Thanks to everyone who ran the Evan‰Ûªs Run 5K/10K. Current
list of those who have finished the first two races in the New England Runner
Pub Series for 2014. Next race is Sunday, June 1st, in at the Corrib
Pub 5K in West Roxbury, Ma. Hope to see you there. If your name does not appear
here, please email us at nerunner@comcast.net.

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Abbott

Michelle

Almeida

Charles

Anderson

Anne

Anderson

Marge

Bellisle

Lance

Benham

Dave

Bent

Victoria

Bok

George

Braun

Andrew

Burbine

Cathy

Cagle

Joe

Ciavattone

Paul

Clark

Gwen

Co-wallis

Carla

Colcord

Thomas

Cole

Larry

Cole

Amber

Conley

Doug

Coombs

Charlie

Coombs

Eileen

Coppinger

Paul

Corcoran

Brian

Cronin

Andrew

Custard

Lee

Danforth

Jonathan

Davey

Laureen

Davis

Dale

Davis

Sarah

Deery

Kevin

Delaney

Katelyn

Demers

Chris

Diehl

Kerry

Diehl

Sheila

DiTocco

Ed

Dowling

Catherine

Downing

Jack

Fagan

Jim

Fallon

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Farrington

Colleen

Feehan

Dan

Finkel

Yvonne

Fitzgerald

Dan

Fitzpatrick

Linda

Fitzpatrick

Patty

Foltz

Tom

Foltz

Peter

Fopiano

Erin

Fopiano

Anne

Francis

candice

Gagnon

Lucky

Gray

Paul

Hammond

Thomas

Hennessey

Deborah

Hickey

Cory

Hofman

Jan

Holmquist

Steve

Houde

Greg

Houde

Jackie

Jackman

Robert

Following Race No. 2,
Doyle‰Ûªs Emerald Necklace 5M

MEN OVERALL (Top 50
Score)

1. David Wilson                       
100

2. Gregory Picklesimer             
94

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2. TJ Unger                                94

4. Lee Danforth                         92

5. Jake Barnett                         
85

6. Andrew Holmes                   
82

7. Eric Hultquist                       
80

Patrick Bugbee

9. Kevin Delaney                      
70

Brian Cronin                        
 

10. Terry McNatt                        64

11. Macdara Nash                      
61

12. Jason Cakouros                    
60

13. Michael McGrane                
58

14. Paul Hammond                    
50

15. Chris Stadler VT                 
49

Nick Green

17. Scott Wisnaskas  
                48

18. Adrian McDonald               
44

19. Mike Quintal                       
43

20. Jimmy Fallon                      
42

Kevin Alliette                       
    42

22. Eric Ahern                          
41

Mark Reeder

24. Bob Jackman                      
40

25. Ethan Brown                       
39

Tom Vossen

27. Paul Norton                        
38

28. Aharon Wright                    
37

Steve Curley

30. John Longo                          
33

Dave Principe

32. John Page                             32

33. Colin Murphy                      
31

34. Slava Kolpakov                   
28

35. Carlos Duran                       
27

36. Scott Burger                         
26

37. Sylvain Olier                        25

38. Justin Drechsler                  
24

Nick Ryan

40. Cory Hofmann                      
23

41. John Wichers                        
22

Ed Dulmal

43. Benjamin Koconis                
21

Justin Renz

45. James Craig                          
20

Matt Picaro

46. Tim Morin                             
19

37. Chris Kelly                            
18

Joe O‰ÛªLeary

39. Patrick O‰ÛªDonnell                  
17

Chris Dustard

41. John Banbone                         
16

42. Jon Waldron                           
15

Matt Conlon

44. David Bichara                        
14

Mara Almazon

46. James Kirk                            
13

47. James Normile                      
12

Norman Everett

Pat O‰ÛªDonnell

50. Brian Hutter                            
11

Ben Kocohin

52. Christopher Lundeen               
10

Thor Korlis

54. Rory Fagan                               
9

55. Olutoyin Fayemi                       
8

Max White

57. Christopher Lay                        
7

58. Charlie Muse                             
6

Ryan Doyle

60. Lino Mancini                            
5

Jesse Morrow

62. Ken Warren                              
4

Brian Brunell

64. Joe Theriault                             
3

65. David Connally                         
2

Charles Anderson

67. Charles Dunn                             1

Mike Correia

MASTERS (Top 10 Score)

