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CONTENTS Editor’s Letter Running Briefs News and notes

Training Building a bigger base

Get to Know Don Dornfeld

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On the Run 100.000 miles in Minnesota

Race Results

Race Calendar

Race Photos Turkey Day 5K Polar Dash 5K & 10K

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2010 Year in Review

On the Cover: A runner finishes the Polar Dash 10K. Photo by Wayne Kryduba.

Credits Managing Editor: Heidi Keller Miler

Senior Editor: Mark C. Syring

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Chad Austin lives in Apple Valley with his wife, Amy, and two daughters. He followed his dad out the door at the age of 10 and has been running ever since. In addition to writing for MDRA, he’s an avid blogger. You can read his daily musings at http://cnaustin. blogspot.com. Chad can be reached at chadaustin@charter.net.

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Steve DeBoer moved to Minnesota at the age of six months and began running shortly thereafter. Since July 20, 1970, Steve has run every day, which gives him the fifth longest running streak in the United States and the longest east of the Rockies. He competes in 15 to 20 road races per year, usually finishing in the top 1000. However, this streak was broken in October 2010, when Steve captured 1037th place at the Twin Cities Marathon. Steve moved to southern Minnesota in 1987, allowing him to get in a few more shirtless runs each year. In his spare time, he works as a registered dietitian at the Mayo Clinic.

Pat O’Regan is a runner and freelance business writer. He is a graduate of St. Thomas College and the University of Minnesota. Born and raised in Montgomery, Minnesota, Pat currently resides in Inver Grove Heights. He runs eight to 10 races a year, mostly 5Ks and 10Ks, with two marathons to his credit. He has also “competed” in three National Championships.

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MDRA 2011 Grand Prix Series Form

Grand Prix Form 2011 GRAND PRIX RACES

January: Meet of the Miles (U-M indoors), January 10 March: Human Race 8K, March 20 April: Get in Gear 10K, April 30 May: New Prague Half Marathon, May 7 May: Brian Kraft 5K, May 30 June: Grandma’s Marathon, June 18 July: Rice Street Mile, July 28

August: Hennepin-Lake 5K, August 7 August: Rochester Half Marathon at the Holiday Inn, August 27 September: Victory 10K, September 5 September: City of Lakes 25K, September 11 October: Twin Cities Marathon, October 2 November: Rocky’s Run 6K, November 6

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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 have at least two participants, and each participant must complete 2 races.

1. Cost is $5.00 for the entire series. This is above and beyond the race entry fees, and is a one-time fee paid to the MDRA. GP scoring will include only GP registrants who are registered finishers of a GP race. No retroactive registration; runners registering after Human Race, 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 upon the percentile in which the runners finish such that the middle finisher will always score 500 points. Points are awarded without regard to age or sex. 3. There are 13 GP races. A runner may compete in as few or as many of the races as they choose; however, results from only 10 races will count. If a runner runs more than 10 races, only their 10 highest scores will count. Anyone running in 10 or fewer races will have all of their scores included.

6. Grand Prix standing information will be included in RunMinnesota, and on the MDRA website @ 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 MDRA annual party held in January 2012. A special award to anyone who participates in all 13 races. In addition, anyone participating in at least 10 of the races will get a prize. 8. The dates listed above are the probable dates, but should be reconfirmed as race day approaches. QUESTIONS? Email Hal Gensler at hgensler@lblco.com

4. Scores are tallied within age division for each sex. Runners do not change age divisions during the year. A runner ‘s division is set according to his division on the day of his first GP score. For example, a runner turning 50 on April 1 would be scored all year in the 4549 bracket if she runs Human Race as a GP registrant, but would score all year in the 5054 bracket if her first GP score is after April 1.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Dear RunMinnesota Readers, I knew it was too good to be true: Metrodome running. Now the Metrodome has collapsed under the weight of this unruly Minnesota winter. Now winter runners are coming to the realization of just how much the Metrodome provides such a great running venue. And because there is so much snow, and we seem to keep having more of it, and on a steady basis, even the trails runners normally use are just not as well plowed as they are typically. Speaking of the lack of many viable outdoor running options, why not check out the RunMinnesota blog at runminnesota. blogspot.com. There you will find many good indoor running options and advice on getting ready for the spring race season in an article written by George Fulp. That should give you some options for your running inspiration. But if you are looking for even more inspiration for this year’s running, look no further than this issue of RunMinnesota. Regular contributing author, and running blogger extraordinaire, Chad Austin, has written an interesting piece about base building, which is the approach the great former New Zealand running coach, Arthur Lydiard, advocated back even before the running boom. This approach concentrates on high mileage first and moves into speedwork at the very latter stages of training for an event. And as Chad cleverly observes, “When I think about setting aside three to five months for base building, I can’t help but think of our Minnesota winters.” Now, there’s one good reason to take advantage of the winter here. Steve DeBoer has written an incredible article, focusing mainly on Minnesota runners who have run more than 100,000 miles to date, which is roughly four times around the Earth’s equator. He is also one of those hallowed 100,000 plus mile runners, who also has run every single day since July 20, 1970 (see: www.runeveryday.com). Another amazing thing about all the Minnesota 100,000 mile plus runners is that they are all still running and plan to continue on for as long as their legs will carry them. And RunMinnesota historian, Patrick O’Regan, and Carter Holmes, have written about a unique Minnesota runner, Don Dornfeld. Interestingly, Don recently bested the great “Boston Billy,” Bill Rodgers in a 10K: Bill was 62 and Don was 67. I hope you enjoyed reading this issue, and I look forward to hearing from you. Please let me know what you liked, what you didn’t and what you’d like to see in future issues. You can send your comments to me at mark.syring@syringlaw.com.

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tration at 8:00 a.m. and a run at 8:30 a.m.. The class will have an emphasis on training for Grandma’s Marathon and the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon. The training will also accommodate those that are training for Minneapolis, Stillwater and other spring marathons. The first few weeks of the program will be solely for Saturday runs. There is a Spring Marathon Class informational session on Tuesday, Februray 15, 7:00 p.m. at the Edina Community Center. Please see the flyer in this issue or the MDRA website, www.runmdra.org, for more information.

MDRA set to party like it is 1961: Fiftieth Anniversary Party

Polar Bear Club Runs The weekly MDRA Saturday group, known as the Polar Bear Group, the Polar Bear Club, is continuing its runs throughout the winter months. The group meets each Saturday from different locations around town. The runs are listed under the programs link at www.runmdra.org.

MDRA’s fiftieth anniversary party is set for March 19, 2011, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The emcee for the event will be Diana Pierce. The guest list will include MDRA members, past and present running luminaries, MDRA founder Pat Lanin and other local running celebrities. The location will be the Kay Fredericks room at Hamline University. Ticket information, along with other details, can be found at www.runmdra.org.

Dome Running Update The Dome is back up. The roof has been

2010 Grand Prix Results The 2010 MDRA Grand Prix was one of the most competitive in recent history. Jarrow Wahman won for the overall men’s title and Bonnie Sons won the women’s title. Jarrow narrowly defeated Kirt Goetzke 9630 to 9438. Bonnie beat Andriette Wickstrom by a close margin as well, by 5295 to 4846. Age Group Winners Under 34 35 to 39 40 to 44 45 to 49 50 to 54 55 to 59 60 to 64 65 to 69 70 to 74

Omar Palacios Mike Nawrocki Jim Clark Jarrow Wahman Bruce Dockter

Candice Chappell Willie Tibbets Bonnie Sons

Michael Bjornberg

Andriette Wickstrom

Paul LaMere

Gloria Jansen

Kelly Keeler Ramacier

Susan Pokorney

Norm Purrington

Ed Rousseau

Dorothy Marden

The runners are scored in their best 10 of 13 total races. Runners who complete at least 10 races win an additional prizes provided by Strands who sponsored the 2010 Grand Prix. There were a dozen men and two women who got the bonus award for competing in 10 of 13 races. There weren’t any competitors who ran all 13 races this year.

MDRA Grand Prix Updates A few updates to the 2011 Grand Prix were necessary. The most imprtant change is the Frigid 5 race has been cancelled for this year. the Human Race date was listed incorrectly. The correct date is Sunday, March 20, 2011. The Hennepin Lake Classic race will be the 5K. And Rocky’s Run has now changed to only one distance: a 6K. That 6K will be the Grand Prix race. Please see the form in this issue for the correct races and dates of the 2011 MDRA Grand Prix, or go to the MDRA website, www.runmdra.org, for more information or to sign up online. The cost is only $5.00. All registered Grand Prix runners who complete 10 of the 13 Grand Prix races will be awarded a special prize at the 2012 MDRA Annual Party.

fixed, and the Metrodome is again open for running Tuesdays and Thursdays through March 31 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The cost is $1.00, and parking is free in the upper Dome lot. The entrance is at gate D.

The Thirtieth Running of the City of Lakes 25K The thirtieth running of the City of Lakes 25K will be September 11. If you have run all 30 of the races, please contact Heidi Miler at the MDRA office, 952-927-0983 or hmiler@hotmail.com RM

MDRA Spring Marathon Training Program The MDRA Spring Marathon program kicks off spring marathon training February 19 at the Edina Community Center with regis-

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Building a Bigger Base More winter miles may be your path to spring PRs by Chad Austin A friend of mine ran a fall marathon with the outside goal of qualifying for the Boston Marathon. Entering the race, she needed to drop 14 minutes from her PR. That’s a rather large chunk of time to drop in one race, but it’s doable. She had a very good race and was able to shave seven minutes from her PR. Like most runners, she started to think about a spring marathon and the training that would finally get her a well earned Boston qualifier. With winter on the horizon she told me, “I want to focus on speed.” Her plan was to cut her mileage and include more speed work, because that’s what she thought was holding her back from her qualifier. At first, I just bit my lip and nodded. The whole time I was thinking she has it backwards. Looking at her race splits, she was on pace for her qualifier until mile 23. Then the wheels started to fall off, and she lost roughly two minutes per mile the rest of the way.

To me, that means she can handle the pace needed to reach her goal. She just lacks the strength to carry that speed for 26.2 miles. Finally, I spoke up and told her I thought this winter would be the perfect time to focus on more miles, not fewer miles. I think developing a bigger mileage base will more likely push her to her goal, than working on speed. Of course, this isn’t an original thought. The famous New Zealand coach, Arthur Lydiard, deserves much of the credit. His training philosophy revolves around the concept of stamina and endurance being prerequisites, to which speed is later added. As he put it, “Speed and the ability to run while in oxygen debt can be developed in four to five weeks, so why waste a lot of time running intervals and speed work when performance is governed by the aerobic capacity?”

Ten common factors affecting mileage are: 1. Previous running experience 2. Mental tenacity 3. Durability 4. The events that you are training for 5. The speed at which you train 6. Outside activities PHOTO BY WAYNE KRYDUBA

7. Amount of sleep

8. Emotional pressures 9. Phase of training (goals in training) 10. One or two-a-day workouts From Ron Daws’s Running Your Best

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Instead, Lydiard preached running a lot of miles and building a huge base, saying, “You must do as much aerobic running as you can. The minimum is three months. Four months is better, five is better still, but anything less than three months is not enough.” When I think about setting aside three to five months for base building, I can’t help but think of our Minnesota winters. If there’s a better time for base building in this area, I haven’t found it. If you think about it, the local road racing scene typically lasts from March to October. That leaves the other four months of the year for building your aerobic capacity. Sure, winters can be tough around here, but I like to live by the adage, “There isn’t bad weather, just bad clothing.” When you combine things like high tech clothing, treadmills, indoor tracks, running at the Metrodome, etc., you’ll find you can indeed thrive during a Minnesota winter, instead of just survive. If your interest is piqued and you’d like to build a bigger base, there’s no better source than Lydiard. While his training philosophy may be misconstrued among the masses, it is well regarded among coaches. Many people think his entire program simply involves slogging through at least 100 miles per week. However, this is not the case at all. As Olympian Ron Daws, who was a big proponent of Lydiard, puts it in his book, Running Your Best, “Mileage is important, but it isn’t everything. During your buildup, ideally you should run the highest mileage you can without injury or exhaustion. As you become fitter and have reached a high, but endurable weekly mileage, you shouldn’t try to run more miles, but more at or near the fastest pace you can without becoming anaerobic. Never make your target mileage a contest to see how much you can run. If you run so far you never run fast, you are doing it wrong.” I used to hate reading any training article that included the phrase, “Find what works for you.” I wondered why I couldn’t just read in black and white what to do to achieve my best results. Finding what works is often a trial and error approach that can be time consuming and frustrating. However, now I understand what a friend of mine means when he says, “We’re all an experiment of one.” Each runner is different in many ways (see sidebar) and we all have to experiment to find out what works best for us.

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As you continue to build your mileage, be sure to listen to your body and be on the look out for signs of injury and exhaustion. Re-evaluate often, and be flexible with your plan as problems arise.

This holds true whether we’re adding speed workouts, incorporating recovery days or building base mileage. While there are many ways to go about increasing one’s mileage and building a bigger base, here are a few tactics I’ve used with success. First, the 10 percent rule states that you should never increase your previous week’s mileage by more than 10 percent. I find this rule is most useful when you are building your mileage to levels you never reached before. If you ran 40 miles per week all last year, but now you’re at 20 miles per week, the 10 percent rule doesn’t really apply. You can ratchet back to 40 miles per week quicker than the 10 percent rule would allow. However, if you want to take your mileage

from, say 40 to 60 miles per week, then increasing by no more than 10 percent each week is a wise move. Second, after building your weekly mileage for two or three weeks in a row, incorporate a cutback week where you reduce your mileage for the week. This will allow your body to recover and adapt to the increased stressed placed upon it before beginning another two to three week building phase. Third, as poet William Blake said, “You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.” As you continue to build your mileage, be sure to listen to your body and be on the look out for signs of injury and exhaustion. Re-evaluate often, and be flexible with your plan as problems arise.

