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Red Dog Gardner leading the starters of the Run to Remember 5K around the first turn. Daisies at teh finish of the Mothers Day Run in Overland Park. Male winner of the 2012 Shoreline Shuffle was Grant Holmes. Female winner of the 2012 Shoreline Shuffle was Sarah Smarsh.
  Red Dog leading the starters around the 1st turn at the Run to Remember 5K; Daisy gave out daisies at the finish of the
  Mothers Day 5K (gmw); Grant Holmes & Sarah Smarsh were the winners at the Shoreline Shuffle (Chris Wristen photos)
     
  

May 16 - The results from the 2012 Heartland 39.3 Series have been tabulated. Men's results | Women's results
Steve Hefferon
(Kansas City KS) and Megan Earney (Olathe) were the overall winners after competing in the Rock the Parkway, Kansas and Running with the Cows half marathons. The series was sponsored by the KC Running Company.
Top Lawrence-area runners were DJ Hilding (Lawrence, 3rd overall) and Ann Andersson (Lawrence, 14th overall).

May 14 - Besides numerous road races and a long trail race at Lake Perry this weekend, check out Mike Eglinski's video of his run at the Kill Creek Sprint event complete with video (no sound) and active-map. You can follow his route with what he saw on the map and what was really in front of him. The video even orients the map for you (beginners: this is Orienteering 101). Good armchair orienteering. Next local O' event is June 10 at the Clinton Overlook Park.

Among the races this weekend, a smaller crowd at the Truman 5K in Independence, MO with no runners from the Lawrence area attending. Instead a lot of local names were at the Running with the Cows Half Marathon in Bucyrus, KS. Sunday races included Ben Holmes' Rock On trail races at Perry Lake and the KC Express' Mothers Day 5K in Overland Park - both well attended. And there were more races (check with MARA for results).

Not to be ignored is the six-ton gorilla of an event - 13,000 attended last weekend's Warrior Dash. Beware Lawrencians, Red Dog is thinking of doing a warrior dash.

May 10 - "I stopped signing up for races when I found out you can buy safety pins at the store." - from Andy Norris' Facebook page.

Thanks to Paul Shimon (Winfield) for sharing this video clip of Kenenisa Bekele's 5000m win in 2009.

 

May 7 - Lincoln Marathon ready to add 5,000? Nebraska's biggest marathon is on the verge of getting bigger. The Lincoln National Guard Marathon and Half-Marathon, which completed its 35th race Sunday, filled its allotment of 10,000 entries in only 21 days, then turned away more than 4,000 potential registrants.

The field is limited partly because of a narrow bike path along the race route that would be too congested to handle more runners, according to Nancy Sutton, co-director of the 2012 event. more (from the Omaha World-Herald) photos

May 6 -

Brian Daldorph. Photo of Karen Hyde, Becky McClure and Dee Boeck at the 2012 Olathe Heart and Sole 5K. Michael Etteredge.
From the May 6th Olathe Heart & Sole 5K & 10K: Brian Daldorph, Karen Hyde, Becky McClure, Dee Boeck and Michael Ettredge (all of Lawrence) (SeekCRun photos) results

May 2 - Both of Kansas’ track and field teams jumped several spots in this week’s U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings that were released Tuesday morning. The KU women moved up to No. 5, the highest ranking for any Kansas team – men’s or women’s – since the ranking system began five years ago. The men moved up to No. 23, marking their highest spot in the rankings this season. more

Apr 30 - Lawrence Memorial Hospital is starting a new sports performance program. Here's a blog about reducing the risk of running injuries.

RUNNERS….looking to improve your efficiency, increase your mileage, and stay on the road (i.e. keep injuries at bay)?  As runners, we love to run, and we crave those natural endorphins provided by each outing.  We can get our “runner’s high” by running anywhere from 2 to 50+ miles.  We each know how our own body responds to training from the inside-out.  We carefully plan our courses and mileage to perfect our training for the ultimate performance at our upcoming 5k, 10k, ½ marathon, marathon, and even ultras.  But sometimes a training program can lack a crucial piece of the puzzle for improving running efficiency, endurance, and injury prevention.
What is this crucial piece of training that some runners miss?  -  HIP STABILITY more

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