Peterson fourth in Letterkenny AC Sub 4 Minute Mile Challenge; Leer; Mead; USATF Club Championships, Stacey Sagedahl, Run to Work

Runners assembled on starting line for the Letterkenny AC Sub 4-Minute
Mile Challenge

Team USA Minnesota's Jon Peterson finished fourth in the Letterkenny AC Sub 4-Minute Mile Challenge in 4:00.54, a PR.  Teammate Eric Finan was ninth in 4:06.92. Results are HERE. Photos from the event are HERE. Video is HERE.

Updates on Morton Mile: Will Leer's fan club is HERE.  Video of race is HERE.

Hassan Mead up at altitude for some training in St. Moritz HERE.

Results, finally, from USATF Club Championships are HERE. Melissa Agnew, third in 1500 in 4:28.93 and fourth in the 800 in 2:13.82.  Cole Toepfer seventh in the men's 1500 in 4:04.24.  TCTC ninth in women's team standings, men 21st.

Farimont Sentinel article on Stacey Sagedahl, who ran a marathon in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  Some advice she got before her marathon in Alaska: "They showed us the difference between bear and moose scat. It was important in case we ran across one or the other on the trail."  Article is HERE.  According to the 50 States Marathon Club website list 29 Minnesotans have done the 50 states, list of US club members broken down by state is HERE. 

Outside article on running commutes to and/or from work is HERE.

Another photo from the Euro travels of Minnesota runners.  This one is of Luzern, Switzerland by Gabe Grunewald HERE.