Finally, as you experiment with what level of weekly mileage is right for you, be aware that it will change over time as your season and career develop. Just because you got injured once at a certain level of training doesn’t mean you’ll never be able to handle that level again. I understand that this type of program is not for everyone. It does take commitment, and as Daws puts it, “Making a commitment to run comes down to how badly you want to explore your limits. It means honestly confronting your excuses. It means making time to train. If you do that, it will be incredible - running and improving from mileage formerly thought beyond your ability.” So, if you are serious about improving your running and pushing your limits, I encourage you to take a good hard look at base building this winter. Lay out a plan that is beyond anything you’ve done before. Then, once the snow is gone, you can worry about adding speed workouts on top of your biggest base ever. RM

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A Runner for All Distances Don Dornfeld by Patrick O’Regan (Carter Holmes contributed to this article) We knew Don Dornfeld was an ultra runner (which is a runner who runs races of longer than the marathon distance) when we went to interview him. So, it was a little surprising at first to hear what he had to say about his running: “I love speed…My body is more attuned for speed…Do the speed work.” As a matter of fact, Don has qualified for the 50 meters for the National Senior Games this year. But, it’s not what one would expect from a runner who’s run 24 hour races and 100K races. Actually, Don has run competitively at all distances. He’s truly a versatile runner. As a youngster, Don seemed to be heading in the direction of being a sprinter. “I was always one of the fastest runners,” he recalled. “When we ran a race to determine positions on the peewee football team, I’d be at the front.” At Hazel Park Middle School, he was a member of a 4 x 200 relay team that set the city record. But, no matter the distance, running would become the focus of his life in athletics. “I’m good at it, and I love it,” Don said. Recalling a line from the movie, City Slickers, he went on, “The thing is to find out what you are good at. To do that, look back at your childhood. What were you good at then, and what gave you pleasure then? Do that.” For him, it was running. But, interestingly, Don’s story is not predictable, because at Harding High School, Don was a swimmer. And a good one. He qualified for the state meet, where he placed second in the 50 yard freestyle. In addition, since the body seems to go where its talents take it, Don was an outstanding powerlifter, training and competing in meets through high school at the downtown YMCA. All this time, running was just occasional. Swimming and weightlifting continued

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during Don’s stint in the Navy. Stationed in Hawaii, he competed as a swimmer in interservice rivalry meets. He was also a lifeguard. “I pulled many people out of the ocean,” he recalled. After the Navy, Don’s running started up in earnest. But first, I should mention his powerlifting exploits. Pound for pound, he was one of the strongest guys around. He was the state champion powerlifter at 165 pounds and held the state record in the bench press at that weight at 340 pounds. In trying for the national record of 374.5 pounds, he tore his right pectoral muscle completely off the bone, and the atrophy remains to this day. For a time, Don traveled as part of an exhibition powerlifting team that included great lifters Mel Hennessy, Don Cundy and Jerry Jones. Now, about that running. Starting in the 1970s, Don would run to work in the summer months, often for a family business that installed swimming pools. This was a hard day’s work. Yet, then, he would run home in the evening, about five miles each way. When working other construction jobs, he would run home from the work site, wherever that might be, once running 30 miles home from Forest Lake. He also ran with the Phalen Park Running Club, which would gather for runs around Lake Phalen and raced on many of the weekends. The key, Don said, is to adjust the length of your runs to the race you intend to run. Training strictly for speed, he would run as little as 16 intense miles a week. Construction, of course, is seasonal. In the winter, Don worked as a master barber. Don’s first race was the Red Cedar Classic 10K, in Menominee, Wisconsin, which he ran in about 40 minutes. When a runner can sense

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that he has terrific stamina, he will want to test himself, typically in the marathon. Don ran his first marathon in Winona, Minnesota, covering the distance in about four hours. Through the 80s and 90s and after, Don would run some 108 marathons. He’s run the Twin Cities Marathon some 17 or 18 times (one loses count). He’s run marathons in 32 states. His best time is a respectable 3:01. Of his attempt to run marathons in all 50 states, Don said, “The races aren’t hard. The hard part is getting there. The driving and flying. I don’t like to fly anymore.” He once ran marathons on consecutive days in neighboring states. He’s run Boston five times, Chicago once and Honolulu once. His toughest marathon was the “Torturous 26,” which was run locally in the dead of winter. The temperature was -17 F. Don’s good friend, Allen Holtz, an outstanding ultra runner, convinced him to try the ultra distances. Besides running several times as part of a relay team, Don ran the 100K Edmund Fitzgerald Race solo twice. His best time is a respectable 12:01. In 2001, and for eight succeeding years, Don ran the local FANS 24 Hour Race around Lake Nokomis. What’s it like to run that long? “A lot of it is psychological,” Don said. “The key to making

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closely approached. Kouros covered the 50 miles, at age 46, in 6:09. Don, at age 59, finished in 9:28. Two years ago, with the help of his coach, Gary Westlund, Don discovered track racing. It’s been a great success. He holds the state record for the mile for 66-year-olds in 6:11 and for 67-year-olds in 6:10. He’s run an indoor 5K in the outstanding time of 20:49, which equates to a 6:43 mile. A favorite meet is the Charity’s Challenge at the Bethel College indoor track. In this meet, from 2006 to 2010, Don set four all time age group records for the track. Being sure to get in some speed work, Don typically runs 40 miles a week. He’ll often put on a 10 to 15 pound pack and walk and jog for up to five hours. A favorite workout is to get on a bus, ride it for some distance and run back home. Weights are also a part of his routine. He can still do 15 pull ups, with perfect form. Don’s life has been rich in all the usual and most important ways. He and his wife, Renee, have two daughters, Sandee and Daneen. His life has had its share of personal triumph, too. Twice, he’s battled off cancer: prostate and melanoma. “It changes your life,” he said. “I try to live

it is to avoid cramps and nausea. You have to stay fueled and hydrated. It doesn’t happen overnight. You have to acclimate your body to the distance with 50Ks and 100Ks.” One key, Don said, is not to go out too fast. That is the biggest mistake people make. Often, he’d walk the first half lap of the lake just to get warmed up. Still, he recalled, keeping running when the 12 hour runners stop running at sunset, while you still have another 12 hours to be running, is not psychologically easy. A runner, or other endurance athlete, would understand this. Don accumulated 498 miles in his nine FANS races. He wanted to be a member of the 500 Mile Club. But on the tenth year, he could not compete, because he had surgery in May, and FANS is run in June. So, he hauled himself to the lake. He did have an entry, and he walked a lap to get the requisite 500 miles and his 500 Mile Club jacket. In 2002, Don happened to run a 50 mile trail race in Texas, which was won by Yianni Kouros. Most ultra runners will recognize the name. Kouros is doubtlessly the greatest ultra runner of all time. His 24 hour record of 188 miles (303 kilometers) has not even been

one day at a time and to make every day count.” There is also some depression in the family, which led to the tragic death of his father. Modern medication, of course, can do wonders for people. But, Don said, “Running is my pill.” RM Note: Since this article was written in late 2010, Don competed in a 10K in Dayton, Ohio. It’s worthy of note. The 10K was part of the Air Force Marathon weekend of racing, consisting of a 5K, 10K and the marathon. The great Bill Rodgers was in attendance as the featured speaker and runner. Rodgers also ran the 10K. At age 62, Rogers ran a 47:32, winning the 60 to 64 age group. At age 67, Don ran a 47:02, winning the 65 to 69 age group. “I can now retire,” Don said. “I beat ‘Boston Billy.’”

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2010 YEARINREVIEW It’s time once again for our annual year in review where we look back at the previous 12 months and recognize all the hard work and great efforts that took place, either in Minnesota or by Minnesotans. These are the performances that stand out most in my mind. Once again, this is a subjective list, and with all the great runners in the state, I’m sure I’ve missed a few. We'll also look back on other notable news that happened during the year. Patrick Smyth apparently couldn’t wait to get his 2010 racing season underway. The Team USA Minnesota athlete won the thirty-first Emerald Nuts Midnight Run in New York City January 1. Smyth’s season also included a spot on the United States team for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, where he was the first American finisher, placing thirty-sixth. He also finished third at the USA Outdoor Championship 10,000 meters. All University of Minnesota senior Gabriele Anderson did in 2010 was set a school record in the 1,500 meters, finish second in that event at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships, join Team USA Minnesota and shattered her personal best in the 1,500 meters, running 4:12.06. This was all accomplished within nine months of being diagnosed with cancer. PHOTO COURTESY OF GOPHERTRACKSHOTS.COM

Gabriele Anderson finshed second in the NCAA 1,500m

Speaking of mile specialists, Garrett Heath and Will Leer were busy racing one another throughout the year. Both runners represented the USA at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar. Heath placed seventh in the 1,500 meters final and lowered his PR to 3:39.25 in his preliminary heat. While Leer did not advance to the finals, his season included a new mile PR (3:55.66), second place Indoors and third place Outdoors at the USA Championships. Team USA Minnesota’s Emily Brown represented the USA at the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Cross Country Championships in Tobago and at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. At the World meet, Brown finished forty-first, which helped her team bring home the bronze medal.

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Garrett finished seventh at the World Indo0r Championships

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Antonio Vega won the USA Half Marathon Championships

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2010 YEARINREVIEW One week after winning the Big Ten title, Ben Blankenship became the first sub four minute miler in University of Minnesota history with a 3:57.87. The Stillwater High School alum also set a school record for 1,500 meters (3:39.77) and won a silver medal at the NACAC Under 23 Meet. He closed out the year with an All-American thirty-ninth place finish at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. Zach Mellon, the Buffalo High School alum, who runs for the University of Wisconsin, lowered his 800 meter PR to 1:47.45. Brainerd High School alum, Justin Tyner, who now runs for the Air Force Academy, finished third at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championship 5,000 meters in 13:41. Although it was the closest team finish in meet history, the University of St. Thomas men’s track team was able to extend their winning streak to 26 straight years at the MIAC Indoor Track and Field Championships. Richville, Minnesota, resident Ralph Maxwell was the star at the USA Master Indoor Championships, winning seven gold medals and setting two world age group records. Maxwell competed in the following events: pentathlon, 60 meter hurdles, 60 meter dash, triple jump, 200 meters, high jump, long jump and shot put. Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Maxwell is 90 years old. Another Masters ace, Thom Weddle, took runner up honors in his age division of the 1,500 meters at the World Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia. The 71-year-old covered the distance in 5:45.57. He also finished third in the 800 meters in 2:53.27, fourth in the 3,000 meters in 12:29.89 and fourth in the 8K cross country race in 38:02.50. At the Boston Marathon, Team USA Minnesota teammates, Jason Lehmkuhle and Antonio Vega both set PRs. Lehmkuhle finished ninth in 2:12:24, and Vega placed twelfth in 2:13:47. Proctor, Minnesota, native Scott Jurek established a new American record for the 24 hour run by running 165.705 miles in a single day. Jurek broke the record when he finished second at the IAU 24 Hour World Championships in France. Bethel University senior Marie Borner won the NCAA Division III indoor mile, defended her outdoor 1,500 meter title and added a record breaking 800 meter (2:06.87) victory to her sterling resume. The senior from Cottage Grove has earned six career Division III titles. Also at the NCAA Division III outdoor meet, Gustavus Adolphus’ Max Hanson won the 800 meters, clocking 1:49.50. Earlier in the season,

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Dan Greeno tore up the roads in 2010

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Hanson won the rare 800 meter/3,000 meter Steeplechase double at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships. Megan Duwell capped her outstanding collegiate career with a twelfth place finish in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships. Duwell lowered her PR to 33:40.94 in the race, the second fastest time in Gopher women’s history. After graduating, Duwell joined the McMillan Elite training group to continue her career as a professional. Bloomington’s Matthew Rosen won the Youth Boys 800 meter run in 2:00.68 and placed fifth in the 1,500 meters in 4:17.53 at the USATF Junior Olympics. On July 30, Prior Lake runner Steve Knowlton set out on his trek to run 4,000 miles from the northwest corner of Washington state to the southeast corner of Florida. His goal was to cover 40 miles a day and his mission was to raise money for Crohn’s disease and colitis. On Saturday, November 6, 100 days into his journey, Steve completed his goal as he arrived in Key Largo, Florida, enjoying a beautiful view of the Atlantic Ocean. At the AAU JO Championships, J’iana Cager of St. Paul won both the 400 meters and 200 meters in 1:06.13 and 28.90, respectively. She closed out the meet with a second place showing in the 100 meter dash in 14.35. Cager now has five AAU national titles in two years. At the World Mountain Running Championships in Kamnik, Solvenia, Chris Lundstrom placed fifty-ninth, which helped the U.S. team earn a silver medal. Lundstrom also set a course record, winning the Afton 50K in 3:48:10 and placed seventh at the North Face 50 Mile Endurance Challenge in 7:15:35. In other ultra marathon news, Chris Gardner won the Voyageur 50 Mile in 6:55:52, the fourth fastest time ever on the course, and Eve Rembleski won the Trail Mix 50K in a course record 3:56:13. Jen Houck, the 2009 Minnesota Runner of the Year, continued to set PRs in 2010. At the Boston Marathon, she lowered her best to 2:39:02 before lowering it to 2:37:16 at the Chicago Marathon. As for 2010 Minnesota Runners of the Year, recent Bethel graduate, Dan Greeno and Team USA Minnesota’s Michelle Frey took home those honors. Former University of Minnesota stars Antonio Vega and Andrew Carlson lead the USA men’s team for the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning, China. Vega finished twenty-third in 1:03:37, while Carlson was thirty-ninth in 1:05:38. Carlson also won his second USA crown at the 25K Championships, running 1:14:42. At the state cross country meet, the following individuals and teams brought home titles: Mason Ferlic, Marisa Shady, Adam Zutz, Maria

