News: Mar-Apr 2022
Apr 24
Congratulations to Jonah Frye (Lawrence) on his 1st place in M13-15 in the Trolley Run 4 Mile. Other top finishes:
Christian Graham (Lawrence) was 1st in M25-29.
James Wilson (Lawrence)
- 1st in M30-34
John Frydman (Lawwrence) - 3rd, M60-64.
In the 8 mile:
Lisa Quilling (Topeka) - 3rd, F30-39
Sandy Brown (Lawrence) - 3rd F60+
All results
Apr 23
Congratulations to Kristen Wiens and Jackie Wilson, the runLawrencians who took 1st and 2nd overall females at the Westward Ho 5K.
Ironman recognition goes to Jacob Bull for winning the TopCity 5K in Topeka, then drove to Lawrence and won the men's race at Westward Ho. Several runLawrence members ran the virtual 5K earlier or worked as volunteers.
Running races are back with a vengeance. The Red Dirt Timing Company worked 8 races today and had more on Sunday. All results
Apr 20
Below are results of Lawrence area runners at the Boston Marathon. These are gret results considering 24,918 people finished this year.
| Name | City, St | Time | AgeGrp | Pl | Ovl |
| Josh Baden | Lawrence | 2:27:31 | M30-34 | 61 | 74 |
| Rob Hays | Topeka | 2:45:41 | M55-59 | 3 | 901 |
| Stephen Grimmett | Topeka | 2:59:44 | M45-49 | 263 | 3213 |
| James Fisher | Eudora | 3:19:41 | M44-44 | 1226 | 7664 |
| Sarah Norman | Lawrence | 3:31:37 | F35-39 | 1951 | 10901 |
Apr 9
Lawrence's Austin Bogina won the men's race at Rock the Parkway Half Marathon today in 1:07:06. Other top three finishers from Lawrence included Mikayla Lisher (2nd F20-24), Keagan Mann (2nd F15-19), Susier Fagan (2nd F50-54), Anita Dougherty (1st F70-74).
5K Results: Rob Frederick (3rd M20-24), Scott Hedrick (1st M50-54), John Frydman (3rd (M60-64), Stacy Riggins (2nd (F60-64),
Apr 6
Scenes from the Wednesday evening noLaw 5K (in north Lawrence). This was the last of three scheduled this spring as a time trial for participants in the Heartland Galloway programs, but also open to any other interested runners. J. Jenkins was the coordinator.
Apr 4
I posted this yesterday on Facebook:
Hey Lawrence runners - want to enter a special event - the Mass Street Mosey? Free, and tentatively scheduled for Monday evening about 10:30 pm. Expect a large crowd and don't worry about your pace. : )
- Gene Wee
Here's what happened:
Not everyone in Lawrence went to KU, but everyone can party. Rock Chalk!
(photo from Facebook, posted by Evie Deitrich. . . credit to photographer if I knew)
Apr 3
Yes, Even Runners Get Heart Disease.
As he indulged in a jumbo sugar-covered fried pastry, the runner unabashedly remarked, “I’m skinny; I can eat this.” Well, the truth is even skinny runners die suddenly of heart attacks and strokes. Heart disease is the number-one killer, ahead of cancer, and accounts for one in four deaths. No one can out-run a bad diet. more (Nancy Clark, the Colorado Runner, Mar 18, 2022)
Mar 23
The March 23rd LMH Health Community Update mentioned runLawrence's support of the LMH Health RunStrong program.
"RunLawrence, a local non-profit running club, has generously donated funds to benefit the Lawrence community and members of LMH Health’s RunStrong program. Members of the organization presented a check in the amount of $500 to the RunStrong team on February 24. These funds will be used to pay enrollment fees for current or incoming high school students who normally would not have the opportunity to participate in the RunStrong program. The LMH Health Foundation matched the gift." more
Mar 22
In the book, Chasing Excellence, author Pat Melgares (Manhattan KS) tells the story of Dr. Joe I. Vigil, who rose from poverty to become a towering figure in the running world, having coached 19 national championship teams, 425 All-Americans and 22 Olympians, among other honors.
Pat created a blog sharing more stories about Vigil and his athletes, told by those who lived the experiences. The blog serves as bonus material for those who will read the book.
Mar 20
Can you spot the two runLawrence members who attended this year's RRCA Convention at Orlanda, FL? Looking forward to the reports from Jackie Wilson and Kristen Wiens.
Mar 17
The Irish Mile sponsored by Ad Astra Running had a beautiful day and a big crowd to cheer on the runners right before the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Brett Meyer of Hays, KS, won the men's race in 4:11. Nancy Rusanowsky of Wichita, KS won the women's race in 5:40. Results
Mar 14
Magic Could Happen -
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The country’s fastest high school distance runners were circling the track on a recent weeknight as Andrew Young dangled from the back of a speeding golf cart with his camera. Young’s twin sons, Lex and Leo, whose YouTube channel has nearly 13,000 followers, had enlisted their father to record their team’s workout for posterity. The problem was they kept outrunning the golf cart...
It is no small thing for a public high school to produce one of the best milers in the country. Newbury Park has four of them...
more (from The New York Times, by Scott Cacciola, March 12, 2022)
Mar 13
Congratulations to the runLawrence members placing in the top 3 at the Pi Day River Rotation.
Pi-"Mile": Matt O'Reilly (1st M overall), Theresa Bowser (2nd F50-59), Keith Dowell (1st M60-69), Molly Wood (1st F60-69).
Half Marathon: Matt O'Reilly (1st M overall), Kurt Schueler (3rd M50-59).
By runing both the Pi-Mile and the Half Marathon, Matt O"Reilly also won the 1st place overall Pi Slam award.
Mar 12
Top Lawrencians at the Kansas City Big 12 5K were Max Williams (12th overall) and Ashley Turpin (14 overall).
Mar 9
runLawence member Damon Mar ran his first 50 miler at the Caballo Blanco Ultra in Urique, Mexico, in March 6. He and friend Ray Leberatore completed their run through the Copper Canyons in 14:37:32. The race was first organzied by Micah True (of "Born to Run" fame).
Mar 7
Run trip to Texas! Tales from the Austin 3M Half Marathon
It’s all downhill from here! That’s something I expected to hear when I turned 50 last year, not at the start line of a half marathon. This, however, was exactly the case back in January, when a group of runLawrence members made the trip to Austin to run this event with our Texas bound snowbird, Molly Wood. It was a run trip of Lawrence girl power inclusive of myself, Molly, Dee, Becky, Heather, Elim, Kristen (and Dudley the dog!). more
Mar 1
Shrove Tuesday - so it's the annual pancake race between Olney England and Liberal Kansas. This year Liberal beat Olney with a time of 1 minute 7 seconds. Olney’s time came in at 1 minute 10 seconds. In Olney, the Pancake Race tradition dates back nearly 600 years to 1445.