1. Gregory Picklesimer           
20

2. Kevin Delaney                     
18

3. Jason Cakouros                    
14

4. Macdara Nash                   
   13

5. Michael McGrane                 12

6. Dave Principe                      
8

7. John Wichers                       
5

Tom Vossen

9. Carlos Duran                       
4                        

10. James Craig                       
3

Dave Krail

12. Olutoyin Fayemi                2

Justin Renz

14. David Connally                   
1

John Terry

SENIORS (Top 10 Score)

1. Terry McNatt                
19

2. Paul Hammond              
16

3. Jimmy Fallon                 
15

4. Mark Reeder                  
10

5. Chris Kelly                      8

James Normile                

7. Ken Warren                    
7

8. Jonathan Wyner              
6

Jon Waldron

10. Rory Fagan                   
5

11. Jim Chin                      
 4

12. Charlie Muse                
3

13. Jake Schieffelin            
2

14. John Terry                    
1

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2016 Boston Marathon Champions to Return for B.A.A. 10K, presented by Brigham and Women’s Hospital, on June 26

Baysa and Hayle to test themselves at shorter distance on city streets. .

BOSTON – Three weeks after winning the Boston
Marathon, the B.A.A. announced that both open division champions Atsede
Baysa and Lemi Berhanu Hayle will return to the streets of Boston on
June 26 to run the sixth annual B.A.A. 10K, presented
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Baysa and Hayle, both of Ethiopia,
joined the illustrious honor roll of Boston victors when they triumphed
on Patriots’ Day (Monday, April 18) in the 120th edition of the world’s
oldest and most prestigious annual marathon.

“The B.A.A. 10K has quickly become a race that
many of our marathoners want to run after recovering from their effort
in April,” said Tom Grilk, B.A.A. Executive Director. “Beginning with
our inaugural B.A.A. 10K in 2011, we have brought
back recent Boston Marathon champions each year to join us in
celebrating the start of summer in Boston by running in this fun,
community event which has produced extraordinary performances.  We look
forward to welcoming back Atsede and Lemi to Boston.”

Baysa, 29, came from far behind the leaders late
in the Boston Marathon to win, pulling away to finish in a time of
2:29:19.  She became the fourth female Boston champion to hail from
Ethiopia. In recognition of the 50th anniversary of
women’s participation in Boston, Baysa gifted her first-place trophy to
race pioneer Bobbi Gibb, who was the first female finisher of the
Boston Marathon in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Gibb never received a trophy for
winning the Boston Marathon, and Baysa was moved
to perform the gesture after learning of Gibb’s importance to women’s
marathon history. Baysa is a known singer and recording artist in her
home country, and Gibb is an artist herself.

At only 21-years-old, Hayle won the men’s race
in his first Boston Marathon appearance with a time of 2:12:45, beating
countryman and two-time champion Lelisa Desisa by 47 seconds. Hayle is
the youngest Boston Marathon champion since 1951,
and is the fifth men’s Boston Marathon champion to hail from Ethiopia.
He led his country to a 1-2-3 sweep this year.

Registration for the B.A.A. 10K is open at
www.baa.org, but the field size is limited. The race starts and
finishes on Charles Street between Boston Common and the Boston Public
Garden. The 6.2-mile course travels toward Boston University before
passing through Kenmore Square and down Commonwealth
Avenue. In only its sixth year, the B.A.A. 10K has become known
internationally as one of the world’s fastest 10-kilometer courses.

ABOUT THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Established in 1887, the Boston Athletic
Association is a non-profit organization with a mission of promoting a
healthy lifestyle through sports, especially running. The B.A.A.’s
Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon, and
the organization manages other local events and supports comprehensive
charity, youth, and year-round running programs. Since 1986, the
principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon has been John Hancock
Financial. The Boston Marathon is part of the
Abbott World Marathon Majors, along with international marathons in Tokyo, London, Berlin, Chicago, and New York City. More than 60,000
runners will participate in B.A.A. events in 2016. The 121st Boston Marathon will be held on Monday, April 17, 2017. For more information on the B.A.A., please visit
www.baa.org.

