News - Jan - Feb 2025

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.