 32 58:555 Kim Magee, 26 59:356 Ladia Albertson-Junkans, 23 1:00:247 Erin Ward, 34 1:01:258 Nichole Porath, 26 1:01:569 Bree Ray, 30 1:02:0010 Laura Edlund, 23 1:02:0911 Jessica Scott, 23 1:02:2612 Joyce Bourassa, 42 1:03:1913 Serena Sladek Sullivan, 28 1:03:2014 Marlo McGaver, 39 1:03:2715 Sandra McClellan, 31 1:03:2816 Emily Bredeson, 27 1:03:3817 Angie Williams, 30 1:03:5718 Sara Rohde, 38 1:04:2619 Emily Burns, 25 1:05:1320 Cynthia Blendermann, 27 1:05:1821 Rebekah Yetzer, 25 1:05:1922 Rhiannon Beckendorf, 28 1:05:3423 Nicole Kustok, 28 1:05:4824 Jill Kroc, 37 1:06:1825 Jan Ochocki, 38 1:06:2126 Carrie Schaff, 32 1:06:2627 Jessica Berchild, 34 1:07:0928 Kadie Hokanson, 28 1:07:1929 Julie Nelson, 36 1:07:3230 Allison Kosir, 22 1:07:40

Men 10 - 112158 Adam Erickson, 11 2:07:31

Men 12 - 131696 Josiah Kohlmeyer, 13 1:46:452178 Jacob Chenitz, 12 2:09:52

Men 14 - 15421 Gunnar Vraa, 15 1:18:29445 Brady Koetting, 14 1:19:06557 Samuel Hosszu, 15 1:21:39931 Brandon Sandberg, 14 1:29:311646 Mark Erickson, 14 1:45:201731 Austin Altenburg, 15 1:47:381733 Connor Riley, 15 1:47:401983 Nathan Luttenegger, 15 1:55:502083 Kenny Stephenson, 15 2:00:452205 Zachary Klinner, 15 2:13:38

Men 16 - 17260 Nickolas Johnson, 17 1:13:00329 Max May, 17 1:15:32685 Jacob Brown, 17 1:24:04961 Kevin Bren, 16 1:30:02964 Mitchell Elofson, 16 1:30:081579 Nick Morgan, 16 1:44:031932 Dillon Biel, 17 1:53:282183 Aaron Johnson, 16 2:10:382187 Corey Kibbel, 16 2:11:05

Men 18 - 19123 Jacob Pittman, 18 1:06:56169 Kayrat Disinbayev, 18 1:09:06246 Shane Kosir, 18 1:12:20757 Curran Fallon, 19 1:25:491402 Matthew Ellenberger, 19 1:39:261878 Peter Swietkowski, 19 1:51:141947 Paul Suszynski, 19 1:54:00

Men 35 - 3917 Ryan Bolton, 36 49:0041 Jesse Westrup, 35 55:4044 Brent Roeger, 37 55:4946 Jason Minnick, 36 55:5652 Ken Cooper, 37 57:4659 Michael Nawrocki, 37 58:5563 Eric Kalmes, 35 59:3264 Steve Bruner, 39 59:4265 Chip Tabor, 37 59:4675 Scott Brown, 37 1:01:53

Men 40 - 4454 Brian Vasey, 42 57:5860 Dave Wik, 42 59:0073 James Reardon, 40 1:01:3182 Nick Pilney, 44 1:02:3292 John Munger, 40 1:03:4793 Joe Litsey, 40 1:03:5495 Dan Moline, 43 1:04:01111 Chris King, 43 1:05:47113 Tom Ruen, 41 1:05:56

114 David Nyberg, 41 1:05:56

Men 45 - 4948 John Vandanacker, 47 56:3061 Hyun Yoon, 45 59:0166 Michael Moulsoff, 46 1:00:0988 Rich Butwinick, 45 1:03:10116 Todd Sheldon, 47 1:05:59124 Jay Grandprey, 48 1:06:57125 Phil Hoffland, 47 1:06:59130 Jimmy Polinsky, 47 1:07:12153 Wiseman Sikakane, 48 1:08:14160 Mark Weis, 45 1:08:34

Men 50 - 5468 Michael Kennedy, 51 1:00:3069 Bobby Paxton, 53 1:00:3789 Jim Melnyk, 53 1:03:1196 Kraig Lungstrom, 51 1:04:1099 Richard Chin, 50 1:04:51105 John Hogan, 50 1:05:17109 Robert McClement, 50 1:05:42110 Mike Setter, 54 1:05:44112 Jerry Caruso, 50 1:05:52120 Brian Helm, 50 1:06:29

Men 55 - 5980 Bill Krezonoski, 55 1:02:18141 Michael Bjornberg, 55 1:07:47176 Thomas Wakeley, 56 1:09:25203 Stephen Oesterle, 58 1:10:35234 James Doelle, 55 1:11:47236 Craig McCoy, 56 1:11:51241 Kevin Wentworth, 57 1:12:10269 Del Rose, 55 1:13:32283 Steven Sondrall, 57 1:13:53284 Michael Dahnert, 55 1:13:55

Men 60 - 64266 Robert Aby, 64 1:13:22311 Jerry House, 62 1:14:51409 Rick Johnson, 60 1:18:03410 Dean Bluhm, 64 1:18:03558 Jim Scheibel, 62 1:21:40597 John Cretzmeyer, 60 1:22:17678 Roger Anderson, 64 1:23:59737 Douglas Busch, 61 1:25:15753 Bill Getts, 62 1:25:47756 Frank Harris, 61 1:25:49

Men 65 - 69182 Dale Summers, 66 1:09:33271 John Brown, 66 1:13:34276 Winston Gordon, 65 1:13:37437 Dennis Brewer, 67 1:18:53485 Ron Bickel, 66 1:20:00601 Norman Purrington, 66 1:22:27667 Donald Welch, 68 1:23:43771 Jim Colletti, 66 1:26:091065 Robert Schaffer, 66 1:31:591123 Patrick Riddell, 69 1:33:24

Men 70 - 74613 Larry Eaton, 71 1:22:431334 Bob Wilson, 70 1:38:112135 Joe Claus, 72 2:04:582138 Wayne Paschke, 72 2:05:282151 Edward Lentz, 73 2:06:372225 Ron Niziolek, 71 2:17:092232 Carl Koecher, 70 2:19:07

Men 75 - 791726 Raymond Garrity, 75 1:47:321741 Richard Olson, 77 1:47:562194 Orin Scandrett, 79 2:11:382200 O T. Lupinski, 75 2:12:562239 Claus Plerach, 75 2:20:53

Women 10 - 111739 Abby Van Kempen, 11 1:46:51

Women 12 - 131483 Sabrina Tattersfield, 12 1:44:253440 Hannah Carroll-Kinder, 13 2:21:343494 Kailey James, 12 2:28:43