ABOUT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL

Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is a 793-bed
nonprofit teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding
member of Partners HealthCare. BWH has more than 4.2 million annual
patient visits, nearly 46,000 inpatient stays and
employs nearly 16,000 people. The Brigham’s medical preeminence dates
back to 1832, and today that rich history in clinical care is coupled
with its national leadership in patient care, quality improvement and
patient safety initiatives, and its dedication
to research, innovation, community engagement and educating and
training the next generation of health care professionals. Through
investigation and discovery conducted at its Brigham Research Institute
(BRI), BWH is an international leader in basic, clinical
and translational research on human diseases, more than 1,000
physician-investigators and renowned biomedical scientists and faculty
supported by nearly $600 million in funding. For the last 25 years, BWH
ranked second in research funding from the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) among independent hospitals. BWH continually
pushes the boundaries of medicine, including building on its legacy in
transplantation by performing a partial face transplant in 2009 and the
nation’ first full face transplant in 2011.
BWH is also home to major landmark epidemiologic population studies,
including the Nurses’ and Physicians’ Health Studies and the Women’s
Health Initiative as well as the TIMI Study Group, one of the premier
cardiovascular clinical trials groups. For more
information, resources and to follow us on social media, please visit
BWH’s online newsroom.

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Burlington, Vermont (May 22, 2017) – RunVermont is pleased to announce the 2017 inductees into the RunVermont Hall of Fame. The 2017 honorees represent the rich depth and history of Vermont’s vibrant running community.  All of the individuals have devoted years of service to the sport of running and have been active participants with a large breadth of engagements.

The RunVermont Hall of Fame now honors recipients in several categories:

Charter Members – the original members from the Vermont City Marathon Hall of Fame who received recognition for participation is every edition of the race from its inception in 1989 until 1998.

Runners of Distinction – those individuals, with a sustained running presence in Vermont, whose running achievements and results place them in a performance category that separates them from their peers and contemporaries.

Coaches – those individuals who have made sustained and recognizable contributions to the development of Vermont’s running communities, events and runners that distinguishes them from their peers and contemporaries.

Advocates – those individuals who have made significant contributions to the Vermont running community to develop opportunities for runners, supported and/or produced running events and been instrumental in the development of the sport as a whole.

The 2017 RunVermont Hall of Fame Inductees are:

Eric Morse – RunVermont is proud to induct accomplished runner Eric Morse into the 2017 RunVermont Hall of Fame.

For the better part of three decades, Eric Morse was the most dominant road runner in Vermont. His career began in at Harwood Union High School in Duxbury where he was a 6-time individual state champion in both cross country and track. He would also win All-American honors in the 1500 meters. Eric’s high school accomplishments would later be recognized when he was the inaugural inductee into the Harwood Union H.S. Hall of Fame in 2010.

Once out of high school and college, Eric would become known regionally and nationally. He was the USATF New England Grand Prix Champion in addition to winning numerous USATFNE individual races. He was also a 7-time member of the U.S.A. Mountain Running Team and competed in five World Mountain Running Championships. More locally, Eric was a 3-time runner-up at the prestigious Mount Washington Road Race and was a 14-time top ten finisher. His exploits would lead him to becoming a 2015 inductee into the Mt. Washington Road Race Hall of Fame.

” I witnessed Erik’s steady improvement throughout the 1980s, due to his talent, hard work, and encouragement from his mom – who was at every race.  After races in the early and mid-80s his mom would tell me “Eric’s going to get you Miller”.  And by the late-80s he did, and I haven’t beaten him since.” Said Jim Miller –  2016 RunVermont Hall of Fame Inductee.

Whenever Eric entered a local race, the only question was who would finish in second behind him. His performances were often emulated, but never duplicated; he was that dominant. Eric set a high standard for all Vermont runners to follow.

The formal induction ceremonies will be conducted at a reception on Friday, May 26th, 2017 at 6pm at the Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center as a part of the weekend festivities of the 2017 People’s United Bank Vermont City Marathon and Relay.