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Minnesota World Masters medalists: Kevin Gross, Thom Weddle and Jim Sheehan

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Katie McGregor PRed in New York, 2:31:01

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The Wayzata boys won the Class AA State Title and finished ninth at the Nike National Meet

Hauger, Perham (boys Class A), Adrian (girls Class A), Wayzata (boys Class AA) and Eden Prairie (girls Class AA). Both Class AA team champs, along with the Edina boys, qualified for the Nike Cross Nationals based on their performances at the Regional meet. Team USA Minnesota’s Meghan Armstrong donned a USA jersey for the International Chiba Ekiden in Chiba, Japan. The U.S. squad finished fifth in the twelve team, six leg, co-ed relay event, covering the marathon distance in 2:10:54. University of St. Thomas junior Ben Sathre finished second at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. Sathre, who clocked 24:22.2 over the 8K course, finished less than two seconds behind the winner. Hamline University’s Devin Monson, the MIAC champion, earned AllAmerican honors as well with his twenty-third place finish. In the women’s race, St. Olaf sophomore Emma Lee finished tenth, University of Minnesota-Morris’ Linda Keller finished nineteenth and Alyssa Sybilrud, a Burnsville alumnus who competes for the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, finished twenty-third, each earning All-American honors. University of Minnesota-Duluth junior Morgan Place finished fifth in the women’s race of the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships. That makes Place a three time All-American in cross country, as she was seventh in the meet as freshman and sixth last year. Johnathan Stublaski, a Henry Sibley High School alum, also earned All-American honors. His came when he placed thirty-sixth at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. More importantly, he helped his team, Oklahoma State, win their second straight NCAA crown. Also at that meet, Stephanie Price paced the Gopher women with an All-American thirty-first place finish. Team USA Minnesota’s Katie McGregor and Antonio Vega each won the 2010 USA Running Circuit title and were named USATF Long Distance Runner of the Year. McGregor’s outstanding season included three U.S. titles (15K, 25K and 10 miles) and a PR at the New York City Marathon in 2:31:01. Meanwhile, Vega’s breakout season saw him claim his first U.S. title when he won the Houston Half Marathon with a PR 1:01:54. He also finished third at the USA 15K, fourth at the USA 7 Mile and runner up at the USA 10 Mile Championship. The Minnesota Track and Field Hall of Fame added six new members in 2010: Tom Heinonen, Stephanie Herbst-Lucke, Harry Nash, Merrill Fischbein, Bill Huyck and Larry Russ. Sadly, long distance running legend Lloyd Young died August 17 at age 87. Lloyd “Forever” Young made his mark on the Minnesota running scene by setting countless age group and single age masters records. Finally, Olympians Carrie Tollefson and Kara Goucher both welcomed their first children into the world. Ruby Anne Peterson was born April 1 and Colton Mirko Goucher was born September 25. There you have it. The top performances and performers from Minnesota in 2010. When you consider all the great Minnesota runners competing in high school, college, professionally and at road races, you can see that it’s very difficult to limit such a list. Finally, thanks to Charlie Mahler and his “staff ” at Down the Backstretch for their unbelievable coverage of our great sport in Minnesota. This article is basically a recap of their website in 2010. Without it, this article would not be possible. If you’re not familiar with the website, please be sure to check it out at www.downthebackstretch.blogspot.com. RM

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2010 FAVORITERACES In the last issue of RunMinnesota, we asked people to go to www.runmdra.org to take a survey about their favorite races. We were curious about everything from one mile to ultramarathons. Nearly 100 people responded, and here are the results. Perhaps the distance with the least number of race options is the one mile, as only seven different events received a vote. Leading the way by a large margin is the TC 1 mile with 34 votes. It was followed by the Rice Street Mile and Grandma's Minnesota Mile with nine and six votes, respectively. Nearly one third of voters chose the Brian Kraft Memorial as their favorite 5K. The flat, fast course around Lake Nokomis occurs every Memorial Day. In second place was the State Fair Mile Run with six votes. Four other events tied for third with four votes: Run for Blood, TCM 5K, Torchlight and Victory. For 8K and 10K events, it is a three way race between the Saint Patrick's Day Human Race 8K (22 votes), Get in Gear 10K (14 votes) and Victory 10K (12 votes). These results probably aren't shocking, as these are very popular races, and they're fast courses. It's also no surprise that the ever popular TC 10 Mile is the race of choice for distances ranging from the 15K to 20 miles. It garnered 17 votes. There was a tight battle for second place between Lumberjack Days 10

Mile, City of Lakes 25K, Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon and the Monster Dash Half Marathon. In the end, Lumberjack Days 10 Mile finished with nine votes, while the others all had eight votes. Grandma's Marathon and Twin Cities Marathon are constantly recognized nationally for their great events and they topped our survey also. Twin Cities Marathon earned 46 votes, more than double Grandma's Marathon's 21 votes. It appears that racing on trails is gaining popularity. More than half of the respondents listed one of 25 different races as their favorite. Big Woods in Nerstrand led the way with six votes, followed by Mudball, Run for Apples and Trail Mix. While trail races are gaining in popularity, it appears most runners are sticking with race distances up to a marathon, as only 18 people voted for their top ultramarathon. Locally, Trail Mix is the favorite ultra, along with Afton, FANS and Surph the Murph. Finally, we asked, regardless of distance, what is your favorite race. Runners seem to be happy with races put on by Twin Cities in Motion (formerly Twin Cities Marathon, Inc.). They landed three races in the top five spots. Twin Cities Marathon (18 votes) and TC 10 Mile (eight votes) were, by far, the most popular events. Thanks again to everyone who took the time to share their favorite races with us. Be sure to check out www.runmdra.org for future surveys. You can also find us on Facebook where we'll notify you of surveys, pictures and other interesting activities taking place within MDRA. RM

Results of MDRA Favorite Races Poll 1 Mile Races TC 1 Mile Rice Street Mile Grandma's Minnesota Mile Meet of Miles Others (1 vote) Total Votes

34 9 6 4 3 56

8K to 10K Races Human Race 8K Get in Gear 10K Victory 10K Turkey Day 10K Hennipen Lakes Classic 10K Others (1 or 2 votes) Total Votes

22 14 12 4 3 26 81

5K Races Brian Kraft Memorial 5K State Fair Milk Run Run for Blood 5K TCM 5K Torchlight 5K Victory 5K Rocky's Run Others (1 or 2 votes) Total Votes

24 6 4 4 4 4 3 28 77

15K to 20 Mile Races TC 10 Mile Lumberjack Days 10 Mile City of Lakes 25K Garry Bjorklund Half Monster Dash Half Lake Minnetonka Half Others (1 or 2 votes) Total Votes

17 9 8 8 8 6 38 94

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Marathons Twin Cities Marathon Grandma's Marathon Boston Marathon Chicago Marathon Moose Mountain Marathon Others (1 vote) Total Votes

46 21 2 2 2 8 81

Ultramarathons Trail Mix Afton Trail Run FANS Surph the Murph Moose Mountain Others (1 vote) Total Votes

5 3 3 3 2 2 18

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Trail Races Big Woods Mudball Run for the Apples Trail Mix Afton Moose Mountain Others (1 or 2 votes) Total Votes

6 5 4 4 3 3 27 52

Overall Favorite Races Twin Cities Marathon TC 10 Mile Grandma's Marathon Get Lucky 7K Brian Kraft Memorial 5K Run for Blood 5K TC 1 Mile Others (1 or 2 votes) Total Votes

18 8 5 4 3 3 3 50 94

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100,000 Miles in Minnesota by Steve DeBoer Times have changed. When I finished college in the mid 1970s, there were few people in their 40s and 50s doing road races. And Bill Andberg, in his 60s, was ancient. Now it seems the majority of road racers are in their 40s, 50s and 60s, and plan to run the rest of their lives. For those who have kept running, going around the equator once (24,900 miles) wasn’t too difficult. In fact, most of us were focused more on getting faster at that point in our running careers and did not even recognize, much less celebrate, that milestone. But, after we have run the equivalent of more than four times around the equator, we are no longer getting faster, but slower, no matter how much effort we make to prevent it. Now, just continuing to run on a regular basis is what we celebrate. I remember reading about the Australian distance runner, Bill Emmerton, in the late 1960s, about the time I began running. At that

point, he was about 50 years old and had run over 100,000 miles. Being fascinated by round numbers, I wondered if that was something I might be able to achieve. I just learned that Bill died on July 11, 2010, at the age 91, having run over 150,000 miles, and possibly even 200,000, in his lifetime. Ted Corbitt, 1952 Olympic marathoner from New York, also ran in the 200,000 mile range during his life. In the last few years, I have been contacting other runners to see how many have reached the 100,000 mile mark. Among those who run every day (see: www.runeveryday .com), there are 25 who have surpassed the 100,000 mile mark, with 81-year-old Herb Fred, of Texas, now over 240,000 miles. I also got in touch with Amby Burfoot at Runner’s World, who began a blog for those who have covered that much terrain on the run (see: www.100klifetimemiles.com). His list has 30 additional 100,000 milers, includ-

ing Darryl Beardall, 74, of California, who has possibly run more than 280,000 miles. A special thanks to RunMinnesota magazine for allowing me to query the membership as to how many have surpassed 100,000 miles of running. This list is preliminary, and I would encourage people to contact me at deboer.stephen@mayo.edu if they know of someone else who has reached this milestone. Many have gone 70,000 and 80,000 miles, and Danny Ripka is now at about 90,000. These numbers are approximate as of the end of November, though the more detail-oriented in the group could provide a more specific number with 99.9 percent accuracy. Paul Case is the newest member of the club. His sister, Sherry, is the only female I have found who has reached 100,000. Her lowest mileage year was 50. Steve Morrow’s highest mileage year was 6,570. Bob has not given me his actual mileage yet, but 170,000 miles is a conservative estimate. Most of the runners provided additional information about their careers.

How I Got Started Bruce: I started running in the summer of 1959 to get ready for cross country. I only went out for cross country after my gym coach, Roy Griak, suggested it after I almost beat one of the cross country runners in a gym class 440. Griak was the assistant basketball coach, so I thought that might give me an “in” to make the basketball team. I got cut right away, so I’ve been a full time runner ever since! Paul N: I started as a sophomore in high school because my friends were going out.

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Lowest year

Highest year

Bob Wagner Bruce Mortenson Paul Noreen Steve DeBoer Steve Morrow Jerry Heaps Rick Kleyman Sherry Case Kerry Louks Steve Gathje Paul Case

63 67 75 56 46 55 71 51 61 55 52

Bemidji Minnetonka Blaine Rochester Eagle Lake Apple Valley Plymouth Richfield Duluth Minneapolis Richfield

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Steve D: I started in 1968 to get in shape for JV basketball, knowing the coach made you run a lot. After six months preparation, I was definitely in shape, but I still got cut from the team. Steve M: High School freshman in 1979. The summer before my senior year, I started to run every day in preparation for cross country and track that year. Jerry: Spring 1977 after right knee surgery for lateral meniscus issue, followed two months later by medial side surgery, so I was in a cast for several months. Once the cast was removed, I could not straighten the knee so started to “jog” as it was called then. One mile led to another and knee has never bothered me since.

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Rick: 10th grade at Minneapolis North in cross country in 1955 because I was too small for football. Since then I have never missed a year of competing through 2010. Why did I start running? Probably because I had some speed and I wanted to letter in high school and impress the girls. Why else? Kerry: 1963, because my older brother had been on two State High School cross country championship teams and the local YMCA had a competition to see if you could run 100 miles. I kept detailed records and won the Fitness Challenge Trophy, which I still have. Steve G: I first ran track as a freshman in high school. I would say I became a real “runner” my junior year, when Bruce Mortenson became my coach. I caught the running bug from him and started running year round. Sherry: In junior high, mainly because my brother, Paul, did it and had a lot of fun, so I followed in his footsteps. I thought he was a pretty cool brother, so I looked up to and wanted to be like him. Paul C: I started running in ninth grade, because my uncle was running in high school, and I was always trying to keep up with him.