Women 14 - 15206 Sarah Moechnig, 14 1:21:54673 Julia Aagesen, 14 1:32:55



1410 Katelyn Wolter, 15 1:43:162320 Kay Adamski, 15 1:53:462521 Jordan Johnson, 15 1:56:22

Women 16 - 17599 Julia Hipp, 16 1:31:54806 MacKenzie Yurek, 17 1:34:531045 Emily Furlong, 16 1:38:091329 Hannah Treinen, 17 1:42:031400 Gretchen Huber, 16 1:43:092006 Elsa Mullins, 17 1:49:402030 Liya Sandberg, 16 1:50:042546 Chelsea Johnson, 17 1:56:44

Women 18 - 19235 Jessica Mosier, 18 1:23:12452 Elle Riley, 18 1:28:54476 Maureen Feyen, 19 1:29:32552 Lindsay Hanson, 19 1:31:06553 Brooke Hanson, 18 1:31:06631 Jane Koivisto, 18 1:32:27869 McCall Henkel, 18 1:35:511357 Anne Manning, 18 1:42:341415 Taylor Bates, 18 1:43:181733 Christina Wittnebel, 19 1:46:46

Women 35 - 3914 Marlo McGaver, 39 1:03:2718 Sara Rohde, 38 1:04:2624 Jill Kroc, 37 1:06:1825 Jan Ochocki, 38 1:06:2129 Julie Nelson, 36 1:07:3238 Julie Hull, 37 1:09:4245 Kara Jeter, 38 1:10:4953 Kerry Oliver, 37 1:12:1755 Stephanie Boss, 35 1:12:2756 Dena Anderson, 35 1:12:27

Women 40 - 4412 Joyce Bourassa, 42 1:03:1931 Ann Snuggerud, 41 1:08:1732 Molly Hogan, 40 1:08:3036 Julie Musselman, 43 1:09:2139 Debra Campbell, 43 1:09:4542 Julia Mairs, 43 1:09:5649 Angela Longworth, 42 1:10:5652 Jill Tsuchitori, 44 1:12:0569 Carrie Keller, 41 1:14:1876 Julie Reddan, 43 1:14:38

Women 45 - 4934 Pam Weier, 49 1:08:5741 Renee Saxman, 48 1:09:5172 Denise Abel, 47 1:14:3385 Nannette Sorenson, 47 1:15:1790 Lisa Urdahl, 45 1:15:3195 Susan Malecha, 47 1:15:55103 Janice Watson Ryan, 49 1:16:20105 Jacki Devine, 47 1:16:23117 Robin Paurus, 45 1:17:26128 Lynn Olson, 46 1:18:11

Women 50 - 5454 Susan Felton, 50 1:12:26184 Linda Posey, 52 1:20:44226 Patti Sullivan, 51 1:22:50350 Julie Peterson, 53 1:26:19393 Carolyn Milbrath, 51 1:27:49397 Mary Maas, 51 1:27:57399 Toni Dauwalter, 54 1:27:57451 Dawn Garlough, 50 1:28:53461 Catherine Prokopowicz, 52 1:29:14511 Catherine Burke, 52 1:30:16

Women 55 - 5935 Janet Rosen, 55 1:09:21141 Kristi Berg, 56 1:18:53148 Wendy Anderson, 56 1:19:04155 Amy Yanni, 55 1:19:40190 Barbara Laughlin, 55 1:21:05205 Dena Riddle, 55 1:21:46240 Claudia Sherburne, 59 1:23:21246 Betty Tomerlin, 57 1:23:29490 Elaine Van Dyck, 56 1:29:45530 Mary Ann Gallagher, 59 1:30:49

Women 60 - 64275 Gloria Jansen, 62 1:24:20


381 Suellyn Tritz, 60 1:27:32515 Kathleen Schmitt, 62 1:30:19541 Rosemary Harnly, 63 1:30:58730 Carol Schmeichel, 61 1:33:44990 Diane Demars, 60 1:37:281107 Judy Aronson, 64 1:38:581286 Kathryn Benhardus, 62 1:41:321288 Sherry Hagelstrom, 63 1:41:331580 Kathleen Tomasula, 63 1:45:19

Women 65 - 69216 Kathleen Peterson, 66 1:22:19766 Sandra Dalquist, 69 1:34:19780 Georgine Cook, 66 1:34:291952 Mary Dose’, 66 1:49:112297 Katherine Weisser, 66 1:53:293197 Siglinde Moore, 69 2:09:553254 Katherine Leighton, 67 2:11:393359 Patricia Wolkoff, 69 2:17:283420 Audrey Schroeder, 69 2:19:403502 Kathy McKay, 65 2:29:51

Women 70 - 74696 Nancy Schumacher, 72 1:33:122867 Dorothy Marden, 72 2:02:03

Medtronic TwinCities MarathonOctober 4, Minneapolis to St. Paul

Open Men1 Jason Hartmann, 28 2:12:092 Augustus Kavutu Mbusya, 32 2:13:033 John Njoroge, 24 2:13:264 Joseph Mutinda, 35 2:13:475 Grigoriy Andreev, 33 2:13:596 Reuben Chesang, 46 2:15:247 Luke Watson, 29 2:15:298 Antonio Vega, 25 2:15:459 Tyler Sigl, 23 2:17:2810 Mario MacIas, 28 2:18:3411 Stephen Muturi, 34 2:18:5212 Chris Lundstrom, 33 2:18:5813 Austin Baillie, 26 2:19:3514 Malcolm Richards, 26 2:20:3815 Tracy Lokken, 44 2:22:3416 Mike Bresson, 38 2:22:4317 Kristopher Houghton, 28 2:22:5518 Michael Wardian, 35 2:23:1319 Kyle King, 28 2:23:4220 Jesse Armijo, 26 2:24:2621 Josh Metcalf, 34 2:24:5522 Carl Rundell, 41 2:25:4123 Andy Martin, 34 2:25:4624 Robert Weiner, 44 2:27:0925 Tony Torres, 40 2:27:1326 Carlos Martins, 40 2:30:5627 Paul Aufdemberge, 44 2:30:5728 Jeffrey Caba, 39 2:31:1529 Justin Deeg, 28 2:31:4230 Andy Koziatek, 27 2:32:05

