Repeats - USA Track & Field Certification Code IA01003MF

[Elsbernd, Ryan]

And we’re back. Apologies for the absence and a sincere thanks for all the kind notes to make sure I’m still around. There’s a bit of a backlog of content so please pardon the mess over these next weeks as we catch up on a lot of things that’ve already taken place.

 

Items You Should Carefully Read.

• Postpartum Comebacks: Americans Kellyn Taylor and Molly Huddle Are Ready to Race the New York City Marathon
• His First Marathon Was in Prison. His Second Will Be in New York City.
• The NYC Marathon is Sunday. Coverage starts at 7am CST on ESPN. Pro women start at 7:40am. Pro men at 8:05am.
• 2023 Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra Results: Harvey Lewis Wins After 108 Hours, 450 Miles of Running
• The Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships have been cancelled due to [double checking my notes] too much wind

 

• Mary's Helping Hands is excited to announce our upcoming event, a 5k Charity Run/Walk (see attached) which will be held on Saturday, 11/18 at Valley Community Center in West Des Moines. This event aims to raise funds and awareness for the needs of parents and babies in our community. We believe that with your support from our community we can make a significant impact on the lives of those in need.

 

We are up to 130 runners and $18,500 in donations…hope is to get to $20k and 200 runners.

 

~Ryan

 

2023 Santa Clara Men’s XC Team

 

 

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Items You Should Carefully Read.

• Drake alum Reed Fischer Will Race[d] NYC with Wife Christine — and Her Stage 4 Cancer — in Mind
• A Tribute to the Significant Others of Track & Field
• 30 Hours at Javelina Jundred, the Burning Man of Trail Running
• How to Cope with the Post-Marathon Blues
• Sycamore 8 is December 2.

 

~Ryan

 

SCRC at the Des Moines Marathon

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Items You Should Carefully Read.

• Who Is Courtney Dauwalter’s New Ultramarathon Partner? It’s Her Mom.
• Man Against Horse race
• Why Do Runners Keep Underfueling During Races?
• Wrapping up the 2023 Turkey Trifecta: attached are those who completed the Turkey Trifecta and have earned an authentic, beautifully handcrafted and individually signed Certificate Suitable for Framing^TM. Let me know if your name or someone you know is missing.

 

~Ryan

 

[still catching up on past events] SCRC at the Hennepin 100 in October

 

 

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Items You Should Carefully Read 

• They Were So Close to Qualifying for the Olympic Trials. Now They Cope With the Disappointment
• “I don’t run for time. I don’t run for time goals. For me, it’s about progressing.”
• Some women are now allowed to run cross-country distances equal to the men. Others are still fighting ‘absurd’ gender biases
• I’m an Ultrarunner. Taylor Swift’s Treadmill Workout Wrecked Me
• The 28 Best Cheap Gifts for Runners Who Already Have Everything

Happy Holidays,

~Ryan

[somewhere in there] SCRC at the Des Moines Santa Run

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Items You Should Carefully Read 

• Road to the Trials: Peak Performance for Busy Runners
• 7 Tips For Holding Onto A Little Fitness From Five Years Ago
• Registration for the Leadville Trail Marathon and Heavy Half (which takes place June 19) opens January 9^th and there’s a chance it may sell out quickly.
• Start sharpening your spikes and your elbows, exactly 60 days (March 4) to the grandaddy of them all, The Roundman Classic XXIX! Oh Baby!

 

See you on the roads,

~Ryan

 

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Items You Should Carefully Read 

• The Most Fun Facts From U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials Qualifiers for the Women and for the Men
• Why the U.S. Might Have Only Two Men in the Olympic Marathon
• Courtney Dauwalter: Step inside the 'pain cave', where rules are remade
• Loop the Lake is April 13. Registration opens February 1 with a flash sale.
• Bob Beamon’s Olympic Gold medal is up for auction

 

Ranch-Flavored Lip Balm, recommended protection for your lips when temps dip below zero [this is a real product]

 

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Items You Should Carefully Read 

• The Uniquely American Spirit of the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon
• Fiona O’Keeffe Reigns Supreme at the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon in Historic Debut
• Q&A: Dakotah Lindwurm Interview After Third Place At The U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
• Roadmap to Paris: BYU coach Ed Eyestone had a plan for Olympic trials — his two runners did the rest
• Just in time for Valentines Day: “Scrap Your Ex” program will allow people to have cars named after their exes before being sent to the scrap heap

 

~Ryan

 

Roundman Classic XXVI Honorary Race Muse Zach Panning carried the entire Olympic Trials Marathon field, leading miles 6-23 and finishing 6th overall

 

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Items You Should Carefully Read 