Favorite Recollections Bruce: Running the anchor leg on the winning mile relay team at the state meet my senior year. I enjoyed tying with Mike Slack in both the six mile (on purpose) and the three mile at the 1971 Kelly Games in Rochester on the same night. Overall, I have just enjoyed the great friendships and races we have here in Minnesota. Paul N: Twice making wrong turns when in the lead and meeting runners head-on. Being stopped by a train when in second place. One runner made it through. Winning the Mudball race, despite an electric shock when I (and others) stepped on an electrically charged water pipe in the last 100 yards. Steve D: Winning a 5K race while in graduate school in North Carolina. I found out next day my interview was the lead sports story, ahead of the Kentucky Derby. Unfortunately, I never saw it, as I had no television. Defeating my brother, Dave, in the Langford Park Winter Sports Day four mile, on the same course he had beaten me the previous summer. Being bit by dogs, especially the one in Ecuador. Steve M: Running races with my twin girls,

now age 11. We once ran a one mile race, finishing in under six minutes, as I pushed them in a double wide jogging stroller when they were about two years old. Jerry: Our age group and peers. What a pleasure to see many of us still out there. Always enjoyed the camaraderie and age group “competition” at each race but now enjoy the “social” aspect of the runs/races. Love the MDRA series and that “weekend” MDRA event w/mile on Friday night, 5K on Saturday and half marathon on Sunday. Fun to see us all on Sunday morning and how we felt. Rick: You usually remember the races you ran well in. My favorites were my PRs in the various distances. 16:05 5K at the university homecoming race, 32:50 10K at the Get into Gear and 2:38.47 Twin Cities Marathon. In each, I never got tired and negative split each of them. They were all in the early 80s when I was in my 40s. Also my 15K race at the Masters race in Edina when I was second overall in 52:20 at age 46. On the track, some 800, 1500, 5K, one and two mile. Great memories. Felt good all the way. Kerry: 1979 Boston. Rain, cold, wind made it tough, but I finished and remember seeing many runners dropping out because of hypothermia. Steve G: I used to love the Hopkins Raspberry Festival Race. Even the year when a train stopped all but the first two or three runners at the mile mark. The old City of Lakes Marathon was a great race. And races in towns all over Minnesota: Elgin Cheese Days, New Richland Farm and City Days, Austin, Winona, Farmington, Lakeville, Apple Valley, Rosemount, Eagan, Woodbury, Glenwood, St. Cloud, Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Stillwater, Rochester (of course), Burnsville. I ran a marathon in Whitewater State Park. Sherry: Running Boston Marathon twice, New York Marathon because of the incredible crowds, winning Hopkins Raspberry race was a highlight, because of the status the race held, being able to say I and my brother have finished every City of Lakes 25K. In reality, the daily runs bring the best recollections: even getting stuck in the mud, caught in rain and hail storms, going through the snow after the Halloween storm.

school and decided to run the Moms Day four mile. I was running my heart out, and a spectator yelled I needed to move up one place for a medal. I sprinted and beat this guy. Many years later, I was talking with some running buddies about our most disappointing race finish. This guy mentions getting aced at Moms Day, and I started laughing. He didn’t think it was so funny.

Future Running Goals Bruce: I am an assistant coach at Eden Prairie, so I continue to run with the kids and hope to be a positive influence on them. They do a great job of helping me feel young. I would like to keep running indefinitely for the health benefits. I am very fortunate as many old teammates and friends aren’t able to run. Paul N: Hoping to run again after major spinal surgery (only ran 500 miles last year before surgery). I am now jogging two days, biking one. I am steadily improving. I feared I would never run again at age 75. Steve D: Run the distance to the moon, which varies from month to month, but if I catch it when it gets close, about 220,000 miles. I would second Bruce’s comments on the health benefits. Steve M: After missing one day this year, back to daily runs until reaching 200,000 miles in about 25 years. Jerry: I had been injury free until this past Christmas when I fell on ice while running. Compound and spiral fractures of tibia and fibula in left leg. But, through the wonders of titanium/screws and a great surgeon, I am back on the road again. What a blessing! Rick: Keep moving and running almost every day. God willing, continue to race. This fall I have entered my last marathon, but will keep running half marathons and shorter distances. Kerry: Running to keep fit, which allows me to enjoy life more, including eating pizza. Steve G: Just continue to plug along, as I’m not interested in competing. Sherry: Run Boston and New York again. Continue streak of running every City of Lakes 25K. Run and love the sport for as long as I can Paul C: If I could stay injury free, that would be awesome! RM

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Monster Dash Half Marathon October 30, Minneapolis Matt Wiersum, 22 Gerad Mead, 31 Ben Schneider, 27 Gregg Robertson, 40 Dan Deuhs, 39 Nicholas Hoffmann, 29 Michael Roddy, 33 Kirk Paulsen, 41 Aaron Eicher, 27 Mike Moore, 40 Erik Kluznik, 32 Eric Kaluza, 32 Scott Wilson, 33 Patrick Crowe, 32 Don Sullivan, 36 Kevin Salkas, 26 Heriberto Vargas Olalde, 28 Barry Fischer, 38 Kelly Ecklund, 46 Scott Haidet, 17 Karl Adalbert, 39 David Tompkins, 39 Rick Jackson, 51 Andrew Henderson, 32 Paul Mix, 42 Greg Lindusky, 51 Richard Keston, 42 Trever Dahnke, 35 Jim Boatman, 54 Brian Falcone, 32

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Open Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Meghan Mason, 23 Jeanine Roddy, 33 Beth Tacl, 22 Willie Tibbetts, 39 Becky Wemer, 30 Nicole Armbrust, 30 Jenny Wilcox, 36 Kathryn Freytag, 42 Regina Horak, 21 Tammy Gregerson, 30 Kelly Faris, 31 Candice Chappell, 26 Deidre Rehfeld, 37 Krista Tomford, 18 Tesha Distad, 35 Brenda Backes, 41 Katherine Himes, 33 Tonya Reed, 38 Wendy Tseng, 32 Natalie Timmers, 28 Nellie Adams, 22 Toni Kolling, 28 Erin Warne, 33 Julie Ofstedal, 29 Haley McConaghy, 32

1:34:08 1:34:09 1:34:10 1:34:31 1:34:47

Men 12 - 13

Open Men 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Shelley Nelson, 31 Andrea Nelson, 34 Kari Teigen, 22 Julie Cousins, 31 Emma Miller, 22

1:19:47 1:21:21 1:22:48 1:25:09 1:27:24 1:27:24 1:27:41 1:27:43 1:28:48 1:29:11 1:29:21 1:30:57 1:32:14 1:32:23 1:32:30 1:32:50 1:32:55 1:33:05 1:33:26 1:33:34 1:33:36 1:33:40 1:33:48 1:34:02 1:34:06

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1225 Daniel Medin, 13 1331 Charlie Stejskal, 13 1415 Dillon Kurila, 13

2:19:43 2:29:06 2:46:35

Men 14 - 15 135 385 393 417 491 582 718 774 910

Caleb Ayers, 15 Connor Gabbert, 15 Brian Hoppe, 15 Jay Grootwassink, 15 Sam Renikoff, 15 David Brown, 15 Alex Barrette, 14 Landin Goloja, 14 Kal Gerber, 14

1:34:42 1:45:50 1:46:14 1:47:50 1:50:46 1:54:31 1:58:33 2:00:20 2:04:44

Men 16 - 17 20 33 174

Scott Haidet, 17 Nate Johnson, 16 Paul Nordquist, 16

1:23:42 1:26:02 1:37:36

Men 18 - 19 185 202 224 465 474 536 1270 1338 1358

Clay Cooper, 18 David Scheibelhut, 19 Edward Obrien, 19 Alexander Platt-Koch, 18 Michael Oolman, 19 Isaac Hall, 19 Jacob Brown, 19 Corey Larson, 19 Josh Gardiner, 19

1:38:04 1:38:41 1:39:39 1:50:09 1:50:26 1:52:48 2:23:05 2:29:32 2:33:03

Men 20 - 34 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 12 13 14

Matt Wiersum, 22 Gerad Mead, 31 Ben Schneider, 27 Nicholas Hoffmann, 29 Michael Roddy, 33 Aaron Eicher, 27 Erik Kluznik, 32 Eric Kaluza, 32 Scott Wilson, 33 Patrick Crowe, 32

1:13:05 1:13:36 1:13:57 1:19:44 1:20:30 1:20:43 1:21:21 1:21:21 1:21:22 1:21:48

Men 35 - 39 5 15 18 21 22 28 32 34 67 91

Dan Deuhs, 39 Don Sullivan, 36 Barry Fischer, 38 Karl Adalbert, 39 David Tompkins, 39 Trever Dahnke, 35 Torrey Bergman, 39 Dan Worley, 37 Ted Sampsell-Jones, 35 Trevor Windel, 38

1:19:40 1:22:01 1:23:34 1:23:52 1:24:04 1:25:02 1:25:44 1:26:06 1:29:44 1:31:56

Men 40 - 44 4 8 10 25 27 31 35

Gregg Robertson, 40 Kirk Paulsen, 41 Mike Moore, 40 Paul Mix, 42 Richard Keston, 42 Joe Litsey, 41 John Ostergren, 42

1:15:15 1:20:41 1:20:46 1:24:43 1:24:59 1:25:38 1:26:38

37 43 44

John Hagebock, 41 Pete Wall, 40 Brian Schubring, 43

1:27:09 1:28:08 1:28:15

Men 45 - 49 19 38 48 51 61 64 68 72 98 129

Kelly Ecklund, 46 Mark Tesija, 49 Gregory Palmer, 49 John Deuhs, 45 Jayson Drake, 47 Mark Drapac, 48 Scot Lacek, 47 Eric Swanson, 48 Richard Schunn, 46 Dave Lundberg, 46

1:23:40 1:27:21 1:29:02 1:29:16 1:29:33 1:29:38 1:29:46 1:29:55 1:32:23 1:34:19

Men 50 - 54 23 26 29 39

Rick Jackson, 51 Greg Lindusky, 51 Jim Boatman, 54 Mike Erger, 53

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1:24:12 1:24:49 1:25:16 1:27:36

54 89 99 103 161 169

Douglas Wiesner, 53 Kenneth Pratley, 50 Brian Helm, 51 Mark Kubes, 50 Alfred Essa, 50 Keith Braue, 51

1:29:26 1:31:53 1:32:27 1:32:37 1:36:43 1:37:17

Men 55 - 59 45 56 107 215 233 252 284 292 368 388

Mike Setter, 55 Patrick Huber, 55 Craig McCoy, 57 David Newman, 56 Glen Swanson, 55 Dan Gjelten, 59 John Devine, 55 Eric Swanlund, 55 Richard Bottorff, 56 Patrick Hagan, 56

1:28:18 1:29:28 1:33:03 1:39:15 1:39:58 1:40:56 1:42:42 1:43:11 1:45:24 1:45:58

Men 60 - 64 90

Ron Trussell, 61

1:31:54

Minnesota Distance Running Association

AT THE RACES: R A C E R E S U L T S 342 428 620 626 869 1027 1099 1115 1125

Jerry House, 63 Keith Tvedten, 60 Robert Pollmann, 63 Roy Andrews, 63 William Baldwin, 60 James Makepeace, 64 Tommy Russell, 63 Leroy Leftwich, 60 Robert Johnson, 61

1:44:58 1:48:19 1:55:44 1:55:51 2:03:02 2:09:13 2:12:30 2:13:35 2:14:10

Men 65 - 69 645 1116 1253 1422

Don Snyder, 65 Clark Worthington, 68 John Brennan, 68 Tom Smith, 67

1:56:21 2:13:37 2:21:08 2:50:23

Men 75 - 79 1348 Rob Anderson, 76

2:31:14

Women 12 - 13 204

Mariah Novak, 13

1:48:46

Women 14 - 15 337 1417 1982 1998

Jenna Hintz, 15 Briana Cullimore, 15 Rachel Matuseski, 14 Paula Kowitz, 14

1:54:28 2:20:46 2:46:10 2:48:01

Women 16 - 17 396 501 508 563 656 862 875 1371 1588 1856

Alyssa Nichols, 16 Elise Watters, 17 Megan Johnston, 17 Jenna Hyde, 17 Cassie Gerenz, 17 Leah Anderson, 17 Sara Lovett, 17 Shemaina Miller, 16 Caroline Welch, 17 Maren Johnson, 17

1:55:50 1:58:57 1:59:17 2:00:42 2:03:06 2:07:51 2:08:01 2:19:34 2:25:31 2:36:23

Women 18 - 19 14 212 445 484 632 774 775 861 926 1218

Krista Tomford, 18 Bryana Sheehan, 19 Katie Hayes, 19 Emilie Marshall, 19 Rachel Ousdigian, 19 Emma Donlin, 18 Hallie Tietz, 19 Kristin Kuball, 18 Erica Verdegan, 19 Chelsey Dorow, 19

1:32:23 1:49:05 1:57:18 1:58:26 2:02:32 2:05:55 2:05:55 2:07:51 2:08:49 2:15:36

Women 20 - 34 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 11 12 17

Meghan Mason, 23 Jeanine Roddy, 33 Beth Tacl, 22 Becky Wemer, 30 Nicole Armbrust, 30 Regina Horak, 21 Tammy Gregerson, 30 Kelly Faris, 31 Candice Chappell, 26 Katherine Himes, 33

1:19:47 1:21:21 1:22:48 1:27:24 1:27:24 1:28:48 1:29:11 1:29:21 1:30:57 1:32:55

Women 35 - 39 4 7 13 15 18 31 33 34 36 38

Willie Tibbetts, 39 Jenny Wilcox, 36 Deidre Rehfeld, 37 Tesha Distad, 35 Tonya Reed, 38 Lisa Boeser, 35 Janell Maxa, 39 Stacy Schmitz, 38 Juli Bergman, 37 Brenda Bursch, 38

1:25:09 1:27:41 1:32:14 1:32:30 1:33:05 1:35:02 1:35:25 1:35:25 1:35:53 1:36:01

Women 40 - 44 8 16

Kathryn Freytag, 42 Brenda Backes, 41

1:27:43 1:32:50

40 44 52 53 62 68 85 92

Carol McKnight, 43 Shelly Stahlke, 44 Laura Rosenthal, 42 Kitty Earl-Torniainen, 43 Min-Amy Xu, 42 Reiko Sugisaka, 44 Shelly Mikel, 44 Chris Hesse-Withbroe, 40