Open Women1 Ilsa Paulson, 20 2:31:492 Colleen De Reuck, 45 2:32:373 Kristen Nicolini, 32 2:35:064 Nicole Blaesser, 24 2:35:095 Sally Meyerhoff, 25 2:35:496 Robyn Friedman, 36 2:36:447 Sheri Piers, 38 2:37:248 Camille Herron, 27 2:38:239 Mary Akor, 33 2:38:5110 Wendi Ray, 36 2:38:5811 Chris Lundy, 39 2:40:0612 Brooke Wells, 24 2:40:0713 Becki Ordway, 26 2:40:1714 Tamara Karrh, 39 2:40:2215 Shannon McHale, 38 2:40:3616 Kara Storage, 28 2:41:2917 Andrea Pomaranski, 27 2:41:3018 Melisa Christian, 32 2:41:5519 Veena Reddy-Borghuis, 30 2:42:0620 Michelle Frey, 27 2:42:5421 Susannah Beck, 41 2:43:18

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22 Heather Cappello, 29 2:43:5823 Vanessa Hunter, 34 2:44:1324 Anne Bersagel, 26 2:44:1725 Mary Coordt, 40 2:45:0026 Lisbet Sunshine, 45 2:45:1127 Lavenna Mullenbach, 22 2:45:1228 Caroline White, 24 2:45:2329 Megan Lund, 25 2:45:3730 Sarah Flament, 34 2:46:01

Men 14 - 152657 Trevor Squire, 15 4:15:02

Men 16 - 173150 Brandon Borchardt, 16 4:27:223643 Brendan Cole, 16 4:40:104016 Zach Meyers, 17 4:53:154457 Robert Verhoye, 17 5:13:184719 Austin Smith, 17 5:35:114884 Jacob Bertram, 16 6:03:14

Men 18 - 19142 Bradley Lester, 19 2:56:10312 Sam Bird, 19 3:08:04568 Michael Roherty, 18 3:19:42642 Kevin Dammen, 18 3:21:571285 Brennan Dyk, 19 3:41:041325 Michael Kilgas, 19 3:41:541532 Ryan Keehan, 19 3:48:021533 Scott Khail, 19 3:48:021686 Frank Piner, 19 3:52:111858 Benjamin Phaneuf, 19 3:56:17

Men 35 - 394 Joseph Mutinda, 35 2:13:4716 Mike Bresson, 38 2:22:4318 Michael Wardian, 35 2:23:1328 Jeffrey Caba, 39 2:31:1535 Christopher Grossinger, 35 2:34:4043 Matthew Gerard, 37 2:37:0448 Mark Evans, 35 2:38:4458 Brad Aagaard, 37 2:41:0581 Doug Cowles, 35 2:46:2585 Mike Buenting, 35 2:46:55

Men 40 - 4415 Tracy Lokken, 44 2:22:3422 Carl Rundell, 41 2:25:4124 Robert Weiner, 44 2:27:0925 Tony Torres, 40 2:27:1326 Carlos Martins, 40 2:30:5627 Paul Aufdemberge, 44 2:30:5734 Thomas Tisell, 42 2:34:0341 Michael Bailey, 40 2:35:4745 Ben Sauvage, 40 2:37:5851 Matthew Waite, 41 2:40:04

Men 45 - 496 Reuben Chesang, 46 2:15:2440 Dennis Smithhisler, 45 2:35:4544 David Terris, 45 2:37:1153 William Moore, 47 2:40:2983 Dale Dickey, 48 2:46:3994 Kirt Goetzke, 48 2:48:0598 Jim Ramacier, 46 2:49:00104 Joseph Clark, 48 2:50:17119 Wayne Piers, 46 2:53:37155 Michael Niziolek, 48 2:57:14

Men 50 - 5457 Thomas Dever, 52 2:41:0460 John Loftus, 51 2:41:2061 Clyde Vancaeyzeele, 52 2:41:4271 William Enicks Iv, 50 2:43:0875 Kris Warszawski, 50 2:44:2489 Paul Brown, 52 2:47:18127 Robinson Howell, 50 2:54:40140 Frank Tai, 54 2:55:59161 Dennis Wallach, 52 2:57:43173 Jonathan Geller, 51 2:58:21

Men 55 - 59118 Dan Morse, 56 2:53:34230 Denny Jordan, 58 3:02:12307 Bert Moniot, 57 3:07:46314 Tom Perona, 55 3:08:07387 John Yamagata, 59 3:11:15390 Larry Cerling, 59 3:11:21498 Stanley Hup, 55 3:17:21499 Conrad Woerner, 58 3:17:31521 Stephen Maupin, 58 3:18:06


577 George Jones, 59 3:19:58

Men 60 - 64177 Terry McCluskey, 61 2:58:32441 Christopher Nemeth, 60 3:14:25759 Roger Ericson, 62 3:26:38796 Fred Clayton, 60 3:28:01902 Gordon Straka, 60 3:30:33924 Charles Lo, 61 3:30:54982 Dave Trefethen, 62 3:32:43992 Larry Kase, 61 3:33:151004 Greg Envey, 62 3:33:291005 John Downing, 63 3:33:31

Men 65 - 69225 Jared Mondry, 67 3:01:56899 Dick Hartshorn, 66 3:30:311196 John Nelson, 65 3:38:551212 Rick Kleyman, 69 3:39:081229 Douglas Brandt, 65 3:39:381281 Santiago Gordon, 66 3:40:551998 Roger Carlson, 68 3:58:472127 David Jones, 65 4:01:212201 Herb Byun, 65 4:02:552258 Mike Rucker, 69 4:04:08

Men 70 - 74659 Joseph Burgasser, 71 3:22:471937 Ilhan Bilgutay, 72 3:57:352046 Edward Rousseau, 70 3:59:423066 James Kalas, 70 4:24:393449 Pat Brown, 73 4:34:164785 David Hoffman, 74 5:44:364806 Richard King, 70 5:47:364861 Ernesto Lopez Garcia, 70 5:59:23

Men 75 - 794810 Roger Aiken, 76 5:48:204867 Norbert Kuchenmeister, 78 6:00:32

Men 80 - 844580 Jerry Johncock, 81 5:22:174907 Burt Carlson, 84 6:09:43

Women 14 - 153080 Katie Fay, 14 5:21:08

Women 16 - 17984 Tess Willson, 16 4:06:211663 Tori Farbisz, 17 4:28:512846 Kelsey Kimbler, 16 5:08:15

Women 18 - 19282 Sofiya Hupalo, 19 3:36:01308 Brynn Devine, 18 3:37:48804 Nicole Olson, 19 3:59:55828 Kimberly Holthus, 19 4:00:461133 Anne Brinich, 18 4:12:171425 Laura Torgerson, 19 4:20:591724 Rebecca Hovland, 19 4:31:122002 Leigh Hamp, 19 4:38:332104 Stefanie Alshare-Soulek, 19 4:41:282125 Paige Wilson, 19 4:42:00

