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Photo of Jeff Behrens staying something to Dee Boeck at the finish of the Course of Creams XC races.Aug 15 - "Dee, we know you are proud of your new running outfit but this is your THIRD time over the course!!!"
The winning caption was submitted by John Huchingson.

Aug 8 - The Boys and Girls Club Red Dog Run held on the Haskell campus today received positve comments on the new location. Top winners were Kelsi Beam (McPherson) and DJ Hilding (Overland Park, and also the course designers and certifier). Race director Ellen Young had a great supporting cast of volunteers. Red Dog himself was on hand to high five everyone as they came to the finish. Check the slideshow above; also more photos at SeeKCRun. | Results

Aug 1 - Volunteers are needed for the 2nd annual bicycle and pedestrian count in Lawrence, Sept 15 and 18. more

Photo of Jeff Behrens staying something to Dee Boeck at the finish of the Course of Creams XC races.July 31 - Write a caption for this photo. Jeff Behrens is saying something to Dee Boeck while Ken Beach watches.
(Click on photo to enlarge). Winning entry will get to choose a prize of a 2011 runLawrence membership or a long-sleeve tec shirt from the 2009 Thanksgiving Day 5K.

Photo of the Boys and Giirls Course of Dreams Cross Country 2K and link to photo slideshow.
  Action from the 2K at the Course of Dreams Cross Country race at Shawnee   Mission Park, July 31st. (gmw)

Greg Burger resting before the start of the Western States 100.July 29 - Greg Burger (resting in the chair on the right) wrote a great report with photos on his Western States 100 Run.

July 27 - Exercise scientists say they have stumbled on an amazing discovery. Athletes can improve their performance in intense bouts of exercise, lasting an hour or so, if they merely rinse their mouths with a carbohydrate solution. They don’t even have to swallow it. It has to be real carbohydrates, though; the scientists used a solution of water and a flavorless starch derivative called maltodextrin. Artificial sweeteners have no effect. read on (from the NY Times, July 19)

July 24 - Greetings from the U.P.!  Keith Meyers (Lawrence) placed 4th at the Ontonagon Outback 5K in Greenland. MI with a time of 21:07.  It was a comfortable 62 degrees with light rain...not exactly Kansas summer running conditions, but Keith wasn't complaining.

Photo of the 2010 US Relays Orienteering Champs in the 8-point race in Colorado.Orienteer Kansas, the Lawrence-based club, won the 2010 Orienteering Relays Championships on July 20 at Lake George, CO. Winners in the 8-point team competition included Lawrencians Mary Jones and Mike Eglinski plus Peggy Dickison (Bethesda, MD) and Mark Everett (Tucson, AZ) both with degrees from KU. Peggy and Mark were also the individual champs in the open divisions in the ultra champs the following day (July 21).
relay results | ultralong results


Photo of the 1953 KU 4-Mile Relay Team including Dick Wilson.July 18 - KU Hall of Famer Dick Wilson died on Saturday after a battle with a brain tumor and terminal cancer. He was 78.

Wilson was a member of the Kansas track and field and cross country teams from 1950-54. He was a part of KU's 1953 national championship cross country team. Wilson was also a part of the four-mile relay team, which set an American record in that event. (from the Lawrence Journal-World)

July 11 - Independence, MO - Spank knew she was getting ready to run. With a University of Kansas handkerchief tied around her neck, Spank, an 18-month-old boxer with a lean, muscular frame, stuck her tongue out happily and followed her racing partner Keith Dowell toward the starting line.

Photo of John Mattes and Michelle Andrew. Photo of Lori Norwood.
From the Eudora Horsethief 5K: John Mattes (Lawrence), Michelle Andrew (Topeka) & Lori Norwood (Lawrence) (Phil Royer photo)

"Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah," Dowell says 11 minutes before Sunday morning's 5K race start time of Spank's race-knowing mentality. "She'll do good –
I think." more

July 10 - Report on the Eudora Horsethief 5K - The race is put on by several experienced cross country coaches who are each avid and accomplished road runners as well.  The race start/finish is in the heart of downtown Eudora (population 4,307) on Main Street. The city park, complete with gazebo, served as race headquarters.  You immediately pick up on the hometown character when you inspect your race packet and find the menu from Cutter’s Smokehouse on E 20th St. and an invitation to enroll in Amanda’s Dance Academy including classes in ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, tumbling and cheer. more