1:36:21 1:36:57 1:37:56 1:37:57 1:39:22 1:39:47 1:42:03 1:42:46

Women 45 - 49 41 65 125 144 154 174 178 228 239 246

Patricia Langum, 49 Eileen Moran, 45 Carol Hentges, 49 Traci Messner, 47 Heidi Knight, 46 Laura Clements, 48 Jayne Nemeth, 45 Cindy Romanik, 46 Nannette Sorenson, 48 Catherine Young, 47

1:36:42 1:39:39 1:44:28 1:45:26 1:45:59 1:47:03 1:47:22 1:49:55 1:50:16 1:50:27

Women 50 - 54 35 70 196 372 391 451 476 480 482 488

Laurie King, 50 Merilee Sander, 50 Carolyn Fletcher, 53 Germaine Edinger, 50 Jan Obrien, 50 Dawn Garlough, 51 Mary Holdahl, 52 Barb Dreyer, 50 Kristin Kirk-Healy, 53 Kim Erickson Dancer, 54

1:35:26 1:39:56 1:48:28 1:55:28 1:55:45 1:57:30 1:58:18 1:58:22 1:58:23 1:58:29

Women 55 - 59 346 389 469 552 730

Laurie Rice, 56 Susan Pokorney, 55 Karen Handegard, 57 Sara Cardwell, 57 Pamela Cutshall, 56

1:54:45 1:55:44 1:58:01 2:00:23 2:05:00

773 787 824 860 949

Susan Janssen, 55 Jean Bostrom, 57 Patti Vitek, 59 Nancy Wucherpfennig, 57 Carol Gragert, 58

2:05:53 2:06:16 2:06:59 2:07:50 2:09:16

Women 60 - 64 1229 1366 1625 1655 2063

Susan Gebelein, 62 Rene Diebold, 61 Barbara Walter, 61 Kathryn Benhardus, 63 Ann Rhea, 63

2:15:52 2:19:26 2:26:24 2:27:40 2:56:14

Women 65 - 69 1448 Libby Petit, 67 2072 Carol Fast, 69

2:21:48 2:57:26

Women 75 - 79 1743 De Anderson, 75

2:31:14

Monster Dash 10 Mile October 30, Minneapolis Open Men 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Tj Varecka, 34 Jared Smith, 27 Mikey Fretland, 35 Andrew Siegel, 38 Chris Duffy, 28 Scott Harma, 37 Christopher Larson, 33

59:50 1:02:12 1:02:43 1:03:03 1:03:48 1:04:35 1:05:04

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AT THE RACES: R A C E R E S U L T S Men 18 - 19

Monster Dash 10 Mile results continued 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Joseph Midthun, 28 Brett Chmel, 32 Adam Drahos, 33 Austin Budlong, 30 Daniel Tian, 30 Corey Walther, 39 Jerry Caruso, 51 Jason Just, 41 Peter Jonas, 23 Dennis Curran, 28 Andrew Muller, 37 Tim Johnson, 25 Craig Rabe, 40 Kyle Staunton, 15 Austin Barr, 15 Peter Knoll, 15 Michael Svensk, 30 Scott Bromelkamp, 28 Robert Wilke, 35 Pete Hyland, 44 Kai Sakstrup, 37 Andy Haversack, 37 Paul Madden, 25

38 170 1:05:05 1:05:49 1:06:40 1:07:22 1:07:44 1:07:45 1:08:16 1:08:27 1:09:01 1:09:25 1:09:26 1:09:33 1:09:37 1:10:01 1:10:01 1:10:02 1:10:09 1:10:14 1:10:19 1:11:49 1:12:32 1:12:41 1:12:45

Open Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Joyce Bourassa, 43 Madeline Harms, 24 Stephanie Boss, 36 Jenna Landry, 25 Jamie McIntosh, 35 Nicole Considine, 30 Kerry Oliver, 38 Katie Morgan, 25 Jen Carlson, 34 Jennifer Scudiero, 28 Michele Stinson, 37 Robin Tedlund, 52 Gwen Thielke, 32 Alison Fraser, 32 Allison Axness, 28 Kristin Terrell, 39 Brenda Trok, 31 Sara Hermanson, 33 Sarah Warren, 31 Sara Warnke, 26 Rachel Tressel, 31 Stacey Morken, 40 Tina Hjeltman, 40 Colleen McCormick, 48 Chrystal Collins, 37 Rozaane Johnson, 25 Mollie Juntunen, 21 Lisa Kent, 44 Lynn Keller, 38 Jodi Eschrich, 44

1:04:02 1:07:31 1:09:39 1:10:53 1:12:29 1:12:58 1:13:04 1:13:08 1:13:58 1:14:41 1:14:50 1:14:56 1:15:13 1:16:03 1:16:18 1:16:44 1:16:50 1:17:05 1:17:19 1:17:24 1:17:27 1:17:37 1:17:59 1:18:00 1:18:55 1:19:19 1:19:20 1:19:23 1:19:28 1:19:36

Men 10 - 11 405

Robert Dunn, 11

1:48:04

Men 12 - 13 326 392 463 495

Joe Stinson, 12 Matthew Slane, 12 Marco Van Heteren-Free, 13 Nick Lemke, 12

1:40:26 1:46:12 2:00:22 2:20:14

Men 14 - 15 21 22 23 41 54 367 368 369 475

Kyle Staunton, 15 Austin Barr, 15 Peter Knoll, 15 Tom Eichlersmith, 14 Matthew McGrath, 15 Jack Johnson, 15 Jacob Geiger, 15 Eric Bakken, 14 Brodie Harrington, 15

1:10:01 1:10:01 1:10:02 1:16:02 1:18:17 1:43:43 1:43:43 1:43:43 2:04:28

Men 16 - 17 431

Blake Mintalar, 17

1:51:01

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Abdurahman Hassen, 19 Tim Larson, 19

1:15:56 1:28:57

Men 20 - 34 1 2 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 16

Tj Varecka, 34 Jared Smith, 27 Chris Duffy, 28 Christopher Larson, 33 Joseph Midthun, 28 Brett Chmel, 32 Adam Drahos, 33 Austin Budlong, 30 Daniel Tian, 30 Peter Jonas, 23

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Men 35 - 39 3 4 6 13 18 26 28 29 32 44

Mikey Fretland, 35 Andrew Siegel, 38 Scott Harma, 37 Corey Walther, 39 Andrew Muller, 37 Robert Wilke, 35 Kai Sakstrup, 37 Andy Haversack, 37 Jeff Phillips, 36 Ted Roseen, 35 Jason Just, 41 Craig Rabe, 40 Pete Hyland, 44 Steve Neuharth, 43 Jeffrey Steinle, 41 James Vettel, 41 Mark Hesse, 41 Wayne Shipman, 43 John Robnett, 41 Daniel Conway, 40

1:08:27 1:09:37 1:11:49 1:16:57 1:18:13 1:18:53 1:18:58 1:19:00 1:19:12 1:20:30

Men 45 - 49 34 49 51 67 80 92 101 122 124 129

Darren Carroll, 49 Steve Gilfix, 46 Jerry Green, 45 Chuck Praska, 47 Greg Mortenson, 46 Ted Hewes, 48 Matt Schumacher, 46 Timothy Jung, 48 Michael Dayton, 49 Charles Kudrle, 47

1:13:49 1:17:35 1:17:48 1:19:08 1:21:07 1:22:36 1:23:23 1:25:24 1:25:45 1:26:09

Men 50 - 54 14 59 76 77 82 83 86 99 110 141

Jerry Caruso, 51 Jeremy Johnston, 51 Patrick Lewis, 50 Rick Burnham, 53 Mike Brask, 52 Steve Scheidt, 54 Larry Gau, 54 Benjamin Walker III, 52 Jeff Aufderhar, 51 Tony Clanton, 50

1:08:16 1:18:35 1:20:34 1:20:45 1:21:13 1:21:21 1:21:29 1:23:19 1:23:50 1:26:53

Men 55 - 59 58 87 125 199 228 229 240 249 257 263

Craig Lippert, 55 Michael Duffy, 59 John Wilson, 56 Stephen Bratkovich, 59 Rick Luther, 56 Laddy Janovsky, 56 Matts Moore, 55 Scott Hedberg, 55 Gery Haag, 57 Charles Olufson, 55

1:18:30 1:21:31 1:26:01 1:31:04 1:33:36 1:33:37 1:34:22 1:34:49 1:35:29 1:35:53

Men 60 - 64 64 70 135 187 416 419

Don Kunz, 60 David Hope, 60 William Haapala, 62 Tom Osborne, 60 Dennis Sorensen, 62 Jerry Posey, 62

Bob Hartnett, 61 Bill Newman, 62 Gary Smisek, 63 James Isbell, 60

1:51:11 1:58:55 2:02:26 2:03:46

Men 65 - 69 347

Leonard Volk, 65

1:42:12

Men 70 - 74 111

David Roseen, 70

1:23:55

Women 12 - 13 1015 Karina Johnson, 13 1264 Sarah Shapiro, 12

1:52:17 2:08:10

56 215

Madisen Vukich, 15 Tessa Rykken, 15

1:23:43 1:32:42

1:19:01 1:19:41 1:26:25 1:30:11 1:49:31 1:49:36

70 Laura Goedeke, 17 1008 Chloe Lucy, 17

1:25:05 1:52:00

Women 18 - 19 725 844

Bridgette Springer, 18 Abby Hansen, 18

1:44:02 1:46:55

Women 20 - 34 2 4 6 8 9 10 13 14 15 17

Madeline Harms, 24 Jenna Landry, 25 Nicole Considine, 30 Katie Morgan, 25 Jen Carlson, 34 Jennifer Scudiero, 28 Gwen Thielke, 32 Alison Fraser, 32 Allison Axness, 28 Brenda Trok, 31

1:07:31 1:10:53 1:12:58 1:13:08 1:13:58 1:14:41 1:15:13 1:16:03 1:16:18 1:16:50

Women 35 - 39 3 5 7 11 16 25 29 33 36 38

Stephanie Boss, 36 Jamie McIntosh, 35 Kerry Oliver, 38 Michele Stinson, 37 Kristin Terrell, 39 Chrystal Collins, 37 Lynn Keller, 38 Karyn Luger, 39 Amanda Gavin, 35 Heidi Thell, 37

1:09:39 1:12:29 1:13:04 1:14:50 1:16:44 1:18:55 1:19:28 1:19:38 1:20:28 1:20:47

Women 40 - 44 1 22 23 28 30 43 50 73 75 77

Joyce Bourassa, 43 Stacey Morken, 40 Tina Hjeltman, 40 Lisa Kent, 44 Jodi Eschrich, 44 Krista Clatterbuck, 42 Pam Holt, 44 Dawn White, 40 Lori Stinehelfer, 44 Sheryl Kitzke, 42

1:04:02 1:17:37 1:17:59 1:19:23 1:19:36 1:22:41 1:23:18 1:25:19 1:25:21 1:25:30

Women 45 - 49 24 58 78 86 99 105 111 113 123 132

Colleen McCormick, 48 Caroline Hale-Coldwell, 47 Melinda Goedeke, 46 Esti Ollerman, 48 Susan Waananen, 47 Karen Feagler, 45 Amy Powers, 45 Katherine Walz, 47 Elinor Scott-Sutter, 47 Malia Frey, 45

1:18:00 1:23:56 1:25:34 1:26:34 1:27:13 1:27:31 1:27:48 1:27:58 1:28:41 1:29:00

Women 50 - 54 12 42 45 49 65 82 84 129 174 220

Robin Tedlund, 52 Kathi Madden, 53 Kate Grinaker, 53 Julie Peterson, 54 Linda Boraas, 50 Lorrie Oistad, 52 Anita Axt, 50 Mary English, 51 Nancy Carlson, 51 Marcia Malinowski, 52

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Women 55 - 59 298 300 350 426 495 548 553 579 617 653

Melia Derrick, 55 Patricia Hauser, 57 Sandy Oscarson, 57 Joyce Conley, 56 Peg Mosier, 55 Sarah Leer, 56 Linda Henn, 55 Diane Wright, 57 Sheila Johnston, 55 Debbie Mirabella, 57

1:35:07 1:35:10 1:36:28 1:37:46 1:39:11 1:40:18 1:40:27 1:41:00 1:41:57 1:42:48

Women 60 - 64

Women 14 - 15

Women 16 - 17 1:02:43 1:03:03 1:04:35 1:07:45 1:09:26 1:10:19 1:12:32 1:12:41 1:13:10 1:16:32

Men 40 - 44 15 20 27 46 53 61 62 63 68 74

433 458 472 473

1:14:56 1:22:40 1:22:48 1:23:11 1:24:21 1:26:08 1:26:22 1:28:55 1:30:44 1:32:53

244 732 939 1066 1344 1364

Liz Wahlberg, 61 Mary Nosek, 63 Jan Hanson, 62 Cherie Baker, 63 Susan Pellow, 62 Lauretta Cavalli, 62

1:33:32 1:44:11 1:50:07 1:54:32 2:26:20 2:34:49

Women 65 - 69 1209 Vicky Knudson, 67

2:03:05

Women 70 - 74 1115

Dorothy Marden, 73

1:57:03

Election Day 5K November 2, Como Lake, St. Paul Overall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 10 2 3 11 4 5 6