Women 35 - 396 Robyn Friedman, 36 2:36:447 Sheri Piers, 38 2:37:2410 Wendi Ray, 36 2:38:5811 Chris Lundy, 39 2:40:0614 Tamara Karrh, 39 2:40:2215 Shannon McHale, 38 2:40:3641 Erica Baron, 38 2:48:4979 Wileen Tibbetts, 38 3:03:5189 Kate Tavakley, 35 3:07:58105 Kari Koski, 36 3:12:31

Women 40 - 4421 Susannah Beck, 41 2:43:1825 Mary Coordt, 40 2:45:0032 Jaymee Marty, 42 2:46:2936 Kami Semick, 43 2:47:1237 Midori Sperandeo, 42 2:47:1543 Sheila Casey, 40 2:49:1550 Wendy Terris, 40 2:50:3654 Lori Kingsley, 43 2:51:3662 Suzy Schumacher, 40 2:58:0563 Noelle Green, 44 2:58:13

Women 45 - 492 Colleen De Reuck, 45 2:32:3726 Lisbet Sunshine, 45 2:45:1152 Meghan Arbogast, 48 2:50:5155 Simonetta Piergentili, 45 2:52:1756 Jenny Hitchings, 46 2:53:43

59 Lisa Goldsmith, 45 2:55:0181 Ann Heaslett, 45 3:04:1298 Rochelle Wirth, 47 3:09:33104 Mary Bolich, 46 3:11:25106 Brenda Graham Gray, 47 3:12:44

Women 50 - 54101 Beth Moras, 50 3:10:37187 Kristi Larson, 51 3:27:46192 Andriette Wickstrom, 54 3:28:33250 Karen Manske, 54 3:33:25267 Kathy Wiens, 52 3:35:13294 Pamela McWhirter, 51 3:36:55298 Donella Neuhaus, 53 3:37:18305 Donna Melody, 51 3:37:32367 Patricia Wong, 50 3:40:55396 Sonya Stylos, 50 3:42:02

Women 55 - 5992 Luisa Rivas, 58 3:08:44266 Janet Cain, 58 3:35:10332 Grace Wasielewski, 56 3:38:48370 Rhonda Brandes, 56 3:41:00385 Janet Kasper, 58 3:41:34769 Libby Larsen, 58 3:58:38880 Linda Gentling, 58 4:02:22974 Judy Willoughby, 55 4:05:581157 Cindy Campbell, 58 4:13:141281 Pamela Cutshall, 55 4:17:04

Women 60 - 64461 Faye Berger, 62 3:45:42665 Penny Kalar, 62 3:54:32782 Carol Brouillard, 62 3:59:021107 Carolyn Mather, 60 4:11:091168 Mary Croft, 63 4:13:351493 Candy Patrin, 61 4:23:131791 Cecily Dexter, 60 4:33:061830 Charlotte Pladson, 62 4:33:421951 Diane Carter, 62 4:36:451973 Judi Crawford, 60 4:37:30

Women 65 - 69920 Karen Bestul, 67 4:03:591544 Sarah Beer, 68 4:25:042759 Judy Ross, 67 5:03:392876 Marylyn Patrick, 65 5:09:523112 Janet Littlefield, 68 5:23:03

Women 70 - 743367 Patricia Amidon, 74 5:43:163390 Phyllis Kahn, 72 5:45:36

Women 75 - 793550 Patricia Wahlgren, 75 6:14:07

Run forOromia 10KOctober 17, Minneapolis

Overall1 Matthew Chesang, 28 30:432 Bado Worku, 21 30:443 Tesfave Girma, 27 30:464 Henry Kipsang, 20 30:565 Obed Gisemba, 29 31:376 John Keane, 28 31:517 kassaye gemeda, 31 32:458 Brent Roeger, 37 34:059 Andy Hall, 18 34:1910 Peter Tollefsen, 28 35:0411 Greg Sorensen, 34 35:3412 Erik Kluznik, 31 36:3513 Peter Kessler, 48 37:351 Melissa Gacek, 33* 38:1314 Colin Gardner Spring, 40 38:3715 Robert Jacobson, 50 39:092 Bonnie Sons, 44* 39:123 Sarah Keane, 31* 39:3716 Michael Bjornberg, 55 40:064 Kristin Moriarty, 23* 42:4317 Scott Granowski, 48 43:1418 Kurt Kovanen, 48 43:2319 Edward Obrien, Jr, 18 44:3220 Abdurahman Hassen, 18 44:5021 John Brown, 66 45:11

5 Andriette Wickstrom, 54* 46:3622 David Schmidt, 61 48:3523 Ron Dockery, 60 48:5324 Jeff Mayer, 42 49:286 Stephanie Nitchals, 35* 49:4325 Ed Rousseau, 70 49:517 Gloria Jansen, 62* 49:588 Andrea Roeger, 24* 50:049 Ann Haugejorde, 55* 50:1410 Judy Cronen, 69* 54:3626 Greg Prom, 78 55:0511 Kathryn Benhardus, 62* 55:1127 Neil Paulson, 54 58:2428 Nick Hayford, 25 58:2612 Heidi Dorn, 25* 58:4113 Tessa Granowski, 17* 59:0514 Brooke Granowsko, 18* 59:1715 Jan Nordstrom, 53* 59:3929 Pat Brown, 73 1:01:0516 Michelle Gensinger, 54* 1:02:3017 Lauren Finzer, 22* 1:03:2418 Beth Strifler, 45* 1:03:34* indicates females

Run for Oromia 5KOctober 17, Minneapolis

Overall1 Josh Moen, 27 14:132 Tesfave Girma, 27 14:283 Moses Waweru, 30 14:474 Bado Worke, 21 14:485 Abel Ondeyo, 31 15:126 Katama Nigusse, 28 15:147 Friday Mainye, 21 16:338 Andy Hall, 18 16:379 Simon Gudina, 39 17:1910 Andy Tate, 31 17:2311 amir endale, 30 17:3112 Jay Nelson, 39 17:3513 Chris Duffy, 27 18:1014 George Oien, 43 18:4015 Roba Geleta, 20 18:4116 Peter Kessler, 48 18:4317 Marty Urick, 42 18:4518 John Hopkins, 43 18:5419 Israel Yemer, 27 19:1320 Kevin Domeier, 48 19:371 Bonnie Sons, 44* 20:012 Diane Urick, 43* 20:3921 Michael Bjornberg, 55 21:1822 Jay Walsh, 54 21:443 Maria Schilling, 36* 21:5523 Rick Schuldt, 63 22:1724 John Brown, 66 22:3625 Michael Duffy, 58 22:404 Lorena Byerly, 26* 22:585 Andriette Wickstrom, 54* 23:126 Tammy Domeier, 42* 23:477 Kate Bomsta, 33* 24:218 Francine LePage, 61* 24:2326 Fred Hall, 54 24:299 Denae Schuldt, 30* 25:3327 Hailu Idie, 35 25:5228 Zakir Hayani, 29 25:5810 Judy Cronen, 69* 28:4029 Dale Weeks, 62 29:4330 Dick Olson, 77 30:1811 Wendy Bone, 28* 30:2031 Daniel Domagala, 39 30:4032 Waheed Ayinde, 45 31:2533 Andre Weeks, 20 31:5112 Jean Obrien, 48* 32:0713 Barbara Schuldt, 64* 34:4714 Rammy Mohammad, 22* 49:15* indicates females


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That night, he had emergency surgery to place a stent in the artery. Tim, like me, is a victim of DNA, a formidable opponent that is tough to outrun.

