Sporting Goods Company Salomon Attempts to Keep Trail Running "Clean"

Sporting Goods Company Salomon Attempts to Keep Trail Running "Clean" HERE

Q&A with Ladia Albertson-Junkans

Q&A with Ladia Albertson-Junkans HERE

Strib on Endless Summer Trail Running Series

Trail running series goes off the beaten path — for fun. http://t.co/CbT0QhhlWr pic.twitter.com/8vRDiUqJ5n

— Star Tribune (@StarTribune) June 12, 2015

Be Careful Out There...

Dave Mackey sustains head, chest, leg injuries in fall on Colorado's Bear Peak. http://t.co/h97Any1cVt pic.twitter.com/YIRMGpEGRT

— iRunFar (@iRunFar) May 24, 2015

News: Paving Trails in Lebanon Hills Park

Plans are moving forward on a plan to pave miles of trail within Lebanon Hills Park.  Strib article is HERE.

News: Masters Runner Bewildered by USADA Doping Ban; Will Leer/Aisha Praught Lake Calhoun Run

Colorado Masters trail runner "bewildered" by USADA ban HERE

Despite being the white day after the day after XMas, starting at 10AM Saturday morning Will Leer will be leading a run from Thomas Beach on Lake Calhoun. He won't be running barefoot or in shorts and a singlet. Oregon Track Club Elite's Aisha Praught will be there too.

Will Leer after setting a PR in the Mile in
Ireland this summer.

News: Stillwater Twi-Light Meet; Ely Track Club; Earlybird Invite XC; Red Wing HS; Gopher PVer Katie Murgic

Stillwater Gazette reports on Stillwater HS Twi-light Meet as top two finishers break the meet record  HERE.

Duluth News Tribune mention of Ely Track Club Fundraiser Trail Run and Walk on September 6 HERE.

Worthington Globe report on the Earlybird Invitational XC meet HERE.

Red Wing Republican Eagle on Red Wing HS's boys and girls XC teams HERE

U of M interview with Gopher Pole Vaulter Katie HERE.

Edina boys' Mile Time Trial results are HERE. Alumni meet results HERE. Edina girls' alumni meet results are HERE.

Wayzata boys' Alumni Meet Age Group Winners: L to R:
Manny Day, Kirt Goetzke, Kurt Almquist,
Jacob Hallen, Josh Thorson, and Connor Olson
Results HERE.

News: Finan and Peterson PR in Belgium; Afton Trail Run 50/25K; USATF Juniors, Truedson 5th in 3K, Barron 7th in TJ, Prelim Results

Team USA Minnesota's Eric Finan and Jon Peterson finish first and third in the Leon Buyle Memorial Meet in Belgium. Both set PRs, with Finan running 7:54.18 and Peterson 7:55.36. Race results are HERE.  Rob Finnerty was tenth in the 1500 in 3:41.87. Results HERE. In the other heat of the 1500, Will Leer was fourth in 3:35.48 and Garrett Heath was sixth in 3:35.97. Result is HERE. Second fastest time ever for Heath: "Had wanted a PB, but great meet and hopefully more fast times to come."

Michael Brost won the Afton Trail Run 50K in 3:43:38.  Leslie Semler won the women's race in 4:43:57. Nate Hoffman won the 25K in 1:36:37.  Emma Lee won the women's 25K in 1:50:54.  Top five finishers in the various classifications are HERE.

Preview of USATF Junior Championships is HERE. Wayzata grad/Cornell's Michael Smith 12th in 400 prelims, fifth in heat in 47.70. Result HERE. Waseca's Shane Streich finished with the tenth fastest time in the 800 of 1:51.24(a PR, bettering the 1:51.92 he ran in the MSHSL Class A prelim race).  St. Thomas' Ryan Trapp had the thirteenth fastest time of 1:51.53.  The winner of each of the three heats automatically qualified plus the five best times. Results are HERE. Minnetonka grad Mia Barron finished seventh in the triple jump, leaping 12.34m/40'6", her furthest jump outdoors this season. Results are HERE. Bemidji's Jenne Truedson finished fifth in the 3K in 10:04.87.

Sports Scientists look at when a 2 hour marathon might happen HERE.

Trail Race Renamed

Half-Voyager Trail Marathon to be renamed in honor of Eugene Curnow.  Duluth News-Tribune story is HERE.

More News, Rankings are HERE

Strib story on Ephraim Bird of Hope Academy is HERE, Danielle Anderson story is HERE.

Fifth Annual Jack's Run honoring former Gopher equipment manager Jack Johnson is on Saturday, Cotober 20 at the Les Bolstad Golf Course at 5 PM.  More info is HERE. Minnesota Daily article is HERE.

Duluth News Tribune article on the Glacial Trail 50 Miler is HERE, and on the Ashland WhistleStop Marathon is HERE.

Rochester Post-Bulletin report on the Big-nine conference championship is HERE,  Rochester Mayo XC results are HERE.

MIAC Spotlight interview with Concordia Moorhead's Tanner Sakrismo is HERE.

The USTFCCCA rankings have the Gopher men falling from fourth to sixth in the Division I Regional poll and dropping out of the top 25 in the National poll.  University of Minnesota women moved up two places to 25th in the National, stayed at third in the Region.

Division II.
Minnesota State Mankato stayed at 16th in the men's National poll, while the Winona State women stayed at 17th, Minnesota State Mankato again ranked 20th, while UMD retained the 28th spot.
In the Regional rankings, MSM men retained their third place ranking.  The Winona State women(3), MSM(4), and UMD(8) held on to their Region rankings.

Division III
In the National poll, the St. Olaf men rose from unranked to 33rd.  All three Minnesota women's teams fell in the National rankings. St. Olaf fell from 12 to 13th.  Carleton fell from 19 to 23rd, and St. Thomas from 33 to 35th. In the Regional rankings St. Olaf's men rose two places to second, St. John's from one place up to fourth, St. Thomas three places up to sixth, while Bethel(8) and Carleton(10) held their spots.  For the women, St. Olaf held onto second, Carleton fell one spot to fourth, St. Thomas dropped one to fifth, St. Ben's stayed sixth, Gustavus seventh, and Concordia(Moorhead) tenth.

Ultra Runner Hit With Lyme Disease

Dusty Olsen, one of Minnesota's top ultra athletes has been challenged by a foe that is more daunting than a long trail race or ski marathon.  He's battling a severe case of Lyme Disease.  Duluth News Tribune's Kevin Pates writes about his battle HERE.