Josh Gerber, 23 Robert Jacobson, 51 Brian Sladek, 51 Chris Lauer, 39 Hank Govames, 46 Stan Brouillard, 49 Rick Recker, 66 Kevin Hinze, 49 Steven Nordsven, 41 Dawn Rust, 50* Tim Driscoll, 59 Melissa Richard, 41* Whitney Kerns, 29* Pat Fremont, 62 Sheri Aggarwal, 45* Joyce Bono, 53* Christine Hoehne, 36*

18:33 18:50 21:22 22:14 23:08 23:08 24:46 26:46 28:10 29:03 29:11 29:40 30:10 30:15 32:04 32:05 57:04

Drumstick Dash November 25, Minneapolis Open Men 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Zane Grabau, 22 Julien Sein, 29 Matthew Waite, 42 Joey Brenner, 17 Micah Ward, 15 Mike Shetka, 33 David Peterson, 40 Frederick Watson, 22 Bobby Paxton, 54 Patrick Silgen, 40 Torrey Bergman, 39 Doug Kleemeier, 44 Scott Welle, 30 Jeff Wieland, 43 Rob Wagener, 30 Anthony Kaster, 43 Mark Brose, 42 David Tompkins, 40 Sean Murphy, 33 Charlie Leighton, 17 Chris Duffy, 28

35:37 36:02 36:54 37:55 38:24 38:31 39:02 39:17 39:21 39:51 40:26 40:45 40:47 40:55 40:58 41:04 41:32 41:38 41:55 42:05 42:11

Minnesota Distance Running Association

AT THE RACES: R A C E R E S U L T S 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Dale Shores, 47 Mark Tesija, 49 Seth Schroeder, 31 Blake Bristow, 27 Jesse McCaffrey, 23 James Kindle, 24 Kelcey Knott, 36 Paul Serreyn, 47 Jonathan Rodengen, 19

42:30 42:39 42:42 43:02 43:25 43:33 43:37 43:45 43:50

Open Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Jennifer Fox, 40 Leslie Fitzgerald, 42 Danielle Ashford, 23 Amy Halseth, 41 Emi Yasaka, 33 Heidi Woller, 33 Kara Arzamenida, 33 Julie Cousins, 32 Julie Bergman, 37 Sarah Hesser, 27 Stephanie Janson, 28 Kathryn Keller-Miller, 18 Diane Birkeland, 44 Maria Theisen, 19 Leslie Hofland, 24 Mary Sellke, 40 Ness Madeiros, 33 Hannah Barnstable, 29 Leah Holt, 41 Kathleen Miller, 50 Amy Berglund, 25 Courtney Alpeter, 18 Erika Randall, 24 Laura Wagenman, 36 Karyn Luger, 40 Lauren Fine, 30 Kristy Wynn, 32 Tara Liebergen, 34 Sarah Berger, 24 Kelly Jensen, 36

39:33 40:36 40:57 41:00 43:17 44:23 44:53 44:54 44:59 45:02 46:04 46:58 47:13 47:20 47:24 47:27 47:57 48:02 48:10 48:19 48:42 49:15 49:19 49:28 49:37 49:38 50:08 50:18 50:18 50:32

Men 12 - 13 81 109 170

Grant Magnuson, 13 Colin Dowda, 13 Shane Farreu, 13

49:01 50:55 54:48

Men 14 - 15 5 83 122 144 212 316

Micah Ward, 15 Josh Kirk, 14 Joey Ferguson, 14 Brian Wandrei, 15 Michael Huebsch, 14 Patrick Carver, 15

38:24 49:05 51:25 52:47 57:32 1:08:45

Men 16 - 17 4 20 74 143

Joey Brenner, 17 Charlie Leighton, 17 Wade Cofer, 17 Joe Wandrei, 17

37:55 42:05 48:50 52:47

Men 18 - 19 30 100 178 233 277

Jonathan Rodengen, 19 Lucas Kopnick, 18 Richard Konkol, 18 Matthew Bonderud, 19 Marty Soderbloom, 18

43:50 50:25 55:20 59:08 1:02:52

Men 20 - 34 1 2 6 8 13 15 19 21 24 25

Zane Grabau, 22 Julien Sein, 29 Mike Shetka, 33 Frederick Watson, 22 Scott Welle, 30 Rob Wagener, 30 Sean Murphy, 33 Chris Duffy, 28 Seth Schroeder, 31 Blake Bristow, 27

33 39 47 58 62 63 64 75

44:12 45:20 45:44 47:22 47:37 47:48 47:49 48:51

Men 40 - 44 3 7 10 12 14 16 17 18 44 51

Matthew Waite, 42 David Peterson, 40 Patrick Silgen, 40 Doug Kleemeier, 44 Jeff Wieland, 43 Anthony Kaster, 43 Mark Brose, 42 David Tompkins, 40 Tim Tozer, 41 Brian Crotteau, 44

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Men 45 - 49 22 23 29 34 37 42 43 48 50 57

Dale Shores, 47 Mark Tesija, 49 Paul Serreyn, 47 Jeff Buck, 45 James Chosy, 46 Todd Beach, 45 Christopher Phelan, 47 Joe Madryga, 48 Fred Hanson, 46 George Fulp, 49

42:30 42:39 43:45 44:22 44:52 45:25 45:28 46:18 46:40 47:19

Men 50 - 54 9 40 45 59 82 91 104 110 112 148

Bobby Paxton, 54 Paul Haik, 52 Bruce Dockter, 53 Jozef Klobusnik, 51 Jim Curme, 50 Steve Haugesag, 51 Larry Mathias, 53 Charles Brunnette, 54 Drew Lamosse, 53 Steven Kennedy, 50

39:21 45:21 45:40 47:33 49:03 49:42 50:37 50:56 51:04 53:18

Men 55 - 59 68 94 96 116 129 136 152 169 173 194

Neil Nelson, 56 Albert Van Der Schans, 59 Paul Berry, 55 Ted Lillehei, 55 Steve Maupin, 59 Pat Wagener, 58 John Wilson, 56 Roger Peterson, 55 Richard Laffin, 57 Mike Duffy, 59

48:17 50:04 50:13 51:14 51:49 52:27 53:47 54:37 54:56 56:19

Men 60 - 64 69 124 211 294 319

Leigh Webber, 61 Michael Runyon, 60 Mark Cryderman, 64 Jim Leatherman, 60 Thomas Cutshall, 60

48:24 51:29 57:26 1:04:33 1:09:04

Men 65 - 69 60 86

John Brown, 67 Robert Aby, 65

47:33 49:32

Men 70 - 74 95

35:37 36:02 38:31 39:17 40:47 40:58 41:55 42:11 42:42 43:02

Daniel Sacco, 36 Chad Benesh, 36 Michael Mason, 35 Robert Parsons, 37 Paul Stomr, 38 Adam Estvold, 36 David Webber, 38 Kevin Brown, 39

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Rick Kleyman, 70

50:10

Men 75 - 79 331

Richard Olson, 78

1:12:21

Women 12 - 13 213

Ines Siepmann, 13

1:02:50

Women 14 - 15 58 212 245 273

Lucy Leighton, 15 Katherine Baumann, 14 Amber Muetzel, 15 Lynley Norberg, 14

53:41 1:02:50 1:04:22 1:05:33

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Men 35 - 39 11 28

Torrey Bergman, 39 Kelcey Knott, 36

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AT THE RACES: R A C E R E S U L T S Drumstick Dash results continued 369

Alexandra Lothrop, 14

1:15:09

Women 16 - 17 67 331 335 336

Leah Anderson, 17 Katie Sehloff, 16 Elle Jackson, 16 Maureen Flynn, 17

54:22 1:09:33 1:10:10 1:10:10

Women 18 - 19 12 14 22 31 32 33 35 92 137 163

Kathryn Keller-Miller, 18 Maria Theisen, 19 Courtney Alpeter, 18 Emma Weinberger, 19 Kristen Nelson, 19 Anne Marshall, 19 Haley Lillehei, 18 Kelsey Bocklund, 19 Jill Kraemer, 19 Leslie Norberg, 19

46:58 47:20 49:15 50:39 50:40 50:40 51:08 56:16 59:14 1:00:18

Women 20 - 34 3 5 6 7 8 10 11 15 17 18

Danielle Ashford, 23 Emi Yasaka, 33 Heidi Woller, 33 Kara Arzamenida, 33 Julie Cousins, 32 Sarah Hesser, 27 Stephanie Janson, 28 Leslie Hofland, 24 Ness Madeiros, 33 Hannah Barnstable, 29

40:57 43:17 44:23 44:53 44:54 45:02 46:04 47:24 47:57 48:02

Women 35 - 39 9 24 30 34 49 50 53 54 56 59

Julie Bergman, 37 Laura Wagenman, 36 Kelly Jensen, 36 Maria Guertin, 38 Meg Hoyt-Niemiec, 37 Laurie Davis, 38 Jennifer Archibald, 35 Leslie Smith, 37 Jennifer Widdifield, 36 Meggan Bowlby, 39

44:59 49:28 50:32 50:54 52:35 52:36 52:54 52:54 53:38 53:45

Women 40 - 44 1 2 4 13 16 19 25 57 61 108

Jennifer Fox, 40 Leslie Fitzgerald, 42 Amy Halseth, 41 Diane Birkeland, 44 Mary Sellke, 40 Leah Holt, 41 Karyn Luger, 40 Susan Crotteau, 40 Anita Brenner, 44 Karen Monk, 44

39:33 40:36 41:00 47:13 47:27 48:10 49:37 53:38 53:54 57:25

Women 45 - 49 41 48 81 110 114 129 130 145 185 216

Tracy Serreyn, 46 Jayne Nemeth, 45 Karen Nelson, 48 Paula Gulan, 48 Jackie Ghylin, 47 Mary Thuma, 45 Susan Williams, 49 Judy Carlson, 48 Lynn Flagstad, 46 Jean Admas, 46

51:47 52:33 55:10 57:39 57:52 58:16 58:16 59:33 1:01:08 1:03:07

Women 50 - 54 20 64 123 147 181 187 194 198 262 303

Kathleen Miller, 50 Victoria Leafgren, 51 Susan Lewis, 51 Carol Erickson, 52 Kathleen Austin, 50 Barbara Trudeau, 52 Laurie Holmquist, 50 Jennifer Lindberg, 53 Lori Finken, 50 Jeanine Boss, 50

48:19 54:17 58:06 59:35 1:00:57 1:01:15 1:01:45 1:02:04 1:05:17 1:07:00

Women 55 - 59

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

36 179 274 275 384 392 411

Colleen Thompson, 55 Karen Vis, 55 Lori Thonander, 57 Emy Peasha, 56 Cathryn Grimwood, 58 Diane Wright, 57 Briana Petersen, 59

51:12 1:00:52 1:05:34 1:05:35 1:17:09 1:18:52 1:27:22

Women 60 - 64 121 252 288 314

Rosanne Higley, 60 Denise Kaiser, 63 Susan Gebelein, 62 Lynn Schwie, 61

58:02 1:04:53 1:06:22 1:08:28

Snowflake Shuffle December 11, St. Joseph Open Men 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Jordan Fladland, 20 Daniel Bonash, 17 Scott Birc, 27 Nicholas Peterson, 21 Chris Hagen, 34 Steven Pekarek, 29 Chris Duffy, 28 nathan Miller, 17 Blake anderson, 15 Mike Kuhlman, 20 Matthew Binsfeld, 35 Isaiah Streed, 20 Stan Triebenbach, 31 Josh Theis, 29 David Hartz, 53 Rick Hlebain, 60 Benedict Zilka, 20 Patrick Haegel, 20 Grant Swenson, 33 mike murray, 51 Melvie Arlyn, 51 Dan Rassier, 55 Douglas Larsen, 34 Jeff Michalski, 52 Patrick Hayden, 19 Steve Kimble, 33 Morcelli Kombo, 16 Dan Hermes, 20 jason kuss, 33 Luke Weyrauch, 19

19:23 19:53 19:54 19:59 20:12 20:15 21:02 21:05 21:42 22:02 22:04 22:07 22:33 22:44 23:13 23:23 23:32 23:33 24:02 24:21 25:18 25:24 25:29 26:08 26:14 26:20 26:32 26:33 26:33 26:34

Open Women 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Caitlin Goodman, 19 Alexa Wachter, 19 Kari Teigen, 22 Sabrina Hoppe, 32 Lisa Hines, 48 Abby Gauer, 20 Marion Gammon-Deerin, 17 Mary Pieklo, 26 shannon lindgren, 39 Missee Anderson, 38 Esther Banaian, 16 Jacki Devine, 49 Becky Przybilla, 28 Karlee Cox, 18 Taylor Ellison, 20 Matia Hendrickson, 15 Camilla Larson, 32 Ann Graeve, 31 Lindsey Envall, 18 Kayla Cox, 20 Mollie Graham, 13 Lacie Mockros, 32 Gina Czech, 34 Mandy Witschen, 18 Alison Triebenbach, 31 Sam Maki, 20 Kylie Stanfield, 19

28 29 30

28:07 28:14 28:17

Men 14 - 15 9

Blake anderson, 15

21:42

Men 16 - 17 2 8 27 35

Daniel Bonash, 17 nathan Miller, 17 Morcelli Kombo, 16 Sam Klinker, 17

19:53 21:05 26:32 27:20

Men 18 - 19 25 30 47

Patrick Hayden, 19 Luke Weyrauch, 19 Matt Messerschmidt, 18

26:14 26:34 32:00

Men 20 - 34 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 13 14

Jordan Fladland, 20 Scott Birc, 27 Nicholas Peterson, 21 Chris Hagen, 34 Steven Pekarek, 29 Chris Duffy, 28 Mike Kuhlman, 20 Isaiah Streed, 20 Stan Triebenbach, 31 Josh Theis, 29