His brother, stopping by to visit Tim in the hospital, was encouraged to be tested. Heended up having quintuple bypass surgery for his multiple blockages. Today Tim isback to running and off the cocktail of heart medications he was given, except for adaily baby aspirin.

Kathy Peterson currently holds Minnesota single age records at nearly every dis-tance. She has been running well for over 28 years, and is no mid packer, even at age66. For most of those years, she also suffered from arrhythmias. During an episode, herheart would race as she fought to get a breath. It would be impossible for her to run.

I can remember her lying down at the top of Mount Hood waiting for an arrhythmia topass so she could run in a 200 mile relay. In May of 2002, she had an ablation performedto destroy the area in her heart wall that caused the arrhythmias. Problem solved.

Dick Plaep has been a runner since he was in college, which is nearly 50 years. Afterrunning about 25 marathons he became curious about the condition of his heart. Hischolesterol was a little elevated, and he had occasional very mild symptoms such aspain down his left arm or chest pressure.

He had an EBCT performed in March of 2006. It showed 78 percent blockage of theLAD, the same artery that triggered Tim Zbikowski’s heart attack. This particular artery,by the way, is known affectionately as the widow maker.

Dick had a stent placed in the offending artery and has been taking a blood thinnerand a statin to further reduce his cholesterol. He skipped the marathon he planned torun in April that year, but did run Grandma’s that June. This was to the consternation ofhis cardiac rehab providers who wanted him to work up to walking a block. His rehabinstead consisted of running 14 marathons in 12 months. Don’t you just love runners?

I bring you these stories as an illustration of our vulnerability, but also to give youhope. All these runners are doing well now, sobered by their experiences, a little morewilling to listen to their bodies, a little disillusioned about their own mortality, butdeeply grateful for their second chances at life.

So what’s a runner to do?There are many ways that runners can take responsibility for their own lives and health.First, of course, is to know your numbers. Every runner should know his or her bloodpressure and cholesterol. Ideal blood pressure is 120/80.

According to Dr. Graham, male runners should have an HDL level of 40 or more, andfemale runners should have 50 or more. LDL cholesterol should be 130 or less. It is bestto bring LDL down to 100, or even as low as 70. It is the LDL that creates the inflamma-tion that leads to plaque build up in the arteries. Know your triglyceride level as well.There are medications and dietary steps that can help both high blood pressure andhigh cholesterol.

If you are over 60 or have any of the risk factors for heart disease such as family his-tory, you should really consider having a heart scan. It is one of the best ways to find coro-nary heart disease before there are any symptoms. It is also invaluable to have an ongo-ing relationship with a primary care doctor who knows you and can spot problems early.

A healthful diet is essential: heavy on whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and lighton processed and high sodium foods. Try to stay as close to ideal weight as possible,without yoyo dieting. Obviously, runners should not smoke. No amount of running canprevent the ravages of tobacco use. Caffeine, too, can contribute to hypertension.

Runners are famous for ignoring sore knees or complaining hamstrings. The resultcan be more pain, more downtime or a poor performance. Dr. Roberts emphasized thatthe symptoms of heart disease should also not be ignored. The consequences are justtoo serious.

These symptoms can be very subtle, for example, a mild pain that comes and goes,a feeling of heaviness or pressure in the chest, a decline in running performance, short-ness of breath and just generally feeling unwell. Women tend to have gastrointestinalsymptoms such as indigestion, nausea and fatigue. They may never experience chestpain, even in the midst of a full blown heart attack.

Knowledge is power. Take charge of your own life and health. Find out what’s goingon, get it corrected and continue running on into the sunset.

*Chakravarty, Hubert, Lingala, and Fries, Archives of Internal Medicine, August 11, 2008.

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A Runner’s Heartcontinued from page 7

Running Gifts

which might explain why one runner wore them ata race on a hot and humid day, when everyoneelse was in shorts and singlets. There are, howev-er, thermal versions on the market that can beworn during cooler months.

Other options: Elastic shoelaces are gaining inpopularity, and there are several brands available.O’Connor says that Xtenex makes a relatively newlace system that offers elasticity and durability. Thelaces do not slip and allow the wearer to customizethe way they lace their shoes. While becoming pop-ular with athletes, the elastic laces are also beingused by everyone from children to seniors andthose who wear special types of shoes.

Arm socks, sometimes referred to as armwarmers, are good for the upper body. First wornby some elite runners, new arm colors are pop-ping up at races everywhere, with some compa-nies offering creative patterns. Arm socks can beworn for warmth or cooling or sun protection. So,once again, it is important to think about whenand why you plan to use them.

Now it’s time to get busy with your list. Most ofthese items make good stocking stuffers and canbe purchased for under $20.00 at your favoritesports store. However, if you go for the full com-pression tights, you will need to work on morethan your list. It’s time to be very, very good to thegift givers in your life or start stashing away someof that running allowance.

Hopefully, you will get everything you ask forthis holiday season. RM

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Aging Runner

racing. Not having to worry about an upcoming racecan relieve the pressures that can lead to staleness.Get out and run for the pure enjoyment of the sportand how it makes you feel.

New aerobic sportOne of the great things about running is that it’s terrif-ic at building an aerobic base that can be carried overto other aerobic based sports like biking, swimming,triathlons, cross country skiing, snowshoeing,rollerblading, kayaking and countless other activities.

Sure there can be a lot of technique involved withsome of these, but your aerobic conditioning from run-ning will give you a head start. Besides, learning a newsport, especially after running for many years, can be veryexciting. The chances are that after cross-training, you’llbe more eager when you do lace up your running shoes.