John Dimick – RunVermont is proud to induct accomplished runner and coach John Dimick into the 2017 RunVermont Hall of Fame.

John Dimick etched his mark in Vermont’s running legacy long ago, but his exploits still set the standard for road racing today. After a stellar career at the University of Vermont, a career that was recognized with his induction into the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984, John would go on to become known at the fastest marathoner Vermont has ever produced. His first-place finish in the 1979 Mardi Gras Marathon was accomplished in an incredible 2:11:53; the 9th fastest marathon recorded in the U.S. and the 18th best in the world that year. No Vermonter has come close to repeating that feat. John qualified for three U.S Olympic Trials in the marathon (1976, 1980 and 1984).  John also excelled internationally, as well, by placing 2nd at the Copenhagen Marathon in 1981 and 4th at the Berlin Marathon.

“John Dimick was a tough competitor at every distance, but no one in Vermont was close to him in the marathon.  He consistently ran 2:15 marathons, a goal I chased unsuccessfully for over a decade.  His personal best of 2:11:53, his top finishes at international marathons, and his consistent 2:15’s secure his place as Vermont’s top marathoner.” said Jim Miller –  2016 RunVermont Hall of Fame Inductee.

In addition to his running exploits, John went on to having a distinguished coaching career at Brattleboro Union High School where he would oversee the cross country running, Nordic skiing and track and field programs throughout the better part of his 37 years of teaching at the school.

It would not be an understatement that John’s running successes inspired several generations of Vermont runners and kicked off a running boom in the State during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. John’s accomplishments firmly put Vermont on the running map.

RunVermont is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization committed to the promotion of running as a life-long activity through complementary programs that celebrate the athletic spirit, are recognized nationally, and embrace the Vermont community. In addition to its premier Memorial Day weekend events; Peoples United Bank Vermont City Marathon and the MVP Health Ready, Set, Run Festival. RunVermont presents the FirstRun Burlington 5k each January, Half Marathon Unplugged in April, Island Vines 10k in September, Ready, Set, Run spring and summer youth running programs as well as consulting, timing and race services support for other Vermont running events.

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Top 3 Times (Gun)

FEMALE AGE GROUP:  40 to 44

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1    35:15    Melody Fairchild        F40    Boulder CO        2014