• The Barkley’s Marathon began yesterday morning. A Vlog on what it takes to finish.
• Naps, tacos and 11 world records: how Camille Herron ran 560 miles in six days
• 13 Women Who Changed Running History
• Register for Loop The Lake April 13
• Register for the Drake Road Races April 21

 

~Ryan

 

After 40 years with Principal, one last Rocket Run for Pat with the SCRC

 

 

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Items You Should Carefully Read 

• Jasmin Paris is the first woman to complete grueling Barkley Marathons race. An interview with Jasmin after the Barkley.
• Up to one in seven cyclists are neurodivergent
• Spencer, the official dog of the Boston marathon, gets his own statue
• Des Moines metro runners & cyclists are encouraged to share feedback that will improve roads and address safety concerns
• The Iowa Trail Run Series kicks off Saturday at the Center Trails in Des Moines

 

~Ryan

 

Bonecrusher

 

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Items You Should Carefully Read 

• A reminder that the Boston Marathon is Monday. ESPN2 coverage begins at 7:30am CST.
• 6 Things To Watch At The 2024 Boston Marathon
• Des Moines Corporate Games registration is open now. As a Principal employee you can register for these races for free!

 Duathlon/Triathlon – 5/19; Track & Field – 6/11; 4K/8K cross country – 7/13; 5K road race – 7/20

• The Altoona Running Club invites you to the inaugural Storm the Park 5k at Adventureland on May 18^th. $50 gets you a 5k, an Adventureland ticket for opening day, parking pass, race shirt and finisher medal
• Loop The Lake is Saturday at 9am
• Injured? Done racing but still enjoy watching other runners suffer? Have a son or daughter who wants to earn Silver Cord hours? Sunday, April 21 please volunteer at the Drake Road Races Awards or Finish Line (click Race Day Volunteer - Drake Stadium). This is a great way to give back to the local running community. Let’s do this.

 

~Ryan

Competitors race during the World Coal Carrying Championships in Gawthorpe, England, April 1, 2024. Lee Smith / Reuters

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Items You Should Carefully Read 

• Boston Marathon parting thoughts and photos from Monday
• Dave McGillivray’s Extraordinary Boston Marathon Streak is Coming Full Circle
• The Grand Blue Mile is next Tuesday. The Drake Road Races are Sunday.
• One last reminder to volunteer at the Drake Road Races Awards or Finish Line (click Race Day Volunteer - Drake Stadium). Thank you!

 

~Ryan

SCRC in Boston

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Items You Should Carefully Read 

• The Drake Relays begin tonight and continue through Saturday. Live TV coverage is Saturday from 2-4pm CDT on the CBS Sports Network. RunnerSpace (requires subscription) will stream the rest of the Relays.
• Vince Ciattel, Rachel McArthur Win USATF Road Mile Tittles In Des Moines
• The New Quarter-Life Crisis
• Speed Training is for You (Yes, You!)
• 44 Guinness World Records titles achieved at the 2024 TCS London Marathon

 

~Ryan

SCRC in London

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Items You Should Carefully Read 

• Jeff Corcoran took some great pictures at the Drake Relays and the USATF 1 Mile Road Championships
• Are sleep trackers hurting runners’ performance?
• Tracksmith organizes a Twilight 5k in various cities throughout the summer including a stop in the Twin Cities August 23
• Dam to DSM is Saturday, June 1

 

~Ryan

SCRC at the Grand Blue Mile (apologies if I missed you—please let me know)

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Items You Should Carefully Read 

• The Iowa High School State T&F Meet is today through Saturday. Live stream. Live results.
• Women’s Sports Isn’t ‘Having a Moment.’ It’s a Movement
• Iron deficiency is a sneaky and often undiagnosed problem in female runners—here’s how you can address it
• Beginning May 22, Capital Striders hosts track workouts in Des Moines. All speeds are welcome:
• Roosevelt’s track – 6am
• Hoover’s track – 7pm
• Tons of track and field to watch on Saturday:
• Night of the 10k PBs begins at 8:30am CDT. Live stream options.
• Adidas Atlanta City Games begins at 2:45pm CDT. Live stream options.
• USATF LA Grand Prix begins at 2pm CDT. Watch on NBC or Peacock.