Maybe you’re not slowing down at all, but you sim-ply find your running lacking motivation from time totime. Try incorporating some of these tips to help keepyour running enjoyable. And hopefully fast. RM


AT THE RACES: R A C E C A L E N D A R

• Drumstick Dash 10KMinneapolisContact: Barb Leininger, 612-644-8185

• Gobble Gait 8KHastings, MNContact: Jay Kochendorfer,651-437-3344

• Turkey Leg 5KWillmarContact: Dan Hubbard, 320-894-5882

• Northfield Rotary 2009Turkey Trot 5K Run WalkNorthfield (MN) Golf ClubContact: Mike Lane, 507-581-0543

• Turkey Run5K5K run or 1 mile walkBaxter, MNContact: Henry Praska, 218-330-6151

• Thanksgiving Day Multi-dis-tance walk/run2-4-6-8-10 mileRiver Valley Athletic StillwaterContact: Jen Hansen, 651-275-0185

• Wild Turkey Wattle 5KWoodland Trails, Elk RiverContact: Kirstin Anderson, 612-501-1792

• ANML Turkey Trot 5KAnnandale Middle SchoolContact: Curt Nordlie, 320-282-6040

November 27• Jingle Bell Run 5KSioux Falls, SDContact: Liz Truax, 651-917-3056

November 28• Anoka Jingle Bell Run 5KAnoka, MNContact: Pete Tremaine, 763-506-6384

December 1• MDRA Dome RunningOpen Running, 600 Meter LoopMetrodome, MinneapolisContact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805


December 5• Reindeer Run5K and a Kids K (1K)Lake HarrietContact: Marilyn Franzen,763.557.9587 or 612.747.5019

• 40th Annual Frigid 8 andThermal 38 mile run and 3 mile run/walkChippewa Falls, WIContact: Brian McAlister, 715-720-7597

• Jingle Bell Run 5KDuluthContact: Liz Truax, 651-917-3056

• Jingle Bell Run 5KCourts Plus Fitness Center, Fargo, NDContact: Denise Mathern, 701-388-1988

• Run for the Redfish Half-marathon, 5k, 1 mile kids funrunPanama City Beach, FLContact: Paul Wohlford,(850)230-1053

• The Santa Run to BenefitLegal Aid1 and 1/4 MilesYWCA, MinneapolisContact: Pam Cunningham,612-746-3703

• Becker Winter WonderRun/food shelf fundraiser 5K & 1 mile fun runBeckerContact: Connie Bauman,763.262.1998

December 6• Challenge Depression -Indoor Track Races200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m & 1500mJudged Race WalkBethel University Rec CenterContact: Gary Westlund, 612-245-9160

December 8• MDRA Dome Running Open Running, 600 Meter LoopMetrodome, MinneapolisContact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805


December 12• Snowflake Shuffle 5KCollege of St. Benedict St. JosephContact: Robin Balder-Lanoue, 320-363-5514

• Northfield Jingle BellRun/Walk5k & 2k family fun NorthfieldContact: Kelly Irvine, 507-645-8887

• Jingle Bell Jam 4 MileNew UlmContact: Holly Glaubitz, 507-233-1199

December 13• St. Paul JCC Dreidel Dash andMaccabee Mini Mile 5K run or walk; 1 K kids’ raceSt. Paul JCC and Temple of AaronContact: Beth Gendler, 651-255-4736

• Jingle Bell Run Walk 2k, 5kNorthfieldContact: Tim Jackson, 5076458887



December 20• Challenge Courage - IndoorTrack Races1 Mile, 200m, 800m, 1 Mile JudgedRW, 400mBethel University Rec CenteContact: Gary Westlund, 612-245-9160


December 25• Christmas Day - Joyful 5k (4thAnnual)5k & 1.5 MileComo Lake, St PaulContact: Gary Westlund, 612-245-9160



January 1, 2010• Resolution Solution 5KWhite Bear LakeContact: Lindsey Altermatt, 651-653-7401

January 9, 2010• Frosty Frolic- Sponsored bythe Centennial High SchoolStudent Council 5KCentennial High School, Circle PineContact: Melissa Wilhelm,763-792-5075

January 16, 2010• Freeze yer Gizzard BlizzardRun 5K & 10KInternational FallsContact: Betsy Jensen, 218-283-9400

• 5K Polar ChallengeBemidjiContact: Bemidji Area Chamber ofCommerce, 800-458-2223

• Northwoods SnowshoeChampionshipMar, 1/2Mar, 10KDuluthContact: Barb Van Skike, 320-838-3383

January 23, 2010• Securian Frozen 5K and HalfMarathon, a Winter CarnivalEventSt. PaulContact: Mary Anderson, 651-688-9143

January 30, 2010• Run - Skate/Ski - RunDuathlon1 Mile Run- 1 Mile Skate or Ski-1 Mile RunWhite Bear LakeContact: Tri Fitness, 651 426 1919

November 14• Chaska Turkey Trot 5K Run/WalkChaska High SchoolContact: Mary Anderson, 651-688-9143

• 623 Walk Run6.23 KWilliams School, ShoreviewContact: Jan Vanderwall, 651-635-1609

• Dr. Nancy English 5kMemorial run/walk5k and 1/2 mile kids fun runDuluthContact: Eve Stein, 218-390-3185

• Jingle Bell Run 5KMarshall, MNContact: Liz Truax, 651-917-3056

• Minnesota State UniversityArmy ROTC Veteran’s Day 5KMinnesota State University MankatoCPT Dave Campbell 507-389-6220

November 15• Flippin’ 5K Fun RunMinnetonka Middle School EastContact: Heidi Youngman,952-933-2452

November 21• Turkey Trot 5KThe Meadows at Mystic Lake GolfCourse/Dakotah Sport and Fitness,Contact: Renee Engeman, (952) 496-6875

November 22• Turkey Run 5K5K Run/Walk; 1/4, 1/2,1 Mile Youth RunComo Lake, St. PaulContact: Chris Fulle, 651-228-1986

November 24• MDRA Dome RunningOpen Running, 600 Meter LoopMetrodome, MinneapolisContact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805

November 26• Faribault Thanksgiving DayTurkey Trot5K walk/run, 1K kids raceFaribault, MNContact: Angela Petricka, 507-380-8965

• ThanksGiving Day -GivingThanks 5K5K & 1.5 MileComo Lake, St PaulContact: Gary Westlund, 612-245-9160

• Turkey Day 5KDowntown MinneapolisContact: Peter Spencer, 952.229.7330

• Fast Before The Feast10K, 5K and 1/2 mile kid’s runWhite Bear LakeContact: Tri Fitness, 651 426 1919

Gobble Gallop 5K 1/4 mile kids’ fun run, 1 mile, 2 milewalk, and 5k Downtown DuluthContact: Grant Johnson, 218.728.1148

N O V E M B E R

D E C E M B E R


AT THE RACES: R A C E P H O T O S

Monster Dash Half Marathon, 10 mile & 5KOctober 31> Minneapolis photos by Wayne Kryduba


Heidi Keller Miler's absence. Membership is up a bit sincelast month. We will sell our membership list to theAmerican Lung Association for their Fight For Air stairclimb event in February.

