News: Sept-Oct 2022
Oct 30
A great promo spot on Fox4 on the Nov 6th Kansas Half Marathon today with Elizabeth Keever and J Jenkins.
Three Lessons from Withdrawing from the NYC Marathon
In today's issue of running wisdom I am digging up an old article I wrote way back in 2013 about Ryan Hall's withdrawal from the NYC Marathon.
I thought it was pretty relevant given the NYC Marathon is a week away and we've been seeing a lot of athletes coming into our 6 week bootcamps struggling to break out of an injury cycle and getting stuck in a plateau between races. more
(by Jeff Gaudette, Runners Connect email from 10/30/22)
Oct 29
From the Kansas Cross Country Champs in Wamego - Making Douglas County Proud!
Congratulations to the Girls Cross Country Teams from Eudora and Baldwin. Eudora is the 4A Champ and Baldwin was second.
Top 10 individual finishers:
4A Girls: 2nd Hayley Trotter (Eudora), 3rd Hanna Keltner (Eudora), 7th Irelyn Kennedy (Baldwin)
4A
Boys: 1st Eli Gilmore (Tonganoxie), 2nd Zachary Arnold (Eudora):
Oct 15
From the Maple Leaf 5K and 1 Mile in Baldwin City. Results
Oct 8
Saturday morning races: Megan Manon at the Shoreline Shuffle at Clinton State Park. Carson Marsh at the Haskell Cross Country Invitational. Below, start of the high school boys varsity 5K at Haskell. (Photo of Megan by Kara Baden, others by Gene Wee)
Oct 7
Haskell Cross Country claims No. 1 spot in conference rankings. With one of the larger programs in the past few years and some impressive feats thus far, Haskell Indian Nations Unviersity Cross Country has made their mark for NAIA Conference team ratings. On Sept 20 both Men's and Women's Cross Country were named No.1 in the Continental Athletic Conference 2022 ratings. As one of the up and coming groups Haskell has seen post pandemic, the Fightin' Indians are surging ahead of the competition, including some NCAA Div I & II programs. more
Oct 2
Congratulations to Lawrencians at Sat's St. George, Utah races. Ashley Turpin was 36th overall and 2nd in F30 doing the half marathon in 1:25:49. Matt O'Reilly set a personal PR in the marathon in 2:48:59.
Oct 1
The Illusion of Progress in Sports Technology - The unending search for a competitive edge in sports has a cost. It’s called the Red Queen effect.
. . .any competitive edge is short-lived. “Once an effective technology gets adopted in a sport, it becomes tyrannical,” Thomas Murray, a philosopher who studies the ethics of sport, told me after the trip. “You have to use it.” What, then, would be the point of electric brain stimulation if everyone else had it, too? You’d be right back where you started—until the next hot performance booster emerged and the cycle began again. more
(by Alex Hutchinson, Outside Magazine, Sep 24, 2022)
Sep 30
Action at the Sept 29 Perry-Lecompton Cross Country Invitational at Hummer Park (Topeka).
Sep 20
Sunday, Sept 18, Paul Heitzman passed away in his house, on his farm near Eudora. He was one of Lawrence's national class masters runners along with Dick Wilson (the photo is from the 2005 roast held in honor of Dick and Paul; Paul Boone is in the middle).
He was also a competitive long-distance runner who was recognized as the track athlete of the year in 2002 by the USA Track and Field governing body at the age of 71, and was inducted into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame in 2017. He held state and national records for his age group and continued running competitively into his early eighties. More on Paul.
Sep 19
This was the training lesson (Sept 12) on how to run stiff-legged rather than bend so much in the knees before everyone went on the river trails with Christopher McDougall (Born to Run). After the run Eddie Sandoval from Pinole Blue (from Wichita) provided cold pinole drinks. The event was co-sponsored by the Raven Bookstore that took took pre-orders on McDougall's new training book. (Damon Mar photo)
Sep 14
No matter where you run - on trails or roads, take a look at Kilian Jornet's training methods. Jornet, aka the Greatest Of All Time, just published a summary of his training data and practices for all of 2022. His post is destined to be a legendary guide to thinking about training theory and what it takes to have the best season ever. Let’s break it down. more (from Outside: Trailrunner, David Roche, Sep 13, 2022)
Sep 13
"Born to Run" author Christopher McDougall at the Lawrence River Trails. The event was hosted by the Raven Bookstore, Ad Astra Running and Pinole Blue. The group went for a run on the river trails after getting tips on running form.
(J Jenkins photo)
Club members garnering awards last weekend included Doug Hewitt at the Kansas Senior Games - 1st in 5k (25 min) Saturday morning, then on Sunday ran 1500 and 800 with 3rd place in each. 800 ran at 3:27.
Sep 12
Congratulations on David Barfield's 2nd place (M65) in the Konquer the Konza 10K. Beautiful scenery (photo by Dave).
Sep 11
Lawrence area medal winners at the Plaza 10K today in KCMO:
Emily Chambers (Lawrence), F20-24
Taylor Gonzales (Lawrence), F25-29
Ashley Turpin (Lawrence), F30-34
Susie Fagan (Lawrence), F50-54
Dee Boeck (Lawrence), F70-74
Sally Kennett (Lawrence), F80+
Christian Graham (Lawrence), 2nd M25-29
David Baldwin (Lawrence), 2nd M65-69
(all results)
Sep 4
The 9-Minute Strength Workout - No matter your age or athletic ability, strength training is the key to flexibility, mobility, improved performance and lower injury risk. Anyone, at any fitness level, can and should strength train. And it doesn't have to take hours at the gym to see results. We’ll teach you the basics of strength training in the comfort of your own home. It’ll take only nine minutes of exertion to complete a full-body strength-building workout. Grab a towel and get ready to feel strong. more
(by Dr. Jordan Metzl & Karen Barrow, New York Times, image from same article)
Sep 3
The Bob Timmons Classic at Rim Rock Farm.