2    37:11    Renee Tolan        F41    Clifton Park NY        2016

2    37:11    Ginger Reiner        F40    Lincoln MA        2017

MALE AGE GROUP:  40 to 44

AR=27:48 Bernard Lagat

1    32:37    Mike Galoob        M40    Peace Dale RI        2014

1    32:37    David Angell        M40    Blue Ridge VA        2017

3    32:48      Kevin Collins                 M42    Liverpool NY         2013

FEMALE AGE GROUP:  45 to 49

AR=34;42 Trina Painter

1    36:49    Sonja Friend Uhl        F45    Brentwood TN        2016

2    37:58    Cassandra Henkiel        F47    Austin TX            2017

3    38:12      Mimi Fallon                   F47    Walpole MA        2013

MALE AGE GROUP:  45 to 49

AR=29:08 Kevin Castille-p

1     32:41    Peter Hammer        M47    Needham MA        2014

2    32:45    Mark Andrews        M45    Rochester NY        2016

3    32:47    Peter Hammer        M49    Needham MA        2016

FEMALE AGE GROUP:  50 to 54

AR=35:57 Shirley Matson

1    36:48    Marisa Sutera-Strange    F52    Pleasant Valley NY        2016

2    37:00    Marisa Sutera-Strange    F53    Pleasant Valley NY        2017

3    37:35    Lisa Lucas        F50    Pittsburgh PA        2016

MALE AGE GROUP:  50 to 54

AR=31:48 Ray Hatton

1    32:58    Kristian Blaich        M50    Decatur GA        2017

2    33:12    Andy Gardiner        M50    Dover MA            2016

3    33:30    Nat Larson        M54    Amherst MA        2017

FEMALE AGE GROUP:  55 to 59

AR=38:20 Joan Samuelson

1    39:55    Carmen Ayala-Troncoso    F55    Austin TX            2014

2    40:51    Laura Bruess        F56    Boulder CO        2017

3    41:42    Beth Stalker        F56    Burnt Hills NY        2016

MALE AGE GROUP:  55 to 59

AR=32:27 Jim O’Neill

1    34:36      Brian Pilcher                 M56     Ross CA            2013

2    34:37    Mark Reeder        M55    Brighton MA        2015

3    34:56    Mark Reeder        M56    Brighton MA        2016

FEMALE AGE GROUP:  60 to 64

AR=39:24 Christine Kennedy

1    39:24-N    Christine Kennedy        F60    Los Gatos CA        2015

2    40:10    Kathryn Martin                F62    Northport NY        2014

3    41:56    Kathryn Martin        F61    Northport NY                2013

MALE AGE GROUP:  60 to 64

AR=34:27 Jim O’Neill

1    36:02    Tom McCormack        M60    Jonesborough TN        2014

2    36:24    Rick Becker        M61    Selah WA            2016

3    37:01    John Barbour        M61    West Roxbury MA        2015

FEMALE AGE GROUP:  65 to 69

AR=41:57 Kathryn Martin

1    42:05    Sabra Harvey        F68    Houston TX        2017

2    42:37    Sabra Harvey        F65    Houston TX        2014

3    44:28    Edie Stevenson        F67    Boulder CO        2017

MALE AGE GROUP:  65 to 69

AR=37:04 Clive Davies

1    38:17    Tom Bernhard        M65    Castro Valley CA        2017

2    38:23    Bill Dixon        M66    Brattleboro VT        2014

3    38:24    Doug Winn            M66    Portland OR        2016

FEMALE AGE GROUP:  70 to 74

AR=45:19 Jan Holmquist

1    45:19-N    Jan Holmquist        F70    Burlington MA        2015

2    48:01    Jan Holmquist        F72    Burlington MA        2017

3         63:21      Regina Wright                 F71    Marshfield MA               2013

MALE AGE GROUP:  70 to 74

AR=40:15 Jan Frisby

1    41:36    Jan Frisby        M72    Grand Junction CO        2015

2    42:22    Paul Carlin        M70    Indianapolis IN        2016

3    42:36    Doug Goodhue        M72    Milford MI        2014

FEMALE AGE GROUP:  75 to 79

AR=50:11 Libby James-p

1    55:18    Carrie Parsi        F75    Gloucester MA        2014

2    85:33    Kathleen Scotti        F75    West Hartford CN        2017

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MALE AGE GROUP:  75 to 79

AR=40:12 Warren Utes

1    45:21    Bill Borla        M75    Torrington CT        2015

2    46:35    William Riley         M76    Centerville MA        2013

3    47:55    John Noyes        M75    Kennebunk ME          2017

FEMALE AGE GROUP:  80 to 84

AR=55:10 Libby James-p

1    77:37    Edna Hyer            F89    South Wales NY        2014

MALE AGE GROUP:  80 to 84

AR=45:28 Ed Benham

1    53:04    William Riley        M80    Centerville MA        2017

2    53:18    Harry Carter        M80    Blackstone MA        2017

3    53:51    Bill Spencer        M80    Litchfield NH        2016

FEMALE AGE GROUP:  85 to 89

AR=95:59 Mary Grosse

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MALE AGE GROUP:  85 to 89

AR=58:49 Jerry Johncock

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2

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FEMALE AGE GROUP:  90 to 94

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MALE AGE GROUP:  90 to 94

AR=74:49 Paul Spangler

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AUSTIN, CRAGG WIN ROAD TO GOLD ROAD RACE
By David Monti, @d9monti
(c) 2019 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

PHOTO: Jared Ward and Parker Stinson chase eventual champion Brogan Austin at the 2019 Road to Gold road race in Atlanta (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly)

ATLANTA (02-Mar) — Brogan Austin of West Des Moines, Iowa, and Amy Cragg of Portland, Ore., won the special Road to Gold 8-mile road race here in downtown Atlanta this morning, a one-time “test event” which utilized a key portion of the 2020 USA Olympic Team Trials Marathon course. Austin, the 2018 national marathon champion, was timed in 38:07 while Cragg, the reigning Olympic Trials Marathon champion, clocked 43:23.  Over one hundred 2020 Olympic hopefuls competed here this morning ahead of a mass race with about 2000 entrants.