~Ryan

[catching up on the backlog] SCRC at the Drake Road Races

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Items You Should Carefully Read 

• Marathon Central – marathon resources guide
• The NCAA Outdoor T&F Championships begin next Wednesday. SCRC legacy Kelsey Schweizer will run the 800m.
• [not an Onion headline] Iowa superintendent and former Olympian bested in footrace by 5th-grader
• The Iowa Trail Series stops at Ledges State Park on June 8
• Dam to DSM is Saturday

 

~Ryan

 

Photos of the 2024 Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Race [video]

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Items You Should Carefully Read

• 2024 US Olympian Marisa Howard – Asking Yourself For Everything
• “This has been my dream since I was a little kid. But I still am a little kid.” –16 year old and 2024 US Olympian Quincy Wilson
• 2024 US Olympian Karissa Schweizer is scheduled to run the 5k prelims on August 2 --5k final is August 5-- and the 10k final is August 9. Track and Field begins August 1 in Paris.
• Surprising Ways Running Benefits the Brain
• Register for the Clive Running Festival on Saturday

 

~Ryan

 

SCRC at Silver Rush 50

 

 

SCRC at Quad Rock 50

 

 

[Elsbernd, Ryan]

Items You Should Carefully Read

• The Most Bizarre Marathon in Olympic History
• Olympic supplement behind the game-changing advances in sport: Baking Soda
• The Rocket running route is back open for business
• Big Grover Brewery in Des Moines will host Olympic watch parties for Karissa Schweizer:

• 5k prelim Friday Aug. 2nd at 11:10 am. Doors open at 10:45 am
• (if Karissa advances to the 5k Final) Olympic 5k Final - Monday Aug. 5th at 2:10 pm
• 10k final Friday, Aug. 9th at 1:55 pm

 

~Ryan

 

Photos of the Paris Summer Olympics in 1924 and as they prepare for 2024

 

Olympic marathon runners pass by on the road to Cormeilles in July 1924

 

[Elsbernd, Ryan]

Items You Should Carefully Read

• Comparative Effects of Advanced Footwear Technology in Track Spikes and Road-Racing Shoes on Running Economy
• [podcast episode] Run, Switzer, Run: The Women Who Broke the Marathon Taboo
• Paralympic track and field begin Friday, August 30^th. Iowans Justin Phongsavanh, Jessica Heims and Erin Kerkhoff are competing.
• Understanding Classifications In Para Athletics
• Use code ‘CAPITALPURSUITFLASH’ to get $15 off the Capital Pursuit registration fee. Note the 4 and 10 mile routes have moved to Easter Lake.

 

~Ryan

 

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Items You Should Carefully Read

• [podcast] How David Roche Used Science To Dominate One Of The World's Biggest Trail Races
• The Quiet Collaboration Between Paralympic Athletes and Their Assistants
• The Household Ingredient That’s Powering Olympic Runners
• If I’m Not PRing, Is It Worth Racing?
• Volunteer for the Des Moines Marathon

 

~Ryan

 

Jerusa Geber dos Santos of Brazil, right, with her guide, Gabriel Garcia, winning a 100-meter heat in Paris on Monday. James Hill for The New York Times

 

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Items You Should Carefully Read

• 10k, 5k & 4:14 Miler Karissa Schweizer
• Why It’s Normal to Feel Like Total Garbage In the Middle of Your Marathon Training Cycle
• The Iowa Trail Run Series visits the Yellow River State Forest on Sunday
• The Blazing 5k is October 6 in Des Moines
• [in the spirit of Santa Clara Men’s XC] 2024 Minnesota All Fair Hair Team

 

~Ryan

 

 

 

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Items You Should Carefully Read

• Courtney Dauwalter dominates Nice Côte d’Azur by UTMB
• Tara Dower Set The Overall Fastest Known Time on Appalachian Trail
• The Tune Up
• To Grandmother's House We Go is October 26 at Brown's Woods in West Des Moines
• The Chicago Marathon is Sunday and will be broadcast live from 7-11am on Peacock or nbcchicago.com

“As I get older, the motivation is not to turn into a couch potato. It’s basically a way to fight my battle against chronology. I intend to live forever or die trying." ‒ Henry Kozlowski, one of three men who have run all 45 Chicago Marathons

~Ryan

                                                               

 SCRC at the Hennepin 50

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Items You Should Carefully Read

• Putting Ruth Chepngetich’s 2:09:56 World Record In Context

• How ‘shoe doping’ changed marathon times forever

• Registration for the 57th Annual Drake Road Races opens on Monday, October 21st. Participants can enjoy a 50% discount off race day prices by signing up for the 5k, 10k or half marathon. But the 50% discount ends at midnight on Tuesday, October 22.

• The Des Moines Marathon is Sunday. Packet pickup begins today at noon in Cowles Common.

~Ryan

SCRC in Chicago

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Items You Should Carefully Read

• The Science of Why Your Body Takes Longer to Bounce Back After 40

• The State Of NCAA Cross Country Heading Into Postseason
• Iowa High School XC boys and girls state qualifying meets wrap-up today. State XC is Nov 1-2.
• To Grandmother's House We Go is Saturday at Brown's Woods in Des Moines

~Ryan

SCRC in Des Moines