Women’s Distance Festival Race Results

Thanks to all who participated in the races today. Special congratulations to the PGRC Running Start Graduates!
Women’s Distance Festival 5K race results
Estimated Time 5K race results
Photos

Weekend happenings

Hi guys, I’m sure we’ll see some (and by some I mean all, yes?) of you at the Women’s Distance Festival 5K/Estimated Time 5K Fun Run/Walk Saturday (info on the PDF sign-up form). And congratulations in advance to all the graduates of the Running Start program!
Sunday, there will be a planned long run for those [...]

Olympics, etc.

Dear Everyone,
 
First, I’d like to draw your attention to a recent New Yorker article by Peter Hessler about distance runner Ryan Hall titled Running to Beijing: The making of a long-distance runner from the August 11, 2008 issue.  You should be able to read it here:
 
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/08/11/080811fa_fact_hessler
 
Peter and his family are from Columbia, MO, where I [...]

Back on my feet

The continuing saga of my stress fracture, with a digression to shoe buying.
In my original report, I mentioned that I’d managed to get a stress fracture in my second metatarsal, probably by virtue of my suddenly doing a bunch of race walking.  Turns out this counts as a new stress which I should have adapted [...]

Road trip to Canada, anyone?

I’ve gotten a couple of emails from folks asking about our events in Canada! 
Turns out there is a Prince George Road Runners club in British Columbia (Prince George, BC is up in northern BC- so its way north).  Maybe we should take a field trip and visit.  Here’s the link to their running club  www.pgroadrunners.ca/
Any takers for [...]