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| Mar 15 | Mater Dei Irish Fest 5K, Topeka |
| Mar 9 | Fleet Feet Spring Fling 5 Mile, Lawrence |
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News
Mar 17
Photos from the Ad Astra Irish Mile today. Two state records were set. Stephanie Brokaw (Manhattan) set the new best state time for a Kansas female with a time of 4:59. Dee Boeck (Lawrence) set a new F75-79 record with a 8:06.
Mar 15
Race director need to be prepaped for any emergencies; a tornado is another level of concern. Jake Anderson, director of the Three Days of
Syllamo (Blanchard Springs, Ark.) survived the tornado hit on his cabin by hiding in the bath tub. A miracle only one injury among all the participants camped there. The races were canceled after the tornado. Damon Mar, club member, was at the run.
Mar 4
Liberal, Kansas and Olney, UK host their International Pancake Day races every Shrove Tuesday. This year's winner was Liberal's Pamela Bolivar in 1:03 over the 415 yard course.
KSN video of Liberal race.
BBC video of the Olney race. Here's a link to the BBC story on the Olney race.
Mar 3
Congratulations to race director Ellen Young for another great edition of the Shamrock Shuffle. Great attendance with 538 finishers in both the 5K and 10K.
runLawrence members
award winners:
5K
Doug Hewitt, 3rd men's super masters, 28:18.3
Don Whittemore, 1st M80, 41:14.4
10K
Kent McDonald, 1st men's super masters, 47:39.7
Kim Luce, F50, 53:39.3
Kent Ely, 2nd M55, 1:03:05.5
Becky McClure, 2nd women's super masters, 1:03:49.1
Theresa Bowser, 3rd F60, 1:16:30.4
Mar 1
Congrats to runLawrence member Becky McClure - 2nd in the Super Masters category in the Shamrock Shuffle 10K.
Feb 22
Congratulations to runLawrence member Erika Gray on her run at the John Brown 10K; Erika was 1st in F40.
Feb 21
Feb 13th was the New York Road Runners annual club night and awards ceremony. Fran Breslauer again (11th time in a row!) was first in her age group. The whole NYFlyers group stood up. Next year she moves to a new age group (this year there were seven in her 80-84 women’s group and only one woman in the 85-89 group but three in the men 90 and above!).(from Dan Breslauer)
Fran began her running career in Lawrence. Here's Fran with Dan from the 2006 Dam Run in Lawrence: Fran won the F65 category.
Feb 9
Dan Kuhlman competed in the Los Lobos 6 Hour Challenge at Wyandotte County Lake Feb 8th. (Mile 90 Photography)
Jan 29
Vibrant Health Solution/TherapyWorks is hosting its Annual Runner's Clinic on February 15, 8 am to 10 am. Included are free runner’s gait analysis, trigger point chair massages, stretching session for runners, vendors, and door prizes. It's free but you need to sign up. Link
Jan 26
Damon Mar ran 45.7 miles on the 12-Hour Lark Loop at this weekend's Cactus Roulette at Clinton State Park. It was good for first place, (photo by Mile 90 Photography) The event was hosted by the Lawrence Trailhawks also included races for 24 and 6 hours.
Jan 13
The CEO of the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), addressing the organization's convention, had some dire warnings for the collegiate and high school running community. "Let me be blunt," Sam Seemes said, "Our sports are under siege. . . . The threats are real and immediate."
The threats come mainly from college athletic departments prioritizing football and basketball over other sports. more
Jan 5
From the Kansas Road Race Records web page:
Our 2024 selections for Kansas runner-of-the-year are two age-group record-setters, one of them new to the Kansas running scene.
Don Turner, of Shawnee, set four age-group records in his first year in the 75-79 age group. His 5K best of 21:13 scored above 88% on the World Masters Athletics age-graded scoring tables. Turner has been a competitive age-group runner since 2001, qualifying for the state honor roll in six age groups over the years.
Carolyn Kensett, of Chanute, set five age-group records in the 70-74 age group in only her second year of Kansas age-group competition. Her two-mile record of 15:20, 5K time of 24:12, and 10K time of 49:27 all scored above 87% on the WMA tables.
More details on others with significant accomplishments.
Jan 2
Scenes from the New Year's Day Orienteering at Rockhaven, Clinton Lake.
Jan 1
Runners in Douglas County started the new year with runs and walks.
New Year's Eve, Fleet Feet hosted a run/social at 23rd Street Brewery.
New Years morning Ad Astra Running packed the store before their run.
And there was a good turnout for the hike at Clinton State Park hosted by the Kansas Wildlife & Parks.
Dec 9
They're here - John Knepper's photos of the Thanksgiving Day Run. Click on the photo to see more.
Dec 8
Scenes from the 2024 Possum Trot at Heartland Center, Parkville, MO.
Dec 7
The Pre-Possum Sprint Orienteering event was held at Johnson County Community College today.
Dec 1
The cash prize winners at the runLawrence Thanksgiving Day 5K
The 2024 run featured a course record and a participation record on a cold day with a race-time temperature of 26 degrees.
Reid Buchanan of Kansas City ran 14:36 to break the 14:54 record set by Evan Landes in 2023 and win $250 in prize money for the overall win.
Buchanan’s wife, Sarah, also won $250 as the first-place woman in 17:14, second only to Amy Cragg’s 16:47 course record in 2016.
A record of 1,341 runners and walkers registered this year. 1,190 ran Thursday in spite of the cold, brisk conditions.
Don Turner of Shawnee and Carolyn Kensett of Chanute won $125 each as masters division (over 40) winners.
Turner repeated his win from 2023. His time of 21:47 at age 75 equals an age-adjusted time of 14:57 based on the World Masters Athletics age-grading tables.
Kensett’s time of 24:50 at age 71 equals an age-adjusted time of 17:08.
Masters awards are based on chip time as age-adjusted on the WMA tables, which compare times for runners of different ages based on world-best times by age.
Overall winners are based on gun time (first across the line).
Prize money is offered to the fastest male and female finishers as well as to masters winners and is separate from age-group awards.
Eric Vazquez of Lawrence was second overall male in 15:12, and Justyn France of Olathe was third in 15:27. Hanna Keltner of Eudora was second overall woman in 18:56, and Ashley Turpin of Meriden was third in 19:21. Michelle Andrew of Topeka ran 20:15 at age 52 for an age-graded time of 17:43. Zdenko Duris of Lawrence ran 18:30 at age 45, an age-graded time of 16:56.