19:23 19:54 19:59 20:12 20:15 21:02 22:02 22:07 22:33 22:44

Men 35 - 39 11 48

Matthew Binsfeld, 35 Christopher Ramseyer, 37

22:04 32:28

Men 40 - 44 33 37 49

Chris Theisen, 40 Tony Graham, 44 John Fuls, 41

26:45 27:32 33:15

Men 45 - 49 44

Ron Klinker, 47

31:04

Men 50 - 54 15 20 21 24 36 43 54 55 56

David Hartz, 53 mike murray, 51 Melvie Arlyn, 51 Jeff Michalski, 52 Mark Helminick, 53 Mark Lauer, 54 Daniel Cardetti, 54 Mike Theisen, 53 Dan Holan, 53

23:13 24:21 25:18 26:08 27:23 30:28 37:01 45:11 46:09

Men 55 - 59 22 46

Dan Rassier, 55 Thomas Keene, 57

25:24 31:40

Men 60 - 64 16

22:55 23:56 24:10 24:16 24:33 24:34 24:36 24:44 24:53 25:06 25:11 25:31 25:36 26:07 26:17 26:27 26:53 26:54 26:59 26:59 27:31 27:44 27:45 27:47 27:53 27:54 27:55

Lisa Timmerman, 31 Lindsey Wales, 18 Callan Sleper, 19

Rick Hlebain, 60

23:23

Men 70 - 74 50

Kristina Burk, 19

29:42

3 4 6 8 13 15 17 18 20 22

Kari Teigen, 22 Sabrina Hoppe, 32 Abby Gauer, 20 Mary Pieklo, 26 Becky Przybilla, 28 Taylor Ellison, 20 Camilla Larson, 32 Ann Graeve, 31 Kayla Cox, 20 Lacie Mockros, 32

24:10 24:16 24:34 24:44 25:36 26:17 26:53 26:54 26:59 27:44

Women 35 - 39 9 10 31 36 65 68 69 84 101 111

shannon lindgren, 39 Missee Anderson, 38 Suzanne Kelly, 37 Steff Haataja, 38 Jill Gowens, 39 Sarah Pohlman, 39 Debra Yliniemi, 39 Beth Larsen, 37 Michelle Gapinski, 37 Sara Borgen, 38

24:53 25:06 28:21 28:49 31:07 31:34 31:35 32:05 34:41 34:57

Women 40 - 44 41 50 70 72 90 91 95 104 115 124

Kathy Swanson, 40 Michelle Dahlberg, 40 Theresa Beseman, 40 Connie Massman, 41 Heidi Cox, 42 Jennifer Kopff, 43 Kristen O'Donnell, 41 Lori Zimmerman, 42 Alice Middendorf, 42 Meredith Boucher, 41

29:19 30:21 31:35 31:48 32:38 32:38 33:39 34:44 35:18 36:26

Women 45 - 49 5 12 71 113 114 133 145 152

Lisa Hines, 48 Jacki Devine, 49 Eddah Mutua, 45 Amy Deml, 47 Kris Erickson, 47 Mary McGillis, 46 Brenda Hinkemeyer, 47 Roberta Sell, 45

24:33 25:31 31:47 35:16 35:17 38:27 41:12 44:50

Women 50 - 54 59 60 86 102 129 137

Jean Januschk-Ebnet, 52 Judy Murray, 51 Marcia Teigen, 52 Johnson Colleen, 50 Bonnie Stock, 50 Jeanne Moe, 51

31:01 31:02 32:21 34:42 37:21 39:04

Women 60 - 64

Evan Jones, 72

34:20

Men 75 - 79 52

Women 20 - 34

155

Laurie Kundrat, 60

45:49

Women 65 - 69

Francis Januschka, 79

34:47

153

Mary Zach, 67

45:13

Women 12 - 13 21 162

Mollie Graham, 13 Elizabeth Theis, 13

27:31 48:09

Women 14 - 15 16 45 136

Matia Hendrickson, 15 Vanessa Meschke, 14 Laura Moe, 14

26:27 29:43 39:04

Women 16 - 17 7 11 103

Caitlin Goodman, 19 Alexa Wachter, 19 Karlee Cox, 18 Lindsey Envall, 18 Mandy Witschen, 18 Kylie Stanfield, 19 Lindsey Wales, 18 Callan Sleper, 19 Emily Krulc, 18

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January 10, University of Minnesota Fieldhouse Overall

Marion Gammon-Deerin, 17 Esther Banaian, 16 Megan Zimmerman, 16

24:36 25:11 34:43

Women 18 - 19 1 2 14 19 24 27 29 30 38

Meet of Miles

22:55 23:56 26:07 26:59 27:47 27:55 28:14 28:17 28:53

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

Dan Greeno, 23 Jacob Sandry, 18 Ben Kampf, 24 Shane McCallum, 17 Ben Merchant, 30 Lance Elliot, 40 Ryan Loris, 17 Chandler Dye, 16 John Evenocheik, 18 Calvin Lehn, 17 Brian Davenport, 36 Steve Stenzel, 29 Tyler Henkemeyer, 18 Billy Watson, 22

4:12.0 4:23.1 4:24.6 4:31.0 4:32.5 4:33.4 4:40.3 4:41.1 4:45.6 4:46.0 4:48.0 4:49.6 4:50.6 4:51.0

Minnesota Distance Running Association

AT THE RACES: R A C E R E S U L T S 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

Ken Cooper, 39 Randy Blumm, 17 Zack Edmonson, 30 Abdulfatha Sanieru, 17 Miky Wondimu, 15 Timothy Sumpers, 16 Pete Kessler, 49 Kyle Snyder, 33 Carl Henderson, 25 Jesse Delgad, 12 Trevor Capra, 15 Alex Bye, 17 Jason Chrudimsky, 33 Temesgen Fekado, 17 Micah Ward, 16 Drew Riddles, 27 Jim Clark, 43 Kim Robinson, 27* Dan Worlet, 38 Nate Johnson, 16 Sam Evans, 16 Bobby Paxton, 54 Bill Langhout, 52 Paul Brown, 53 Austin Knowlton, 15 Kirt Goetzke, 50 Martin Griffin, 17 Jeff Wieland, 43 Peter Metzdorff, 16 Bill Watson, 52 Jim Ramacier, 47 Colin Gardner-Springer, 41 Rick Larsen, 49 Cam Economy, 15 Dave Marek, 46

4:53.3 4:55.4 4:55.7 4:57.1 4:59.8 5:00.1 5:00.4 5:01.9 5:04.4 5:05.1 5:05.3 5:05.6 5:07.9 5:09.0 5:10.2 5:10.6 5:14.3 5:14.5 5:14.8 5:16.0 5:16.6 5:18.1 5:20.2 5:20.2 5:20.8 5:23.3 5:23.5 5:23.9 5:25.1 5:25.2 5:26.9 5:27.4 5:27.5 5:27.9 5:29.1

49 50 51 52 2 53 54 55 56 3 57 58 59 60 61 4 62 63 64 65 66 5 67 68 69 70 71 72 6 7 73 74 75 76 77

Kraig Langston, 52 Pat Eastman, 49 Kirk Crabb, 28 Michael Bjornberg, 57 Regina Hovak, 21* Michael Nawrocki, 39 Bill Dobbs, 52 Amin Amin, 16 Raymond Mitchell, 46 Willie Tibbets, 39* Tyler Leonard, 33 Roger Zakariasen, 45 Todd Phelps, 41 Omar Palcios, 28 Gus Metzdorf, 15 Kelly Olson, 17* Dale Heinen, 55 Loren Hooyman, 51 Andrew McGillivary, 15 Frank Abrahamson, 52 John Barker, 53 Heidi Miler, 46* Ben Zhao, 57 Paul LaMere, 64 Daniel Sampers, 13 Dave Petrich, 55 Martin Perkins, 37 Steve Ronobstjedt, 47 Courtney Branch, 16* Tweety Wolf, 55* Sean Pease, 35 George Fulp, 49 Paul R. Mollett, 40 Mark LeDuc, 56 Art Rutscher, 50

5:29.1 5:29.7 5:30.8 5:31.1 5:31.1 5:32.8 5:32.9 5:34.5 5:35.0 5:35.4 5:35.8 5:36.1 5:36.4 5:42.5 5:42.6 5:43.2 5:45.2 5:45.8 5:46.2 5:48.1 5:50.1 5:51.8 5:52.4 5:52.9 5:53.2 5:55.5 5:58.8 6:00.0 6:00.1 6:01.6 6:02.5 6:02.8 6:03.2 6:03.7 6:03.9

78 79 8 9 10 80 81 11 82 83 12 84 85 86 87 13 88 89 90 14 91 15 92 16 93 94 95 17 96 18 97 19 20 98 99

Eric Holm, 15 Reed Monson, 17 Beatrice Gantzer, 17* Robin Fasset-Carman, 14* Lisa Burger, 40* Jim Graupner, 66 Kevin Schooler, 39 Kelly Ramacier, 49* Steve DeBoer, 56 Scott Olson, 51 Clara Schultz, 15* Thom Weddle, 72 Larry McDonough, 55 Dan Dornfeld, 62 Jimmy Nyembwe, 31 Kristin Heebner, 34* David Jendrzejeh, 58 Jim Evans, 50 Ward Lenius, 51 Karen Nelson, 31* Jake Odom, 14 Lauren Shoup, 28* Dan Sawatzky, 57 Mary Varney, 35* Tim Thoma, 47 Mike Nixon, 37 Creighton Long, 41 Ann Wasson, 49* Rick Recker, 66 Mary Miles, 13* Patrick Ryan, 62 Gloria Jansen, 63* Cathy Van Der Schans, 56* Erin Bluem, 34 Brant Thomas, 11

6:04.2 6:04.5 6:04.9 6:05.2 6:05.3 6:08.1 6:08.7 6:08.9 6:10.0 6:11.0 6:13.9 6:14.2 6:15.6 6:17.4 6:17.7 6:18.0 6:18.5 6:20.7 6:22.7 6:24.7 6:24.9 6:29.5 6:31.5 6:33.0 6:42.7 6:49.6 6:50.9 6:58.4 7:12.3 7:17.1 7:18.2 7:19.0 7:20.1 7:20.3 7:20.6

21 100 22 23 101 24 25 26 27 28 102 103 104 105 29 106 107

CeCe Metzdorff, 15* Austin Miler, 11 Rachel Clepper, 14* Sue Klappa, 54* Jim Chase, 51 Kristen Kinnezr-Ohlman, 35*

Karen Clepper, 42* Rosemary Harnly, 64* Laura Rahm, 24* Betsy Lowe, 47* Luke Wasson, 9 Andrew Robinson, 31 Lee Dittbenner, 60 Doug Erbeck, 75 Doroth Marden, 73* Jaiden Mollett, 7 Guy Lesch, 63

7:22.2 7:22.8 7:32.6 7:48.4 7:59.6 8:04.3 8:10.5 8:12.0 8:17.2 8:35.3 8:56.7 9:05.3 9:09.3 9:09.8 9:34.6 9:47.1 11:15.2

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

AT THE RACES: R A C E C A L E N D A R JANUARY January 1, 2011 • Resolution Solution 5K White Bear Lake, MN Contact: Lindsey Altermatt, 651-653-7401

January 6, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805

January 10, 2011

January 27, 2011

February 8, 2011

February 24, 2011

• Metrodome Running

600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805

February 10, 2011

February 26, 2011

• Securian Winter Run

• Metrodome Running

• White Bear Winter Frolic 5K Run and Walk

Half Marathon, 10K, 5K Securian-Downtown St. Paul, MN Contact: Mary Anderson, 651-688-9143

• Celebration of the Lakes 5K & 10K Run/Walk Center City, Minnesota Contact: Randy Fulton, 651-653-7401

FEBRUARY February 1, 2011

• Metrodome Running

January 13, 2011

600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805

February 3, 2011 • Metrodome Running

• Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805

January 15, 2011 • Kick Your Resolution Run 5K Louisiana Park in St. Louis Park Contact: Mark Bongers, 507-664-9438

• 5K Polar Challenge Bemidji Minnesota Contact: Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce, 800-458-2223

• Freeze yer Gizzard Blizzard Run 5K & 10K International Falls, MN Contact: Betsy Jensen, 218-283-9400

February 5, 2011 • Medtronic TC Kids Marathon Indoor Fun Runs 1/2 Mile, Mile University of Minnesota - Field House Contact: Sandy Unger, 763-287-3888

• Waconia Winterfest 5K Waconia, MN Contact: Sarah Molnau, 952-442-3105

• Yukon days on White Bear 1 Mile, 5K White Bear lake Marina Contact: Randy Fulton, (651)653-7401

February 5, 2011

• Challenge Isolation - Indoor Track Races

• Hudson Hot Air Affair - Up, Up and Away 5k Run

January 18, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805

January 20, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805

January 25, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805

600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805

January 16, 2011 200m, 400m, 800m, 1 Mile, 3000m Races & 3000m Judged Race Walk Bethel University Indoor Track Contact: Gary Westlund, 612-245-9160

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

February 12, 2011 • Sweetheat Runs 5K, 10 Miles Mahtomedi, Minnesota Contact: Randy Fulton, (651)653-7401

• Valentines - Hearts 'r' Running 5k & 1.5 Mile Fitness Walk Como Lake, St Paul, MN Contact: Gary Westlund, 612-245-9160