Committee Reports:

Advocacy Committee: No new business

Club Administration: We will create a NominatingCommittee at the next board meeting. It must include someMDRA members who are not on the board. Here is the sta-tus of various board members at this point: KathrynBenhardus: will run for secretary. Debbie Bohmann: will beappointed to fill, Kevin's remaining one year term. MikeIserman: will run for open board., Maureen, Kennedy: termup, may run again., Bill Knight: has had 4 terms as vice pres-ident, but may run for the open board. Robert Lundquist:term up, may run again. Rick Recker: needs to take a year offbefore running again. Kirk Walztoni: term up, may run again.Melissa Wieczorek: will run for open board. Kevin Wojchik:is leaving the board as a past president

Programs Committee: Mike Nawrocki reported that the fallmarathon class is going well with 80-85 participants. Hewould like to see us do a class in the spring for the many halfmarathons in Minnesota. Perhaps we could become the offi-cial training class for one or more of them. Debbie Bohmannand Bill Knight reported that their ten mile class is also goingwell. Their beginning runners are especially excited aboutgoing the distance. Polar Bear Runs start two weeks afterTwin Cities. Volunteers are needed to head up these runs,particularly those who are willing to lead slower groups.Dome running will also begin in November.

Promotions Committee: A volunteer schedule was passedaround for the TCM expo. We will not be a retail booth, butwill do drawings for apparel and race entries. The boarddiscussed signage and other ways to promote the draw-ings. We will try to have 2010 entries for Grandma's, GarryBjorklund, TC Marathon, and TC 10 mile, as well as otherMDRA sponsored races.

Publications Committee: RunMinnesota should be in themail by mid-September. The board discussed the impor-tance of keeping the website updated. If anyone sees adiscrepancy, please email Kirk and Heidi so it can be cor-rected. Part of the problem is the fact that the old websitewas folded into the new one, and not all the “bugs” areironed out yet.

Race Committee: Norm Champ reported on the followingMDRA sponsored races: MDRA 15k and Heart Institute 5K:269 participants. Como Relays: 656 participants, as manyas 98 teams. Victory 10K and 5K: 855 participants. City ofLakes: 812 participants

City of Lakes did not fill, partially due to the date threeweeks prior to the TCM marathon. The Victory races were upfrom previous years. Bill moved, and Darrell Christensenseconded, a motion to provide a gift card to John Kremer forhis hard work and dedication as the race director for theComo Relays. We still need a race director for the MDRA 15K.

USATF Report: Melissa reported that USATF Minnesotaheld its annual meeting at Broadway Pizza on September13. Officers were elected as follows:President: RickRecker. Treasurer: Chris Kartschoke. Vice President: EdWhetham. Secretary: Sam Rush

The Phidippides Award for masters long distance run-ning is in its second year. The USATF level 1, 2, and 3 coach-ing classes were changed to standardized times during theyear. They will post an article about injury claims for racedirectors on their website. Team Circuit participation was upthis year. Team Circuit Cross Country starts this weekendwith the Fort Snelling 5X5 Relays. They also discussedgreater outreach to beginning runners at the smaller 5K's.

New Business: The MEAD-P scholarship for up and comingelite runners is in our budget for a donation of $1000.00.TCM and other organizations contribute to it as well. We usu-ally present it at our annual meeting in January. Normmoved, and Mike seconded, a motion to make this donationagain. The board discussed the value of publicizing thisdonation as well as other donations of MDRA on our web-site. Kevin moved, and Robert Lundquist seconded, a motionto contribute to medical expenses for Colin Farbotko.

Old Business: No old business

Meeting adjourned. RM

August Board ofDirectors MeetingAugust 10, 2009Members Present: Kathy Benhardus, Debbie Bohmann,Norm Champ, Darrell Christensen, Colin Farbotko, MikeIserman, Maureen Kennedy, Bob Lindsey, Robert Lundquist,Mike Nawrocki, Kirk Walztoni, Melissa Wieczorek, KevinWojchik

Guests Present: Heidi Keller Miler, office manager

Members Absent: Bill Knight, Lori Anne Peterson, LisaRadzak

Secretary’s Report: Mike Nawrocki moved and MelissaWieczorek seconded the motion to accept the July minutes.The motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: Lori Anne was absent, but Heidi readher report. We currently have $28,892.90 in checking.July net income was $8,011.32. Both income and expens-es are up from last year. A profit and loss comparisonwith 2008 shows that we are actually doing better thisyear. Our balance sheet now shows total liabilities andequity of $30,124.90.

Office Manager’s Report: Heidi reported our first month-ly rise in membership in quite a long time. She needs vol-unteers for both Victory on September 7 and City of Lakeson September 13. Bob Lindsey is helping out at the ComoPark relays in the absence of Marien Bradsher. Theresponse to our new website has been very positive,including a mention in Down the Backstretch.

Committee Reports:

Advocacy Committee: No new business.

Club Administration: Next month we will need to get anominating committee together so we can have the mem-bership vote for new board members. There was somediscussion re having the members vote at the annualparty since so few votes are cast. This would require abylaw change which would also have to be voted on bythe membership. For now, Kirk will write a president's let-ter urging the membership to vote for their board whenthe ballots are printed in RunMinnesota.

Programs Committee: Deb Bohmann has 12-15 runners inher TC10 class. We hope for growth as this program contin-ues. The fall marathon class is going well. There are 10-15people from the American Cancer Society participating.

Promotions Committee: The board voted on bumpersticker ideas, choosing “Running Spoken Here” with theMDRA logo. We are still looking into a new backdrop forthe TCM expo. If we upgrade to a retail booth we couldoffer items such as t-shirts and hats for sale.

Publications Committee: The next issue of RunMinnesotawill be in the mail the first or second week of September.Race directors around the state received an email todayasking them to submit information for the annual calendaronline. MDRA is doing this on our own this year. There wassome discussion of having the annual online as a PDF onour website. Should it be accessible only by members?Would it take away one of the incentives for joining MDRA,or enhance it? This discussion was tabled until next month.

Race Committee: Lowell Schow reported that $1500 wasmade in equipment rental during June and July. Lowell has 6large Rubbermaid bins. These may be donated to a charitableorganization. He also has extra trophies. There were 88 run-ners at the Minnehaha fun runs.

Norm Champ reported that we need a new race directorfor the MDRA 15K. This is an opportunity for someone who isinterested in learning race directing. The 2010 Grand Prix isunder discussion. We continue to have issues with accurateresults. Is the Grand Prix calendar too heavy on long dis-tances, with two marathons and two 25K's? Bob Lindseymoved to approve O.C. Williams as race director for the Victoryraces. Colin seconded, and the motion carried.

