WEEKEND EVENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 13 - 14

Hot, summer weather makes a return visit this weekend, with afternoon highs in the mid-90s, and morning lows in the upper 60s. 

We're three weeks away from any local racing, but there are plenty of things to do this weekend if you're willing to drive.

In high school cross country action this weekend, Camdenton High School and Macks Creek runners will compete at the Lebanon Invitational.   Versailles goes to Linn for the Linn Invitational.  Osage and Eldon go to the Tolton Catholic Invitational in Columbia.

Elsewhere:

Columbia:

Finger Lakes Adventure Challenge (5K paddle, then 5K run), Saturday
Do Hard Things 5K & 9.11-Mile Ruck & Run, Katy Trail (Cooper's Landing), Saturday

Springfield:

Neon Night 5K, Saturday evening
Rockin' Roll Bike & Music Festival, Saturday

Reeds Spring:

The Great Pickle Race 5K and Pickleball Tournament, Saturday

Kansas City and vicinity:

TimberRidge Adventure Race, Saturday
Patriots' Run (5K, half marathon, marathon, ultra), Saturday
WoodsStock 10K, Sunday

Bourbon:

Meramec Gravel (gravel bike races), Saturday

St. Louis and vicinity:

Rockin' Rockwoods Trail Race (53K & half marathon, 13.1-mile ruck), Greensfelder Park, Saturday
Knights of Columbus Patriot Day Run (5K/10K), Saturday
Dash for Donuts 5K/7K, St. Peters, Saturday
Walter's Walk 5K, Creve Coeur Lake Park, Sunday

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HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY MEET RESULTS FOR SEPTEMBER 6th (posted September 8th)

Here are the results for Camdenton, Osage, Versailles and Macks Creek runners at the SWCCCA Richard Clark Invitational hosted by Bolivar High School on Saturday.  Complete results are here.

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HEART OF AMERICA MARATHON (posted September 8th)

The Top of the Rock Ozarks Heritage Preserve, located south of Branson along the shore of Table Rock Lake, is owned by Johnny Morris, the founder of Bass Pro Shops. Each September, runners get a chance to run through the preserve at the Run the Rock three- and six-mile races.  Run the Rock is part of the Bass Pro Fitness Series.

Two of our Lake-area runners participated at Saturday's race.  Marlisa Nolan, who did last year's six-miler, returned to run this year, and finished in 1:11:15. That place Marlisa ninth (of 18) in the women's 55-59 age group. 

Maddix Rivera, a 17 year-old from Camdenton, won the men's 16-19 age group over four others.  He won in 49:35.

There were 333 and 218 finishers of the six-mile and three-mile races, respectively. Complete race results can be found here.

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HEART OF AMERICA MARATHON (posted September 2nd)

For the first time since Chris Boyle did so way back in 2018, a Lake-area runner competed at the Heart of America Marathon (Facebook page) in Columbia.  This was the 66th year for the marathon, easily making it the oldest in the state.

Emily Krantz of Lake Ozark was this year's representative, finishing in 5:06:32. That placed Emily 11th among the 21 female finishers, and third in the women's master's (40+) division.

There were just two finishers at the Heart of America Marathon's debut race in 1960.   Monday's race had 105, down from 114 last year. (The peak was 237 in 2013.)

Our good friend from Columbia, the ageless Andy Emerson, was there as usual.  Andy finished 23rd overall, in 3:53:55. That's about 20 minutes slower than in recent years, but cut Andy some slack--he's now 56 years old.

The complete race results can be found here. 

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Other weekend races (August 30 - September 1):

Carrie Gregoire of St. Joseph was the finisher of the Leaky Hourglass Ultra at Half Way, Missouri this past weekend. Carrie needed 20 hours (83.3 miles) to outlast her nearest competitor. Our Jefferson City friend, Cody Eubanks, was dispatched after only 16 hours (66.6 miles). (Cody lasted about twice that long at three 4 Fore 30 backyard ultras.  He's registered for this year's race coming up on November 15th.)  Complete results can be found here. Mile 90 Photography posted photos from the race.

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