January 11, 2011 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805

600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

January 29, 2011

• Meet of Miles Track Meet, 1 Mile Minneapolis, MN Contact: Roy Griak / Tim Zbikowski 612-625-2336 / 763-420-4357

600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

Hudson, WI Contact: Katie Jones, 715-222-4281

• Optimist Frozen Goose Run/Walk for Childhood Cancer 10 Timed Run, 5K Fun Run or Walk Rochester Atrium, Rochester, MN Contact: Jim Nielsen, 507-284-1365

February 6, 2011 • Frigid 5 5K, 10K Minnesota State Fairgrounds Contact: Chris Fuller, 651-228-1986

• Challenge Hearts - Indoor Track Races 5000m - Mile - 200m - 800m - 3000m Judged Race Walk - 400m Bethel University Indoor Track Contact: Gary Westlund, 612-245-9160

• Freeze Your Buns Run 5K

White Bear Lake Marina Contact: Randy Fulton, (651)653-7401

• Fight For Air Climb 30 Floors/660 Steps/60 Flights of stairs 333 South Seventh Street, MN Contact: Maura Studer, (651) 223-9561

• 1st Annual Kenyon 5K Run/Walk Kenyon, MN Contact: Parks and Recreation Committee, 507-789-6415

• Valentine's Day TC 5K Lake Harriet, Minneapolis Contact: Twin Cities In Motion, 763-287-3888

MARCH

February 13, 2011 • YMCA Winter Indoor Triathlon YWCA of Minneapolis Contact: Ann Haugejorde, 612-215-4341

• Lace Up Against Breast Cancer Half Marathon 13.1 Miles, 5K Run, 2 Mile Walk Rochester, MN Contact: John Shonyo, 507.367.2665 Sandbox Indoor Marathon 26.2 Miles, 13.1 Miles, 10K, 5K, Kids, Marathon Relay New Richmond, WI Contact: Russell Korpela, 715-246-2900

February 15, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805

• RTC Spring Marathon/Half Marathon Training Class Rochester Athletic Club Contact: Lin Gentling, 507-288-2851

February 17, 2011

March 1, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

March 3, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

March 5, 2011 • Sombrero Beach Run 5k 10k 15k Sombrero Beach, Marathon, FL Contact: Jane Packard, 305-289-9868

• Polar Bear Plunge Dash & Splash 5K Thomas Beach, Lake Calhoun, MN Contact: Casey Meyer, 612-604-1284

March 8, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

• Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-0805

February 19, 2011

March 10, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

• Half Fast Half 13.1 mi., 6.55 mi., 5K Vadnais Heights, MN Contact: Dave Mooney, 651-426-1919

February 22, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

Hamel, MN Contact: Dennis Vee, 612-247-4007

March 12, 2011 • MDRA Lake Johanna 4 mile Lake Johanna, Arden HIlls Contact: James C. Rath, 763-228-1190

• Irish Scamper 5K Maple Lake, MN--High School Contact: Ben Youngs, 763-295-8961

• 100% Irish for a Day TC 5K & TC 10 Mile 5k, 10 mile Lake Harriet, Minneapolis Contact: Twin Cities In Motion, 763-287-3888

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Minnesota Distance Running Association

AT THE RACES: R A C E C A L E N D A R • Montgomery-Lonsdale FROZEN 5K Montgomery, MN Contact: Brian Fogal, 507-364-8135

March 13, 2011 • St Patrick's Irish Traditions 5k - Celebrating Active Friendship/Love/Loyalty Como Lake, St Paul, MN Contact: Gary Westlund, 612-245-9160

March 15, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

March 17, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

March 19, 2011 • Monticello March Madness 5K Monticello, MN Contact: Dave Wik, 763-295-4053

• Get Lucky 13.1 Miles, 7K Minneapolis, MN Contact: John Larson, 612-746-1364

• Lucky 4 Mile Clover Kids Centerville, MN Contact: Randy Fulton, (651)653-7401

March 20, 2011 • St Patrick's Day Human Race 5K, 8K Summit Avenue, St Paul, MN Contact: Chris Fuller, 651-228-1986

March 22, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

March 24, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

March 26, 2011 • MDRA 7 Mile Hopkins, MN Contact: Heidi Miler, 952 927-0983

March 29, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

March 31, 2011 • Metrodome Running 600 Meter Loop, 2.5 laps equals one mile. Open running Metrodome, Minneapolis Contact: Rick Recker, 612 375-080

APRIL April 2, 2011 • Running Opener 10K, 5K, 1K Kid's Fun Run St. Paul, MN Contact: Mark Bongers, 507-664-9438

• MDRA/Ron Daws 25K Minnetonka, MN Contact: Jeff Winter, 612 920 6886

• Bunker Hills Run 8K Andover, MN Contact: Karen Hillerman, 612-558-7433

April 3, 2011 • Fools Five Road Race 1 mile, 8K Lewiston, Minnesota Contact: Fools Five (Maryanne), 507-523-3484

• Challenge Obesity 5k & 1.5 Mile Como Lake, St Paul, MN Contact: Gary Westlund, 612-245-9160

• YMCA Sprint Indoor Triathlon YWCA of Minneapolis Contact: Ann Haugejorde, 612-215-4341

April 9, 2011 • Fred Kurz Memorial Time Handicapped 10 Mile Wayzata, MN Contact: Peter Erpenbach, 612-922-8656

• MVCA Race for Christ 5K

walk, 5K &10K run Yankton, SD Contact: Jolynn, 605-664-2266

• Run the Valley 5K, 10K Meadowbrook School, Golden Valley Contact: Jeanne Fackler, 763-512-2340

• Dr. Steven Fetzer Memorial 20K Rochester, MN Contact: Renee Saxman, 507.282.5079

• Cardinal Cruise Run 10K, 5K, Kids Faribault, MN Contact: Mark Bongers, 507-664-9438

• Campwannarunamileormore 13.1 Miles, 10K, 1 Mile White Bear Lake, MN Contact: Tri Fitness, 651-426-1919

April 10, 2011 • Mn Freeze Winter Thaw 5K Lake Nokomis, MN Contact: Mary Anderson, 615-688-9143

April 16, 2011 • CEMSTONE Run For Others 10K and 5K Mahtomedi, MN Contact: Tim Torgerson, 612-751-4878

• Fitger's 5K Run & Walk Duluth, MN Contact: Scott Keenan, 218-727-0947

• Trail Mix Race MN 50k & 25k solo - 50k Team Event Hyland Lake Park Reserve Bloomington, MN

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

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

Turkey Day 5K November 27 > Minneapolis photos by Wayne Kryduba

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

RunMinnesota

Minnesota Distance Running Association

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

Polar Dash 5K & 10K January 1 > Minneapolis photos by Wayne Kryduba

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

Advocacy Committee: The Polar Plunge, benefitting the Special Olympics, has been scheduled for March 5. Nathan will write a blurb about it. MDRA participated in this event last year. Club Administration: Elections will be held before the Annual Party. We also need to look over the bylaws to see if there any changes or additions needed. The decision was made to hold the next MDRA Board of Directors meeting will be held on Monday, January 3.

Guests Present: Heidi Keller Miler, office manager

to discuss the 50th Anniversaryparty. The date is March 19, 2011 at Hamline University. Heidi passed around menuchoices and prices. Italian buffet is HeidiÅfs suggestion. Heidi has been working on speakers. Currently Carrie Tollefson is a maybe. Other speakers were discussed. A cash bar with beer and wine has been approved from Hamline. Other discussion included the invitation list, the time, cost, having a silent auction, and decorations. Promotion of this event will start in January. We ended feeling we had a solid start. The annual pizza party will be January 15, 2011.

Members Absent: Kathy Benhardus, Debbie Bohmann, Nathan Campeau, Bill Knight, Mike Nawrocki, Lori Anne Peterson, Lisa Radzak, Kirk Walztoni

Publications Committee: The November issue of RunMinnesota will be out before Thanksgiving. The e-news letter goes out at the end of the month.

Secretary’s Report: NAmend minutes to read Melissa Wieczorek was not present at the October 11, 2010 board meeting. Mike Iserman moved and Andrew Plackner seconded a motion to accept the October minutes.

Race Committee: The race director appreciation dinner is Sunday, November 14, 2010 at Buca di Beppo in Eden Prairie.

November Board of Directors Meeting November 8, 2010 Members Present: Paul Arneberg, Norm Champ, Darrell Christensen, Mike Iserman, Mary Johnson, Bob Lindsey, Gary Nathan, Andrew Plackner, Melissa Wieczorek

Treasurer’s Report: Lori was absent, but provided board with a month end summary, October receipts, the October balance sheet, a statement of cash flows, and the profit and loss budget performance for October. As of October 31, 2010, the bank balance was $15,324.93. Year to date we are ahead of budget $9,195.54. Discussion as to thestrong budget included steady membership, larger classes, additional revenue for annuals and conservative expenses at races . Heidi feels good about the budget. Lori will put together a budget for 2011. Heidi and Mike will meet to discuss putting together a month to month snap shot of the budget. At this time we have a qualified candidate to run for treasurer. Office Manager’s Report: Promotion of MDRA and renewing membership is the major focus right now. The 2011 annual comes out next week. Members will be able to pick their annuals up at the drumstick dash. A survey “Best Races of 2010” has been posted on our website. RunMinnesota is going to run the survey results in the January issue. Facebook and the e-letter are being used for promotions also. Committee Reports: Advocacy Committee: No report Club Administration: Six people are running for six seats. Depending on the outcome of the election a one year term will be vacant. Kristin Johnson has agreed to fill that term.

New Business: No new business. Old Business: No old business. RM

December Board of Directors Meeting December 13, 2010 Members Present: Paul Arneberg, Kathy Benhardus, Nathan Campeau, Norm Champ, Darrell Christenson, Mike Iserman, Mary Johnson, Bill Knight, Bob Lindsey, Gary Nathan, Mike Nawrocki, Kirk Walztoni, Melissa Wieczorek Members Absent: Debbie Bohmann, Lori Anne Peterson, Andrew Plackner, Lisa Radzak Secretary’s Report: Norm Champ moved, and Melissa Wieczorek seconded a motion to accept the November minutes. Treasurer’s Report: Lori reported that we had a negative cash flow for the month of November of -$173.35 after all income and expenses. Our bank balance was $9,894.64 as of November 30. Year to date we are ahead of budget by $3765.25. Jody Kobbervig is our incoming treasurer.

Programs Committee: We will have a training class for the Mardi Gras Marathon if 20 people register. Andrew Placker will be the coach. In December we will look at coaches for the spring marathon training class. Details are in place for the beginning women’s class in Maple Grove and the women’s training camp in Edina. Promotions Committee: Before the board meeting we met

Committee Reports:

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

Publications Committee: The annual is out. The March issue of RunMinnesota will be very large. The deadline for articles is January 20.

USATF Report: Melissa reported that Antonio Vega, Katie McGregor, LeeAnn Meyer, Virginia Brophy Achman and Bruce Leasure won awards at the 2010 USATF annual meeting. They are thinking about meeting quarterly.

Office Manager’s Report: The Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon wants our mailing list; the board approved it. A new email will be sent to our members regarding Dome Running following the collapse of the Metrodome. We are not allowed in there while they are working on it. Handing out annuals at the Dome worked fairly well, but not many were given at the Drumstick Dash. Heidi will continue to work on this for next year. We may try a running store.

Promotions Committee: Heidi spoke at Target corporate headquarters to promote MDRA. They have a large running club there. She signed up 16 new MDRA members. She will try to do the Best Buy running club as well. They will be handing out MDRA literature at their upcoming wellness expo. The annual party will be held on January 15. Pat Lanin will be there, and Gloria Jansen will again emcee. Board members should be there by 10:30 a.m. to help with set up, serving pizza, registration, promotions, and clean up afterward. The race directors' conference will be held here that same morning, hosted by Mary Anderson.

Race Committee: Norm reported some changes to the Grand Prix races. In August, the Hennepin Lake 5K will be the Grand Prix event. On November 6, Rocky's Run will be a 6K. The Human Race is March 20.

USATF Report: No report.

Meeting adjourned.

Programs Committee: The winter training class for the Mardi Gras Marathon did not have much interest, so it was cancelled. We are starting to plan for the spring marathon training class.

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New Business: Heidi presented the sponsorship agreement from Grandma's Marathon. They will place our logo on their website and on online registration forms. They will also recognize us as a sponsor in their e-newsletter, Out Front, in Grandma's Gazette, their newspaper, all media kits, and in their Race Results Magazine, including a complimentary ad. They will also place MDRA banners at the expo, finish line, and spaghetti dinner. They are also providing 4 official sponsorship credentials, 4 invitations to the Saturday post race reception, 10 complimentary refreshment tickets, 20 guaranteed entries into the Garry Bjorklund Half, 1 entry to Grandma's Marathon, Half Marathon, or 5K, and 1 complimentary hotel room for Friday and Saturday nights, June 17 and 18. Our cost for all of the above is $2000.00. Darrell Christenson made a motion to accept this agreement, and Nathan seconded it. The motion was approved. Mike Nawrocki has been working with an elementary school in St. Paul. He is organizing a 5K for the school around Lake Phalen sometime in May. He would like MDRA involvement through volunteers, raffle prizes and use of our race equipment. . We could co-sponsor this event. He will also mention it to the participants in the spring marathon class. Mike is also trying to increase the participation of MDRA in the USATF Team Circuit races. We can have several teams in the various divisions. Old Business: No Old Business. Meeting adjourned.

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