USATF Report: Melissa Wieczorek reported three team cir-cuit races were held since the last meeting, LumberjackDays 10 Mile, Hennepin Lake Classic 5K, and the MDRA 15K.The cross country team circuit races were selected, includ-ing Ft. Snelling 5x5 relays on Sept 20, TC Running Classicmeet on September 27 or 28, Collegeville Meet on October17 or 18, Jack's Run (5K) on October 24, and the USATF MNChamps at the Valleywood Golf Course on November 14.Men run 10K and women run 5K at this event.

Our USATF-MN team did very well at the Bix 7 miler inIowa. Katie McGregor will be competing in the 10,000 inthe IAAF World Champs in Berlin on August 15, and MattGabrielson will be running the marathon on August 22.

USATF-MN suggested a special tab on our website forrace directors to use to access information. The annualmeeting will be held at Broadway Pizza on September 13at 6:30 p.m.

New Business: No new business.

Old Business: The race committee will email race direc-tors around the state with instructions on how to submitresults and emphasizing the need to certify courses.MDRA continues to have a presence on Facebook and isusing the site to promote our events.

Meeting adjourned.

September Board ofDirectors MeetingSeptember 14, 2009Members Present: Kathy Benhardus, Debbie Bohmann,Norm Champ, Darrell Christensen, Colin Farbotko, MikeIserman, Maureen Kennedy, Bill Knight, Robert Lundquist,Mike Nawrocki, Lisa Radzak, Kirk Walztoni, MelissaWieczorek, Kevin Wojchik

Members Absent: Bob Lindsey, Lori Anne Peterson, RickRecker

Secretary’s Report: Melissa Wieczorek made two correc-tions in the August minutes. Kevin Wojchik then moved andMelissa seconded the motion to accept the amended Augustminutes.

Treasurer’s Report: Kirk Walztoni summarized the financialreports in Lori Anne's absence. As of August 31, 2009 ouraccount balance was $27, 795.22. Though we experienced anegative cash flow in August, this was due to timing ofexpenses and income. September will reflect improvedincome as race receipts come in.

Office Manager’s Report: Kirk summarized the report in

RM


Time flies. It seems like just yesterday I was asnot-nose kid idolizing professional athletes thatwere much older than me. Today they’re allyounger than me, even Brett Favre. I recently readan article in the paper that questioned whether ornot a particular player was past his prime. He’s 33years old. Poor guy.

Each of the last 15 years, I’ve entered the sea-son convinced that I could still break PRs that I setin college. It didn’t seem to matter that I had notcome within 20 seconds per mile of my best times.I kept holding out hope that “everything wouldcome together,” whatever that means, and I’d runlike never before. As I entered the Master ranksthis summer, it finally occurred to me that I will

never again run those kinds of times. Ever.Still, I secretly hoped that the sheer act of

turning 40 would be magical enough, in and ofitself, that it’d lead to a summer of fast times.While some people can find motivation in joining anew age group, I could not.

The realization that my physical skills weredeteriorating lead to a lack of motivation. While Iwas still able to get out and run, I wasn’t motivat-ed enough to actually train. Training plans thatlooked great on paper went out the window as Iavoided hard workout after hard workout. Ofcourse, this led to even worse race results. I fig-ured I’d better look for ways out of this viciouscycle before thoughts of turning into a couch pota-to became any more attractive.

Ever notice when you’re at a crossroads in lifethat it seems like everyone else is in the same boattoo? Getting married? Good luck finding a receptionhall. Having a baby? All of a sudden, baby strollers

are everywhere. You get the picture. Well, apparent-ly it’s the same for getting old and slow.

Suddenly, I came across magazine articles,websites and message board threads with infor-mation and advice on this topic. If you’re gettingold(er) and slow(er) like me, or if you just find your-self lacking motivation at times, here are someideas to help you break the cycle and increase yourmotivation.

Mix it upYou may be able to break out of your slump bysimply mixing up one aspect of your daily train-ing. Do you find yourself running the same two orthree routes all the time? Then it’s time to find anew course.

If you live in the suburbs, venture into the TwinCities, and see why they are constantly ranked atthe top of the best cities for running. If you con-stantly find yourself running the lakes, check outthe Greenway, the Parkway, Pike Island, the RiverRoads or any number of trails in the area. If youdon’t live in the metro area, you might not have asmany options, but I’m sure you can find a newroute if you look hard enough.

Do you run by yourself all the time? Try findinga group to run with or a new training partner. Withthe popularity of running and the help of the inter-net, I’m betting that you won’t have any problemsfinding someone to join you. Of course, if youalways run with a group, it wouldn’t hurt to get outand run by yourself.

Are you a gear junkie? Do you find that youcan’t run without your iPod, GPS or heart rate mon-itor? Try leaving those things at home for a change.Even something as simply as leaving your watch at

home is enough to break up the monotony. Thesame can be true if you fashion yourself “OldSchool.” Strapping on a GPS and getting instantfeedback on something like your pace could helpspur you on.

New comparisonsThe fact that the stopwatch does not lie can be adouble-edged sword in our sport. It’s great that itspells out our performance in black and white,rather than leaving it up to some judge’s interpre-tation. On the other hand, it’s very easy to get socaught up in race times that sheer enjoyment ofthe sport depends on those numbers. As thosetimes start to deteriorate, it may be helpful to lookat new ways to compare your results.

One way is to look at how you’re doing com-pared to other runners in your age-group. Granted,we can’t control our competition, but we’re stillable to use them as motivation. Scanning theresults after a handful of races should give you apretty good idea of some of the runners near you inyour age group. Seeing their name just ahead ofyours in the results may be enough get you to trainharder.

Another way to compare your results is using anage-grading calculator, like the one created by theWorld Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA). Tofind a calculator online, simply Google, age-gradingcalculator. Once you find a site, key in your age, sex,race time and distance and hit “calculate.”

The calculator attempts to account for slowingwith age by giving a correction factor for racetimes, dependent upon age, sex and distance.You’ll also see a percentage that you can use to cal-culate how a particular performance would corre-spond across ages and distances.

New challengesThere are so many different challenges within therunning world, and there’s a good chance youhaven’t tried them all. If you find yourself running onthe roads all the time, it may be time to hit the trails.

Constantly running a couple of marathonsevery year? Maybe rekindling your speed with abunch of short races is just what you need. If you’relooking for a new PR, try finding a new distance torace. You may have to look hard, but you can findless common distances like 12K, 20K, or 30K onrace calendars.

If you don’t want to race that far, seek out atwo, three or four mile race. Perhaps jumping up toan ultra marathon is something that’s crossed yourmind. Even something as simple as doing a 5K or10K that you’ve never done before is enough to getyour running juices flowing again.

Another option would be to take a break from

Confessions of anAging Runnerby Chad Austin

As those times start to deteriorate, it may be helpful to look

at new ways to compare your results.


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