Athletes competed on the main, 6-mile loop at the heart of the 2020 Trials course, plus an additional two miles which will be added to the final circuit of the Trials to make the full 26-mile, 385 yard distance (42.195 km).  Those last two miles (3.2 km) are particularly challenging, with sharp up and downhill sections and a U-turn.

The elite men went first on a cool and slightly breezing morning, and the pace was honest: 4:45 through the first mile and 14:12 through mile-3.  Austin was at the front of the lead pack with 2016 Olympian Jared Ward and former University of Oregon Duck Parker Stinson.  Austin, who is preparing for the United Airlines NYC Half on March 17, said he was surprised at the difficulty of the course.

“Hilly is an understatement,” Austin said.  He continued: “I definitely have a new respect for this marathon. I only ran eight miles.  I can’t imagine doing four times that distance.”

Unlike at last December’s USA Marathon Championships where Austin achieved a dramatic come from behind victory in the final mile of the race, he was able to ease away from this top rivals here today and enjoy the final miles of the course.

“I maybe broke away at mile-5 or mile-6,” Austin recalled.  “I didn’t get too far ahead of them the whole time; they were probably about 30 meters back and stayed that way the rest of the way.”

Ward, from Mapleton, Utah, was a clear second in 38:17, Stinson, from Boulder, Colo., was third (38:25).  Tyler McCandless, also from Boulder, and Colin Leak from Chadds Ford, Pa., rounded out the top five.

In the women’s contest, Cragg made a solo run from start to finish to get her victory.  She split the first mile in 5:22 and already had a 12-second lead.  By the third mile (16:03) her rivals were so far behind that when Cragg looked back she had to take a double-take because she couldn’t see anyone.  The Nike Bowerman Track Club athlete enjoyed many “Go Amy!” chants from the side of the course as she ran through the otherwise quiet streets of Atlanta.

“I felt pretty good,” Cragg told Race Results Weekly.  “I think I’m in a good position and I’m pretty excited to get into the bigger miles.  For me, that makes a huge difference.  I feel ready to start that, which is exciting for me.”

Carrie Dimoff, another Bowerman Track Club athlete who works at Nike and lives in Portland, finished a distant second in 44:24.  Third place went to the up-and-coming Brittany Charboneau of Golden, Colo., an actress and comedian, who clocked 44:32.  Katy Jermann of Burnsville, Minn., and Bridget Lyons of Fairburn, Ga., filled out the top-5.  Lyons, a dentist, is a member of the Atlanta Track Club’s elite team.

Both Austin and Cragg won $2000 in prize money out of a total purse of $7700.

The overwhelming consensus among the athletes was that strength will count more than speed for next year’s Trials which are scheduled for Saturday, February 29.  The 2016 Trials were held on a very flat course in Los Angeles, as were the 2012 Trials in Houston.  Atlanta Track Club executive director Rich Kenah called his course “Atlanta flat” given that the city itself is hilly.

“You’re not going to have to be fast for this course,” Austin observed.  “It’s just all about grit, being in great shape.  Whoever is going to be strongest that day will ultimately come away with the top three.”

Cragg agreed.

“It’s going to be really, really tough,” she said.  “We’re going to send a good women’s team, a really good women’s team (to Tokyo).  If you can get through this course, you’re going to be ready.”

Three-time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein also said that the placement of the toughest hills in the final two miles could play a big role in the outcome of the Trials.

“The team could change big-time in that last two-point-two,” he said.

PHOTO: Amy Cragg celebrates her victory at the 2019 Road to Gold road race in Atlanta (photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly)

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The lead women 5.5-miles into the US Olympic Marathon Team Trials in Atlanta. Photo by FitzFoto/NERunner

THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), THOMAS BACH, AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, ABE SHINZO, HELD A CONFERENCE CALL THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT WITH REGARD TO COVID-19 AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020.

