Weekend races (February 8 - 9):

Some of the weekend races had big turnouts, although I didn't find anyone from the Lake area in the race results.  The final Frostbite Series race of the season in St. Louis had nearly 800 finishers, and the sold-out Kickoff 5K in Kansas City had 644.

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Weekend race results (February 1 - 2):

Our Jefferson City friend Cody Eubanks won the Beulah Challenge 9-hour race at Greensfelder County Park in suburban St. Louis last Saturday. Cody and two others (among the 25 total competitors) completed 10 laps of the 4.2-mile course within the alloted 9 hours. Cody finished the final lap 7 minutes ahead of his nearest rival to take the victory.

Cody has a remarkable record of winning most of the races he's done. Check out his record here.

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BIG BEACH MARATHON, HALF MARATHON & 7K (posted January 28th)

Tucker Seise returned to Gulf Shores, Alabama last weekend for the Big Beach Marathon.  Two years ago, Tucker finished fourth overall and first (of 27) in his age group with a 2:54:47 finish (which I believe is a personal best).

This time, Tucker finished in 3:13:08. That placed him 17th overall, and fourth (of 38) in the men's 30-34 age group.

Brittany Parrish of Camdenton competed in the half marathon.  Brittany finished in 2:12:35, placing 16th (of 53) in the women's 30-34 age group.

Tucker and Brittany both ran the 7K on Saturday, with podium finishes. Tucker crossed the finish line in 25:04, good for second overall and second in his age group, and Brittany in 36:14, good for second in her age group.

Complete race results can be found here.

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Weekend race results (January 25 - 26):

Brandon Sparks of Versailles took third overall (of 25 finishers) at the Alternate Chili Ten Mile Trail Run in Kansas City on Sunday. He finished in 1:45:10.

The Alternate Chili race is a shadow of its former size. Take a look at its number of finishers by year since 2013:

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Weekend race results (January 18 - 19):

Half the field for the 100-miile, 100K and 40-mile races at The Shippey Endurance Runs either failed to start or finish in the brutal wind chills on Saturday and Sunday. The marathon was won by Chris Roberts of the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood. He won in 22:30:44--three and a half hours ahead of the second-place finisher. (He's competed at Big Dog's Backyard Ultra several times.) Complete results are here.

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