4 FORE 30 INFINITY BACKYARD ULTRA (posted November 17th)

(I'll try to post a report by late Monday night.)

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HONORING OUR HEROES MARATHON, MARATHON RELAY, HALF MARATHON, 10K & 5K (posted November 17th)

A record field of 501 runners turned out on Saturday for the tenth annual Honoring Our Heroes Marathon, Marathon Relay, Half Marathon, 10K & 5K (Facebook page).  The marathoners started in Salem, the half marathoners started halfway between Salem and Rolla, and the 5K/10K runners started in Rolla.

Three runners were from the Lake area.

April Leonard finished her eighth Honoring Our Heroes marathon, finishing in 5:18:12 and placing third (of four) in the women's 55-59 age group.

Also competing in the marathon, Jordan Quick of Gravois Mills finished in 5:33:37.  That placed Jordan fourth (of six) in the men's 25-29 age group.

Jim McDermott ran the half marathon, and won the men's 70-74 age group by default, with a tim eof 2:17:40.

Two other race participants familiar to many of us, Melissa and Larry Sharp of Waynesville, finished the marathon and 5K, respectively, in 5:53:45 and 55:49.

The complete race results can be found here.

The number of finishers was up 41% from last year.  Here are the number of finishers, by distance, in the race's nine-year history.

Sentimental favorite, veteran Bob Gravley of Salem, Missouri returned to Honoring Our Heroes this year after a one-year absence, and finished it for the ninth time.  Now 88, Bob finished the 10K in 2:01:35. (That's not a Missouri state running record, though, for 88 year-old men.  The record is 1:46:29, set in 2008.)

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MO' COWBELL MARATHON, HALF MARATHON, 10K & 5K (updated November 10th)

Update: Because Athlinks.com makes it essentially impossible to search their results for large races, I didn't know that Joan Wolf had an outstanding race at MO' Cowbell on October 5th.  Joan finished the marathon in 3:47:25, and won the women's 50-54 age group over eight others.  Here's a link to Joan's splits (her pace was incredibly stead throughout the race) and photos.

A tip of the hat to Mark Matthews for bringing Joan's result to my attention.  If anyone else participated in the race and would like your results acknowledged, please let me know. Ratting out someone who's playing quiet about their result is also perfectly acceptable.

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World records fall at Tunnel Hill: The Tunnel Hill 100M/100K/50M/Marathon in Vienna, Illinois is a very popular trail race, and whose flat, certified courses attract runners hoping to set new records. Three women set new world or American records at this past weekend's race:

Women's 100-mile world record:  Catriona Jennings, 12:37:04 (not yet official)

Women's100K American record:  Courtney Olsen, 6:59:56

Women's 50-mile world record:  Anne Flower, 5:18:57

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BASS PRO SHOPS FITNESS SERIES' DOGWOOD CANYON TRAIL RUNS (posted November 10th)

Six Lake-area runners competed at the Bass Pro Shops Fitness Series' Dogwood Canyon Trail Runs on Saturday and Sunday.  As is usually the case, all of races at this year's event were sold out.

Here are the results for our Lake-area runners. If I missed anyone in the listing below, please let me know.

Complete race results can be found here.

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MISSOURI STATE HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (posted November 10th)

Here are the results for our local high school cross country runners at the state championship meet held on Friday and Saturday at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia.

In the Class 3 team standings, the Osage girls placed 7th of 16 teams. The Osage boys were 12th of 16 teams.

The fastest boys and girls state champs are usually in Class 5.  That was true again for the girls (18:06 was the winning time), but not for the boys.  This year's boys state champ was in Class 4, with a winning time of 14:49, followed closely by the Class 2 (14:51) and Class 5 (14:52) winners.

The fastest boys team was Liberty North, with an average time of 15:49. The fastest girls team was Blue Springs South, with an average time of 19:10.

The complete results for all classes can be found here.

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LOTO TURKEY TROT 5K (posted November 1st)

The 16th annual LOTO Turkey Trot 5K will take place on Thanksgiving Day (November 27th) at Camdenton High School.   A 1-mile fun run starts at 7:45 a.m., followed by the 5K at 8:30 a.m. Race-day registration opens at 7:00 a.m.

The entry fees are $20 for the 1-mile fun run and $25 for the 5K through Thursday, November 13th. On race day, the entry fees rise to $30.  (Discounts are available to families of four or more.)  Only those who register by November 13th will be guaranteed a t-shirt on race day. 

Online registration and additional race details can be found here.

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