They were joined by Mori Yoshiro, the President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee; the Olympic Minister, Hashimoto Seiko; the Governor of Tokyo, Koike Yuriko; the Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission, John Coates; IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper; and the IOC Olympic Games Executive Director, Christophe Dubi.

President Bach and Prime Minister Abe expressed their shared concern about the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, and what it is doing to people’s lives and the significant impact it is having on global athletes’ preparations for the Games.

In a very friendly and constructive meeting, the two leaders praised the work of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and noted the great progress being made in Japan to fight against COVID-19.

The unprecedented and unpredictable spread of the outbreak has seen the situation in the rest of the world deteriorating. Yesterday, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the COVID-19 pandemic is “accelerating”. There are more than 375,000 cases now recorded worldwide and in nearly every country, and their number is growing by the hour.

In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community.

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Upcoming trail run at Conserve School pollinates environmental mission

Great Lakes Endurance runners chase through the trails at the Iola Winter Sports Club. Photo courtesy of Jeff Crumbaugh

Environmental conservation and trail running—the pairing seems as natural as bees and blossoms.

On June 14 this year, The Conserve School near Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin will host a Great Lakes Endurance Trail Run 20K and 5K on its 1,200-acre Lowenwood property—private land not otherwise open to the public—cross pollinating the ecological missions of the school and the race organization.

While Conserve offers a semester-long program in nature study and environmental stewardship for high-school juniors, the endurance series creates an ecological classroom through the races it stages in some of the Midwest’s most beautiful locations.

The series is fiercely committed to sustainability: composting food waste, limiting use of cups and disqualifying runners who litter. Age-group prizes are local products like cheese from the Oak Grove Dairy, maple syrup from the Maas Farms and ceramic bowls made by local artists.

Jeff Crumbaugh, a science teacher at Clintonville High School and the Great Lakes Endurance Series race director, took a week-long course at Conserve School over the summer. Every day, he ran the trails that wind through the property and around a series of small lakes.

Photo courtesy of Jeff Crumbaugh

He pitched the idea of organizing a race to school officials, and received an enthusiastic response.

“There’s a clear connection between what he’s doing and what we’re trying to promote,” says Phil DeLong, admissions director at Conserve School. “We really admire what he’s doing in his race series.”

Crumbaugh started the series in 2000, with the Keweenaw Trail Running Festival near Copper Harbor, Michigan. In 2005, he staged the first Grand Island Trail Marathon and has expanded the series to include nine races this year, including two winter events for snowshoers. The courses take runners through scenic locations, including Tahquamenon Falls State Park and Porcupine Mountain State Park, in Michigan, and the Hartman Creek area, near Waupaca, Wisconsin.

“This was the idea, that we could use trail-running events as a tool for environmental education,” Crumbaugh says. “You can stand in front of a classroom and teach people about the environment, but when they’re actively engaged and surrounded by a beautiful setting, that’s a better classroom for learning.

“It’s not my goal to have big races; it’s to promote environmental education and to create an experience that’s meaningful.”

Running the trails on the Conserve property will not only be meaningful, but a rare opportunity, as the land is only open to the school’s students and staff.

“Most of my workouts happen right here on the property, because I can run right out the door,” DeLong says. “I love it. It’s rolling and scenic, with nothing overly steep and opportunities to watch wildlife.”

The course for the 20K race will be primarily on wide, cross-country ski trails, with some singletrack. The land has a great variety of northern hardwoods and hemlocks.

“We’re excited to open up this property to silent-sports enthusiasts from around the region,” DeLong says.

Photo courtesy of Jeff Crumbaugh

Details: The Conserve School Trail Run offers two distances, 20K and 5K. Entry fees are $45 for the 20K and $35 for the 5K. Registration is limited to 200 entrants. The 20K starts at 8 a.m. and the 5K starts at 8:30 a.m., on June 14.

It is also part of the 2014 Trail Runner Trophy Series.

Check the website www.greatlakesendurance.com for information on registration.

Tom Held bikes, runs and skis, and covers news for similarly active people as a freelance writer and blogger. Held lives in the Bay View neighborhood, where he counts being Dad to twin daughters part of his daily workout.

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